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General Awareness

Description: General Awareness and Current Affairs Test - Free General Knowledge Tests for Entrance Examination Model Questions and Online Preparation and Practice Tests Papers
Number of Questions: 25
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Tags: Bank UPSC MBA B.ED. General Knowledge Bank Clerical History of India and Freedom Struggle Religion and Festivals World History 2008 ONWARDS
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Sangam in the Sangam Age denotes

  1. meeting of rivers

  2. assembly of religious leaders

  3. assembly of poets

  4. royal court


Correct Option: C

"The torch that would dispel the gloom of misery and ignorance was lighted at Gaya under the holy tree". Whom is the author referring to?

  1. Buddha

  2. Mahavira

  3. Dharma

  4. Sangha


Correct Option: A

Find out, which was not one of the "three Jewels" of Buddhism

  1. Buddha

  2. Ahimsa

  3. Dharma

  4. Sangha


Correct Option: B

Name the sage who is believed to have Aryanised South India

  1. Vashishtha

  2. Agastya

  3. Yagynavalkya

  4. Vishwamitra


Correct Option: B

A Yogi of the Harappan seals wearing a three horned cap and surrounded by animals has been identified with

  1. Rudra

  2. Murugan

  3. Mahayogeshwar

  4. Pasupati Shiva


Correct Option: D

The day on which Jesus is said to have been crucified is

  1. the Resurrection

  2. Good Friday

  3. Christmas

  4. Easter


Correct Option: B

Leonardo da Vinci is known for his painting called -

  1. The Last Judgment

  2. The Last Supper

  3. The Madonna

  4. The Fall of man


Correct Option: B

Mohanammed, the prophet of Islam, was born in

  1. Medina

  2. Mecca

  3. Kaaba

  4. Kufa


Correct Option: B

Which of the following is not among the "three ratnas" or gems of Jainism?

  1. Full knowledge

  2. Action

  3. Liberation

  4. Belief in God


Correct Option: C

The Jains believe that Mahavira was the last of the

  1. teachers

  2. prophets

  3. monks

  4. tirthankaras


Correct Option: D

The Buddhist sect which started worshipping the Buddha as a god is known as

  1. Hinayana

  2. Digambara

  3. Mahayana

  4. Swetambara


Correct Option: C

The city which became a holy place for three major world religions-Judaism, Christianity, and Islam-is

  1. Bethlehem

  2. Mecca

  3. Constantinople

  4. Jerusalem


Correct Option: D

The influence of Greek and Roman sculpture is very evident, in the

  1. Mathura school

  2. Gandhara school

  3. Amaravati school

  4. Kangra school


Correct Option: B

The real founder of Jainism was

  1. Vardhamana Mahavira

  2. Neminath

  3. Parsvanath

  4. Rishabhanath


Correct Option: A

Which of the following religions is the last to appear on the scene of India?

  1. Hinduism

  2. Islam

  3. Buddhism

  4. Sikhism


Correct Option: D

Tamil, Telugu and Malayalam belong to the linguistic family of

  1. Aryan

  2. Dravidan

  3. Austric

  4. None of the above


Correct Option: B

With which of the following dance forms is Mrinalini Sarabhai associated?

  1. Kathak

  2. Kathakali

  3. Bharat Natyam

  4. Kuchipudi


Correct Option: C

The 39th International Film festival of India will held in November 2008 at

  1. Mumbai

  2. Goa

  3. New Delhi

  4. Bangalore


Correct Option: B

The religious movement which arose in medieval India as a result of the fusion of the many ideas of Islam and Hinduism was

  1. Vaishnavism

  2. the Bhakti movement

  3. Sikhism

  4. Sufism


Correct Option: B

Match the columns of religious groups and the areas of concentration in India List-I List-II A. Jains 1. Lakshadweep B. Buddhists 2. Rajasthan C. Christians 3. Nagaland D. Muslims 4. Maharashtra

  1. (a) 4 (b) 2 (c) 3 (d) 1

  2. (a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 3 (d) 4

  3. (a) 2 (b) 4 (c) 3 (d) 1

  4. (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 3 (d) 4


Correct Option: C

The Bhils and the Kols live

  1. along the Vindhya ranges

  2. in the Nilgiris

  3. in the North-East frontiers of India

  4. all over India


Correct Option: A

What are the "Upanishads'?

  1. Hindu epics

  2. Hindu Puranas

  3. Philosophical treatises representing Hindu intellect

  4. Vedas


Correct Option: C

"ATHAPOO" is associated with which of the following festivals?

  1. Onam

  2. Pongal

  3. Saraswathi Pooja

  4. Kumbhamela


Correct Option: A

Which of the following Vedas deals about music?

  1. Rigveda

  2. Samaveda

  3. Yajurveda

  4. Atharvaveda


Correct Option: B

How many Buddhist councils were held?

  1. Four

  2. Three

  3. Two

  4. One


Correct Option: A
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