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Tuesday 12 January 2016

Standard G.K.

TEST - 7 Max Marks : 30

1) Who declared that his Ultimate aim was to wipe ‘every tear from every eye’? ( )

a. Rajendra prasad b. Sardar patel

c. Jawaharlal Nehru d. Mahatma Gandhi

2) Which one of the following Statements is Correct? ( )

a. Socrates was a disciple of Plato b. Plato was a disciple of Socrates

c. Plato was disciple of Aristotle d. Socrates and Plato were disciples

of Aristotle

3) Morgan Freeman earned distinction in which of the following fields ( )

a. Vocal Music b. Instrumental Music

c. Acting d. Classical Dance

4) Who was the largest serving Chief Minister in India ( )

a. Bhajan Lal b. Chimnabhai Patel c. Jyoti Basu d. Hiteshwar Saikia

5) Norman Ernest Borlaug, who is regarded as the Father of the Green Revolution in India is from which country ( )

a. USA b. Mexico c. Australia d. New Zealand

6) Consider the following famous names ( )

1. Amrita Shera Gil 2. Bikash Bhattacharjee

3. NS Bendre 4. Subodh Gupta

Who of the above is/are well known as artist(s)?

a. Only 1 b. 1 and 4 c. 2, 3 and 4 d.1, 2, 3 and 4

7) Who among the following is a Hindustani Classical Singer? ( )

a. Geeta Chandran b. Leela Samson

c. Gangubai Hangal d. Swapna Sundari

8) Consider the following statements ( )

1. Gopalkrishna Gandhi was the Governor of West Bengal.

2. He is the grandson of Mahatma Gandhi.

3. His maternal grandfather was C. Rajagopalachari (Rajaji).

a. 1 and 2 are correct b. 2 and 3 are correct

c. 1 and 3 are correct d. All are correct

9) Consider the following statements ( )

1. Jyoti Amge of Nagpur was declared the world’s shortest adult by Guinness Book of World Records officials.

2. Her restricted height is due to a growth anomaly called achondroplasia.

a. 1 is correct b. 2 is correct

c. Both 1 and 2 are correct d. Neither 1 nor 2 is correct

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10) Who is he?

1. Tiger’ in the cricket fraternity.

2. India’s first transcendental cricketer.

3. Nawab of Pataudi.

a. Saif Ali Khan b. Mansoor Ali Khan

c. Yusuf Khan d. Irfan Khan

11) Consider the following pairs ( )

1. Fauja Singh : Oldest Marathon Runner

2. Jyoti Amge : Shortest Woman in the world

3. Chandra Bahadur Dangi : Shortest man in the world

Which of the following is rightly matched

a. Only 1 b. Only 2 c. 2 and 3 d. All of above

12) Match List I with list II and select the correct answer using the codes given below the lists ( )

List I List II

(Person) (Company)

A. Steve Jobs 1. Google

B. Sheryl Sandberg 2. Apple

C. Larry Page 3. Yahoo

D. Ross Levinson 4. Face book

Codes

A B C D A B C D

(a) 2 1 4 3 (b) 3 1 4 2

(c) 2 4 1 3 (d) 3 4 1 2

13) Justice Dalveer Bhandari was associated with ( )

a. He became member of UN Human Rights Council b. He was elected to the International Court of Justice

c. Director General of World Trade Organization d. Secretary – General of SAARC

14) The novel ‘The White Tiger’ which won the Man Booker Prize, 2008 is authored by ( )

a. Arundhati Roy b. Aravind Adiga

c. Kiran Desai d. VS Naipaul

15) Which of the following books is written by DR APJ Abdul Kalam?

( )

1. Ignited Minds 2. Wings of Fire 3. The Luminous Sparks

Select the correct answer using the codes given below

a. Only 1 b. Only 2 c. 2 and 3 d. All of these

16) The book ‘The Audacity of Hope’ has been written by ( )

a. Nayantara Sehgai b. Aravind Adiga

c. Vikram Seth d. Barack Obama

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17) ‘Neel Darpan’ is a play based on the story of Indigo Rebellion of Bengal of 1860-61. Who authored it? ( )

a. Dinabandhu Mitra

b. Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyaya

c. Sisir Kumar Ghosh and Motilal Ghosh Jointly

d. Madhusudan Dutta

18) Which of the following books has been written by Kamala Das? ( )

a. ‘Witness the Night’ b. ‘The Red Devil’

c. ‘Earth and Ashes’ d. ‘ Tonight This Savage Rite’

19) ‘24 Brand Mantras’ is a book writeen by ( )

a. Bimal Chowdhary b. Shiv Khera

c. Arindam R Chowdhary d. Jagdeep Kapoor

20) ‘The Shade of Swords’ is a book written by ( )

a. MJ Akbar b. Manil Suri c. Urmila Lamba d. Vasant Potdar

21) Who is the author of ‘Adhe – Adhure’? ( )

a. Mohan Rakesh b. Prem Chand c. Nirala d. Pant

22) Match List I (Book) and list II (Author) and select the correct answer using the codes given below the lists ( )

