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Given below are some statements about Megasthenes. Read them carefully to separate the false one.
He travelled India in ancient time
He was the ambassador of Seleucus, the Greek ruler at that time
He came India during the regime of Chandragupta Maurya
He came India as the ambassador of Egypt
The Indian Constitution in its present form has more than 440 articles and 12 schedules. But originally it had ________ articles and _____ schedules
400, 20
372, 12
395, 8
12, 395
Indian National Congress is the oldest political party of India. Who was the 1st president?
Womesh Chandra Bonnerjee
Badruddin Tyabji
George Yule
Dadabhai Naoroji
Who of the following invented the 1st telescope?
Benjamin Franklin
Thomas Alva Edison
Alexander Graham Bell
Hans Lippershey
Vistula is a river in Poland while Essequibo is a river in ____________.
Guyana
Germany
Sudan
Barbados
The state of Andhra Pradesh was created on ___________________ 1956.
4th January
4th February
4th April
4th September
Bal Gangadhar Tilak was a freedom fighter. He was conferred upon the honorary title of 'Lokmanya Tilak' and his birth place was ____________________________.
Gandhinagar (Gujarat)
Ratnagiri (Maharashtra)
Etawah (Uttar Pradesh)
Alwar (Rajasthan)
'Zloty' is the currency if which one of the following countries?
France
Cyprus
Andorra
Poland
The gigantic statue of Gomateshwara or Bahubali is located in Shravanabelagola in the Hassan district of an Indian State. According to Jain Scriptures, Gomateshwara was the second of the one hundred sons of the first Tirthankara, Lord Rishabha. Name the state where Shravanabelagola is situated.
Jharkhand
Uttarakhand
Karnataka
Arunachal Pradesh
Kruger National Park is the largest zoo in the world located in Limpoo and Mpumalanga provinces of South Africa. It covers 18,989 square kilometres and extends 360 kilometres from North to South and 65 kilometres from east to west. In which one of the following years this park was established?
1926
1920
1919
1935
Aalm Aara was the 1st Indian talkie film. Who was the director of this movie?
Prakash Mehra
Raj Kapoor
Ardeshir Irani
Dadasaheb Phalke
Railway air brake was invented by George Westinghouse. He belonged to which country?
Albania
UK
Russia
USA
The "Order of Canada" is the highest honour within the Canadian system of honours and is given for the outstanding achievements in various fields. This order was invented in 17th April 1967. Who is the sovereign of this honour?
Chief of Army
Governor General
Prime Minister
Monarch
Acharya Rajnish is the author of 'Beginning of the Beginning' while 'Curtain Raiser' has been written by __________________________.
K. Natwar Singh
T. N. Kaul
Arvind Ghosh
Vikram Seth
Which national award stands third in the hierarchy of civilian awards?
Padma Sri
Padma Bhushan
Padma Vibhushan
Bharat Ratna
Out of the options given below take out the false statement regarding 'Indian National Army' formed during freedom struggle.
This was an armed force
This was formed in 1943
Ras Bihari Bose and Capt. Mohna Singh were the founders of this army.
"कदम कदम बढाए जा" was the marching song of this army
The matches of the countries and their currencies are given below. Pick out the wrong match.
Algeria - Dinar
Albania - Euro
Angola - Kwanza
Argentina - Peso
The Tropic of Cancer divides India into ______ parts.
4
2
5
3
Which part of the Indian Constitution deals with citizenship?
4th
2nd
3rd
1st
The Prime Minister gets VVIP treatmeng everywhere because he was the Prime Minister of the country. What is the meaning of VVIP?
Very Very Ignorant Person
Very Very Intellectual Person
Very Very Important Person
Very Very Intelligent Person
How many types of gauges are used by Indian railways?
4
3
2
5
Dr. Sally Kristen Ride from Los Angeles, California, is an American physicist and a former NASA astronaut. She is the first American woman, and then youngest American to enter space. In which year she made this possible?
