General Knowledge #38 Multiple Choice Questions (MCQ) : Assam Jobs Guide

GENERAL KNOWLEDGE #38

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTIONS

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

1. The period of Dual Government in Bengal was ……………

(a) 1757 to 1772

(b) 1757 to 1764

(c) 1765 to 1772

(d) 1757 to 1857

Answer: (c)

2. Who among the following abolished the period of Dual Government in Bengal in 1772?

(a) Lord Dalhousie

(b) Lord Clive

(c) Warren Hastings

(d) Lord Cornwallis

Answer: (c)

3. When was the first railway line in India between Bombay and Thane started?

(a) 1851

(b) 1857

(c) 1853

(d) 1858

Answer: (c)

4. Who started the first school for girls’ education in Calcutta in 1849?

(a) Drinkwater Bethune

(b) Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar

(c) Raja Ram Mohan Roy

(d) Jyotiba Phule

Answer: (a)

5. Who launched the Aligarh Movement?

(a) Abdul Kalam Azad

(b) Mohammad Ali

(c) Syed Ahmad Khan

(d) Badruddin Tyabji

Answer: (c)

6. Who founded the Mohammedan Anglo-Oriental College, which later on became the Aligarh Muslim University?

(a) Syed Ahmad Khan

(b) Abdul Latif

(c) Abdul Kalam Azad

(d) Ali brothers

Answer: (a)

7. Which is the highest mountain range of the world?

(a) Andes

(b) Himalayas

(c) Rockies

(d) Atlas

Answer: (b)

8. Which country is known as land of lakes?

(a) Norway

(b) Sweden

(c) Finland

(d) Scotland

Answer: (c)

9. Which of the following is the largest producer of coffee in the world?

(a) Venezuela

(b) Colombia

(c) Brazil

(d) Ethiopia

Answer: (c)

10. Which is known as ‘coffee-port’ of the world?

(a) Sao Paulo

(b) Rio de Janeiro

(c) Buenos Aires

(d) Santos

Answer: (d)

11. ‘Great Barrier Reef’, the largest coral reef of the world lies off the coast of which of the following?

(a) Australia

(b) Japan

(c) China

(d) West Indies

Answer: (a)

12. What is called the uppermost layer of the Earth?

(a) Core

(b) Crust

(c) Mantle

(d) None of the above

Answer: (b)

13. What is the currency of Laos?

(a) Kip

(b) Som

(c) Ringgit

(d) Manat

Answer: (a)

14. Which of the following countries is popularly known as ‘Land of White Elephant’?

(a) Thailand

(b) Laos

(c) Vietnam

(d) Myanmar

Answer: (a)

15. Which of the following countries is known as ‘Land of the Midnight Sun’?

(a) Japan

(b) Norway

(c) New Zealand

(d) Finland

Answer: (b)

16. Which of the following is known as ‘Queen of the Arabian Sea’?

(a) Chennai

(b) Goa

(c) Kochi

(d) Marmagao

Answer: (c)

17. Which of the following countries is known as ‘Land of the Kangaroo?

(a) New Zealand

(b) South Africa

(c) Australia

(d) Brazil

Answer: (c)

18. Which of the following is the largest archipelago of the world?

(a) Philippines

(b) Indonesia

(c) Greenland

(d) Cuba

Answer: (b)

19. Which is the largest island of the world?

(a) Greenland

(b) Indonesia

(c) Andaman

(d) Fiji

Answer: (a)

20. Which of the following continents has the largest population?

(a) Asia

(b) Europe

(c) Africa

(d) South America

Answer: (a)

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