Basic General Knowledge – Series 5

31) Where is the headquarter of the Organization of the Islamic Conference located?

a) Dubai

b) Jeddah

c) Islamabad

d) Ankaara

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Option – b)

32) Who wrote ‘Discovery  of India’?

a) Jawahar Lal Nehru

b) Lala Lajpat rai

c) Dadabhai naoroji

d) Moti Lal Nehru

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Option – a)

33) Areawise, which one of the following is the largest Lok Sabha Constituency?

a) Kutch

b) Kangra

c) Ladakh

d) Patna Sahib

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Option – c)

34)Which one of the following theories of Communism is not a Doctrine of Karl Marx?

a) Dialectical Materialism

b) Historical Materialist

c) Class Struggle

d) Theory of New Democracy

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Option – d)

35) The direction of the monsoons of the Arabian sea branch is from

a) North-West

b) Southern tip to West

c) South-East

d) None of these

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Option – b)

36) Which among the following is the exclusive jurisdiction of the State Government ?

a) Corporation tax

b) Customs Duty

c) Sales tax

d) Income tax

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Option – c)

37) Diamond is a

a) Good conductor and soft

b) Non-conductor and soft

c) Non-conductor and hard

d) Good conductor and hard

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Option – c)

38) who painted the masterpiece ‘Hamsa Damyanti’ ?

a) Ajolie Ela Menon

b) Abanindranath Tagore

c) Amrita Shergil

d)Raja Ravi Varma

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Option – d)

39) The major combustible component of gobar (cow-dung) gas is

a) Methane

b) Carbon dioxide

c) Hydrogen

d) Propane

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Option – a)

40) 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)

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Option – c)

41)The great lawn tennis player Bjorn Borg is from which country?

a) Sweden

b) Australia

c) USA

d) Italy

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Option – a)

42)  The Famous bronze image of Nataraja is a fine example of which art?

a) Chola Art

b) Gandhar Art

c) Mathura Art

d) Maurya Art

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Option – a)

43) SONAR is based on the principle of

a) Resonance

b) Reveberation

c) Echo

d) None of these

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Option – c)

44) Who discovered Cholera germs?

a) Robert Koch

b) Rene Laennec

c) Dreser

d) Hansen

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Option – a)

45)The system of budget was introduced in India during the Viceroyalty of

a) Elgin

b) Ripon

c) Dalhousie

d) Canning

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Option – d)