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This section includes 434 Mcqs, each offering curated multiple-choice questions to sharpen your General Knowledge knowledge and support exam preparation. Choose a topic below to get started.
1. |
Who wrote the book 'The Prince'? |
A. | Bernard Shaw |
B. | Niccolo Machiaveli |
C. | V.S. Sharma |
D. | Emile Zola |
Answer» C. V.S. Sharma | |
2. |
The serial 'India's Rajiv' was produced and directed by |
A. | Simmi Garewal |
B. | Satyajit Ray |
C. | Shyam Benegal |
D. | Mira Nair |
Answer» B. Satyajit Ray | |
3. |
Who has written the famous book 'Mankind and Mother Earth'? |
A. | Arnold Toynbee |
B. | Leo Tolstoy |
C. | John Ruskin |
D. | Bertrand Russel |
Answer» B. Leo Tolstoy | |
4. |
'In Custody', an English novel is written by which one of the following? |
A. | Anita Desai |
B. | Vikram Seth |
C. | Shoba De |
D. | V.S. Naipaul |
Answer» B. Vikram Seth | |
5. |
Who is the author of the book 'Naked Triangle'? |
A. | R.K.Narayan |
B. | Amrita Pritam |
C. | Balwant Gargi |
D. | Khushwant Singh |
Answer» D. Khushwant Singh | |
6. |
The original name of 'Mahabharata' is |
A. | Katha Saritsagar |
B. | Jai Samhita |
C. | Vrahat Katha |
D. | Rajatarangini |
Answer» C. Vrahat Katha | |
7. |
'Man without society is either a beast or a God'. Who said this? |
A. | Plato |
B. | Gandhi |
C. | Aristotle |
D. | Henry Maine |
Answer» D. Henry Maine | |
8. |
'Maya Memsaab' is a film directed by |
A. | Shyam Benegal |
B. | Ketan Mahta |
C. | Bhupen Hazarika |
D. | Tapan Sinha |
Answer» C. Bhupen Hazarika | |
9. |
David Copperfield is the name of |
A. | novel |
B. | famous actor |
C. | poem |
D. | writer |
Answer» B. famous actor | |
10. |
The book 'The Man who knew Infinity' by Robert Kanigel is the biography of |
A. | Srinivasa Ramanujan |
B. | Sir C. V. Raman |
C. | Homi Bhabha |
D. | Vikram Sarabhai |
Answer» B. Sir C. V. Raman | |
11. |
Who is the author of 'Betrayal of the Defence Forces'? |
A. | Vishnu Bhagat |
B. | Tarun Tejpal |
C. | George Fernandes |
D. | Jaswant Singh |
Answer» B. Tarun Tejpal | |
12. |
Who is the author of 'India Wins Freedom'? |
A. | Dominique Lapierre |
B. | Maulana Azad |
C. | Khan Abdul Gaffar Khan |
D. | Jawaharlal Nahru |
Answer» C. Khan Abdul Gaffar Khan | |
13. |
The famous book 'The Daughter of the East' is written by |
A. | Ms. Taslima Nasreen |
B. | Ms. Benazir Bhutto |
C. | Ms. Aunsan Suu Kyi |
D. | Ms. Bandaranaike Sirimavo |
Answer» C. Ms. Aunsan Suu Kyi | |
14. |
Which is not a correct combination? |
A. | Prithivi Raj Raso - Chand Bardai |
B. | Idols - Sunil Gavaskar |
C. | Midnight Children - A. Sanderson |
D. | Meghdoot - Kalidaas |
Answer» D. Meghdoot - Kalidaas | |
15. |
The author of the book 'Waiting for the Mahatma' is |
A. | R.K. Narayan |
B. | N.A. Palkhiwala |
C. | Amrita Pritam |
D. | Manohar Malgonkar |
Answer» B. N.A. Palkhiwala | |
16. |
Who directed the film 'Little Buddha'? |
A. | Richard Attenborough |
B. | Bernardo Bertolucci |
