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(1)
Mansabdari System was introduced by ....
[A]
Jahangir
[B]
Akbar
[C]
Sher Shah
[D]
None of these
(2)
Akbar's tomb was located at ...
[A]
Sikandra
[B]
Fatehpur Sikri
[C]
Delhi
[D]
Agra
(3)
Chankya was the chief adviser of which ruler?
[A]
Chandragupta Maurya
[B]
Kanishka
[C]
Ashok
[D]
Harshvardhan
Answer: Chandragupta Maurya
(4)
For Rajya Sabha, how many members are nominated by President
[A]
12
[B]
15
[C]
7
[D]
10
(5)
Who is the chief advisor to the Governor?
[A]
Chief Minister.
[B]
Speaker of the Lok Sabha
[C]
Chief Justice of the Supreme Court.
[D]
President
(6)
Who is called the ‘Father of History’?
[A]
Herodotus
[B]
Pliny
[C]
Plutarch
[D]
Justin
(7)
The Speaker of the Lok Sabha is elected by the
[A]
Members of the Lok Sabha.
[B]
Members of both Houses of the Parliament.
[C]
President
[D]
Prime Minister
Answer: Members of the Lok Sabha.
(8)
Social Contract Theory was advocated by
[A]
Locke, Mill and Hegel
[B]
Plato, Aristotle and Hegel.
[C]
Hobbes, Locke and Rousseau.
[D]
Mill, Bentham and Plato.
Answer: Hobbes, Locke and Rousseau.
(9)
How many permanent members are there in UN Security Council?
[A]
Five
[B]
Six
[C]
Three
[D]
None
(10)
Article 17 of the constitution of India provides for
[A]
abolition of untouchability
[B]
abolition of titles.
[C]
equality of opportunity in matters of public employment.
[D]
equality before law
Answer: abolition of untouchability
(11)
Creator of Dynamite and founded the most prestigious award for scientists, economists and humanists
[A]
Alfred Nobel
[B]
Charles Darwin
[C]
Galileo Galilei
[D]
Isaac Newton
(12)
One of the greatest playwright. Also known as the 'Bard of Avon'
[A]
William Shakespeare
[B]
Neil Simon
[C]
George Bernard Shaw
[D]
Samuel Beckett
Answer: William Shakespeare
(13)
Known as Father of Social Science. He was the teacher of Alexander the Great.
[A]
Socrates
[B]
Aristotle
[C]
Plato
[D]
None of these
(14)
A great sculptor and painter. Designed the magnificent dome of St. Peter Church in Rome, Italy
[A]
Michaelangelo
[B]
Leonardo Da Vinci
[C]
Leonardo Da Vinci
[D]
Titian
(15)
World class comedian pair famous for their double act.
[A]
Laurel and Hardy
[B]
Robin Williams
[C]
Armstrong and Miller
[D]
Freaks and Geeks
(16)
First English writer to win the Nobel Prize for Literature. In 1894, he wrote 'Jungle Book'
[A]
Rudyard Kipling
[B]
George Owell
[C]
Rabindranath Tagore
[D]
T S Eliot
(17)
First in the world to dissect human body. Painted the world famous 'Mona Lisa'. A genius!
[A]
Leonardo Da Vinci
[B]
Donatello
[C]
Michaelangelo
[D]
Pablo Picasso
Answer: Leonardo Da Vinci
(18)
The most famous comedian of silent film era. Famous with his moustache, bowler hat, baggy trousers with cane.
[A]
Lucille Ball
[B]
Charlie Sheen
[C]
Charlie Chaplin
[D]
Adam Sandler
(19)
She was the first deaf-blind person to earn a Bachelor of Arts degree. Who was she?
[A]
Helen Keller
[B]
Agatha Christie
[C]
Wiggins
[D]
Ever Lee Hairston
(20)
A scottish doctor who took writing as profession at the age of 32. Penned the most famous detective 'Sherlock Holmes'
[A]
Carolyn Keene
[B]
Eisenhower
[C]
Arthur Conan Doyle
[D]
Martin Luther King Jr.
Answer: Arthur Conan Doyle
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