General Knowledge #32 Multiple Choice Questions (MCQ) : Assam Jobs Guide

GENERAL KNOWLEDGE #32

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTIONS

1. Kalidasa was the court poet of whom of the following?

(a) Chandragupta I

(b) Chandragupta II

(c) Samudragupta

(d) Chandragupta Maurya

Answer: (b)

2. The Iron Pillar at Mehrauli (near Delhi) belong to which of the following?

(a) Gupta period

(b) Sultanate period

(c) Mauryan period

(d) Mughal period

Answer: (a)

3. Two well-known scientists, Aryabhatta and Varahamihira belonged to which of the following?

(a) Mauryan period

(b) Kushana period

(c) Satavahana period

(d) Gupta period

Answer: (d)

4. Who built Akbar’s tomb at Sikandra near Agra?

(a) Aurangzeb

(b) Shah Jahan

(c) Akbar

(d) None of the above

Answer: (c)

5. When did Akbar die?

(a) AD 1607

(b) AD 1611

(c) AD 1600

(d) AD 1605

Answer: (d)

6. Sir Thomas Roe, the ambassador of English King, came to the Mughal court at Agra during the reign of whom of the following?

(a) Akbar

(b) Jahangir

(c) Aurangzeb

(d) Humayun

Answer: (b)

7. Who started Home Rule League at Madras?

(a) S. Subramaniya Iyer

(b) Annie Beasant

(c) Bal Gangadhar Tilak

(d) Both ‘a’ and ‘b’

Answer: (d)

8. When did Jallianwala Bagh massacre at Amritsar take place?

(a) 13 April, 1919

(b) 16 April, 1919

(c) 18 April, 1919

(d) 21 April, 1919

Answer: (a)

9. When was ‘Swaraj Party’ formed by Motilal Nehru and Chittaranjan Das?

(a) 1924

(b) 1921

(c) 1923

(d) 1925

Answer: (c)

10. Highest decadal population growth rate in India was experienced by which of the following?

(a) Bihar

(b) Sikkim

(c) Manipur

(d) Meghalaya

Answer: (d)

11. Which is the most urbanized state in India?

(a) Tamil Nadu

(b) Goa

(c) Maharashtra

(d) Uttar Pradesh

Answer: (b)

12. What is the percentage of literacy in India as per the 2011 census?

(a) 72%

(b) 74.04%

(c) 66.2%

(d) 72.26%

Answer: (b)

13. Who of the following is known as ‘Blood and Iron Man’?

(a) Sardar Patel

(b) Bismarck

(c) Hitler

(d) None of the above

Answer: (b)

14. Which of the following is the official document of UK?

(a) Blue Book

(b) Green Book

(c) Yellow Book

(d) Orange Book

Answer: (a)

15. ‘Yellow Book’ is the official document of which of the following?

(a) UK

(b) Germany

(c) France

(d) Italy

Answer: (c)

16. ‘Orange Book’ is the official document of which of the following?

(a) Germany

(b) Italy

(c) Portugal

(d) Netherlands

Answer: (d)

17. The place ‘Nirmal Hriday’ is associated with whom of the following?

(a) Rabindranath Tagore

(b) Mother Teresa

(c) Guru Nanak

(d) Baba Amte

Answer: (b)

18. With which of the following the place ‘Pavnar Ashram’ is associated?

(a) Acharya Vinoba Bhave

(b) Baba Amte

(c) Mother Teresa

(d) Jagjivan Ram

Answer: (a)

19. ‘Anand Van’ is associated with whom of the following?

(a) Vinoba Bhave

(b) Baba Amte

(c) Indira Gandhi

(d) Mahatma Gandhi

Answer: (b)

20. ‘Phoenix Farm’ is associated with whom of the following?

(a) Mahatma Gandhi

(b) Jawaharlal Nehru

(c) Rabindranath Tagore

(d) None of the above

Answer: (a)