GENERAL KNOWLEDGE- Questions and Answers -6
1001. Which song was sung by Gandhiji and his followers during the Dandi March?
(a) Raghupati Raghava Rajaram
(b) Vaishnava Janato
(c) Vande Mataram
(d) Sare Jaham Se Achcha
Answer:(a)
1002. In which year Gandhiji land India after ending his stay in South Africa?
(a) 1915 (b) 1916
(c) 1917 (d) 1918
Answer:(a)
1003. In which year Gandhiji founded All India Harijan Samaj aiming at the abolition of untouchability?
(a) 1931 (b) 1932
(c) 1933 (d) 1934
Answer:(b)
1004. Who formulated the Sevagram project?
(a) Vinoba Bhave (b) Mahatma Gandhi
(c) Mahadev Desai (d) Tagore
Answer:(b)
1005. The Congress at which Gandhiji and Nehru met for the first time was that of 1916. It was held at:
(a) Faizpur (b) Kolkata
(c) Lucknow (d) Belgaum
Answer:(c)
1006. In which year Gandhi-Irwin Pact was signed?
(a) 1929 (b) 1930
(c) 1931 (d) 1932
Answer:(c)
1007. The number of volunteers who followed Mahathma Gandhi in the Dandi march:
(a) 78 (b) 88
(c) 98 (d) 68
Answer:(a)
1008. The venue of Round Tabel Conference:
(a) Kolkata (b) London
(c) New Delhi (d) Glasgow
Answer:(b)
1009. The year of the Round Table Conference in which Gandhiji attended:
(a) 1930 (b) 1931
(c) 1932 (d) 1933
Answer:(b)
1010. In which year Gandhiji visited Kerala in association with the Vaikom
Satyagraha?
(a) 1924 (b) 1925
(c) 1926 (d) 1927
Answer:(b)
1011. Greek Mathematician who is regarded as ‘the Father of Geometry:
(a) Archimedes (b) Pythagoras
(c) Euclid (d) Epicurus
Answer: (c)
1012. The Portuguese Navigator who led the expedition which completed the first
circumnavigation:
(a) Columbus (b) Magellan
(c) Cook (d) Cabral
Answer: (b)
1013. Who was known as ‘lady with the lamp’?
(a) Joan of Arc (b) Florence Nightingale
(c) Mother Theresa (d) None of these
Answer: (b)
1014. Magellan was killed in:
(a) Philippines (b) Indonesia
(c) Sri Lanka (d) China
Answer: (a)
1015. Voltaire was a/an ...... philosopher:
(a) Greek (b) German
(c) French (d) American
Answer: (c)
1016. Who gave the Pacific ocean that name?
(a) Cabral (b) Magellan
(c) Vasco da Gama (d) Columbus
Answer: (b)
1017. Who developed a mercury thermometer?
(a) Toricelli (b) Fahrenheit
(c) Marconi (d) Edison
Answer: (b)
1018. Who developed the telescope and discovered four satellites of Jupiter?
(a) Newton (b) Galileo
(c) Herschell (d) Tombaugh
Answer: (b)
1019. The father of Englsih poetry:
(a) William Shakespeare (b) Byron
(c) Shelly (d) Geoffrey Chaucer
Answer: (d)
1020. The first president of USA:
(a) Abraham Lincoln (b) Thomas Jefferson
(c) James Madison (d) George Washington
Answer: (d)
1021. Who developed a petrol-driven internal combustion engine?
(a) Gottleib Daimler (b) Karl Benz
(c) Cockrell (d) Wright brothers
Answer: (a)
1022. Who invented radio and wireless systems?
(a) Marconi (b) Faraday
(c) Newton (d) Huygens
Answer: (a)
1023. Who authored ‘Tropic of Cancer’ and ‘Tropic of Capricorn’?
(a) Arthur Miller (b) Henry Kissinger
(c) Henry Miller (d) Pearl S. Buck
Answer: (c)
1024. Homer authored the epics ‘The Iliad’ and ‘The Odyssey, was a/an ...... writer
(a) Greek (b) Italian
(c) French (d) German
Answer: (a)
1025. The US diplomat Henry Kissinger shared Nobel Peace Prize with Le Duc Tho
for negotiating the Vietnam issue, for the year:
(a) 1973 (b) 1974
(c) 1975 (d) 1976
Answer: (a)
