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)
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