General awareness : Multiple choice questions - 10

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1. Central Marine Fisheries Research Institute is located at–

(A) Goa (B) Kochi (C) Vishakhapatnam (D) Puri 

( Ans : B)

2. The Coromandal Coast is located in the State of–

(A) Kerala (B) Maharashtra (C) Tamil Nadu (D) Gujarat

 ( Ans: C)

3. Arrange the following events in chronological order,using the codes given below–

1. Abolition of Jazia 2. Abolition of Pilgrimage Tax

3. Construction of Ibadat Khana 4. Foundation of Din-i-Ilahi'Codes :

(A) 1, 2, 4, 3 (B) 2, 1, 3, 4

(C) 3, 4, 2, 1 (D) 1, 3, 4, 2 

(Ans : B)

4. Which of the following emperors was known as 'Shah-i-Bekhabar'?

(A) Humayun (B) Jahangir (C) Bahadurshah-I (D)Farrukhsiyar 

(Ans : C)

5. Which of the following emperors had the highest numberof Hindu generals in the army?

(A) Babar (B) Akbar (C) Jahangir (D) Aurangzeb 

( Ans : D)

6. 'Rajm Nama' is the Persian translation of–

(A) Arthashastra (B) Ramayan (C) Mahabharata (D)Upanishada

 (Ans : C)

7. Maluk Das was a saint-poet residing at–

(A) Agra (B) Ayodhya (C) Kashi (D) Kara 

(Ans : D)

8. Which of the following Rajput houses was the first toestablish matrimonial relation with emperor 
Akbar?

(A) Rathore (B) Kachwaha (C) Chauhan (D) Sisodiya

 ( Ans : B)

9. Musical instrument 'Sitar' was invented by–

(A) Amir Khusro (B) Ramdas (C) Tansen (D) Haridas

 (Ans : A)

10. Which Sufi Saint remarked 'Hanooj Dilli Dur Ast' (Delhi is still far away) ?

(A) Nasiruddin Chirag-i-Delhi (B) Nizamuddin Aulia

(C) Shaikh Bakhtiyar Kaki (D) Baba Farid

( Ans : B)

11. 'Bijak' is a collection of the sayings of–

(A) Baba Farid (B) Ramanand (C) Guru Nanak (D) Kabir

 (Ans: D)

12. Panchayati Raj is a system of–

(A) Local government (B) Local administration

(C) Local self-government (D) Rural local self government

(Ans : D)

13. Which one of the following is a member of 'ASEAN' ?

(Association of South East Asian Nations) formed in 1967?

(A) Thailand (B) Australia (C) New Zealand (D) None of theabove 

(Ans : A)

14. The Indian foreign policy was formulated by–

(A) Mrs. Indira Gandhi (B) Lal Bahadur Shastri

(C) Morarji Desai (D) Jawaharlal Nehru

(Ans : D)

15. After K-2, which of the following is second highest mountain peak in India?

(A) Kamet (B) Nandadevi (C) Kanchenjunga (D) ShuduThempa 

(Ans : C)

16. Which of the following is not correctly matched?(States) - (Major Hydel-Power Station)

(A) Gujarat - Tawa

(B) Rajasthan - Jawhar Sagar

(C) West Bengal - Panchet Hill

(D) Madhya Pradesh - Khopoli

 ( Ans : D)

17. Which one of the following tribes belongs to UttarPradesh and Uttarakhand ?

(A) Itnar (B) Tharu (C) Bhil (D) Munda

( Ans : B)

18. Badrinath is located in–

(A) Kumaun Himalaya (B) Central Himalaya (C) Himadri (D)Trans-Himalaya

 ( Ans : A)

19. Who among the following prepared a scientific classification of forests?

(A) H. G. Champion (B) K. V. Sundaram (C) B. L. Sukhwal (D)L. D. Stamp

 (Ans : A)

20. The eastern most place of India is located in the Stateof–

(A) Mizoram (B) Meghalaya (C) Arunachal Pradesh (D)Nagaland

 (Ans : C)

21. 'Kevti' Waterfall is located in which of the followingdistricts?

(A) Rewa (B) Rohtas (C) Ranchi (D) Jabalpur 

(Ans : A)

22. Largest bauxite producing State in India (2014) is–

(A) Jharkhand (B) Rajasthan (C) Odisha (D) Tamil Nadu

 ( Ans: C)

23. The 'Wage good strategy' of development wasformulated by–

(A) Amartya Sen (B) C. Vakil (C) P. C. Mahalanobis (D) J.Bhagwati 

(Ans : B)

24. Who among the following represented India in theInternational Yoga Day Celebrations held in New 
York on21st June, 2015 ?

(A) Uma Bharati (B) Sumitra Mahajan (C) Sushma Swaraj (D)Vasundhara Raje 

(Ans : C)

25. Consider the statements–

Assertion (A) : The State Election Commission is appointedby the State Government.

Reason (R) : It has the responsibility of holding electionsto the Panchayati Raj institutions. Select the 
correctanswer using the codes given below–

Codes :

(A) Both (A) and (R) are true and (R) is the correctexplanation of (A)

(B) Both (A) and (R) are true, but (R) is not the correctexplanation of (A)

(C) (A) is true, but (R) is false

(D) (A) is false, but (R) is true

 (Ans : D)