1998
1983
1925
1994
Which one of the following is a particular air that blows in Sudan?
Fryjem
Bora
Haboob
Mistral
In which one of the following countries Virat Nagar city is situated?
India
Nepal
China
Pakistan
When founded, the UNO replaced an organisation. Name it.
National League
League of Continents
League of Nations
International League
Take out the wrong statement regarding books and authors.
'यशोधरा' is a novel written by Maithili Sharan Gupta
Hazari Prasad Dwivedi is the author of 'तितली'
Rahul Sankrityayan is the author of 'वोल्गा से गंगा तक'
Hazari Prasad Dwivedi is the author of 'सुर साहित्य'
A ruler of Gupta dynasty is known as 'Napoleon of India'. Name the ruler.
Skandgupta
Kumargupta
Chandragupta I
Samudragupta
What is the currency of Sri Lanka?
Rupee
Taka
Rial
Kyat
Name the film actress who is the owner of Punjab Kings, a cricket team of Indian Premeire League.
Shilpa Shetty
Priyanka Chopra
Preity Zinta
Hema Malini
Who was the founder of the Mauryan Empire?
Chandragupta Maurya
King Nand
Brihadratha
Chanakya
Nile river at the end meets to which of the following seas?
Red Sea
Baltic Sea
Black Sea
Mediterranean Sea
Choose the correct statement out of the options given below.
Kutiyattam literally means "acting together". This is earliest classical dramatic act form of Kerala
Kutiyattam literally means "moving together". This is earliest classical dramatic act form of Kerala
Kutiyattam literally means "acting together". This is earliest modern dramatic act form of Kerala
All of these
The Faisal Mosque is the largest mosque in Pakistan and in South Asia and the sixth largest mosque in the world. In which city of Pakistan this mosque is it located?
Quetta
Lahore
Faisalabad
Islamabad
Which one of the following books has not been written by Kanhaiya Lal Mishra 'Prabhakar'?
Panch Tantra
Aakash ke Tare
Zindagi Muskurai
Nayee Peedhi Naye Vichar
Which one of the following statements is false?
Nigeria is a country
Nigeria is situated in african continent
The Capital of Nigeria is Rabat
Naira is the currency of Nigeria
PTO stands for:
Please Turn On
Please Turn Off
Please Take Over
Please Turn Over
Following are the matches regarding the national symbols of Pakistan. Find out the wrong match.
Qaumi tarana - National Anthem
Urdu - National Language
Banyan - National Tree
Faisal Mosque - National Mosque
Following are the matches of some artists and their particular arts. Find out the wrong match.
S Balachandran - Veena
Amrita Shergil - Painting
R.K Laxman - Cartoonist
Kelucharan Mahapatra - Singer
Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna Award is India's highest honour given for achievement in sports. When was this award instituted?
1991-92
1993-94
1994-96
1980-89
In which one of the following years UNO officially came into existence?
1949
1945
1956
1938
Which one of the following planets planets is smaller than the Earth?
Saturn
Uranus
Mercury
Jupiter
Nile is the longest river in the world which is located in:
Europe
Asia
Africa
North America
Madharasas are the schools of:
Hindus
Sikhs
Christians
Muslims
The name 'India' is derived from:
The Hindus
The Aryans
Lord Indra
The River Indus
Sea route to India was discovered by:
Christopher Colombus
Vasco da Gama
Fahien
Meghasthenes
Who among the following had founded the Central Hindu College at Varanasi, which was later converted into Banaras Hindu University?
Madan Mohan Malviya
Annie Besant
Bal Gangadhar Tilak
Jamna Lal Bajaj
In which year, first census was conducted in India?
1884
1872
1881
1856
Who is the first cricketer to hit 600 sixes in T20 cricket matches?
Suresh Raina
Brendon McCullum
Glenn Maxwell
Chris Gayle
Which city is known as 'The Electronic City of India'?