1026. Who invented the Safety lamp?
(a) Alfred Nobel (b) William Ramsay
(c) Edison (d) Humphrey Devy
Answer: (d)
1027. Isac Newton who is famous for his discovery of Laws of gravitation and
three laws of motion was born in:
(a) France (b) Germany
(c) Spain (d) England
Answer: (d)
1028. Who discovered the steam engine?
(a) James Watt (b) Daimler
(c) Chrystler (d) Benz
Answer: (a)
1029. Who wrote ‘Paradise Lost?
(a) Shelly (b) Keats
(c) John Milton (d) Shakespeare
Answer: (c)
1030. Who is known as the maid of Orleans?
(a) Mother Theresa (b) Joan of Arc
(c) Cleopatra (d) Florence Nightingale
Answer: (b)
1031. Goethe was a/an ...... writer.
(a) Italian (b) English
(c) German (d) French
Answer: (c)
1032. Who postulated Atomic Theory?
(a) Heisenberg (b) Neils Bohr
(c) Madam Curie (d) John Dalton
Answer: (d)
1033. John Logie Baird invented:
(a) Computer (b) Typewriter
(c) Gramophone (d) Television
Answer: (d)
1034. The first Roman Catholic to become the US president:
(a) Theodore Roosevelt (b) Eisenhower
(c) FD Roosevelt (d) John F Kennedy
Answer: (d)
1035. Kamal Ataturk is regarded as the builder of modern..........:
(a) Egypt (b) Greece
(c) Turkey (d) None of these
Answer: (c)
1036. National Voter’s Day:
(a) January 25 (b) January 26
(c) January 27 (d) January 28
Answer: (a)
1037. National Newspaper’s Day:
(a) January 26 (b) January 29
(c) January 30 (d) January 31
Answer: (b)
1038. Census Day in India:
(a) February 19 (b) February 10
(c) February 9 (d) February 17
Answer: (c)
1039. World Tuberculosis Day:
(a) January 30 (b) March 24
(c) March 26 (d) March 30
Answer: (b)
1040. Which day is held on the third Friday of March?
(a) World Sleep day (b) World Malaria Day
(c) World Coconut Day (d) World Rabies Day
Answer: (a)
1041. World Parkinson’s Day is observed on:
(a) April 1 (b) April 18
(c) April 17 (d) April 11
Answer: (d)
1042. World Coconut day is observed on:
(a) September 1 (b) September 22
(c) September 2 (d) October 2
Answer: (c)
1043. World Green Consumer Day:
(a) September 27 (b) September 18
(c) September 5 (d) September 28
Answer: (d)
1044. World Polio Day:
(a) November 20 (b) September 23
(c) October 24 (d) September 30
Answer: (c)
1045. World Television Day:
(a) November 21 (b) October 24
(c) November 19 (d) August 15
Answer: (a)
1046. National Minorities Rights Day:
(a) December 10 (b) December 18
(c) December 28 (d) December 31
Answer: (b)
1047. World Mental Health Day is on:
(a) October 1 (b) October 10
(c) September 10 (d) November 10
Answer: (b)
1048. World Oceans Day is observed on:
(a) June 5 (b) June 6
(c) July 11 (d) June 8
Answer: (d)
1049. World Computer Literacy day:
(a) December 2 (b) December 1
(c) December 10 (d) December 22
Answer: (a)
1050. Hindi Day is observed on:
(a) September 26 (b) October 2
(c) September 14 (d) November 14
Answer: (c)
1051. The Asian country that got independence on 15th August 1971:
(a) Bangladesh (b) Bahrain
(c) Myanmar (d) South Korea
Answer: (b)
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1052. Name the African country whose Independence Day falls on August 15:
(a) Ghana (b) Nigeria
(c) Republic of Congo (d) Sudan
Answer: (c)
1053. Name the country other than India whose Independence Day falls on
August 15:
(a) Bangladesh (b) Pakistan
(c) Sri Lanka (d) South Korea
Answer: (d)
1054. January 26 is observed as Republic Day in India. It is observed as the
National Day in:
(a) China (b) USA
(c) Australia (d) Japan
Answer: (c)
