General Knowledge #9 Multiple Choice Questions

GENERAL KNOWLEDGE #9

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTIONS

1. Which of the following Harappan site was located on the bank of Hindon river?

(a) Alamgirpur

(b) Ropar

(c) Lothal

(d) Kalibanga

Answer: (a)

2. Which of the following were the main crops of Harappan civilization?

(a) Wheat and barley

(b) Rice and wheat

(c) Wheat and maize

(d) Maize and barley

Answer: (a)

3. Which of the following metals seems to be first used by the Harappan?

(a) Copper

(b) Bronze

(c) Silver

(d) Gold

Answer: (c)

4. Who among the following attacked Bihar and destroyed the universities of Nalanda and Vikramshila?

(a) Mohammad Ghori

(b) Bakhtiar Khalji

(c) Mahmud Ghazni

(d) Qutubuddin Aibak

Answer: (b)

5. Who among the following was known as ‘Lakhbaksh’ for his magnanimity?

(a) Mohammad Bin Tughlaq

(b) Iltutumish

(c) Qutubuddin Aibak

(d) Alauddin Khilji

Answer: (c)

6. Who among the following buitt the ‘Quwat-ul-Islam’ mosque, which is considered as the first mosque built in India?

(a) Firozshah Tughlaq

(b) Qutubuddin Aibak

(c) Jalaluddin Khilji

(d) Iltutmish

Answer: (b)

7. Which of the following revenue settlement system was introduced in the largest area?

(a) Mahalwari system

(b) Quinquennial system

(c) Permanent settlement

(d) Ryotwari system

Answer: (d)

8. Who among the following initiated the system of auctioning the land for revenue to the highest bidder?

(a) Lord Hastings

(b) Warren Hastings

(c) Dalhousie

(d) Cornwallis

Answer: (b)

9. Who among the following led the Ramosis revolt?

(a) Tirut singh

(b) Buddho Bhagat

(c) Chittur Singh

(d) All of the above

Answer: (c)

10. What are cirques?

(a) The basins carved by stream cutting

(b) The basins formed by river-erosion

(c) The vast amphitheatre like basin carved by glaciers

(d) None of the above

Answer: (c)

11. Outwash plain is formed by which of the following?

(a) Glaciers

(b) Sea waves

(c) Wind

(d) River

Answer: (a)

12. Which of the following is a volcanic plateau?

(a) Western Deccan

(b) Iberia

(c) Tibet

(d) Anatolia

Answer: (a)

13. Annual Budget (Annual Financing Statement) is present in the Parliament on 28th February, by which of the following?

(a) Commerce Ministry

(b) Finance Ministry

(c) Reserve Bank

(d) None of the above

Answer: (b)

14. Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) in Insurance sector is now allowed by the Government of India, upto what percent?

(a) 49%

(b) 100%

(c) 26%

(d) 50%

Answer: (a)

15. Which of the following regulates foreign exchange under the Foreign Exchange Management Act (FEMA)?

(a) RBI

(b) Finance Ministry

(c) Commerce Ministry

(d) SEBI

Answer: (a)

16. Which of the following is related to Swarn Singh Committee?

(a) Directive Principles of State Policy (DPSP)

(b) Fundamental Duties

(c) Fundamental Rights

(d) None of the above

Answer: (b)

17. The power of the President to promulgate ‘Ordinance’ is related to which of the following?

(a) Article 123

(b) Article 213

(c) Article 352

(d) Article 356

Answer: (a)

18. Who among the following presides the joint sitting of the Parliament?

(a) Prime Minister

(b) President

(c) Speaker of Lok Sabha

(d) Chairman of Rajya Sabha

Answer: (c)

19. Which is the National River of India?

(a) Ganges

(b) Godavari

(c) Brahmaputra

(d) Yamuna

Answer: (a)

20. Which is the National Tree of India?

(a) Sal

(b) Banyan

(c) Neem

(d) Pipal

Answer: (b)