General Knowledge #42 Multiple Choice Questions (MCQ) : Assam Jobs Guide

GENERAL KNOWLEDGE #42

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTIONS

1. Who was known as ‘Bagha Jatin’?

(a) Jatin Das

(b) Jatin Bhattacharya

(c) Jatin Mukherjee

(d) Jatin Banerjee

Answer: (c)

2. When was All India Muslim League founded at Dhaka?

(a) 1905

(b) 1906

(c) 1908

(d) 1904

Answer: (b)

3. Who played the leading role in the formation of ‘Muslim League’?

(a) Agha Khan

(b) Nawab Salimulla

(c) Nawab Mohsin-ul-Mulk

(d) All of the above

Answer: (d)

4. In which year the First World War broke out?

(a) 1913

(b) 1915

(c) 1918

(d) 1914

Answer: (d)

5. Who was the first woman President of the Congress?

(a) Annie Beasant

(b) Sarojini Naidu

(c) Madam Cama

(d) Sucheta Kriplani

Answer: (a)

6. When was Montague-Chelmsford Report published?

(a) July, 1918

(b) April, 1919

(c) April, 1918

(d) July, 1919

Answer: (a)

7. Aswan dam lies on which river?

(a) Hwang Ho

(b) Nile

(c) Amazon

(d) Arakan

Answer: (b)

8. Kalahari Desert lies in which of the following?

(a) West Asia

(b) Central Asia

(c) Africa

(d) South America

Answer: (c)

9. Swahili is the language of which of the following?

(a) East Asia

(b) Australia

(c) Latin America

(d) Africa

Answer: (d)

10. Which is the largest gold mining centre?

(a) Johannesburg

(b) Pretoria

(c) Transvaal

(d) Kimberley

Answer: (a)

11. Which is the largest diamond mining centre?

(a) Durban

(b) Kimberley

(c) Johannesburg

(d) Port Elizabeth

Answer: (b)

12. Which is the largest river of the world?

(a) Hwang Ho

(b) Nile

(c) Amazon

(d) Zaire

Answer: (c)

13. Which was the first Indian movie (film)?

(a) Raja Harishchandra

(b) Alamara

(c) Noorjahan

(d) Mughal-E-Azam

Answer: (a)

14. Which was the first Indian talkie movie?

(a) Noorjahan

(b) Alamara

(c) Kagaj Ke Phool

(d) Mughal-E-Azam

Answer: (b)

15. Which is the highest civilian award of India?

(a) Paramveer Chakra

(b) Bharat Ratna

(c) Jnanpeeth Award

(d) Saraswati Samman

Answer: (b)

16. Who was the first recipient of Bharat Ratna?

(a) C. Rajgopalachari

(b) C.V. Raman

(c) S. Radhakrishnan

(d) Vallabhbhai Patel

Answer: (a)

17. Who was the first Indian to receive Oscar Award?

(a) Satyajit Ray

(b) Mrinal Sen

(c) Bhanu Athaiya

(d) Smita Patel

Answer: (c)

18. Who was the first Indian to receive the Nobel Prize?

(a) Rabindranath Tagore

(b) C.V. Raman

(c) Hargobind Khurana

(d) Amartya Sen

Answer: (a)

19. Who was the first recipient of Magsaysay Award?

(a) Vinoba Bhave

(b) Chintaman Deshmukh

(c) Mother Teresa

(d) Verghese Kurien

Answer: (a)

20. Pulitzer Prize is given for which of the following?

(a) Literature

(b) Science and technology

(c) Journalism

(d) Sports

Answer: (c)