Quiz 5: Basic General Knowledge

1. Which among the following movement started with "breaking the salt law"?
(A)Non-cooperation Movement
(B)Civil Disobedience Movement
(C)Quit India Movement
(D)Home Rule Movement


2. There was one socialist leader, who ran away from the Hazaribagh Prison and joined the Quit India Movement. Identify that leader from the given options:
(A)Ram Manohar Lohia
(B)Minoo Masani
(C)Jayprakash Narayan
(D)Achyut Patwardhan


3. Who among the following were known as Tocharians?
(A)Kushanas
(B)Shakas
(C)Hunas
(D)Kalabhras


4. Two schools, viz. Mathura School of Art and Gandhara School of Art flourished in which among the following era?
(A)Shaka
(B)Kushana
(C)Saatvahana
(D)Gupta


5. Harshavardhana, who was known as Uttarapathapati, was defeated on the banks of river Narmada by which among the following Kings, also having assumed the title of Dakshinapathapati?
(A)Pulkesin I
(B)Kirtivarman I
(C)Pulkesin II
(D)Vikramaditya I


6. Which among the following two cities were joined by "Sadak-i-Azam" or the precursor of the Grand Trunk Road built by Shershah Suri?
(A)Agra & Calcutta
(B)Delhi & Patna
(C)Delhi & Sasaram
(D)Agra & Sasaram


7. Which among the following was located on the banks of Tungbhadra River?
(A)Vijayanagar Empire
(B)Chalukyas of Vatapi
(C)Chalukyas of Badami
(D)Bahmani Kingdom


8. In which of the following cities of India is located world's first complete granite temple?
(A)Varanasi
(B)Mathura
(C)Thanjaur
(D)Madurai


9. Who among the following was placed on the throne of Nawab of Bengal after the Battle of Buxar?
(A)Shiraj-ud-daula
(B)Mir Kasim
(C)Mir Jafar
(D)Najimuddin Ali Khan


10. Which of the following Mughal Emperor's is also known to be a very good player of Veena?
(A)Akbar
(B)Jahangir
(C)Shah Jahan
(D)Aurangzeb


11. Which among the following was the first note known as "Greenback" issued in United States?
(A)Federal Reserve Note
(B)Demand Note
(C)United States Note
(D)Treasury Note


12. Kanker Ghati Park is located in which among the following states of India?
(A)Chhattisgarh
(B)Jharkhand
(C)Odisha
(D)West Bengal


13. Which among the following tributaries of Indus originates from Lake Mansarovar?
(A)Beas
(B)Jhelum
(C)Sutlej
(D)Ravi


14. Which among the following lakes makes the border tripoint of Kenya , Tanzania & Uganda ?
(A)Lake Turkana
(B)Lake Victoria
(C)Lake Tivu
(D)Lake Tanganyika


15. TulBul Project is associated with which of the following rivers?
(A)Indus
(B)Ravi
(C)Jhelum
(D)Beas