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
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