General Knowledge #36 Multiple Choice Questions (MCQ) : Assam Jobs Guide

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)