Miscellaneous GK-2

Miscellaneous GK-2

1. Name the Chola ruler who sent an embassy of 72 merchants to China in AD 1077?

(A) Rajendra-I

(B) Rajaraja-II

(C) Kulottunga-I

(D) Kulottunga-II

2. Who among the following gave maximum resistance to the British?

(A) Mughals

(B) Marathas

(C) Rajputs

(D) Sikhs

3. Who among the following was the first to make use of artillery in warfare during the medieval period in India?

(A) Akbar

(B) Babur

(C) Ibrahim Lodhi

(D) Sher Shah Suri

4. Which one of the following region came under the direct administration of the English East India Company after the third Anglo-Mysore war?

(A) Malabar

(B) Kanara

(C) Travancore

(D) Tanjore

5. National Payments Corporation of India, the umbrella organisation for all digital payments in the country has launched new mobile aap for digital payment called

(A) PayTM

(B) BHIM (Bharat Interface for Money)

(C) UPI

(D) PayU Money

6. "A Passion For Dance" was written by

(A) Rukmani Dev Arundale

(B) Dr. Padma Subramanyam

(C) Sonal Man Singh

(D) Yamini Krishnamurthy

7. Which is the International Dance?

(A) Romantic Dance

(B) Bibhu

(C) Odissi

(D) Chau

8. Compact discs, (according to the original CD specifications) hold how many minutes of music?

(A) 74 mins

(B) 90 mins

(C) 56 mins

(D) 60 mins

9. What was the earlier name of music director A.R. Rehman?

(A) Dev Kumar

(B) Raj Kumar

(C) Dileep Kumar

(D) Manoj Kumar

10. Who amongst the following has lunched a new venture named blogeverywhere.com?

(A) Azim Premji

(B) Bill Gates

(C) Narayan Murthy

(D) Sabeer Bhatia

11. K. S. Ranjit Singhji was

(A) First Field Marshal

(B) First Indian test Cricketer

(C) First Bar-at-law

(D) First Air marshal

12. The first Indian awarded the Oscar for lifetime achievements in Cinema was

(A) Amitabh Bachchan

(B) Satyajit Ray

(C) Bhanu Athaiya

(D) Shivaji Ganeshan

13. First woman speaker of Loksabha was

(A) Smt Margarate Alva

(B) Sorojini Naidu

(C) Meira Kumar

(D) Indira Gandhi

14. Who was the first woman president of the UN General Assembly?

(A) Aruna Asif Ali

(B) Vijaya Lakshmi Pandit

(C) Sarojini Naidu

(D) Virginia Woolf

15. Which among the following countries whose National Anthem has only music not words

(A) India

(B) Bahrain

(C) Germany

(D) Spain

16. Samba dance is famous in

(A) Brazil

(B) Peru

(C) Argentina

(D) Mexico

17. Rouff is a folk dance. It has its origin in?

(A) Assam

(B) Mizoram

(C) Kashmir

(D) Himachal Pradesh

18. ________ is son of Ustad Allah Rakha

(A) Ustad Jakir Hussain

(B) Ustad Amjad Ali Khan

(C) Ustad Bismillah Khan

(D) None of these

19. Indian classical dance has been popularized abroad by:

(A) Malaika Arora

(B) Gopi Krishna

(C) Uday Shankar

(D) Yamini Krishnamurti

20. The Bharat Bill Payment System(BBPS) is a centralised system created by the

(A) National Payments Corporation

(B) State Bank of India

(C) ICICI Bank

(D) Axis Bank

21. Which of the following countries recently introduce Right to Information (RTI) Act ?

(A) Nepal

(B) Sri Lanka

(C) Bhutan

(D) Singapore

22. Who among the following was the winner of best actress in 62nd Hindi Filmfare Awards 2017?

(A) Alia Bhatt

(B) Kangna Ranawat

(C) Sonam Kapoor

(D) Katrina Kaif

23. Who among the following was the winner of best actor in 62nd Hindi Filmfare Awards 2017 ?

(A) Shahid Kapoor

(B) Amir Khan

(C) Manoj Bajpayee

(D) Ranbeer Singh

24. Which one of the following movies get the 62nd Hindi Filmfare Awards 2017 ?

(A) Udta Punjab

(B) Sultan

(C) Pink

(D) Dangal

25. Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed al Nahyan was the chief guest of 68th Republic Day celebration. He was the Crown Prince of

(A) UAE

(B) Katar

(C) Saudi Arabia

(D) Bahrain

26. The annual index of Transparency International issued for 2016 placed India in the ________ position with Brazil and China.

