General Knowledge #19 Multiple Choice Questions

GENERAL KNOWLEDGE #19

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTIONS

1. Which was the most important animal during Vedic Age?

(a) Ox

(b) Elephant

(c) Cow

(d) Bull

Answer: (c)

2. Who was the sky-god during the Vedic period?

(a) Surya

(b) Dyaus Pitar

(c) Indra

(d) None of the above

Answer: (b)

3. Who was the first Jain Tirthankar?

(a) Gosala

(b) Rishabhdeva

(c) Parsvanath

(d) Mahavir

Answer: (b)

4. Who founded the Bahmani Kindgdom?

(a) Bukka

(b) Mahmud Gawan

(c) Harihar

(d) Alauddin Hasan Bahman Shah

Answer: (d)

5. When was the Bahmani Kingdom founded?

(a) AD 1250

(b) AD 1347

(c) AD 1349

(d) AD 1426

Answer: (b)

6. Who of the following is called as the ‘Fox of Deccan’?

(a) Amir Ali Barid

(b) Abul Muzzafar

(c) Mahmud Gawan

(d) None of the above

Answer: (a)

7. Governor General of Bengal became Governor General of India by which of the following?

(a) Charter Act, 1773

(b) Charter Act, 1853

(c) Indian Council Act, 1892

(d) Indian Council Act, 1861

Answer: (a)

8. Which of the following Act awarded Provincial autonomy?

(a) Govt. of India Act, 1920

(b) Govt. of India Act, 1935

(c) Indian Council Act, 1910

(d) Indian Council Act, 1861

Answer: (b)

9. By which Act, dyarchy in provinces was started?

(a) Govt. of India Act, 1919

(b) Govt. of India Act, 1935

(c) Indian Council Act, 1892

(d) Indian Council Act, 1909

Answer: (a)

10. Pulicat lake lies in which of the following?

(a) Andhra Pradesh

(b) Tamil Nadu

(c) Kerala

(d) Odisha

Answer: (a)

11. Which of the following is known as ‘Abode of Cloud’?

(a) Sikkim

(b) Himachal Pradesh

(c) Meghalaya

(d) Arunachal Pradesh

Answer: (c)

12. Which of the following states gets maximum rainfall from the North-East (or retreating) monsoon?

(a) Tamil Nadu

(b) Maharashtra

(c) West Bengal

(d) Kerala

Answer: (a)

13. Disguised unemployment in India is prevalent in which of the following sectors?

(a) Manufacturing sector

(b) Service sector

(c) Agricultural sector

(d) None of the above

Answer: (c)

14. The Second Five Year Plan laid more stress upon which of the following?

(a) Removing poverty

(b) Industrialisation

(c) Self-reliance

(d) Agriculture

Answer: (b)

15. During which plan did prices show a decline?

(a) Second

(b) First

(c) Fifth

(d) None of the above

Answer: (a)

16. The local urban bodies were given the constitutional status by which of the following?

(a) 72nd Amendment

(b) 74th Amendment

(c) 77th Amendment

(d) 79th Amendment

Answer: (b)

17. At present, how many Fundamental Duties are in our Constitution?

(a) 9

(b) 10

(c) 11

(d) 12

Answer: (c)

18. Who of the following was the first Chief Justice of India?

(a) M.C. Mahajan

(b) S.R. Das

(c) H.J. Kania

(d) B.K. Mukherjee

Answer: (c)

19. Who was the world’s first woman Prime Minister?

(a) Sirimavo Bhandaranaike

(b) Sheikh Hasina

(c) Benazir Bhutto

(d) Indira Gandhi

Answer: (a)

20. Who was the first woman to become the President of UN General Assembly?

(a) Kim Campbell

(b) Madeleine Albright

(c) Vijaya Lakshmi Pandit

(d) None of the above

Answer: (c)