Higher Education General Knowledge Questions and Answers

The Mauryan king who was called ‘Slayer of Foes’:
(a) Asoka (b) Chandragupta Maurya (c) Bimbisara (d) Bindusara
Answer: (d)

Kharavela ruled ……… during the period of B.C.176-163
(a) Kalinga (b) Kashmir (c) Vanga (d) Kamaroopa
Answer: (a)

The decipherment of Brahmi script was done by:
(a) William Jones (b) James Princep (c) Warren Hastings (d) Robert Clive
Answer: (b)

The literal meaning of the name of the Indus Valley site ‘Kalibangan’:
(a) Mound of the Dead (b) Place of Worship (c) Black Bangles (d) Port city
Answer: (c)

The most serious economic problems of India are
(a) Poverty and Unemployment (b) Illeteracy and starvation (c) Underdevelopment and illeteracy (d) Stagnation and poverty
Answer: (a)

The main model that formed the basis of the strategy of the Second Five Year Plan was formulated by
(a) K.N.Raj (b) P.C.Mahalanobis (c) Gulsarilal Nandha (d) Jawaharlal Nehru
Answer: (b)

The Panchayat Raj system was introduced in 1959 under the recommendation of:
(a) Ashok Mehta Committee (b) Belwant Rai Mehta Committee (c) Dinesh Goswamy Committee (d) Narasimham committee
Answer: (b)

The state which has the largest percentage of rural population
(a) Himachal Pradesh (b) Bihar (c) Chhatisgarh (d) Uttar Pradesh
Answer: (a)

Name the scholar who suggested that the original home of Aryans was Sapta Sindhu region:
(a) A.C.Das (b) Max Mullar (c) B.G.Tilak (d) Dayanand Saraswathy
Answer: (a)

According to ‘Arthasastra’ of Chanakya, Mauryan Kings ruled for —— years as a whole.
(a) 137 (b) 157 (c) 180 (d) 200
Answer: (a)

The last ruler of Kanva dynasty:
(a) Narayana (b) Susarman (c) Bhumimitra (d) Vasudava
Answer: (b)

Who was also known as ‘Milinda’?
(a) Kanishka (b) Menander (c) Harsha (d) Ashoka
Answer: (b)

“All composite things decay. Strive diligently”- are the last words of:
(a) Mahathma Gandhi (b) Mahavira (c) Buddha (d) Jesus Christ
Answer: (c)

Arhai Din Ka Jhonpara, a mosque constructed during the period of Slave rulers, was situated at:
(a) Delhi (b) Ajmer (c) Badami (d) Allahabad
Answer: (b)

Who said this-”God is of no use to the hungry belly”?
(a) Mahathma Gandhi (b) Ram Krishna Pramhansa (c) Swami Vivekananda (d) Dayanand Saraswathy
Answer: (b)

Gopinath Bordoli was an eminent freedom fighter and recipient of Bharat Ratna, belonged to the State of:
(a) Maharashtra (b) Assam (c) West Bengal (d) Bihar
Answer: (b)

Who among the following brilliantly defended prisoners in the I.N.A. trial of 1945?
(a) Mahadev Desai (b) Bhulabhai Desai (c) Morarji Desai (d) S.Sathyamurthy
Answer: (b)

Which region was once known as Ariana?
(a) Afghanistan (b) Myanmar (c) China (d) Bangladesh
Answer: (a)

Owen Falls is in:
(a) Zimbabwe (b) Uganda (c) Egypt (d) Ghana
Answer: (b)

R.R.I.I-105 is a variety of:
(a) Paddy (b) Tapioca (c) Rubber (d) Pepper
Answer: (c)

What percent of the land area of the Earth is covered by the continent of Asia?
(a) 29.5 (b) 20.0 (c) 16.3 (d) 11.8
Answer: (a)

The venue of the first modern Olympics:
(a) Athens (b) London (c) Paris (d) St.Louis
Answer: (a)

Which element has the symbol ’Au’?
(a) Aluminium (b) Arsenic (c) Mercury (d) Gold
Answer: (d)