1055. On whose birth anniversary National Remote Sensing Day is observed?
(a) Vikram Sarabhai (b) Homi Bhabha
(c) C.V. Raman (d) Meghnath Saha
Answer: (a)
1056. Ambedkar Day is observed on:
(a) Birth Anniversary
(b) Death Anniversary
(c) Day on which he accepted Buddhism
(d) Day on which he become the Chairman of Constituent Assembly
Answer: (b)
1057. World Day for Men:
(a) March 8 (b) November 15
(c) November 29 (d) November 19
Answer: (d)
1058. National Remote Sensing Day:
(a) October 4 (b) August 12
(c) August 22 (d) November 14
Answer: (b)
1059. Nurses Day is observed on:
(a) July 1 (b) May 17
(c) May 12 (d) May 22
Answer: (c)
1060. World Wetlands Day:
(a) February 9 (b) February 12
(c) February 10 (d) February 2
Answer: (d)
1061. Who was the last Governor-General of British India?
(a) Rajagopalachari (b) Lord Wavell
(c) Lord Mountbatten (d) Lord Linlithgo
Answer: (c)
1062. Who was the political guru of Gopala Krishna Gokhale?
(a) Dadabhai Naoroji (b) WC Bannerjee
(c) SN Bannerjee (d) MG Ranade
Answer: (d)
1063. Whom Sarojini Naidu once called the ‘Ambassador of Hindu Muslim Unity’?
(a) Mahathma Gandhi (b) Nehru
(c) Muhammad Ali Jinnah (d) Ambedkar
Answer: (c)
1064. Who said ‘Give me blood, I shall give you freedom’?
(a) Subhas Chandra Bose (b) Mahatma Gandhi
(c) Nehru (d) Sardar Vallabh Bhai Patel
Answer: (a)
1065. Who said ‘Swarajya is my birth right’?
(a) Sardar Vallabh Bhai Patel (b) Mahatma Gandhi
(c) Nehru (d) Bal Gangadhar Tilak
Answer: (d)
1066. Who started the daily ‘The Hindu’ in 1878?
(a) Bal Gangadhar Tilak (b) G Subramanya Iyer
(c) VD Savarkar (d) None of these
Answer: (b)
1067. Who started the journal ‘New India’?
(a) Sarojini Naidu (b) Annie Besant
(c) Madam Bhikaji Cama (d) Aruna Asaf Ali
Answer: (b)
1068. Who started the Khilafat movement in India?
(a) Mahathma Gandhi (b) Ali brothers
(c) Muhammad Ali Jinnah (d) Syed Ahmed Khan
Answer: (b)
1069. Who was called ‘Lok Manya’?
(a) MM Malavya (b) Jayaprakash Narayan
(c) Bal Gangadhar Tilak (d) Sardar Vallabh Bhai Patel
Answer: (c)
1070.Name the leader who was known as ‘Mahamana’:
(a) MM Malavya (b) Jayaprakash Narayan
(c) Bal Gangadhar Tilak (d) Vinoba Bhave
Answer: (a)
1071. The first foreigner to become the president of INC?
(a) AO Hume (b) William Wedderburn
(c) George Yule (d) Alfred Webb
Answer: (c)
1072.The first Governor-General of Pakistan:
(a) Liaqat Ali Khan (b) Mountbatten
(c) Muhammad Ali Muhammad Ali Jinnah (d) Iskander Mirza
Answer: (c)
1073.The first Indian woman to become the president of Indian National Congress:
(a) Indira Gandhi (b) Vijayalekshmi Pandit
(c) Annie Besant (d) Sarojini Naidu
Answer: (d)
1074.The first Muslim to become the president of Indian National Congress:
(a) Muhammad Ali Jinnah (b) Badruddin Tyabji
(c) Syed Ahmed Khan (d) Maunala Abul Kalam Azad
Answer: (b)
1075.The first prime minister of Pakistan:
(a) Liaqat Ali Khan (b) Muhammad Iqbal
(c) Muhammad Ali Muhammad Ali Jinnah (d) Iskander Mirza
Answer: (a)
1076.The leader of national movement whose birthday is August 15:
(a) Vinoba Bhave
(b) Bhagat Singh
(c) Sardar Vallabh Bhai Patel
(d) Aurobindo Ghosh
Answer: (d)
1077. The only Keralite to become the president of INC:
(a) John Mathai (b) RK Shanmugham Chetty
(c) C Sankaran Nair (d) K Kelappan
Answer: (c)
1078.To whom did Jawaharlal Nehru dedicate his autobiography?
