General Knowledge - Quiz 2

1.       The Viceroy who headed the interim government assumed office on 2nd September, 1946:

(A)Wavell          (B) Linlithgo

(C) Irwin            (D) Mountbatten

Answer: A

2.       In which year Gandhiji landed India after ending his stay in South Africa?

(A) 1915            (B) 1916

(C) 1917            (D) 1918

Answer: A

3.       Who put forwarded the ‘fourteen point formula’?

(A) MA Jinnah (B) Nehru

(C) Gandhiji      (D) Rajagopalachari

Answer: A

4.       The year of Naval Mutiny:

(A) 1944            (B) 1945

(C) 1947            (D) 1946

Answer: D

5.       The first person who was born in 20th Centry to get Bharat Ratna is Lal Bahadur Shastri. The State in which Lal Bahadur Shastri was born:

(A) M.P.             (B) Uttar Pradesh

(C) Gujarat        (D) Maharashtra

Answer: B

6.       The only state in India where uniform civil code has been implemented:

(A) Jammu & Kashimir           (B) Sikkim

(C) Goa                                      (D) Tamil Nadu

Answer: C

7.       Who among the following enjoys the rank of a cabinet minister in the Union Cabinet?

(A) Cabinet Secretary

(B) Deputy Chairman of the Planning Commission

(C) Supreme Court Judge

(D) Principal Secretary to the Prime Minister

Answer: B

8.       Who is authorised to issue an order to suspend a State PSC member?

(A) Governor                 (B) Chief Minister

(C) Home Minister       (D) Speaker

Answer: A

9.       The Carthagian General who is regarded as the greatest general of antiquity:

(A) Robert Bruce          (B) Hammurabi

(C)Hannibal                 (D) Julius Caesar

Answer: C

10.    ‘Bata’ is a famous trade name in the field of:

(A) Battery         (B) Tyres

(C) Footwares (D) Computer

Answer: C