GENERAL KNOWLEDGE #22
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTIONS
1. Where
did Gautam Buddha give his first sermon?
(a) Sarnath
(b) Kapilvastu
(c) Kushinagar
(d) Vaishali
Answer:
(a)
2. Where
did Buddha die?
(a) Parvapuri
(b) Kushinagar
(c) Vaishali
(d) Sarnath
Answer:
(b)
3. Where
was the first Buddha Council held?
(a) Rajagrih
(b) Vaishali
(c) Patliputra
(d) Lumbini
Answer:
(a)
4. Who
adopted the title of ‘Ghazi’?
(a) Akbar
(b) Babur
(c) Humayun
(d) Aurangzeb
Answer:
(b)
5. Babu
wrote his memoir ‘Tuzuk-i-Babri’ or ‘Babarnama’ in which of the following?
(a) Turki
(b) Afghani
(c) Persian
(d) Mongol
Answer:
(a)
6. Who
built the city of ‘Dinpanah’?
(a) Shah Jahan
(b) Akbar
(c) Babur
(d) Humayun
Answer:
(d)
7. Who
of the following repealed the ‘Vernacular Press Act’?
(a) Lord Elgin
(b) Lord Curzon
(c) Lord Lytton
(d) Lord Rippon
Answer:
(d)
8. Who
of the following introduced the ‘Ilbert Bill’ in 1883?
(a) Lord Rippon
(b) Lord Lansdowne
(c) Lord Lytton
(d) Lord Elgin
Answer:
(a)
9. Which
of the following association had its base in London?
(a) East India Association
(b) Indian Association
(c) British India Association
(d) None of the above
Answer:
(a)
10. Sivasamudram
dam is located on which of the following?
(a) Kaveri
(b) Tungabhadra
(c) Krishna
(d) Godavari
Answer:
(a)
11. Which
of the following river is known as ‘Dakshin Ganga’ or ‘Vridha Ganga’?
(a) Kaveri
(b) Mahanadi
(c) Godavari
(d) Krishna
Answer:
(c)
12. Which
of the following is the most mineralised rock-system of India?
(a) Kuddapah
(b) Dharwar
(c) Vindhyan
(d) Gondwana
Answer:
(b)
13. Economic
Survey of India is published by which of the following?
(a) Finance Ministry
(b) Planning Commission
(c) Ministry of Industry
(d) RBI
Answer:
(a)
14. Which
is the oldest Stock Exchange of India?
(a) BSE
(b) NSE
(c) OCTEI
(d) DSE
Answer:
(a)
15. When
was the slogan of ‘Garibi Hatao’ launched?
(a) 3rd Plan
(b) 4th Plan
(c) 5th Plan
(d) 6th Plan
Answer:
(b)
16. Who
is the Chairman of the NITI Aayog?
(a) Home Minister
(b) Finance Minister
(c) Prime Minister
(d) President
Answer:
(c)
17. Who
is the Chairman of the National Development Council?
(a) Prime Minister
(b) President
(c) Finance Minister
(d) None of the above
Answer:
(a)
18. Anti-defection
provisions were introduced by which Constitutional Amendment?
(a) 51st
(b) 52nd
(c) 53rd
(d) 54th
Answer:
(b)
19. Who
was the first US President to be assassinated?
(a) Abraham Lincoln
(b) John Adams
(c) Richard Nixon
(d) None of the above
Answer:
(a)
20. Who
was the first and only US President to resign from office?
(a) John Adams
(b) Richard Nixon
(c) Thomas Jefferson
(d) None of the above
Answer:
(b)
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