Quiz 51| Indian History Questions for UPSC Exam

1.The Battle of Talikota was fought in the year ?

A. 1586
B. 1565



2.Hiuen Tsang, the Chinese pilgrim, visited India during the reign of ?

A. Ashoka
B. Harshavardhana
C. Chandragupta I
D. Kanishka



3.Who among the following scholars was the first to visit India ?

A. Ibn-Batutah
B. Marco Polo
C. Fa-Hien
D. Hiuen Tsang



4.Black Hole Episode was the main cause of?

A. Battle of Wandiwash
B. Battle of Haldighati
C. Battle of Plassey
D. Battle of Buxar



5.The first to invade India out of the following were ?

A. Turks
B. Mongols
C. Arabs
D. Afghans



6.Changiz Khan invaded India during the rule of ?

A. Balban
B. Ala-ud-din Khilji
C. Iltutmish
D. Qutubuddin Aibak



7.The historical source attributed to Megasthenes is ?

A. Indica
B. The Periplus of the Erythrean Sea
C. Naturalis Historia



8.Who looted the temple of Somnath?

A. Mohammad Ghori
B. Nadir Shah
C. Mahmood of Ghazni
D. Changhiz Khan



9.Alberuni came to India with ?

A. Alexander
B. Timur
C. Babur
D. Mahmud of Ghazni



10.Nadir Shah invaded India during the reign of ?

A. Bahadur Shah
B. Farrukhsiyar
C. Muhammed Shah
D. Shah Alam



11.Akbar defeated Rana Pratap in the Battle of Haldighati in the year ?

A. 1596
B. 1576
C. 1570
D. 1588



12.The Battle of Kanwah was fought between ?

A. Babar and Rana Sangha
B. Akbar and Rana Sangram Singh
C. Babar and Hemu



13.The Third Battle of Panipat was fought in the year ?

A. 1739
B. 1757
C. 1761
D. 1707



14.Ibn - Batutah visited India during the reign of Sultan ?

A. Muhammad Tughlaq
B. Sikander Lodhi
C. Ala-ud-din Khilji



15.Mahmud of Ghazni attacked India mainly ?

A. To spread Islam
B. To establish his empire
C. To plunder the wealth of India



16.Akbar defeated Rana Pratap in the Battle of Haldighati in?

A. 1596
B. 1576



17.Chengez Khan was a?

A. Mongol
B. Turk



18.The Battle of Kanwah was fought between ?

A. Babar and Rana Sangha
B. Akbar and Rana Pratap
C. Babar and Hemu



19.The Third Battle of Panipat was fought between ?

A. Marathas and Britishers
B. Rajputs and Britishers
C. Marathas and Afghans



20.The term Macedonia's Madman referred to ?

A. Xerxes
B. Darius
C. Alexander
D. Philip II



21.The First Battle of Panipat was fought between ?

A. Hemu and Babar
B. Babar and Ibrahim Lodhi
C. Akbar and Hemu



22.Alberuni, the famous historian came to India in?

A. 9th century A.D.
B. 16th century A.D.
C. 10th century A.D.



23.Porus was defeated by Alexander @ the Battle of ?

A. Herat
B. Kabul
C. Hydaspes



24.The first Hun invasion took place during the reign of ?

A. Yasodharman
B. Kanishka
C. Skandagupta
D. Samudragupta



25.The Second Battle of Panipat was fought between ?

A. Akbar and Hemu
B. Clive and Siraj-ud-Daula
C. Babar and Rana Sanga

Quiz 50 | Taj Mahal Quiz

1.On Which river is Taj Mahal situated?



2.Which Mughal emperor built Taj Mahal and how many years did it take to complete?



3.In whose memory was Taj Mahal built?



4.Name the main architect of the Taj Mahal.



5.What is the style followed in the layout of the gardens called?



6.What is Taj Mahal type of building called?



7.What kind of trees line the pathway to the Taj Mahal?



8.From whom did the emperor buy land to build the Taj?



9.What do the four water-channels in the garden signify?



10.Name the monument located in Maharashtra which was built in imitation of the Taj Mahal.

Quiz 49 | Current Affairs for All Exams

1.Who has been named as the honorary ambassador for the 2014 World Cup to be held in Brazil?

