Friday, September 30, 2016

Graduate Level Questions - 22

Graduate Level Questions - 22

316. Birth anniversary of Dr.S.Radhakrishnan (September 5) is observed as:
(a) National education day              (b) Teacher’s day
(c) National science day                   (d) None of these
Answer: (b)

317. “The light has gone out..... the light that shone in this country was no ordinary light..... For that light represented living truth” Who said these words?
(a) Gandhiji                                            (b) Jawaharlal Nehru
(c) Sardar Patel                                     (d) SC Bose
Answer: (b)

318.Which gulf country is an island?
(a) Iraq                                                  (b) Yemen
(c) Kuwait                                          (d)Bahrain
Answer: (d)

319. The highest peak in Africa
(a) Kilimanjaro                                   (b ) Aconcagua
(c) Everest                                           (d) Mc Kinley
Answer: (a)

320. The deepest lake in the world is Beikal in....
(a) Russia                                                (b) China
(c) Nepal                                                  (d) Laos
Answer: (a)

321. The highest capital city in the world is La Paz. It is in:
(a) Brazil                                               (b) Chile
(c) Bolivia                                              (d) Argentina
Answer: (c)

322. Which State/Union Territory in India has the largest percentage of area under forest?
(a) Mizoram                                           (b) Andaman Nicobar
(c) Lakshadweep                                    (d) Andhra Pradesh
Answer: (b)

323. Which river is known as ‘Vridha Ganga’?
(a) Kaveri                                                (b) Godavari
(c) Krishna                                             (d) Narmada
Answer: (b)

324. New alluvium  is called:
(a) Regur                                                (b) Humus
(c) Khadar                                              (d) Bhangar
Answer: (c)

325. Which region in India experiences the heaviest rainfall?
(a) North west                                       (b) North east
(c) South                                                  (d) South west
Answer: (b)

326. Kalibangan, the Indus valley site, is in:
(a) U.P.                                                       (b) Haryana
(c) Rajastan                                             (d) Punjab
Answer: (c)

327. During the Vedic age the river Beas was known as:
(a) Satadru                                                (b) Vitashta
(c) Chandrabhaga                                    (d) Vipasa
Answer: (d)

328. The first organisation to get Gandhi Peace Prize of the Govt. of India:
(a) Red Cross                                  (b) Ramakrishna Mission
(c) UNO                                            (d) None of these
Answer: (b)

329. Name the revolutionary leader who turned into an ascetic in the later years of his life:
(a) BG Tilak                                         (b) Bhagat Singh
(c) Bipin Chandra Pal                       (d) Aurobindo Ghosh
Answer: (d)

330. In which year Clement Atlee announced British Government’s decision to grant independence to India?
(a) 1947                                             (b) 1948
(c) 1949                                              (d) 1950

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