General Awareness : Multiple choice questions - 9

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D. K. Karve

1. Whose relics are preserved in the Second Stupa atSanchi ?

(A) Missionaries of Ashokan age (B) Lord Buddha

(C) Sariputra (D) Mahamodglyeyan 

( Ans : A)

2. Which temple of North India has its Shikhar (spire) inDravid style?

(A) Bhitargaon (B) Deogarh (C) Sas-Bahu temple (D) Teli temple at Gwalior

 ( Ans : D)

3. The first excavated Indus site after independence ofIndia is–

(A) Ropar (B) Kalibangan (C) Banavali (D) Lothal

 (Ans : A)

4. Which is the port city of Indus Valley culture?

(A) Mohenjodaro (B) Harappa (C) Kalibanga (D) Lothal

 ( Ans :D)

5. How many slokas are present in Rajtarangini ofKalhana ?

(A) Eight thousand (B) Nine thousand (C) Ten thousand (D)Eleven thousand

 (Ans : A)

6. Which of the following tribes does not belong to thePanchjana of Rigveda ?

(A) Yadu (B) Puru (C) Turvasa (D) Kikat 

( Ans : D)

7. Which of the following inscriptions mentions VedicGods?

(A) Mansehra (B) Shahbajgarhi (C) Boghazkoi (D) Junagarh

(Ans : C)

8. King Kharvela of Kalinga belonged to which dynasty ?

(A) Chedi (B) Kadamba (C) Haryanka (D) Kalinga

( Ans : A)

9. Which one of the following is the name of the Bookwritten by Magasthnase ?

(A) Deep Vansh (B) Kapur Manjan (C) Geography (D) Indica

(Ans : D)

10. Who is regarded as the father of Indian pre-history?

(A) Cunnigham (B) Bruce Froot (C) Marshall (D) William King

(Ans : B)

11. Who among the following called himself 'The Parrot ofIndia' ?

(A) Malik Muhammad Jaisi (B) Raskhan (C) Amir Khusrau (D)Amir Hasan

(Ans : C)

12. Who among the following built the 'Qutub Minar' ?

(A) Qutubuddin Aibak (B) Iltutmish (C) Firozshah Tughlaq

(D) All the above 

(Ans : D)

13. At which of the following places Jawaharlal Nehru unfurled the tricolour in 1930 ?

(A) Allahabad (B) Delhi (C) Lahore (D) Lucknow

 (Ans : C)

14. Who was the great force behind the foundation of thefirst Indian Women's University in Bombay in 
1906?

(A) Dadabhai Naoroji (B) D. K. Karve (C) S. S. Bangali (D) V.M. Malabari 

(Ans : B)

15. The largest ocean of the world is–

(A) Arctic Ocean (B) Indian Ocean (C) Atlantic Ocean (D)Pacific Ocean

 ( Ans : D)

16. The largest Mica producing State in India is–

(A) Jharkhand (B) Andhra Pradesh (C) Madhya Pradesh (D)Rajasthan

 ( Ans : A)

17. Which one of the following is the longest river in India?

(A) Godavari (B) Narmada (C) Krishna (D) Yamuna

 ( Ans : A)

18. Which one of the following country has the highestpercentage of its geographical area under 
forests?

(A) China (B) Australia (C) India (D) United Kingdom 

(Ans :C)

19. Chandra Prabha National Park is located in–

(A) Varanasi (B) Kanpur (C) Jaunpur (D) Saharanpur 

(Ans :A)

20. Disaster Management Act was enacted in India, in theyear–

(A) 2001 (B) 2003 (C) 2005 (D) 2012

 (Ans : C)

21. How many Nations had signed the Charter of UnitedNations on 26th June, 1945 ?

(A) 64 (B) 61 (C) 52 (D) 51 

(Ans : D)

22. How many women members were there in the IndianConstituent Assembly?

(A) 10 (B) 12 (C) 13 (D) 15 

(Ans : D)

23. To whom among the following did Buddha preach his lastsermon?

(A) Subhadda (B) Anand (C) Yash (D) Gautami 

(Ans : A)

24. From which site of prehistoric age, evidence ofcremating pet-dog with man has been found?

(A) Koldihawa (B) Panchoh (C) Burzhome (D) Gufkaral

 ( Ans :C)

25. Which of the Indian States had diarchy system ofgovernment at the time of Alexander's invasion?

(A) Patal (B) Fegela (C) Gandaris (D) Siboi 

( Ans : A)