A. Pele
B. Jaime Nualart
C. Hermine Poppeller



2.As per this report , what fraction of the opinion says that Politicians are most corrupt in India?

A. 58%
B. 43%
C. 21%



3.President Pratibha patil recently said that Govt. would consolidate its flagship National Rural Health Mission programme and revive vaccine producing units in the public sector to support the immunization programme. In which year NRHM was launched?

A. 2002
B. 2005
C. 2007



4.The India-France deal for civil nuclear corporation, which came into force in January 2010, had been signed between the two countries in

A. September 2008
B. October 2008
C. November 2008



5.As of March 2008, how many state owned companies in India were Loss making enterprises?

A. 45
B. 54
C. 62



6.Name the social activist who was on 7 April 2011 announced the winner of the 2011 Rabindranath Tagore Peace Prize by the Indian Institute of Planning and Management (IIPM).

A. Anna Hazare
B. Medha Patkar
C. Prakash Pohare
D. Mirai Chatterjee



7.S.C. Chetal took over as Director of which of the following bodies in India on 29 April 2011?

A. Bhabha Atomic Research Centre
B. Fast Breeder Test Reactor (FBTR) Center
C. Indira Gandhi Centre for Atomic Research
D. BARC Training School



8.India successfully test fired indigenously developed air-to-air interceptor missile with an 80 km range from Chandipur in Orissa first on 20 May and then again on 21 May 2011. The missile is one of the smallest missiles developed by the DRDO in terms of s

A. Astra
B. Prithvi Air Defence (PAD)
C. Advanced Air Defense Missile
D. Dhanush



9.For the fiscal 2009-10, with Centres net tax revenue estimated at Rs 5,00,096 crore and Revenue expenditure at Rs 8,48,085 crore. What fraction of the GDP is revenue deficit & fiscal deficit respectively ?

A. 4% & 4.5%
B. 4% & 5.5 %
C. 5.5% & 4%



10.The percentage upto which FDI in defence sector is allowed is—

A. 27 per cent
B. 26 per cent
C. 30 per cent
D. 35 per cent



11.India's exports fell for the ninth month in a row in June 2009 , by what fraction?

A. 21.5 %
B. 27.7 %
C. 29.3 %



12.Five top United Nations officials have urged world leaders to 'seal the deal' at Copenhagen Convention in December 2009 . This convention will be around the issue of ________?

A. Nuclear non proliferation
B. Climate Change
C. Terrorism



13.Which of the following public sector banks will complete 100 years of its establishment on December 21, 2011?

A. Axis Bank
B. Central Bank of India
C. State bank
D. UCO Bank



14.What is the height of Burj Dubai which is officially opening on January 4?

A. 620.5 meters
B. 658 meters
C. 718 meters
D. 818 meters



15.Name the country that tops the Human Development Index (HDI) in the Human Development Report 2010.

A. Norway
B. United States
C. Australia
D. New Zealand



16.Prime Minister’s Council on Climate Change has approved in principle the National Mission on Enhanced Energy Efficiency which targets—

A. 10 per cent energy saving by 2012
B. 5 per cent energy saving by 2015
C. 9 per cent energy saving by 2012
D. None of the above



17.The Parliament of Bangladesh passed the bill to scrap the system of caretaker government holding general elections. What is the name of the bill?

A. The Constitution (15th Amendment) Bill, 2011
B. The Constitution (14th Amendment) Bill, 2011
C. The Constitution (15th Amendment) Bill, 2010
D. The Constitution (13th Amendment) Bill, 2011



18.Based on the recommendations of the Board for Restructuring of Public Sector Enterprises, the government has approved revival or restructuring of how many PSUs recently ?

A. 10
B. 15
C. 20



19.Name the person who took over as the fourth deputy governor of Reserve Bank of India recently.

A. S. Venkitaramanan
B. Amitav Ghosh
C. Anand Sinha
D. Rakesh Malhotra



20.Delhi University has conferred an honorary doctorate degree for the first time on a film personality. Who is that film personality ?

A. Dileep Kumar
B. Amitabh Bachchan
C. Shabana Azmi
D. Dev Anand



21.‘BANCON’ is the Annual Summit of banking sector. Which company sponsored the December 2010 summit that was organised in Mumbai?