List I List II

A. In Custody 1. Amartya Sen

B. Sea of Poppies 2. Amitav Ghosh

C. The Argumentative Indian 3. Anita Desai

D. Unaccustomed Earth 4. Jhumpa Lahiri

Codes

A B C D A B C D

(a) 4 1 2 3 (b) 4 1 2 3

(c) 3 2 1 4 (d) 3 1 2 4

23) Who amongst the following is the author of the Book ‘Dreams from My Father : A story of Race and Inheritance’? ( )

a. Barack Obama b. John Evans Aatta Mills

c. Nelson Mandela d. Danny Boyle

24) ‘Travelling Through Conflict’, is a book written by ( )

a. Hamid Ansari b. Cherie Blair

c. Balraj Krishna d. Salman Rushdie

25) Who amongst the following is the author of the book ‘Termites in the Trading System’? ( )

a. MS Swaminathan b. Jagdish Bhagwati

c. Jaswant Singh d. M Chelapati Rao

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26) ‘Long Walk to Freedom’ is a book written by ( )

a. Sonia Gandhi b. LK Advani.

c. Nelson Mandela d. Benazir Bhutto

27) Who formulated the ‘Drain of Wealth’ theory? ( )

a. Dadabhai Naoroji b. MG Ranade c. RC Dutt d. BC Pal

28) Match List I (Book) and list II (Author) and select the correct answer from the codes given below the lists ( )

List I List II

A. My Presidential Years 1. S. Radha krishnan

B. The Hindu View of Life 2. VV Giri

C. Voice of Conscience 3. N Sanjeeva Reddy

D. Without Fear or Favour 4. R Venkata Raman

Codes

A B C D A B C D

(a) 2 1 4 3 (b) 4 3 2 1

(c) 2 3 4 1 (d) 4 1 2 3

29) Who has written the book ‘Two Lives’? ( )

a. Salman Rushdie b. Arundhati Roy

c. Vikram Seth d. Shiv Khera

30) Who translated the National Song into English? ( )

a. Rabindranath Tagore b. Dr S Radhakrishnan

c. Sarojini Naidu d. Aurobindo Ghosh

Key

Standard G.K. TEST -7 :-

1. d 2. b 3. c 4. c 5. a 6.d 7. c 8. d 9. c 10. b

11. d 12. c 13. b 14.b 15. d 16.d 17. a 18.d 19. d 20. a

21. a 22. c 23. a 24. a 25. b 26. c 27. a 28. d 29. c 30. a

Monday 4 January 2016

General knowledge Test for Competitive Exams

PROGRESS THE BEST PLACE OF LEARNING

Standard G.K.

TEST - 6 Max Marks : 30

1) Ratan Thiyam,the famous personality from Manipur,is Known for his work in the field of ( )

a.Sports b.Music c.Theatre d.Social reform

2) Who among the following was the first Chairman of the planning Commission? ( )

a.Dr.Rajendra Prasad b.Pt Jawaharlal Nehru

cSardar Vallabhai Patel d.JB Kripalani

3) Which of the following associations of personality and their public office is Wrong ? ( )

a. Ajit Kumar Seth : Cabinet Seceratary

b.Shashikanth Sharma : CAG

c.Subba Rao : Governor ,RBI

d.Querishi : Chief Election Commissioner

4) Who is Arjun Vajpayee ? ( )

a.Adopted Son of AB Vajpayee

b.Youngest Mountain Climber

c.Youngest Director to Win Bafta Award

d.None of the above

5) Which one of the following is the correct Chronological order of the Secretary Generals of the United Nations ? ( )

a. U Thant- K Waldheim –BB Ghali –K Annan

b.K Waldheim – U Thant –BB Ghali – K Annan

c.U Thant –K Waldheim –K Annan –BB Ghali

d.K Waldheim –BB Ghali – U Thant – K Annan

6) Which of the following associations of artists and their Profession is

wrong ? ( )

a.Chidananda Dasgupta : Bengali Indian Film maker

b. Balchander K : Tamil Indian Film maker

c.Soumitra Chatterjee : Assamese play writer

d.Bhyrappa : Kannada Writter

7) Who of the following published a famous pamphlet known as ‘Right of Man’ and urged the people in England , America and France to fight for their liberty ? ( )

a.Thomas Jefferson b.Thomas Paine

c. John Locke d.Jean Jacques Rousseau

8) The Famous artist Uma Sharma is an exponent of which one of the following forms of Dance ? ( )

(a) Bharata natyam b.Kathak c.Kuchipudi d. Manipuri

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9) Which among the following Statements regarding Rabindranath Tagore’s Concern for the natural World and environment is not correct? ( )

a. Caring for nature on aesthetic grounds , as Tagore did , has now become one of the major environmental Concerns in the developed Countries of the world.

b. Tagore’s Short Stories and novels exhibit his concern for nature.

c. Tagore’s vision of education emphasized the need to generate environmental awareness among the students.

d. Tagore’s concern about the environment was activated by pragmatic and utilitarian considerations.

