General Knowledge #40 Multiple Choice Questions (MCQ) : Assam Jobs Guide

GENERAL KNOWLEDGE #40

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTIONS

1. The Partition of Bengal came into effect on ……………

(a) 16 August, 1905

(b) 25 October, 1905

(c) 24 September, 1905

(d) 16 October, 1905

Answer: (d)

2. Which of the following Viceroy was responsible for the partition of Bengal?

(a) Lord Dufferin

(b) Lord Minto

(c) Lord Curzon

(d) Lord Lytton

Answer: (c)

3. In which Swadeshi and Boycott movements started?

(a) 1906

(b) 1908

(c) 1905

(d) 1904

Answer: (a)

4. In which year the Congress got splitted into two wings of moderate and extremists at Surat session?

(a) 1907

(b) 1916

(c) 1911

(d) 1906

Answer: (a)

5. In which year the Congress reunited at Lucknow session?

(a) 1917

(b) 1915

(c) 1913

(d) 1916

Answer: (d)

6. In which year the Congress and Muslim League Pact, also known as ‘Lucknow Pact’, took place?

(a) 1916

(b) 1918

(c) 1915

(d) 1919

Answer: (a)

7. What is the angle made by Earth’s axis with the perpendicular to the orbital plane?

(a) 0⁰

(b) 23½ ⁰

(c) 66½⁰

(d) 90⁰

Answer: (b)

8. What angle is made by the Earth’s axis with the plane of the Earth’s orbit?

(a) 23½⁰

(b) 60⁰

(c) 66½⁰

(d) 45⁰

Answer: (c)

9. Which is the largest continent in the world?

(a) North America

(b) Europe

(c) Asia

(d) Africa

Answer: (c)

10. Which continent has the largest population in the world?

(a) Asia

(b) Africa

(c) South America

(d) Europe

Answer: (a)

11. Which gas the largest proportion in the atmosphere?

(a) Oxygen

(b) Hydrogen

(c) Carbon dioxide

(d) Nitrogen

Answer: (d)

12. Which of the following is the island continent?

(a) Antarctica

(b) Australia

(c) Arctic

(d) Greenland

Answer: (b)

13. Who authored ‘Mudrarakshasha’?

(a) Kalhana

(b) Bana

(c) Vishkhadatta

(d) None of the above

Answer: (c)

14. ‘Bharatnatyam’ is the main classical dance of which state?

(a) Andhra Pradesh

(b) Tamil Nadu

(c) Uttar Pradesh

(d) Kerala

Answer: (b)

15. ‘Kathakali’ is the prominent classical dance of which state?

(a) Kerala

(b) Manipur

(c) Karnataka

(d) Andhra Pradesh

Answer: (a)

16. ‘Mohiniyattam’ is the classical dance of which state?

(a) Kerala

(b) Maharashtra

(c) Andhra Pradesh

(d) Tripura

Answer: (a)

17. ‘Onam’ is the main festival of which state?

(a) Tamil Nadu

(b) Maharashtra

(c) Kerala

(d) Odisha

Answer: (c)

18. ‘Pongal’ is the festival mainly celebrated in which state?

(a) Tamil Nadu

(b) Kerala

(c) Karnataka

(d) Andhra Pradesh

Answer: (a)

19. ‘Bihu’ is the important dance as well as festival of which state?

(a) Assam

(b) Manipur

(c) Tripura

(d) Nagaland

Answer: (a)

20. ‘Kuchipudi’ is the important classical dance of which state?

(a) Andhra Pradesh

(b) Karnataka

(c) Kerala

(d) Tamil Nadu

Answer: (a)