General Knowledge #7 MCQ

GENERAL KNOWLEDGE #7 MCQ

1. Which of the following was Indus Valley Civilisation or Harappan Civilisation?

(a) Urban

(b) Rural

(c) Nomadic

(d) Pastoral

Answer: (a)

2. The ‘Great Bath’ has been found at which of the following?

(a) Lothal

(b) Kalibanga

(c) Mohenjodaro

(d) Harappa

Answer: (c)

3. Which was the port city of Indus Valley Civilisation?

(a) Kot Diji

(b) Katibanga

(c) Lothal

(d) Mohenjodaro

Answer: (d)

4. ‘Battle of Takkolam’ took place between which of the following?

(a) Rashtrakutas and Cholas

(b) Palas and Cholas

(c) Pratiharas and Rashtrakutas

(d) Cholas and Pratiharas

Answer: (a)

5. Who among the following assumed the title of ‘Ganaikonda’?

(a) Rajendra I

(b) Raja Raja I

(c) Parantaka I

(d) Rajadhiraja I

Answer: (a)

6. Who among the following adopted the title ‘Pandit Chola’?

(a) Parantaka II

(b) Parantaka I

(c) Rajendra I

(d) Raja Raja I

Answer: (c)

7. Who was the last Governor of General of Bengal and the first Governor General of British India?

(a) Cornwallis

(b) Lord Canning

(c) William Bentinck

(d) Lord Dalhousie

Answer: (c)

8. Who was the last Governor General and first viceroy of India?

(a) Lord Harding

(b) Lord Canning

(c) Lord Dalhousie

(d) William Bentinck

Answer: (b)

9. Who was the Governor General during the 1857 revolt?

(a) Lord Elgin

(b) John Lawrence

(c) Lord Canning

(d) Lord Dalhousie

Answer: (c)

10. Fossils are commonly found in which of the following?

(a) Metamorphic rocks

(b) Volcanic rocks

(c) Sedimentary rocks

(d) Igneous rocks

Answer: (c)

11. Mass wasting is mainly caused by the action of which of the following?

(a) Vegetation

(b) Winds

(c) Run off

(d) Force of gravity

Answer: (d)

12. Which of the following is the universal base level of erosion by rivers?

(a) Sea level

(b) Flood-plain level

(c) River channel level

(d) Water-table level

Answer: (a)

13. Which of the following was the targeted average annual GDP growth rate during 11th plan?

(a) 8%

(b) 8.5%

(c) 9%

(d) 10%

Answer: (c)

14. Who among the following made the first attempt to estimate the National Income of India?

(a) Dadabhai Naoroji

(b) V K R V Rao

(c) P C Mahalanobis

(d) R C Dutt

Answer: (a)

15. Which of the following is the Central Bank of India?

(a) Punjab National Bank

(b) Reserve Bank of India

(c) State Bank of India

(d) Imperial Bank

Answer: (b)

16. When was the State Reorganisation Commission constituted?

(a) 1950

(b) 1956

(c) 1957

(d) 1960

Answer: (b)

17. When was the Indian Citizenship Act passed?

(a) 1950

(b) 1952

(c) 1955

(d) 1958

Answer: (c)

18. Which of the following articles can only be claimed by the citizens?

(a) 14, 15 and 16

(b) 15, 16 and 19

(c) Only 15

(d) 14 and 16

Answer: (b)

19. Who among the following composed the National Song of India?

(a) Maithilisharan Gupta

(b) Ramdhari Singh ‘Dinkar’

(c) Bankim Chandra Chatterji

(d) Rabindranath Tagore

Answer: (c)

20. Which is the National Flower of India?

(a) Jasmine

(b) Lotus

(c) Lilli

(d) Rose

Answer: (b)