G.S. QUIZ

1.    The Vikramsila’ Mahavihara, a great centre of education, was founded by—
      (A) Baladitya                     (B) Harsha
      (C) Gopala                        (D) Dharampala
2.    Tera Tali’ is the folk dance of—
     (A) Kerala                          (B) Rajasthan
     (C) Madhya Pradesh        (D) Tamil Nadu

3.    The Upanishads were translated into Persian by Dara Shikoh under the title—
(A) Al-Fihrist                      (B) Kitab-ul-Bayan
(C) Majm-ul-Bahrain         (D) Sirr-i-Akbar

4.    The author of the book ‘My Country My Life’ is—
(A) A. P. J. Abdul Kalam
(B) Jaswant Singh
(C) Lalkrishna Advani
(D) Rajmohan Gandhi

5.    The 1st joint meeting of both Houses of the Indian Parliament was held in connection with—
(A) Dowry Abolition Bill
(B) Hindu Code Bill
(C) Bank Nationalisation Bill
(D) Gold Control Bill

6.    Solar radiation plays the most important role in the—
(A) Carbon cycle
(B) Oxygen cycle
(C) Water cycle
(D) Nitrogen cycle

7.    India tested its first Nuclear device on—
(A) 15 May, 1972                          (B) 18 May, 1974
(C) 20 May, 1975                          (D) 26 May, 1976

8.    UNO has fixed the target for ‘Education for All’ till the year—
(A) 2012                                        (B) 2015
(C) 2018                                        (D) 2020

9.    Match List-I with List-II and select the correct answer from the codes given below—
List-I
(a) Legal Services Day                

(b) World Tourism Day
(c) World Theatre Day                 

(d) International Literacy Day
List-II
1. March 27                                  

2. September 8
3. November 9                             

4. September 27
Codes :
(a) (b) (c) (d)
(A) 4 3 2 1
(B) 3 4 1 2
(C) 2 3 4 1
(D) 1 2 3 4

10.  The smallest bone of our body is found in our—
(A) Ear                              (B) Nose
(C) Eye                             (D) Toe

11.  The 1st recipient of Nehru Award for International Understanding was—
(A) Martin Luther King      (B) Mother Teresa
(C) U. Thant                      (D) Dr. Jonas Salk

12.  India is not a member of—
(A) Commonwealth of Nations
(B) SAARC
(C) NAM Organisation
(D) Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation Organization

13.  The Press Council of India is a—
(A) Statutory Body
(B) Statutory Quasi-judicial Body
(C) Judicial Body
(D) Advisory Body

14.  ELISA Test is carried out for detection of—
(A) Aids                             (B) Typhoid
(C) Cancer                        (D) Pregnancy

15.  The first Speaker against whom a motion of non-confidence was moved in the Lok Sabha was—
(A) B. R. Jhaked               (B) G. V. Mavlankar
(C) Hukum Singh              (D) K. S. Hegde

Answers:

1	D	7	B	13	B
2	B	8	B	14	A
3	D	9	B	15	B
4	C	10	A
5	A	11	C
6	A	12	D