Mumbai
Hyderabad
Gurgaon
Bengaluru
'Eight Lives' is a book written by:
Savita Ambedkar
Rajmohan Gandhi
Dr. C. Subramanian
Raja Ramana
Jhalkaribai was an Indian revolutionary and a soldier in the women's army of Queen Laxmibai of Jhansi. In the battle of Jhansi during the rebellion of 1857, she disguised herself as the queen to let the queen escape out of the fort. This great revolutionary was the daughter of a ____________________.
Farmer
Engineer
Soldier
Saint
Who translated the Ramayana into Telugu as 'Rangnatha Ramayana'?
Krishnadev Raya
Nannaya
Tenali Ramakrishna
Gona Budha Reddy
Dollar is not the currency of which one of the following countries?
Suriname
USA
Bhutan
Barbados
Given below are some statements. Find out the false statement.
George Cross is an honour of United Kingdom
George Cross is the highest civilian honour of UK
The honour was instituted on 24th September 1940
The honour was instituted by a Prime Minister of England
Do you have a mastery in GK?
Yes
No
Let's see
Don't know
Nevermind
Who is the first Indian women to score a double century in test cricket?
Sandhya Agarwal
Diana Edulji
Anjum Chopra
Mithali Raj
Valentina Vladimirovna Tereshkova is the first woman to go to space. She belongs to which one of the following countries?
Japan
Saudi Arabia
Russia
South Korea
The picture shown above is of which city?
Johannesburg
Washington DC
Rio De Janeiro
Cape Town
Revolving door was invented in 1888. Who invented it?
Paul Walden
Theophilus Van Kannel
Barnes Wallis
James Watt
Bharat Ratna is India's highest civilian award for performance of highest order in any field of human endeavour. Who was the 1st recipient of this award?
C. Rajagopalachari
Mahatma Gandhi
Prithviraj Kapoor
Indira Gandhi
Mohammad Ghaznavi a ruler of Ghazni, Afghanistan attacked India how many times?
20
17
15
12
Padri ki Haveli is located in Patna, Bihar. What's this?
A museum
A royal palace
A storehouse
A church
____________________ is the abbreviated form of 'Sub-Inspector'.
SBI
SI
Sb In
S/I
Read the following statements carefully to separate the wrong one.
1st schedule of the Indian Constitution lists the states and union territories of India
Part 15 of the Indian Constitution deals with elections
Indian Constitution declares India as a sovereign, socialist, secular and democratic republic
It is the shortest written Constitution of any sovereign in the world
Civil services are considered the most prestigious job in India. Who is the 1st Indian to join the civil services?
Satyendranath Tagore
Jawahar Lal Nehru
Dr. Rajendra Prasad
S. Radhakrishnan
How are you playing?
Ok
Very nicely
Not nicely
Can't say
Take out the wrong statement out of the following options.
Pula is the currency of Botswana
The flag of Botswana was officially adopted on September 30, 1966
The flag of Botswana is bi-colour
The flag of Botswana is tri-colour
The statements given below are regarding the rivers of the world. See them carefully and find out the false one.
Kushkokwim is a river in United Kingdom
Fly is a river of Papua New Guinea and Indonesia
Guaviare is a river in Colombia
Tennessee is a river in United States of America
Subrhamanyam Bharti has the credit to write books like Kayilpattu, Kannanpattu and Panchali Shapatham. He was the writer of which one of the following languages?
Malayalam
Hindi
Punjabi
Tamil
Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel International Airport is located in Gujarat. In which city of Gujarat it is located?
Gandhinagar
Ahmedabad
Bhuj
Jamnagar
Udham Singh was a Sikh Indian independence activist, best known for killing General Dyer, the culprit of Jallianwala Bagh Massacre. He was also known with another name. What was it?
Azad Singh
Mohammad Singh Azad
Ram Mohammad Singh Azad
Ram Singh Azad
Who among the following was the king of a powerful kingdom in Ancient India?
Ashoka
Chanakya
Kalidas
Ved Vyas
Given below are the names of some rulers of Medieval India. Which one of the following is not a ruler of slave dynasty?
