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)
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