General Awareness Quiz

Q1. Who among the following was given the title of Shekh-ul-Hind? 

(a) Baba Fariduddin 

(b) Khwaja Moinuddin Chishti 

(c) Khwaja Qutbuddin Bakhtiyar Kaki 

(d) Sheikh Salim Chisti 

Q2. Who among the following Maratha Peshwas followed the ideal of Hindu Pada Padshahi? 

(a) Balaji Vishwanath 

(b) Baji Rao I 

(c) Madhav Rao 

(d) Narayana Rao 

Q3. Who among the following Maratha women led struggles against of Mughal empire from 1700 AD onwards? 

(a) Ahalya Bai 

(b) Mukta Bai 

(c) Tara Bai 

(d) Rukmini Bai 

Q4. In Shivaji’s Council of Ministers, the Prime Minister was called ?

(a) Peshwa 

(b) Mantri 

(c) Sachiv 

(d) Sumanta 

Q5. Shivaji died in the year ?

(a) 1676 

(b) 1677 

(c) 1678 

(d) 1680 

Q6. Who was called Chankya of Maratha politics? 

(a) Mahadji Sindhia 

(b) Nana Pharnabis 

(c) Balaji Viswanath 

(d) Baji Rao II 

Q7. Revenue system during Akbar’s reign was in the hands of ?

(a) Bairam Khan 

(b) Asad Khan 

(c) Man Singh 

(d) Todar Mal 

Q8. Who among the following Maratha officers looked after the revenue department? 

(a) Peshwa 

(b) Amatya 

(c) Sachiva 

(d) Sumant 

Q9. One of the observatories established by Sawai Jai Singh was at 

(a) Agra 

(b) Indore 

(c) Ujjain 

(d) Jodhpur 

Q10.The Maratha power reached the zenith of its glory during the reign of

(a) Shivaji

(b) Baji Rao II

(c) Balaji Vishwanath

(d) Balaji Baji Rao

Q11. Which one of the following expenditure is not charged on the consolidated fund of India?

(a) Salary and allowances of the President of India

(b) Salary and allowances of the Vice President of India

(c) Salary and allowances of the Justice of the Supreme Court of India

(d) Salary and allowances of the speaker of the Lok Sabha

Q12. By which of the following can the President of India be impeached?

(a) The Lok Sabha

(b) The Parliament

(c) The Chief Justice of India

(d) The Prime Minister

Q13. Which of the following subjects lies in the concurrent list?

(a) Agriculture 

(b) Education

(c) Police 

(d) Defence

Q14. Joint Parliamentary Sessions in India are chaired by the?

(a) President of India

(b) Vice-President of India who is the Chairman

of the Rajya Sabha

(c) Speaker of the Lok Sabha

(d) Prime Minister of India

Q15. Who is the founder of the Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP)?

(a) Jyotiba Phule 

(b) Kanshi Ram

(c) B.R. Ambedkar 

(d) Sahu Maharaj

Q16. What is the term of a Member of the Rajya Sabha?

(a) Three years 

(b) Four years

(c) Five years 

(d) Six years

Q17. The Union Executive of India consists of:

(a) The President, Vice-President, Lok Sabha Speaker and the Council of Ministers

(b) The President, Deputy Chairman of the Rajya Sabha, Lok Sabha Speaker and the Prime Minister

(c) The President, the Vice-President, and the Council of Ministers with the Prime Minister as the head

(d) The President and the Council of Ministers only

Q18. The Speaker of the Lok Sabha can resign his office by addressing his resignation to

(a) the President

(b) the Prime Minister

(c) the Deputy Speaker of the Lok Sabha

(d) the Chief Justice of India

Q19. Freedom of the press in India is

(a) available to the people under the law of the Parliament

(b) specifically provided in the Constitution

(c) implied in the right of freedom of expression

(d) available to the people of India under executive order

Q20. The Legislative Council in a State in India can be created or abolished by the ? 

(a) Parliament on the recommendation of a Governor of the state.

(b) Parliament alone

(c) Parliament after the state assembly passes the resolution of that effect.

(d) Governor of the state on the recommendation of the Council of Ministers.

Answers:

1. b
2. b
3. c
4. a
5. d
   
6. b
7. d
8. b
9. c
10. d
    
11. d
12. b
13. b
14. c
15. b
    
16. d
17. c
18. c
19. c
20. c