GENERAL KNOWLEDGE CULTURE MCQS SET 13

GENERAL KNOWLEDGE CULTURE MCQS SET 13

1) Match the following:
A. Ajanta paintings      1. Karnataka
B. Kuchipudi dance      2. Kerala
C. Kathakali      3. Andhra Pradesh
D. Yaksha Gana dance      4. Maharashtra
Below the options are given in A B C D order
A) 2 1 3 5
B) 4 3 2 1
C) 3 1 2 4
D) 3 5 4 2
Answer:  4 3 2 1

2) Match the lists:
Person      Well known as
A. K.V. Kamath      1. Banker
B. G.M. Rao      2. Environmentalist
C. Rajendra Pachauri      3. Industrialist
Below the options are given in A B C order
A) 1 2 3
B) 1 3 2
C) 2 3 1
D) 3 1 2
Answer:  1 3 2

3) Norman Ernest Borlaug, who is regarded as the father of the Green Revolution in India, is from which country?
A) United States of America
B) Mexico
C) Australia
D) New Zealand
Answer:  United States of America

4) Who among the following Indian origin immigrants has become the Governor of Louisiana province of the USA in 2007?
A) Swaraj Paul
B) Laxmi Mittal
C) Vikram Pandit
D) Bobby Jindal
Answer:  Bobby Jindal

5) Meghnad Saha is known for his contribution in which one of the following fields?
A) Physics
B) Medical Science
C) Environmental Science
D) History
Answer:  Physics

6) Who said 'At the stroke of midnight, when the world sleeps, India will awake to life and freedom'?
A) Sardar Patel
B) Mahatma Gandhi
C) Jawaharlal Nehru
D) Lord Mountbatten
Answer:  Jawaharlal Nehru

7) Who said, “You must be the change you wish to see in the world.'?
A) Abraham Maslow
B) Mahatma Gandhi
C) J. Krishnamurthy
D) S. Radhakrishnan
Answer:  Mahatma Gandhi

8) Match the following:
A. Jainendra Kumar      1. Writer
B. Kubla Khan       2. Emperor
C. Marco Polo       3. Traveller
D. Jagdish Chandra Bose      4. Scientist
Below the options are given in A B C D order
A) 1 2 3 4
B) 1 4 2 3
C) 2 3 4 1
D) 3 1 2 4
Answer:  1 2 3 4
   
9) Match the following:
Person      Instrument
A. Bhimsen Joshi       1. Violin
B. Bismillah Khan       2. Sitar
C. Ravi Shankar       3. Vocal
D. N. Rajam       4. Shehnai
Below the options are given in A B C D order
A) 1 3 4 2
B) 3 4 2 1
C) 1 4 3 2
D) 4 2 3 1
Answer:  3 4 2 1

10) Who said, 'Give me blood, I will give you freedom.'?
A) Bhagat Singh
B) Ram Prasad Bismil
C) Subhas Chandra Bose
D) Bal Gangadhar Tilak
Answer:  Subhas Chandra Bose