- In essence, the Varna system fo the Aryans was based on
(A) Caste
(B) Colour
(C) Occupation
(D) Sex
- The world famous mineral region in India
(A) Deccan plateau
(B) Chotanagpur plateau
(C) Shillong plateau
(D) North-East frontier
- The first Prime Minister of India
(A) Jawaharlal Nehru
(B) Subhash Chandra Bose
(C) Sardar Patel
(D) C. Rajagopalachari
- Panchayati Raj is a subject on the
(A) Concurrent list
(B) Union list
(C) State list
(D) Residual list
- The tennis player who won the Ladies Singles Championship in Wimbledon, the most times:
(A) Monica Seles
(B) Steffi Graph
(C) Martina Hingis
(D) Martina Navratilova
- “Call Him Ram, Rahim, Allah, Khuda, Hari, Govind; but He is one.” Who proclaimed this?
(A) Tulsi Das
(B) Sur Das
(C) Kabir Das
(D) Guru Nanak
- Which of the following is regarded as an era of Brahmanic revival ?
(A) Kushan age
(B) Maurya age
(C) Gupta age
(D) None of these
- Which is the executive body of the UNO?
(A) General Assembly
(B) Security Council
(C) Trusteeship Council
(D) International Court of Justice
- ‘The Grand Trunk Road’ was laid by
(A) Akbar
(B) Ashoka
(C) Sher Shah Suri
(D) Samudragupta
- When did East India Company was permitted to trade in Bengal?
(A) A.D. 1600
(B) A.D. 1700
(C) A.D. 1634
(D) A.D. 1857
- Who amongst the following brothers of Aurangazeb was condemnded to death, and his body was parded in Delhi ?
(A) Dara Shikoh
(B) Murad Baksh
(C) Shah Shuja
(D) None of these
- Which one is a communicable disease?
(A) Asthma
(B) Cancer
(C) Smallpox
(D) Arthritis
- International Literacy Day:
(A) July 11
(B) December 10
(C) September 5
(D) September 8
- The best known example of th eHoysala style of architecture is found in the temple built at
(A) Dorasamudra
(B) Ellora
(C) Mamallapuram
(D) Tanjore
- Which of the following ancient literary works was not composed by Kalidasa ?
(A) Malvikagnimitra
(B) Meghdoot
(C) Mudrarakshasa
(D) Shakuntalam
- What is the main activity of the Eskimos during the short period of summer?
(A) Hunting
(B) Fishing
(C) Animal grazing
(D) Gardening
- 1952 is historically significant for
(A) First General Election in India
(B) Launching of the First-Year Plan
(C) India inaugurated Republic Constitution
(D) Mount Everest was conquered for the first time
Previous Important General Knowledege Questions And Answers
- The minister who resinged from Central Cabinet during the wake off Chinese aggression
(A) H.K.L Bhagat
(B) V.C Shukla
(C) V.K Krishna Menon
(D) Jaffer Sheriff
- The Srimoolam Prajasabha was established in Travancore in:
(A) 1904
(B) 1910
(C) 1918
(D) 1932
- How long can a person continue to be a Minister in India without being a member of either House of Parliament?
(A) Three months
(B) Six months
(C) One year
(D) No time limit
- When a man circles round the earth in a satellite, his
(A) mass becomes zero but weight remains the same
(B) mass remains constant but weight becomes zero
(C) mass and weight remains constant
(D) both mass and weight becomes zero
- Dynamo was invented by
(A) Newton
(B) Einstein
(C) Faraday
(D) Edison
- Who was the Governor-General of British India who succeeded in suppressing Pindaris ?
(A) Warren Hastings
(B) Lord William Bentinck
(C) Lord Canning
(D) None of these
- In 1993 an Earthquake claimed a large number of lives in Lathur. In which state is Lathur located?
(A) Maharashtra
(B) Madhya Pradesh
(C) Karnataka
(D) Andhra Pradesh
- Which of the statements best regards the consequences of the movement of the earth is not correct?
(A) Rotation of the earth causes variation in the duration of days and nights
(B) Revolution of the earth is the cause of the change of seasons
(C) Rotation of the earth is the cause of days and nights
(D) Rotation of the earth is the cause of days and nights
