GENERAL KNOWLEDGE #34
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTIONS
1. Which
of the following king is represented on his coins playing lute (veena)?
(a) Samudragupta
(b) Chandragupta I
(c) Chandragupta II
(d) Chandragupta Maurya
Answer:
(a)
2. Hiuen-Tsang
came into the court of which of the following?
(a) Bimbisara
(b) Chandragupta II
(c) Ashoka
(d) Harshavardhana
Answer:
(d)
3. Who
among the following wrote ‘Harshacharita’?
(a) Banabhatta
(b) Kalidasa
(c) Hiuen-Tsang
(d) Ravikirti
Answer:
(a)
4. Who
reintroduced Jaziya, the poll tax, on non-Muslims?
(a) Akbar
(b) Aurangzeb
(c) Dara Shikoh
(d) Shah Jahan
Answer:
(b)
5. Which
Mughal emperor was the most fond of paintings?
(a) Shah Jahan
(b) Jahangir
(c) Aurangzeb
(d) Akbar
Answer:
(b)
6. Which
Mughal emperor’s reign is remembered for the beautiful buildings?
(a) Shah Jahan
(b) Akbar
(c) Aurangzeb
(d) Humayun
Answer:
(a)
7. When
was ‘Simon Commission’ (Indian Statutory Commission) appointed by the British
Government?
(a) 1927
(b) 1928
(c) 1929
(d) 1924
Answer:
(a)
8. When
was ‘Gandhi-Irwin Pact’ concluded?
(a) December, 1931
(b) March, 1931
(c) March, 1930
(d) December, 1932
Answer:
(c)
9. When
was ‘Poona Pact’ signed between B.R. Ambedkar and Mahatma Gandhi?
(a) 1934
(b) 1932
(c) 1930
(d) 1928
Answer:
(b)
10. Which
state has the highest percentage of Scheduled Caste (SC) population in India
(2011-Census)?
(a) Punjab
(b) Himachal Pradesh
(c) Bihar
(d) Uttar Pradesh
Answer:
(a)
11. Which
is the largest desert of the world?
(a) Sahara
(b) Arabian
(c) Dast-e-Lut
(d) Antarctica
Answer:
(d)
12. Which
is the driest desert of the world?
(a) Gobi
(b) Atacama
(c) Kalahari
(d) Thar
Answer:
(b)
13. Where
is the ‘World Watch Institute’ located?
(a) Rome
(b) Paris
(c) Geneva
(d) Washington, D.C.
Answer:
(d)
14. On
which river’s bank ‘Berlin’ is situated?
(a) Danube
(b) Volga
(c) Spree
(d) Dnieper
Answer:
(c)
15. On
which river’s bank ‘Cairo’ is situated?
(a) Nile
(b) Zaire
(c) Limpopo
(d) Lena
Answer:
(a)
16. On
which river’s bank ‘Rome’ is situated?
(a) Don
(b) Dnieper
(c) Tiber
(d) Po
Answer:
(c)
17. On
which river’s bank ‘Washington, D.C.’ is situated?
(a) Hudson
(b) St. Lawrence
(c) Colorado
(d) Potomac
Answer:
(d)
18. On
which river’s bank ‘Baghdad’ is situated?
(a) Vistula
(b) Tigris
(c) Euphrates
(d) None of the above
Answer:
(b)
19. On
which river’s bank ‘Nasik’ is situated?
(a) Krishna
(b) Narmada
(c) Mahanadi
(d) Godavari
Answer:
(d)
20. On
which river’s bank ‘Ujjain’ is situated?
(a) Mahanadi
(b) Godavari
(c) Shipra
(d) Narmada
Answer:
(c)
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