General Knowledge 15

1. what is the approximate percentage increase in population per annum during the last census decade?


1. 1%


2. 1.5%


3. 2%


4. 2.5%
2. which one of the following has not been correctly matched


1. chunchus – Andhra Pradesh


2. angamal - Nagaland


3. khonds – orisa


4. nundas – Madhya Pradesh
3. official language of the high courts of India is / are


1. English only


2. Both English and hindi


3. All the regional languages


4. English, hindi and some others
4. who was the first governor general of India in east India company rule?


1. Robert clive


2. Warrebn hastings


3. Lord Cornwallis


4. None of these
5. who introduced ‘Subsidiary System of alliance’ in British India


1. lord Wellesley


2. lord Dalhousie


3. lord curzon


4. none of these
6. who is considered as the actual founder of muslim rule in India –


1. Mohammed bin Kassim


2. Mohammed ghori


3. Qutub uddin aibek


4. Zahiruddin mohammed babur
7. who is considered as the ‘iron man of india’


1. Dadabhai Nauroji


2. Sarder ballave Bhai Patel


3. General Manekshaw


4. None
8. in which year first general election for the Lok Sabha was held (in India)


1. 1948


2. 1950


3. 1952


4. none of these
9. in which year mount Everest was conquered by Tenzing Norgay  and Edmond Hillary


1. 1952


2. 1953


3. 1954


4. 1955
10. which one of the following has not been correctly matched


1. kanha national park – Madhya Pradesh


2. sultanpur lake bird sanctuary – haryana


3. ranathambor tiger sanctuary – gujrat


4. bandipur national park – Karnataka
11. which one of the following has not been correctly matched


1. national institute – new delhi


2. C.M.R.I – dhanbad


3. National diary research institute – haryana


4. Indian institute of horticulture research - karnataka
12. what approximate percentage of the total land area of India is considered with in ‘Urban Areas’


1. 5%


2. 10%


3. 15%


4. none of these
13. who said “Man in born free and everywhere he is in chains”-


1. Aristotal


2. Shakespeare


3. Rosseau


4. None of these
14. in which on of the follwong countries first asian games were held


1. japan


2. inida


3. Indonesia


4. None of these
15. in which year Indian cricket team become champion in world cup cricket


1. 1982


2. 1983


3. 1985


4. none of these

Answer

1.c

2.d

3.a

4.b

5.a

6.c

7.b

8.c

9.b

10.c

11.b

12.a

13.c

14.b

15.b