GENERAL KNOWLEDGE 20-20 (30.01.2024)
Knowledge ka daily dose…
Q.1 The Olympic Flame, was, for the first time, ceremonially lighted and burnt in a giant torch at the entrance of the stadium at:–
(A) London Games (1908)
(B) Athens Games (1896)
(C) Amsterdam Games (1928)
(D) Paris Games (1924)
Ans:- (C)
Q.2 Mouma Das is associated with which sports?
(A) Hockey
(B) Badminton
(C) Wrestling
(D) Table Tennis
Ans:- (D)
Q.3 Who among the following wrote the poem,’Subh-e-Azadi’?
(A) Sahir Ludhiyanvi
(B) Faiz Ahmed Faiz
(C) Muhammad Iqbal
(D) Maulana AbuI Kalam Azad
Ans:- (B)
Q.4 The Constituent Assembly of India was set up under the–
(A) Cabinet Mission Plan
(B) Wavell Plan
(C) Mountbatten Plan
(D) Indian Independence Act
Ans:- (A)
Q.5 The national museum is located at:
(A) New Delhi
(B) Kolkata
(C) Mumbai
(D) Bengaluru
Ans:- (A)
Q.6 Who among the following was not a member of the Cabinet Mission?
(A) Sir Stafford Cripps
(B) AV Alexander
(C) Radcliffe
(D) Pathwick Lawrence
Ans:- (C)
Q.7 Part of the plant where photosynthesis generally occurs:
(A) Branches
(B) Flowers
(C) Leaves
(D) Root
Ans:- (C)
Q.8 At the time of partition of India, which one of the following provinces of British India came forward with a plan for a united and independent existence?
(A) Punjab
(B) Assam
(C) Bengal
(D) Bihar
Ans:- (A)
Q.9 Who among the following suggested the winding up of the Indian National Congress after India attained independence?
(A) C Rajagopalachari
(B) Acharya Kripalani
(C) Mahatma Gandhi
(D) Jayaprakash Narayan
Ans:- (C)
Q.10 Who is the author of the book ‘Freedom Behind Bars’?
(A) Nelson Mandela
(B) Kiran Bedi
(C) Annie Besant
(D) Jawaharlal Nehru
Ans:- (B)
Q.11 The only Indian woman who become President of the World Health Organisation so far is/was:
(A) Vijayalakshmi Pandit
(B) Raj Kumari Amrit Kaur
(C) Sarojini Naidu
(D) Nellie Sengupta
Ans:- (B)
Q.12 The last powerful significant Gupta king who defeated the hunas was:
(A) Kumaragupta
(B) Chandragupta II
(C) Mahagupta
(D) Skandagupta
Ans:- (D)
Q.13 Ruler of the Gupta dynasty who was shown on some coins playing the musical instrument ‘Veena’?
(A) Chandragupta-II
(B) Kumaragupta-I
(C) Chandragupta-I
(D) Samudragupta
Ans:- (D)
Q.14 What type of mountains are Alps, Rockies, Andes and Himalaya?
(A) Block
(B) Fold
(C) Residual
(D) Volcanic
Ans:- (B)
Q.15 Who is the author of the famous novel “One hundred years of Solitude”?
(A) Pablo Neruda
(B) Charles Dickens
(C) VS Naipal
(D) Gabriel Garcia Marquez
Ans:- (D)
Q.16 Article 35A deals with which state of India:–
(A) Bihar
(B) Assam
(C) Jammu and Kashmir
(D) Delhi
Ans:- (C)
Q.17 Who administers oath of the office in the Vice President of India?
(A) Chief Justice of India
(B) President of India
(C) Speaker of Lok Sabha
(D) Prime Minister of India
Ans:- (B)
Q.18 How many methods are there to amend the Constitution of India?
(A) 2
(B) 3
(C) 4
(D) 5
Ans:- (B)
Q.19 Which country is called ‘Low Country’ of the earth?
(A) Spain
(B) Holland
(C) Italy
(D) Hungary
Ans:- (B)
Q.20 First ‘International Peace Congress’ was held in London in:
(A) 1849
(B) 1846
(C) 1844
(D) 1843
Ans:- (D)