Civil Excise Gk Important Questions | Previous General Knowledge Questions | Sure Questions


Civil Excise Gk Important Questions | Previous General Knowledge Questions | Sure Questions



  1. The instrument used to detect planes and other objects in the sky
    (A) Periscope
    (B) Radar
    (C) Telescope
    (D) None of these

  2. Who amongst the following was the first sultan of Tughlaq dynasty ?
    (A) Firoz Shah Tughlaq
    (B) Muhammad-bin-tughlaq
    (C) Ghiyas-ud-dinTughlaq
    (D) Nasir-ud-di Muhammad Shah

  3. Who is the author of the book My Presidential Years?
    (A) Neelam Sanjiva Reddy
    (B) R. Venkataraman
    (C) Dr. Rajendra Prasad
    (D) S. Radhakrishnan

  4. Which of the following rulers built some of the famous Dilwara temples at Mount Abu ?
    (A) Vimala
    (B) Tejpala
    (C) Sidharaja
    (D) Udayaditya

  5. Akbar’s objective in promulgating Din-i-Hahi was to
    (A) Unite all religions
    (B) Win over the Hindu majority
    (C) Be the religious head
    (D) Curb the authority of the Mullahs

  6. The abbreviation GDR stands for:
    (A) Gross Domestic Revenue
    (B) Gross Depository Receipts
    (C) Gross Domestic Receipts
    (D) GlobalDepository Receipts

  7. Akbar’s Mausoleum is situated at
    (A) Agra
    (B) New Delhi
    (C) Sikandra
    (D) Sasram

  8. Tropical cyclone is known in West Indies and the Gulf of Mexico as:
    (A) Hurricane
    (B) Typhoon
    (C) Tornado
    (D) Willy Willies

  9. “All are equal; some are more equal than others.” Who amongst the following writers made this statement through his book Animal Farm?
    (A) M.K. Gandh
    (B) Socrates
    (C) George Orwell
    (D) Salman Rushdie

  10. The biggest back water in Kerala is ————
    (A) Vembanad lake
    (B) Ashtamudi lake
    (C) Sasthamkota lake
    (D) Kayamkulam lake

  11. The national flower of India:
    (A) Rose
    (B) Lotus
    (C) Lilly
    (D) Sunflower

  12. The first country to issue Postal stamps was
    (A) Britain
    (B) China
    (C) Japan
    (D) France

  13. Alexander invaded India after subduing
    (A) Persia
    (B) Baluchistan
    (C) Bacteria
    (D) Afghanistan

  14. A person known as the 'Man of Destiny'?
    (A) Joseph Stalin
    (B) Napoleon Bonaparte
    (C) Roosevelt
    (D) Hitler

  15. The only edict in which Ashoka refers to himself as the King of Magadha is
    (A) The minor rock edict at Mashi
    (B) The queens edict
    (C) Bhabra rock edict
    (D) Rummindei edict

  16. All of the following kings of the Haryanka line in the sixth and fifth centruies B.c. were parricides, except
    (A) Ajatashatru
    (B) Aniruddha
    (C) Bimbisara
    (D) Munda

  17. The largest grant of villages to temples and brahmanas was given by which dynasty ?
    (A) Pala
    (B) Pratihara
    (C) Gupta
    (D) Rashtrakuta

  18. The region of which of the following is usually considered to have been the golden period of Mughal rule in India ?
    (A) Akbar
    (B) Aurangazeb
    (C) Jahangir
    (D) Shah Jahan

  19. Which of the following is a Group III metal?
    (A) Calcium
    (B) Aluminium
    (C) Sodium
    (D) Iron

  20. The smallest continent is situated in ————
    (A) the Atlantic Ocean
    (B) the Pacific Ocean
    (C) the Indian Ocean
    (D) between Indian Ocean and Pacific Ocean

  21. The sun and the planets revolving round it are known as ————
    (A) the Solar system
    (B) the Galaxy
    (C) the Milky Way
    (D) the Celestial system

  22. The Jat State of Bharatpur was set up by
    (A) Chraman
    (B) Surajmal
    (C) Bof Sing
    (D) Sawai Raja Jai Singh

  23. Who, amongst the following, came to India with Sultan Mahmud of Ghazni ?
    (A) Alberuni
    (B) Ibn Batuta
    (C) Ibn Haugal
    (D) Mis’udi

  24. To which of the following does petroleum belong?
    (A) Nitrate
    (B) Oxid
    (C) Fat
    (D) Hydrocarbon

  25. Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre is situated in
    (A) Mahendragiri
    (B) Valia Mala
    (C) Kalpakkam
    (D) Thumba

