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CBSE HIQ 2023 – Prelims Questions

1. Which progressively named venue houses buildings named after these?

a. Nita Mukesh Ambani Cultural Centre

b. Pragati Maidan
c. Bandra-Kurla Complex
d. Chennai Trade Centre
2. Hailing from Madhya Pradesh to a chemist couple, this Google Doodle commemorates the
contributions of which scientist who was the first woman to be inducted into the IISc?

a. Asima Chatterjee
b. Janaki Ammal
c. Kamala Sohonie
d. Purnima Sinha
3. This village on the foothills of Ayodhya Hills is known for supplying accessories for what specific
performances?

a. Chhau
b. Burra Katha
c. Bhuta Kola
d. Kathak
4. With which UNESCO Heritage Site will you connect these pictures?
 a. Pattadakkal
b. Hampi
c. Qutub Minar
d. Fatehpur Sikri
5. Which state’s administrative divisions are loosely named after; 1. the land of forts, and 2. the
tortoise avatar of Vishnu?
a. Himachal Pradesh
b. Uttarakhand
c. Goa
d. Sikkim
6. Which art form by Adivasi women, which is incidentally the only GI-tagged entity of that particular
state, can be seen here?

a. Sohrai – Khovar Painting

b. Kangra Painting
c. Kalighat Painting
d. Saura Painting
7. Here we see a memorial to what certain 18th century event that inspired a conservation movement
in the 20th century and a wildlife conservation instituted by the government in the 21st century?
 a. Chipko Movement
b. Kilvenmani massacre
c. Tehri Dam Conflict
d. Khejarli Massacre

8. This route is for a train meant to take you on an eight-day sacred journey in this geography. What
is the special name given to this train?

a. Bharat Gaurav Express

b. Mahaparinirvan Express
c. Shri Ramayana Express
d. Jyotirlinga Express
9. The person receiving an award from then President APJ Abdul Kalam has spearheaded a very
crucial global movement, for which he was being honoured in India. Quite fittingly, the honour that
is being conferred unto him is named after which Indian who died earlier this year?

a. Varghese Kurien
b. Namdeo Dhondo Mahanor
c. M. S. Swaminathan
d. Hari Narke

10. With which state would you associate these state symbols?
 a. Tamil Nadu
b. Karnataka
c. Maharashtra
d. Telangana
11. A professor of history at Banaras Hindu University (BHU), founded this temple in a village north of
the city. It has a six-foot-high black granite statue of the ‘deity’, under an 11-foot-high gold-coated
canopy. Made with the aim of ‘preparing patriots’, who is worshipped in this open-air temple?
a. Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose
b. Mahatma Gandhi
c. Rani Laxmibai
d. Bhagat Singh
12. A now-defunct secret language was pretty active in the subcontinent since the 1500s and in its
heydays, had up to 1,00,000 speakers. But it became extinct by the 1850s, after a heavy crackdown
upon its speakers thanks to a dictionary of the language written by a British civil servant in the
1830s. Which group of people used to speak this language?
a. Santhal
b. Dacoits
c. Thugees
d. Bhils
13. Which decisive battle, fought on the banks of Hooghly River, is commemorated in the monument
in the left pic and had this meeting in the right pic in its aftermath?

a. Treaty of Mavelikkara
b. Third Anglo-Mysore War
c. Vellore Mutiny
d. Battle of Plassey

14. Remembered as the first freedom fighter from his present-day state, this stamp commemorates
which landlord-turned-freedom fighter who now has a cricket stadium named after him?

a. Madho Singh
b. Veer Narayan Singh
c. Birsa Munda
 d. Dhan Singh
15. Although the author never visited the region, most of his description of the place is taken from the
works of Robert Armitage Sterndale, an editor of the Journal of BNHS. Which book’s setting is thus
described?
a. The White Tiger
b. The Jungle Book
c. The Junglenama
d. The Life of Pi
16. Which game has a Pana style of a 7-a-side game played with a kangdrum made of bamboo that is
hit with a kang-hu? The players wear khadangchet and khongyom to protect themselves.
a. Yubi lakpi
b. Thang ta
c. Sagol kangjei
d. Hiyang Tannaba
17. What significant change was made by this lady in the picture in one of India’s national symbols?