C. | Ben Johnson |
D. | Mani Kaul |
Answer» C. Ben Johnson | |
17. |
Who is the author of 'Ashtadhyayi'? |
A. | Sumitranandan |
B. | Raj Anand |
C. | Panini |
D. | Gitta Piramal |
Answer» D. Gitta Piramal | |
18. |
The controversial documentary 'Hell's Angel' broadcasted by Channel 4 on Independent British Television Station is based on who among the following? |
A. | Joseph Stalin |
B. | Adolf Hitler |
C. | Mother Teresa |
D. | Saddam Hussein |
Answer» D. Saddam Hussein | |
19. |
Who has written the book 'The Famished Road'? |
A. | Ian Austin |
B. | V.S. Naipaul |
C. | Ben Okri |
D. | Zola Emile |
Answer» D. Zola Emile | |
20. |
Who directed the world famous film 'The Gandhi'? |
A. | Ben Kingsley |
B. | Satyajit Ray |
C. | Mrinal Sen |
D. | Richard Attenborough |
Answer» E. | |
21. |
Who is the author of the book 'No Full Stops in India'? |
A. | Raj Mohan Gandhi |
B. | Shyam lal |
C. | E.M. Forster |
D. | Mark Tully |
Answer» E. | |
22. |
Who has written the book 'Kashmir - Behind the Vale'? |
A. | L. Ramdas |
B. | Lt. Gen. Dipendra Singh |
C. | M. J. Akbar |
D. | Lt. Gen. S. C. Sardeshpande |
Answer» D. Lt. Gen. S. C. Sardeshpande | |
23. |
The book 'Gulliver's Travels' was written by |
A. | Alexandra Dumas |
B. | Charles Lamb |
C. | Charles Dickens |
D. | Jonathan Swift |
Answer» E. | |
24. |
The famous character 'Pickwick' was created by |
A. | Steven Spielberg |
B. | Leo Tolstoy |
C. | Walt Disney |
D. | Charles dickens |
Answer» E. | |
25. |
'The General Happiness is the end of the state' who said this? |
A. | Hegel |
B. | Benthem |
C. | Plato |
D. | Green |
Answer» C. Plato | |
26. |
'India of our Dreams' is a book written by |
A. | Dr. S. Radhakrishnan |
B. | Dr. C. Subramanian |
C. | M.V. Kamath |
D. | Dr. Rajendra Prasad |
Answer» D. Dr. Rajendra Prasad | |
27. |
'Sports Channel' a monthly video magazine has been launched by |
A. | Kapil Dev |
B. | Sunil Gavaskar |
C. | Ajit Wadekar |
D. | Nawab Pataudi |
Answer» B. Sunil Gavaskar | |
28. |
The creator of 'Sherlock Holmes' was |
A. | Arthur Conan Doyle |
B. | Ian Fleming |
C. | Dr.Watson |
D. | Shakespeare |
Answer» B. Ian Fleming | |
29. |
Who directed the famous TV Serial 'Tandoori Nights'? |
A. | Farukh Dhondy |
B. | Jon AMiel |
C. | Zohra Sehgal |
D. | Saeed Jaffrey |
Answer» C. Zohra Sehgal | |
30. |
The author of controversial book 'Lajja' is a citizen of |
A. | Pakistan |
B. | Indonesia |
C. | Bangladesh |
D. | India |
Answer» D. India | |
31. |
Who is the author of book 'We Indians'? |
A. | Nirad C. Choudry |
B. | Subramaniya Swamy |
C. | Khushwant Singh |
D. | Muluk Raj Anand |
Answer» D. Muluk Raj Anand | |
32. |
The first history book was written by |
A. | Euclid |
B. | Herodotus |
C. | Aristotle |
D. | Julius Caesar |
Answer» C. Aristotle | |
33. |
'The Naked Face', a very popular book is written by |
A. | Dominique Lapierre |
B. | Larry Collins |
C. | Sidney Sheldon |
D. | Juan Benet |
Answer» D. Juan Benet | |
34. |
