General Knowledge #22 Multiple Choice Questions

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 Who of the following repealed the ‘Vernacular Press Act’?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)