Questions from General Knowledge
1. The language 'Dogri' is spoken in
(A) Nagaland
(B) Jammu and Kashmir
(C) Assam
(D) Meghalaya
2. The title of ‘Viceroy’ was added to the office of the Governor General of India for the first time in
(A) 1848 A.D.
(B) 1856 A.D.
(C) 1858 A.D.
(D) 1862 A.D
3. The port known as the Queen of the Arabian Sea is ————
(A) Mumbai
(B) Beypore
(C) Goa
(D) Kochi
4. The Allhabad Pillar inscription is an important source of information about the reign of
(A) Ashoka
(B) Chandragupta II
(C) Kanishka
(D) Samudragupta
5. Technopark is situated at
(A) Ernakulam
(B) Udyogmandal
(C) Thiruvananthapuram
(D) Kasargode
6. The first battle of Panipat was fought between Babar and ————
(A) Nadirshah
(B) Ibrahim Lodi
(C) Allauddin
(D) Ghazni Mahamood
7. Which of the metropolitan cities of India is nearest to the equator?
(A) Delhi
(B) Mumbai
(C) Chennai
(D) Calcutta
8. The Portuguese colonialism started in India in ————
(A) 1498 AD
(B) 1526 AD
(C) 1857 AD
(D) 1757 AD
9. At the Battle of Waterloo Napoleon was defeated by ————
(A) Admiral Nelson
(B) Lord Wellesley
(C) Lord Macaulay
(D) Lord Wellington
10. The person who occupied the post of the President of India for two sessions continuously was:
(A) Dr. Radhakrishnan
(B) Dr. Rajendra Prasad
(C) Dr. Zakir Hussain
(D) Dr. Shankar Dayal Sharma
