General Knowledge #54 Multiple Choice Questions (MCQ) : Assam Jobs Guide

GENERAL KNOWLEDGE #54

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTIONS

1. Who had called Rabindranath Tagore as the Great Sentinel?

(a) Mahatma Gandhi

(b) Bhagat Singh

(c) Jawaharlal Nehru

(d) Subhash Chandra Bose

Answer: (a)

2. Where is Garampani Sanctuary located?

(a) Gangtok, Sikkim

(b) Imphal, Manipur

(c) Diphu, Assam

(d) Surat, Gujarat

Answer: (c)

3. For which of the following disciplines is Nobel Prize awarded?

(a) Physics and Chemistry

(b) Medicine and Economic Sciences

(c) Literature and Peace

(d) All of the above

Answer: (d)

4. Who was the fastest shorthand writer?

(a) J.M. Tagore

(b) Dr. G.D. Bist

(c) J.R.D. Tata

(d) Khudada Khan

Answer: (b)

5. Epsom (England) is the place associated with which of the following?

(a) Horse Racing

(b) Polo

(c) Snooker

(d) Shooting

Answer: (b)

6. When was the first human heart transplant operation conducted by Dr. Christian Dr. Christian Bernard on Louis Washkansky?

(a) 1952

(b) 1967

(c) 1970

(d) 1972

Answer: (b)

7. Golf player Vijay Singh belongs to which country?

(a) India

(b) Canada

(c) Fiji

(d) United Arab Emirates

Answer: (c)

8. When did the first Afghan War take place?

(a) 1839

(b) 1842

(c) 1845

(d) 1848

Answer: (a)

9. First China War was fought between which of the following?

(a) China and Greece

(b) China and Britain

(c) China and France

(d) China and Egypt

Answer: (b)

10. What are the dimensions of a basketball court for the Olympics and world tournaments?

(a) 28 m x 15 m

(b) 27 m x 16 m

(c) 30 m x 14 m

(d) 30 m x 15 m

Answer: (a)

11. The Gauhati High Court is the judicature of which of the following?

(a) Assam

(b) Arunachal Pradesh

(c) Nagaland

(d) All of the above

Answer: (d)

12. Fire Temple is the place of worship of which of the following religion?

(a) Taoism

(b) Shintoism

(c) Judaism

(d) Zoroastrianism (Parsi Religion)

Answer: (d)

13. Where is the Film and Television Institute of India located?

(a) Pune

(b) New Delhi

(c) Mumbai

(d) Hyderabad

Answer: (a)

14. Where is the National School of Drama located?

(a) Mumbai

(b) Kolkata

(c) Noida

(d) New Delhi

Answer: (d)

15. In which year did Georgia, Uzbekistan and Turkmenistan become the members of United Nations Organisation (UNO)?

(a) 1990

(b) 1992

(c) 1995

(d) 1998

Answer: (b)

16. During World War II, in which year did Germany attack France?

(a) 1940

(b) 1941

(c) 1942

(d) 1943

Answer: (a)

17. Ecology deals with which of the following?

(a) Cell formation

(b) Birds

(c) Relation between organisms and their environment

(d) Tissues

Answer: (c)

18. Filaria is caused by which of the following?

(a) Mosquito

(b) Virus

(c) Bacteria

(d) Protozoa

Answer: (a)

19. In which year was Goa Shipyard Limited (GSL) established?

(a) 1952

(b) 1955

(c) 1957

(d) 1960

Answer: (c)

20. Who was the first Indian Chief of Army Staff of the Indian Army?

(a) Gen. K.M. Cariappa

(b) Gen. Maharaj Shri Rajendra Sinhji Jadeja

(c) Vice-Admiral R.D. Katari

(d) None of the above

Answer: (b)