General Knowledge For All Competitive Exams_Quiz_01

01. Puducherry was a _____ colony.

1. Spanish
2. French
3. Dutch
4. Portuguese

02. Which of these is not a toy train track?

1. Shimla-Kalka
2. Jalpaiguri-Darjeeling
3. Neral-Matheran
4. Jammu-Dehradun

03. What is Indira Point?

1. Northern most tip of India
2. Southern most tip of India
3. Eastern most tip of India
4. Western most tip of India

04. Jallikattu is a famous sport played in Tamil Nadu as a part of Pongal celebrations. Which animal is associated with this sport?

1. Dogs
2. Cocks
3. Bulls
4. Elephants

05. What is feni?

1. Goan language
2. Goan drink
3. Goan dress
4. Goan Handicraft

06. Which Indian city is not situated on sea shore?

1. Dwarika
2. Somnath
3. Varanasi
4. Rameshwaram

07. Bollywood star Amitabh Bachchan is the tourism brand ambassador of which state?

1. Gujarat
2. Maharashtra
3. West Bengal
4. Madhya Pradesh

08. In which city is the famous ancient monument Hawa Mahal situated?

1. New Delhi
2. Hyderabad
3. Jaipur
4. Kolkata

09. Taj Mahal is located on the banks of River .………

1. Ganga
2. Yamuna
3. Chambal
4. Narmada

10. ____ is famous for spices.

1. Karnataka
2. Tamil Nadu
3. Kerala
4. Rajasthan

11. In which country green revolution was started?

1. Denmark
2. Mexico
3. India
4. United States of America

12. National Development Council was formed in -

1. 1950
2. 1951
3. 1952
4. 1953

13. To which area, priority was given in first five year plan?

1. agriculture
2. industry
3. employment
4. defense

14. The ex-officio chairman of National Development Council is-

1. Prime Minister
2. President
3. Finance Minister
4. Deputy Chairman of Planning Commission

15. Who wrote the first book on Indian planning ‘Planned Economy of India’?

1. Dadabhai Naoroji
2. C. F. Andrew
3. M. Visvesvarayya
4. P. C. Mahalanobis

16. IMF forecast for Global Growth in 2013 is ____ %.

1. 3.6
2. 4.2
3. 5.6
4. 6.0

17. Which five year plan was also known as ‘Industrial and Transport Plan’?

1. 1st
2. 2nd
3. 3rd
4. 4th

18. Panchayat Raj System was introduced in ____ under the recommendation of Balwant Rai Mehta Committee.

1. 1954
2. 1959
3. 1961
4. 1964

19. Who is known as the father of Indian Budget?

1. B. R. Ambedkar
2. Jawaharlal Nehru
3. P. C. Mahalanobis
4. M. N. Roy

20. From which country India has adopted the idea of five year plan?

1. USA
2. England
3. Ireland
4. Soviet Union