General knowledge Test for Competitive Exams

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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

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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