MCQ 96

*Exam Model General Knowledge

1. From which part of the plant is cotton fibre is
derived?
(a) Bark of stem (b) Phloem
(c) Xylem (d) Epidermal hairs of seed

2. Geographically, Galapagos Islands belong to:
(a) Africa (b) Europe
(c) South America (d) North America

3. Yak is an animal belongs to …… family.
(a) Horse (b) Dog
(c) Cat (d) Cattle

4. Which of the following types of light are
strongly absorbed by plants?
(a) Violet and Orange
(b) Yellow and violet
(c) Blue and red (d) Indigo and Yellow

5. Which city hosted the 2008 Olympics?
(a) Shanghai (b) Beijing
(c) London (d) Paris

6. Economic Planning is a subject in the
(a) Union List (b) State List
(c) Concurrent List(d) Unspecified in any
special list

7. Chandra Mohan Jain is better known as:
(a) Mahesh Yogi (b) Baba Amte
(c) Rajneesh (d) None of these

8. The rarest metal on earth:
(a) Astatin (b) Rhodium
(c) Platinum (d) Gold

9. The first university established by the British
in India:
(a) Madras (b) Mumbai
(c) Culcutta (d) Delhi

10. China occupied Tibet in:
(a) 1959 (b) 1962
(c) 1949 (d) 1955

11. British Empire Games is now known as:
(a) Olympics (b) Afro-Asian Games
(c) Commowealth Games
(d) Asian Games

12. The major source of revenue of the state
governments
(a) Sales Tax (b) Customs Tax
(c) Income Tax (d) Excise Duty

13.The famous painting Monalisa is now kept in
Luvre Museum. It is in:
(a) USA (b) Britain
(c) Italy (d) France

14. The Life Insurance Corporation of India was
nationalised in:
(a) 1972 (b) 1973 (c) 1956 (d) 1966

15. To which God of the Hindu Pantheon is the
Gayatri Mantra addressed?
(a) Shiva (b) Vishnu
(c) Savitri (d) Yama

16. What is ‘Dow Jones’?
(a) Share Market Index of New York
exchange market
(b) Share market index of Mumbai Stock
Exchange
(c) Gold Price Index of World Gold Council
(d) None of these

17. World Health Day:
(a) April 7 (b) April 5
(c) March 15 (d) March 4

18. The name of Arthur C.Clarke is associated
with:
(a) Cartoon (b) Drama
(c) Science Fiction (d) Painting

19. ‘Harmony at Work’ is the motto of:
(a) Technopark (b) Infopark
(c) Smart City (d) Technocity

20.The Indian state which was known as
Brahmarshidesh in ancient times:
(a) Asom (b) Orissa
(c) Rajastan (d) U.P.

21. The only divided capital in the world:
(a) Nicotia (b) Tel Aviv
(c) Ankara (d) Astana

22. The venue of Boer war was:
(a) South Africa (b) China
(c) England (d) Egypt

23. The Mughal ruler who granted Diwani rights
to the British:
(a) Shah Alam (b) Bahadur Shah II
(c) Akbar II (d) Muhammad Shah

24. The time taken by light to cover the distance
between the earth and moon:
(a) 8 seconds (b) 8 minutes
(c) 1.3 minutes (d) 1.3 seconds

25.Who calculated the speed of light for the first
time?
(a) Newton (b) Huygens
(c) Roemer (d) Edison

*Answers*

*1 (d) 2(c) 3 (d) 4 (c) 5(b) 6(a) 7(c) 8(b) 9(c) 10(a) 11(c) 12(a) 13(d) 14(c) 15(c) 16(a) 17(a.) 18(c) 19(a) 20(d) 21(a) 22(a) 23(a) 24(d)*