General Knowledge #35 Multiple Choice Questions (MCQ) : Assam Jobs Guide

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)