General Knowledge #25 Multiple Choice Questions

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)