General Knowledge Quiz No. 42 - Top General Knowledge Questions

General Knowledge Quiz No. 42

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1. Where are Ajanta Caves situated?
(A) In Maharashtra (B) In Madhya Pradesh
(C) In Tamilnadu (D) None of these
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2. What is stagflation?
(A) The increment of price of the commodities (B) The increment of price and development
(C) The increment of price and output (D) None of these
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3. Which of the following element is found in free state?
(A) Iodine (B) Magnesium
(C) Sulphur (D) Phosphorus
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4. Where is headquarters of Asian Development Bank situated?
(A) Geneva (B) Manila
(C) Bangkok (D) Jakarta
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5. Which of the following planet has minimum revolution period round the Sun?
(A) Mercury (B) Earth
(C) Mars (D) Jupiter
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6. The sea route to India was discovered by the–
(A) Dutch (B) English
(C) Portuguese (D) French
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7. Sir Charles Wood’s Despatch of 1854 dealt with–
(A) Administrative reforms (B) Social reforms
(C) Economic reforms (D) Educational reforms
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8. The name of Lord Cornwallis is associated with the–
(A) Dual government (B) Maratha wars
(C) System of subsidiary (D) Permanent settlement
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9. Which was the first among the following?
(A) Doctrine of Lapse (B) Subsidiary Alliance
(C) Permanent Settlement (D) Double Government
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10. Babur antered India for the first time from the west through–
(A) Kashmir (B) Sind
(C) Punjab (D) Rajasthan
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11. The oceans cover ........................ of the surface of the earth.
(A) 71% (B) 60%
(C) 81% (D) 90%
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12. “James Bond” is a character created by–
(A) lan Fleming (B) Perry Masion
(C) Agatha Christie (D) Wode House
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13. Acupuncture is widely practised in–
(A) India (B) America
(C) China (D) Germany
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14. The term 16 yards hit is associated with–
(A) Polo (B) Hockey
(C) Baseball (D) Badminton
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15. Largest river in the world is–
(A) Nile (B) Brahmaputra
(C) Amazon (D) Mississippi
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16. ‘Dev Das’ is the noval written by–
(A) Sarat Chandra Chatterjee (B) Bankim Chandra Chatterjee
(C) Rabindra Nath Tagore (D) Tara Shankar Bandopadhyaya
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17. Article 370 of Indian Constitution provides for–
(A) Reservation of jobs for Backward classes
(B) Imposition of President’s Rule in a State
(C) Protection of religious monuments
(D) Special status for Jammu and Kashmir
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18. Eighth Schedule of Indian Constitution deals with–
(A) Allocation of Seats in Rajya Sabha (B) Union, State and concurrent list
(C) Languages (D) Disqualification on the ground of defection
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19. Who is responsible for formulation of Five Year Plans in India?
(A) Prime Minister’s Office (B) National Development Council
(C) Planning Commission (D) Central and State Governments
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20. Television was invented by–
(A) Graham Bell (B) J. L. Baird
(C) Einstein (D) Edison
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