ARENA OF GENERAL KNOWLEDGE 3

 1. Who amongst the following was not sent to Sri Lanka for the propagation of Buddhism ?

(a) Rashtriya (b) Uttriya (c) Bhadrasara (d) Sona

2. Who among the following popularised the theory of ‘Arctic Region’ as the original home of Aryans ?

(a) Macdonell (b) Max Muller (c) B.G. Tilak (d) Keith

3. Who among the following could not be captured by the British in 1857 ?

(a) Bahadur Shah II (b) Mangal Pandey (c) Nana Saheb (d) Tantia Tope

4. The famous Indo Greek king who embraced Buddhism was

(a) Strato I (b) Menander (c) Democritus (d) Alexander

5. Which of the following statements is not correct ?

(a) The Rig Vedic people worshipped nature.

(b) The Rig Vedic Aryans were by and large urban people.

(c) The Rig Vedic family comprised parents and other kith and kin apart from husband and wife.

(d) The Rig Vedic women were highly respected and that most of the religious ceremonies were considered incomplete unless wives joined their husbands.

6. The Simon Commission was concerned with

(a) Constitutional reforms (b) Higher education

(c) Reforms in princely states (d) Famines

7. A Bill referred to a Joint sitting of the two Houses of the Parliament is to be passed by

(a) A simple majority (b) 2/3rd majority

(c) 3/4th majority (d) Absolute majority of total memebership

8. In case a President dies while in office, the Vice President can act as President for a maximum period of

(a) 2 years (b) 1 year (c) 3 months (d) 6 months

9. The Panchayati Raj institutions depend for funds mainly on

(a) Local taxes (b) Property tax

(c) Government finances (d) Special taxes

10. Which of the following Bills was discussed in the Lok Sabha but was withdrawn before it could be discussed in the Rajya Sabha ?

(a) Benami Transaction Bill (b) Newspaper Employees Bill

(c) Hill Council Bill (d) Defamation Bill

11. The Union Council of Ministers consists of

(a) Prime Minister

(b) Cabinet Ministers

(c) Cabinet Ministers and Chief Ministers of the States

(d) Cabinet Ministers, Ministers of State and Deputy Ministers.

12. Panchayati Raj is

(a) Administrative structure (b) Financial structure

(c) Physical structure (d) State structure

13. Commercial Banking System in India is

(a) Mixed Banking (b) Unit Banking (c) Branch Banking (d)None of the Above

14. Regional Rural Banks are designed to work in which of the following ideals ?

(a) Work on basics of commercial banks

(b) Help the targeted groups

(c) Keep lending rates lower than cooperative institutions

(d) Work on innovative and adaptive ideals

15. The type of planning experimented between 1978 and 1980 is known as

(a) Rolling Plan (b) Annual Plan (c) Indicative Plan (d) Collective Plan

16. The incoming short – wave solar radiation is balanced by an equal amount of long wave radiation from Earth going back to space. This is known as

(a) Earth radiation (b)Wave balance of Earth

(c) Heat balance of Earth (d) Radiation exchange

17. The planning Commission of India is

(a) A constitutional body

(b) A statutory body entrusted with all economic planning in India

(c) A non-statutory body created by the Centre

(d) An autonomous body performing advisory and research functions to help the Govt of India.

18. Countries favourably influenced by Westerlies are

(a) Western Europe, British Columbia and East of U.S.A.

 (b) South – West Africa and South Chile

(c) New Zealand

(d) All of these

19. The Eastern Coast of India is known as

(a) Kankan coast (b) Malbar coast (c) Coromandel coast (d) Cyclonic Coast

20. Which of the following states has abundant black soil ?

(a) Tamil Nadu (b) Maharashtra (c) Karnataka (d) Kerala

                                                                 ANSWER 

1. (d) 2. (c) 3. (d) 4. (b) 5. (b) 6. (a) 7. (a) 8. (d) 9. (c) 10. (d)

11. (d) 12. (a) 13. (a) 14. (b) 15. (a) 16. (c) 17. (c) 18. (d) 19. (c) 20. (b