General Knowledge #20 Multiple Choice Questions

GENERAL KNOWLEDGE #20

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTIONS

1. Mahavir got Kaivalya under which tree?

(a) Sal

(b) Banyan

(c) Neem

(d) Pipal

Answer: (a)

2. Where was Mahavir born?

(a) Pavapuri

(b) Vaishali

(c) Magadh

(d) Kushinagar

Answer: (b)

3. Where did Mahavir die?

(a) Nalanda

(b) Pavapuri

(c) Deoria

(d) Vaishali

Answer: (b)

4. When was Vijaynagar Empire founded?

(a) AD 1346

(b) AD 1250

(c) AD 1378

(d) AD 1446

Answer: (a)

5. Who founded the Vijaynagar Empire?

(a) Alauddin Hasan

(b) Harihar and Bukka

(c) Abul Muzzaffar

(d) None of the above

Answer: (b)

6. Who was known as ‘Abhinava Bhoj’ and ‘Andhra Bhoj’?

(a) Devaraya I

(b) Devaraya II

(c) Krishnadeva Raya

(d) Sadashiva Raya

Answer: (c)

7. Doctrinal form to economic exploitation by the British rule, was first given by whom?

(a) S.N. Bannerjee

(b) W.C. Bannerjee

(c) Dadabhai Naoroji

(d) None of the above

Answer: (c)

8. ‘Drain theory’ was put forwarded by whom?

(a) Rammohan Roy

(b) B.G. Tilak

(c) Dadabhai Naoroji

(d) W.C. Bannerjee

Answer: (c)

9. Who of the following enacted the ‘Vernacular Press Act’?

(a) Lord Curzon

(b) Lord Lytton

(c) Charles Metcalfe

(d) Lord Rippon

Answer: (b)

10. South-West monsoon first strikes the coast of which of the following?

(a) Maharashtra

(b) Gujarat

(c) Tamil Nadu

(d) Kerala

Answer: (d)

11. Which of the following is the most representative tree of the Indian vegetation?

(a) Mahogony

(b) Sal

(c) Sisam

(d) Teak

Answer: (b)

12. Which of the following pair of rivers originate from the same region in opposite directions?

(a) Narmada and Godavari

(b) Narmada and Tapi

(c) Narmada and Son

(d) Son and Chambal

Answer: (c)

13. Which sector contributes maximum to India’s GDP?

(a) Primary sector

(b) Secondary sector

(c) Tertiary sector

(d) All sectors equally

Answer: (a)

14. Which is the largest bank of India?

(a) ICICI Bank

(b) State Bank of India

(c) Bank of India

(d) Central Bank of India

Answer: (b)

15. When did nationalisation of RBI take place?

(a) 1949

(b) 1950

(c) 1947

(d) 1952

Answer: (a)

16. Who was the first Chief Election Commissioner of India?

(a) Sukumar Sen

(b) K.V.K. Sundaram

(c) S.P. Sen Verma

(d) None of the above

Answer: (a)

17. The Council of Ministers is collectively responsible to which of the following?

(a) Rajya Sabha

(b) Lok Sabha

(c) President

(d) Prime Minister

Answer: (b)

18. Who of the following has the right of audience in all the courts in India?

(a) Attorney General

(b) Chief Election Commissioner

(c) Comptroller & Auditor General

(d) All of the above

Answer: (a)

19. Who was the first woman Chief Minister of a state in India?

(a) Sarojini Naidu

(b) Annie Beasant

(c) Vijaya Lakhsmi Pandit

(d) Sucheta Kriplani

Answer: (d)

20. Who was the first woman Governor of a state in India?

(a) Annie Beasant

(b) Sarojini Naidu

(c) Sucheta Kriplani

(d) Vijaya Lakhsmi Pandit

Answer: (b)