General Knowledge - 91


Q1.

In 2002, which committee was set up by the government to suggest measures for rationalising direct and indirect taxes ?
(A) Vijay Kelkar Committee
(B) B.K. Chaturvedi Committee
(C) R.K. Raghavan Committee
(D) Tejendra Khanna Committee

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Q2.

Between 1192 AD to 1857 AD, who was the only Hindu ruler to ascend the throne of Delhi ?
(A) Hemu Vikramaditya
(B) Harshavardhana
(C) Chandragupta Maurya
(D) Chandragupta Vikramaditya

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Q3.

According to Standard time zone classification, the earth is divided into how many time zones ?
(A) 12
(B) 24
(C) 48
(D) 96

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Q4.

In which city of Gujarat is India's first and world's second Patang (Kite) Museum, founded by Bhanubhai Shah, located ?
(A) Surat
(B) Rajkot
(C) Ahmedabad
(D) Vadodra

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Q5.

Heat travels from one place to another by which of the following methods ?
(A) conduction and radiation
(B) convection and radiation
(C) conduction and convection
(D) conduction, convection and radiation

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Q6.

The tenth and last Sikh Guru Gobind Singh was born at Patna in Bihar. Where did he die ?
(A) Amritsar (Punjab)
(B) Patna (Bihar)
(C) Nanded (Maharashtra)
(D) Anandpur (Punjab)

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Q7.

Pyongyang is the capital city of which Asian country ?
(A) Thailand
(B) North Korea
(C) South Korea
(D) Indonesia

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Q8.

Which scientist is often referred to as the 'Father of the Atom Bomb' ?
(A) Enrico Fermi
(B) J. Robert Oppenheimer
(C) Albert Einstein
(D) Ernest Rutherford

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Q9.

'Glimpses of World History' book, containing collection of letters on world history written from various prisons in British India, was authored by which Indian freedom fighter ?
(A) Mahatma Gandhi
(B) Bal Gangadhar Tilak
(C) Jawaharlal Nehru
(D) Maulana Abul Kalam Azad

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Q10.

What Indian name has been given to locally assembled T-90S Main Battle Tanks (MBT), procured from Russia in 'knocked down / semi knocked down' form for final assembly in India ?
(A) Arjuna
(B) Vikrant
(C) Vijayant
(D) Bhishma

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