MCQ QUIZ 49

                                                   MCQ QUIZ 49

Q1. In which union territory of India, would you meet the people of the Onge tribe ?
 
(A) Daman and Diu
(B) Lakshadweep
(C) Dadra and Nagar Haveli
(D) Andaman and Nicobar Islands

Q2. What is the name of Morarji Desai's samadhi in Ahmedabad ?
 
(A) Raj Ghat
(B) Vijay Ghat
(C) Abhay Ghat
(D) Narayan Ghat

Q3. Immortalized in the voice of Lata Mangeshkar, Kavi Pradeep's famous patriotic song 'Aye mere watan ke logon' was set to music by which musician ?
 
(A) Naushad
(B) S.D.Burman
(C) O.P.Nayyar
(D) C.Ramchandra

Q4. Asteroids, sometimes called minor planets or planetoids, are generally found between which planets ?
 
(A) Earth and Mars
(B) Mars and Jupiter
(C) Jupiter and Saturn
(D) Saturn and Uranus

Q5. In 1892, who became the first Indian to be elected to the House of Commons (lower house of British Parliament) ?
 
(A) Mahatma Gandhi
(B) Dadabhai Naoroji
(C) Tej Bahadur Sapru
(D) Gopal Krishna Gokhale

Q6. Coined by French priest Henri Didon, 'Citius, Altius, Fortius' (Swifter, Higher, Stronger) slogan is the motto of which tournament ?
 
(A) Olympic Games
(B) Commonwealth Games
(C) FIFA World Cup
(D) Asian Games

Q7. The East-West Corridor, being constructed under National Highways Development Project, and which starts at Porbandar (Gujarat) in west, will terminate at which place in the east ?
 
(A) Silchar (Assam)
(B) Kohima (Nagaland)
(C) Imphal (Manipur)
(D) Shillong (Meghalaya)

Q8. In 1829, which Governor-General prohibited the practice of 'Sati' ?
 
(A) Lord Auckland
(B) Lord Amherst
(C) Lord William Bentinck
(D) Lord Dalhousie

Q9. In 1976, which Bengali lady novelist became the first woman to receive the Jnanpith Award for her novel 'Pratham Pritisruti' (First Promise) ?
 
(A) Ashapurna Devi
(B) Mahasveta Devi
(C) Mahadevi Varma
(D) Amrita Pritam

Q10. For writing the Punjabi language, which Sikh guru developed the Gurumukhi script ?
 
(A) Guru Angad
(B) Guru Amar Das
(C) Guru Ram Das
(D) Guru Arjan