General Knowledge- Indian History

The statue of Gomateshwara at Sravanabelagola was built by—
(A) Chandragupta Maurya
(B) Kharvela
(C) Amoghavarsha
(D) Chamundaraya
Ans : (D)

2. ‘Live well, as long as you live. Live well even by borrowings, for once cremated, there is no return’. The rejection of after life is an aphorism of the—
(A) Kapalika sect
(B) Sunyavada of Nagarjun
(C) Ajivikas
(D) Charvakas
Ans : (D)

3. Which one of the following usages was a post-Vedic development ?
(A) Dharma-Artha-Kama-Moksha
(B) Brahmana-Kshatriya-Vaishya-Shudra
(C) Brahmacharya-Grihasthashrama-Vanaprastha-Sanyasa
(D) Indra-Surya-Rudra-Marut
Ans : (C)


4. The capital of the kingdom of Maharaja Ranjit Singh was—
(A) Amritsar 
(B) Patiala
(C) Lahore 
(D) Kapurthala
Ans : (C) 

5. In the Gandhara sculptures the preaching mudra associated with the Buddha's First Sermon at Sarnath is—
(A) Abhaya 
(B) Dhyana
(C) Dharmachakra 
(D) Bhumisparsa
Ans : (C)

6. The name of the poet Kalidas is mentioned in the—
(A) Allahabad pillar inscription
(B) Aihole inscription
(C) Alapadu grant
(D) Hanumakonda inscription
Ans : (B)

7. Zero was invented by—
(A) Aryabhatta 
(B) Varahamihira
(C) Bhaskara I 
(D) An unknown Indian
Ans : (D)

8. Which one of the following important trade centres of ancient India was on the trade route connecting Kalyana with Vengi ?
(A) Tagara 
(B) Sripura
(C) Tripuri 
(D) Tamralipti
Ans : (A)

9. The first Indian ruler who joined the subsidiary Alliance was—
(A) The Nawab of Oudh
(B) The Nizam of Hyderabad
(C) Peshwa Baji Rao II
(D) The king of Travancore
Ans : (B)

10. Vidhushaka, a common character in Sanskrit drama is invariably a—
(A) Brahmana 
(B) Kshatriya
(C) Vaishya 
(D) Shudra
Ans : (A)

11. Toramana belonged to the ethnic horde of the—
(A) Scythians 
(B) Hunas
(C) Yue-chis 
(D) Sakas
Ans : (B)

12. Who among the following is said to have witnessed the reigns of eight Delhi Sultans ?
(A) Ziauddin Barani
(B) Shams-i-siraj Afif
(C) Minhaj-us-siraj
(D) Amir Khusrau
Ans : (D)

13. The first Indian ruler to organize Haj pilgrimage at the expense of the state was—
(A) Alauddin Khilji 
(B) Feroz Tughlaq
(C) Akbar 
(D) Aurangzeb
Ans : (C)

14. Who among the following ladies wrote a historical account during the Mughal period ?
(A) Gulbadan Begum
(B) Noorjahan Begum
(C) Jahanara Begum
(D) Zebun-nissah Begum
Ans : (A)

15. The first to start a joint stock company to trade with India were the—
(A) Portuguese 
(B) Dutch
(C) French 
(D) Danish
Ans : (B)

16. The caves and rock-cut temples at Ellora are—
(A) Buddhist
(B) Buddhist and Jain
(C) Hindu and Jain
(D) Hindu, Buddhist and Jain
Ans : (D)

17. The significance of the Bengal Regulation of 1793 lies in the fact that—
(A) It provided for the establishment of the Supreme court
(B) It restricted the application of English law to Englishmen only
(C) It accommodated the personal laws of Hindus and Muslims
(D) It provided for the appointment of the Indian Law Commission
Ans : (C)

18. The Mansabdari system introduced by Akbar was borrowed from the system followed in—
(A) Afghanistan 
(B) Turkey
(C) Mongolia 
(D) Persia
Ans : (C)