Which among the following is not the name of a Zodiac sign?
(a) Aries (b) Libra (c) Venus (d) Taurus
Answer: (c)

The avatara of Mahavishnu which is in the shape of a boar:
(a) Matsya (b) Kurma (c) Varaha (d) Narasimha
Answer: (c)

Where one can see Harley Street?
(a) London (b) Paris (c) New York (d) Washington
Answer: (a)

Who is known as the Father of United State’s Constitution?
(a) George Washington (b) Abraham Lincoln (c) James Madison (d) Thomas Jefferson
Answer: (c)

Amarnath is a holy place for:
(a) Hindus (b) Jains (c) Buddhists (d) Christians
Answer: (a)

“March of the Volunteers” is the National Anthem of:
(a) U.S.A. (b) China (c) Greece (d) Japan
Answer: (b)

Irrawady is the main river in:
(a) Bangladesh (b) China (c) Myanmar (d) Pakistan
Answer: (c)

In which country the Anatolian Plateau is situated?
(a) China (b) Turkey (c) Iran (d) Pakistan
Answer: (b)

The first Deputy Chairman of Planning Commission
(a) Jawaharlal Nehru (b) K.C.Neogi (c) Gulsarilal Nanda (d) K.S.Santhanam
Answer: (c)

Father of Green Revolution in India
(a) Dr Varghese Kurien (b) M.S.Swaminathan (c) M.Visvesvarayya (d) C.Subramanyam
Answer: (b)

In the first Five Year Plan, priority was given to:
(a) Agriculture (b) Industry (c) Transport (d) Communication
Answer: (a)

The Indian prime minister who abolished privy purses:
(a) Rajiv Gandhi (b) V.P. Singh (c) Jawaharlal Nehru (d) Indira Gandhi
Answer: (d)

The veda which is regarded as the source of Indian music:
(a) Yajur (b) Atharva (c) Sama (d) Rig
Answer: (c)

What is the rank of U.S.A. in terms of area in the world?
(a) 4 (b) 5 (c) 6 (d) 7
Answer: (a)

Le Monde is a news paper published from:
(a) Moscow (b) Paris (c) Karachi (d) Jakarta
Answer: (b)

Antara is the news agency of:
(a) Turkey (b) Indonesia (c) Japan (d) Iran
Answer: (b)

J.F.Kennedy Airport is in:
(a) Washington (b) Chicago (c) New York (d) Sanfrancisco
Answer: (c)

‘Rising Sun” is election symbol of:
(a) Anna D.M.K. (b) D.M.K. (c) Akalidal (d) Shivsena
Answer: (b)

Glasgow is a city on the banks of the river Clyde. It is in …….
(a) Belgium (b) France (c) Germany (d) Scotland
Answer: (d)

Lepchas are the tribal people in:
(a) Sikkim (b) Andamans (c) Tamil Nadu (d) Orissa
Answer: (a)

The most populated country among the members of SAARC:
(a) China (b) Pakistan (c) India (d) Bangladesh
Answer: (c)

The first mid-term poll in India was held in:
(a) 1957 (b) 1962 (c) 1967 (d) 1971
Answer: (d)

‘The Pearl Harbour of India’:
(a) Tutucorin (b) Chennai (c) Mumbai (d) Surat
Answer: (a)

Which of the following book was not written by Salman Rushdie?
(a) Midnight’s Children (b) Satanic Verses (c) In a Free State (d) The Moor’s Last Sigh
Answer: (c)

Firdousi, who is called Persian Homer, was a contemporary of:
(a) Akbar (b) Mahmud Ghazni (c) Muhammad Ghori (d) Alauddin Khilji
Answer: (b)

The second largest Union Territory in India, in terms of area:
(a) Andaman and Nicobar (b) Delhi (c) Pondicherry (d) Chandigarh
Answer: (b)

‘Man of Everest’ is the autobiography of:
(a) Tenzing Norgey (b) Edmund Hillary (c) Nawamg Gombu (d) Apa Sherpa
Answer: (a)