(A) 30th

(B) 20th

(C) 40th

(D) 35th

27. Who was the head of The Fiscal Responsibility and Budget Management (FRBM) Committee?

(A) Rathin Roy

(B) Sumit Bose

(C) Arvind Subramanian

(D) N. K. Singh

28. National Youth Festival with the theme Youth for Digital India held at

(A) Ambala

(B) Rohtak

(C) Noida

(D) Gurugram

29. First Indian women Olympic Medal winner is

(A) Saina Nehwal

(B) M C Mary Kom

(C) Karnam Malleshwari

(D) Sakshi Malik

30. The National Award for Child Welfare was instituted in the year

(A) 1996 AD

(B) 1979 AD

(C) 2008 AD

(D) 2014 AD

31. 14th Edition of the Pravasi Bhartiya Divas Convention was held at

(A) New Delhi

(B) Ahmedabad

(C) Bengaluru

(D) Mumbai

32. 'VAT' is imposed

(A) Dierctly on consumer

(B) On first stage of production

(C) On all stages between production and sale

(D) On final stage of production 

33. Which of the following taxes in India is collected by panchayats?

(A) Sales Tax

(B) Custom Tax

(C) Land Revenue

(D) Tax on local fairs

34. What is 'Super-301'?

(A) Modern computer

(B) A variety of rice

(C) An insecticide

(D) American Trade Law

35. The national Institute for Rural Development (NIRD) is situated in

(A) Shimal

(B) Hyderabad

(C) Dehradun

(D) New Delhi

36. The 'Closed Economy' is the economy in which

(A) Only export takes place

(B) Budget deficit is less

(C) Only import takes place

(D) There is no foreign trade

37. Manodaya Kavya was composed by

(A) Bharat Kavi

(B) Maularam

(C) Bhushan

(D) Gumani Kavi

38. Who is the Vice-Chairman of the NITI Ayog of India?

(A) Raghuram Rajan

(B) Arun Jately

(C) Arvind Panagariya

(D) Rahul Gandhi

39. Due to the outbreak of which virus did the WHO declare a Public Health Emergency of International Concern in February 2016?

(A) Zika

(B) Ebola

(C) Swine flu

(D) Chikungunya

40. Who created a new world record is scoring the fastest century in Test Cricket history in February 2016?

(A) Steve Smith

(B) Chris Gayle

(C) Brendon McCullum

(D) Virat Kohli

41. Which of the following state has been declared as 'India"s first State to have adopted organic farming?

(A) Tripura

(B) Sikkim

(C) Arunachal Pradesh

(D) Nagaland

42. With which of the following is the Central Goverment's 'Stand up India' scheme to promote entrepreneurship?

(A) Women and Minorities

(B) SC/ STs and Women

(C) SC/ STs and Minorities

(D) All of the above 

43. On which of the following routes will India's first Bullet Train run (upto 2024)?

(A) New Delhi-Ahmedabad Route

(B) New Delhi-Mumbai Rokute

(C) Ahmedabad-Mumbai Route

(D) Pune-Ahmedabad Route 

44. Which of the following is responsible for acid rain?

(A) Nitrogen oxide and Carbon dioxide

(B) Nitrogen oxide and Carbon monoxide

(C) Sulphur dioxide and Nitrogen oxiede

(D) None of the above

45. The term 'Ecosystem' was first used in 1935 by

(A) Taylor

(B) Clark

(C) Tansley

(D) Lindemann

46. Which of the following states incorporated 'Environmental Education' as a subject in school curriculum for the first time?

(A) Uttarkhand

(B) Maharashtra

(C) Kerala

(D) Rajasthan

47. 'Bio-Diversity' is

(A) Totality of all species, all genes and all ecosystems

(B) Variety of plants

(C) Variety of animals

(D) Totality of cultural environment 

48. Which of the following canal is responsible for land-degradation in Rajasthan?

(A) Ganga Canal

(B) Sirhind Canal

(C) Indira Gandhi Canal

(D) Agra Canal

49. The year 2016-17 will be observed by SAARC nations as

(A) Year of Democracy and Development

(B) Year of Fight Against Terrorism

(C) Year of Cultural Heritage

(D) Year of 'Save the Earth'

50. The Multi-billion dollar project TAPI on which work started in December, 2015 is related to

(A) Natural Gas

(B) Solar Energy

(C) Road Construction

(D) Railway Line

 Answers

 

1. 3               2. 2               3. 2                  4. 1            5. 2

6. 4               7. 4               8. 1                  9. 3            10. 4

11. 2             12. 2             13. 3                14. 2          15. 2

16. 1             17. 3             18. 1                19. 3          20. 1

21. 2             22. 1             23. 2                24. 4          25. 1

26. 3             27. 4             28. 2                29. 3          30. 2

31. 3             32. 3             33. 4                34. 4          35. 2

36. 4             37. 4             38. 3                39. 1          40. 3

41. 2             42. 2             43. 3                44. 3          45. 3

46. 1             47. 1             48. 3                49. 3          50. 1