General Knowledge #41 Multiple Choice Questions (MCQ) : Assam Jobs Guide

GENERAL KNOWLEDGE #41

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTIONS

1. Which of the following is popularly known as ‘Morley-Minto Reforms’?

(a) Indian Council Act, 1892

(b) Govt. of India Act, 1919

(c) Indian Council Act, 1861

(d) Indian Council Act, 1909

Answer: (d)

2. Which of the following introduced the system of separate electorates on the basis of religion?

(a) Indian Council Act, 1861

(b) Indian Council Act, 1892

(c) Indian Council Act, 1909

(d) None of the above

Answer: (c)

3. In which year the partition of Bengal came to an end?

(a) 1909

(b) 1911

(c) 1912

(d) 1908

Answer: (b)

4. In which year the capital of British India was shifted from Calcutta to Delhi?

(a) 1911

(b) 1909

(c) 1912

(d) 1915

Answer: (c)

5. In which year Muzaffarpur Bomb Case, carried out by Prafulla Chaki and Khudiram Bose, took place?

(a) 1906

(b) 1908

(c) 1909

(d) 1907

Answer: (b)

6. Who threw a bomb on Viceroy Lord Hardinge in 1912 at Delhi during the shifting of capital?

(a) Khudiram Bose

(b) Rash Behari Bose

(c) Udham Singh

(d) Bhagat Singh

Answer: (b)

7. Which of the following ocean lies around the North Pole?

(a) Pacific Ocean

(b) Indian Ocean

(c) Arctic Ocean

(d) Atlantic Ocean

Answer: (c)

8. Which is the highest peak of Africa?

(a) Mount Kenya

(b) Mount Kilimanjaro

(c) Mount Cotopaxi

(d) Mount Chimborazo

Answer: (b)

9. River Nile originates from which of the following?

(a) Lake Victoria

(b)  Lake Chad

(c) Red Sea

(d) Gulf of Aden

Answer: (a)

10. Which of the following African river crosses the equator twice?

(a) Zaire

(b) Nile

(c) Zambezi

(d) Limpopo

Answer: (a)

11. Which African river crosses the tropic of Capricorn twice?

(a) Orange

(b) Niger

(c) Zaire

(d) Limpopo

Answer: (d)

12. Kariba dam lies on which river?

(a) Nile

(b) Niger

(c) Amazon

(d) Zambezi

Answer: (d)

13. ‘Kathak’ is the classical dance mainly of which state?

(a) Kerala

(b) West Bengal

(c) Uttar Pradesh

(d) Maharashtra

Answer: (c)

14. Which of the following classical dance forms revitalized as a result of Mughal influence on Indian culture?

(a) Kuchipudi

(b) Kathak

(c) Odissi

(d) Bharatnatyam

Answer: (b)

15. Which of the following dance forms was earlier practiced as a temple dance?

(a) Odissi

(b) Bharatnatyam

(c) Manipuri

(d) Kathakali

Answer: (a)

16. Ustad Bismillah Khan was the famous exponent of which of the following?

(a) Sitar

(b) Tabla

(c) Sehnai

(d) Veena (Lute)

Answer: (c)

17. Amzad Ali Khan is related to which of the following?

(a) Sarod

(b) Sitar

(c) Violin

(d) Veena

Answer: (a)

18. Shiv Kumar Sharma is concerned with which of the following?

(a) Santoor

(b) Sehnai

(c) Tabla

(d) Sarod

Answer: (a)

19. Hari Prasad Chaurasiya is related to which of the following?

(a) Santoor

(b) Flute

(c) Sarod

(d) Veena

Answer: (b)

20. Pandit Ravishankar is related to which of the following?

(a) Sarod

(b) Santoor

(c) Sitar

(d) Tabla

Answer: (c)