General Knowledge #21 Multiple Choice Questions

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)