General Knowledge #12 Multiple Choice Questions

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)