a. Changed the Charkha to Ashoka Chakra on National Flag

b. Changed the Tiger to Lion on National Emblem
c. Suggested Peacock to be made the National Bird instead of Great Indian Bustard
d. Removed Vande Mataram from Indian Flag

18. Apart from being the commanders of the Kaurava army what connects these warriors from the
Kurukshetra war?

a. They were all Chiranjeevis

b. They had the boon of Icchamrityu
c. They were all disciples of Parashurama
d. They were all disciples of Kripacharya

19. The second largest of its kind and built 13 years ago, what purpose does this building in Ladakh
serve?
 a. India’s highest Bank ATM
b. India’s Seed Vault
c. India’s Highest Post Office
d. India’s Highest Voting Booth

20. This singing teacher from Sangli in Maharashtra met with an Italian sometime at the end of the
19th century. Inspired by this incident he set up the first of its kind of establishment in India. He is
thus known as the father of what in India?

a. Circus
b. Zoo
c. Art Gallery
d. Museum

21. When the British established a firm foothold in India, they commissioned such paintings to send or
take home. Created in European style and palette, what were such paintings called?

a. Company Style
b. Bengal Style
c. Imperial Style
d. Colonial Style

22 Last year, this ISL club unveiled their kit for the season. The home kit, a black jersey with purple
trim, is inspired by which GI-tagged entity of the state?
 a. Kotpad Handloom Fabric
b. Pattachitra
c. Sambalpuri Saree
d. Pipli Applique Work
23 Located in the Kamala Nagar area of the city, this over 400-year-old structure used to function as a
centre of worship for the Roman Catholics. Popularly known as the X’s Church, it was demolished
only to be rebuilt in the very next year. Who was X?

a. Vasco Da Gama
b. Adil Shah
c. Akbar
d. Chhatrapati Shivaji
24 For which Oscar-winning movie did Naseeruddin Shah and Smita Patil unsuccessfully take part in
the audition for the two leading characters?

a. Road To Freedom
b. Gandhi
c. Midnight’s Children
d. Manthan
25 This patented entity is prepared by a special group seen in the pic and comes in three varieties – a
regular one, one for festive occasions, and one for those who participate in the marriage of Shree
Venkateswara. Its 300th birthday was celebrated a few years back. What special and highly revered
items are these?

a. Mysore Pak
b. Tirupati Laddu
 c. Medu Vada
d. Osmania Biscuit
26 Traced back to the ancient times of the Suryavanshi Dynasty, which city was said to have been
founded by a brother of Rama who had a palace here?
a. Nasik
b. Dehradun
c. Lucknow
d. Bharatpur
27 While doing the Hindi translation of this (in pic) Persian poet’s work, he decided to write his trilogy.
If the comparatively lesser-known 2nd and 3rd works of the trilogy meaning – ‘Sweet Girl’ and
‘Sweet Urn’, which is the 1st book of the series?

a. Madhukala
b. Madhubani
c. Madhukar
d. Madhushala
28 Located in the little-known village of Gurugram, this temple is highly revered by the Bhil
community of Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh and other parts of India. Who is the residing ‘deity’ of
this temple?

a. Bibhishan
b. Dronacharya
c. Ekalavya
d. Surpanakha
29 With which premier institution will you associate these visuals?
 a. Savitribai Phule University, Pune
b. Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore
c. Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur
d. Indian Statistical Institute, Kolkata
30 As per the local legend, treasures comprising salt, gold, turquoise and precious stones, sacred
scriptures, invincible armour or ammunition, grain and medicine are kept hidden at this place and
will only be revealed to the devout when the world is in peril. What is being talked about?
a. Nanga Parbat
b. Kangchenjunga
c. Annapurna
d. Kailash
31 An official engagement group of G20, identify it from the logo given below and the motto “You Are
the Light”.

