MCQ:2- General Studies

1.  The earliest evidence of silver in India is found in the: 

(a) Harappan Culture  (b) Chalcolithic cultures of Western India  (c) Vedic texts  (d) Silver punch-marked coins Answer: (a)

2. When the first metal tool came into being it was used for? 

(a) pot-making 

(b) house-building 

(c) clearing jungles 

(d) making wheels 

Answer: (c)

3. The first Basket Ball Academy in India has Been set up at:

(a) Indore

(b) Ahmedabad

(c) Bhopal

(d) New Delhi

Answer. (a)

4. The equatorial diameter of the earth is:

(a) 12,700 km

(b) 12,756 km

(c) 13,000 km

(d) 12,800 km

(e) 12,900 km

Answer. (b)

5. Name the State of India which is the last to have become a State:

(a) Himachal Pradesh

(b) Meghalaya

(c) Tripura

(d) Goa

Answer. (d)

6. Where is the headquarters of the International Court of Justice?

(a) Paris (France)

(b) Rome (Italy)

(c) The Hague (Netherlands)

(d) Washington (U.S.A.)

Answer. (c)

7. The first Secretary General of the United Nations was:

(a) Mrs. Vijai Lakshmi Pandit

(b) Trygve Lie

(c) Dag Hommarsk Joeld

(d) U. Thant

Answer. (b)

8. The non-permanent members of the Security Council are elected for a period of:

(a) one year

(b) two years

(c) three years

(d) four years

Answer. (b)

9. The difference between visible exports and visible imports is defined as

(1) Balance of trade

(2) Balance of payment

(3) Balanced terms of trade

(4) Gains from trade

Answer: (1)

10. The supreme Command of Indian armed Forces is vested in:

(a) The Prime Minister of India

(b) The President of India

(c) The Defence Minister of India

(d) None of the above

Answer. (b)

11. Where are tanks manufactured in India?

(a) Avadi

(b) Perambur

(c) Bhadravati

(d) Kirkee

Answer. (a)

12. The Rashtrapati Bhawan in New Delhi was Designed by:

(a) Le Corbusier

(b) Edwin Lutyens

(c) Edward Stone

(d) None of these

Answer. (b)

13. Where is the Railway Staff College located?

(a) Pune

(b) Delhi

(c) Vadodaia

(d) Allahabad

Answer. (c)

14. Who among the following was a mathematician of the Rajput age?

(A) Vagbhatta

(B) Vachaspati

(C) Haradatta

(D) Bhaskaracharya

Answer. (D)

15. By which name does the Brahmaputra enter into India?

(a) Manas

(b) Dhansisi

(c) Dihang

(d) Tsangpo

Answer:-(D)