General Knowledge #39 Multiple Choice Questions (MCQ) : Assam Jobs Guide

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)