Knowledge Package - 24 | 30 Questions MCQ Test

QUESTION: 1

Which hill station was the summer capital of British India?

A. Nainital
B. Mussoorie
C. Darjeeling
D. Shimla

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QUESTION: 2

Which American President in his famous Gettysberg speech defineddemocracy as the 'government of the people, by the people, for the people' ?

A. Abraham Lincoln
B. George Washington
C. John F. Kennedy
D. Theodore Roosevel

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QUESTION: 3

In whichcity is the Indian Institute of Pulses Research located ?

A. Lucknow
B. Nagpur
C. Indore
D. Kanpur

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QUESTION: 4

Pinaka,the multi barrel rocket launcher produced in India, is named after which HinduGod's bow ?

A. Indra
B. Shiva
C. Vishnu
D. Brahma

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QUESTION: 5

Whatis the popular name of Sodium Chloride ?

A. Epsom Salt
B. Common Salt
C. Baking Soda
D. Washing Soda

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QUESTION: 6

Howdo we better know social activist Murlidhar Devidas, the founder of leprosyrehabilitation center 'Anandvan' in Maharashtra ?

A. Baba Amte
B. Vinoba Bhave
C. Swami Ramdev
D. Swami Agnivesh

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QUESTION: 7

In1998, which internet search engine company was co-founded by Larry Page andSergey Brin?

A. Google
B. Alta Vista
C. Yahoo
D. Lycos

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QUESTION: 8

Whichstate is known as the 'Spice Garden of India'?

A. Kerala
B. Karnataka
C. Andhra Pradesh
D. Tamil Nadu

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QUESTION: 9

TheGrand Trunk Road (GT Road), running from Peshawar in Pakistan to Sonargaon inBangladesh, was built by which ruler ?

A. Babur
B. Akbar
C. Sher Shah Suri
D. Humayun

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QUESTION: 10

Whichdisease, named after a Japanese city where it was first observed, is caused bysevere Mercury poisoning ?

A. Argyria
B. Minamata
C. Itai-itai
D. Devon colic

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QUESTION: 11

Tothe Greeks, which Maurya ruler was known as 'Sandrokottos' ?

A. Bindusara
B. Ashok the Great
C. Chandragupta Maurya
D. Dasaratha Maurya

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QUESTION: 12

Dueto its ability to dissolve glass, which acid is not kept in glass container?

A. Nitric Acid
B. Sulphuric Acid
C. Hydrochloric Acid
D. Hydrofluoric Acid

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QUESTION: 13

KoynaHydroelectric Power Project constructed over Koyna river, a tributary ofKrishna river, is located in which state ?

A. Karnataka
B. Maharashtra
C. Andhra Pradesh
D. Madhya Pradesh

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QUESTION: 14

Whichscale 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

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QUESTION: 15

Ganymede, the largest natural satellite in the Solar System, is anatural satellite (moon) of which planet ?

A. Mars
B. Jupiter
C. Saturn
D. Uranus

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QUESTION: 16

'SatyamevaJayate', the national motto of India, has been taken from which Upanishad?

A. Kena
B. Katha
C. Mundaka
D. Aitareya

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QUESTION: 17

Onthe banks of which river is the city of Jammu, the winter capital of Jammu& Kashmir, situated ?

A. Ravi
B. Tawi
C. Tapti
D. Gomti

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QUESTION: 18

'ByGod's Decree', 'Cricket my style' and 'Straight from the Heart' are theautobiographies of which Indian cricketer ?

A. Sunil Gavaskar
B. Ajit Wadekar
C. Sandeep Patil
D. Kapil Dev

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QUESTION: 19

WhichMarathi newspaper is the mouthpiece of Shiv Sena ?

A. Saamna
B. Sakal
C. Lokmat
D. Loksatta

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QUESTION: 20

ForLok Sabha, how many members from the Anglo-Indian community are nominated bythe President of India ?

A. 1
B. 2
C. 3
D. 4

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QUESTION: 21

Whichbattle 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)

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QUESTION: 22

Whichamong the following is not a Kharif crop ?

A. Mustard
B. Sugarcane
C. Groundnut
D. Maize

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QUESTION: 23

'Hematite' and 'Magnetite' are the principal ores of which metal?

A. Iron
B. Nickel
C. Cobalt
D. Aluminium

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QUESTION: 24

Which princely state was the first to be annexed to the British EastIndia Company under the Doctrine of Lapse policy, devised by Lord Dalhousie ?

A. Satara
B. Sambalpur
C. Jhansi
D. Awadh

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QUESTION: 25

Which water body seprates the Africa from the Europe ?

A. Suez Canal
B. Panama Canal
C. Palk Strait
D. Strait of Gibraltar

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QUESTION: 26

On21st July 1969, at which site did Neil Armstrong set his foot on the Moon ?

A. Sea of Waves
B. Sea of Clouds
C. Sea of Serenity
D. Sea of Tranquility

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QUESTION: 27

Constitutingabout 78% by volume, which is the most abundant gas in the Earth's atmosphere ?

A. Argon
B. Oxygen
C. Nitrogen
D. Carbon dioxide

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QUESTION: 28

WhichAmerican swimmer created history by winning 8 gold medals in Beijing Olympic2008, the most gold medals by an individual at a single Olympic ?

A. Carl Lewis
B. Paavo Nurmi
C. Mark Spitz
D. Michael Phelps

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QUESTION: 29

Who was the first Indian to be elected aFellow of Royal Society (FRS) ?

A. Srinivasa Ramanujan
B. Ardaseer Cursetjee Wadia
C. Jagadish Chandra Bose
D. Meghnad Saha

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QUESTION: 30

Whichmonument was built by Mohammed Quli Qutub Shah in 1591 to commemorate the endof the plague in his capital?

A. Taj Mahal, Agra
B. Hawa Mahal, Jaipur
C. Gol Gumbad, Bijapur
D. Charminar, Hyderabad

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Which hill station was the summer capital of British India?

Which American President in his famous Gettysberg speech defineddemocracy as the 'government of the people, by the people, for the people' ?

In whichcity is the Indian Institute of Pulses Research located ?

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