GK TEST 7

Q1. Gol Ghar, a beehive shaped structure built in 1786 to store grains for the British Army, is located in which city ? (A) Meerut (B) Chennai (C) Kolkata (D) Patna Q2. In humans, which dark brown pigment is responsible for the skin colour ? (A) Melanin (B) Bilirubin (C) Carotene (D) Hemoglobin Q3. Who wrote the famous novel ‘Devdas’ ? (A) Rabindranath Tagore (B) Bankim Chandra Chatterjee (C) Sharat Chandra Chatterjee (D) Bibhuti Bhushan Bandopadhyay Q4. Which freedom fighter was popularly known as ‘Lokpriya’ ? (A) Gopinath Bordoloi (B) Bal Gangadhar Tilak (C) Chittaranjan Das (D) Jayaprakash Narain Q5. Which battle lead to the disintegration of Vijayanagar empire of south India ? (A) Battle of Plassey (1757) (B) Battle of Buxar (1764) (C) Battle of Talikota (1565) (D) Battle of Seringapatam (1799) Q6. In which city is the Indian Institute of Pulses Research located ? (A) Lucknow (B) Nagpur (C) Indore (D) Kanpur Q7. Pinaka, the multi barrel rocket launcher produced in India, is named after which Hindu God’s bow ? (A) Indra (B) Shiva (C) Vishnu (D) Brahma Q8. Which scale is used to measure the Acid or Alkali (Base) content of a substance ? (A) Mohs scale (B) Beaufort scale (C) Richter scale (D) pH scale Q9. Which disease, named after a Japanese city where it was first observed, is caused by severe Mercury poisoning ? (A) Argyria (B) Minamata (C) Itai-itai (D) Devon colic Q10. Who was the first Indian to be elected a Fellow of Royal Society (FRS) ? (A) Srinivasa Ramanujan (B) Ardaseer Cursetjee Wadia (C) Jagadish Chandra Bose (D) Meghnad Saha Q11. Which among the following is not a Kharif crop ? (A) Mustard (B) Sugarcane (C) Groundnut (D) Maize Q12. Which monument was built by Mohammed Quli Qutub Shah in 1591 to commemorate the end of the plague in his capital ? (A) Taj Mahal, Agra (B) Hawa Mahal, Jaipur (C) Gol Gumbad, Bijapur (D) Charminar, Hyderabad Q13. For the popularization of science, which agency of United Nations (UN) awards the Kalinga Prize ? (A) UNIDO (B) UNESCO (C) UNICEF (D) UNHRC Q14. ’Lawsons Bay Beach’ and ‘Ramakrishna Beach’ are located in which port city on the Bay of Bengal ? (A) Paradip (Orissa) (B) Chennai (Tamil Nadu) (C) Tuticorin (Tamil Nadu) (D) Visakhapatnam (Andhra Pradesh) Q15. Which ancient Indian physician is known as the ‘Father of Modern Plastic Surgery’ ? (A) Charak (B) Madhav (C) Sushruta (D) Patanjali Q16. Who directed Oscar award winning short documentary film ‘Smile Pinki’ (2008) ? (A) Danny Boyle (B) Megan Mylan (C) Andrew Stanton (D) Gus Van Sant Q17. Who presided over the first session of the All India Trade Union Cogress in 1920 ? (A) M.N.Roy (B) V.V.Giri (C) Lala Lajpat Rai (D) Shripad Amrut Dange Q18. On which planet, due to its clockwise (east to west) rotation on the axis, the Sun rises in the west and sets in the east ? (A) Mars (B) Earth (C) Venus (D) Mercury Q19. By what name is British lady Madeleine Slade, a disciple of Mahatma Gandhi, better known ? (A) Meera Ben (B) Sister Nivedita (C) The Mother (D) Sarla Ben Q20. For his major role in the development of computer chip ‘Pentium’, which indian IT expert is called the ‘Father of Pentium’ ? (A) Sabeer Bhatia (B) Vinod Dham (C) Vinod Khosla (D) Vijay Bhatkar Q21. In which sport, each team consists of four male and four female players ? (A) Baseball (B) Volleyball (C) Korfball (D) Hockey Q22. What is the term of a member of Rajya Sabha ? (A) 3 years (B) 4 years (C) 5 years (D) 6 years Q23. In which state is the Kanchenjunga, the second highest mountain peak in India, located ? (A) Sikkim (B) Jammu & Kashmir (C) Himachal Pradesh (D) Uttarakhand Q24. What does the Pisciculture refers to ? (A) Beekeeping (B) Fish Farming (C) Silk Farming (D) Dairy Farming Q25. In 1906, at the founding session of all India Muslim League in