GENERAL KNOWLEDGE CULTURE MCQS SET 14

GENERAL KNOWLEDGE CULTURE MCQS SET 14

1) Match the following:
Person       Well-known as
A. Amitav Ghosh       1. TV media person
B. AdoorGopala Krishnan      2. Film-maker
C. Prannoy Roy       3. Cartoonist
D. Sudhir Tailang       4. Writer
Below the options are given in A B C D order
A) 3 1 2 4
B) 3 2 1 4
C) 4 1 2 3
D) 4 2 1 3
Answer:  4 2 1 3

2) Among the following, who have received Bharat Ratna?
1. Amartya Sen
2. Gulzari Lal Nanda
3. M. S. Swarninathan
4. Satyajit Ray
A) 1 and 2
B) 3 and 4
C) 1, 2 and 4
D) 1, 2, 3 and 4
Answer:  1, 2 and 4

3) Which of the following is not correctly matched?
A) Do or die : Mahatma Gandhi
B) Jai Jawan, Jai Kisan : Lal Bahdur Shastri
C) Who lives If India dies : Jawaharlal Nehru
D) Inquilab Jindabad : Chandra Sekhar Azad
Answer:  Inquilab Jindabad : Chandra Sekhar Azad

4) The first talkie film of India was _______.
A) Harishehandra
B) Alam Ara
C) Kangan
D) Kismat
Answer:  Alam Ara

5) Folk painting 'Madhubani' is famous in:
A) West Bengal
B) Orissa
C) Bihar
D) Assam
Answer:  Bihar

6) Which of these is a 'Morning Raga'?
A) Todi
B) Darbari
C) Bhopali
D) Bhimpalasi
Answer:  Darbari

7) The Vivekananda Rock Memorial is Situated at which of the following places?
A) Mumbai
B) Trivandrum
C) Pondicherry
D) Kanyakumari
Answer:  Kanyakumari

8) Which of the following Akademis is responsible for fostering the development of dance drama and music in India?
A) Lalit Kala Akademi
B) Sahitya Akademi
C) National School of Drama
D) Sangeet Akademi
Answer:  Sangeet Akademi

9) Who popularised the famous slogan “Satyameva Jayathe" (Truth alone will win)?
A) Dayananda Saraswati
B) Madan Mohan Malaviya
C) Mahatma Gandhi
D) Bhagat Singh
Answer:  Madan Mohan Malaviya

10) Most ancient musical instrument among the following is :
A) Veena
B) Tabla
C) Sarod
D) Sitar
Answer:  Veena