General Knowledge #34 Multiple Choice Questions (MCQ) : Assam Jobs Guide

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)