General Awareness Quiz Set 5

Question 1. Which one of the following pair is not correctly matched?

(A) R.S. Sharma – Historian

(B) Mani Kanal – Film Maker

(C) Suresh Tendulkar – Political Scientist

(D) Fateh Singh Rathore – Tiger Man

Question 2. The first lady Prime Minister in the world, was___________.

(A) Margarett Thatcher

(B) Indira Gandhi

(C) Sirmao Bhandarnaike

(D) Golda Meir

Question 3. Among the following which is named the official residence of the British Prime Minister.

(A) London House

(B) 10 Downing Street

(C) Burkingham Palace

(D) None of the above

Question 4. China occupied Tibet in____________.

(A) 1962

(B) 1961

(C) 1959

(D) 1960

Question 5. Bangladesh was established as an independent nation after the IndoPakistan War of___________.

(A) March 1971

(B) March 1971

(C) March 1970

(D) December 1970

Question 6. In which year did the USSR become Russia? 

(A) 1992

(B) 1991

(C) 1990

(D) 1989

Question 7. When occurred unification of Germany? 

(A) 10 October 1990

(B) 5 October 1990

(C) 3 October 1990

(D) 2 October 1990

Question 8. The main cause of participation of the USA in 2nd World War, 1941 was___________.

(A) Invasion of Pearl Harbour

(B) Neutral Foreign policy of USA

(C) American Bankers had loans
Germany

(D) War occurred between European powers

Question 9. First President of United States of America was__________.

(A) J.F. Kennedy

(B) Abraham Lincoln

(C) John Adams

(D) George Washington

Question 10. Which of the following was the President of United States of America who have resigned from the post of President?

(A) Bill Clinton

(B) George W. Bush

(C) Richard Nixon

(D) None of the above

Question 11. Which country is concerned to Bishop Desmond Tutu?

(A) Namibia

(B) Mauritius

(C) Nicaragua

(D) South Africa

Question 12. Who is credited with making of real paper in China?

(A) Kun-zun

(B) Chin

(C) Va Waugh

(D) Tsai-lun

Question 13. The correct order of the following:

1. Regulating Act
2. Surat Split
3. Partition of Bengal
4. Establishment of Muslim League
   

(A) 1, 4, 3, 2

(B) 1, 3, 2, 4

(C) 1, 3, 4, 2

(D) 1, 2, 3, 4

Question 14. The following are the events of National Movements.

1. Champaran Satyagraha
2. Non-Co-operation Movement
3. Quit India Movement
4. Dandi March
   

The correct chronological order is:

(A) 2, 3, 1, 4

(B) 3, 2, 1, 4

(C) 2, 1, 3, 4

(D) 1, 2, 4, 3

Question 15. Select the correct chronological order of the following from the code given below.

1. Rowlatt Act
2. Simon Commission
3. Home Rule Movement
4. Gandhi-Irwin Pact

(A) 3, 1, 2, 4

(B) 1, 3, 2, 4

(C) 4, 2, 1, 3

(D) 3, 4, 1, 2

Question 16. Consider the following statements.

1. Warren Hastings was the first Governor-General who established a regular police force in India on the British pattern.
2. A Supreme Court was established at Calcutta by the Regulating Act, 1773.
3. The Indian Penal Code came into effect in the year 1860.
   

Which of the statements given above are correct? 

(A) 1, 2 and 3

(B) 1 and 3

(C) 2 and 3

(D) 1 and 2

Question 17. Match List-I with List-II and select the correct answer using the code given below the lists.

Question 18. Which of the following pairs are correctly matched?

(A) 2 and 3

(B) 1 and 2

(C) 3 and 4

(D) 2 and 4

Question 19. Examine the following statements.

1. Kunwar Singh led the struggle in Bihar against the British while Khan Bahadur Khan led in Ruhelkhand in First Independence Struggle, 1857.
   
2. Muslim League was observed Deliverance Day on 22nd December 1939.
   
3. Tatya Torpey took the lead of armies in Kanpur for the patronage of Nana Saheb and Zenat Mahal assumed leadership in Faizabad.
   
4. Ghadar Party was founded by Sardar Bhagat Singh.
   

Select the correct answer by using given code below.

(A) 2, 3 and 4

(B) 1, 2 and 3

(C) 2 and 4

(D) 1 and 3

Question 20. Consider the following statements about Jawaharlal Nehru.

1. He was the president of the Congress Party in 1947.
2. He presided over the Constituent Assembly.
3. He formed the first Congress Ministry in United Province before India’s independence.
   

Of these statements

(A) 1, 2 and 3 are correct

(B) 1 and 2 are correct

(C) 1 and 3 are correct

(D) None of the above is correct

Question 21. Consider the following statements.

1. Arya Samaj was founded in 1875.
   
2. ‘Al Hilal’ was published by Maulana Abul Kalam Azad.
   
3. Lala Lajpat Rai was not associated with the paper ‘The People’.
   
4. The famous Presidency College (former Hindu College) of Calcutta was established by Raja Ram Mohan Roy.
   

Of these statements:

(A) Only 1, 2 and 3 are correct

(B) Only 1, 2 and 4 are correct

(C) Only 2 and 3 are correct

(D) Only 1 and 2 are correct

Question 22. Consider the following statements.

1. Lord Mountbatten was the Viceroy when Shimla Conference took place.
   
2. Indian Navy Revolt, 1946 took place when the Indian sailors in the Royal Indian Navy at Bombay and Karachi rose against the Government.
   

Which one of the statements given above is/are correct?

(A) Neither 1 nor 2

(B) Both 1 and 2

(C) Only 2

(D) Only 1

Question 23. Consider the following statements.

1. Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar founded the Bethune School at Calcutta with the main aim of encouraging education for women.
2. Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay was the first graduate of Calcutta University.
3. Keshav Chandra Sen’s campaign against sati led to the enactment of law to ban sati by the then Governor-General.
   

Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

(A) 1, 2 and 3

(B) 2 and 3

(C) 1 and 2

(D) Only 1

Question 24. Which of the following statements regarding Dr. B.R. Ambedkar is correct? Select the correct answer from the code given below the statements.

1. He founded Siddharth College.
   
2. He started his journal Mook Nayak in 1920.
   
3. He founded Depressed Class Institute in 1922.
   
4. He was the first Defence Minister of India

(A) 1, 2 and 4

(B) 1, 3 and 4

(C) 2, 3 and 4

(D) 1, 2 and 3

Question 25. Consider the following events and find the correct chronological order of the events from the codes given below.

1. Special Session of Indian National Congress, Calcutta.
2. Demise of B.G. Tilak.
3. Announcement of Peace terms to Turkey.
4. Submission of unanimous report on Jallianwala Bagh Massacre by Congress Committee.
   

(A) 1, 2, 4, 3

(B) 3, 2, 1, 4

(C) 1, 2, 3, 4

(D) 4, 3, 2, 1