GENERAL KNOWLEDGE #53
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTIONS
1. Which
of the following personalities gave ‘The Laws of Heredity’?
(a) Charles Darwin
(b) Dmitri Mendeleev
(c) William Bateson
(d) Gregor Mendel
Answer:
(d)
2. Who
was also known as Deshbandhu?
(a) Chittaranjan Das
(b) Bipin Chandra Pal
(c) Lala Lajpat Rai
(d) Rash Behari Bose
Answer:
(a)
3. Which
of the following language is not enshrined in the eighth schedule of the Indian
Constitution, as the language of the state?
(a) Kashmiri
(b) Nepali
(c) English
(d) Konkani
Answer:
(c)
4. What
is the capital of Sikkim?
(a) Darjeeling
(b) Gangtok
(c) Shillong
(d) Siliguri
Answer:
(b)
5. In
which year World Trade Organisation came into existence?
(a) 1989
(b) 1992
(c) 1993
(d) 1995
Answer:
(d)
6. In
which year did the Cabinet Mission arrive in India?
(a) 1945
(b) 1947
(c) 1946
(d) 1942
Answer:
(c)
7. Which
of the amendments of the following constitution was responsible for deleting
the right to property from the list of fundamentals rights?
(a) 42nd amendment
(b) 43rd amendment
(c) 44th amendment
(d) 45th amendment
Answer:
(c)
8. When
did the war of Americans Independence take place?
(a) 1175
(b) 1776
(c) 1780
(d) 1782
Answer:
(b)
9. Who
is the author of the book titled Mein Kampf?
(a) Adolf Hitler
(b) Joseph Stalin
(c) Heinrich Himmler
(d) Vladimir Lenin
Answer:
(a)
10. Which
of the following is the largest and the deepest ocean of the world?
(a) Indian Ocean
(b) Arctic Ocean
(c) Pacific Ocean
(d) Alantic Ocean
Answer:
(c)
11. In
which year was the SAARC formed?
(a) 1975
(b) 1980
(c) 1983
(d) 1986
Answer:
(d)
12. Which
of the following is not a member of the European Union?
(a) Finland
(b) Denmark
(c) Greece
(d) Norway
Answer:
(d)
13. What
is the height of Siachen Glacier at eastern Karakoram range in the Himalaya
Mountains?
(a) 5400 metre
(b) 5000 metre
(c) 4800 metre
(d) 5700 metre
Answer:
(a)
14. In
2017 which Space Agency sends 104 satellites in a single mission?
(a) NASA
(b) European Space Agency
(c) Canadian Space Agency
(d) ISRO
Answer:
(d)
15. When
was the Cycling Federation of India established?
(a) 1942
(b) 1945
(c) 1946
(d) 1950
Answer:
(c)
16. Where
is the Tungabhadra Sanctuary located?
(a) Bihar
(b) Karnataka
(c) Odisha
(d) Gujarat
Answer:
(b)
17. In
which year was Jana Gana Mana accepted as the National Anthem of India by the Constituent
Assembly of India?
(a) 1945
(b) 1947
(c) 1949
(d) 1950
Answer:
(d)
18. Which
of the following became the first state of India to set up the district family
welfare?
(a) Assam
(b) Meghalaya
(c) Arunachal Pradesh
(d) Tripura
Answer:
(d)
19. In
which year did the Indian Cricket Team win the ICC Cricket World Cup for the
second time?
(a) 2007
(b) 2011
(c) 2013
(d) 2015
Answer:
(b)
20. Which
country is known as the ‘Sugar Bowl of the World’?
(a) Cuba
(b) Mexico
(c) Costa Rica
(d) Jamaica
Answer:
(a)
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