19. Which one of the following monuments has a dome which is said to be one of the largest in the world ?
(A) Tomb of Sher Shah, Sasaram
(B) Jama Masjid, Delhi
(C) Tomb of Ghiyas-ud-din Tuglaq, Delhi
(D) Gol Gumbaz, Bijapur
Ans : (D)

20. Ashtapradhan was a Council of Ministers—
(A) In the Gupta administration
(B) In the Chola administration
(C) In the Vijaynagar administration
(D) In the Maratha administration
Ans : (D)

21. The concept of Anuvrata was advocated by—
(A) Mahayana Buddhism
(B) Hinayana Buddhism
(C) Jainism
(D) The Lokayata School
Ans : (C)

22. Which one of the following territories was not affected by the revolt of 1857 ?
(A) Jhansi 
(B) Jagdishpur
(C) Lucknow 
(D) Chittor
Ans : (D)

23. Which one of the following pairs is correctly matched ?
(A) Battle of Buxar— Mir Jafar Vs Clive
(B) Battle of Wandiwash—French Vs East India Company
(C) Battle of Chelianwala—Dalhousie Vs Marathas
(D) Battle of Kharda—Nizam Vs East India Company
Ans : (B)

24. The word ‘Hindu’ as reference to the people of Hind (India) was first used by—
(A) The Greeks 
(B) The Romans
(C) The Chinese 
(D) The Arabs
Ans : (A)

25. Hughly was used as a base for piracy in the Bay of Bengal by—
(A) The Portuguese 
(B) The French
(C) The Danish 
(D) The British
Ans : (A)

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General Knowledge- Quzi

1. Who authored the book ‘The Science of Bharat Natyam’?

(a) Saroja Vaidyanathan         (b) Yamini Krishnamurthi ( c) J. Sushila (d) None of these

Answer a;

2.International Day for Disaster Reduction is observed on:

(a) 9th August (b) 13th October (c) 24th November (d) 11th December

Answer-b;

3. Tianhe 1A, the world’s fastest supercomputer is made by

(a) United States (b) Japan  (c) China  (d) None of these

 Answer :c

4. Which is India’s first ever Pollution Control Warship?

(a) Samudra Prahari  (b) Nischaya  (c) Varuna  (d) None of these

Answer:a

5. Who became India’s youngest grandmaster?

(a) Parimarjan Negi  (b) Dronavali Harika  (c) Praveen Thipse  (d) S P Sethuraman

Answer:d

6. K C Kulich International Award is associated with:

(a) Medicine    (b) Economics  (c) Journalism  (d) Sports

Answer:c

7. ‘Open’ is the autobiography of which sports personality?

(a) Adam Gilchrest     b) Glenn Merges  (c) Andre Agassiz  (d) None of these

Ans-c

8. World Cup Football in 2022 is to be held at:

(a) Qatar  (b) UK  (c) Spain  (d) France

Answer:a

9. Who is the first head of UN WOMEN?

(a) Laura Chinchilla  (b) Julia Gillard  (c) Mitchell blachettt  (d) None of these

Answer:c

10.Which of the following committee is related to Corporatisation of Stock Exchanges?

(a) Bimal Jalan Committee  (b) V Achuthan Committee  (c) P M Nair Committee              (d) None of these

Ans-a

11. Which is India’s newest stock exchange for currency derivatives

 (a) BSE          (b) NSE  (c) United Stock Exchange (USE)  (d) None of these

Answer :c

12. Jeevan Reddy Committee is related to

(a)Illegal mining             (b) Armed Forces Special Power Act  (c) Environmental Impact Assessment  (d) None of these

Ans-b

13. Which of the following scheme is related with social security for unorganised sector?

(a) Swabhiman           (b) Sabla  (c) Swavalamban  (d) None of these

Ans-c

14. Polavaram Project is located in which state?

(a) Andhra Pradesh                            (b) Maharashtra  (c) Madhya Pradesh           (d) Karnataka

Answer:a

 15. David Perlman Award is given in which field?

(a) Sports        (b) Music  (c) Photography     (d) Journalism

Ans-d

16.Which of the following committee has redefined the definition of Slums?

