Question Bank

The reports of the Comptroller and Auditor-General of India relating to the accounts of the States are submitted to which among the following?

  1. The Parliament
  2. The Governor
  3. The President
  4. The Chief Minister

Correct Answer : 2

What led to the end of Indus Valley Civilization?

  1. Earthquakes
  2. Recurrent Floods
  3. Invasion of Aryans
  4. All the above

Correct Answer : 4

In Jainism, 'Perfect Knowledge' is referred to as:

  1. Jina
  2. Kaivalya
  3. Ratna
  4. Nirvana

Correct Answer : 2

In amoeba excretion takes place through the process of:

  1. Infusion
  2. Diffusion
  3. Uricotelic
  4. None of the above

Correct Answer : 2

Which of the following passes cuts through the Pir Panjal range and links Manali and Leh by road?

  1. Nathula Pass
  2. Mana Pass
  3. Niti Pass
  4. Rohtang Pass

Correct Answer : 4

Who was the disciple of Vallabhacharya?

  1. Ramanuja
  2. Tulsidas
  3. Tukaram
  4. Surdas

Correct Answer : 4

Which of the following Government of India Act introduced the diarchy system in the provinces of India?

  1. Government of India Act, 1919
  2. Government of India Act, 1935
  3. Government of India Act, 1909
  4. None of these

Correct Answer : 1

Who said that Indian National Congress is a ‘begging institute’?

  1. Aurobindo Ghosh
  2. Bal Gangadhar Tilak
  3. Bipin Chandra Pal
  4. Mahatma Gandhi

Correct Answer : 1

Who said that the congress is tottering to its fall, and one of my great ambitions, while in India, is to assist it to a peaceful demise?

  1. Lord Curzon
  2. Lord Minto
  3. Lord Dufferin
  4. None of these

Correct Answer : 1

Which of the following leader was not moderate?

  1. Anand Charlu
  2. Madan Mohan Malviya
  3. Dada Bhai Naoroji
  4. Bipin Chandra Pal

Correct Answer : 4

The Buland Darwaza was built to mark Akbar’s conquest of?

  1. Gujarat
  2. Chittor
  3. Malwa
  4. Awadh

Correct Answer : 1

Tulsi Das composed his Ramacharitamanas during the reign of which ruler?

  1. Krishnadeva Raya
  2. Akbar
  3. Alauddin Khilji
  4. Harsha

Correct Answer : 2

Akbar established Ibadat Khana at:

  1. Agra
  2. Fatehpur Sikri
  3. Delhi
  4. Lahore

Correct Answer : 2

Find the missing number in the series: 2, 6, 12, 20, 30, 42, 56, ?

  1. 72
  2. 62
  3. 70
  4. 68

Correct Answer : 1

What does an idiom "To have an axe to grind" mean ?

  1. A private end to serve.
  2. To have no result.
  3. To fail to arouse interest.
  4. To work from both sides.

Correct Answer : 1