GENERAL KNOWLEDGE #16
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTIONS
1. Which
of the following was staple crop of Rig Vedic people?
(a) Wheat
(b) Maize
(c) Rice
(d) Barley
Answer:
(d)
2. Rig
Veda is divided into how many mandals?
(a) X
(b) IX
(c) XV
(d) XII
Answer:
(a)
3. Rig
Vedic people were ……………
(a) pastoral
(b) nomadic
(c) cultivator
(d) semi-nomadic
Answer:
(d)
4. Who
built the city of ‘Hissar’?
(a) Mohammad Bin Tughlaq
(b) Firozshah Tughlaq
(c) Iltutmish
(d) None of the above
Answer:
(b)
5. Who
introduced the new measurement yard ‘Gaz-i-Sikandari’?
(a) Ibrahim Lodi
(b) Bahlol Lodi
(c) Sikandar Lodi
(d) None of the above
Answer:
(b)
6. Which
of the following is known as ‘Shiraz of the East’?
(a) Varanasi
(b) Patliputra
(c) Jaunpur
(d) Prayag
Answer:
(c)
7. Where
was the Ramakrishna Mission founded by Vivekananda in 1897?
(a) Bombay
(b) Vellore
(c) Belur
(d) Calcutta
Answer:
(c)
8. Which
of the following was the first political organisation in India?
(a) British India Association
(b) East India Association
(c) Bangabhasa Prakasika Sabha
(d) Landholders Society
Answer:
(c)
9. Who
founded the ‘Landholder’s Society’?
(a) Anand Mohan Bose
(b) John Adam
(c) Devendranath Tagore
(d) Dwarikanath Tagore
Answer:
(d)
10. Which
of the Indian state has the longest coastline?
(a) Maharashtra
(b) Tamil Nadu
(c) Andhra Pradesh
(d) Gujarat
Answer:
(d)
11. Which
is the highest peak of the Himalayas?
(a) Kanchenjunga
(b) Mount Everest
(c) Makalu
(d) K2 (Mount Godwin Austin)
Answer:
(b)
12. Which
of the highest peak of India?
(a) K2
(b) Nanda Devi
(c) Dhaulagiri
(d) Mount Everest
Answer:
(a)
13. National
Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (NREGS) came into force in which year?
(a) 2002
(b) 2006
(c) 2004
(d) 2005
Answer:
(b)
14. When
was the Community Development Programme launched in India?
(a) 1950
(b) 1952
(c) 1951
(d) 1948
Answer:
(b)
15. When
was the Green Revolution in India launched?
(a) 1960-61
(b) 1971-72
(c) 1966-67
(d) 1979-80
Answer:
(c)
16. What
is the maximum strength of the Lok Sabha envisaged in the Constitution?
(a) 525
(b) 552
(c) 560
(d) 610
Answer:
(b)
17. When
a proclamation of Emergency is in force, the terms of Lok Sabha can be extended
at a time by the Parliament for a period of ……………
(a) 3 months
(b) 6 months
(c) 1 year
(d) 2 years
Answer:
(c)
18. When
was the Community Development Programme launched in India?
(a) 2 October, 1952
(b) 2 October, 1948
(c) 2 October, 1950
(d) 2 October, 1955
Answer:
(a)
19. Who
was the first Asian woman to swim across the English Channel?
(a) Santosh Yadav
(b) Arati Saha
(c) Bula Choudhary
(d) None of the above
Answer:
(b)
20. Who
was the first woman to summit Everest?
(a) Santosh Yadav
(b) Bachhendri Pal
(c) Junko Tabei
(d) None of the above
Answer:
(c)
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