GENERAL KNOWLEDGE #27
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTIONS
1. Which
kingdom acted as a bridge between North India and South India?
(a) Shakas
(b) Chola
(c) Pandyas
(d) Satavahanas
Answer:
(d)
2. Where
was the third Sangam assembly held?
(a) Tanjore
(b) Madurai
(c) Malabar
(d) Nasik
Answer:
(b)
3. Sangam
literatures are written in which of the following language?
(a) Sanskrit
(b) Telugu
(c) Tamil
(d) Kannada
Answer:
(c)
4. When
did Humayun recapture Delhi and re-established Mughal power in India?
(a) AD 1554
(b) AD 1549
(c) AD 1553
(d) AD 1555
Answer:
(d)
5. Where
did Sher Shah die in AD 1545?
(a) Sasaram
(b) Delhi
(c) Kalinjar
(d) Kannauj
Answer:
(c)
6. Vasco
da Gama was a ……………
(a) Spanish
(b) Portuguese
(c) Italian
(d) French
Answer:
(b)
7. Which
was the most important pre-Congress association?
(a) Indian Association
(b) East India Association
(c) Indian League
(d) Bombay Presidency Association
Answer:
(a)
8. Who
supposedly wanted to use the Congress as ‘Safety Valve’?
(a) A.O. Hume
(b) Dufferin
(c) Indian Nationalists
(d) British Officials
Answer:
(a)
9. To
whom, the Congress wanted to use as a ‘lightening conductor’?
(a) Dufferin
(b) A.O. Hume
(c) British Officials
(d) Indian Nationalists
Answer:
(b)
10. Which
of the following states is the largest producer of iron-ore in India?
(a) Odisha
(b) Madhya Pradesh
(c) Chhattisgarh
(d) Karnataka
Answer:
(a)
11. Which
is the India’s first corporate port?
(a) Nhava Sheva
(b) Ennore
(c) Tuticorin
(d) Kochi
Answer:
(b)
12. Which
is the most modernized port of India?
(a) Mumbai
(b) Vishakhapatnam
(c) Nhava Sheva
(d) Tuticorni
Answer:
(c)
13. When
was the National Anthem adopted by the Constituent Assembly?
(a) 24 January, 1950
(b) 26 January, 1950
(c) 15 August, 1947
(d) 26 January, 1948
Answer:
(a)
14. Where
was the President’s Rule imposed for the first time?
(a) Jammu & Kashmir
(b) Punjab
(c) Assam
(d) Bihar
Answer:
(b)
15. Inter-State
Council is established by whom?
(a) President
(b) Speaker
(c) Cabinet
(d) Supreme Court
Answer:
(a)
16. When
was the colour programme on television started in India?
(a) 15 August, 1979
(b) 15 August, 1981
(c) 15 August, 1982
(d) 15 August, 1986
Answer:
(c)
17. Which
was the first Indian satellite launched?
(a) Aryabhatta
(b) Rohini
(c) Insat 1A
(d) Insat 2A
Answer:
(a)
18. Which
was the first indigenously built Indian satellite?
(a) Aryabhatta
(b) Insat 2A
(c) Insat 1A
(d) Rohini
Answer:
(b)
19. Where
was the first hydel plant in India established?
(a) Darjeeling
(b) Arunachal Pradesh
(c) Assam
(d) Uttar Pradesh
Answer:
(a)
20. Which
was the first indigenously designed and built Indian Missile?
(a) Nag
(b) Trishul
(c) Prithvi
(d) Agni
Answer:
(c)
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