GENERAL KNOWLEDGE- Questions and Answers - 9

201. Earth is called:

(a) Yellow planet (b) Red Planet

(c) Green Planet (d) Blue Planet

Answer: (d)

202. The capital of Czech Republic:

(a) Prague (b) Berlin

(c) Reykjavik (d) Athens

Answer: (a)

203. Kalaalit Nunat is the official name of .....in native language:

(a) Greenland (b) Denmark

(c) Iceland (d) Norway

Answer: (a)

204. ‘7 Race Cource Road’ is the official residence of ...... of India.

(a) President (b) Prime Minister

(c) Speaker          (d) Leader of opposition

Answer: (b)

205. The country helped for the construction of Bokaro steel plant:

(a) Japan              (b) Former Soviet Union

(c) USA                  (d) Canada

Answer: (b)

206. Which soil is also known as ‘Regur soil’?

(a) Laterite (b) Red soil

(c) Black soil (d) Alluvial soil

Answer: (c)

207. Indira Sagar dam is in:

(a) Narmada (b) Tapti

(c) Kshipra (d) Ganga

Answer: (a)

208. Trishna National Park is in:

(a) Tripura (b) Manipur

(c) Meghalaya (d) Nagaland

Answer: (a)

209. Kalimpong is a hill station in:

(a)West Bengal (b) Uttar Pradesh

(c) Uttarakhand (d) Himachal Pradesh

Answer: (a)

210.The distance between the rails in broad gauge line:

(a) 1.67m (b) 1.4m 
(c) 1 m (d) 762 mm

Answer: (a)

211.Who sacked Nalanda University in the 12^th century?

(a) Sher Shah (b) Bakthiyar Khilji

(c) Balban (d) Iltutmish

Answer: (b)

212.Who led Swethambara sect of Jainism after schism?

(a) Bhadrabahu (b) Jamali

(c) Kharavela (d) Sthulabahu

Answer: (d)

213.The founder of the Satavahana dynasty:

(a) Dantidurga (b) Simuka

(c) Simhavishnu (d) Vasudeva

Answer: (b)

214.What was the real name of Sher Shah?

(a) Ulugh Khan (b) Nasiruddin

(c) Farid            (d) Salim

Answer: (c)

215.Guru Nanak was born in:

(a) 1469 (b) 1539 
(c) 1479 (d) 1459

Answer: (a)

216.The Viceroy when Muslim League was formed in 1906:

(a) Minto II (b) Hardinge II

 (c) Chelmsford (d) Chelmsford

Answer: (a)

217.The first person to be appeared in the stamp of independent India:

(a) Nehru (b) Sardar Patel

(c) Mahathma Gandhi (d) Rajendraprasad

Answer: (c)

218.Who was known as ‘the lion of Punjab’?

(a) Bhagat Singh (b) Lajpath Rai

(c) Ajith Singh      (d) Chandrasekhar Azad

Answer: (b)

219.In which year Gandhiji withdrew from active politics and devoted to constructive programmes:

(a) 1934 (b) 1935 
(c) 1936 (d) 1937

Answer: (a)

220.The first session of the Constituent Assembly was held in:

(a) 1944 (b) 1945 
(c) 1946 (d) 1947

Answer: (c)

221.The president of India who signed in the declaration of internal emergency:

(a) Rajendraprasad (b) Dr.Radhakrishnan

(c) Fakruddin Ali Ahmed (d) None of these

Answer: (c)

222.Whose resting place is ‘Veer Bhumi’?

(a) Indira Gandhi (b) Rajiv Gandhi

(c) Lal Bahadur Shastri (d) Narasimha Rao

Answer: (b)

223.Rajya Sabha was formed on 3rd April,........

(a) 1947 (b) 1948 
(c) 1950 (d) 1952

Answer: (d)

224.The law making procedure in India has been copied from:

(a) Ireland (b) USA 
(c) Britain (d) Canada

Answer: (c)

225. Fourteen Indian banks were nationalised in:

(a) 1980 (b) 1949 
(c) 1959 (d) 1969

Answer: (d)

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