(a) Mahathma Gandhi (b) Motilal Nehru
(c) Indira Gandhi (d) Kamala Nehru
Answer: (d)
1079. Which one of the following was a moderate Congress leader?
(a) Lajpath Rai (b) Bal Gangadhar Tilak
(c) Bipin Chandra Pal (d) GK Gokhale
Answer: (d)
1080. Who authored ‘Arctic Home in the Vedas’?
(a) Lalpath Rai (b) Raja Ram Mohun Roy
(c) Bal Gangadhar Tilak (d) Dayanand Saraswathy
Answer: (c)
1081. Who authored ‘India wins Freedom’?
(a) Dr.Rajendraprasad (b) Rajagopalachari
(c) Maunala Abul Kalam Azad (d) Sardar Vallabh Bhai Patel
Answer: (c)
1082. Who became the first defence minister of independent India?
(a) Sardar Vallabh Bhai Patel (b) Baldev Singh
(c) VK Krishna Menon (d) John Mathai
Answer: (b)
1083. Who coined the term Pakistan for the first time?
(a) Muhammad Ali Jinnah (b)Liaqat Ali
(c) Rehmat Ali (d) Shoukat Ali
Answer: (c)
1084. Who established Indian Trade Union Federation in 1929?
(a) NG ranga
(b) Swami Sahajanand Saraswati
(c) EMS Nambuthirippad
(d) NM Joshi
Answer: (d)
1085. Who established Vedanta College in 1825?
(a) David Hare (b) HV Derozio
(c) Ram Mohun Roy (d) Iswar Chandra Vidhya Sagar
Answer: (c)
1086. Who founded Forward Bloc?
(a) Motilal Nehru (b) Bhagat Singh
(c) Mahathma Gandhi (d) Subhas Chandra Bose
Answer: (d)
1087. Who founded Swatanthra Party in 1959?
(a) Chitharanjan Das (b) JB Kripalani
(c) BR Ambedkar (d) C Rajagopalachari
Answer: (d)
1088. Who was the president of INC when India got independence?
(a) Dr.Rajendraprasad (b) Maunala Abul Kalam Azad
(c) Jawaharlal Nehru (d) JB Kripalani
Answer: (d)
1089. Who was the president of INC when it split in the Surat session in 1907?
(a) Rash Behari Ghosh (b) GK Gokhale
(c) AC Majumdar (d) MM Malavya
Answer: (a)
1090. Who was the president of INC when the resolution for complete independence was passed in the Lahore session in 1929?
(a) Jawaharlal Nehru (b) Lajpath Rai
(c) Motilal Nehru (d) Chitharanjan Das
Answer: (a)
1091. Who was the president of Indian National Congress when it launched Quit
India Movement?
(a) Subash Bose (b) JB Kripalani
(c) Jawaharlal Nehru (d) Abul Kalam Azad
Answer: (d)
1092. Who was the prime minister of England when India got independence?
(a) Winston Churchill (b) Ramsay Mc Donald
(c) Clement Atlee (d) Neville Chamberlain
Answer: (c)
1093. Who wrote ‘Gitarahasya’?
(a) Sardar Vallabh Bhai Patel (b) Mahatma Gandhi
(c) Aurobindo (d) Bal Gangadhar Tilak
Answer: (d)
1094. Who wrote ‘Sare Jaham se Achcha’?
(a) Muhammad Ali (b) Muhammad Iqbal
(c) BC Chatterjee (d) Subramanya Bharti
Answer: (b)
1095. Who wrote the famous Tamil patriotic song “Odivilayadu pappa.....”
(a) GS Iyer (b) VO Chidambaram Pillai
(c) Subramanya Bharti (d) C.Rajagopalachari
Answer: (c)
1096. Who founded the Benarus Hindu University?
(a) Mahathma Gandhi (b) Raja Ram Mohun Roy
(c) Madan Mohan Malavya (d) PD Tandon
Answer: (c)
1097. Who founded the Hindu Maha Sabha?
(a) VD Savarkar (b) MM Malavya
(c) SP Mukherjee (d) Hedgewar
Answer: (b)
1098. Who founded the ‘Servants of India society’?
(a) MG Ranade (b) Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan
(c) GK Gokhale (d) MK Gandhi
Answer: (c)
1099. Who gave the slogan ‘Inquilab Zindabad’?
(a) Bhagat Singh (b) Ajith Singh
(c) Muhammad Ali (d) Muhammad Iqbal
Answer: (d)
