GK TEST 4

Q1. The name of which painting style, based on the name of a district in Bihar, literally means `Forest of Honey’ ? (A) Kangra (B) Mysore (C) Tanjore (D) Madhubani ANS-D Q2. Whose birthday on 29 August is celebrated as `National Sports Day’ in India ? (A) C.K.Naidu (B) Dhyan Chand (C) Milkha Singh (D) Wilson Jones ANS-B Q3. What is Mahatma Gandhi’s samadhi in Delhi Called ? (A) Raj Ghat (B) Shantivan (C) Vijay Ghat (D) Shakti Sthal ANS-A Q4. Guru Shikhar, in Mount Abu, is the highest peak of which mountain range ? (A) Satpura (B) Vindhya (C) Aravali (D) Himalaya ANS-C Q5. `Silicon Valley of India’ is the nickname of which south Indian city ? (A) Hyderabad (B) Bengaluru (C) Chennai (D) Thiruvananthapuram ANS-B Q6. According to Hindu mythology, who is the Guru of Devas (Gods) ? (A) Dhanvantri (B) Shukracharya (C) Brihaspati (D) Vishvakarma ANS-C Q7. Which one of the following is not a fungus ? (A) Yeast (B) Mushroom (C) Insulin (D) Penicillin ANS-C Q8. In 1905, which Viceroy of India effected the Partition of Bengal ? (A) Lord Irwin (B) Lord Curzon (C) Lord Hardinge (D) Lord Chelmsford ANS-B Q9. `Panchatantra’, a collection of moral stories in Sanskrit, was authored by ? (A) Somadeva (B) Kautilya (C) Narayan Pandit (D) Vishnu Sharma ANS-D Q10. Which is the only state in India to have Common Civil Code in force ? (A) Goa (B) Mizoram (C) Nagaland (D) Jammu & Kashmir ANS-A Q11. Which is the only metal that exists in liquid form at normal room temprature (25 degree Celsius) ? (A) Mercury (B) Cesium (C) Gallium (D) Rubidium ANS-A Q12. What was the name of Maharana Pratap’s faithful horse ? (A) Chetak (B) Kanthak (C) Marengo (D) Bucephalus ANS-A Q13. Under National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (NREGA), how many minimum no. of days guaranteed wage employment is provided in every financial year to a rural household ? (A) 50 days (B) 100 days (C) 150 days (D) 200 days ANS-B Q14. According to Hindu mythology, what kind of animal is Kamadhenu ? (A) Dog (B) Cow (C) Horse (D) Elephant ANS-B Q15. Who was the first Deputy Prime Minister of India ? (A) B.R.Ambedkar (B) Lal Bahadur Shastri (C) Maulana Abul Kalam Azad (D) Vallabhbhai Patel ANS-D Q16. In 2010, which Asian city will host Commonwealth Games ? (A) Tokyo (B) Shanghai (C) New Delhi (D) Kuala Lumpur ANS-C Q17. Annie Besant, a British lady, was first woman President of Indian National Congress(INC). Who was the first Indian woman President of INC ? (A) Sarojini Naidu (B) Nellie Sengupta (C) Indira Gandhi (D) Sonia Gandhi ANS-A Q18. Java Trench, also called Sunda Trench, is the deepest point in which ocean ? (A) Arctic Ocean (B) Pacific Ocean (C) Indian Ocean (D) Atlantic Ocean ANS-C Q19. `Liberty, Equality and Fraternity’ was the motto of which revolution ? (A) Cuban Revolution (B) American Revolution (C) Chinese Revolution (D) French Revolution ANS-D Q20. `Dreams from My Father’ and `The Audicity of Hope’ books are authored by which American President ? (A) Bill Clinton (B) George W. Bush (C) Barack Obama (D) Ronald Reagan ANS-C Q21. On the banks of which river is Lucknow, the capital of Uttar Pradesh, situated ? (A) Ganga (B) Yamuna (C) Gomti (D) Godavari ANS-C Q22. Jataka Tales, written in Pali language, are the previous birth stories of which religious Guru ? (A) Mahavira (B) Gautam Buddha (C) Guru Nanak Dev (D) Guru Gobind Singh ANS-B Q23. Who wrote Bangladesh’s national anthem ‘Amar Shonar Bangla’ ? (A) Rabindranath Tagore (B) Kazi Nazrul Islam (C) Mohammed Iqbal (D) Taslima Nasrin ANS-A Q24. Parvani, the peacock, is mount of which Hindu God ? (A) Indra (B) Vishnu (C) Ganesh (D) Kartikeya ANS-D Q25. Before Bhubaneswar, which city was the capital of Orissa ? (A) Puri (B) Cuttack (C) Rourkela (D) Sambalpur ANS-B Q26. Who was the first recipient of Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna Award ? (A) Geet Sethi (B) Pullela Gopichand (C) Vishwanathan Anand (D) Sachin Tendulkar ANS-C Q27. In which city are the headquarters of European Union (EU) located ? (A) Brussels (B) Geneva (C) New York (D) Paris ANS-A Q28. Which conquerer was born in Macedonia (Europe), died in Babylon (Asia) and buried in Alexandria (Africa) ? (A) Genghis Khan (B) Attila the Hun (C) Napolean Bonaparte (D) Alexander the Great ANS-D Q29. To produce artificial rains, which chemical is used for Cloud Seeding ? (A) Copper Sulphate (B) Ammonium Nitrate (C) Silver Iodide (D) Potassium Premanganate ANS-C Q30. Binola village, the scheduled site of the Indian National Defence University (INDU), is in which state ? (A) Punjab (B) Haryana (C) Rajasthan (D) Uttar Pradesh ANS-B Q31. In 1970, who became the first recipient of the Dadasaheb Phalke Award ? (A) Devika Rani Roerich (B) Prithviraj Kapoor (C) B.N.Sirkar (D) Pankaj Mullick ANS-A Q32. Bomakai and Sambalpuri saris are native of which state ? (A) Orissa (B) Madhya Pradesh (C) Maharashtra (D) West Bengal ANS-A Q33. `Akbarnama’, a biographical account of Mughal ruler Akbar, was authored by ? (A) Faizi (B) Birbal (C) Abul Fazl (D) Abdul Rahim Khan-i-khana ANS-C Q34. Which among the following is not a mammal ? (A) Bat (B) Shark (C) Dolphin (D) Blue Whale ANS-B Q35. Which city is known as the `Big Apple’ ? (A) Paris (B) Tokyo (C) Shanghai (D) New York ANS-D Q36. Who was the first Indian to win All England Open Badminton Championships Singles title ? (A) Prakash Nath (B) Prakash Padukone (C) Nandu M. Natekar (D) Pullela Gopichand ANS-B Q37. On which river is Bhakra Nangal Dam, the highest gravity dam in world, is constructed ? (A) Chenab (B) Jhelum (C) Ravi (D) Sutlej ANS-D Q38. Apart from Delhi, which other Union Territory has its own elected Vidhan Sabha and the executive council of ministers headed by a Chief Minister ? (A) Daman and Diu (B) Dadra and Nagar Haveli (C) Lakshadweep (D) Pondicherry ANS-D Q39. On 2nd July 1972, with which Pakistani leader did Indira Gandhi sign Shimla Agreement ? (A) Ayub Khan (B) Yahya Khan (C) Zulfikar Ali Bhutto (D) Muhammad Zia-ul-Haq ANS-C Q40. Which freedom fighter highlighted the drain of India’s wealth into Britain, in his book `Poverty and Un-British Rule in India’ in 1901 ? (A) Dinshaw Edulji Wacha (B) Dadabhai Naoroji (C) Gopal Krishna Gokhale (D) Womesh Chandra Bonerjee ANS-B Q41. In Windows XP operating system, what is the `XP’ short for ? (A) Expert (B) Express (C) Experience (D) Extra Power ANS-C Q42. What is the common name of Indian national tree `Ficus Bengalensis’ ? (A) Neem (B) Peepal (C) Aam (Mango) (D) Bargad (Banyan) ANS-D Q43. In which city is the Netaji Subhash National Institute of Sports situated ? (A) Gwalior (B) Patiala (C) Bangalore (D) Chennai ANS-B Q44. What is the retirement age of Supreme Court judges ? (A) 60 years (B) 62 years (C) 65 years (D) 70 years ANS-C Q45. Which religious teacher established four maths in four corners of country at Badrinath (North), Dwarka (West), Puri (East) & Sringeri (South) ? (A) Adi Shankaracharya (B) Swami Vivekanand (C) Swami Dayanand Saraswati (D) Swami Prabhupada ANS-A Q46. From which country’s constitution, the concept of the Directive Principles of State Policy has been adopted in Indian constitution ? (A) France (B) Ireland (C) United Kingdom (D) United States of America ANS-B Q47. Which sector is the biggest contributor to India’s GDP ? (A) Agriculture (B) Industry (C) Services (D) All contribute equally ANS-C Q48. Bubonic, Pnuemonic and Septicemic are the forms of which deadly infectious disease caused by Yersinia Pestis bacterium ? (A) Hepatitis B (B) Measles (C) Tetanus (D) Plague ANS-D Q49. Who is the Chairman of the National Knowledge Commission ? (A) Sam Pitroda (B) C.Rangarajan (C) Raghunath Anant Mashelkar (D) A.P.J.Abdul Kalam ANS-A Q50. Who among the following is considered as the father of Mobile Phone ? (A) Percy Spencer (B) Martin Cooper (C) Tim Berners-Lee (D) Edwin Land ANS-B