Gk Paper-1

Attempt all the questions.                                           Total marxs: 30, Each question carries 1 mark

  Time allowed: 1 hour

1.        

Erstwhile Punjab included the parts as

a)      Present day Punjab, Haryana, Chandigarh, parts of H.P & parts of Rajasthan

b)      Present day Punjab, Pakistan part of  Punjab, Haryana, Chandigarh, parts of H.P & parts of Rajasthan

c)       Jammu & Kashmir, Present day Punjab, Pakistan part of  Punjab, Haryana, Chandigarh, parts of H.P & parts of Rajasthan

d)      Jammu & Kashmir, Present day Punjab, Haryana, Chandigarh, parts of H.P & parts of Rajasthan

2.        

Haryana Day is celebrated on

a)         1^st October

b)         1^st November

c)          1^st December

d)         1^st January

3.        

Jharkhand  was earlier called

a)      Southern U.P

b)      Southern  Bihar

c)       Southern M.P

d)      Southern Rajasthan

4.        

Rajasthan was earlier called

a)      Rajputana

b)      Marut Pradesh

c)       Matsya

d)      All of these

5.        

Rajasthan is divided into Marwar & Mewar by the Mountains

a)      Himalayas

b)      Aravallis

c)       Nilgiri

d)      Hindu kush

6.        

Udaipur is called

a)      Golden city

b)      City of Lakes

c)       Windy city

d)      All of these

7.        

Jaipur in Rajasthan is titled as

a)      Golden city

b)      City of Lakes

c)       Windy city

d)      Pink city

8.        

Pokhran, the India atomic Blast site lies in

a)      Jodhpur

b)      Jaisalmer

c)       Bikaner

d)      Barmer

9.        

India’s First Nuclear Blast experiment conducted on 18^th May, 1974 is titled as

a)      Operation Buddha Smiling

b)      Operation Shakti

c)       Operation Safed Sagar

d)      None of these

10.    

First world level atom bomb project is titled as

a)      Manhattan Project

b)      Cyclotron project

c)       Krypton  Project

d)      Radon  Project

11.    

Hiroshima Day lies on

a)      9^th August

b)      6^th  August

c)       9^th September

d)      6^th September

12.    

Dr. A.P.J.Kalam, the father of IGMP, is also called

a)      Rocket man of India

b)      Flying man of India

c)       Missile  man of India

d)      Space  man of India

13.    

There are no aboriginal Tribals in

a)      Jammu & Kashmir

b)      Rajasthan

c)       Punjab

d)      Bihar

14.    

Aryans are the people found in

a)      Punjab, J&K ,H.P, Haryana, Rajasthan

b)      Punjab, J&K , Haryana, Rajasthan

c)       Punjab, J&K ,H.P, Haryana, Rajasthan

d)      Punjab, Haryana, Rajasthan

15.    

Bombay was Reorganized in accordance with Bombay Reorganization Act of:

a)      1960

b)      1970

c)       1980

d)      1950

16.    

Puducherry includes the parts as

a)      Mahe

b)      Karaikal

c)       Yanam

d)      All of these

17.    

The ratio of length is to width of National flag is

a)      3:4

b)      2:3

c)       1:2

d)      2:1

18.    

Saffron colour band in the national Flag stands for

a)      Peace

b)      Prosperity

c)       Sacrifice

d)      All of these

19.    

State  Emblem of India is an adaptation from

a)      Sarnath Lion Capital of Ashoka

b)      Chandragupta Iron pillar at Delhi

c)       Topara inscription of Ashoka

d)      None of these

20.    

The words as Satya meva Jayete on state emblem are taken from

a)      Mundaka Upnishad

b)      Gopath  Upnishad

c)       Matsya  Upnishad

d)      None of these

21.    

The playing time of National anthem is

a)      62 Seconds

b)      30  Seconds

c)       52 Seconds

d)      40 Seconds

22.    

Jana, Gana, mana, the  National anthem, composed by Gurudev Rabindranath Tagore was basically

a)      Morning prayer of India

b)      Evening prayer of India

c)       Sole  prayer of India

d)      Basic  prayer of India

23.    

National Song, Vande Maatram, is composed by

a)      Somnath  chatterji

b)      Sachindranath sanyal

c)       Tejpal Sapru

d)      Bankim Chandra chatterji

24.    

The technical name for national bird, peacock is

a)      Pavo Notre

b)      Pavo christatus

c)       Aristabulus

d)      Seleuchus

25.    

National animal Tiger is technically referred as

a)      Panthera Tigris

b)      Panthera Rusicon

c)       Rusicon Panther

d)      Tigris Roccam

26.    

The national river Ganga rises from the glacier

a)      Yamnotri

b)      Gangotri

c)       Godavari

d)      Jamalkotri

27.    

National fruit mango is rich in vitamins

a)      Vitamin A, B, C

b)      Vitamin A, B, C, D

c)       Vitamin A, C, D

d)      Vitamin B, C, D

28.    

The national Tree as Banyan tree is also known as

a)      Filarus Ficus benghalensis

b)      Miniicus Tiborous

c)       SellinousTiborous

d)      Ficus benghalensis

29.    

National calendar is based on

a)      Vikram Era

b)      Saka Era

c)       Hejri Era

d)      Solar era

30.    

First month of national calendar is

a)      Jyaistha

b)      Sravana

c)       Chaitra

d)      bhadra