Knowledge ka daily dose…
1. Which city in Pakistan is called the ‘Gardens of the Mughals or City of Gardens’?
(a) Peshawar
(b) Multan
(c) Karachi
(d) Lahore
2. Which footballer is also known as the “Indian Maradona” ?
(a) Shailen Manna
(b) Chuni Goswami
(c) Gostho Pal
(d) Krishanu Dey
3. Who wrote the pamphlet ‘Now or Never’?
(a) Md. Jinnah
(b) Md. Iqbal
(c) Rahmat Ali
(d) Khafi Khan
4. Who among the following was popularly known as the ‘parrot of India’?
(a) Tansen
(b) lbn Battuta
(c) Amir Khusrow
(d) Ziauddin Barani
5. On which of the following notes the motif of Sanchi Stupa is present?
(a) 2000 Rupee Note
(b) 100 Rupee Note
(c) 500 Rupee Note
(d) 200 Rupee Note
6. Who among the following calculated the value of ‘pi’ ( ) first in India?
(a) Budhayana
(b) Aryabhatt
(c) Bhaskaracharya
(d) Sridharacharya
7. The First woman Governor of a State in free India was :
(a) Mrs Sarojini Naidu
(b) Ms Sucheta Kripalani
(c) Mrs Indira Gandhi
(d) Mrs Vijay Lakshmi Pandit
8. Which of the following ranges is the most recent one?
(a) Aravallis
(b) Vindhyachal Range
(c) The Himalayas
(d) The Eastern Ghats
9. World’s biggest solar power station opened in
(a) USA
(b) India
(c) UK
(d) Japan
10. Shola grasslands are found in
(a) The Western Ghats
(b) The Eastern Ghats
(c) The Himalayas
(d) The Vindhyas
11. Which Indian ruler was made the prisoner of the Revolt of 1857?
(a) Rani of Jhansi-Lakshmi Bai
(b) Nana Shaheb
(c) Bahadur Shah Zafar
(d) None of the above
12. The narrow portion between uterus and vagina of higher mammals is known as
(a) Clitoris
(b) Urethra
(c) Oviduct
(d) Cervix
13. Who wrote ‘ Arthashastra’?
(a) Bindusara
(b) Pushyamitra
(c) Kautilya
(d) Chandragupta Maurya
14. Which player won the title of ‘Paris Masters’ in lawn tennis?
(a) Grigor Dmitriev
(b) Carlos Alcaraz
(c) Novak Djokovic
(d) Andy Murray
15. Sanjukta Panigrahi was famous for the dance
(a) Manipuri
(b) Odissi
(c) Bharatnatyan
(d) Kaththak
16. Partition of Bengal was withdrawn in
(a) 1905
(b) 1906
(c) 1911
(d) 1909
17. In which year did Afghanistan join SAARC?
(a) 2005
(b) 2006
(c) 2008
(d) 2007
18. Dispur is the capital of ___.
(a) Arunachal Pradesh
(b) Assam
(c) Chhattisgarh
(d) Jharkhand
19. The term ‘Sufi’ is derived from
(a) a type of poetry
(b) a type of garment
(c) a language
(d) the name of a place
20. Padma Bhushan awardee Padma Subrahmanyam is a ________ dancer.
(a) Kathak
(b) Mohiniyattam
(c) Manipuri
(d) Bharatanatyam