(a) Pranab Sen Committee(b) Arjun Sen gupta committee  (c) C Ibrahim Committee (d) None of these

Ans-a

17. Arrow-III is an anti missile system of

(a) France (b) Pakistan (c) Israel       (d) UK

Ans-c

18. India’s first jail BPO is going to came up at:

(a) Bangalore  (b) Pune  (c) Chennai             (d) Hyderabad

Answer:a

19.World’s first aviation university coming up at:

(a) Bangalore  (b) Nice          (c) Glasgow     (d) Venice

Answer: a

20. Khoj lab has been launched by which group?

(a) Future Group (b) dell  (c) IBM     d) Times group

Answer:a

21. Which of the following became the first smoke free state in India?

(a) Sikkim  (b) Himachal Pradesh  (c) Uttarakhand (d) None of these

 Ans-a

22. Lightest element:- Hydrogen

Only Metal liquid at room temperature:- Hg Mercury

Tungsten symbol –W

Tin –Sn

Element with maximum number of compounds –Carbon ( due to catenation)

22. Which of the following became the Ist Asian Country to sign Free Trade Agreement with European Union?

(a) South Korea                      (b) China         (c) India                       (d) None of these

Ans-a

23. The Emissary’ is the book authored by:

(a) Tarun Tejpal                      b) Vinod Mehta  (c) Aniruddh Bahl  (d) None of these

Ans-c

24. Who is the new PM of Netherlands?

(a) Mark Ruttea   (b) Bill Carey       (c) Thakshin Sinawatra   (d) None of these

Ans-a

25. Who is the new PM of Kosovo?

(a) Hashim Taci               (b) N K Name Krumoh  (c) Jose Borosso d) None of these

Ans-a

26. Who is the chairman of National Democratic Front of Bodoland?

(a) Paresh Barna        (b) Aravind Rajakhowa  (c) Ranjan Daimary             (d) None of these

Ans-c

27. With which of the following countries India has not signed civil nuclear agreement?

(a) Namibia  (b) Sweden  c) Mongolia           (d) Argentina

 Ans-b

28. Who is the PM of Sweden?

(a) Fredrick Rainfeldt  (b) Silvio Berlusconi  (c) Garry Wanders       (d) None of these

Ans-a

29. APEC Summit in November 2010 was held at  :

(a) Yokohama (b) Sydney                  (c) Singapore                          (d) Busan

Answer a;

30. Which public sector bank was the banking partner in Commonwealth Games 2010?

(a) Central Bank of India        (b) State Bank of India    (c) Bank of Baroda             (d) None of these

Answer-a;

31. Who is the new vice chief of army staff?

(a) V.K. Singh (b) A.S. Lamba  (c) C. Shekhawat                 (d) None of these

Answer :b

32. Who has became the vice president of ICC?

(a) Ehsaan Mani                     (b) John Mulford  (c) Alan Isaac                                 (d) Molcom Speed

Answer: c

33. Who is the Director General of National Investigation Agency ?

(a) R.V. Raju   (b) Ved Marwah  (c) K.F. Rustomji                (d) Sharad Chandra Sinha

Answer:d

34. Who is the Director of National Security Guard?

(a) R.K. Medhekar      (b) J.K Dutt   (c) B.K. Banerjee                      (d) None of these

Answer:a

35. Who of the following Indian got the Australia Day achievement medal 2010?

(a) V.P. Unnikrishnan             (b) Sandeep Pandey   (c) Vandana Shiva                 (d) None of these

Answer: a

36. Which of the following country became the 187th member of IMF?

(a) Marshall Islands     (b) Tuvalu     (c) Fiji     (d) None of these

 Answer: b

37. India’s second National Institute of Design will come up at which of the following

(a) Amethi       (b) Jorahat        (c) Aizowl   (d) Itanagar

Ans- b

38. Benghazi is a port of :

(a) Libya          (b) Yemen            (c) Egypt                            (d) None of these

 Answer:a

39. Jakhol Sankri Hydro Electric Project has been commissioned at

(a) Uttarakhand           (b) Himachal Pradesh    (c) J&K        (d) Arunachal Pradesh

