GENERAL KNOWLEDGE #12
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTIONS
1. Who
lived in the Citadel area of the Harappan cities?
(a) Ruler
(b) Cultivators
(c) Merchants
(d) Labourers
Answer:
(a)
2. Harappan
tools and implements were made of which of the following?
(a) Iron
(b) Bronze
(c) Copper
(d) Copper and bronze
Answer:
(d)
3. Most
of the Harappan pottery were of which of the following?
(a) Red colour
(b) White colour
(c) Black colour
(d) All of the above
Answer:
(a)
4. Who
started the Iranian system of ‘Sajda’ and ‘Paibos’?
(a) Balban
(b) Alauddin Khalji
(c) Mohammad Bin Tughlaq
(d) Iltutmish
Answer:
(a)
5. Who
followed a policy of ‘Blood and Iron’?
(a) Alauddin Khalji
(b) Iltutmish
(c) Mohammad Bin Tughlaq
(d) Balban
Answer:
(d)
6. Who
called himself ‘Zil-i-illahi’?
(a) Firozshah Tughlaq
(b) Iltutmish
(c) Balban
(d) Mohammad Bin Tughlaq
Answer:
(c)
7. Who
founded the ‘Atmiya Sabha’?
(a) Rammohan Roy
(b) Devendranath Tagore
(c) Keshab Chandra Sen
(d) None of the above
Answer:
(a)
8. ‘Brahmo
Sabha’ was founded by Rammohan Roy in which year?
(a) 1820
(b) 1825
(c) 1828
(d) 1830
Answer:
(c)
9. Who
founded the ‘Dharma Sabha’ in 1829 at Calcutta?
(a) Keshab Chandra sen
(b) Devendranath Tagore
(c) Radhankant Deb
(d) Rammohan Roy
Answer:
(c)
10. Periodic
movement of sea water is known as which of the following?
(a) Tides
(b) Tsunami
(c) Waves
(d) Currents
Answer:
(a)
11. The
tides are primarily caused by which of the following?
(a) Gravitational force of the moon
(b) Gravitational force of the earth
(c) Gravitational force of the sun
(d) None of the above
Answer:
(a)
12. Which
of the following current is produced by upwelling of cold waters?
(a) Kurushio current
(b) Brazilian current
(c) Labrador current
(d) Venezuela current
Answer:
(d)
13. National
Income estimation in India is made by which of the following?
(a) Finance Ministry
(b) Reserve Bank of India
(c) National Statistical Institute
(d) Central statistical Organisation
Answer:
(d)
14. When
was decimal coinage introduced in India?
(a) 1957
(b) 1950
(c) 1947
(d) 1945
Answer:
(a)
15. In
which year State Bank of India (SBI) came into existence?
(a) 1942
(b) 1945
(c) 1950
(d) 1955
Answer:
(d)
16. Which
of the following has the right to speak and take part in the proceedings of
either House of Parliament?
(a) Attorney General
(b) Chief Election Commissioner
(c) Chief Justice of India
(d) Comptroller and Auditor General
Answer:
(a)
17. When
was the Planning Commission established?
(a) 15 March, 1950
(b) 15 June, 1951
(c) 20 August, 1950
(d) 15 January, 1948
Answer:
(a)
18. Who
is the Ex-Officio Chairman of the NITI Aayog?
(a) President
(b) Vice-President
(c) Prime Minister
(d) Deputy Prime Minister
Answer:
(c)
19. When
did India win the first Olympic Hockey Gold at Amsterdam?
(a) 1926
(b) 1928
(c) 1930
(d) 1932
Answer:
(b)
20. Who
was the first space tourist of the world?
(a) Danish Tito
(b) Gregory Dishan
(c) Anusheh Ansari
(d) Marc Shuttle Worth
Answer:
(a)
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