  26. Which is the executive body of the UNO?
    (A) General Assembly
    (B) Security Council
    (C) Trusteeship Council
    (D) International Court of Justice

  27. A red object, when seen through a thick blue glass, appears:
    (A) violet
    (B) black
    (C) green
    (D) red

  28. Around 700 B.C. King Gaijes of Lydia started coins circulation made from an alloy named “electrum’. Which of the following metals were the constituents of electrum ?
    (A) Copper, Silver and Iron
    (B) Copper, Iron and gold
    (C) Copper and gold
    (D) Silver and gold

  29. Ashoka’s Dhamma should be interpreted as
    (A) An attitude of social responsibility
    (B) A synonym for Buddhism
    (C) Declarations of the kings as a lay Buddhist to the Buddhist Sangha
    (D) Piety resulting from good deeds inspired by formal religious beliefs.

  30. Which of the following varieties of cows is Indian in origin?
    (A) Sindhi
    (B) Jersey
    (C) Hostein
    (D) Swiss Brown

  31. Salim Ali is associated with
    (A) Ornithology
    (B) Anthropology
    (C) Geology
    (D) Hindustani music

  32. Harshavardhana was defeated by
    (A) Kirtivarman
    (B) Narasimhavarman
    (C) Pulakesin I
    (D) Pulakesin II

  33. The planet nearest to the Earth is
    (A) Venus
    (B) Mars
    (C) Pluto
    (D) Neptune

  34. Which plant does brown hopper affect most?
    (A) Vegetables
    (B) Rice
    (C) Pepper
    (D) Coconut

  35. The relay station for the incoming and outgoing impulses to and from the cerebrum is called the
    (A) Thalamus
    (B) Hypothalamus
    (C) Spinal cord
    (D) Cerebellum

  36. Taxila is believed to have been founded by the
    (A) Vedic Aryans
    (B) Bactrians
    (C) Kushanas
    (D) Mauryas

  37. Who amongst the following players was designated as Captain of the Indian cricket team when India won the world cup cricket in 1984
    (A) Sachin Tendulkar
    (B) Kapil Dev
    (C) Saurav Ganguly
    (D) Ajay Jadeja

  38. The infallibility Decree was issued by Akbar in the year
    (A) 1575 AD
    (B) 1579 AD
    (C) 1581 AD
    (D) 1595 AD

  39. Project Tiger was initiated in India in ————
    (A) 1947
    (B) 1950
    (C) 1973
    (D) 1975

  40. The central most space of tooth contains:
    (A) Pulp
    (B) Dentine
    (C) Enamel
    (D) Cement

  41. Which one of the following works of Kalidasa has a Sunga king as its hero ?
    (A) Malavikagnimitram
    (B) Raghuvamsam
    (C) Vikramorvasiyam
    (D) Shakuntalam

  42. A seed dispersed with the help of hairs on it is:
    (A) Drumstick (muringa)
    (B) Cotton
    (C) Poppy
    (D) Castor (avanakku)

  43. Under what condition does a lunar eclipse take place?
    (A) The earth comes between the sun and the moon
    (B) The moon comes between the sun and the earth
    (C) The sun comes between the earth and the moon
    (D) The sun, moon and earth are in a straightline in any order

  44. International Literacy Day:
    (A) July 11
    (B) December 10
    (C) September 5
    (D) September 8

  45. The organ that regulates body temperature in human beings is:
    (A) Hair
    (B) Kidney
    (C) Lungs
    (D) Skin

  46. The first writer to use Urdu as the medium of poetic expression was
    (A) Amir Khusrou
    (B) Mirza Ghalib
    (C) Bahadur Shah Zafar
    (D) Faiz

  47. The first Independence Day of India was celebrated on ————
    (A) January 26, 1950
    (B) October 2, 1949
    (C) August 15, 1947
    (D) September 5, 1950

  48. Shsivaji’s coronation took place at Raigarh is
    (A) 1670 A.D.
    (B) 1672 A.D.
    (C) 1674 A.D.
    (D) 1676 A.D

  49. The Battle of Plassey was won by the English due to the
    (A) Valour of Glive
    (B) Treachery of Mir Jaffar
    (C) Superiority of the Englih troops
    (D) Withdrawal of the French support

  50. Who led the Rajputs in the Battle of Khanua against Babar ?
    (A) Rana Kumbha
    (B) Rana Sanga
    (C) Rana Pratap
    (D) None of these

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