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General Studies Series Test - 2

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Number of Questions: 25
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The first cellular phone in India was made in use in

  1. Damascus

  2. Konark

  3. Kolkata

  4. China

  5. Poland


Correct Option: C

Who said, “a revolution is not a dinner party”?

  1. Prof. Hughes

  2. Mao

  3. Ustad Isa

  4. Henri Bergson


Correct Option: B

The Sun Temple in India

  1. Damascus

  2. Konark

  3. Kolkata

  4. China

  5. Poland


Correct Option: B

In which country, 35 million people still live in caves?

  1. Damascus

  2. Konark

  3. Kolkata

  4. China

  5. Poland


Correct Option: D

Who composed the Ballet 'Sleeping Beauty'?

  1. Prof. Hughes

  2. Mao

  3. Ustad Isa

  4. Henri Bergson

  5. Tchaikovsky


Correct Option: E

Which of the following was awarded the Nobel Prize for literature?

  1. Prof. Hughes

  2. Mao

  3. Ustad Isa

  4. Henri Bergson

  5. Tchaikovsky


Correct Option: D

Who devised the carbon transmitter or microphone for the telephone?

  1. Prof. Hughes

  2. Mao

  3. Ustad Isa

  4. Henri Bergson

  5. Tchaikovsky


Correct Option: A

The meaning of Chiaroscuro

  1. mental keenness

  2. a politically neutral person

  3. the technique of using light and shade in pictorial representation

  4. to worsen

  5. Kag a Kha


Correct Option: C

The oldest inhabited capital city in the world.

  1. Damascus

  2. Konark

  3. Kolkata

  4. China

  5. Poland


Correct Option: A

Who designed Taj Mahal?

  1. Prof. Hughes

  2. Mao

  3. Ustad Isa

  4. Henri Bergson

  5. Tchaikovsky


Correct Option: C

Under the Nayankara system of Vijayanagar, lands were assigned to

  1. persons against annual tributes and military service

  2. women without any source of income

  3. brahmins for charitable trusts

  4. mathas for the maintenance of temples

  5. None of these


Correct Option: A

What is Mugwump?

  1. mental keenness

  2. a politically neutral person

  3. dark and obscure at the same time

  4. to worsen

  5. Kag a Kha


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

 A person who is independent (as in politics) or who remains undecided or neutral.

What does acumen means?

  1. mental keenness

  2. a politically neutral person

  3. dark and obscure at the same time

  4. to worsen

  5. Kag a Kha


Correct Option: A

What does exacerbate mean?

  1. Mental keenness

  2. A politically neutral person

  3. Dark and obscure at the same time

  4. To worsen

  5. To improve


Correct Option: D

What is the capital of Indonesia?

  1. Finland

  2. Pliocene

  3. Jakarta

  4. Egypt

  5. Ghana


Correct Option: C

Gold Cost was the old name of

  1. Finland

  2. Pliocene

  3. Jakarta

  4. Egypt

  5. Ghana


Correct Option: E

Which country, other than India has Lotus as its National Flower.

  1. Finland

  2. Pliocene

  3. Jakarta

  4. Egypt

  5. Ghana


Correct Option: D

Which country is known as the “Land of Thousand Lakes”?

  1. Finland

  2. Pliocene

  3. Jakarta

  4. Egypt

  5. Ghana


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Finland; although it actually has 187888 lakes. So is known as the “Land of Thousand Lakes”.

In which geological era did early man appear in Africa?

  1. Finland

  2. Pliocene

  3. Jakarta

  4. Egypt

  5. Ghana


Correct Option: B

Who is the founder of Amritsar?

  1. Dadabai Navroji

  2. Narendranath Dutt

  3. Bahaullah

  4. Ahmed Shah Abdali

  5. Guru Ramdas


Correct Option: E

Who was known as 'Great Old Man' of India?

  1. Dadabai Navroji

  2. Narendranath Dutt

  3. Bahaullah

  4. Ahmed Shah Abdali

  5. Guru Ramdas


Correct Option: A

Who looted Delhi in 1759?

  1. Dadabai Navroji

  2. Narendranath Dutt

  3. Bahaullah

  4. Ahmed Shah Abdali

  5. Guru Ramdas


Correct Option: D

Who founded Bahai religion?

  1. Dadabai Navroji

  2. Narendranath Dutt

  3. Bahaullah

  4. Ahmed Shah Abdali

  5. Guru Ramdas


Correct Option: C

The real name of Swami Vivekananda

  1. Dadabai Navroji

  2. Narendranath Dutt

  3. Bahaullah

  4. Ahmed Shah Abdali

  5. Guru Ramdas


Correct Option: B
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