Mixed Quiz – 4
1. Which crop is sown on the largest area in India?
(A) Rice
(B) Wheat
(C) Sugarcane
(D) Maize
2. Eritrea, which became the 182nd member of the United Nations in 1993, is on the continent of
(A) Asia
(B) Africa
(C) Europe
(D) Australia
3. Which of the following personalities gave ‘The Laws of Heredity’?
(A) Robert Hook
(B) G.J. Mendel
(C) Charles Darwin
(D) William Harvey
4. Garampani sanctuary is located at ____?
(A) Junagarh, Gujarat
(B) Diphu, Assam
(C) Kohima, Nagaland
(D) Gangtok, Sikkim
5. Who is known as “The Saint of Gutters”?
(A) Baba Amte
(B) Mother Teresa
(C) Anna Hazare
(D) None of these
6. For which of the following disciplines is Nobel Prize awarded?
(A) Physics and Chemistry
(B) Physiology or Medicine
(C) Literature, Peace and Economics
(D) All of the above
7. Grand Central Terminal, Park Avenue, New York is the world’s
(A) largest railway station
(B) highest railway station
(C) longest railway station
(D) None of the above
8. Name the person who was also known as Deshbandhu.
(A) S. Radhakrishnan
(B) G.K. Gokhale
(C) Chittaranjan Das
(D) Madan Mohan Malviya
9. FFC stands for
(A) Foreign Finance Corporation
(B) Film Finance Corporation
(C) Federation of Football Council
(D) None of the above
10. Which of the following national parks is not listed as a UNESCO World Heritage site?
(A) Kaziranga
(B) Keoladeo
(C) Sundarbans
(D) Kanha
11. The capital of Uttarakhand is….
(A) Mussoorie
(B) Dehra Dun
(C) Nainital
(D) None of these
12. Fastest shorthand writer was
(A) Dr. G. (D) Bist
(B) J.R.(D) Tata
(C) J.M. Tagore
(D) Khudada Khan
13. Which state has the largest area?
(A) Maharashtra
(B) Madhya Pradesh
(C) Uttar Pradesh
(D) Rajasthan
14. Geet Govind is a famous creation of ……
(A) Bana Bhatt
(B) Kalidas
(C) Jayadev
(D) Bharat Muni
15. Galileo was an Italian astronomer who
(A) Developed the telescope
(B) discovered four satellites of Jupiter
(C) discovered that the movement of pendulum produces a regular time measurement
(D) All of the above
16. The Maratha and The Kesri were the two main newspapers which were started by
(A) Lala Lajpat Rai
(B) Gopal Krishna Gokhale
(C) Bal Gangadhar Tilak
(D) Madan Mohan Malviya
17. When did the World Trade Organization come into existence?
(A) 1992
(B) 1993
(C) 1994
(D) 1995
18. Exposure to sunlight helps a person to improve his health because
(A) The infrared light kills bacteria in the body
(B) Resistance power increases
(C) The pigment cells in the skin get stimulated and produce a healthy tan
(D) The ultraviolet rays convert skin oil into Vitamin D
19. The Lucknow session of Indian National Congress that took place in 1916 was presided over by__?
(A) Rashbihari Ghosh
(B) Ambika Charan Majumdar
(C) Bhupendra Nath Bose
(D) None of the above
20. In which year did the Cabinet Mission arrive in India?
(A) 1942
(B) 1943
(C) 1945
(D) 1946
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