The book named 'Three Decades in Parliament' is a collection of the speeches of |
A. | A. B. Vajpayee |
B. | Somnath Chatterjee |
C. | L. K. Advani |
D. | N. G. Ranga |
Answer» B. Somnath Chatterjee | |
35. |
'A Secular Agenda' is a book written by |
A. | Arun Shourie |
B. | Mani Shankar Aiyar |
C. | Prem Shankar Jha |
D. | M.J. Akbar |
Answer» B. Mani Shankar Aiyar | |
36. |
In which language did 'Dr. Masti Venkatesh Iyengar' write? |
A. | Malayalam |
B. | Tamil |
C. | Telugu |
D. | Kannada |
Answer» E. | |
37. |
The book 'Satanic Verses' was written by |
A. | Gunnar Myrdal |
B. | William Golding |
C. | Salman Rushdie |
D. | Agatha Christie |
Answer» D. Agatha Christie | |
38. |
'Ek Doctor Ki Maut' is a film directed by |
A. | Gautam Gosh |
B. | Tapan Sinha |
C. | Meera nair |
D. | Shyam Benegal |
Answer» C. Meera nair | |
39. |
Who is the author of the book 'Freedom Behind Bars'? |
A. | Kiran Bedi |
B. | Jawaharlal Nahru |
C. | Sheikh Abdullah |
D. | Nelson Mandela |
Answer» B. Jawaharlal Nahru | |
40. |
The book 'A Farewell to Arms' was written by |
A. | Charles Dickens |
B. | Ernest Hemingway |
C. | Thomas Hardy |
D. | Huxley |
Answer» C. Thomas Hardy | |
41. |
Who has won the Gyan Peeth Award for her book 'Yama'? |
A. | Maheswari Devi |
B. | Asha Poorna Devi |
C. | Amrita Preetam |
D. | Mahadevi Verma |
Answer» E. | |
42. |
'Alice in Wonderland' the famous TV serial is based on a book written by |
A. | Father Discoste |
B. | Thomas Hardy |
C. | Charles Dickens |
D. | Lewis Caroll |
Answer» E. | |
43. |
'The Gathering Storm' is written by |
A. | Winston Churchill |
B. | George Washington |
C. | Voltaire |
D. | Romain Rolland |
Answer» B. George Washington | |
44. |
Who is the author of the book 'My Experiments with Truth'? |
A. | Mahatma Gandhi |
B. | Michael Anderson |
C. | Winston Churchill |
D. | Jarnes Morris |
Answer» B. Michael Anderson | |
45. |
The owner of Star TV is |
A. | Rupert Murdoch |
B. | Tata Group |
C. | Richard Attenborough |
D. | George Lucas |
Answer» B. Tata Group | |
46. |
The television serial 'Charitraheen' is based on the famous novel of which of the following authors? |
A. | Rabindranath Tagore |
B. | Sarat Chandra Chattopadhaya |
C. | Tara Sankar Bandhopadhya |
D. | Bankim Chandra Chatterji |
Answer» C. Tara Sankar Bandhopadhya | |
47. |
The programme 'Gyan Vani' is broadcasted by |
A. | Zee TV |
B. | AIR |
C. | Sony TV |
D. | Doordarshan |
Answer» C. Sony TV | |
48. |
Who is the author of the book - 'Preparing for the Twenty - First Century'? |
A. | Larry Collins |
B. | V.S. Naipul |
C. | V.R. Krishna Iyer |
D. | Paul Kennedy |
Answer» E. | |
49. |
Which of the film is directed by Mr. Buddhadeb Gupta? |
A. | Mohra |
B. | Krantiveer |
C. | 1942 - A Love Story |
D. | Charachar |
Answer» E. | |
50. |
'Neela Chand' which won the Vyas Samman for 1992 is written by |
A. | Shiv Prasad Singh |
B. | Subash Mukhopadhyay |
C. | Ram Vilas Sharma |
D. | Ramakant Rath |
Answer» B. Subash Mukhopadhyay | |