Knowledge Package - 18 | 30 Questions MCQ Test General Knowledge Class 5

QUESTION: 1

Which revolutionary shot dead Michael O'Dwyer, Lieutenant-Governor ofPunjab at the time of Jalliawalan Bagh massacre and believed to be mastermindbehind it, in London on 13 March 1940 ?

A. Bhagat Singh
B. Udham Singh
C. Chandrasekhar Azad
D. Khudi Ram Bose

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QUESTION: 2

To which political party is the trade union All India Trade UnionCongress (AITUC) affiliated?

A. CPI
B. CPI(M)
C. Congress
D. BJP

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QUESTION: 3

The dargah (tomb) of sufi saint Hazarat Nizamuddin Aulia is located inwhich city ?

A. Ajmer
B. Delhi
C. Mumbai
D. Srinagar

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QUESTION: 4

Who among the following was also known as the 'Little Corporal' ?

A. Adolf Hitler
B. Joseph Stalin
C. Napoleon Bonaparte
D. Mao Zedong

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QUESTION: 5

What is the normal heart rate of adults at rest?

A. 68 beats per minute
B. 72 beats per minute
C. 76 beats per minute
D. 80 beats per minute

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QUESTION: 6

Which athlete won 100 m race Gold Medal at Beijing Olympic 2008, andalso created new world record of 9.69 seconds ?

A. Tyson Gay
B. Asafa Powell
C. Maurice Greene
D. Usain Bolt

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QUESTION: 7

On 26 March 2009, who became the first tourist to go into the spacetwice ?

A. Dennis Tito
B. Mark Shuttleworth
C. Gregory Olsen
D. Charles Simonyi

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QUESTION: 8

International Date Line, an imaginary line where date changes as onetravels east or west across it, passes through which longitude (except someadjustments) ?

A. 45 degree
B. 90 degree
C. 135 degree
D. 180 degree

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QUESTION: 9

'Ao', 'Sema' and 'Konyak' are the principal languages of whichnorth-eastern Indian state?

A. Manipur
B. Meghalaya
C. Mizoram
D. Nagaland

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QUESTION: 10

'Sick man of Europe' is the nickname of which European country?

A. Italy
B. Greece
C. Ireland
D. Turkey

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QUESTION: 11

Who wrote the famous essay 'Unto This Last', which was later translatedinto Gujarati by Mahatma Gandhi under the title of 'Sarvodaya' (well being ofall) ?

A. John Ruskin
B. Leo Tolstoy
C. Maxim Gorki
D. Karl Marx

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QUESTION: 12

On 26 November 1960, between which cities was the first Subscriber TrunkDialling (STD) service started in India ?

A. Kanpur – Lucknow
B. Mumbai - Pune
C. Chandigarh - New Delhi
D. Bengaluru - Chennai

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QUESTION: 13

Which former Indian Prime Minister's birthday on 23 December iscelebrated as 'Kisan Divas' (Farmer's Day) in India ?

A. L.B.Shastri
B. Charan Singh
C. Morarji Desai
D. Chandrasekhar

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QUESTION: 14

What is the interest rate at which banks borrow money from Reserve Bankof India (RBI) called ?

A. Repo Rate
B. Reverse Repo Rate
C. Call Money Rate
D. Prime Lending Rate (PLR)

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QUESTION: 15

Tashkent city, where the Indian Prime Minister L.B.Shastri signed apeace agreement 'Tashkent Declaration' with Pakistani President Ayub Khan in1966, is capital of which country ?

A. Kazakhstan
B. Kyrgyzstan
C. Tajikistan
D. Uzbekistan

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QUESTION: 16

In which village was Adi Shankaracharya born?

A. Tankara (Gujarat)
B. Navadwip (W.Bengal)
C. Tiruchuzhi (T.Nadu)
D. Kalady (Kerala)

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QUESTION: 17

In 1885, who developed the vaccine for rabies ?

A. Louis Pasteur
B. Edward Jenner
C. Alexander Fleming
D. Robert Koch

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QUESTION: 18

Aligarh in Uttar Pradesh is famous for which industry ?

A. Locks
B. Bicycle
C. Textile
D. Fireworks

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QUESTION: 19

Which city houses the headquarters of the INTERPOL (InternationalCriminal Police Organisation), the world's largest international policeorganisation ?

A. Vienna (Austria)
B. Brussels (Belgium)
C. Lyon (France)
D. The Hague (Netherlands)

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QUESTION: 20

Kailash Temple at Ellora in Maharahstra, the epitome of Indian rock-cutarchitecture, was built by the rulers of which dynasty ?

A. Kadamba
B. Rashtrakuta
C. Chalukya
D. Satavahana

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QUESTION: 21

Which revolutionary was the first to describe the 'Revolt of 1857' as'India's First War of Independence' in his famous book titled 'The Indian Warof Independence' ?

A. Bhagat Singh
B. Veer Savarkar
C. Lala Har Dayal
D. Chandrasekhar Azad

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QUESTION: 22

Which mineral is mined at Khetri in Rajasthan ?

A. Copper
B. Lignite
C. Bauxite
D. Iron Ore

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QUESTION: 23

With which sport is the Duckworth-Lewis Method associated ?

A. Golf
B. Chess
C. Cricket
D. Hockey

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QUESTION: 24

The India receives its major rainfall from which monsoon ?

A. North-East Monsoon
B. North-West Monsoon
C. South-East Monsoon
D. South-West Monsoon

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QUESTION: 25

Diego Garcia island, being used as a strategic American military basesince 1966 when USA received it on lease for 50 years from UK, is located inwhich ocean?

A. Arctic Ocean
B. Indian Ocean
C. Pacific Ocean
D. Atlantic Ocean

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QUESTION: 26

Which medieval ruler authored Telugu work 'Amukta Malyada' ?

A. Rajaraja Chola I
B. Parakrama Pandiyan
C. Krishna Deva Raya
D. Narsimhavarman II

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QUESTION: 27

Which foreign invader defeated the Marathas in the Third Battle ofPanipat (1761)?

A. Nadir Shah
B. Mahmud Ghazni
C. Ahmed Shah Abdali
D. Muhammad Bin Qasim

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QUESTION: 28

What was the code name of rescue operation carried out by Indian armedforces in Maldives, on request from its president, to foil the attempted coupby insurgents in 1988 ?