1100. Who gave the slogan ‘Jai Hind’?
(a) Tagore (b) Mahatma Gandhi
(c) Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose (d) Nehru
Answer: (c)
1101. Name the leaders who formed Swaraj Party:
(a) Motilal Nehru and C Rajagopalachari
(b) Jawaharlal Nehru and SC Bose
(c) Motilal Nehru and Chitharanjan Das
(d) None of these
Answer: (c)
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1102. Name the nationalist leader who was born in Mecca:
(a) Maunala Abul Kalam Azad (b) Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan
(c) Muhammad Ali Jinnah (d) Muhammad Iqbal
Answer: (a)
1103. Name the revolutionary leader who turned into an ascetic in the later years of his life:
(a) Bal Gangadhar Tilak (b) Bhagat Singh
(c) Bipin Chandra Pal (d) Aurobindo Ghosh
Answer: (d)
1104. The first and last Indian to become the Governor-General of independent India:
(a) Mountbatten (b)Dr.Rajendraprasad
(c) Rajagopalachari (d) S Radhakrishnan
Answer: (c)
1105. Who got lathi blows while protesting against Simon Commission, which
became fatal to him?
(a) Subhas Chandra Bose (b) Lajpath Rai
(c) Bhagat Singh (d) Jatin Das
Answer: (b)
1106. Who headed Cabinet Mission?
(a) Stafford Crips (b) AV Alexander
(c) Cyril Radcliff (d) Pethic Lawrence
Answer: (d)
1107. Who headed the boundary commission appointed to demarcate the
boundary between India and Pakistan?
(a) Sir Stafford Crips (b) Lord Mountbatten
(c) Cyril Radcliff (d) Pethic Lawrence
Answer: (c)
1108. Who is called the modern Manu?
(a) BR Ambedkar (b) Nehru
(c) Sardar Vallabh Bhai Patel (d) Maunala Abul Kalam Azad
Answer: (a)
1109. Who is called the ‘mother of Indian nationalism’?
(a) Sarojini Naidu (b) Annie Besant
(c) Madam Bhikaji Cama (d) Aruna Asaf Ali
Answer: (c)
1110. Who is regarded as the father of ‘the two-nation theory?
(a) Muhammad Iqbal (b) Muhammad Ali Jinnah
(c) Nehru (d) Rajagopalachari
Answer: (b)
1111. Who is the founder of the Indian National Congress?
(a) Mahathma Gandhi (b) WC Bannerjee
(c) AO Hume (d) SN Bannerjee
Answer: (c)
1112. Who led the activities of the Theosophical Society in India?
(a) Aurobindo (b) Mahatma Gandhi
(c) Annie Besant (d) Vinoba Bhave
Answer: (c)
1113. Who led the Quit India Movement?
(a) Mahathma Gandhi (b) Nehru
(c) Abul Kalam Azad (d) No one
Answer: (d)
1114. Who mooted the idea of a separate province for Muslims for the first time?
(a) Muhammad Ali Jinnah (b) Liaqat Ali
(c) Rehmat Ali (d) Muhammad Iqbal
Answer: (d)
1115. Who popularised the worship of Ganapathi in Maharashtra?
(a) BR Ambedkar (b) Bal Gangadhar Tilak
(c) KT Telang (d) VD Savarkar
Answer: (b)
1116. Who presided over the all-party conference in 1928?
(a) Motilal Nehru (b) MA Ansari
(c) Dr.Rajendraprasad (d) Jawaharlal Nehru
Answer: (b)
1117. Who put forward the ‘fourteen-point formula’?
(a) Muhammad Ali Jinnah (b) Nehru
(c) Mahathma Gandhi (d) Rajagopalachari
Answer: (a)
1118. Who raised the slogan ‘Inquilab Zindabad’ for the first time?
(a) Lajpath Rai (b) Subhas Chandra Bose
(c) Bhagat Singh (d) Motilal Nehru
Answer: (c)
1119. Who was called the Bismark of India?
(a) Gandhji (b) Sardar Vallabh Bhai Patel
(c) BR Ambedkar (d) VP Menon
Answer: (b)
1120. Who was called the Grand old man of India’?
(a) Mahathma Gandhi (b) Nehru
(c) Dadabhai Naoroji (d) WC Bannerjee
Answer: (c)
1121. Who was called the hero of the Bardoli sathyagraha?
(a) Mahathma Gandhi (b) Nehru
(c) Vinoba Bhave (d) Sardar Vallabh Bhai Patel
Answer: (d)
1122. Who was called the Queen of the Quit India Movement?
(a) Annie Besant (b) Vijayalekshmi Pandit
(c) Sarojini Naidu (d) Aruna Asaf Ali
Answer: (d)
1123. Who was defeated by Subhas Chandra Bose in 1939 when he was elected to
the post of Congress president?
