General Knowledge #17 Multiple Choice Questions

GENERAL KNOWLEDGE #17

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTIONS

1. Which of the following is called PWG phase?

(a) Chalcolithic age

(b) Rig Vedic age

(c) Later Vedic age

(d) Harappan age

Answer: (c)

2. The use of iron was started in India around ……………

(a) 1000 BC

(b) 500 BC

(c) AD 1200

(d) AD 500

Answer: (a)

3. Which was the most important deity during Later Vedic age?

(a) Rudra

(b) Varun

(c) Prajapati

(d) Indra

Answer: (c)

4. Who wrote Persian verses under the name ‘Gulrukhi’?

(a) Alauddin Khalji

(b) Sikandar Lodi

(c) Iltutmish

(d) Mohammad Bin Tughlaq

Answer: (b)

5. When did Taimur invade India?

(a) AD 1200

(b) AD 1398

(c) AD 1402

(d) AD 1450

Answer: (b)

6. Taimur invaded India during the reign of whom of the following?

(a) Nasiruddin Mahmud

(b) Mohammad Bin Tughlaq

(c) Firozshah Tughlaq

(d) Alauddin Khalji

Answer: (a)

7. When was the ‘Indian League’ founded at Calcutta by Sisir Kumar Ghosh?

(a) 1875

(b) 1870

(c) 1872

(d) 1880

Answer: (a)

8. Who founded the ‘Indian Association’ in 1876?

(a) Anand Mohan Bose

(b) S.N. Banerjee

(c) Both ‘a’ and ‘b’

(d) None of the above

Answer: (c)

9. Who founded the ‘United Indian Patriotic Association’?

(a) Abdul Kalam Ajad

(b) S.N. Banerjee

(c) Syed Ahmad Khan

(d) All of the abcove

Answer: (c)

10. Which is the highest peak of Indian Himalayas?

(a) Kanchenjunga

(b) Mount Everest

(c) Nanda Devi

(d) K₂

Answer: (a)

11. Mount Godwin Austen lies in which of the following?

(a) Dhauladhar

(b) Karakoram

(c) Jaskar

(d) Himalaya

Answer: (b)

12. What is the height of Mount Everest from the sea level?

(a) 8852 m

(b) 8845 m

(c) 8848 m

(d) 8860 m

Answer: (c)

13. Which of the following is/are included in the primary sector?

(a) Mining

(b) Forestry

(c) Agriculture

(d) All of the above

Answer: (d)

14. Which of the following is related to secondary sector?

(a) Manufacturing

(b) Trade

(c) Transport

(d) All of the above

Answer: (a)

15. Service sector (tertiary sector) includes which of the following?

(a) Transport

(b) Health and education

(c) Trade

(d) All of the above

Answer: (d)

16. Where was the Community Development Programme launched?

(a) Andhra Pradesh

(b) Rajasthan

(c) Punjab

(d) Uttar Pradesh

Answer: (b)

17. When was the National Development Council established?

(a) 1948

(b) 1950

(c) 1955

(d) 1952

Answer: (d)

18. When was the Panchayati Raj launched?

(a) 02 October, 1947

(b) 02 October, 1952

(c) 02 October, 1959

(d) 02 October, 1950

Answer: (c)

19. Who was the first Indian woman to summit Mount Everest?

(a) Bula Choudhary

(b) Bachendri Pal

(c) Santosh Yadav

(d) None of the above

Answer: (b)

20. Who was the first woman to conquer Mount Everest twice?

(a) Bachendri Pal

(b) Arati Saha

(c) Junko Tabei

(d) Santosh Yadav

Answer: (d)