Answer: a

Answer: a

40. ‘Home Boy’ is a novel written by

(a) H M Naqvi (b) H S Narula  (c) Anand Sarkar       d) Stephen Lipsett

 Ans- a

41. Pravasi Bhartiya Divas in 2011 was held at:

(a) Jaipur         (b) New Delhi    (c) Ujjain                               (d) Varanasi

 Answer :b

42. 98th Indian Science Congress in January 2011 was held at:

(a) Chennai     (b) Kharagpur     (c) Kanpur              (d) Delhi

Ans - a

43. Who of the following is the present Lokayukta of Karnataka:

(a) N Vittal                               (b) Santosh Hegde  (c) Yashwant Sonawane(d) None of these

Answer:b

44. Georgia’s capital is to be shifted from Tbilisi to:

(a) Akhan        (b) Yeren     (c) Kutaisi                                    (d) Chisinau

 Ans-c

45.  Which country topped the Terrorism Risk Index in 2010:

(a) Somalia     b) Samoa    (c) Jamaica                     (d) Iraq

Ans-a

46. Which district is going to be named after Indira Gandhi?

(a) Medak                               (b) Rai Bareli

(c) Chikmaglur                                    (d) Bellary

 Ans-a

47. Who received the Elis Island Medal of Honour in 2010?

(a) Dalai Lama                                    (b) Zinedine Zidene

(c) Rao Anumlu                                  (d) B K Varghese

Answer:c

48. Enam Securities is to be purchased by:

(a) Union Bank of India                                   (b) BNP Paribas

(c) ANZ Grindlays                               (d) Axis Bank

Answer: d

49. Which famous personality bagged the Man of Peace Award in 2010?

(a) Roberto Baggio                 (b) Diegs Maradona

(c) Pope John Paul II              (d) None of these

Answer:a

50. Who is the new National Security Advisor of United States?

(c) W Singham                        (b) Thomas Donilon

(a) Colin Powell                       (b) Larry Page

Ans-b

51. Who is the new president of UN General Assembly?

(a) Joseph Deiss                     (b) Hans Rasmus Sen

(c) Leon Panetta                     (d) None of these

Ans-a

52. Luka and Fire of Life is the latest book by:

(a) Arun Som                          (b) Salman Rushdie

(c) Vikram Seth                                  (d) None of these

Ans-b

53. What is the name of India’s latest and Seventh Super Computer?

(a) Annapurna                         (b) Param

(c) Pinak                                 (d) None of these

Ans-a

54. Tembli became the first village in India to get UID. In which state it is located?

(a) Andhra Pradesh                (b) Chattisgarh

(c) Maharashtra                                  (d) None of these

Ans-c

55.Who has been declared the ‘Business Leader of the year’ in Economic Times Corporate Excellence Awards 2010?

(a) Aditya Puri                         (b) N Nrayanmurthy

(c) Azim Premji                                   (d) Mukesh Ambani

 Ans-a

56. What is the mascot of 2011 cricket world cup?

(a) Hoho                                  (b) Cobe

(c) Stumpy                              (d) None of these

 Ans-c

57. SAF (South Asian Federation) games in 2012 will be held at

(a) Kathmandu                                           (b) Delhi

(c) Bangalore                                 (d) None of these

Ans-b

58. Agni III was launched from which of the following places:

(a) Wheeler Island                   (b) Sriharikota

(c) Bikaner                              (d) None of these

Answer a;

59. Who of the following is the Chairperson of National Green Tribunal?

(a) Lokeshwar Singh Parata   (b) Anil Pandey

(c) K Vijay Kumar                   (d) None of these

Answer-a;

