GENERAL KNOWLEDGE #39
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTIONS
1. Who
among the following founded the Mohammedan Literary Society of Calcutta in
1863?
(a) Nawab Abdul Latif
(b) Syed Ahmad Khan
(c) Nawab Salimullah
(d) Shariatullah
Answer:
(a)
2. When
was “The Asiatic Society” founded by William Jones at Calcutta?
(a) AD 1781
(b) AD 1784
(c) AD 1789
(d) AD 1786
Answer:
(b)
3. Who
was the first President of the Congress?
(a) Dadabhai Naoroji
(b) W.C. Bannerjee
(c) Pherozeshah Mehta
(d) A.O. Hume
Answer:
(b)
4. Who
was known as ‘Lokahitwadi’?
(a) Gopal Hari Deshmukh
(b) Rammohan Roy
(c) Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar
(d) Veerasalingam
Answer:
(a)
5. When
did French revolution take place during the reign of Louis XVI?
(a) AD 1776
(b) AD 1889
(c) AD 1789
(d) AD 1876
Answer:
(c)
6. In
which year America became independent?
(a) AD 1773
(b) AD1776
(c) AD1789
(d) AD 1772
Answer:
(b)
7. Which
element is found in largest quantity in the crust of the earth?
(a) Aluminium
(b) Iron
(c) Oxygen
(d) Silicon
Answer:
(c)
8. In
which type of rocks coal and mineral oil are found?
(a) Igneous rocks
(b) Sedimentary rocks
(c) Metamorphic rocks
(d) All of the above
Answer:
(b)
9. Which
is the highest volcanic peak of the world?
(a) Chimborazo
(b) Kilimanjaro
(c) Cotopaxi
(d) Mauna Loa
Answer:
(c)
10. Which
salt is found in largest quantity in Oceanic water?
(a) Sodium Chloride
(b) Calcium Chloride
(c) Magnesium Chloride
(d) Sodium Sulphate
Answer:
(a)
11. Which
is the lowest layer of atmosphere?
(a) Troposphere
(b) Stratosphere
(c) Mesosphere
(d) Ionosphere
Answer:
(a)
12. ‘Ozone
layer’ is found in ……………
(a) Troposphere
(b) Stratosphere
(c) Ionosphere
(d) Mesosphere
Answer:
(b)
13. Which
is the largest lake of the world?
(a) Superior
(b) Victoria
(c) Caspian Sea
(d) Aral Sea
Answer:
(c)
14. Which
is the longest chain of the world?
(a) Andes
(b) Himalaya
(c) Rocky
(d) Ural
Answer:
(a)
15. Which
is the highest mountain chain of the world?
(a) Rocky
(b) Andes
(c) Himalaya
(d) Cancaths
Answer:
(c)
16. Which
is the deepest lake of the world?
(a) Aral
(b) Victoria
(c) Dead Sea
(d) Baikal
Answer:
(d)
17. Which
is the lowest lake of the world?
(a) Baikal
(b) Victoria
(c) Dead Sea
(d) Death Valley
Answer:
(c)
18. Which
is the driest desert of the world?
(a) Atacama
(b) Patagonia
(c) Kalahari
(d) Sahara
Answer:
(a)
19. The
coldest place of the world lies in ...............
(a) Canada
(b) Greenland
(c) Siberia
(d) Iceland
Answer:
(c)
20. Who
wrote ‘Panchatantra’?
(a) Kautilya
(b) Vishnu Sharma
(c) Banabhatta
(d) Ashvaghosha
Answer:
(b)
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