A. Axis Bank
B. ICICI Bank
C. Central Bank of India
D. State Bank Of India



22.According to data from an international organisation India’s growth in 2010 was 10.4% higher than that of China which recorded a growth of 10.3%. Name the organisation.

A. International Monetary Fund
B. World Bank
C. Asian Development Bank
D. World Trade organisation



23.Record food grain production helped to reduce to food inflation to a four month low for the week ending 26 March 2011. What was the inflation percentage for the week?

A. 9.18%
B. 9.25%
C. 9.21%
D. 9.36%



24.Commonwealth Games 2014 will be held at

A. London
B. Rio de Janerio
C. Melbourne
D. Glasgow



25.Who among the following will host 5th CISM World Military games 2011?

A. Russia
B. China
C. Italy
D. Brazil

Quiz 48 | Basic General Knowledge Quiz

1.Which country produces about half of the world’s emeralds?

A. Colombia
B. Burma
C. Australia



2.Where did McDonald’s open its first restaurant?

A. San Bernadino, California
B. Chicago, Illinois
C. Dallas, Texas



3.Who first invented and patented roller skates?

A. J.H. Glee
B. Perer Gosling
C. John Joseph Merlin



4.Which American poet recited a poem at John F. Kennedy’s inauguration in 1961?

A. Edward Snow
B. Robert Frost
C. Robert Bidart



5.Which student of Aristotle became the king of Macedonia in 332 BC?

A. Alexander the Great
B. Mark Antony
C. Attila the Hun



6.From which country was playwright Henrik Ibsen from?

A. Norway
B. Denmark
C. Austria



7.Who was named “The Great Liberator” because he helped free much of South America from Spanish rule?

A. Che Guevara
B. Simon Bolivar
C. Bernardo O’Higgins



8.When Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin were on the moon, who was in the command module?

A. John Gleen
B. Michael Collins
C. Jim Lovell



9.Which British Prime Minister made the famous “Iron Curtain” Speech in March 1946?

A. Winston Churchill
B. Clement Attlee
C. Margaret Thatcher



10.Which creature is composed of 95 percent water and has no heart, virtually no brain and no blood?

A. Cockroach
B. Jelly Fish
C. Sea Horse



11.What was first used extensively in World War II on soldiers with serious wounds, saving many lives?

A. Carbonic Acid
B. Bandages
C. Penicillin



12.Stockholm, the capital of Sweden, is built on how many small islands which are connected by about 50 bridges?

A. 44
B. 14
C. 18



13.Which country’s flag formerly had a large ‘R’ on it?

A. Romania
B. Rwanda
C. Russia



14.The sea of Galilee is located in which country?

A. Yemen
B. Israel
C. Syria



15.Who wrote the novel To the Lighthouse?

A. Stella Gibbons
B. Tom Wolfe
C. Virginia Woolf



16.Which country’s flag has a green five-pointed star called ‘Solomon’s seal’ on a red background?

A. Algeria
B. Peru
C. Morocco



17.With which industry are the Emmy Awards associated?

A. Music
B. Television
C. Film



18.Nakba Day is celebrated by the people of _______

A. Palestine
B. Egypt
C. Syria



19.Bharat Mata or Mother India was the work of the painter __________

A. M.F. Husain
B. Abanindranath Tagore
C. Tyeb Mehta



20.The ukulele is a

A. Musical instrument
B. Tool
C. Delicacy

Quiz 47 | General knowledge for Bank Probationary Officers Exam Questions

1.In which of these is the island nation of Maldives located?

A. Bay of Bengal
B. Indian Ocean
C. Arabian Ocean



2.How many times does the digit 1 appear from 0 to 100?

A. 21
B. 42
C. 39



3.The Big Dipper, a pattern of seven stars, is part of the constellation...

A. Canis Major
B. Orion
C. Ursa Major



4.What is the equivalent of “chaar anna” after India decimalised its currency?

A. 50 paise
B. 25 paise
C. 75 paise



5.On standard playing dice what number is directly opposite one?

A. 4
B. 2
C. 6



6.What is the Japanese art of folding paper into decorative objects called?

A. Jujitsu
B. Kamikaze
C. Origami



7.The Battle of Gettysburg, described as the turning point in the American Civil War, took place in which American state?

A. Virginia
B. Pennsylvania
C. South Carolina



8.In which jail did Pandit Nehru write The Discovery of India?

