GENERAL KNOWLEDGE #35
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTIONS
1. Who
was the most famous Chalukyan king?
(a) Pulkesin I
(b) Pulkesin II
(c) Dantidurga
(d) Narasimhavarman
Answer:
(b)
2. Who
was the most famous Rashtrakuta king?
(a) Amoghvarsha
(b) Dantidurga
(c) Krishna I
(d) Krishna II
Answer:
(a)
3. Fa-hien,
the Chinese pilgrim, visited India during the reign of whom of the following?
(a) Chandragupta I
(b) Harshavardhana
(c) Bimbisara
(d) Chandragupta II
Answer:
(d)
4. Which
of the following was the court language of the Mughals?
(a) Urdu
(b) Turkish
(c) Persian
(d) All of the above
Answer:
(c)
5. Who
wrote ‘Prem Vatika’?
(a) Jayananda
(b) Trilochan Das
(c) Surdas
(d) Raskhan
Answer:
(d)
6. When
did Nadir Shah of Iran attack India?
(a) AD 1739
(b) AD 1761
(c) AD 1751
(d) AD 1743
Answer:
(a)
7. Whom
of the following were the earliest of the Europeans to settle down in India?
(a)Portuguese
(b) English
(c) Dutch
(d) French
Answer:
(a)
8. When
was the ‘Congress Socialist Party’ formed by Jayaprakash Narayan and Acharya
Narendra Dev?
(a) 1932
(b) 1931
(c) 1924
(d) 1934
Answer:
(d)
9. When
was the ‘Lahore Resolution’ or ‘Pakistan Resolution’ passed by the Muslim League?
(a) 1942
(b) 1939
(c) 1944
(d) 1940
Answer:
(d)
10. When
was the ‘August Offer’ declared?
(a) 8 August, 1940
(b) 8 August, 1942
(c) 8 August, 1917
(d) None of the above
Answer:
(a)
11. Which
is the highest plateau of the world?
(a) Pamir
(b) Greenland
(c) Colorado
(d) Colombia
Answer:
(a)
12. Which
is the highest waterfall in the world?
(a) Angel
(b) Niagara
(c) Jog
(d) Yosemite
Answer:
(a)
13. Which
is the largest lake of the world?
(a) Caspian Sea
(b) Superior Lake
(c) Michigan Lake
(d) Great Barrier Lake
Answer:
(a)
14. On
which river Surat is located?
(a) Narmada
(b) Tapi
(c) Sabarmati
(d) Mahi
Answer:
(b)
15. On
which river Moscow (Russia) is situated?
(a) Volga
(b) Ural
(c) Lena
(d) Moskva
Answer:
(d)
16. When
is ‘World Health Day’ observed?
(a) 22 March
(b) 7 April
(c) 21 March
(d) 22 April
Answer:
(b)
17. When
is ‘Earth Day’ observed?
(a) 22 April
(b) 22 March
(c) 22 January
(d) 22 May
Answer:
(a)
18. Which
of the following is observed as ‘World Population Day’?
(a) 1 July
(b) 10 June
(c) 11 July
(d) 11 June
Answer:
(c)
19. Which
of the following is observed as ‘International Women’s Day’?
(a) 8 March
(b) 22 March
(c) 22 April
(d) 8 April
Answer:
(a)
20. Which
date is observed as ‘Anti-Tobacco Day’?
(a) 11 May
(b) 31 May
(c) 11 April
(d) 31 July
Answer: (b)
0 Comments