General Knowledge #18 Multiple Choice Questions

GENERAL KNOWLEDGE #18

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTIONS

1. Which of the following was the original home of Aryan according to Bal Gangadhar Tilak?

(a) Tibet

(b) Arctic Region

(c) Sapta-Sindhu Region

(d) Central Asia

Answer: (b)

2. ‘Aitareya Brahmana’ is related to which of the following?

(a) Rig Veda

(b) Atharva Veda

(c) Sama Veda

(d) Yajur Veda

Answer: (a)

3. According to whom ‘Central Asia’ was the original home of Aryan?

(a) Prof. Max Mueller

(b) Dayanand Saraswati

(c) Prof. Penka

(d) Bal Gangadhar Tilak

Answer: (a)

4. During which dynasty Taimur invaded India?

(a) Tughlaq

(b) Lodi

(c) Khalji

(d) Slave

Answer: (a)

5. Who was the first to assume the title of ‘Sultan’?

(a) Muhammad Ghori

(b) Mahmud Ghazni

(c) Alauddin Khalji

(d) Qutubuddin Aibak

Answer: (b)

6. ‘Sur Sagar’ was written by whom of the following?

(a) Surdas

(b) Nand Das

(c) Trilochan Das

(d) Jayananda

Answer: (a)

7. Who of the following was associated with the UP Kishan Sabha?

(a) Gauri Shankar

(b) Indra Narayan Dwedi

(c) M.M. Malviya

(d) All of the above

Answer: (d)

8. Who was the founder of ‘National Liberal Federation’?

(a) S.N. Banerjee

(b) M.G. Ranade

(c) Rammohan Roy

(d) All of the above

Answer: (a)

9. ‘Supreme Court’ at Calcutta, was established by which of the following?

(a) Regulating Act, 1773

(b) Charter Act, 1853

(c) Indian Council Act, 1861

(d) Charter Act, 1833

Answer: (a)

10. Anaimudi, the highest peak of southern India, lies in which of the following?

(a) Annamalai hills

(b) Nilgiri hills

(c) Cardamom hills

(d) Shevroy hills

Answer: (a)

11. Dodabetta is the highest peak of which of the following?

(a) Annamalai hills

(b) Nilgiri hills

(c) Ajanta range

(d) Cardamom hills

Answer: (b)

12. Western Ghats and Eastern Ghats meets at which of the following?

(a) Javadi

(b) Annamalai

(c) Shevroy

(d) Nilgiri

Answer: (d)

13. VAT has been introduced on the recommendation of which of the following?

(a) Rangarajan Committee

(b) Kelkar Committee

(c) L.K. Jha Committee

(d) None of the above

Answer: (c)

14. When was VAT implemented in India?

(a) 01 April, 2004

(b) 01 April, 2005

(c) 01 April, 2006

(d) 01 April, 2007

Answer: (b)

15. Which state published the Human Development Report for the first time in India?

(a) Uttar Pradesh

(b) Madhya Pradesh

(c) Rajasthan

(d) Kerala

Answer: (b)

16. Where was the Panchayati Raj first launched?

(a) Rajasthan

(b) Uttar Pradesh

(c) Punjab

(d) Andhra Pradesh

Answer: (a)

17. Which was the first state in India that implemented the Panchayati Raj in the whole state?

(a) Andhra Pradesh

(b) West Bengal

(c) Rajasthan

(d) Assam

Answer: (c)

18. In India, the Panchayati Raj was given the Constitutional status by which of the following?

(a) 73rd Amendment

(b) 28th Amendment

(c) 65th Amendment

(d) 84th Amendment

Answer: (a)

19. Who is the first Indian woman to swim across seven seas of the world?

(a) Bula Choudhary

(b) Bachhendri Pal

(c) Arati Saha

(d) None of the above

Answer: (a)

20. Who was the first Indian woman to cross English Channel twice?

(a) Bula Choudhary

(b) Arati Saha

(c) Bachhendri Pal

(d) None of the above

Answer: (a)