A. Port Blair
B. Naini
C. Ahmednagar



9.Bhaskara II’s work Lilavati is a treatise on which subject?

A. Mathematics
B. Religion
C. Family life



10.Which musician’s autobiography is Raga Mala?

A. Pandit Ravi Shankar
B. Kishori Amonkar
C. Ustad Amjad Ali Khan



11.What is a triangle with no equal sides called?

A. Rectangle
B. Scalene
C. Trapezium



12.What was the nationality of Roald Amundsen, the first person to reach the South Pole?

A. Norwegian
B. Finnish
C. British



13.The Little Mermaid sits on a rock in the harbor of which European capital city?

A. London
B. Copenhagen
C. Oslo



14.In 1884, William Le Baron Jenney built the world’s first skyscraper. In which city was it erected?

A. New York
B. Paris
C. Chicago



15.How many spikes are there in the Statue of Liberty crown?

A. 12
B. 7
C. 6



16.Who was the first English writer to be awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature?

A. Charles Dickens
B. Agatha Christie
C. Rudyard Kipling



17.Who is the supreme god in Germanic mythology?

A. Siegfried
B. Odin
C. Wotan



18.How many balls are used in a game of English billiards?

A. 12
B. 3
C. 7



19.Which serving vice-president of the United States killed a former US treasury secretary in a pistol duel?

A. George Clinton
B. Aaron Burr
C. Theodore Roosevelt



20.How many basic types of taste are identified by the human tongue?

A. 16
B. 12
C. 5



21.Which sea links the Asian mainland and Japan?

A. South China Sea
B. Timor Sea
C. Sea of Japan



22.Which famous author also wrote under the pseudonym Mary Westmacott?

A. Rebecca West
B. Virginia Woolf
C. Agatha Christie



23.Who was the first European to sail to the southern tip of Africa?

A. Ferdinand Magellan
B. Marco Polo
C. Bartolomeu Diaz



24.Who patented the first multishot(more than two shots) gun, the Defence Gun, the earliest ancestor of the machine gun?

A. Hiram Maxim
B. Richard J. Gatling
C. James Puckle



25.What is measured using a sphygmomanometer?

A. Skull size
B. Blood pressure
C. Humidity

Quiz 46 | India V England Test Match Special Quiz

1.Douglas Jardine captained England in their first Test against India at Lord's in 1932. Where was he born?



2.Apart from Jardine, Who is the only other Indian-born English captain to lead against the land of his birth?



3.Who is the only cricketer to have represented both India and England?



4.What is the highest score in India/England Test matches?



5.Who dropped Graham Gooch in the above innings when he was on 36?



6.Where did Sachin Tendulkar score his maiden Test century?



7.What was unique in Alec Bedser's career, both against India in 1946?



8.Who scored the first century for India in Test cricket?



9.What is the worst start to a Test Innings?



10.Why is the 1952 Lord's Test known as 'Mankad's Match'?



11.What were the three records set by Yajurvendra Singh against England at Bangalore in 1977?



12.Who is the highest wicket taker in a series for India against England?



13.Who is the only Indian bowler to take 10 wickets or more in a Test on English soil?



14.Which Indian cricketer has made the maximum number of tours to England before the current series?



15.Who were the two captains for the 1980 Golden Jubilee Test match held in Bombay?



16.Who was the English batsman recalled by the Indian captain after being given out in the above Test?



17.Which was the only Test match in which Indian fielded their four spinners Bishan Bedi, S. Venkataraghavan. EAS Prasanna and BS Chandrasekhar?



18.In which year did Mansur Ali Khan, the Nawab of Padaudi jr. lead India to England?



19.Who was the Indian captain when India won a Test match for the first time in 1952?



20.Name the Indian opening pair who had century status at Old Trafford 10 years apart, both in 1936 and 1946?



21.Who are the only two Indian captains to lead the side in more than one series in England?



22.What was unique about the batting averages of the two sides in the 1971 India/England series?



23.Who was the English batsmen who was dropped for slow batting after scoring 246 not out in the first Test at Headingley in 1967?



24.Who is the only visiting batsman to score three Test centuries at Lord's?



25.When was the only occasion in which India whitewashed England in a series?

Quiz 45 | 2000 Test match Cricket Quiz

1.Who are the only two batsmen to score a century in their first and only test matches?