(a) Dr.Rajendraprasad (b) Jawaharlal Nehru
(c) Pattabhi Seetharamaiah (d) Maunala Abul Kalam Azad
Answer: (c)
1124. Who was elected the president of INC when Subhas Chandra Bose resigned?
(a) Jawaharlal Nehru (b) C.Rajagopalachari
(c) Dr.Rajendraprasad (d) Jawaharlal Nehru
Answer: (c)
1125. Who was instrumental in the integration of princely states after the
independence?
(a) Sardar Vallabh Bhai Patel (b) BR Ambedkar
(c) Baldev Singh (d) Lal Bahadur Shastri
Answer: (a)
1126. Who was known as ‘Kappalotiya Tamilan’?
(a) Veeraraghavachari (b) Chempaka Raman Pillai
(c) CN Annadurai (d) VO Chidambaram Pillai
Answer: (d)
1127. Who was known as ‘the lion of Punjab’?
(a) Bhagat Singh (b) Lajpat Rai
(c) Ajith Singh (d) Chandrasekhar Azad
Answer: (b)
1128. Who was known as the ‘saint of Pavnar’?
(a) Mahathma Gandhi (b) Vinoba Bhave
(c) Jamnalal Bajaj (d) VD Paluskar
Answer: (b)
1129. Who was popularly called ‘Bengal Tiger’?
(a) SC Bose (b) Aurobindo Ghosh
(c) Bankim Chandra Chatterji (d) Bipin Chandra Pal
Answer: (d)
1130. Who was popularly called C.Rajagopalachari?
(a) Dr.Rajendraprasad (b) Rajagopalachari
(c) Raja Ram Mohun Roy (d) Raj Guru
Answer: (b)
1131. Who was the first deputy prime minister of India?
(a) Sardar Vallabh Bhai Patel (b) Maunala Abul Kalam Azad
(c) Lal Bahadur Shastri (d) S Radhakrishnan
Answer: (a)
1132. Who was the first general secretary of INC?
(a) WC Bannerjee (b) Dadabhai Naoroji
(c) AO Hume (d) None of these
Answer: (c)
1133. Who was the first home minister of India?
(a) BR Ambedkar (b) Nehru
(c) Sardar Vallabh Bhai Patel (d) Maunala Abul Kalam Azad
Answer: (c)
1134. Who was the founder of Muslim League?
(a) Muhammad Ali Jinnah (b) Agha Khan
(c) Liaqat Ali Khan (d) Muhammad Iqbal
Answer: (b)
1135. Who was the founder of the Pakistan national movement?
(a) Iqbal (b) Muhammad Ali Jinnah
(c) Rehmat Ali (d) Aga Khan
Answer: (c)
1136. The most populous island in India:
(a) Majuli (b) Kavarati
(c) Salsette (d) Middle Andaman
Answer: (c)
1137. There is approximately ....... number of districts in India:
(a) 600 (b) 500
(c) 700 (d) 800
Answer: (a)
1138. Where one can see ‘Amar Jawan Jyothi’?
(a) Red Fort (b) Gateway of India
(c) India Gate (d) Jallianwalla Bagh
Answer: (c)
1139. The headquarters of the North East Hill University (NEHU):
(a) Guwahati (b) Dispur
(c) Shillong (d) Kohima
Answer: (c)
1140. The battle which determined the fate of the French in India:
(a) Buxar (b) Plassey
(c) Panipat (d) Wandiwash
Answer: (d)
1141. The hill resort in Tamil Nadu where the Malayalee Temple is situated:
(a) Yercaud (b) Udagamandalam
(c) Kodaikanal (d) Coonoor
Answer: (a)
1142. Who designed Mysore Palace?
(a) George Wittet (b) Henry Irwin
(c) Herbert Baker (d) Robert Bristo
Answer: (b)
1143. Who designed Prince of Wales Museum in Mumbai?
(a) George Wittet (b) Henry Irwin
(c) Herbert Baker (d) Robert Bristo
Answer: (a)
1144. The cities of Hyderabad and Secunderabad are separated by:
(a) Nizam Sagar lake (b) Nagarjuna Sagar lake
(c) Krishnaraja Sagar (d) Hussain Sagar lake
Answer: (d)
1145. Dona Paula is a chief port in the state of:
(a) Orissa (b) Andhra Pradesh
(c) Gujarat (d) Goa
Answer: (d)
1146. The district in Jammu and Kashmir 37,555 sq.km of which is under illegal
occupation by China.
