Top 30 GK Questions and Answers
The declaration of Emergency is contained in which of the following articles?
(A) Article 352
(B) Article 356
(C) Article 368
(D) Article 370
Correct Answer : A
Explanation :
Under Article 352, the president can declare a national emergency when the security of India or a part of it is threatened by war or external aggression or armed rebellion.
Which one of the following is not a 'Fundamental Right'?
(A) Right to equality
(B) Right to property
(C) Right to Freedom
(D) Right to Constitutional Remedies
Correct Answer : B
Explanation :
The right to property is not a Fundamental Right but it is a constitutional right. In the original Constitution, the right to property was listed as a fundamental right.
In the year 1938, who demanded the formation of the Constituent Assembly on the basis of adult suffrage?
(A) Mahatma Gandhi
(B) Jawaharlal Nehru
(C) Rajendra Prasad
(D) Bhimrao Ambedkar
Correct Answer : B
Explanation :
In 1938, Jawaharlal Nehru, on behalf of the INC declared that 'the Constitution of free India must be framed, without outside interference, by a Constituent Assembly elected on the basis of the adult franchise'.
Untouchability was abolished by which of the following articles of the Indian Constitution?
(A) Article 14
(B) Article 18
(C) Article 17
(D) Article 19
Correct Answer : C
Explanation :
Article 17 of the Indian constitution abolished untouchability in the country.
Where is the word 'Federal' used in the Constitution of India?
(A) Part III
(B) Article 368
(C) Nowhere in the constitution
(D) Preamble
Correct Answer : C
Explanation :
The correct answer is Nowhere. In the Constitution of India, the term 'Federal' is not used anywhere. A federal country or system of government is one in which the different states or provinces of the country have important powers to make their own laws and decisions.
Into how many Tarangas 'is Kalhan's Raj Tarangini' is divided?
(A) 10
(B) 08
(C) 06
(D) 16
Correct Answer : B
Explanation :
It was written in Sanskrit by Kashmiri historian Kalhana in the 12th century CE. Rajtaringini comprises 7826 verses and is divided into eight books called Tarangas.
The Mahabharata was translated into Persian at Akbar’s orders, by Faizi and `Abd al-Qadir Bada’uni (c. 1540 – 1615) and named Razmnameh.
(A) Akbar
(B) Jahangir
(C) Shahjahan
(D) Aurangzeb
Correct Answer : A
Explanation :
Who got Mahabharata translated into Persian?
Which of the following temples belongs to the Chola Empire?
(A) Brihadeshwar
(B) Korangnath
(C) Kailashnath
(D) Airwateswara
Correct Answer : C
Explanation :
However, only three are regarded as the “Great Living Chola Temples,” including the temple of gangaikonda cholapuram, the brihadisvara temple at Thanjavur, and the airavatesvara temple at darasuram.
Sayan, the chief commentator of the Vedas, was associated with which empire?
(A) Pallava Empire
(B) Chola Empire
(C) Vijayanagara Empire
(D) None of these
Correct Answer : C
Explanation :
Sayana (IAST: Sāyaṇa, also called Sāyaṇācārya; died 1387) was a 14th-century Sanskrit Mimamsa scholar from the Vijayanagara Empire of South India, near modern day Bellary, Karnataka. An influential commentator on the Vedas, he flourished under King Bukka Raya I and his successor Harihara II.
Where is the Tagore Center for Culture and Civilization located?
(A) Shimla
(B) Kolkata
(C) Bhopal
(D) Mumbai
Correct Answer : A
Explanation :
The correct answer is Himachal Pradesh. Former President Pranab Mukherjee inaugurated the Tagore Centre for the Study of Culture and Civilization at Indian Institute of Advanced Studies (IIAS) in Shimla and also addressed the first Rabindranath Tagore Memorial Lecture.
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