Graduate Level Questions - 38

926. The  main centre of architecture during the Pallava kings:

(a)  Madurai (b) Thanjavur

(c) Mahabalipuram (d) Chidambaram

Answer: (c)

927. The nationality of Edmund Hillary, one of the first to conquer mount Everest:

(a)  New Zealand (b) Nepal

(c) Britain (d) USA

Answer: (a)

928. The element essential for the health of teeth:

(a) Iron (b) Carbon

(c) Oxygen (d) Calcium

Answer: (d)

929. The venue of the first summit on environment protection:

(a)  Rio de Janeiro (b) Kyoto

(c) Stockholm (d) London

Answer: (c)

930. The last group of organism in the process of evolution:

(a)  Fishes (b) Amphibeans

(c) Mammals (d) Reptiles

Answer: (c)

931. The soil which is most suitable for the cultivation of Cotton:

(a)  Red Soil (b) Black soil

(c) Laterite (d) Alluvial soil

Answer: (b)

932. The flying mammal:

(a)  Bat (b) Platypus

(c) Echidna (d) Opposum

Answer: (a)

933. What is known as the ‘grains of paradise’?

(a)  Pepper (b) Mustard

(c) Vanilla (d) Cardomom

Answer: (d)

934. Who wrote ‘Paradise Lost’?

(a)  Shakespeare (b) John Milton

(c) Dickens (d) Alexander Pope

Answer: (b)

935. The founder of the city of Kolkata:

(a)  Francis Dey (b) Francis Martin

(c) Job Charnok (d) Ralph Fitch

Answer: (c)

936. The nearest country to Nicobar Islands:

(a) India (b) Myanmar

(c) Indonesia (d) Maidives

Answer: (c)

937. Octopus has ..... legs

(a) 6      (b) 4     (c) 8     (d) 12

Answer: (c)

938. Blue Revolution is associated with the production of:

(a) Cement (b) Pharmaceuticals

(c) Egg (d) Fish

Answer: (d)

939. Nilgiris is a part of:

(a) Eastern ghats (b) Western Ghats

(c) Aravallis (d) Vindhyas

Answer: (b)

940. The S.I. unit of length:

(a) Kilometer (b) Yard

(c) Foot (d) Meter

Answer: (d)

941. The Mughal ruler who established ‘Chain of Justice’:

(a) Akbar (b) Shah Jahan

(c) Aurangazeb (d) Jahangir

Answer: (d)

942. The countries which fought in the Hundered Years war:

(a) USA and England  (b) Russia and France

(c) England and France(d) Poland and Germany

Answer: (c)

943. The largest vertibrate:

(a) Gorilla (b) Giraffe

(c) Elephant (d) Blue Whale

Answer: (d)

944. The famous Nataraj Temple is at:

(a) Chidambaram (b) Kanchipuram

(c) Madurai (d) Trichy

Answer: (a)

945. Renaissance was started in:

(a) England (b) Germany

(c) Italy (d) Switzerland

Answer: (c)

946. Who was known as the ‘Akbar of British India’?

(a) Lord Curzon (b) Lord Wellesley

(c) Lord Mayo (d) Lord Dufferin

Answer: (b)

947. ‘The year of Paris Commune’:

(a) 1869   (b) 1881  

(c) 1871    (d) 1875

Answer: (c)

948. Dhanur Veda deals with:

(a) Grammar (b) Music

(c) Medicine (d) Archery

Answer: (d)

949. Who said this ‘Where wealth accumulates, man decay’?

(a) William Shakespeare (b) George Bernard Shaw

(c) Oliver Goldsmith (d) Gandhiji

Answer: (c)

950. The device used to disperse the constituent colours of light:

(a) Lens (b) Prism

(c) Telescope (d) Spherometer

Answer: (b)
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