Gk in English 80

(1)Which is India's oldest philosophy

(A) charvak
(B) Sankhya
(C) Vashaishik
(D) nyay

(2) Who was  exponent of sankhya philosophy

(A) Gemini
(B) Kapil
(C) Gautam
(D) Patanjali

(3) Who was  exponent of yoga philosophy

(A) Gemini
(B) Kapil
(C) Gautam
(D) Patanjali

(4)Who was an exponent of the philosophy Vashaishik

(A) Charwak
(B) Kapil
(C) Gautam
(D) Patanjali

(5)Who was an exponent of the philosophy of shoonyvad

(A) Gemini
(B) Kapil
(C) Gautam
(D) Nagarjuna

Answer
(1) b
(2) b
(3) d
(4) a
(5) d

Gk in English 77

( 1 ) whose motto is ' Bahujan Hitay Bahujan  sukhaya '

(A ) Doordarshan
( B ) Akashvani
( C ) Life Insurance Corporation of India
( D ) Reserve Bank of India

( 2 ) In which year India Radio began broadcasting

(A ) 1927
( B ) 1930
( C ) 1936
( D ) 1957

( 3 ) When was the introduction of doordarshan in India

(A ) 1957
( B ) 1959
( C ) 1961
( D ) 1963

( 4 ) special education  channel of doordarshan is

(A ) Gyan-vigyan
( B ) Gyan-darshan
( C ) Gyan-sagar
( D ) Gyan-vihar

( 5 ) When was the introduction of color broadcasting of doordarshan in India

(A ) 1971
( B ) 1975
( C ) 1982
( D ), 1984

Answer
( 1 ) b
( 2 ) a
( 3 ) b
( 4 ) b
( 5 ) c

Gk in English 75

( 1 ) Ritu Verma is concerned

( A)  singing ghazals
( B ) Pandwani style
( C ) karnataka music
( D ) classical singing

( 2 ) What genre of art is concerned with Begum Akhtar

(A ) Dance
( B ) Music
( C ) painting
( D ) Theatrical

( 3) The family is famous for singing Dhrupad

(A ) Gwalior Gharana
( B ) Lucknow Gharana
( C ) Jaipur Gharana
( D ) Banaras Gharana

( 4 ) Which  is one of the most ancient Gharana

(A ) Gwalior Gharana
( B ) Lucknow Gharana
( C ) Jaipur Gharana
( D ) Banaras Gharana

( 5 ) classical music is derived from

(A ) Rigveda
( B ) Samavedic
( C ) ayurveda
( D ) Arthvved

Answer
( 1 ) b
( 2 ) b
( 3 ) a
( 4 ) a
( 5 ) b

Gk in English 74

( 1 ) Delhi was established 

(A ) by Tomars
( B ) by Chauhans
( C ) by Parmars
( D ) by Pratihars

( 2 ) Which of the following was invade India for the first time

(A ) Turk
( B ) Arab
( C ) Mongol
( D ) Afghan

( 3 ) who built the temples at Khajuraho

(A ) Holkar
( B ) Sindhiya
( C ) Chandel
( D ) Bundel

( 4 ) In Which style temple built in Bhubaneswar and Puri

(A ) Nagar
( B ) Besar
( C ) Dravid
( D ) None of the above

( 5 ) Vikramshila University was founded by

(A ) Gopal
( B ) Kumaragupta
( C ) Dharampal
( D ) Mahipal

Answer
( 1 ) a
( 2 ) b
( 3 ) c
( 4 ) a
( 5 ) c

Gk in English 69

( 1 ) Which Turk was the first to attack India

(A ) Mohammed Ghazni
( B ) Mohammad Ghauri
( C ) Genghis Khan
( D ) Temur lang

( 2 ) Most Mongol invasion were during which emperor

(A ) Balban
( B ) Alauddin Khilji
( C ) Muhammad bin Tughlaq
( D ) Firoz Tughlaq

( 3 ) Which sultan is called a mixture of contrasts

(A ) Balban
( B ) Alauddin Khilji
( C ) Muhammad bin Tughlaq
( D ) Firoz Tughlaq

( 4 ) ' Inam' land was given to

(A ) elite
( B ) Mansabdar
( C ) scholars and religious
( D ) Ameer

( 5 )  Ibnbtuta was came from

(A ) Persia
( B ) Turky
( C ) Central Asia
( D ) Morocco

Answer

( 1 ) a
( 2 ) b
( 3 ) c
( 4 ) c
( 5 ) d

Gk in English 68

(1)What is the national sport of Canada

(A) Cricket
(B) Hockey
(C) Football
(D) Ice Hockey

(2)What is the national sport of the United States

(A) Cricket
(B) Hockey
(C) Football
(D) Baseball

(3)What is the national sport of Japan

(A) Cricket
(B) Hockey
(C) Football
(D) Judo

(4)what is the national sport of Spain

(A) Cricket
(B) Hockey
(C) Football
(D) Bull Fighting

(5)What is the national sport of England

(A) Cricket
(B) Hockey
(C) Football
(D) Tennis

Answer
(1) d
(2) d
(3) d
(4) d
(5) a

Gk in English 65

(1 ) Which of the following temple does not offer prayers

(A ) Tirupati Temple
( B ) Kedarnath Temple
( C ) Koarnark Temple
( D ) Swaminarayan Temple

