General Knowledge - 19

1. Consider the following statements in regard to Khilafat Movement’:

a. ‘Khilafat Movement’, an organization that wanted to protect the position of the Ottoman sultan as spiritual leader of all Muslims

b. The Khilafat committee was formed in Bombay in March 1919 to defend the power of Khalifa.

c. Brother Muhammad Ali and And Shaukat Ali were two active Khilafat leaders.

Which one of the following statements given above is/are correct?

a) Only 1
b) Only 2
c) Only 1 and 2
d) 1 , 2 and 3
e) None of the above 

  Answer: d

2. When was barb wire patented?

a) 1900
b) 1840
c) 1874
d) 1895
e) None of the above 

  Answer: c

3. Which was the only permanent effect of the invasions of Mahmud Ghaznavi?

a) Annexation of Punjab
b) Control over Western India
c)  Both b and a
d) None of the above
  
 Answer: a

4. Anekāntavāda is a core theory and philosophy of which of the following?

a) Jainism
b) Vaishnavism
c) Sikhism
d) Buddhism
e) None of the above 

  Answer: a

5. Which of the following ruler went to Sri Lanka to spread Buddhism?

a) Sanghamitra
b) Chitragupta
c) Samudragupta
d) Ashoka
e) None of the above 

  Answer: a

6. Azad Hind Fauj was founded in 1943 in:

a) America
b) Kuala Lumpur
c) Singapore
d) India
e) None of the above 

  Answer: c

7. In which decade was the AEEE (now the IEEE) founded?

a) 1950s
b) 1930s
c) 1850s
d) 1880s
e) None of the above 

  Answer: d

8. The element common to all acids is

a) Carbon
b) Hydrogen
c) Sulphur
d) Oxygen
e) None of the above 

  Answer: b

9. Rigvedic Aryans lived in India:

a) Eastern part of India
b) Northern India
c) Sapta Sindhu area
d) Both b and c
e) None of the above

  Answer: c

10. What Galileo invented?

a) Microscope
b) Thermometer
c) Pendulum clock
d) Barometer
e) None of the above 

  Answer: b