Question Bank

The word used to describe the shape of the earth is?

  1. Circle
  2. Oblate Spheroid
  3. Flat
  4. Sphere

Correct Answer : 2

The Indian constitution closely follows the constitutional system of?

  1. USA
  2. UK
  3. Germany
  4. Ireland

Correct Answer : 2

The earliest Buddhist literature which deal with the stories of the various birth of buddha is:

  1. Vinaya pitakas
  2. Abhidamma pitakas
  3. Sutta pitakas
  4. Jatakas

Correct Answer : 4

Tsunamis are not caused by:

  1. Hurricanes
  2. Volacanic eruptions
  3. Undersea lanslides
  4. Earthquakes

Correct Answer : 1

Radio waves are reflected back to Earth from the:

  1. Troposphere
  2. Ionosphere
  3. Stratosphere
  4. Exosphere

Correct Answer : 2

Which one of the following Indus Culture sites gives evidence of a dockyard?

  1. Lothal
  2. Rakhigarhi
  3. Harappa
  4. Mohenjodaro

Correct Answer : 1

Who was Francisco De Almeida?

  1. Dutch Viceroy in India
  2. English Viceroy in India
  3. French Viceroy in India
  4. Portuguese Viceroy in India

Correct Answer : 4

Which one among the following rivers does not flow into the Bay of Bengal?

  1. Mahanadi
  2. Godavari
  3. Tapti
  4. Cauveri

Correct Answer : 3

A Nautical mile is equal to:

  1. 6020 ft
  2. 5280 ft
  3. 6060 ft
  4. 6080 ft

Correct Answer : 4

Which of the following mountain ranges separates Europe from Asia?

  1. Apenine
  2. Ural
  3. Sulaiman
  4. Black Forest

Correct Answer : 2

Which one of the following countries does not have a border with China?

  1. Myanmar
  2. Kazakhstan
  3. Thailand
  4. Afganistan

Correct Answer : 3

The Cripps Mission visited India during the regime of :

  1. Lord Linlithgow
  2. Lord Wavell
  3. Lord Wellington
  4. Lord Mountbatten

Correct Answer : 1

Who wrote 'Ashtadhyayi' the earliest existing grammar of Sanskrit?

  1. Patanjali
  2. Kalidas
  3. Panini
  4. Banabhatta

Correct Answer : 3

Which one among the following states was first annexed by Lord Dalhousie under the Doctrine of Lapse?

  1. Nagpur
  2. Sambalpur
  3. Jhansi
  4. Satara

Correct Answer : 4

Which of the following commission was appointed by the Central Government on Union-State relations in 1983?

  1. Sarkariya commission
  2. Rajamannar commission
  3. Dutt commission
  4. Setalvad commission

Correct Answer : 1