a. Science20
b. Labour20
c. Civil20
d. Think20
32 This city was founded by a king to commemorate his victory over an imperial power dynasty with
him obtaining the water from a holy river. This place is now only a village and one is reminded of
its past glory by the existence of a Shiva Temple. Name the place.

a. Thanjavur
b. Pazhaiyarai
c. Gangaikonda Cholapuram
d. Kodikarai
33 A popular trekking destination, this is a mountain range and the name of a peak located in South
India. It is also the name of a small hill station cum iron ore mining town situated near the
mountain. The name means and refers to a particular picturesque view of a side of the mountain
that resembles an animal’s face. Name the town/hill.

a. Dodda Betta
b. Warangal
 c. Guntur
d. Kudremukh
34 The name of this city in Assam is a reference to a battle that was fought in the 17th century
between the Mughals and a late medieval kingdom in the Brahmaputra Valley. The city is the site
of what first-of-its-kind structure in the state?
A) Caves
B) Rail-cum-road Bridge
C) Shaktipeetha Temple
D) Monolith rock

35 Which dance form is often performed in honour of the Rain Goddess, and is categorized into two
variants – one as a form of entertainment, and the other as a religious offering?

A) Lavani
B) Karagattam
C) Kummi
D) Kavadi Attam

36 What word connects all these visuals?

a. Bharat
b. Indica
c. Safari
d. Thar
37 The origin of which renowned Hyderabadi dish can be traced back to a 6th-century Persian king?
The recipe was inspired by the desire to create a simple food that could be afforded by everyone.

a. Haleem
b. Biryani
c. Boti Kebab
d. Mirch ka Saalan
38 Named after a demon, which city is believed to have materialised from the ocean and also finds
mention in the treatise Padma Purana?
 a. Jalpaiguri
b. Jalalabad
c. Jalgaon
d. Jalandhar
39 Inspired by the ancient philosopher Chanakya and elders in almost every Indian village, the person
in the picture created a character in the 1970s. A few years back, that much-loved character was
chosen as the mascot of the Namami Gange Programme. Which character?

a. Chacha Chaudhary
b. Suppandi
c. Shikari Shambhu
d. Chhota Bheem

40 Which state/Union Territory has only one national highway connecting it to the rest of the
country? It is named after this Hindu goddess, one of the highest forms of Mahadevi, and at one
point in its history had Udaipur as the capital of the kingdom.

a. Rajasthan
b. Tripura
 c. Puducherry
d. Daman and Diu
41 A one-by-one foot cloth with borders on all sides can take 15-20 days to complete owing to the
double satin stitch embroidery technique. What GI-tagged handicraft product, promoted by the
Padma Shree awardee in the picture, is this?

a. Rogan painting
b. Pipli applique
c. Chamba rumaal
d. Solapur chaddar
42 Host of one of the G20 Sherpas Meeting, which lakeside tourist town gained significant interest
from literary enthusiasts as it was adjacent to the setting of a Booker Prize-winning novel from the
1990s?
a. Munnar
b. Kumarakom
c. Varkala
d. Alappuzha
43 This is a palace located in a North African country built pre-WWI. Its inspirations include Angkor
Wat, Kalinga architecture, and Khajuraho’s Kandariya Mahadeva Temple. Which Indian monument
is the inspiration for its gate?

a. Sanchi Stupa
b. Buland Darwaza
c. Kashmiri Gate
d. Alai Darwaza

44 The vent, outer tail feathers, and lower back are greyish-white on birds in the Andamans and
reddish-brown on birds in the Nicobars. The white-headed subspecies of which passerine bird is
this?
 a. Swiftlet
b. Pigeon
c. Starling
d. Cuckoo-dove
45 In the pictures are the three claims to the oldest mosque in India, none of which are from which
state?

