GENERAL KNOWLEDGE #25
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTIONS
1. Who
at first issued the gold coins in India?
(a) Kanishka
(b) Menander ((Milinda)
(c) Ajatshatru
(d) Bimbisara
Answer:
(b)
2. Megasthenese
came into the court of which of the following?
(a) Bimbisara
(b) Chandragupta II
(c) Chandragupta Maurya
(d) Kanishka
Answer:
(c)
3. When
did Alexander invade India?
(a) 323 BC
(b) 261 BC
(c) 326 BC
(d) 361 BC
Answer:
(c)
4. Aurangzeb
died in which year?
(a) AD 1607
(b) AD 1807
(c) AD 1705
(d) AD 1707
Answer:
(d)
5. Who
was known as the ‘Plato of Jat’?
(a) Surajmal
(b) Gopala
(c) Churaman
(d) None of the above
Answer:
(a)
6. Which
of the following Sikh Guru compiled the ‘Adigranth’?
(a) Guru Nanak
(b) Guru Angad
(c) Guru Arjundev
(d) Guru Govind Singh
Answer:
(c)
7. Who
was the first Englishman who presided the Indian National Congress?
(a) George Yule
(b) Mr. Webb
(c) Henry Cotton
(d) William Wedderburn
Answer:
(a)
8. Who
described the Congress as ‘Unclean Things’?
(a) Lord Curzon
(b) Lord Lytton
(c) Lord Dufferin
(d) Lord Lansdowne
Answer:
(a)
9. Who
called the National Congress “a microscopic minority of the people”?
(a) Lord Elgin
(b) Lord Dufferin
(c) Lord Curzon
(d) Lord Lansdowne
Answer:
(b)
10. Which
of the following has the highest potential for wind energy production in India?
(a) Sunderbans
(b) Gulf of Cambay
(c) Gulf of Kutch
(d) Gulf of Mannar
Answer:
(b)
11. Manikaram
in Kullu Valley (Himachal Pradesh) is famous for which of the following?
(a) Geothermal energy
(b) Wind energy
(c) Solar energy
(d) Hydel energy
Answer:
(a)
12. Which
of the following is a tidal port of India?
(a) Kandla
(b) Tuticorin
(c) Ennore
(d) Paradeep
Answer:
(a)
13. When
was the National Human Rights Commission established?
(a) 1986
(b) 1988
(c) 1993
(d) 1995
Answer:
(c)
14. Who
was the speaker of the first Lok Sabha?
(a) M.A. Ayyanger
(b) Hukum Singh
(c) G.S. Dhillon
(d) G.V. Mavalankar
Answer:
(d)
15. The
provision of Fundamental Duties was borrowed from the Constitution of which of
the following?
(a) USA
(b) Russia
(c) Canada
(d) Britain
Answer:
(b)
16. Who
became the first Indian to win an individual Olympic medal?
(a) K.D. Jadhav
(b) Vijendra Singh
(c) Sushil Kumar
(d) Abhinav Bindra
Answer:
(a)
17. Who
became the first Indian to win an individual Olympic Gold?
(a) K.D. Jadhav
(b) Avinabh Bindra
(c) Sushil Kumar
(d) Karnam Malleswari
Answer:
(b)
18. Who
is the first Indian woman medal winner in Olympics?
(a) S. Vijayalakhsmi
(b) Kamaljit Sandhu
(c) Karnam Malleswari
(d) Saina Nehwal
Answer:
(c)
19. Who
is the first Indian to cross the English Channel?
(a) Mihir Sen
(b) Santosh Yadav
(c) Arati Saha
(d) None of the above
Answer:
(a)
20. Which
was the first newspaper published in India?
(a) The Hindu
(b) Bengal Gazette
(c) Samachar Darpan
(d) Uddant Martand
Answer:
(b)
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