(a) Kargil (b) Poonch
(c) Ladakh (d) Anantnag
Answer: (c)
1147. The first state in India to implement Land reforms Bill and Education
Reforms Bill:
(a) Kerala (b) Punjab
(c) Assam (d) West Bengal
Answer: (a)
1148. What is often called ‘Baby Taj’?
(a) Humayun’s Tomb
(b) Mausoleum of Itmad-ud-Daulah
(c) Bibi Ki Makbara
(d) Akber’s Tomb
Answer: (b)
1149. India’s largest Mahayana Buddhist Monastery is Tawang Gompa. It is in
the state of:
(a) Assam (b) Sikkim
(c) Arunachal Pradesh (d) Maharashtra
Answer: (c)
1150. India’s first private airport was opened in 1999 in the state of:
(a) Uttar Pradesh (b) Maharashtra
(c) Kerala (d) Tamil Nadu
Answer: (c)
1151. Chitharal Hills are in the state of:
(a) Kerala (b) Tamil Nadu
(c) Karnataka (d) Goa
Answer: (b)
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1152. Which one of the following is not a venue of ‘Kumbhamela’?
(a) Nasic (b) Ujjain
(c) Haridwar (d) Varanasi
Answer: (d-Allahabad is the other one)
1153. The first memorial of a sati, found at Eran, is dated 510 B.C. Eran is in:
(a) Madhya Pradesh (b) Uttar Pradesh
(c) Maharashtra (d) Bihar
Answer: (a)
1154. Pochampad in Andhra Pradesh is related to:
(a) Beginning of Panchayat Raj system
(b) Launching of Bhoodan Movement
(c) Conducting nuclear experiment
(d) Chipko Movement
Answer: (b)
1155. India Gate is situated in:
(a) Mumbai (b) Delhi
(c) Hyderabad (d) Chennai
Answer: (b)
1156. Scotland of the East:
(a) Shimla (b) Shillong
(c) Dharamsala (d) Dispur
Answer: (b)
1157. Yakshagana is the dance form of:
(a) Tamil Nadu (b) Karnataka
(c) Andhra Pradesh (d) Kerala
Answer: (b)
1158. Which state is known as the ‘Kohinoor of India’?
(a) Manipur (b) Madhya Pradesh
(c) Karnataka (d) Andhra Pradesh
Answer: (d)
1159.The first state in India to conduct elections to Panchayat Raj Institutions
after the 73 rd amendment of the Constitution was brought into effect:
(a) Rajasthan (b) Andhra Pradesh
(c) Madhya Pradesh (d) Kerala
Answer: (c)
1160.What percentage of the world area is occupied by India:
(a) 7.2 (b) 6.8
(c) 4.2 (d) 2.4
Answer: (d)
1161. Goa was formerly a ..... colony:
(a) French (b) Dutch
(c) Portuguese (d) British
Answer: (c)
1162. Who conquered Goa in 1510?
(a) Vasco da Gama (b) Almeida
(c) Qutubddin Aibek (d) Albuquerq
Answer: (d)
1163. National Institute of Oceanography is in:
(a) Dabolim (b) Murmugao
(c) Dona Paula (d) None of these
Answer: (c)
1164. Goa was liberated from colonial rule in the year:
(a) 1960 (b) 1961
(c) 1962 (d) 1963
Answer: (b)
1165. The bird sanctuary in Goa is named after:
(a) Sanjay Gandhi (b) Rajaji
(c) Dr. Salim Ali (d) None of these
Answer: (c)
1166. Which is one of the principal languages in Goa?
(a) Dogri (b) Bodo
(c) Sindhi (d) Konkani
Answer: (d)
1167. Number of districts in Goa?
(a) 2 (b) 3
(c) 4 (d) 5
Answer: (a)
1168. Which state has the least number of members in Legislative Assembly?
(a) Manipur (b) Goa
(c) Nagaland (d) None of these
Answer: (d -Sikkim (32 MLAs))
1169. The Operation which liberated Goa from foreign rule:
(a) Operation Cactus (b) Operation Blue star
(c) Operation Vijay (d) Operation Thunderstorm
Answer: (c)
