The following quiz will have 20 General Studies Multiple Chose Questions for West Bengal Civil Service preliminary exam and also helpful other competitive exams like State PSC (BPSC, JPSC, MPSC, OPSC, RPSC, PPSC, UPPSC etc.) exams, UPSC (CDS and NDA), Railway Recruitment Board (RRB) exams, Staff Selection Commission exams (CGL, CHSL and MTS) and other competitive exams.
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[B] Mahmud Ghazni
[C] Alauddin Khalji
[D] Balban
Correct Answer: [B] Mahmud Ghazni
Explanation: Al-Biruni was born in central Asia in A.D. 913 and died in Ghazni (present-day Afghanistan) in A.D. 1048. He was one of the greatest scholars of his time and a contemporary of Mahmud of Ghazni.
[B] Ashoka
[C] Bimbisara
[D] Mahapadmananda
Correct Answer: [A] Udayin
Explanation: Pataliputra was founded by Udayin, who was the son of Ajatshatru. He built a fort at the confluence of Son and Ganga river. He shifted the capital of Magadha Empire from Rajgriha to Pataliputra
[B] Vatsa
[C] Ashmaka
[D] Kamboja
Correct Answer: [C] Ashmaka
Explanation: According to the Buddhist text ‘Anguttara Nikaya’ and Jain text ‘Bhagvati Sutra,’ the ‘ Assaka’ or ‘ Ashmaka’ was locatedin between Godavari and Narmada river during the 6th century whose capital was Paithan/Potan or Potali (Ancient name Prathisthana).
[B] Ibn Batutta
[C] Megasthenes
[D] Amir Khusro
Correct Answer: [B] Ibn Batutta
Explanation: Ibn Batutta was a Moroccan traveler who visited the court of Muhammad bin Tughlaq.
[B] Rock edict II
[C] Rock edict XII
[D] Rock edict XIII
Correct Answer: [D] Rock edict XIII
Explanation: Kalinga war and the victory over Kalinga was the greatest event of Ashoka’s reign. The 13th rock edict provides the clear evidence of Kalinga war. It describes King Piyadasi (Ashoka) conquered Kalinga, eight years after his coronation i.e. in 261B.C., he described deep remorse for having conquered Kalinga on this edict.
6. “The Beloved of the Gods, the king Piyadassi, when he had been consecrated twenty years, came in person and reverenced the place where Buddha Shakyamuni was born. He caused a stone enclosure to be made and a stone pillar to be erected. As the Lord was born here in the village of Lumbini, he has exempted it from tax, and fixed its contribution at one eight.”
The above inscription on the Ashokan pillar was found at
[B] Gandhara
[C] Kalinga
[D] Rummindei
Correct Answer: [D] Rummindei
[A] Ashvaghosha
[B] Charaka
[C] Nagarjuna
[D] Patanjali
Correct Answer: [D] Patanjali
Explanation: Parsva, Vasumitra, Ashvaghosa, Nagarjuna, Charaka and Mathara were the scholars in the Court of kanishka. Chakara is known as the court Physician of Kanishka. However, Maharshi Patanjali belogned to Shunga period d was the author of Mahabhasya.
8. Match List-I with List-II and select the correct answer:
List-I | List-II |
A. Vishakhadatta | 1. Medicine |
B. Varahamihira | 2. Drama |
C. Charaka | 3. Astronomy |
D. Brahmagupta | 4. Mathematics |
[B] A – 2; B – 1; C – 3; D – 4
[C] A – 2; B – 3; C – 1; D – 4
[D] A – 3; B – 4; C – 1; D – 2
Correct Answer: [C] A – 2; B – 3; C – 1; D – 4
Explanation: Vishakhadatta – Drama; Varahamihira – Astronomy; Charaka – Medicine; and Brahmagupta – Mathematics
[B] Cholera
[C] Tuberculosis
[D] All of the above
Correct Answer: [A] Measles
Explanation: Measles is caused by virus, while, Cholera and Tuberculosis are both caused by bacteria.
[B] Chickenpox
[C] Tetanus
[D] None of above
Correct Answer: [A] Smallpox
Explanation: Smallpox vaccine, the first successful vaccine to be developed, was introduced by Edward Jenner in 1796.
[B] Goitre
[C] Trachoma
[D] Glaucoma
Correct Answer: [A] Anaemia
[B] Adsorption
[C] Osmosis
[D] Penetration into the skin
Correct Answer: [A] Evaporation
[B] He is orbiting in a satellite
[C] He is in an aeroplane flying at a high altitude
[D] Both [A] and [B]
Correct Answer: [D] Both [A] and [B]
[B] Rises only if its total weight is much less than the weight of air it displaces
[C] Rises only if its total weight is equal to the weight of air it displaces.
[D] Can never rise in the air
Correct Answer: [B] Rises only if its total weight is much less than the weight of air it displaces
Explanation: A hydrogen filled balloon works on the principle of Archimedes principle. It will rise as long as the total weight of air displaced by balloon is more than the total weight of balloon.
15. Sustainable development is a case of inter-generational sensibility in respect of use of:
[B] Material resources
[C] Industrial resources
[D] Social resources
Correct Answer: [A] Natural resources
Explanation: Sustainable development is economic development that is conducted without depletion of natural resources.
[B] April 1, 2021
[C] January 1, 2020
[D] January 1, 2021
Current Affairs June 2019
Correct Answer: [A] April 1, 2020
[B] Mumbai
[C] Mathura
[D] Guwahati
Current Affairs June 2019
Correct Answer: [C] Mathura
[B] Theme – “Yoga for peace”
[C] Theme – “Yoga for Health”
[D] Theme – “Yoga for Stability”
Current Affairs June 2019
Correct Answer: [A] Theme – “Yoga for Heart”
[B] Maharashtra
[C] New Delhi
[D] Gujarat
Current Affairs June 2019
Correct Answer: [D] Gujarat
[B] Shaikh Salman bin Ebrahim Al Khalifa
[C] Praful Patel
[D] Kohzo Tashima
Current Affairs June 2019
Correct Answer: [A] Gianni Infantino