GENERAL KNOWLEDHGE PRACTICE MCQs

1. The first Europeans to visit India were the?
1) English 
2) Spanish
3) Danish 
4) Portuguese

2. Which of the following throws light on Harappan culture?
1) Writing in terracota seals 
2) Rock Edicts
3) Archaeological excavations 
4) All of these

3. Who was the pioneer of higher education for Muslims in India? 
1) Syed Ali Imam 
2) Sir Syed Ahmed Khan
3) Badruddin Tyabji 
4) Amir Ali

4. Who among the following kings used to keep direct contact with the public?
1) Chandra Gupta Mourya 
2) Ashoka
3) Chandragupta Vikramaditya 
4) Bindusara

5. Marathas were defeated in the third Battle of Panipat (January 14, 1761) because?
1) Number of Afghans were more than Marathas
2) Weapons of Marathas were inferior to the weapons of Afghans
3) Marathas adopted wrong strategy during the battle
4) In the north Marathas separated Kings and common man from their side.

6. The earliest Indian-edited newspaper, a Bengali Journal called Samavad Kaumudi, was founded by?
1) Dayanand Saraswati 
2) Mahatma Hans Raj
3) Raja Ram Mohan Roy 
4) Satyanand Agnihotri

7. The titular Mughal king of Delhi on the outbreak of 1857 Revolt is?
1) Salar Jung 
2) Bahadur Shah Jaffar
3) Mohammad Shah Ransila 
4) Farruksiyar

8. The word Sardeshmukhi is associated with?
1) Music 
2) Religion
3) Revenue 
4) Education

9. The Mathura School of art flourished during the reign of?
1) Kanishka 
2) Kad phises-1
3) Vaishka 
4) Vasudeva

10. The Voice of India published extracts from the Indian Press. It was started by?
1) P. Ananda Charlu 
2) Bal Gangadhar Tilak 
3) Dadabhai Nauroji 
4) Surendranath Banerjee

11. The champaran Satyagraha was started by Mahatma Gandhi in the year?
1) 1915 
2) 1917
3) 1919 
4) 1930

12. Right to property was removed from the list of Fundamental Rights by the?
1) Forty-second Amendment
2) Forty-fourth Amendment
3) Twenty-ninth Amendment
4) Twenty-sixth Amendment

13. The chairman and members of State Public Serivce Commission are appointed by the?
1) President 
2) Governor
3) Chairman of UPSC 
4) Prime Minister

14. Which parliamentary committee in India is normally chaired by a prominent member of the opposition? 1) Committee on Government Assurances
2) Estimates Committee
3) Previleges Committee
4) Public Accounts Committee

15. Compensatory and Contingency Financing Facility is a fund for helping member countries and is maintained by?
1) Asian Development Bank
2) The World Bank
3) The European Community
4) The International Monetary Fund

16. Untouchability is associated with?
1) Political Inequality 
2) Social inequality
3) Economic inequality 
4) Religious inequality

17. Among the Questions allowed by the speaker, which one is regarded as the most important?
1) Unstarred 
2) Starred
3) Supplementary 
4) Short notice

18. In India, five year plans for economic growth are finally approved by the?
1) Planning Commission
2) Financial Commission
3) Government of India
4) National Development Council

19. If a person is refused freedom of movement it means denial of ?
1) Civil Liberty 
2) Economic Liberty
3) National Liberty 
4) Political Liberty

20. The soils group which covers largest area in India is the?
1) Alluvial Soils 
2) Black soils
3) Red Soils 
4) Laterite soils

21. The important pass in Sikkim on the great Himalayan Range is?
1) Nathu La 
2) Shipkila
3) Jelep La 
4) Zor La

22. Which of the following ports of India is on the eastern Coast?
1) Tuticorn 
2) Cochin
3) Kandla 
4) Mumbai

23. Palghat joins which of the following States?
1) Arunachal Pradesh and Sikkim
2) Maharastra and Gujarat
3) Kerala and Tamil Nadu
4) Sikkim and West Bengal.

24. Indira Gandhi canal originates from?
1) Gandhi Sagar Dam 
2) Bhakra Dam
3) Harike Barrage 
4) Hirakud Dam

25. The layer of the atmosphere which provides ideal flying conditions for large jet aeorplanes is?
1) Troposhere 
2) Stratosphere
3) Ionosphere 
4) Exosphere

26. The tribal population in Andaman and Nicobar islands belongs to the?
1) Australoid race 
2) Caucasoid race
3) Mongoloid race 
4) Negroid race

27. The largest variety of plants and animals are found in?
1) Tropical grasslands 
2) Tropical forests
3) Temperate forests 
4) Monson forests

28. The total coastline of India is more than?
1) 5000 km. 
2) 7000 km.
3) 7500 km. 
4) 8000 km.

29. Which part of India is closest to Indonesia?
1) Mizoram
2) Andaman and Nicobar Islands
3) West Bengal 
4) Tripura

30. The mountain range which stretches from Gujarat in the west to Delhi in the North is the?
1) Aravallis 
2) Vindhyas
3) Satpura 
4) Kaimur Range

31. The most reactive among the halogens is?
1) fluorine 
2) Chlorine 
3) bromine 
4) iodine

32. Cooking oil can be converted into vegetable ghee by the process of?
1) crystallisation 
2) distillation
3) oxidation 
4) hydrogenation

ANSWERS:

1-4; 2-1; 3-2; 4-1; 5-3; 6-3; 7-3; 8-3; 9-4; 10-3;
11-2; 12-2; 13-2; 14-4; 15-4; 16-2; 17-4; 18-4; 19-1; 20-2;
21-1; 22-1; 23-3; 24-3; 25-1; 26-4; 27-1; 28-3; 29-2; 30-1;
31-1; 32-4;