GENERAL KNOWLEDGE #6 MCQ
1. Site
found at ‘Burzahom’ belong to which of the following?
(a) Mesolithic phase
(b) Palaeolithic phase
(c) Neolithic phase
(d) Chalcolithic phase
Answer:
(c)
2. Who
of the following are called ‘Quartzite Men’?
(a) Palaeolithic people
(b) Neolithic people
(c) Harappan people
(d) Chalcolithic people
Answer:
(a)
3. The
evidences of Indus Valley Civilization were first discovered at which of the
following?
(a) Chanhudaro
(b) Harappa
(c) Lothal
(d) Mohenjodaro
Answer:
(b)
4. ‘Rajashekhar’
was the court-poet of which of the following?
(a) Mahendrapala
(b) Yashpal
(c) Mihir Bhoj
(d) None of the above
Answer:
(a)
5. Who
among the following founded the ‘Rashtrakuta dynasty’?
(a) Dantidurga
(b) Govind
(c) Amoghvarsha
(d) Dhruv
Answer:
(a)
6. Who
among the following built the Kailash temple at Ellora?
(a) Govind III
(b) Amoghvarsha
(c) Krishna III
(d) Krishna I
Answer:
(d)
7. Who
among the following enacted the Prohibition of Sati in 1829?
(a) John Adams
(b) Lord Auckland
(c) Lord William Bentinck
(d) Lord Amherst
Answer:
(c)
8. During
whose regime, Indians were appointed at high posts?
(a) William Bentinck
(b) Warren Hastings
(c) Cornwallis
(d) Dalhousie
Answer:
(a)
9. Who
among the following is called ‘Liberator of the Press’ in India?
(a) Lord Rippon
(b) Cornwallis
(c) William Bentinck
(d) Charles Metcalfe
Answer:
(d)
10. Molten
matter, inside the earth is known as which of the following?
(a) Liquid material
(b) Magma
(c) Volcanic matter
(d) Coarse grained material
Answer:
(b)
11. Coral
reefs are landforms produced by which of the following?
(a) Waves
(b) Organisms
(c) Rivers
(d) Winds
Answer:
(b)
12. What
is a quartzite?
(a) Metamorphic rock
(b) Sedimentary rock
(c) Igneous rock
(d) None of the above
Answer:
(a)
13. Which
of the following plan is called ‘Rolling Plan’?
(a) 5th Plan
(b) 6th Plan
(c) 7th Plan
(d) 8th Plan
Answer:
(b)
14. During
which plan, the highest priority was given to poverty alleviation programme?
(a) 5th Plan
(b) 6th Plan
(c) 7th Plan
(d) 8th Plan
Answer:
(b)
15. ‘Mukherjee
Committee’ was constituted during which plan?
(a) 5th Plan
(b) 6th Plan
(c) 7th Plan
(d) 8th Plan
Answer:
(d)
16. In
the Preamble the words ‘Socialist’, ‘Secular’ and ‘Unity and Integrity’ were
added by which of the following?
(a) 42nd Amendment, 1976
(b) 1st Amendment, 1951
(c) 7th Amendment, 1956
(d) 44th Amendment, 1978
Answer:
(a)
17. The
names of the states and UTs are described in which of the following?
(a) 1st Schedule
(b) 3rd Schedule
(c) 6th Schedule
(d) 8th Schedule
Answer:
(a)
18. Which
was the first state created as a separate state on the linguistic basis in
1953?
(a) Maharashtra
(b) Kerala
(c) Andhra Pradesh
(d) Punjab
Answer:
(c)
19. When
was the National Calendar adopted?
(a) 26 November, 1949
(b) 15 August, 1947
(c) 26 January, 1950
(d) 22 March, 1957
Answer:
(d)
20. Who
among the following composed the National Anthem of India?
(a) Rabindranath Tagore
(b) Sri Aurobindo
(c) Ramdhari Singh Dinkar
(d) Bankim Chandra Chatterji
Answer:
(a)
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