General Knowledge #23 Multiple Choice Questions

GENERAL KNOWLEDGE #23

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTIONS

1. Fourth Buddhist Council was chaired by whom of the following?

(a) Vasumitra

(b) Mahakassap

(c) Sabakami

(d) None of the above

Answer: (a)

2. Buddhist texts are written in which of the following language?

(a) Prakrit

(b) Pali

(c) Magadhi

(d) Saursaini

Answer: (b)

3. Fourth Buddhist Council was held during the reign of whom of the following?

(a) Ashoka

(b) Chandragupta Maurya

(c) Ajatshatru

(d) Kanishka

Answer: (d)

4. When did ‘Battle of Chausa’ between Sher Shah and Humayun take place?

(a) AD 1539

(b) AD 1540

(c) AD 1545

(d) AD 1550

Answer: (a)

5. When did ‘Battle of Kannauj or Bilgram’ between Sher Shah and Humayun take place?

(a) AD 1540

(b) AD 1545

(c) AD 1542

(d) AD 1539

Answer: (a)

6. ‘Mansabdari’ and ‘Dahsala’ system was started by whom of the following?

(a) Akbar

(b) Jahangir

(c) Aurangzeb

(d) Shah Jahan

Answer: (a)

7. Who started the daily newspaper ‘The Bengalee’?

(a) Dadabhai Naoroji

(b) S.N. Bannerjee

(c) W.C. Bannerjee

(d) Keshab Chandra Sen

Answer: (b)

8. Where was the Indian Association formed?

(a) Calcutta

(b) Bombay

(c) London

(d) Madras

Answer: (a)

9. Where was the first All India Conference of the Indian Association held?

(a) London

(b) Bombay

(c) Calcutta

(d) Madras

Answer: (c)

10. The maximum coal deposits of India is found in the rock system of which of the following?

(a) Vindhyan

(b) Dharwar

(c) Kuddapah

(d) Gondwana

Answer: (d)

11. Coal and mineral oils, deposits are found in which of the following?

(a) Sedimentary rocks

(b) Igneous rocks

(c) Metamorphic rocks

(d) None of the above

Answer: (a)

12. Where was the first Biosphere Reserve of India set up in 1986?

(a) Sunderbans

(b) Nilgiri

(c) Nokrek

(d) Nanda Devi

Answer: (b)

13. When was the ‘Operation Flood’ programme started?

(a) 1965

(b) 1970

(c) 1972

(d) 1978

Answer: (b)

14. ‘Yellow Revolution’ is related to which of the following?

(a) Production of oilseeds

(b) Production of pulses

(c) Production of fertilisers

(d) All of the above

Answer: (a)

15. Which is the biggest commercial bank in public sector of India?

(a) Reserve Bank of India

(b) Punjab National Bank

(c) Central Bank of India

(d) State Bank of India

Answer: (d)

16. Sarkaria Commission was concerned with which of the following?

(a) Financial Reforms

(b) Centre-State Relations

(c) Electoral Reforms

(d) Judicial Reforms

Answer: (b)

17. The Constitutional Amendment Procedure is related to which of the following?

(a) Article 365

(b) Article 368

(c) Article 369

(d) Article 370

Answer: (b)

18. Which of the following right is automatically suspended during the proclamation of Emergency?

(a) Article 19

(b) Article 20

(c) Article 21

(d) None of the above

Answer: (a)

19. Who was the first Indian batsman to complete 10,000 runs in Test Cricket?

(a) Lala Amarnath

(b) Sunil Gavaskar

(c) Sachin Tendulkar

(d) Rahul Dravid

Answer: (b)

20. Who became the first Indian cricketer to score a triple century in Test Cricket?

(a) Sunil Gavaskar

(b) Mohammad Azharuddin

(c) sachin Tendulkar

(d) Virendra Sehwag

Answer: (d)