Wednesday 31 July 2013

General Knowledge-1

1. Who was known as "Second Ashoka"??
a. Chandragupta Maurya
b. Kanishka
c. Samudra Gupta
d. Harshwardhan

2. Who was called the Napoleon of India?
a. Chandragupta Maurya
b. Kanishka
c. Samudra Gupta
d. Harshwardhan

3. Who was Gautam buddha's step mother?
a. Mahamaya
b. Gautami
c. Trishala
d. None of these

4. Which age is regarded as "Golden age of Hinduism"??
a. Gupta
b. Maurya
c. Harsha
d. None of these

5. Who were the first ruler in India to issue gold coins?
a. Gupta
b. Maurya
c. Harsha
d. Kushans

6. Ganymede, the largest natural satellite in the Solar System, is a natural satellite (moon) of which planet ?
a. Mercury
b. Saturn
c. Jupiter
d. Uranus

7. Who is known as “Flying Sikh”?
a. Jaspal Bhatti
b. Manmohan Singh
c. Khushwant Singh
d. Milkha Singh

8. King Ashoka sent Buddhist missions under his son Mahendra and daughter Sanghamitra to which country??
a. Nepal
b. Bhutan
c. Sri Lanka
d. Thailand

9. Who give the concept of “Drain of wealth”?
a. Surenderanath Banerjee
b. Amartya Sen
c. Mahatma Gandhi
d. Dadabhai Naorji

10. If the position of President and Vice President are vacant, who officiates as the president of India?
a. The Prime Minister
b. The Chief Justice of India
c. The Speaker of Lok Sabha
d. None of these

Answers:
1. B
2. C
3. B
4. A
5. D
6. C
7. D
8. C
9. D
10. B