Multiple Choice Questions

General Knowledge

Q: Which is the highest waterfall in the world?
A) Angel Falls
B) Menial Falls
C) Jog Falls
D) Niagara Falls
Q: Which of the following is smallest country?
A) Vatican City State
B) Cuba
C) Japan
D) Nepal
Q: The first man to climb Mount Everest twice was:
A) Nawang Gombu
B) Tenzing Norgay
C) Sherpa Samgua
D) None of these
Q: The highest navigable lake in the world is:
A) Lake Victoria
B) Titicaca Lake
C) Caspian Sea
D) Lake Superior
Q: After the break-up of USSR, the largest country in the world (area-wise) is:
A) Russian Federation
B) United States
C) Germany
D) Britain
Q: Which country has developed world's first seedless mango?
A) Pakistan
B) India
C) Russia
D) United States
Q: The first test-tube baby of the world was born in:
A) France
B) Philippines
C) England
D) United States
Q: The world's largest deposit od cosmic dust has been discovered in:
A) Greenland
B) Australia
C) Mauritius
D) None of these
Q: The largest island in the world is:
A) Tasmania
B) Greenland
C) Cyprus
D) Iceland
Q: The space shuttle which landed on moon was:
A) Apollo
B) Eagle
C) Challenger
D) Explorer
Q: Which of the following countries is the largest producer of coal as per the recent available data?
A) South Africa
B) United States
C) China
D) Russia
Q: Which is the greatest archipelago on the globe?
A) Japan
B) West Indies
C) Philippines
D) Indonesia
Q: The world's highest habitable building is:
A) Chrysler Building, US
B) Burj Khalifa, Dubai, UAE
C) Empire State Building, US
D) Bank of China, Hong Kong
Q: The first satellite launched was:
A) Sputnik
B) Apollo
C) Pioneer
D) Luna II
Q: The largest man-made canal in the world is:
A) Rhine Canal
B) Suez Canal
C) Panama Canal
D) None of these
Q: Which is the largest Gulf in the world?
A) Gulf of Mexico
B) Persian Gulf
C) Gulf of Cambay
D) None of these
Q: The highest title in judo is:
A) 10th Dan
B) Black Belt
C) 12th Dawn
D) Yellow Belt
Q: The longest optical fiber cable of the world is laid between:
A) Singapore and Marseilles
B) Manila and Toronto
C) London and New York
D) Paris and Tokyo
Q: The largest automobile manufacturing centre in the world is located at:
A) Tokyo
B) Paris
C) Washington
D) Beijing
Q: The first test-tube baby was born on:
A) 28696
B) 28727
C) 27966
D) 28546
Q: First heart transplantation was performed by South African surgeon Dr. Christian N. Barnard in Cape Town in_______.
A) 1967
B) 1965
C) 1970
D) 1978
Q: The main characteristic of the Indus valley civilization is:
A) Drainage System
B) Town Planning
C) Pucca houses
D) Well laid-out roads
Q: The main occupation of the people of the Indus valley was:
A) Trade
B) Agriculture
C) Cattle rearing
D) Hunting
Q: Which one of the following archaeologists initially discovered the Mohenjo-Daro site of the Indus Valley Civilization?
A) Sir John Marshal
B) Rakhal Das Banerjee
C) Daya Ramshani
D) Sir Martimer Wheeler
Q: Which one of the following elements of Hinduism were practiced in the Indus valley civilization?
A) Idol worship
B) Wearing of sacred threads
C) Cult of Shiva
D) None of these
Q: The great bath of the Indus valley civilization was discovered in:
A) Lothal
B) Mohenjo-Daro
C) Bopar
D) Harappa
Q: Which of the following is not a characteristic of the religion practiced by Harappa people?
A) Nature worship
B) Worship of Mother Goddess
C) Faith in magic, charms and sacrifices
D) Belief in life after death
Q: Which of the following metals was not known to the Indus valley people?
A) Copper
B) Bonze
C) Iron
D) None of these
Q: Nomand man started settling in:
A) Palaeolithic Age
B) Neolithic Age
C) Meolithic Age
D) None of these
Q: The earliest evidence of silver in India is found in the:
A) Harrapan culture
B) Vedic texts
C) Marked coins
D) None of these
Q: The period when men used both stones and copper tools is known as the:
A) Monolithic Age
B) Chalcolithic Age
C) Neolithic Age
D) Metal Age
Q: The Indus valley civilization is known as pre-Aryan civilization because of the evidence of:
A) Art
B) Copper
C) Pottery
D) Script
Q: Man passed from the food gathering stage to the food producing stage in the:
A) Neolithic Age
B) Palaeolithic Age
C) Mesolithic Age
D) Chalcolithic Age
Q: The greatest invention of man in the Palaeolithic Age was:
A) Potter's wheel
B) Metal implements
C) Fire
D) Spinning of cloth
Q: The script of the Indus valley civilization was:
A) Persian
B) Dravidian
C) Sanskrit
D) Indecipherable
Q: The Indus valley people knew the use of:
A) Gold, silver, copper, bronze but not iron
B) Copper, iron, gold but not bronze
C) Silver, lead, iron but not gold
D) Gold, tin, bronze but not copper
Q: Knowledge about the existence of which of the following animals is doubtful in the Indus valley civilization?
A) Dog
B) Cat
C) Bull
D) Horse
Q: Palaeolithic remains have been discovered in:
A) Gujarat
B) Kolkata
C) Bellary
D) Punjab
Q: Which of the following Harappa sites had a dock?
A) Harappa
B) Lethal
C) Mohenjo-Daro
D) Alamgirpur
Q: Which of the following presents the most significant feature of the Indus valley civilization?
A) Burnt brick buildings
B) Art and architecture
C) Buildings of worship
D) First true arches
Q: Which of the following statements regarding the Indus valley civilization is incorrect?
A) The supreme god was the Pipal God
B) Excavation at Lothal proved that the civilization was confined to Harappa and Mohenjo-Daro only
C) People had great artistic sense
D) None of these
Q: The remains of a wooden drain of the Indus civilization have been found at:
A) Lothal
B) Mohenjo-Daro
C) Harappa
D) Kalibaghan
Q: Rice cultivation is associated with Harappa site of:
A) Kalibaghan
B) Harappa
C) Lothal
D) Ropar
Q: Which of the following is incorrect concerning Mohenjo-Daro?
A) There was no drainage system
B) It was a well-planned city
C) Buildings were of varying sites
D) Bathrooms were important features of most houses
Q: The Indus valley people had trade relations with:
A) Egypt
B) Mesopotamia
C) Greece
D) Ceylon
Q: The Indus valley houses were built of:
A) Bamboo
B) Bricks
C) Wood
D) Stone
Q: Indus valley civilization is also known as Harappa Culture because
A) The site of Indus valley civilization is considered the elementary stage of vedic culture
B) The most important evidence of the achievements of this civilization have been excavated from Harappa
C) Harappa was the first site to be excavated in the Indus valley
D) None of these
Q: The Indus valley civilization flourished during:
A) 5000-3500 BC
B) 3000-1500 BC
C) 2500-1000 BC
D) 1500-500 BC
Q: Which of the following animals were domesticated by the Harappans?
A) Goat, oxen, pig, buffalo
B) Buffalos, sheep, dog, pig
C) Camel, oxen, buffalos, pig
D) None of these
Q: The Indus valley people worshiped:
A) Fire
B) Water
C) Mother Goddess
D) Sun

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