General Knowledge #47 Multiple Choice Questions (MCQ) : Assam Jobs Guide

GENERAL KNOWLEDGE #47

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTIONS

1. Non-Cooperation Movement was withdrawn mainly because of which of the following?

(a) Friction between the Moderates and Extremists

(b) Withdrawal of support by Muslim League

(c) Chauri-Chaura incident

(d) Oppresive attitude of British Government

Answer: (c)

2. Vasco De Gama after historic voyage of 1498 reached for the first time in India at which of the following place?

(a) Cochin

(b) Calicut

(c) Palghat

(d) None of the above

Answer: (b)

3. Who is known Gandhi of Bihar?

(a) Dr. Rajendra Prasad

(b) M.K. Gandhi

(c) Khan Abdul Gaffar Khan

(d) Lal Bahadur Shastri

Answer: (a)

4. Where is the International Labour Organisation headquartered?

(a) Geneva

(b) New York

(c) Rome

(d) Paris

Answer: (a)

5. Yakshagan is the folk dance of which state?

(a) Tamil Nadu

(b) Kerala

(c) Karnataka

(d) Andhra Pradesh

Answer: (c)

6. McMohan Line is an international border line between which countries?

(a) Pakistan and Afghanistan

(b) India and China

(c) India and Pakistan

(d) India and Nepal

Answer: (b)

7. Mahatma Gandhi started his Dandi March from which place?

(a) Porbandar

(b) Ahmedabad

(c) Dandi

(d) None of the above

Answer: (b)

8. What is called the instrument used to measure the speed and direction of clouds?

(a) Anemometer

(b) Raingauge

(c) Naphoscope

(d) Hygrometer

Answer: (c)

9. Revenue system during Akbar’s reign was in the hands of whom of the following?

(a) Bairam Khan

(b) Man Singh

(c) Birbal

(d) Todar Mal

Answer: (d)

10. Mohammad-bin-Tughlaq changed his capital from Delhi to Devagiri because he wanted to ……………

(a) improve trade in the Deccan

(b) spread Islam in the Deccan

(c) punish the people of Delhi

(d) escape from the Mongol invasion

Answer: (a)

11. Which river is considered as unholy from the relgious point of view?

(a) Punpun

(b) Kosi

(c) Sone

(d) Karmanasa

Answer: (d)

12. The concept of welfare state is included in which part of the Indian Constitution?

(a) The Preamble of the Constitution

(b) Fundamental Rights

(c) Directive Principles of State Policy

(d) 4th Schedule of Constitution

Answer: (c)

13. Where are diesel locomotives manufactured?

(a) Chittaranjan

(b) Varanasi

(c) Bhopal

(d) Jamshedpur

Answer: (b)

14. On which ‘river’ is the Nagarjunasagar Project located?

(a) Krishna

(b) Godavari

(c) Kaveri

(d) Tapti

Answer: (a)

15. Shubman Gill plays which sport?

(a) Badminton

(b) Football

(c) Cricket

(d) Table Tennis

Answer: (c)

16. Who was the first Asian lady swimmer to have crossed the English Channel?

(a) Bula Choudhary

(b) Arati Saha

(c) Nilima Ghosh

(d) None of the above

Answer: (b)

17. Where is Uranium Corporation of India situated?

(a) Maharashtra

(b) West Bengal

(c) Bihar

(d) Rajasthan

Answer: (c)

18. Which civilian award is shaped like a ‘peepul leaf’?

(a) Padma Shree

(b) Arjuna

(c) Dronacharya

(d) Bharat Ratna

Answer: (d)

19. ‘Hubble’ is ……………

(a) an electric car

(b) the nearest star

(c) a space telescope

(d) a nuclear powered aeroplane

Answer: (c)

20. India first won the Olympic Hockey Gold at which of the following?

(a) London

(b) Berlin

(c) Amsterdam

(d) Los Angeles

Answer: (c)