10) Which among the following leaders is not correctly matched with its authoritarian state/regime? ( )

Authoritarian (Authoritarian leader state)

1. Egypt : Hosni Mubarak

2. Libya : Muammar Gaddafi

3. Sudan : Basgar Al-Asad

4. Tunisia : Zine el-Abidine Ben

a. 1 and 3 b. 2 and 3 c. Only 3 d. All of these

11) Which of the following is/are true about Sarojini Naidu? ( )

1. She was the first woman President of the Congress.

2. She was the first woman Governor of Independent of India.

3. She was the first Health Minister of Independent of India.

4. She wrote the Golden Bough.

Select correct answer using the codes given below

a. 1, 2 and 4 b. 1 and 2 c. 1 and 3 d. Only 2

12) Consider the following paragraph and identify the person referred to therein using the codes given below.

She joined the diplomatic corps in 1949 and became the first woman diplomat of India. She was the Ambassador to Hungary, Ghana and the Netherlands. ( )

a. CB Muthamma b. Nirupama Rao c. Chokila lyar d. Meera Kumar

13) Who of the following is an accomplished vocalist? ( )

a. Monu Mazumdar b. Shiv Kumar Sharma

c. Satish Gujral d. Dinanath Mishra

14) What is the name of Edison’s motion picture invention? ( )

a. Film b. Kinetoscope c. Phonoscope d. Moviescope

15) Meghnad Saha is known for his contribution in which one of the following fields? ( )

a. Physics b. Medical Science

c. Environmental Science d. History

16) With which one of the following dance forms is Madhavi Mudgal associated? ( )

a. Bharatanatyam b. Odissi c. Kathak d. Kathakali

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17) Match the following ( )

List I List II

(Indian Scientists) (Areas)

A. SK Vasal 1. Agriculture

B. CNR Rao 2. Medical Science

C. P. Venugopal 3. Physics

D. BV Rao 4. Poultry

Codes

A B C D A B C D

(a) 2 4 1 3 (b) 1 3 2 4

(c) 2 3 1 4 (d) 1 4 2 3

18) Under whose reign was Newton honoured with a knighthood?( )

a. King Charles II b. Queen Anne

c. King James II d. King William III and Queen Mary II

19) Born Agnes Gonxha Bojaxhiu, this lady was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1979 for her humanitarian work. To which Indian city did she dedicate over forty years of her life tending to the needs of the poor, sick, orphaned and dying? ( )

a. Kolkatta b. Darjeeling c. Hyderabad d. Chennai

20) Indian novelist, Anita Desai has been short-listed for the Booker Prize three times. Which of these works was not short-listed? ( )

a. Fire on The Mountain b. In Custody

c. Clear Light of Day d. Fasting, Feasting

21) Ravi Shankar is a well-known Indian instrumentalist in the world. He is recognized for bringing the Indian classical music tradition to the West. This was done through his association with which of the following people? ( )

a. George Harrison b. John Lennon

c. Orphan Winfrey d. Michael Jackson

22) The name of Pierre Cardin is associated with which of the following fields? ( )

a. Painting b. Films c. Pop Music d. Fashion of Designing

23) What character did Walt create before Micky Mouse? He was very similar in looks but the rights were stolen from Walt in 1928. ( )

a. Oswald the Rabbit b. Herbert the Mouse

c. Nancy the Goat d. Archie the Cat

24) Who was the founder of Psycho analysis? ( )

a. Karen Horney b. Sigmund Freud

c. Abraham Maslow d. Alfred Adler

25) The first English newspaper in India was started by ( )

a. Daddabhai Naoroji b. JA Hickey

c. Lord William Bentinck d. Rabindranath Tagore

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26) The architect of North and South Blocks of Central Secretariat in Delhi was ( )

a. Herbert Bakers b. Sir Edward Lutyens.

c. Ropert T Russel d. Antonin Reymond

27) The architect of North and South Blocks of Central Secretariat in Delhi was ( )

a. Michelangelo b. Socrates of India

c. Plato of India d. Picasso of India

28) Awarded the Padma Bhusan in 1966, the first man to scale Mt. Everest twice who is he? ( )

a. Nawang Gombu b. Tenzing Norgay

c. Shrenik Mehta d. None of these

29) MS Vijaya Mehta has earned distinction in which of the field?

( )

a. Theater b. Film Direction c. Classical Dance d. Journalism

30) Satyen Bose has shown his excellence in which of the following fields?

( )

a. Stage Acting b. Drawing and Painting

c. Classical Dance d. Motion Picture

Keys

Standard G.K. TEST -6 :-

1. c 2. b 3. d 4. b 5. a 6.c 7. b 8. b 9. c 10. c

11. d 12. b 13. a 14.c 15. a 16.b 17. b 18.b 19. a 20. a

21. a 22. d 23. a 24. b 25. b 26. b 27. d 28. a 29. a 30. d