( 2 ) Which temple is famous by the name of Black Pagoda

(A ) Tirupati Temple
( B ) Kedarnath Temple
( C ) Koarnark Temple
( D ) Swaminarayan Temple

( 3 ) Where the Dilwara temple is located

(A ) Madhya Pradesh
( B ) Rajasthan
( C ) Gujarat
( D ) Maharashtra

( 4 ) Which of the temple known as the Temple of rats

( A) The Karni Mata Temple
( B ) Lingaraj Temple
( C ) Jggnath Temple
( D ) Tirupati Temple

( 5) The Kamakhya Temple is located in which state

(A ) W. Bengal
( B ) Assam
( C ) Sikkim
( D ) Arunachal Pradesh

Answer

( 1 ) c
( 2 ) c
( 3 ) b
( 4 ) a
( 5 ) b

Gk in English 64

( 1 ) Which of the following reformer died outside of India

(A ) Jyotiba Phule
( B ) Raja Ram Mohan Roy
( C ) Dayanand Saraswati
( D ) Ramakrishna Paramhansh

( 2 ) Which place was the main center of the Wahhabi movement

(A ) Patna
( B ) Lucknow
( C ) Tamil Nadu
( D ) Mumbai

( 3 ) Who is called Sukrat of Maharashtra

(A ) Bal Gangadhar Tilak
( B ) Bipin Chandra Pal
( C ) Ferozeshah Mehta
( D ) Mahadev Govind Ranade

( 4 ) What was the original name of Swami Dayanand Saraswati

(A ) Abhishankar
( B ) Gourishankar
( C ) Daya Shankar
( D ) Mulshankar

( 5 ) Who is the father of modern India

(A ) Swami Vivekananda
( B ) Swami Dayanand Saraswati
( C ) Raja Ram Mohan Roy
( D ) Keshab Chandra Sen

Answer
( 1 ) b
( 2 ) a
( 3 ) d
( 4 ) d
( 5 ) c

Gk in English 62

( 1 ) who was that commander whom Sultan of Bijapur,  asked  to get hold or alive Shivaji

(A ) Inayat Khan
( B ) Syed Khan
( C ) Afzal Khan
( D ) Sultan Khan

( 2 )' das bodh 'was written by

(A ) Ramdas
( B ) surdas
( C ) Kabir
( D ) Tulsidas

( 3 ) Shivaji was the most influenced with

(A ) Mirabai
( B ) Jijabai
( C )  Chandbibi
( D ) Hazrat Mahal

( 4 ) who was called peshva in Shivaji administration

(A ) Prime minister
( B ) Justice
( C ) religious advisor
( D ) Defence minister

( 5 ) Where Shivaji were imprisoned before escaping from prison of Mugals

(A ) Jaipur
( B ) Pune
( C ) Agra
( D ) Delhi

Answer
( 1 ) c
( 2 ) a
( 3 ) b
( 4 ) a
( 5 ) c

Gk in English 61

(1) Chandragupta Maurya ruler defeated which European emperor w

(A ) Megsthnijh
( B ) Alexander
( C ) Minender
( D ) Seleucus

( 2 )To ' Child Marriage ' and designed to determine the minimum age of marriage Sharda Act was enacted on

( A) September 15, 1929
( B ) April 1, 1930
( C ) January 1, 1931
( D ) March 8, 1932

( 3 )writer of ' kaviraj marg' was belongs to

(A ) Rashtrakutas
( B ) Sail
( C ) Gang
( D ) Portal

( 4 ) ' Poona Pact ' was related to whom among the following ?

(A ) Dalit Classes
( B ) Hindu - Muslim unity
( C ) constitutional progress
( D ) Educational Reform

( 5 ) for the protection of child rights in India, the National Commission was established when ?

