General Knowledge #3 MCQ

GENERAL KNOWLEDGE #3 MCQ

1. Who were the Palaeolithic people?

(a) Cultivator

(b) Pastoralist

(c) Cultivator and pastoralist

(d) Food gatherers and hunters

Answer: (d)

2. Who of the following belonged to Negrito race?

(a) Palaeolithic men

(b) Chalcolithic men

(c) Neolithic men

(d) Mesolithic men

Answer: (a)

3. ‘Microliths’ were characteristic tools of which of the following?

(a) Neolithic age

(b) Harappan age

(c) Palaeolithic age

(d) Mesolithic age

Answer: (d)

4. Who among the following founded the Pala dynasty?

(a) Mahipal

(b) Gopala

(c) Devapala

(d) Dharmapala

Answer: (b)

5. Who among the following founded the ‘Vikramshila University’?

(a) Devapala

(b) Dharmapala

(c) Gopala

(d) Mahipal

Answer: (d)

6. Which of the following dynasty followed the Pala dynasty?

(a) Sena dynasty

(b) Shishunag Dynasty

(c) Kanva dynasty

(d) None of the above

Answer: (a)

7. Who among the following was/were the leaders of 1857 revolt at Kanpur?

(a) Tantia Tope

(b) Azimullah

(c) Nana Sahib

(d) All of the above

Answer: (d)

8. Who among the following suppressed the 1857 revolt at 1857?

(a) Eyre

(b) Hugh Rose

(c) Campbell

(d) Taylor

Answer: (b)

9. Who among the following followed the ‘Policy of Subsidiary Alliance’?

(a) Lord Dalhousie

(b) Warren Hastings

(c) Lord Wellesley

(d) Lord Cornwallis

Answer: (c)

10. Seismograph is used to measure which of the following?

(a) Earthquake waves

(b) Sea waves

(c) Tidal waves

(d) Cyclonic waves

Answer: (a)

11. Igneous rocks are characterised by which of the following?

(a) Full of fossils and fauna

(b) Stratification

(c) Without fossils

(d) None of the above

Answer: (c)

12. A ‘U’ shaped valley is commonly found in which of the following?

(a) Coastal region

(b) Limestone region

(c) River of mature stage

(d) Glacial region

Answer: (d)

13. Who among the following was the Chairman of the National Planning Committee set up by the INC in 1938?

(a) Jawaharlal Nehru

(b) Subhash Chandra Bose

(c) Vallabh Bhai Patel

(d) Mahatma Gandhi

Answer: (a)

14. When was the Planning Commission of India was established?

(a) 1951

(b) 1950

(c) 1948

(d) 1952

Answer: (b)

15. When was the National Development Council constituted?

(a) 1947

(b) 1948

(c) 1952

(d) 1950

Answer: (c)

16. Who was the Chairman of the Drafting Committee for preparing Draft Constitution for India?

(a) Dr. B.R. Ambedkar

(b) Dr. Rajendra Prasad

(c) Jawaharlal Nehru

(d) B.N. Rao

Answer: (a)

17. When was the Draft Constitution published?

(a) January, 1948

(b) March, 1948

(c) November, 1948

(d) February, 1949

Answer: (a)

18. When was the Constitution finally adopted?

(a) 26 December, 1949

(b) 24 January, 1950

(c) 26 November, 1949

(d) 26 January, 1950

Answer: (c)

19. The state emblem of India has been adopted from which of the following?

(a) Ashokan Pillar at Allahabad

(b) Ashokan Pillar at Delhi

(c) Palace of Chandragupta Maurya at Patna

(d) Lion Capital of Ahoka at Sarnath

Answer: (d)

20. How many spokes are there in the National Flag of India?

(a) 24

(b) 36

(c) 20

(d) 30

Answer: (a)