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Description: GK General Knowledge Test Preparation for School/College, Olympiads, UPSC, Bank PO, Railways and Other Entrance and Competitive Exams Preparation
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Who was the founder of the Asiatic Society?

  1. William Carey

  2. William Jones

  3. David Hare

  4. Marshman


Correct Option: B

Who among the following was not a member of the Royal Commission on the Public Services in India, 1912?

  1. Gopal Krishan Gokhale

  2. Valentine Chirol

  3. Abdur Rahim

  4. Bal Gangadhar Tilak


Correct Option: D

Who among the following British officials was sent to Lahore to negotiate the Treaty of Amritsar with Ranjit Singh?

  1. Major Broodfoot

  2. Charles T Metacalfe

  3. John Lawrence

  4. Lord McCartney


Correct Option: B

Which one the following religions was patronized by Rashtrakutas?

  1. Jainism

  2. Buddhism

  3. Shaivism

  4. Vaishnavism


Correct Option: C

Which of the following Vedic Gods/Goddesses depicts an association with the sun?

  1. Ashvin

  2. Pusan

  3. Indra

  4. Aranyani


Correct Option: B

Which rock edict of Ashoka provides a description of the horrors of Kalinga War?

  1. The 13th Rock Edict

  2. Kalinga Edict at Dhauli

  3. The Edict of Jaugada

  4. The 10th Rock Edict


Correct Option: A

Which one of the following pairs is not correctly matched?

  1. HCL : Shiv Nadar

  2. Ranbaxy Lab Ltd. : Bhai Mohan Singh

  3. DLF Group : Karsanbhai Khodidas Patel

  4. Hero Group : BM Munjal


Correct Option: C

The Santhal rebellion of 1855-56 resulted in the creation of a separate geographical entity known as Santhal Parganas for the tribals. Who were the leaders associated with the rebellion?

  1. Sidhu and Chakara

  2. Chakara and Bogra

  3. Sidhu and Kanhu

  4. Dora and Chakara


Correct Option: C

Which region of India was ruled by sultan Zain-ul Abidin?

  1. Assam

  2. Delhi

  3. Kashmir

  4. Orissa


Correct Option: C

Who among the following leaders dominated the Lucknow Pact in December 1916?

  1. Jawaharlal Nehru

  2. Bal Gangadhar Tilak

  3. Moti Lal Nehru

  4. Madan Mohan Malviya


Correct Option: B

'CONCOR', a Public Sector Undertaking, is under the administrative control of which one of the following ministries?

  1. Heavy Industries

  2. Small Scale

  3. Railway

  4. Shipping, Road Transport and Highways


Correct Option: C

Under which Article of the Constitution of India can the President of India be impeached ?

  1. Article 61

  2. Article 75

  3. Article 76

  4. Article 356


Correct Option: A

PERT is a technique used in which one of the following ?

  1. Electric power transmission

  2. Project management

  3. Railway safety

  4. Internet


Correct Option: B

The Sarkaria Commission Report dealt with which one of the following?

  1. Corruption in India

  2. Centre- State relations

  3. Local Governance

  4. Inter-river dispute


Correct Option: D

Who propounded the Saptanga Theory?

  1. Manu

  2. Charaka

  3. Kautilya

  4. Tulsidas


Correct Option: C

The historic Peace Agreement of November, 2006 in Nepal was signed between the

  1. King and SPA

  2. King and Maoist

  3. SPA and Maoist

  4. King, SPA and Maoist


Correct Option: C

Which one of the following is the deepest point in the ocean floor?

  1. Challenger Deep

  2. Milwaukee Deep

  3. Java Trench

  4. Philippine Trench


Correct Option: A

What is the convergence of the north-east and south-east trade winds near equator known as?

  1. Doldrums

  2. Jet stream

  3. Inter-tropical convergence zone

  4. Upper air monsoon


Correct Option: A,C

Who was the President of India at the time of emergency in 1976?

  1. V.V. Giri

  2. Giani Zail Singh

  3. Fakhruddin Ali Ahmad

  4. Shankar Dayal Sharma


Correct Option: C

The office of Lokpal and Lokayukta in India is based on which one of the following?

  1. Parliamentary Commissioner of UK

  2. Ombudsman in Scandinavia

  3. Procurator General of Russia

  4. Council of State in Finance


Correct Option: B

Who among the following was not a noble under Alauddin Khilji?

  1. Ain-ul-Mulk Multani

  2. Zafar Khan

  3. Nusrat Khan

  4. Munim Khan


Correct Option: D

Bamboo flowering is known to be associated with a subsequent famine. Which of the following is caused by bamboo flowering?

  1. Rainfall decreases

  2. Pests and insects increase

  3. Land becomes infertile

  4. Population of rats increase


Correct Option: B

The Asteriod Belt is found between which of the following?

  1. Mars and Jupiter

  2. Earth and Mars

  3. Jupiter and Saturn

  4. Saturn and Uranus


Correct Option: A

Who wrote the famous drama 'Neel Darpan', which depicted the agony of the indigo cultivators and brutality of the planters?

  1. Harish Chandra Mukherjee

  2. Dinabandhu Mitra

  3. Sisir Kumar Ghose

  4. Ram Gopal Ghose


Correct Option: B

Prof. Muhammad Yunus is renowned in which of the following fields?

  1. International economics

  2. Human rights

  3. Freedom of press

  4. Microcredit concept


Correct Option: D
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