1170. Who called the liberation of Goa as ‘Police action’?
(a) Kandeth (b) Jawaharlal Nehru
(c) Sardar Patel (d) V K Krishna Menon
Answer: (d)
1171. The important river in Goa:
(a) Gaghra (b) Mandovi
(c) Bhima (d) Vaiga
Answer: (b)
1172. National Centre for Antarctic and Ocean Research is in:
(a) Mumbai (b) Panaji
(c) Vasco da Gama (d) Dabolim
Answer: (c)
1173. The state with Uniform Civil Code:
(a) Maharashtra (b) Gujarat
(c) Goa (d) Tamil Nadu
Answer: (c)
1174. The first film of Amitabh Bachan was based on Goan revolution. Its name is:
(a) Dost (b) Sholay
(c) Coolie (d) Saath Hindustani
Answer: (d)
1175. The first state in India where electronic voting machine was used in all the
constituencies for election:
(a) Kerala (b) UP
(c) MP (d) Goa
Answer: (d)
1176. Dhooth Sagar waterfalls is in ........ river:
(a) Zuari (b) Mandovi
(c) Kaveri (d) Godavari
Answer: (b)
1177. Thimmayya helped the ......... to conquer Goa from the rulers of Bijapur:
(a) British (b) French
(c) Dutch (d) Portuguese
Answer: (d)
1178. Goa comes under the jurisdiction of ..... High Court:
(a) Gujarat (b) Bombay
(c) Madras (d) Karnataka
Answer: (b)
1179. Goa is the ....th state of India.
(a) 23 (b) 24
(c) 25 (d) 22
Answer: (c)
1180. Major port in Goa:
(a) Panaji (b) Murmugao
(c) Dabolim (d) Mandovi
Answer: (b)
1181. The region in India which witnessed the longest colonial rule:
(a) Malabar (b) Goa
(c) Delhi (d) Mahe
Answer: (b)
1182. Which state has the highest percentage of urban population as per 2001
Census:
(a) Maharashtra (b) Kerala
(c) Tamil Nadu (d) Goa
Answer: (d)
1183. Terekhol river separates Goa from .......
(a) Kerala (b) Karnataka
(c) Gujarat (d) Maharashtra
Answer: (d)
1184. Dabolim is famous as a/an......
(a) National Park (b) Airport
(c) Major port (d) Capital city
Answer: (b)
1185. The main food crop of Goa:
(a) Rice (b) Wheat
(c) Banana (d) Mango
Answer: (a)
1186. The first satellite freight city in India:
(a) Panipat (b) Ambala
(c) Chandigarh (d) Gurgaon
Answer: (d)
1187. Haryana is the ....... State where Mobile Portability System was launched by Telecom Department:.
(a) First (b) Second
(c) Third (d) Fourth
Answer: (a)
1188. Bird sanctuary is in Haryana:
(a) Ghana (b) Guindy
(c) Sultanpur (d) Rangathittu
Answer: (c)
1189. Haryana state was created in:
(a) 1956 (b) 1966
(c) 1960 (d) 1970
Answer: (b)
1190. Which place is not in Haryana?
(a) Kurukshetra (b) Karnal
(c) Patiala (d) Faridabad
Answer: (c)
1191. The tourist complexes in Haryana are named after......
(a) Birds (b) Reptiles
(c) Mammals (d) Animals
Answer: (a)
1192. Haryana is the first state in north India to implement .....
(a) Crop insurance (b) Large scale lift irrigation
(c) Identity cards to all voters (d) All of these
Answer: (d)
1193. Which is known as the ‘beautiful city’ in India?
(a) Gurgaon (b) Chandigarh
(c) Panipat (d) Hissar
Answer: (b)
1194. National Diary Research Institute is in:
(a) Chandigarh (b) Karnal
(c) Rohtak (d) Sonepat
Answer: (b)
1195. First state to electrify all the villages:
(a) Punjab (b) UP
(c) Haryana (d) Kerala
Answer: (c)
1196. ....... is a joint venture of Rajasthan,
Punjab and Haryana:
(a) Nathpa Jhakri (b) Baghlihar
(c) Sardar Sarovar (d) Bhakra Nangal
Answer: (d)
1197. The main language of Haryana is ......
(a) Punjabi (b) Pahari
(c) Hindi (d) Gujarati
Answer: (c)
1198. ...... is known as weaver’s city:
(a) Panipat (b) Gurgaon
(c) Faridabad (d) Karnal
Answer: (a)
1199. Select the year which is not related to Battle of Panipat:
(a) 1556 (b) 1526
(c) 1576 (d) 1761
Answer: (b)
1200. Thein Dam is now known as:
(a) Renjith Sagar (b) Gobind Sagar
(c) Pant sagar (d) None of these
Answer: (a)
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