(A ) 2006
( B ) 2007
( C ) 2008
( D ) 2010

Answer
( 1 ) d
( 2 ) a
( 3 ) a
( 4 ) a
( 5 ) c

Gk in English 58

1 ) Which Mughal emperor had highest number of Hindu Mughal commander in his army

(A ) Babar
( B ) Akbar
( C ) Shahjahan
( D ) Aurangzeb

( 2 ) Aurangzeb had conquered two states in the South,  they were

(A ) Ahmadnagar , Bijapur
( B ) Bidar and Bijapur
( C ) Golconda and Bijapur
( D ) Golconda and Ahmednagar

( 3 )what was the real name of Mumtaz Mahal

(A ) Roshan Ara
( B )ladli begum
( C ) Anjumnd Banu Begum
( D ) Mehrunisa

( 4 ) Gulbadan bano begum was daughter of

(A ) Babur
( B ) Humayu
( C ) Akbar
( D ) Jahangir

( 5 ) The Mugal adopted Navroz festival from

(A )  Parsis
( B ) Jews
( C )  Mongols
( D ) Turks

Answer
( 1 ) d
( 2 ) c
( 3 ) c
( 4 ) a
( 5 ) a

Gk in English 56

(1 ) Portuguese first governor, who has been in India

(A ) Vasco de Gama
( B ) Bryolomyu Diaz
( C ) Francisco de Alameda
( D ) Alfansko de Albuquerque

( 2 ) , who was the successor of Robert Clive in East India Company

(A ) Hastings
( B ) Banting
( C ) Cornwallis
( D ) Wellesley

( 3 ) where Vasco da Gama landed in India in 1498

(A ) Calicut
( B ) Goa
( C ) Mangalore
( D ) Cochin

( 4 ) Albuquerque, who had seized the territory of goa from

(A ) Yusuf Adil Shah
( B ) Ali Adil Shah
( C ) Mohammed Adil Shah
( D ) None of the above

( 5 ) who gifted  the  colony of Chandranagar to French
(A ) Shah Shuja
( B ) Shaista Khan
( C ) Azim Shah
( D ) Yusuf Adil Shah

Answer
( 1 ) c
( 2 ) a
( 3 ) a
( 4 ) b
( 5 ) b

Gk in English 55

1 ) Ellora caves were built by whom

(A )  Pallavas
( B ) Cholas
( C ) Rashtrakutas
( D ) Pandya

( 2 ) who was king of bengal at the time of inversions of Rajendra Chola

(A ) Mahipal
( B ) Devpal
( C ) Gopal
( D ) Nypal

( 3 ) Chola era was famous for:

(A ) religious belief
( B ) Rural Assemblies
( C ) Rashtrakutas war
( D ) the trade  with Lanka

( 4 ) Which is synonymous Mammlpurm

(A ) Mahabalipuram
( B ) Ujjain
( B ) Madurai
( D ) Kalyani

( 5 ) Where was the capital of the Pandyan Empire

(A ) Kanchi
( B ) Madurai
( C ) Kaveripattnm
( D ) the Tiruchi

Answer
(1) c
(2) a
(3) b
(4) a
(5) b

Gk in English 53

(1)jat jatin is the folk dance of the of which state

(A ) Bihar
( B ) Haryana
( C ) Rajasthan
( D ) west Bengal

( 2 ) Nautanki is the folk dance of the of which state

(A ) Bihar
( B ) Haryana
( C ) Rajasthan
( D ) Uttar Pradesh

( 3 ) lavani is the folk dance of the of which state

(A ) Maharashtra
( B ) Haryana
( C ) Rajasthan
( D ) Uttar Pradesh

( 4 ) Kirtan is a folk dance of which state

(A ) Bihar
( B ) Haryana
( C ) Rajasthan
( D ) a. Bengal

( 5 )  Teratali is the folk dance of the of which state

(A ) Bihar
( B ) Haryana
( C ) Rajasthan
( D ) a. Bengal

Answer

( 1 ) a
( 2 ) d
( 3 ) a
( 4 ) d
( 5 ) c

Gk in English 52

( 1 ) Which war established domination of British in India

(A ) Battle of Plassey
( B ) Battle of Buxar
( C ) Third Mysore War
( D )  Vadiwas var

( 2 ) By whom the first court was set up in Calcutta

(A )  Robert Clive
( B ) Cartier
( C ) Varen Hastings
( D ) Lord Cornwallis

( 3 ) whose cooperation made  Frrukhshiyar  the Mughal emperor

(A ) Zulfiqar Khan
( B ) Syed brothers
( C ) Mir ali
( D ) Hussain Ali Khan

( 4 )who are known as king maker

(A ) Zulfiqar Khan
( B ) Syed brothers
( C ) Mir phrase
( D ) Hussein Ali khan

( 5 ) who was associated with suppression of thugs

(A ) General Henry
( B ) captain Sliman
( C ) Alexander Burns
( D ) Captain Robert

Answer
( 1 ) A
( 2 ) c
( 3 ) b
( 4 ) b
( 5 ) b

Gk in English 50

( 1 ) Where did Gandhi  satyagraha t first in India

(A ) Kheda
( B ) Champaran
( C ) Ahmedabad
( D ) Dandi

( 2 ) passes which year  the Quit India Movement

(A ) 1922
( B ) 1930
( C ) 1942
( D ) 1946

( 3 ) Non-cooperation was postponed due to

(A ) suppression of the British
( B ) Gandhiji's Health
( C ) Chauri Chaura incident
( D ) differences in leaders