Iltutmish
Qutubuddin Aibak
Balban
Jahangir
The British Museum is the largest museum in the world. Located in London, it is the museum of human history and culture. The museum was founded on the basis of the collections of a person. Name the person.
Sir Hans Sloane
Margret Thatcher
King George II
All of these
Name the first dog to go into space.
Laika
Robotica
Tigrina
Solanum
Lev is the currency of which one of the following countries?
Bulgaria
Cameroon
Burundi
Burkina Faso
Quit India movement was an important event during freedom struggle against Britishers. Give the date of its beginning.
21st August, 1920
9th August, 1942
7th August, 1942
9th November, 1941
SAI is an apex national sports body. What does SAI stands for?
State Authority of India
Sports Authority International
Sports Academy of India
Sports Authority of India
Which is the highest peace time gallantry award given for some daring or prominent act of valour away from the battlefield?
Ashok Chakra
Vir Chakra
Maha Vir Chakra
Param Vir Chakra
Bhand Pather is a performing act of which state?
Karnataka
Jammu & Kashmir
Rajasthan
Tamil Nadu
The O'Brien Theatre is a world famous cinema hall and a place for other performing acts in the town of Arnprior, Ontario. In which country this theatre is located?
Egypt
Canada
France
Ireland
In which of the following countries the headquarters of UNO is located?
Russia
UK
France
USA
Name the southern most end point of India.
Jawahar Point
Indira Point
Gandhi Point
Rajendra Point
The Constitution of India adopted many things from different countries. Which one of the following things has not been taken from Britian?
Directive principles
Single citizenship
Parliamentary system
Responsibility of cabinet to the Parliament
Alessandro Volta invented battery. THe inventor belonged to which country?
Iran
Canada
Italy
Colombia
Find the name of a film artist out of the options given below.
Keshav Shankar Patil
A. K. Haider
Anupam Kher
Sudhir Dhar
'Bull Fighting' is the national game of which country?
USA
England
Pakistan
Spain
Which one of the following was a play back singer?
R. D. Burman
Mohammad Rafi
Ashok Kumar
Sunil Dutt
Which one of the following hill stations is located in Uttarakhand?
Shillong
Darjeeling
Almora
Kulu Valley
Company A has a very dynamic HRD officer. What does HRD mean?
Human Resource Development
Human Response Development
Human Recruiting Department
Huge Resource Development
'छाया मत छूना मन' is a famous book. Name the author of this book.
Himanshu Joshi
Krishna Sobti
Hazari Prasad Dwivedi
Mohan Rakesh
Lords, located in England is called Mecca of a game. Name the game.
Billiards
Lawn Tennis
Football
Cricket
Electric current is measured by:
commutator
anemometer
ammeter
voltmeter
The humidity of the air depends upon:
temperature
location
weather
All of these
Who is the author of the book "To cancer, with Love: My Journey of Joy"
Yuvraj Singh
Preeti Shenoy
Anita Moorjani
Neelam Kumar
Pradhan Mantri Ujjwala Yojana is associated with:
Child education
Corruption free India
Eradicating child labour
Free LPG connections to women
Prime Minister Narendra Modi has launched the India's 1st Solar powered-e-boats in which city?
Kanpur
Allahabad
Varanasi
Patna
The Mukurthi National Park is located in which state of India?
Odisha
Kerala
Karnataka
Tamil Nadu
Who became the 4th Indian shooter to qualify for 2016 Rio olympics in men's Air Rifle event?
Abhinav Bindra
Sanjeev Rajput
Bhim Singh
Rani Sarnobat
Which American President was a famous film/TV star before he became the president?
Barack Obama
Ronald Regan
Donald Trump
George W. Bush
Which bollywood actress is popularly known as 'Dream Girl'?
Raveena Tandon
Hema Malini
Rekha
Madhuri Dixit
Chapchar Kut is a festival celebrated in the state of:
Mizoram
Arunachal Pradesh
Karnataka
Tamil Nadu
