MCQ 516

   
1⃣ *Who, amongst the followin, raided India in the very first year of the 11th century ?*

(A) Chengiz Khan
(B) Muhammed
(C) Sultan Subuktigin
(D) Sultan Mahmud✅

2⃣ *Which one of the following was a corporation of merchants in ancient India ?*

(A) Chaturvedimangalam
(B) Parishad
(C) Ashtadikgaja
(D) Manigrama✅

3⃣ *In ancient India, a group of related families or community living homogenously in a given locality was known as :*

(A) Griha
(B) Jana
(C) Kula✅
(D) Grama

4⃣ *Whose government is famous for its elaborate municipal administration ?*

(A) Chandragupta Maurya✅
(B) Chandragupta Vikramaditya
(C) Harshavardhana
(D) Kanishka

5⃣ *The first woman appointed as the judge of the Supreme Court of India hailed from*

(A) Tamil Nadu
(B) Orissa
(C) Kerala✅
(D) Karnataka

6⃣ *The Gupta empire declined in the fifth century AD as a result of the invasion of*

(A) Chalukyas
(B) Greeks
(C) Pallavas
(D) Huns✅

7⃣ *Maximum yield of milk is obtained from ——— variety of cows:*

(A) Red Sindhi✅
(B) Kamadhenu
(C) Jersey
(D) Kapila

8⃣ *Merdeka Cup is associated with:*

(A) Golf
(B) Hockey
(C) Football✅
(D) Volleyball

9⃣ *Which of the following ancient literary works was not composed by Kalidasa ?*

(A) Malvikagnimitra
(B) Meghdoot
(C) Mudrarakshasa✅
(D) Shakuntalam
🔟 *Who was the first women Governor in India?*

(A) Jyothi Venkatachellam
(B) Fathima Beevi
(C) Sarojini Naidu✅
(D) Sucheta Kripalani

1⃣1⃣ *Kanishka’s capital was at Purushapura. Which of the following places in his large kingdom had the status almost of a second capital ?*

(A) Banaras
(B) Mathura✅
(C) Sanchi
(D) Taxila

1⃣2⃣ *Codes of conduct of the Vedic society are laid down in which of the following specifically ?*

(A) Epics
(B) Smritis✅
(C) Puranas
(D) Vedas

1⃣3⃣ *Climate of a place is dependent on several factors. Which one of the following is the most significant?*

(A) Distance from the sea
(B) Direction of winds
(C) Latitude✅
(D) Ocean currents

1⃣4⃣ *15. When did the U.N.O come into being?*

(A) 1919
(B) 1939
(C) 1945✅
(D) 1914

1⃣5⃣ *Which of the following is originally associated with Kerala culture?*

(A) Kathak✅
(B) Kuchipudi
(C) Bharatanatyam
(D) Mohiniyattom

1⃣6⃣ *There are two buses standing there, Number 19 and Number 23; ............. bus will take you to the railway station but they go by different routes.*

(A) either✅
(B) neither
(C) former
(D) latter

1⃣7⃣ *After Jack _____ in his notice at the office, his wife ran away with a lawyer.*

(A) had handed✅
(B) handing
(C) having handed
(D) was handing

1⃣8⃣ *The tourists were looking forward.............the London gallery.*

(A) to visiting✅
(B) a visit to
(C) to visit
(D) visiting

1⃣9⃣ *Words that sound the same but have different meaning and spelling are called*

(A) Monophones
(B) Homonyms
(C) Homophones✅
(D) Synonyms

2⃣0⃣ *When I saw________ in the mirror, I was horrified. There was red paint on my nose!*

(A) itself
(B) myself✅
(C) herself
(D) themselves

2⃣1⃣ *Kerala has a coastal length of?*

(A) 560 km
(B) 680 km
(C) 760 km
(D) 580 km✅

2⃣2⃣ *Rajesh is 5 years older than Suresh. Raju is 3 years older than Suresh. If the age of Suresh is half of that of Rajesh, What is the age of Raju?*

(A) 5
(B) 10
(C) 8✅
(D) 12

2⃣3⃣ *A tank of 35 m length and 25 m breadth, has 35000 cubic meters of water. Find the depth of the tank?*

(A) 10m
(B) 20m
(C) 30m
(D) 40m✅

2⃣4⃣ *The distance between the rails in broadguage line is*

(A) 1.67 m✅
(B) 1 m
(C) 1.42 m
(D) 1.96 m

2⃣5⃣ *The ratio of pure gold in 18 carat gold is*

(A) 60%
(B) 75%✅
(C) 80%
(D) 100%

2⃣6⃣ *What is the dimensions of the Billiards table?*

(A) 10’×5’×3’
(B) 1’×6’×4’
(C) 12’×7’×2’✅
(D) 9’×4’×2

2⃣7⃣ *Which of the following is not a direct tax?*

(A) Wealth Tax
(B) Sales Tax✅
(C) Income Tax
(D) Estate Duty

2⃣8⃣ *Kesavan ranks 4th in a class of 50. What will be his rank from the bottom?*

(A) 47✅
(B) 45
(C) 44
(D) 48

2⃣9⃣ *Mini is 5 years older than Sheeja who is 7 years younger to Lali. If Gowri who is 3 years younger to Lali is 25 old, how old is Mini?*

(A) 40
(B) 33
(C) 26✅
(D) 20

3⃣0⃣ *In a queue of students A is 18th from front while B is 16th from the back. If C is 25th from the front and is exactly in the middle of A and B, the number of students in the queue:*

(A) 48
(B) 47✅
(C) 46
(D)48
   

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