General Knowledge #14 Multiple Choice Questions

GENERAL KNOWLEDGE #14

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTIONS

1. ‘Pashupati seal’ has been found at which of the following?

(a) Harappa

(b) Mohenjodaro

(c) Lothal

(d) Banwali

Answer: (b)

2. ‘Bearded figure’ has been found at which of the following?

(a) Kot Diji

(b) Rupar

(c) Mohenjodaro

(d) None of the above

Answer: (c)

3. Aryan first settled in India in the regions of which of the following?

(a) Himalaya

(b) Gangetic Valley

(c) Sapta Sindhu

(d) Vindhya

Answer: (c)

4. Who was the first sultan in Delhi to fix land revenue in cash?

(a) Alauddin Khalji

(b) Firozshah Tughlaq

(c) Iltutmish

(d) Mohammad Bin Tughlaq

Answer: (a)

5. Who assumed the title of ‘Al-wasiq-billah’?

(a) Mubarak Khalji

(b) Alauddin Khalji

(c) Iltutmish

(d) None of the above

Answer: (a)

6. Who founded the ‘Tughlaq Dynasty?

(a) Ghyasuddin Tughlaq

(b) Firozshah Tughlaq

(c) Mohammad Bin Tughlaq

(d) None of the above

Answer: (a)

7. Where was the ‘Theosophical Society’ founded in 1875?

(a) Bombay

(b) New York

(c) Calcutta

(d) Madras

Answer: (b)

8. Who founded the ‘Deccan Education Society’?

(a) Atmaram Pandurang

(b) G. G. Agarkar

(c) M. G. Ranade

(d) None of the above

Answer: (b)

9. Who founded the ‘Dev Samaj’?

(a) N. M. Joshi

(b) M. G. Ranade

(c) Shivnarayan Agnihotri

(d) Gopalhari Deshmukh

Answer: (c)

10. Where was the artificial silk industry started first?

(a) USA

(b) Germany

(c) France

(d) UK

Answer: (c)

11. Detroit (USA) is famous for which of the following?

(a) Silk industry

(b) Engineering industry

(c) Cotton industry

(d) Automobile industry

Answer: (d)

12. Manchester is famous in the world for which of the following?

(a) Cotton textiles

(b) Woollen textiles

(c) Silk textiles

(d) All of the above

Answer: (a)

13. Which of the following is the largest source of energy generation in India?

(a) Coal

(b) Oil

(c) Natural gas

(d) Hydel

Answer: (a)

14. The majority of workers in India are which of the following?

(a) Regular salaried workers

(b) Self-employed

(c) Casual workers

(d) None of the above

Answer: (b)

15. Which of the following institutions does not provide loans directly to the farmers?

(a) NABARD

(b) Regional Rural Bank

(c) State Bank of India

(d) Primary Agricultural Credit Society

Answer: (a)

16. Finance Commission is appointed for a period of ……………

(a) 4 years

(b) 6 years

(c) 5 years

(d) 10 years

Answer: (c)

17. The age of Rajya Sabha member should not be less than ……………

(a) 21 years

(b) 25 years

(c) 30 years

(d) 35 years

Answer: (c)

18. Who certifies a Bill as Money Bill?

(a) Speaker

(b) Finance Secretary

(c) President

(d) Finance Minister

Answer: (a)

19. Who was the first woman to reach space?

(a) Anonsheh Ansari

(b) Marie Collins

(c) Dr. Sally K. Ride

(d) Valentina Tereshkova

Answer: (d)

20. Who was the first Indian to reach space?

(a) Major Somnath Sharma

(b) Rakesh Sharma

(c) S. Mukherjee

(d) Mihir Sen

Answer: (b)