GENERAL KNOWLEDGE #33
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTIONS
1. Who
built the Ratha temples at Mahabalipuram?
(a) Chalukyas
(b) Pallavas
(c) Cholas
(d) Satavahanas
Answer:
(b)
2. Where
is the temple of Angkor Wat situated?
(a) Myanmar
(b) Malaysia
(c) Indonesia
(d) Cambodia
Answer:
(d)
3. Who
issued the largest number of gold coins?
(a) Gupta
(b) Maurya
(c) Kushana
(d) Satavahana
Answer:
(a)
4. ‘Ashtapradhan’,
the council of eight ministers, adorned the court of whom of the following?
(a) Shivaji
(b) Krishnadeva Raya
(c) Akbar
(d) Aurangzeb
Answer:
(a)
5. Who
levied two important taxes ‘Chauth’ and ‘Sardeshmukhi’?
(a) Mughal
(b) Khalji
(c) Tughlaq
(d) Maratha
Answer:
(d)
6. Who
translated the Upanishads into Persian?
(a) Aurangzeb
(b) Akbar
(c) Dara
(d) Jahangir
Answer:
(c)
7. When
were the two sections of Congress, the ‘no-changers’ and the ‘pro-changers’
reunited?
(a) 1929
(b) 1921
(c) 1923
(d) 1928
Answer:
(a)
8. Chittagong
Armory Event took in April, 1930 under the leadership of whom of the following?
(a) Bhagat Singh
(b) Surya Sen
(c) Chandrasekhar Azad
(d) None of the above
Answer:
(b)
9. When
did Kakori Conspiracy take place?
(a) August, 1925
(b) August, 1928
(c) September, 1922
(d) October, 1923
Answer:
(a)
10. What
is the sex ratio of India (2011-census)?
(a) 927
(b) 936
(c) 940
(d) 930
Answer:
(c)
11. Which
of the following state has the highest sex ratio in India (2011-census)?
(a) Kerala
(b) Mizoram
(c) Tamil Nadu
(d) Uttar Pradesh
Answer:
(a)
12. Which
state has the highest percentage of Scheduled Tribe (ST) population in India?
(a) Nagaland
(b) Chhattisgarh
(c) Mizoram
(d) Sikkim
Answer:
(c)
13. Which
of the following is the news agency of Russia?
(a) Tass
(b) Antara
(c) Writers
(d) Globe News Agency
Answer:
(a)
14. ‘Antara’
is the news agency of which of the following?
(a) Saudi Arabia
(b) Indonesia
(c) Japan
(d) Russia
Answer:
(b)
15. ‘Reuters’
is the news agency of which of the following?
(a) Britain
(b) Canada
(c) France
(d) None of the above
Answer:
(a)
16. ‘Xinhua’
is the news agency of which of the following?
(a) North Korea
(b) Japan
(c) China
(d) South Korea
Answer:
(c)
17. ‘Sabawoon’
is the news agency of which of the following?
(a) Turkey
(b) Egypt
(c) Afghanistan
(d) Kazakhstan
Answer:
(c)
18. ‘Kabar’
is the news agency of which of the following?
(a) Afghanistan
(b) Kazakhstan
(c) Kyrgyzstan
(d) Turkmenistan
Answer:
(c)
19. Where
was the organisation ‘World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF)’ established in 1961?
(a) France
(b) United Kingdom
(c) Switzerland
(d) Spain
Answer:
(c)
20. When
was the ‘Green Peace International’ (Netherlands) founded?
(a) 1961
(b) 1971
(c) 1984
(d) 1974
Answer:
(b)
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