GENERAL KNOWLEDGE CULTURE MCQS SET 06

GENERAL KNOWLEDGE CULTURE MCQS SET 06

1) Which of the following pairs is not correctly matched?
A) Reinhold Messner: Computer Technology
B) Harlow Shapley : Astronomy
C) Gregor Mendel : Hereditary Theory
D) Godfrey Hounstield : CT Scan
Answer: Reinhold Messner: Computer Technology
 
2) Match the following:
Person      Well Known As
A. Karun Chandok      1. Film maker
B. Mira Nair       2. Motor race sports person
C. Nirad C. Chaudhuri      3. Musician
D. Ronu Mazumdar       4. Writer
Below the options are given in A B C D order
A) 3 1 4 2
B) 3 4 1 2
C) 2 4 1 3
D) 2 1 4 3
Answer: 2 1 4 3
 
3) Who created the unforgettable literary character 'Swami'?
A) Vikram Seth
B) R. K. Narayan
C) Mulk Raj Anand
D) Harivansh Rai Bachchan
Answer: R. K. Narayan
 
4) Who is considered the father of Sahatara (Sitar)?
A) Mian Tansen
B) Baiju Bawara
C) Amir Khusro
D) Bade Ghulam Ali Khan
Answer: Amir Khusro
 
5) Which among the following music composers was deaf?
A) Beethovan L.V.
B) Back J. S.
C) Richard Strauss
D) Johannes Brahms
Answer: Beethovan L.V.
 
6) Match the following:
Artist       Art form
A. Jatin Das      1. Sitar
B. Parveen Sultana      2. Painting
C. Pradosh Dasgupta       3. Hindustani music (Vocal)
D. Ustad Vilayat Khan       4. Sculpture
Below the options are given in A B C D order
A) 1 2 3 4
B) 2 3 4 1
C) 3 4 2 1
D) 4 1 3 2
Answer: 2 3 4 1
 
7) Who was the first Indian to be a Fellow of the Royal Society of London?
A) Srinivas Ramanujan
B) A.C. Wadia
C) C.V. Raman
D) P.C. Mahalanobis
Answer: A.C. Wadia
 
8) Zubin Mehta is associated with:
A) Violin
B) Table
C) Sitar
D) Shehnai
Answer: Violin
 
9) Which one of the following pairs is not correctly matched?
Monastery : State
A) Dhankar Monastery : Himachal Pradesh
B) Rumtek Monastery : Sikkim
C) Tabo Monastery : Himachal Pradesh
D) Kye Monastery : Arunachal Pradesh
Answer: Kye Monastery : Arunachal Pradesh
 
10) Who is the proponent and propagandist of the 'Art of Living”?
A) Maharishi Mahesh Yogi
B) Sri Sri Ravi Shankar
C) Swami Chinmayananda
D) Bhagwan Rajneesh
Answer: Sri Sri Ravi Shankar