Graduate Level Questions - 29

701. Alexander invaded India in the year:

(a) 327-326 BC (b) 516 BC

(c) 72BC (d) AD 58

Answer: (a)

702. Who is regarded as the founder of Theravada Buddhism, a sect of Hinayana Buddhism?

(a) Nagarjuna  (b) Mogaliputt a T issa

(c) Upagupta (d) Vasumitra

Answer: (b)

703. Which of the following Vedas is a collection of spells and incantations?

(a) Atharva Veda (b) Yajur Veda

(c) Rig Veda (d) Sama Veda

Answer: (a)

704. Father of Indian Archaeology:

(a) John Marshall (b) Alexander Cunningham

(c) RD Bannerjee (d) Daya Ram Sahni

Answer: (b)

705. Arakan Yoma is an extension of Himalayas located in:

(a) Baluchist an (b) Nepal

(c) Kashmir (d) Myanmar

Answer: (d)

706. With which country has India the longest border:

(a) Pakist an (b) China

(c) Bangladesh (d) Myanmar

Answer: (c)

707. Chandigarh is known as:

(a) Pensioner ’s paradise (b) Beautiful city

(c) Hitec city (d) Pink city

Answer: (b)

708. Which river is known as the ‘Sorrow of Bengal’?

(a) Ganga (b) Hugly

(c) Damodar (d) Bhagirathy

Answer: (c)

709. Where is Meenakshi temple?

(a) Kollur (b) Madurai

(c) Tanjavur (d) Kanchipuram

Answer: (b)

710. Bik aner Camel festival is held in the st ate o f:

(a) Gujarat (b) Rajast an

(c) Andhra Pradesh (d) Madhya Pradesh

Answer: (b)

711. State Bank of India was formerly known as:

(a) Federal Bank (b) Imperial Bank

(c) Union Bank (d) Colonial Bank

Answer: (b)

712. The foreign intelligence agency of India, RAW (Research and Analysis Wing) was est ablished in:

(a) 1963    (b) 1968   

(c) 1969   (d) 1948

Answer: (b)

713.Central Building Research Institute is located at:

(a) New Delhi (b) Bangalore

(c) Roorkie (d) Pilani

Answer: (c)

714. The first modern university in India was est ablished in:

(a) New Delhi (b) Kolkat a

(c) Karachi (d) Chennai

Answer: (b)

715. Formosa is now known as:

(a) Indonesia (b) Taiwan

(c) Cambodia (d) Vietnam

Answer: (b)

716. Mexico is not the birth place of:

(a) Dahlia   (b) Vanilla

 (c) Papaya  (d) All of these

Answer: (d)

717. In which continent is ‘Sentinel range’?

(a) Africa (b) Australia

(c) North America (d) Antarctica

Answer: (d)

718. Which gland is known as Adam’s apple?

 (a) Pituit ary   (b) Penial

(c) Thymus  (d) Thyroid

Answer: (d)

719. Which is a water soluble vit amin?

(a) A      (b) D     

(c) C      (d) K

Answer: (c)

720. Who is the father of the Theory of the Inheret ance of  Acquired Charecters?

(a) Lamarch (b) De Vries

(c) Darwin (d) Johanson

Answer: (a)

721. Which is the useful p art of Grampoo?

(a) Flower   (b) Bud   

(c) Fruit    (d) Seed

Answer: (b)

722. What is known as ‘Green Vitriol’?

(a) Copper Sulphate (b) Zinc Sulphate

(c) Ferrous Sulphate (d) Zinc Phosphide

Answer: (c)

723. Sidanaphil Citrate is also known as:

(a) V iagra   (b) Hypo  

(c) Teflon    (d) Alum

Answer: (a)

724. The first to synthesise urea artificially:

(a) Frederic Banting (b) Frederic W ohler

(c) Michael Faraday (d) None of these

Answer: (b)

725. V isible p art of sun:

(a) Hydrosphere (b) Photosphere

(c) Ionosphere (d) Troposphere

Answer: (b)
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