2.What is the highest score by a batsman on his Test debut?



3.Who is the only fielder to take over 200 Test catches?



4.Which two bowlers took 16 wickets on their Test debut?



5.Which cricketer holds the unique record of having 11 stumpings and claiming 11 wickets in his test career?



6.Who holds the record for most wickets in a Test series?



7.Who was the first bowler to reach 300 Test wickets?



8.Which two records did England's Andy Sandham set when he scored 325 against the West Indies at Kingston in 1930?



9.Who was the first Indian batsman to score a century in both innings of a Test match?



10.Who are the only father and son pair to both score centuries on Test debut?



11.Who are the only father and son pair to carry their bats through a completed innings?



12.Who was the first batsman to score a double century and century in the same Test?



13.Who is the only Indian bowler to take a wicket with his first ball in Test cricket?



14.Who is the only Test cricketer to also be part of a World Cup football squad?



15.Who is the only bowler to take 10 or more wickets in his first and only Test match?



16.Who was the first bowler to take a Test hat-trick?



17.Three West Indian wicket-keepers share the same surname but are not related. Who are they?



18.Name the venues of the only two tied matches in Test history?



19.Who is the only Test cricketer to have won a medal at the olympics?



20.How many times has a team lost after enforcing the follow-on?



21.Name the legendary three 'Ws' of West Indies cricket, all from Barbados.



22.Which umpire holds the record for standing in the maximum number of Test matches?



23.Which is the only country to have won a Test match on their maiden tour of England?



24.Who scored England's first Test century?



25.Who bowled Bon Bradman for a duck in his final Test innings?

Quiz 44 | History Questions for Civil Service Exam

1.'Cripps Mission' came to India in ?

A. 1928
B. 1940
C. 1942
D. 1945



2.Who wrote the book 'India Divided' ?

A. Dr. Rajendra Prasad
B. M. A. Jinnah
C. Sardar Patel



3.The Nagara, the Dravida and the Vesara are?

A. 3 main linguistic divisions of India
B. 3 main styles of Indian temple architecture



4.Before ascending the Maurya throne, Ashoka served as a Viceroy of ?

A. Taxila
B. Kaushambi
C. Pataliputra
D. Tosali



5.Sanchi is famous for ?

A. Cave paintings
B. The rock edicts of Ashoka
C. The largest Buddhist Stupa
D. Rock- cut temples



6.First metallic coin used in India, (first by Indo-Greeks) was in?

A. Bihar and eastern U.P.
B. Western India
C. Central India



7.Who was the first ruler to annex any part of the Deccan to the Mughal empire ?

A. Jahangir
B. Aurangzeb
C. Humayun
D. Akbar



8.Which of the later Gupta rulers was a contemporary and ally of Harshavardhana ?

A. Mahasena Gupta
B. Kamarupa
C. Madhava Gupta



9.The Mahajanapada which gained prominence to become an empire was ?

A. Kasi
B. Magadha
C. Kosala
D. Avanti



10.During the reign of which emperor was the artillery most perfect and numerous ?

A. Jahangir
B. Shahjahan
C. Akbar
D. Aurangzeb



11.After the decline of the Guptas, a large part of North India was reunited by ?

A. Saka Satraps
B. Chalukyas
C. Rajputs



12.Lingayat movement owes its origin to ?

A. Purandharadasa
B. Vidyaranya
C. Appar
D. Basava



13.Who was the founder of the Nanda dynasty ?

A. Ashoka Nanda
B. Dhana Nanda
C. Mahapadma Nanda



14.Ahmad Shah built the capital city of Ahmedabad on the site of the old town of ?

A. Idar
B. Sidhpur
C. Asawal
D. Sabarmati



15.Who had founded the 'Anushilan Samiti' ?

A. P. Mitra
B. Varindra Ghosh
C. V. D. Savarkar
D. Narendra Gosain



16.The Second Battle of Panipat was fought during the reign of ?

A. Humayun
B. Aurangzeb
C. Akbar
D. Babar



17.Fahien came to India during the reign of ?

A. Chandragupta Vikramaditya
B. Ashoka
C. Harshavardhana
D. Chandragupta Maurya



18.The First Battle of Panipat was fought in the year ?

A. 1764
B. 1776
C. 1526
D. 1527



19.The invasion of Huns first took place during the rule of ?

