1) Who created the character Sir. John Falstaff?
A – William Shakespeare
B – George Bernard Shaw
C – Charles Dickens
D – Thomas Hardy
2) “Buddhacharita” was written by
A – Banabhatta
B – Vikramaditya
C – Kalidasa
D – Ashvagosha
3) Saka Era was introduced by
A – Chandragupta Maurya
B – Kanishka
C – Ashoka
D – Harsha
4) Which one of the following Mughal Emperors patronized architecture most?
A – Humayun
B – Akbar
C – Shah Jahan
D – Jahangir
5) The British formed the East India Company in
A – 1600
B – 1601
C – 1602
D – 1603
6) The first newspaper which was published in India was
A – The Calcutta Gazette
B – The Amrit Bazar Patrika
C – The Bengal Gazatte
D – The Calcutta Chronicle
7) The immediate cause of the Revolt of 1857 was
A – Low wages paid to soldiers
B – Imperialistic exploitation
C – Use of greased cartridges
D – All of the above
8) Who was the first recognized leader of opposition in the Indian Parliament?
A – Y.B Chavan
B – S.A Dange
C – A.K Gopalan
D – S. Chandrasekhar
9) Who wrote the book “The Prince”?
A – Machiavelli
B – Francis Bacon
C – H.G. Wells
D – Bertrand Russell
10) Kancheepuram was once the capital of
A – The Cholas
B – The Pallavas
C – The Pandyas
D – The Cheras
11) Who among the following women leaders was not the President of Indian National Congress even once? (Source General Knowledge Quiz Blog)
A – Annie Beasant
B – Indira Gandhi
C – Sarojini Naidu
D – Vijayalakshmi Pandit
12) Who was the Nawab of Bengal at the time of the Battle of Plassey?
A – Mir Jaffar
B – Siraj-Ud-Daula
C – Mir Qasim
D – Mir Jumla
13) In 1943, Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose proclaimed the formation of the Provisional Government of Independent India (Azad Hind) in
A – Vienna
B – Tokyo
C – Rangoon
D – Singapore
14) Who was it that said “Where wealth accumulates, men decay” ?
A – John Adams
B – Oliver Goldsmith
C – Mahatma Gandhi
D – Swami Vivekananda
15) The countries comprising the Indian sub-continent are
A – India, Pakistan, China, Myanmar and Bangladesh
B – India, Pakistan, Nepal, Bhutan and Bangladesh
C – India, Nepal, China and Bangladesh
D – None of these
16) The Nilgiris are part of the
A – Western Ghats
B – Eastern Ghats
C – Aravalis
D – Satpura
17) Who among the following is a Nobel Laureate?
A – Neil Armstrong
B – Joseph Brodsky
C – Mikhail Gorbachev
D – Henry Kissinger
18) The richest type of soil is
A – Red soil
B – Alluvial Soil
C – Black Soil
D – Laterite Soil
19) The Ganges beyond Farakka after entering Bangladesh is known as
A – Padma
B – Ganga Sagar
C – Swaran Ganga
D – Meghna
20) The copper mines in India are located in
A – Mayubhanj
B – Dhanbad
C – Kolar
D – Khetri
21) The largest river of Peninsular India is
A – Godavari
B – Kaveri
C – Mahanadi
D – Krishna
22) Neyveli Lignite Project is located in
A – Andra Pradesh
B – Kerala
C – Tamil Nadu
D – Karnataka
23) The multipurpose project irrigating maximum area in India is
A – Damodar Valley
B – Hirakud
C – Beas
D – Bhakra Nangal
24) The method of Radio-carbon dating is used to find the age of
A – Fossils
B – Stars
C – Skeletons
D – Trees
25) When the days and nights are equal in both the hemispheres of the earth it is called
A – Solstice
B – Perihelion
C – Aphelion
D – Equinox
Answers
1) A – William Shakespeare
2) D – Asvaghosa (Ashvaghosha)
3) B – Kanishka
4) C – Shah Jahan (Shahjehan)
5) A – 1600
6) C – The Bengal Gazatte
7) C – Use of greased cartridges
8) A – Y.B Chavan
9) A – Machiavelli
10) B – The Pallavas
11) D – Vijayalakshmi Pandit
12) B – Siraj-Ud-Daula
13) D – Singapore
14) B – Oliver Goldsmith
15) B – India, Pakistan, Nepal, Bhutan and Bangladesh
16) A – Western Ghats
17) C – Mikhail Gorbachev
18) B – Alluvial Soil
19) Ans – A – Padma
20) D – Khetri is in Jhunjhunu district of Rajasthan
21) A – Godavari
22) C – Tamil Nadu
23) B – Hirakud
24) A – Fossils
25) D – Equinox