a. Gujarat
b. Tamil Nadu
c. Karnataka
d. Kerala
46 These are from a set of over twenty such miniature paintings of the Mughals that are now
preserved in museums across the world. A reminder of the cultural exchange propagated by
maritime traders of the era, which European artist painted this collection?
 a. Leonardo Da Vinci
b. Rembrandt
c. Johannes Vermeer
d. Michelangelo

47 Across many G20 meetings, a certain word was invoked and repeated by various Indian ministers,
including PM Narendra Modi and Union Minister for Road Transport and Highways Nitin Gadkari.
The word is intended to mean “the rise and development of the last person in society”. What word
is this?
a. Antuthaan
b. Antimvikaas
c. Antipragati
d. Antyodaya

48 Once a major reason for suffering for people in the Bengal Presidency, the treatment of a certain
disease evolved from injecting a potassium salt that caused multiple side effects to the usage of
sodium salt to finally a urea salt. Which disease is this, whose cure rate jumped to over 90% thanks
to this doctor who was nominated for the Nobel Prize twice?

a. Malaria
b. Chikungunya
c. Dengue
d. Kala-azar
49 Predating even the Magna Carta as a foundation of democracy, which tribe, that ruled over a
mahajanpada in parts of Nepal and Northern Bihar, was believed to be governed by an assembly of
7000 rajas and voting rights given to a few others?
a. Kuru
b. Licchavi
c. Panchal
d. Gandhar

50 Situated less than 100km from Ahmedabad is India’s first museum dedicated to this animal. It is
located at the site of the world’s second-largest hatchery of these animals. One of the main
exhibits of the museum is the “King of Narmada”. What animals?
a. Indian Wild Ass
b. Asiatic Lions
c. Dinosaur
d. Kite
51 This is an 18th-century drawing of the dockyards in what is now the old capital of the kingdom. The
area now houses the only UNESCO World Heritage Site in the state. Which state?
 a. West Bengal
b. Kerala
c. Goa
d. Odisha

52 On the left is the old royal residence till the king moved a kilometre north to the new residence on
the right in the 1920s. Both the residences overlook which river?

a. Chenab
b. Tawi
c. Sutlej
d. Ravi
53 Which of these temples do/does not lend their name to a state capital city?

a. 1
b. 2
c. 3
d. Both 1 and 2

54 On the left is a script developed in the 1920s by the person on the right for a language that was
until then orally passed on from one generation to another. He then went on to write books in the
script as well. Which language?
 a. Maithili
b. Santali
c. Mo
d. Mundari
55 Who among these have been the planner or architect of an Indian state capital city?

a. 3
b. All of them
c. Only 2 and 3
d. Only 1 and 3
56 These actors have all played who on screen?

a. Lord Krishna
b. Jawaharlal Nehru
c. Lord Rama
d. Mahatma Gandhi
57 During a G20 speech, PM Narendra Modi uttered a phrase which means - ‘The welfare and
happiness of humanity should always be ensured’. The phrase in Prakrit language was inscribed on
an Ashoka Pillar that is nearly two and a half thousand years old. On which historical location is the
pillar located?
 a) Purana Qila
b)Feroz Shah Kotla
c) Qutb Minar
d) Kila Rai Pithora
58 As a tribute to whom did G20 delegates put their signatures in this ‘Peace Wall’?

a) Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose

b) Jawaharlal Nehru
c) Mother Teresa
d) Mahatma Gandhi
59 This is the aerial view of which “city of dawn” that has its “soul” surrounded by four zones –
industrial, cultural, residential, and international?

a. Lavasa
b. Auroville
c. Manipal
d. GIFT City
60 Under which act are the employees of the government considered “public servants”?
a. Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988
b. The Citizenship Act, 1955
c. The Public Servants (Inquiries) Act, 1950
d. The Constitution Act, 1911