( 4 ) In which year was started Salt Satyagraha

(A ) 1930
( B ), 1932
( C ) 1934
( D ) 1936

( 5 ) Who was the hero of Kakori train robbery

(A ) Chandra Shekhar Azad
( B ) Bhagat Singh
( C ) Ram Prasad Bismil
( D ) Batukeshvar Dutt

Answer
( 1 ) b
( 2 ) c
( 3 ) c
( 4) a
( 5 ) c

Gk in English 48

( 1 ) who invented  zero

(A ) Varahamihira
( B ) Aryabhata
( C ) Reuters
( D ) Charak

( 2 ) the author of Hitopdesh

(A ) banbhatta
( B ) Narayan Pandit
( C ) Vishnu Gupta
( D ) Vishnu Sharma

( 3 ) who composed natyashashtra

(A ) Vsumitra
( B ) Vishnu Sharma
( C ) Bharata Muni
( D ) Vatsyayana

( 4 ) Nalanda University  was famous for

(A ) Medical Science
( B ) Logic
( C ) Chemistry
( D ) Buddhism philosophy

( 5 ) Where is Ankorwat temple

( A) India
( B ) Vietnam
( C ) Cambodia
( D ) Indonesia

Answer
( 1 ) b
( 2 ) b
( 3 ) c
( 4 ) d
( 5 ) c

Gk in English 46

( 1 ) who was defeated Harsha on the banks of the Narmada River

(A ) Shashank
( B ) Devgupt
( C ) Pulakeshin | |
( D ) Grahvarma

( 2 ) During the Harsh empire most important cities in northern India  was

(A ) Prayag
( B ) Mathura
( C ) Thaneshwar
( D ) Kannauj

( 3 ) Who wrote the autobiography of Harsh

(A ) Ferdowsi
( B ) banbhatta
( C ) Varahamihira
( D ) self Harsh

( 4 ) Where the Harsh  has used its religious Council

(A ) Varanasi
( B ) Prayag
( C ) Knnauj
( D ) Pataliputra

( 5 ) capital of Vardhan dynasty
is located in which state
(A ) Rajasthan
( B ) Delhi
( C ) Haryana
( D ) Uttar Pradesh

Answer
( 1 ) c
( 2 ) d
( 3 ) b
( 4 ) b
( 5 ) c

Gk in English 44

1 ) Which was the British commander who was instrumental in suppressing the uprising of 1857

(A ) Napier
( B ) Neil
( C ) Campbell
( D ) Hevlok

( 2 ) when the Queen Victoria declared the Indian administration bring under the British crown

(A ) November 1, 1857
( B ) November 1, 1858
( C ) November 31, 1857
( D ) January 1, 1858

( 3 ) After the Revolution of 1857 the British Army choose which states to recruit soldiers

(A ) Uttar Pradesh and Bihar
( B ) Bengal and Orissa
( C ) Gurkha and Punjab
( D ) Madras and Marathas

( 4 ) the historian who first called Revolt of 1857 "first independence war ofIndia"

(A ) R.C. Majumdar
( B ) S.N. Sen
( C ) V.D. Savarkar
( D ) Ashok Mehta

( 5 ) Where Mangal Pandey was involved in the rebellion

(A ) Meerut
( B ) Delhi
( C ) Barrackpore
( D ) Allahabad

Answer
( 1 ) c
( 2 ) b
( 3 ) c
( 4 ) c
( 5 ) c

Gk in English 42

( 1 ) What is time of construction of The Temple of Ellora's 34 caves

(A ) between 500 AD and 600 AD
( B ) between 300 AD and 400 AD
( C ) between 400 AD and 500 AD
( D ) between 700 AD and 800 AD

( 2 )what is the subject matter of Mitakshra

(A ) medical
( B ) Astro
( C ) Hindu Family Law
( D ) Poetry

( 3 )which was the official language of the Pallavas

(A ) Tamil
( B ) Telugu
( C ) Sanskrit
( D ) Hindi

( 4 ) Which temple is also called the Temple Rajasiddheshwar

(A ) Mukteshwar temple at Kanchi
( B ) the Kailash temple at Kanchi
( C ) Kailash Temple in Ellora
( D ) Mukteshwar Temple of Ellora

( 5) where is the three face- Brahma , Vishnu and Shiva sculpture in cave

(A ) Klva
( B ) Ellora
( C ) Elephanta
( D ) Ajanta

Answer
( 1 ) d
( 2 ) c
( 3 ) c
( 4 ) b
( 5 ) c