Basic General Knowledge – Practice Set 12
1) Where is Salar Jung Museum situated ?
a) Hyderabad
b) Jaipur
c) Lucknow
d) Mumbai
2) Ultrasonic waves are produced by
a) peltier’s effect
b) Piezoelectric effect
c) Doppler’s effect
d) Coulomb’s law
3) Who was the architect who designed ‘’Taj Mahal’’?
a) Mohammad Hussain
b) Ustad-isa
c) Shah Abbas
d) Ismali
4) Which of the following states is not included in capital Region Planning Council ?
a) Rajasthan
b) Haryana
c) Uttar Pradesh
d) Madhya Pradesh
5) Where is the Head-Quarters of the Botanical Survey of India located ?
a) Lucknow
b) Darjeeling
c) Kolkata
d) Oottaccamund
6) Who produced the first automobile?
a) Gottleib Daimler
b) Henry Ford
c) Rudolf Diesel
d) Carl Benz
7) Who developed the concept of e-mail?
a) Bill Gates
b) Arthur C Clark
c) Ray Tomlinson
d) Sabir Bhatia
8) The Reserve Bank of India was established in
a) 1947
b) 1949
c) 1935
d) 1927
9) The amount of nitrogen present in the atmospheric air is about
a) 58%
b) 78%
c) 98%
d) 68%
10) World Heritage Day is observed on
a) April 18
b) April 15
c) April 10’
d) April 20