GENERAL KNOWLEDGE #36
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTIONS
1. Who
built the Kailasa temple of Ellora?
(a) Amoghvarsha
(b) Pulkesin II
(c) Dantidurga
(d) Krishna I
Answer:
(d)
2. Harisena
was the court-poet of whom of the following?
(a) Pulkesin II
(b) Harshavardhana
(c) Samudragupta
(d) Chandragupta II
Answer:
(b)
3. Who
wrote the book ‘Mahabhasya’?
(a) Panini
(b) Patanjali
(c) Bharavi
(d) Bhasa
Answer:
(b)
4. ‘Cripps
Mission’ came to India in which year?
(a) 1940
(b) 1942
(c) 1946
(d) 1944
Answer:
(b)
5. Who
prepared the draft of ‘Quit India Resolution’?
(a) Mahatma Gandhi
(b) Jawaharlal Nehru
(c) Sardar Patel
(d) Subhash Chandra Bose
Answer:
(a)
6. Who
founded the Indian National Army (INA)?
(a) Subhash Chandra Bose
(b) Rash Behari Bose
(c) Capt. Mohan Singh
(d) None of the above
Answer:
(c)
7. Which
is the deepest lake in the world?
(a) Victoria
(b) Caspian
(c) Baikal
(d) Dead Sea
Answer:
(c)
8. Which
is the highest lake in the world?
(a) Tanganyika
(b) Great Slave
(c) Titicaca
(d) Huron
Answer:
(c)
9. Which
is the lowest lake in the world?
(a) Dead Sea
(b) Aral Sea
(c) Victoria
(d) Baikal
Answer:
(a)
10. Which
lake has the highest salinity (most saline lake) in the world?
(a) Van Lake
(b) Salt Lake
(c) Dead Sea
(d) Caspian Sea
Answer:
(a)
11. Victoria
Falls lies in which of the following rivers?
(a) Zaire
(b) Orange
(c) Zambezi
(d) Nile
Answer:
(c)
12. Which
river originates from the Victoria Lake?
(a) Orange
(b) Limpopo
(c) Zaire
(d) Nile
Answer:
(d)
13. When
is ‘World Yoga Day’ observed?
(a) 15 March
(b) 21 June
(c) 5 September
(d) 11 May
Answer:
(b)
14. Which
date is observed as ‘UN Day’?
(a) 24 October
(b) 23 October
(c) 26 October
(d) 28 October
Answer:
(a)
15. Which
of the following date is observed as ‘World Tourism Day’?
(a) 8 September
(b) 16 September
(c) 27 September
(d) 30 September
Answer:
(c)
16. When
is ‘World Human Right Day’ observed?
(a) 10 September
(b) 10 October
(c) 10 December
(d) 10 November
Answer:
(c)
17. Which
of the following date is observed as ‘International Literacy Day’ by UNESCO?
(a) 8 September
(b) 17 September
(c) 20 September
(d) None of the above
Answer:
(a)
18. ‘Dirham’
is the currency of which of the following countries?
(a) Saudi Arabia
(b) Kuwait
(c) UAE
(d) Iraq
Answer:
(c)
19. ‘Riyal’
is the currency of which of the following countries?
(a) Yemen
(b) Saudi Arabia
(c) Qatar
(d) All of the above
Answer:
(d)
20. ‘Suva’
is the capital of which country?
(a) Fiji
(b) Jamaica
(c) Palau
(d) Papua New Guinea
Answer:
(a)
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