G K - Questions and Answers - 45

661. The name Oxygen was given by:

(a) Priestly                                         (b) Edison

(c) Lavoisier                                        (d) Cavendish

Answer: (c)

662. The largest non-capit al city in South India:

(a) Chennai                                         (b) Kochi

(c) Coimbatore                                  (d) Madurai

Answer: (c)

663. The ship which carried the first Indian mission to Ant arctica led by

S.Z.Qasim:

(a) M V Polar Circle                        (b) M V Polar Bird

(c) M.V.Thuleland                           (d) M.V.Magdalena

Answer: (a)

664. The 8th city of Delhi:

(a) Purana Qila                                    (b) Shajahanabad

(c) Siri                                                    (d) New Delhi

Answer: (d)

665. The first muslim to become the chief justice of India:

(a) Zakkir Hussain                              (b) A.M.Ahmadi

(c) M.Hidayatullah                               (d) I.C.Shaw

Answer: (c)

666. Who said: “Superstition is the religion of feeble minds”?

(a) George Bernard Shaw                    (b) Edmund Burke

(c) T.H.Huxley                                         (d) Bertrand Russel

Answer: (b)

667. The defeated candidate in the history of Indian Presidential elections who

got the highest percentage of votes:

(a) V.V.Giri                                               (b) Zakkir Hussain

(c) T.N.Seshan                                        (d) Neelam Sanjiva Reddy

Answer: (d)

668. Which organisation is related to the International Literacy Day?

(a) UNESCO                                           (b) UNICEF

(c) Red Cross                                           (d) UNEP

Answer: (a)

669. The number of members in Rajyasabha representing the states of the Indian Union at present:

(a) 250                                                         (b) 233

(c) 229                                                         (d) 226

Answer: (c)

670. The Dome of the Rock in Jerusalem is a sacred monument of the:

(a) Jews                                                      (b) Muslims

(c) Christians                                            (d) Parsis

Answer: (b)

671. Gandhiji lived in South Africa during the period:

(a) 1893-1915                                           (b) 1893-1914

(c) 1893-1917                                           (d) 1893-1920

Answer: (b)

672. Which prophet had a revelation at mount Sinai?

(a) Jesus Christ                                          (b) Mohammed

(c) Moses                                                    (d) Bahavulla

Answer: (c)

673. One mile=......feet

(a) 5280                                                  (b) 6080

(c) 5820                                                    (d) 6800

Answer: (a)

674. Saddle Peak which is the highest peak in Andaman and Nicobar group of islands. It is located in:

(a) North Andaman                              (b) Middle Andaman

(c) Car Nicobar                                        (d) Great Nicobar

Answer: (a)

675. Who was the King of Britain during the Delhi Durbar of 1911?

(a) George VI                                             (b) George V

(c) Edward VIII                                         (d) Charles II

Answer: (b)
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