Gk questions answers (set-12)

 


1. Who is the best Indian to win the International Grand Masters title in Chess?

 (A) D.V. Prasad

 (B) Anupama Abhyankar

 (C) Vishwanathan Anand

 (D) Bhagyashree Sathe Thipsay 

2. First President of United States of America was?

 (A) George Washington

 (B) John Adams

 (C) Abraham Lincoln

 (D) J.F. Kennedy 

3.  How many players are there in a kabaddi team?

 (A) 7

 (B) Ga

 (C) 9

 (D) 5

4. Prince of Wales Cup is associated with?

 (A) Rugby

 (B) Golf

 (C) Polo

 (D) Chess 

5. Which of the following terms is associated with cricket?

 (A) Penalty

 (B) Muzzle

 (C) Googly

 (D) Bully 

6. Who among the following cricketers of Australia is called 'Tornado'?

 (A) Lillee

 (B) Miller

 (C) Lindwall

 (D) Thomson 

7. Uber Cup is associated with?

 (A) Hockey (Women)

 (B) Table Tennis (Men)

 (C) International Badminton (Men)

 (D) International Badminton (Women) 

8. The first Asian Games were held in?

 (A) China

 (B) India

 (C) Pakistan

 (D) Iran 

9. In which year did the USSR become Russia?

 (A) 1989

 (B) 1990

 (C) 1991

 (D) 1992 

10. Tripping is associated with?

 (A) Snooker

 (B) Football

 (C) Cricket

 (D) Lawn Tennis 

11. Maradona is a famous player associated with?

 (A) Cricket

 (B) Hockey

 (C) Football

 (D) Golf 

12. Which of the following games originated in England?

 (A) Hockey

 (B) Baseball

 (C) Cricket

 (D) Archery 

13. Bangladesh was established as an independent nation after the Indo-Pakistan War of ?

 (A) December, 1970

 (B) March, 1970

 (C) March, 1971

 (D) December, 1971 

14. China occupied Tibet in?

 (A) 1960

 (B) 1959

 (C) 1961

 (D) 1962 

15. The first lady Prime Minister in the world, was?

 (A) Golda Meir

 (B) Sirmao Bhandarnaike

 (C) Indira Gandhi

 (D) Margarett Thatcher

16. Who among the following Indian is known as Gurudev?

 (A) Rabindra Nath Tagore

 (B) C. Rajagopalachari

 (C) Lala Lajpat Rai

 (D) B.R. Ambedkar 

17. In which year Rabindra Nath Tagore died?

 (A) 1869

 (B) 1911

 (C) 1941

 (D) 1765 

18. Who gives the Slogan 'Jai Jawan, Jai Kisan'?

 (A) Lal Bahadur Shastri

 (B) Subhash Chandra Bose

 (C) Devi Lal

 (D) Morarji Desai 

19. "Everything else can wait, but not agriculture". The statement is attributed to?