A. Gupta
B. Kushans
C. Mauryas
D. Nandas



20.Immediate cause of invasion of Ahmad Shah Abdali on India was ?

A. He had a strong army
B. The Indian rulers were weak



21.Which land available during Mughal times did not yield any land revenue to the state?

A. Raiyvati lands
B. Sayurghal lands



22.Among the following, whose empire was the largest ?

A. Aurangzeb
B. Jehangir
C. Babar
D. Akbar



23.The coin rupia was first issued by ?

A. Akbar
B. Muhammad-bin-Tughlaq
C. Sher Shah
D. Ala-ud-din Khilji



24.Which of the following renders a proof of trade with Rome in old times ?

A. Harappa
B. Ropar
C. Mohenjodaro
D. Lothal



25.The first Muslim invasion of India was led by ?

A. Mahmud Ghazni
B. Timur Lane
C. Muhammad Ghori
D. Muhammad bin Kasim

Quiz 43 | General Studies for Preliminary Civil Service Exam

1.Which of the following is the Central Personnel Agency in India?

A. Union Public Service Commission
B. Ministry of Home Affairs
C. Department of Personnel and Training
D. Staff Selection Board



2.On whose recommendation was constituent assembly formed?

A. Government of India Act 1935
B. Cripps Mission
C. Cabinet Mission Plan
D. Mountbatten Plan



3.What is the unit of Atmospheric Pressure?

A. Bar
B. Knot
C. Joule
D. Ohm



4.Nirmal Gram Puraskar is associated with

A. Health
B. Sanitation
C. Rural Sports
D. Education



5.What is literacy rate of India?

A. 74 %
B. 75 %
C. 76 %
D. 80 %



6.Which international organisation got Nobel Peace Prize for the most number of times?

A. United Nations
B. Amnesty International
C. International Committee of the Red Cross
D. United Nations International Children Emergency Fund



7.The fundamental duties are binding on which of the following?

A. Citizens only
B. All individuals
C. Citizens excluding minor
D. All individuals excluding minor



8.The Muslim League adopted the resolution for a seperate nation in the year.

A. 1907
B. 1922
C. 1931
D. 1940



9.The only inversion where the inversion layer is the odd one out is

A. Solar Heat
B. Atmospheric Heat
C. Terrestrial Heat
D. Latent Heat



10.Photochemical smog occurs in

A. Cool and humid climate
B. Warm, dry and sunny climate
C. Cool, dry and sunny climate
D. Warm and humid climate



11.What material is used to make electric heater coil?

A. Copper
B. Iron
C. Silver
D. Ni chrome



12.The illustrious names of Aryabhatta and Varahamihir are associated with age of the

A. Guptas
B. Kushanas
C. Mauryas
D. Palas



13.Medical tourism is related to

A. Cancer patients undertaking tours and travels
B. All patients going on a vacation
C. A tourist spot having primary health care facilities
D. A package covering travel, stay, medical/treatment and the like



14.Kalpakkam Nuclear Power Plant is situated at

A. Tamil Nadu
B. Kerala
C. Karnataka
D. Andhra Pradesh



15.What is testosterone pro hormone?

A. Sport stimulant
B. Drug to treat breast cancer
C. Drug to treat HIV
D. Drug to treat thyroid aliment



16.The device which transfer the signal from low resistance region to high resistance region is

A. Diode
B. Transistor
C. Capacitor
D. Inductor



17.Which one among the following is a strong smelling agent added to LPG cylinder to help in the detection of gas leakage?

A. Ethanol
B. Thioethanol
C. Methane
D. Chloroform



18.Who was the first Indian woman who won a gold medal in Asian Games?

A. P.T. Usha
B. Sunita Rani
C. Shiny Abraham
D. Kamaljit Sandhu



19.When were the first recorded Olympics held?

A. 825 BC
B. 776 BC
C. 320 BC
D. 80 AD



20.Who discovered the atom bomb?

A. Madam Curie
B. Pierre Curie
C. Otto Hahn
D. Albert Einstein



21.Kudremugh Iron - ore is exported from these two ports

A. Kandla and Mumbai
B. Marmugoa and Mangalore
C. Kochi and Tuticorin
D. Paradip and Kolkata



22.Which of the following states has decided in principle to abolish the Local Area Development Fund allotted to members of the state legislature?

