SMARTWAY CLASSES

Objective General Knowledge Questions 

1. The last Governor-General of British-India was
(A) Lord Wavell
(B) Lord Mountbatten
(C) Lord Simon
(D) Lord Irwin
2. Some of the Princely States refused to join the Indian Union after Independence. Point the odd one out.
(A) Kashmir
(B) Junagarh
(C) Hyderabad
(D) Gwalior
3. The great Indian saint who said, "There is neither a Hindu nor a Muslim: only man" was
(A) Guru Nanak
(B) Kabir
(C) Sheikh Farid
(D) Swami Vivekananda
4. Most important feature of the Indian culture is
(A) its continuity
(B) healthy attitude towards all life
(C) toleration
(D) unity in diversity
5. Home Rule Movement was started by
(A) Bal Gangadhar Tilak
(B) Mahatma Gandhi

(C) Vivekananda
(D) Annie Besant
6. The first country which recognized the emergence of Bangladesh was
(A) Sri Lanka
(B) Soviet Russia
(C) USA
(D) India
7. The Harappan Civilization belongs to
(A) Bronze Age
(B) Neolithic Age
(C) Paleolithic Age
(D) Iron Age
8. Hiuen-Tsang, the Chinese Pilgrim visited India during the reign of
(A) Ashoka the Great
(B) Chandragupta I
(C) Harshavardhana
(D) Chandragupta Maurya
9. Choose the correct pair
(A) EIlora Cave - Saka
(B) Mahabalipurarn - Rashtrakutas
(C) Meenakshi Temple - Pallavas
(D) Khajuraho - ChandeIlas
10. Which Indian ruler conquered Java and Sumatra?
(A) Rajaraja Chola
(B) Rajendra Chola
(C) Samudragupta
(D) Vikramaditya
11. Raja Rammohan Roy was the founder of
(A) Arya Samaj
(B) Brahmo Samaj
(C) Ramakrishna Mission
(D) Prarthana Samaj
12. The 1857 uprising failed mainly because
(A) the British got the support of Gurkhas
(B) the military supremacy of the British
(C) lack of planning and leadership on the Indian side
(D) betrayal of Indians
13. Fibre crops are

(A) Jute, Sugarcane, Linseed and Rice
(B) Cotton, Maize, Tobacco and Banana
(C) Cotton, Hemp, Jute and Mesta
(D) Hemp, Cotton, Maize and Saffron
14. The delta-forming rivers in India are
(A) Ganges, Mahanadi & Narmada
(B) Krishna, Ganges & Tapti
(C) Kaveri, Ganges & Mahanadi
(D) Narmada, Tapti & Krishna
15. Area-wise, the biggest State in India is
(A) Rajasthan
(B) Uttar Pradesh
(C) Andhra Pradesh
(D) Arunachal Pradesh
16. Who among the following attended all the three Round Table Conferences?
(A) Jawaharlal Nehru
(B) Dr. Bhim Rao Ambedkar
(C) Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel
(D) Dr. Rajendra Prasad
17. The call for "total revolution" was given by
(A) Mahatma Gandhi
(B) Bhagat Singh
(C) Dr. Bhim Rao Ambedkar
(D) Jayprakash Narayan
18. The first Communist Chief Minister of a state was
(A) Jyoti Basu
(B) Ajoy Mukerjee
(C) Achuta Menon
(D) E. M. S. Namboodiripad
19. The southern-most tip of India is in
(A) Kanyakumari
(B) Andaman and Nicobar Islands
(C) Thiruvananthapuram
(D) Lakshadweep
20. Most industrialized country in Asia is
(A) Japan
(B) South Korea
(C) Taiwan