 (A) Jagjivan Ram

 (B) Jawaharlal Nehru

 (C) Mahatma Gandhi

 (D) Sardar Patel 

20. In which year was the first cloth mill established in Bombay?

 (A) 1842

 (B) 1845

 (C) 1850

 (D) 1854 

21. The founder of Boy Scouts and Civil Guides movement in India was?

 (A) Charles Andrews

 (B) Robert Montgomery

 (C) Richard Temple

 (D) Baden-Powell 

22. Who among the following had been described as the high priest of Communism in India?

 (A) Jawaharlal Nehru

 (B) Acharya Narendra Dev

 (C) M.R. Masani

 (D) Ashok Mehta 

23. Of the following events, which stands third in chronological order?

 (A) Champaran Movement

 (B) Non-Co-operation Movement

 (C) Quit India Movement

 (D) Dandi March 

24. Religious Organisation established by Mother Teresa is called?

 (A) Sisters of Charity

 (B) Missionaries of Charity

 (C) Organisation of love

 (D) Charity for all 


25. The real name of the 'Frontier Gandhi' is

 (A) Purushottam Das Tandon

 (B) Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose

 (C) Abdul Ghaffar Khan

 (D) Maulana Abul Kalam Azad 

26. Rajendra Prasad belonged to?

 (A) Uttar Pradesh

 (B) Bihar

 (C) Madhya Pradesh

 (D) None of the above 

27. The tomb of Kasturba Gandhi is situated in the premises of?

 (A) Alipur Central Jail

 (B) Ahmadnagar Fort Jail

 (C) Agha Khan Palace Pune

 (D) Yerwada Jail 

28. Which part of India remained under Portuguese control after 15th August,1947?

 (A) Goa

 (B) Sikkim

 (C) Pondicherry

 (D) Andaman & Nicobar 

29. The first Indian to contest election to the British House of Commons was ?

 (A) Dada Bhai Naoroji

 (B) Gopal Krishna Gokhale

 (C) Feroz Shah Mehta

 (D) W.C. Bannerjee 

30. Name the Deoband scholar who played a significant role in the freedom movement.?

 (A) Abul Kalam Azad

 (B) Mohammad Ali Jinnah

 (C) Badruddin Tyabji

 (D) Chirag Ali 

31. The first Industrial Policy of independent India was announced in the year of?

 (A) 1947

 (B) 1948

 (C) 1951

 (D) 1956 

32. The first communist Government of India was established in the province of?

 (A) Tamil Nadu

 (B) Andhra Pradesh

 (C) Kerala

 (D) West Bengal 

33. Who organized the 'Khudai khidmatgar' in 1929?

 (A) Abdul Ghaffar Khan

 (B) Ali Brothers

 (C) Ansari Brothers

 (D) Maulana Abul Kalam Azad 

34. Which one of the following is not correctly matched?

 (A) Motilal Nehru - Nehru Report

 (B) M.K. Gandhi - Champaran Movement

 (C) S.C. Bose - Forward Bloc

 (D) M.A. Jinnah - Khilafat Movement 

35. The main cause of Italian Renaissance was?

 (A) Scientific development in Italy

 (B) Highly developed Education

 (C) Freedom to express ideas

 (D) Secular traditions 

36. In which city the first atomic bomb was exploded?

 (A) Hiroshima (Japan)

 (B) Kabul

 (C) Lisbon

 (D) Rome 

37. The French revolution started in?

 (A) 1773

 (B) 1779

 (C) 1757

 (D) 1789 

38. 'Operation Vijay' was conducted against which nation?

 (A) China

 (B) Bangladesh

 (C) Nepal

 (D) Pakistan 

39. Kisan Diwas is celebrated on?

 (A) 23rd March

 (B) 23rd June

 (C) 23rd September

 (D) 23rd December 

40. The first Indian to win Nobel Prize was?

 (A) C.V. Raman

 (B) Rabindra Nath Tagore

 (C) Hargovind Khurana

 (D) Amartya Sen 

41. Who was the chairperson of first All India Socialist Youth Congress?

 (A) Subhash Chandra Bose

 (B) Acharya Narendra Dev

 (C) Jawaharlal Nehru

 (D) J.B. Kriplani 

42. Alipur Central Jail is situated at?

 (A) Mumbai

 (B) Kolkata

 (C) Chennai

 (D) Delhi 

43. In India ‘Teacher's Day' is celebrated on?

 (A) 8th March

 (B) 1st March

 (C) 14th July

 (D) 5th September 

44. When is 'National Press Day' celebrated?

 (A) 16 November

 (B) 17 November

 (C) 26 November

 (D) 16 December 

45. The Bhartiya Kisan Union was established in?

 (A) 1975

 (B) 1980

 (C) 1986

 (D) 1990 

46. The present day calendar is based on?

 (A) Julian Calendar

 (B) Gregorian Calendar

 (C) Jewish Calendar

 (D) Muhammadan Calendar 

 


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