General Knowledge #28 Multiple Choice Questions

GENERAL KNOWLEDGE #28

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTIONS

1. Which of the following came from Central Asia to India?

(a) Parthians

(b) Shakas

(c) Kushanas

(d) All of the above

Answer: (d)

2. Who was known as ‘Amitraghat’?

(a) Bindusara

(b) Bimbisara

(c) Ajatshatru

(d) Chandragupta Maurya

Answer: (a)

3. Most of the Ashoka’s edicts are written in the script of which of the following?

(a) Brahmi

(b) Kharoshthi

(c) Devanagri

(d) Prakrit

Answer: (a)

4. When did Vasco da Gama arrive in India?

(a) AD 1492

(b) AD 1495

(c) AD 1498

(d) AD 1500

Answer: (c)

5. Who discovered West Indies in 1492 AD?

(a) Amerigo Vespucci

(b) Magellan

(c) Vasco da Gama

(d) Christopher Columbus

Answer: (d)

6. America was named after whom the following?

(a) Amerigo Vespucci

(b) Christopher Columbus

(c) Magellan

(d) None of the above

Answer: (a)

7. Who was the editor of ‘Hindu Patriot’?

(a) Sisir Kumar Ghosh

(b) Aurobindo Ghosh

(c) Lala Lajpat Rai

(d) Harish Chandra Mukherjee

Answer: (d)

8. “The Sociologist” newspaper was started by whom of the following?

(a) B. Malabari

(b) M.G. Ranade

(c) Shyamji Krishna Verma

(d) None of the above

Answer: (c)

9. Sisir Kumar Ghosh was associated with which of the following?

(a) Sandhya

(b) Amrit Bazar Patrika

(c) Yugantar

(d) None of the above

Answer: (b)

10. Which is the deepest port of India?

(a) Vishakhapatnam

(b) Chennai

(c) Haldia

(d) Marmagao

Answer: (a)

11. Where was the first oil refinery in India established?

(a) Koyali

(b) Digboi

(c) Noonmati

(d) Bongaigaon

Answer: (b)

12. The refinery having the largest capacity in India is which of the following?

(a) Jamnagar

(b) Koyali

(c) Digboi

(d) Haldia

Answer: (a)

13. The Principles of Liberty, Equality and Fraternity have been borrowed from which of the following?

(a) British Constitution

(b) Irish Constitution

(c) US Constitution

(d) French Constitution

Answer: (d)

14. When was the First Amendment to the Constitution made?

(a) 1952

(b) 1956

(c) 1951

(d) 1950

Answer: (c)

15. How many members of the Constituent Assembly made their signature to the Constitution?

(a) 299

(b) 284

(c) 389

(d) 292

Answer: (b)

16. When was the first underground nuclear testing of India carried?

(a) 1971

(b) 1974

(c) 1977

(d) 1978

Answer: (b)

17. Who was the first test-tube baby of India?

(a) Baby Harsha

(b) Baby Khatoon

(c) Baby Pinki

(d) Baby Julu

Answer: (a)

18. The first Antarctic expedition of India was sent in 1980-82 under the leadership of whom of the following?

(a) Dr. A.M. Hasil

(b) Dr. H.R. Khan

(c) Dr. S.Z. Qasim

(d) None of the above

Answer: (c)

19. ‘Lion’ is the National Symbol of which of the following?

(a) Belgium

(b) Norway

(c) Netherlands

(d) All of the above

Answer: (d)

20. ‘Eagle’ is the National Symbol of which of the following?

(a) Spain

(b) Sudan

(c) Germany

(d) All of the above

Answer: (d)