GENERAL KNOWLEDGE #38
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTIONS
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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