60. Which Indian Company is slated to buy the English football club Blackburn?

(a) U B groups                        (b) RPG

(c) Videocon               (d) Vicky

Answer : d

61. Who is the Union Minister of Corporate Affairs?

(a) Murali Deora                      (b) Jaipal Reddy

(c) C P Joshi                           (d) M S Gill

Answer: a

62. Who is the new President Elect of BCCI?

(a) Chirayu Amin                    (b) Jyotiraditya Schindia

(c) Shashank manohar                       (d) Jagmohan Dalmia

Answer:c

63. Karrar is the unmaned bomber aircraft of which country?

(a) Iran                                    (b) Syria

(c) Israel                      (d) None of these

Answer:a

64. Who is the CMD of Nuclear Power Corporation of India Limited?

(a) S K Jain                 (b) Harsh Marital

(c) Oskar Singh                      (d) None of these

Answer: a

65. Who is the Director of Intelligence Bureau?

(a) Rajeev Mathur                   (b) Nehchal Sandhu

(c) Saikat Dutta                       (d) None of these

 Answer: b

66. Ramagundanar thermal power project is in which state?

a) Andhra Pradesh                  (b) Tamil Nadu

(c) Kerala                                (d) Karnataka

Ans- a

67. Project Big Green has been initiated by which company?

(a) Microsoft               (b) Apple

(c) Infosys                   (d) IBM

Answer:d

68. Vansadhara River dispute is between which states?

(a) Orissa and Andhra Pradesh          (b) Karnataka and Tamil Nadu

(c) Kerala and Tamil Nadu     (d) None of these

Answer: a

69. Who is the Chairperson of National Housing Board?

(a) B N Kapoor                        (b) Mata Prasad

(c) R B Verma                        (d) None of these

Ans- c

70. Who is India’s permanent representative to United Nations?

(a) Hardeep Singh Puri                       (b) M.K. Agnihotri

(c) Vijay Pasricha                   (d) None of these

Answer :a

71. Who is the principal scientific advisor to Government of India?

(a) R. Chidambaram               (b) V.K. Saraswat

(c) T.K. Thomas                                  (d) None of these

Ans - a

72. Who is the Chairman of Central Water Commission?

(a) Balraj Madhok                   (b) A.K. Bajaj

(c) Shivran Puri                       (d) None of these

Ans - b

73. Who is the Deputy National Security Advisor?

(a) Shiv Shankar Menon                    (b) M.K. Narayanan

(c) Shekhar Dutt                     (d) None of these

Answer:c

74. Aligarh Muslim University is going to set its new campus at:

(a) Saharanpur                                    (b) Meerut

(c) Murshidabad                      (d) Azamgarh

Ans-c

75. Who is the new Chairperson of National Commission for Backward classes?

(a) M.N. Rao                           (b) T.K. Maken

(c) Ram Singh Senbar                        (d) None of these

Ans-a

76. Who is the Chairperson of 19th Law Commission?

(a) P.V. Reddy                        (b) A.K. Lakshmanan

(c) K.R. Kurup             (d) None of these

Ans-a

77. Who is the Chairman of National Commission for Protection of Child Rights?

(a) Buta Singh                         (b) M.K. Kurup

(c) Shanta Sinha                     (d) Dheeraj Rohatgi

Answer:c

78. Mini Pravasi Bhartiya Diwas in October 2010 was held at:

(a) Cape Town                                    (b) Durban

(c) Johannesburg                    (d) None of these

Answer: b

79. G-8 summit in June 2010 was held at:

(a) Ontario                   (b) Vancouver

(c) Huntsville               (d) Quebec

Answer:-c

80. Who is the CEO of Twitter?

(a) Dick Costello                     (b) Jorma Olila  (c) Allan Bolt (d) None of these

Ans-a

81. Which country topped the Global Peace Index Report in 2010?

(a) New Zealand                     (b) Iceland

(c) Denmark                           (d) Sweden

Ans-a

82. Who of the following is the recipient of Turner Prize 2010?

(a) Alex Rodriques                  (b) Sergie Bryan

(c) Susan Philipsz                   (d) None of these

Ans-c

83. Who is the Chairperson of Railway Board?

(a) Vivek Sahay                                  (b) J P Batra

(c) D P Aggarwal                    (d) None of these

Ans-a

84. Who of the following is the recipient of Cervantes Prize 2010?

(a) John Stocker                     (b) Ana Maria

(c) C Andrew Stephen                        (d) None of these  

Ans-b

85. Who founded the Telangana Praja Front in October 2010?

(a) G V Rao                (b) K Chandrashekhar Rao

(c) N Srinivas              (d) None of these

Ans-a

86. M. B. Shah Commission is related to:

(a) Illegal mining                      (b) Agricultural Statistics

(c) Microfinance Institutions   (d) None of these

Ans-a

87. Who is the secretary General of Rajya Sabha?

(a) T.K. Vishwanathan                        (b) Vivek Agnihotri

(c) V.K. Gupta                         (d) None of these

Ans-b

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Independence Day - general knowledge

