General Knowledge #2 MCQ

1. When did the Homo-sapiens first appear?

(a) Chalcolithic period

(b) Palaeolithic period

(c) Harappan period

(d) Mesolithic period

2. Which of the following is known as Chalcolithic Phase?

(a) Copper-Bronze Phase

(b) Stone-Copper Phase

(c) Stone-Iron Phase

(d) Stone-Bronze Phase

3. Which of the following was the most important feature of the Harappan towns?

(a) Large Bathrooms

(b) Drainage

(c) Grid planning

(d) Granaries

4. Which of the following metal was known to Neolithic people?

(a) Bronze

(b) Gold

(c) Silver

(d) Copper

5. Who of the following adopted the title of ‘Adivarha’?

(a) Mihir Bhoj

(b) Rajyapal

(c) Nagabhat

(d) Mahendrapal

6. Which of the following place was bone of contention among the three dynasties, the Palas, the Pratiharas and the Rashtrakutas?

(a) Kannauj

(b) Patliputra

(c) Mathura

(d) Rajgriha

7. The noted writer ‘Kamban’ was in the court of which of the following?

(a) Vijayalaya

(b) Mihir Bhoj

(c) Rajendra I

(d) Kullotunga I

8. Who built the Brihadeshwar Shiva Temple in Tanjore?

(a) Rajendra I

(b) Raja Raja I

(c) Parantaka I

(d) Parantaka II

9. Who was the leader of the 1857 revolt at Delhi?

(a) Azimullah

(b) General Bakht Khan

(c) Bahadur Khan

(d) All of the above

10. Who captured Delhi and suppressed the 1857 revolt over there?

(a) Nicholson

(b) Huge Rose

(c) Havelock

(d) Campbell

11. Who among the following enacted the ‘Permanent Settlement’?

(a) Lord Clive

(b) Warren Hastings

(c) Lord Dalhousie

(d) Lord Cornwallis

12. Who among the following is concerned with ‘Doctrine of Lapse’?

(a)Warren Hastings

(b) Wellesley

(c) Dalhousie

(d) None of the above

13. Which of the following planet does not have satellite?

(a) Neptune

(b) Uranus

(c) Mars

(d) Venus

14. Which of the following is a cold planet?

(a) Uranus

(b) Venus

(c) Mars

(d) Jupiter

15. Which of the following planet experiences all the seasons as of Earth?

(a) Uranus

(b) Jupiter

(c) Mars

(d) Saturn

16. Who among the following prepared ‘People’s Plan’?

(a) Jai Prakash Narayan

(b) Shriman Narayan

(c) M.N. Roy

(d) None of the above

17. Who prepared the ‘Gandhian Plan’ in 1944?

(a) Jawaharlal Nehru

(b) Subhash Chandra Bose

(c) Mahatma Gandhi

(d) Shriman Narayan

18. Who prepared ‘Sarvodaya Plan’?

(a) Jai Prakash Narayan

(b) Binoba Bhave

(c) Jawaharlal Nehru

(d) Mahatma Gandhi

19. Who among the following was the interim President of the Constituent Assembly of India?

(a) Vallabhbhai Patel

(b) Jawaharlal Nehru

(c) Dr. Rajendra Prasad

(d) Sachidananda Sinha

20. Who was the President of the Constituent Assembly of India?

(a) Jawaharlal Nehru

(b) Dr. Rajendra Prasad

(c) Dr. B.R. Ambedkar

(d) Sachidananda Sinha

Answers:

1. (b) 2. (b) 3. (c) 4. (b) 5. (a) 6. (a) 7. (d) 8. (b) 9. (b) 10. (a) 11. (d) 12. (c) 13. (d) 14. (d) 15. (c) 16. (c) 17. (d) 18. (a) 19. (d) 20. (b)