General Knowledge #33 Multiple Choice Questions (MCQ) : Assam Jobs Guide

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)