MCQ QUIZ 97

                                                     MCQ QUIZ 97

The first month of Indian National Calender is -

[A] Phalguna
[B] Magha
[C] Jaishtha
[D] Chaitra

Islam was founded in-

[A] 5th century AD
[B] 5th century BC
[C] 7th century AD
[D] 3rd century BC


Which one of the following temples is often in the news regarding the institution of the Devadasis ?

[A] Jagannath temple, Puri
[B] Pasupatinath temple, Kathmandu
[C] Kandariya Mahadev temple, Khajuraho
[D] Chaunsathyogini temple, Bheraghat


The first Chief Justice of India was-

[A] M. Patanjali Sastri
[B] Mehar Chand Mahajan
[C] Harilal J. Kania
[D] B.K. Mukherjee

Who was the first Indian lady actress to receive the Padma Shri Award ?

[A] Smita Patil
[B] Nargis Dutt
[C] Meena Kumari
[D] Madhubala

Next to Hindi, the biggest linguistic unit in India is-

[A] Bengali
[B] Urdu
[C] Telugu
[D] Marathi

The caves and rock-cut temples at Ellora are

[A] Buddhist
[B] Buddhist and Jain
[C] Hindu and Jain
[D] Hindu, Buddhist and Jain

Mesopotamia is the old name of

[A] Iran
[B] Iraq
[C] Turkey
[D] Egypt


India's most modern and well planned city, Chandigarh was designed by

[A] Edwin Lutyens
[B] Edward Austin
[C] Ferdinand de-Lesseps
[D] Le Corbusier

Among SAARC nations which one of the following has the highest per capita income ?

[A] India
[B] Sri Lanka
[C] Pakistan
[D] Maldives