Basic General Knolwedge GK MCQ – Series 16
1) Whose the following
a) Pandit Shiv Kumar Sharma
b) Ustad Amjad Ali Khan
c) Pandit Ravi Shankar
d) Ustad Zakir Hussain
2) Which scripture was called his ‘Mother’ by Gandhiji?
a) Ramayana
b) The New Testament
c) Bhagwat Gita
d) The Holy Quran
3) The first Indian Registrar General and Census Commissioner of Independent India was
a) Ashokn Mitra
b) R B Chari
c) A R Nanda
d) R A Gopalaswami
4) The first commonwealth Games were held in the year 1930 at
a) London (the UK)
b) Sydney (Australia)
c) Hamilton (Canada)
d) Auckland (New Zealand)
5) The first Indian Swimmer to clock the best Indian time in 800 m freestyle is
a) Richa Mishra
b) Shikha Tandon
c) Nisha Millet
d) Anita Sood
6) With which one of the following sports is Jayanta Talukdar associated?
a) Golf
b) Snooker
c) Archery
d) Shooting
7) How is Kishori Amonkar well-known as?
a) Classical dancer
b) Classical singer
c) Poet
d) Theatre personality
8) Who was the first Foreign Minister of free India?
a) Jawaharlal Nehru
b) Gulzarilal Nanda
c) Lal Bahadur Shastri
d) John Mathai
9) ……is the ‘Columbus of the Space Age’
a) Mithali Raj
b) Kalpana Chawla
c) Yuri Gagarin
d) Leela Seth
10) What is the animal symbol of World Wildlife Fund ( WWF)?
a) Dolphin
b) Kangaroo
c) Tiger
d) Giant Panda