15th August 1947, the Independence Day of India is a very important and memorable day in Indian History. This was the day when India became free from the colonial rule of the British. It was at the stroke at midnight when the first Prime Minister of the nation, Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru announced that the independence of the country and unfurled our tricolor flag. It was the end of the British rule which existed in India for almost 3 centuries.

15th August from then is celebrated as Independence Day every year which reminds of the formation of a sovereign country India which is amongst the biggest democracies in the world. It is a national holiday. The day is celebrated with a lot of enthusiasm and joy all across the country. The ceremony starts with the flag hoisting at the Red Fort in Delhi. The occasion is grand with thousands of spectators present at the moment. The Prime Minister then addresses the nation. He speaks about the past, present and future of the nation, the advancement of the country in every sphere. The government institutions are lighted up and decorated. The day is celebrated with flag hoisting and cultural programmes all across the state capitals.

In schools, the day is celebrated with the flag hoisting ceremony, speeches, distribution of sweets and parades. Moreover, it is celebrated by both private and public institutions all across the nation. At the private institutions the honor is of hoisting is done by the senior most person and in the public institutions it is done by the politicians of the respective constituencies.

Channels across the country including media, telecast programmes and movies depicting the freedom struggle or documentaries portraying the life of the freedom fighters like Mahatma Gandhi, Subhash Chandra Bose and many more.

However, the freedom of the nation came along with the partition of a Hindu India and Islamic Pakistan. The partition was announced by Lord Louis Mountbatten on June 3rd 1947 which was termed as the Mountbatten Plan. 14.5 million people migrated from both the countries during this period.

The extravagant celebrations across the country brings about a patriotic and feeling of Indian-ness amongst the citizens.

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General Knowledge Objective General Knowledge

Objective General Knowledge
Q. A "biological death" occurs/takes place when   1 there is no pulse and heartbeat   2 pupils show no reaction to light   3 all the body cells die after a few hours of clinical death   4 pupils are fixed and dilated     Ans: 3
Q. A bat is   1 a mammal   2 a reptile   3 an amphibian   4 an avian     Ans: 1
Q. A balanced diet contains   1 animal protein   2 macro and micro nutrients   3 food nutrients for growth and maintenance   4 butter and ghee     Ans: 3
Q. bacteria do not need sunlight to grow because   1 they lack chlorophyll and so they are incapable of making their own food   2 they hate sunlight   3 they use others kinds of light for their synthesis   4 they prepare their food without the help of sunlight     Ans: 4
Q. Who is the top run getter in Cricket World Cup 2011?   1 Kumar Sangakara   2 Sachin Tendulkar   3 TM Dilshan   4 Gautam Gambhir     Ans: 3
Q. India won the Cricket World Cup 1983 by defeating -   1 Australia   2 England   3 West Indies   4 South Africa     Ans: 3
Q. Which team posted highest team total in Cricket World Cup 2011?   1 South Africa   2 India   3 West Indies   4 Sri Lanka     Ans: 2
Q. Who made the fastest hundred in Cricket World Cup 2011?   1 Virat Kohli   2 Sachin Tendulkar   3 K. J. O Brein   4 Jack Kallis     Ans: 3
Q. Who has won the Australian Grand Prix this year?   1 Fernando Alonso   2 Sebastian Vettel   3 Lewis Hamilton   4 None of them     Ans: 2
Q. Who is the author of the book Patron of the Poor: Cast Politics and Policy Making in India?   1 Greg Lindsay   2 Narayan Lakshman   3 Khushwant Singh   4 Arundhuti Roy     Ans: 2

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