Dhaka, who became the first president of the party ? (A) Mohammed Ali Jinnah (B) Syed Ahmed Khan (C) Mohammed Iqbal (D) Nawab Salimullah Khan Q26. Which is the longest National Highways in India ? (A) Kolkata – Hazira (NH6) (B) Chennai – Baharagora (NH5) (C) Varanasi – Kanyakumari (NH7) (D) Pathankot – Samakhiali (NH15) Q27. How do we better know nineteenth century spiritual guru Gadadhar Chatterjee ? (A) Chaitanya Mahaprabhu (B) Ramakrishna Paramhans (C) Swami Dayanand Saraswati (D) Swami Vivekanand Q28. Stapes, the smallest and the lightest bone in human body, is the part of which organ ? (A) Ear (B) Hand (C) Foot (D) Lungs Q29. Which mineral is mined at Jayamkondam in Tamil Nadu ? (A) Zinc (B) Lignite (C) Copper (D) Gold Q30. Who authored the book ‘A Brief History of Time’ ? (A) Jack Welch (B) Bill Gates (C) Deepak Chopra (D) Stephan Hawking Q31. When do we celebrate the Engineers Day of India, the birthday of Bharat Ratna recipient M.Visvesarayya ? (A) 15 January (B) 28 February (C) 29 August (D) 15 September Q32. ’Muga’, ‘Eri’, ‘Tussar’ and ‘Mulberry’ are the varieties of which natural fibre ? (A) Wool (B) Silk (C) Jute (D) Cotton Q33. In which pilgrimage city of India would you come across the world’s longest corridor ? (A) Dwarka (B) Varanasi (C) Rameshwaram (D) Tirupati Q34. In 1929, who founded non-violent movement ‘Khudai Khidmatgar’, also known as ‘Red Shirts’ ? (A) Mahatma Gandhi (B) Gopal Krishan Gokhle (C) Mohammed Ali Jinnah (D) Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan Q35. Lakshmibai National Institute of Physical Education is located in which city ? (A) Jhansi (B) Gwalior (C) Patiala (D) Nagpur Q36. Athlete’s Foot, an infectious disease, is caused by which agent ? (A) Virus (B) Fungi (C) Bacteria (D) Protozoa Q37. Who authored the book ‘Hindu View of Life ? (A) S.Radhakrishnan (B) Jawaharlal Nehru (C) C.Rajagopalachari (D) Mahatma Gandhi Q38. Solid form of which gas is commonly known as ‘Dry Ice’ ? (A) Oxygen (B) Nitrogen (C) Carbon dioxide (D) Hydrogen Q39. Who was the first woman president in the world ? (A) Golda Meir (B) Indira Gandhi (C) Sirimavo Bhandarnaike (D) Maria Isbel Paron Q40. Who created the first Portable Computer ? (A) Adam Osborne (B) Charles Babbage (C) Steve Jobs (D) Tim Berners-Lee Q41. Designed by Bengali architect Vidhyadhar Bhattacharya, which city is known as ‘Pink City’ ? (A) Jaipur (B) Jodhpur (C) Bengaluru (D) Chandigarh Q42. Which metal is used to make electric bulb filaments ? (A) Copper (B) Silver (C) Tungsten (D) Aluminium Q43. Who was the first Viceroy of India ? (A) Lord Mayo (B) Lord Dalhousie (C) Lord Canning (D) Lord Curzon Q44. In terms of both area and population, which is the smallest country in the world ? (A) Nauru (B) Monaco (C) Tuvalu (D) Vatican City Q45. Which portfolio did Rajkumari Amrit Kaur, the first woman cabinet minister in India, hold in the independent India’s first cabinet ? (A) Labour (B) Health (C) Education (D) Railways Q46. Palghat Gap, about 20 miles wide mountain pass between the Nilgiri Hills and the Anaimalai Hills, connects Kerala to which state ? (A) Tamil Nadu (B) Karnataka (C) Maharashtra (D) Andhra Pradesh Q47. Named after the mount of Hindu god Vishnu, ‘Garuda’ is the national airline of which most Muslim populous country ? (A) Nigeria (B) Pakistan (C) Bangladesh (D) Indonesia Q48. At which town in Andhra Pradesh, famous for silk sarees, did Vinoba Bhave start the Bhoodan Movement in 1951 ? (A) Vijayawada (B) Rajahmundry (C) Pochampally (D) Warangal Q49. ’Daughter of the East’ book is the autobiography of which Asian woman leader ? (A) Indira Gandhi (B) Benazir Bhutto (C) Aung San Suu Kyi (D) Maghawati Sukarnoputri Q50. Which country was formerly known as ‘Upper Volta’ ? (A) Namibia (B) Ethiopia (C) Botswana (D) Burkina Faso