GENERAL KNOWLEDGE #21
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTIONS
1. Where
was the first Jain Council held?
(a) Nalanda
(b) Sarnath
(c) Patliputra
(d) Vallabhi
Answer:
(c)
2. Jain
religious literature was written in which of the following?
(a) Prakrit
(b) Pali
(c) Magadhi
(d) Ardh Magadhi
Answer:
(d)
3. Where
did Buddha get enlightenment?
(a) Uruvela
(b) Vaishali
(c) Lumbini
(d) Sarnath
Answer:
(a)
4. Who
was known as ‘Andhra Pitamaha’?
(a) Krishnadeva Raya
(b) Harihar I
(c) Devaraya I
(d) Devaraya II
Answer:
(a)
5. ‘Barbosa’,
the Portuguese traveller, visited the court of which of the following?
(a) Krishnadeva Raya
(b) Devaraya I
(c) Devaraya II
(d) Harihar I
Answer:
(a)
6. Mughals
were which of the following?
(a) Afghan
(b) Mongol
(c) Turk
(d) None of the above
Answer:
(c)
7. During
whose period, ‘Indian National Congress’ was formed?
(a) Lord Dufferin
(b) Lord Curzon
(c) Lord Lansdowne
(d) None of the above
Answer:
(a)
8. The
name, ‘Indian National Congress’ was given by whom of the following?
(a) S.N. Banerjee
(b) A.O. Hume
(c) W.C. Banerjee
(d) Dadabhai Naoroji
Answer:
(d)
9. Who
of the following is associated with “Poverty and un-British Rule in India”?
(a) Dadabhai Naoroji
(b) S.N. Banerjee
(c) B.G. Tilak
(d) Lajpat Rai
Answer:
(a)
10. Which
of the following river flows through the rift valleys?
(a) Narmada
(b) Tapi
(c) Damodar
(d) All of the above
Answer:
(d)
11. Which
river is known as the Ganges of South India?
(a) Krishna
(b) Godavari
(c) Ponneru
(d) Kaveri
Answer:
(d)
12. Nagarjunasagar
dam is located on which of the following?
(a) Krishna river
(b) Kaveri river
(c) Vaigai river
(d) Koyana river
Answer:
(a)
13. Which
bank is called as “Banker’s Bank”?
(a) Reserve Bank of India
(b) State Bank of India
(c) Central Bank of India
(d) Bank of India
Answer:
(a)
14. Where
are the headquarters of RBI situated?
(a) Mumbai
(b) New Delhi
(c) Kolkata
(d) Chennai
Answer:
(a)
15. Which
of the following issues currency notes in India?
(a) Finance Ministry
(b) Finance Secretary
(c) State Bank of India
(d) Reserve Bank of India
Answer:
(d)
16. Money
Bill has been defined in the Constitution under which of the following Article?
(a) 108
(b) 110
(c) 115
(d) 120
Answer:
(b)
17. Which
of the following is set up by the Constitution of India?
(a) NITI Ayog
(b) National Development Council
(c) Zonal Council
(d) None of the above
Answer:
(d)
18. Which
Article of the Constitution abolishes untouchability?
(a) Article 40
(b) Article 15
(c) Article 18
(d) Article 17
Answer:
(d)
19. Who
became the first woman Lok Sabha speaker in India?
(a) Annie Beasant
(b) Sucheta Kriplani
(c) Meira Kumar
(d) Vijaya Lakshmi Pandit
Answer:
(c)
20. Who
was the first US President to die in office?
(a) George Washington
(b) Thomas Jefferson
(c) William Henry Harrison
(d) John Adams
Answer:
(c)
0 Comments