General knowledge of india - 6


Q1.

Out of four Hindu Dhams, three are dedicated to lord Vishnu & one to lord Shiva. Which one is dedicated to lord Shiva ?
(A) Puri
(B) Dwarka
(C) Badrinath
(D) Rameshwaram

Q2.

By mixing equal amount of Blue and Yellow colours, which colour will result ?
(A) Green
(B) Purple
(C) Orange
(D) Brown

Q3.

Which freedom fighter is also known as Lokmanya ?
(A) Gopal Krishan Gokhle
(B) Jai Praksha Narain
(C) Bal Gangadhar Tilak
(D) Lala Lajpat Rai

Q4.

By how many hours Indian Standard Time (IST) is ahead of Greenwich Mean Time (GMT) ?
(A) 4:00 Hours
(B) 4:30 Hours
(C) 5:00 Hours
(D) 5:30 Hours

Q5.

Crescograph, a device for measuring growth in plants, was invented by which Indian scientist ?
(A) Jagadish Chandra Bose
(B) Satyendra Nath Bose
(C) Jayant Narlikar
(D) Meghnad Saha

Q6.

On August 8, 1942, in which city Indian National Congress passed Quit India Resolution ?
(A) Karachi
(B) Mumbai
(C) Kolkata
(D) Lucknow

Q7.

Where is the Indira Point, the southernmost point of land in the territory of India, situated ?
(A) Lakshadweep
(B) Andaman & Nicobar Islands
(C) Kerala
(D) Tamilnadu

Q8.

In history, how do we better know Mughal empress Arjumand Banu Begum ?
(A) Mumtaz
(B) Noorjahan
(C) Hazrat Mahal
(D) Manmati

Q9.

What line connects the points on a map that have the same temprature ?
(A) Isobar
(B) Isohel
(C) Isotherm
(D) Isohume

Q10.

In which river is India's largest riverine island Majuli is situated ?
(A) Ganga
(B) Brahmaputra
(C) Mahanadi
(D) Godavari

Answers :

Q1.   (D) Rameshwaram
Q2.   (A) Green
Q3.   (C) Bal Gangadhar Tilak
Q4.   (D) 5:30 Hours
Q5.   (A) Jagadish Chandra Bose
Q6.   (B) Mumbai
Q7.   (B) Andaman & Nicobar Islands
Q8.   (A) Mumtaz
Q9.   (C) Isotherm
Q10.  (B) Brahmaputra

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General knowledge of india - 7


Q1.

What is the observation that `Supply creates its own demand' is popularly called ?
(A) Gresham's Law
(B) Murphy's Law
(C) Say's Law
(D) Parkinson's Law

Q2.

In 1916, who founded Banaras Hindu University in Varanasi ?
(A) Annie Besant
(B) Madan Mohan Malaviya
(C) Syed Ahmed Khan
(D) S.Radhakrishnan

Q3.

Who was the first Jain Tirthankar ?
(A) Rishabh Dev
(B) Neminath
(C) Parshavnath
(D) Mahavir

Q4.

Where are the headquarters of the Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) situated ?
(A) Geneva
(B) Vienna
(C) Brussels
(D) The Hague

Q5.

Which blood group is universal donor ?
(A) A
(B) B
(C) AB
(D) O

Q6.

Who directed 8 Oscar awards winning film 'Slumdog Millionaire' ?
(A) Danny Boyle
(B) David Fincher
(C) Stephen Daldry
(D) Ron Howard

Q7.

Who became the first space tourist on 28 April, 2001 ?
(A) Dennis Tito
(B) Mark Shuttleworth
(C) Gregory Olsen
(D) Anousheh Ansari

Q8.

Khajuraho temples were built by rulers of which dynasty ?
(A) Chola
(B) Pallava
(C) Chandela
(D) Chalukya

Q9.

The book `Beyond The Last Blue Mountain' written by R.M.Lala is the biography of which industrialist ?
(A) G.D.Birla
(B) Dhirubhai Ambani
(C) Jamnalal Bajaj
(D) J.R.D.Tata

Q10.

Which city will host Winter Olympics in 2010 ?
(A) Turin (Italy)
(B) Sochi (Russia)
(C) Vancouver (Canada)
(D) Salt Lake City (USA)

Answers :

Q1. (C) Say's Law
Q2. (B) Madan Mohan Malaviya
Q3. (A) Rishabh Dev
Q4. (B) Vienna
Q5. (D) O
Q6. (A) Danny Boyle
Q7. (A) Dennis Tito
Q8. (C) Chandela
Q9. (D) J.R.D.Tata
Q10. (C) Vancouver (Canada)

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General knowledge of india - 4

Q1.
Peter Parker is the original name of which fictional superhero ?
(A) Phantom
(B) Batman
(C) Superman
(D) Spiderman

Q2.

Which planet is referred Morning Star as well as Evening Star ?
(A) Mars
(B) Venus
(C) Jupiter
(D) Mercury

Q3.

Lumbini, the birth place of Gautam Budhdha, is in which present country ?
(A) Bhutan
(B) Nepal
(C) India
(D) Bangladesh

Q4.

Who was the first indian woman to scale the Mount Everest ?
(A) Bachendri Pal
(B) Santosh Yadav
(C) Kalpana Chawla
(D) Kiran Bedi

Q5.

Which is not a part of our parliament ?
(A) President
(B) Lok Sabha
(C) Rajya Sabha
(D) Supreme Court

Q6.

What is aquaphobia, also referred as hydrophobia, the fear of ?
(A) Water
(B) Height
(C) Darkness
(D) Thunder

Q7.

Which freedom fighter authored the book Discovery of India ?
(A) Mahatma Gandhi
(B) Bal Gangadhr Tilak
(C) Rabindra Nath Tagore
(D) Jawaharlal Nehru

Q8.

To commemorate his conquest of the Ranthambhor fort and Khandesh in Gujarat, which Mughal ruler built Buland Darwaza at Fatehpur Sikri ?
(A) Babur
(B) Akbar
(C) Jahangir
(D) Shahjahan

Q9.

Which is the principal ore of Mercury ?
(A) Galena
(B) Bauxite
(C) Cinnabar
(D) Hematite

Q10.

Where is the Indian Institute of Science (IISc) situated ?
(A) New Delhi
(B) Ahmedabad
(C) Bengaluru
(D) Bhubaneshwar

Answers :

Q1.   (D) Spiderman
Q2.   (B) Venus
Q3.   (B) Nepal
Q4.   (A) Bachendri Pal
Q5.   (D) Supreme Court
Q6.   (A) Water
Q7.   (D) Jawaharlal Nehru
Q8.   (B) Akbar
Q9.   (C) Cinnabar
Q10.  (C) Bengaluru

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