A. Kerala
B. Maharashtra
C. Bihar
D. Rajasthan



23.Which of the following day is observed as "National Voters Day" in India?

A. January 26
B. January 25
C. August 15
D. May 1



24.Which one among the following has the highest energy?

A. Blue light
B. Green light
C. Red light
D. Yellow light



25.In which city was the car company Fiat SpA founded?

A. Turin
B. Rome
C. Florence

Quiz 42 | General Studies 226-250 for UPSC Exam

226.Which is the brightest planet as seen from the earth?

A. Venus
B. Mars
C. Jupiter
D. Mercury



227.India is self - sufficient in the production of all vaccines except

A. Measles
B. Polio
C. BCG
D. DPT



228.The court language of the Mughals was

A. Urdu
B. Hindi
C. Arabic
D. Persian



229.Who among the following introduced the permanent settlement of Bengal?

A. Warren Hastings
B. Lord William Bentinck
C. Lord Cornwallis
D. Lord Dalhousie



230.The Siwalik Hills have been made out of the debris coming from the

A. Himalaya
B. Satluj valley
C. Ganga valley
D. Southern Pentmula



231.Who among the following was called the 'Father of political unrest in India'?

A. Dadabhai Naoroji
B. Bal Gangadhar Tilak
C. Mahatma Gandhi
D. Sardar Bhagat Singh



232.The walls of the hall built for music concerts should

A. Amplify sound
B. Absorb sound
C. Transmit sound
D. Reflect sound



233.Which of the following planets rotates on its axis from east to west?

A. Neptune
B. Pluto
C. Saturn
D. Uranus



234.Bharat Ratana is the highest civilian award of India, which was the first given in the year and to the person.

A. Year 1948, C.V. Raman
B. Year 1952, Lata Mangeshkar
C. Year 1953, V. Krishnamurty
D. Year 1954, Dr. Radhakrishnan



235.Raring and management of silk moth on large scale is known as

A. Sericulture
B. Apiculture
C. Pisciculture
D. None of these



236.The function of DNA in the body is

A. To help in release of energy
B. Control heredity
C. To help in the synthesis of protein
D. Bigenesis of the mitochondria



237.Pure water can be obtained from sea water by the process of

A. Filtration
B. Distillation
C. Evaporation
D. Fractional distillation



238.Who is known as 'the Father of Geometry'?

A. Pythagoras
B. Euclid
C. Aristotle
D. Kepler



239.Musquito can be a vector for following disease except

A. Yellow fever
B. Dengue fever
C. Filaria
D. Kala - Azar



239.With which one of the following rivers is the OmKareshwar project associated?

A. Chambal
B. Narmada
C. Tapi
D. Bhima



240.The East India Company secured the Diwani from

A. Suja-ud-Daulah
B. Aurangzeb
C. Bahadur Shah I
D. Shah Alam II



241.Which one of the following is not an electromagnetic wave?

A. Radiowave
B. X - ray
C. Visible light
D. Sound wave



242.The world's tallest free-standing structure is

A. Eiffel Tower
B. Leaning Tower of Pisa
C. CN Tower
D. Qutab Minar



243.Which is the world's smallest country?

A. Sri Lanka
B. Trinidad
C. Vatican city
D. Indonesia



244.Who started the work of Census?

A. Lord Mayo
B. Lord Lytton
C. Lord Ripon
D. Lord Curzon



245.Which of the following instruments is used to measure humidity?

A. Kata Thermometer
B. Anemometer
C. Sling Psychrometer
D. Clinical Thermometer



246.Which one of the following rivers forms an estuary?

A. Narmada
B. Kaveri
C. Krishna
D. Mahanadi



247.The Central Institute of Indian Language (CIIL) is situated at

A. Hyderabad
B. Mysore
C. Bhopal
D. Gwalior



248.Who among the following founded the Muslim League?

A. Agha Khan and Salimullah Khan
B. Agha Khan and Jinnah
C. Sir Sayyid Ahmed Khan
D. None of the above



249.The most toxic metal pollutant of the automobile exhaust is

A. Copper
B. Lead
C. Cadmium
D. Mercury



250.Which of the following reactions takes place in photography?

A. Endothermic
B. Exothermic
C. Photochemical
D. None of these