General Knowledge #26 Multiple Choice Questions

GENERAL KNOWLEDGE #26

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTIONS

1. When did Ashoka conquer Kalinga?

(a) 261 BC

(b) 268 BC

(c) 322 BC

(d) 350 BC

Answer: (a)

2. Satakarni was the most important king of which of the following?

(a) Satavahanas

(b) Chalukyas

(c) Rashtrakutas

(d) Pallavas

Answer: (a)

3. Who of the following were ruling in Saurashtra?

(a) Satavahanas

(b) Shakas

(c) Pandyas

(d) Kushanas

Answer: (b)

4. Who constructed the famous Sikh temple at Amritsar?

(a) Guru Ramdas

(b) Guru Amardas

(c) Guru Govind Singh

(d) Guru Arjundev

Answer: (a)

5. ‘Farid’ was the real name of whom of the following?

(a) Akbar

(b) Sher Shah

(c) Humayun

(d) Babur

Answer: (b)

6. Grand Trunk Road was built by whom of the following?

(a) Sher Shah

(b) Akbar

(c) Aurangzeb

(d) Shah Jahan

Answer: (a)

7. Who among the following was not associated with ‘Bombay Presidency Association’?

(a) Pherozeshah Mehta

(b) S.N. Banerjee

(c) K.T. Telang

(d) Badruddin Tyabji

Answer: (b)

8. Which of the following leader was not a moderate?

(a) G.K. Gokhale

(b) Dadabhai Naoroji

(c) Pherozeshah Mehta

(d) Bipin Chandra Pal

Answer: (d)

9. Who never became President of the Indian National Congress?

(a) G.K. Gokhale

(b) S.C. Bose

(c) B.G. Tilak

(d) Badruddin Tyabji

Answer: (c)

10. Which of the following state is the largest producer of coal in India?

(a) West Bengal

(b) Chhattisgarh

(c) Odisha

(d) Jharkhand

Answer: (d)

11. Which of the following is the largest producer of petroleum in India?

(a) Mumbai High

(b) Gujarat

(c) Assam

(d) Andhra Pradesh

Answer: (a)

12. Which is the largest petroleum producing state in India?

(a) Assam

(b) Maharashtra

(c) Gujarat

(d) Tamil Nadu

Answer: (c)

13. Who headed the State Reorganisation Commission?

(a) Fazal Ali

(b) H.M. Kunzru

(c) K.M. Panikkar

(d) None of the above

Answer: (a)

14. Who is recognised as ‘Father of the Constitution’?

(a) Dr. B.R. Ambedkar

(b) J.L. Nehru

(c) M.K. Gandhi

(d) Dr. Rajendra Prasad

Answer: (a)

15. When was the National Flag adopted by the Constituent Assembly?

(a) 15 August, 1947

(b) 24 July, 1947

(c) 26 January, 1950

(d) 24 January, 1950

Answer: (b)

16. Where was the first post office in India established?

(a) Kolkata

(b) Delhi

(c) Mumbai

(d) Allahabad

Answer: (a)

17. The first air postal service in India as well as in the world was started in 1911 between ……………

(a) Mumbai and London

(b) Kolkata and London

(c) Kolkata and Mumbai

(d) Bamrauli and Naini

Answer: (d)

18. When was the first postal stamp in India issued?

(a) 1855

(b) 1853

(c) 1857

(d) 1852

Answer: (d)

19. In India, when was Radio Transmission Service started at Kolkata and Mumbai?

(a) 1927

(b) 1886

(c) 1932

(d) 1875

Answer: (a)

20. Where was the first Television Centre of India established in 1959?

(a) Kolkata

(b) Bengaluru

(c) New Delhi

(d) Chennai

Answer: (c)