Common Entrance Exams : Test 11 : Most Repeated Important GK Questions
21. Who was the first woman to go into space ? āĻŽāĻšāĻžāĻāĻžāĻļāĻ˛ā§ āĻ¯ā§ā§ąāĻž āĻĒā§ā§°āĻĨāĻŽāĻā§°āĻžāĻā§ āĻŽāĻšāĻŋāĻ˛āĻž āĻā§āĻ¨ āĻāĻāĻŋāĻ˛ ?
(A) Laika / āĻ˛āĻžāĻāĻāĻžã (B) Valentina Tereshkova / āĻā§āĻ˛ā§āĻŖā§āĻāĻŋāĻ¨āĻž āĻā§ā§°ā§āĻļā§āĻŦāĻā§āĻāĻžã (C) Sunita Williams / āĻ¸ā§āĻ¨ā§āĻ¤āĻž āĻāĻāĻ˛āĻŋāĻ¯āĻŧāĻžāĻŽāĻã (D) Kalpana Chawla / āĻāĻ˛ā§āĻĒāĻ¨āĻž āĻāĻžāĻāĻ˛āĻž
Ans: (B) Valentina Tereshkova / āĻā§āĻ˛ā§āĻŖā§āĻāĻŋāĻ¨āĻž āĻā§ā§°ā§āĻļā§āĻŦāĻā§āĻāĻž
Explanation: Valentina Tereshkova of the Soviet Union became the first woman in space in 1963. (āĻā§āĻāĻŋāĻ¯āĻŧā§āĻ āĻ¸āĻāĻā§° āĻā§āĻ˛ā§āĻŖā§āĻāĻŋāĻ¨āĻž āĻā§ā§°ā§āĻļā§āĻŦāĻā§āĻāĻž ā§§ā§¯ā§Ŧā§Š āĻāĻ¨āĻ¤ āĻŽāĻšāĻžāĻāĻžāĻļāĻ˛ā§ āĻ¯ā§ā§ąāĻž āĻĒā§ā§°āĻĨāĻŽāĻā§°āĻžāĻā§ āĻŽāĻšāĻŋāĻ˛āĻž āĻšā§āĻāĻŋāĻ˛āĨ¤)
22. Who was popularly known as Frontier Gandhi ? āĻā§āĻ¨āĻāĻ¨ āĻŦā§āĻ¯āĻā§āĻ¤āĻŋāĻ ‘āĻĢā§ā§°āĻŖā§āĻāĻŋāĻ¯āĻŧāĻžā§° āĻāĻžāĻ¨ā§āĻ§ā§’ āĻŦā§āĻ˛āĻŋ āĻāĻ¨āĻž āĻā§āĻāĻŋāĻ˛ ?
(A) Feroze Gandhi / āĻĢāĻŋā§°ā§āĻ āĻāĻžāĻ¨ā§āĻ§ā§ã (B) Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan / āĻāĻžāĻ¨ āĻāĻŦā§āĻĻā§āĻ˛ āĻāĻĢā§āĻĢāĻžā§° āĻāĻžāĻ¨ã (C) Jayaprakash Narayan / āĻāĻ¯āĻŧāĻĒā§ā§°āĻāĻžāĻļ āĻ¨āĻžā§°āĻžāĻ¯āĻŧāĻŖã (D) Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel / āĻā§°ā§āĻĻāĻžā§° āĻŦāĻ˛ā§āĻ˛āĻāĻāĻžāĻ āĻĒā§āĻā§āĻ˛
Ans: (B) Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan / āĻāĻžāĻ¨ āĻāĻŦā§āĻĻā§āĻ˛ āĻāĻĢā§āĻĢāĻžā§° āĻāĻžāĻ¨
Explanation: Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan was a non-violent freedom fighter and a close associate of Mahatma Gandhi. (āĻāĻžāĻ¨ āĻāĻŦā§āĻĻā§āĻ˛ āĻāĻĢā§āĻĢāĻžā§° āĻāĻžāĻ¨ āĻāĻāĻ¨ āĻ āĻšāĻŋāĻāĻ¸ āĻ¸ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻ§ā§āĻ¨āĻ¤āĻž āĻ¸āĻāĻā§ā§°āĻžāĻŽā§ āĻā§°ā§ āĻŽāĻšāĻžāĻ¤ā§āĻŽāĻž āĻāĻžāĻ¨ā§āĻ§ā§ā§° āĻāĻ¨āĻŋāĻˇā§āĻ āĻ¸āĻšāĻ¯ā§āĻā§ āĻāĻāĻŋāĻ˛āĨ¤)
23. When is Doctors’ Day celebrated in India ? āĻāĻžā§°āĻ¤āĻ¤ āĻāĻŋāĻāĻŋā§āĻ¸āĻ āĻĻāĻŋā§ąāĻ¸ āĻā§āĻ¤āĻŋāĻ¯āĻŧāĻž āĻĒāĻžāĻ˛āĻ¨ āĻā§°āĻž āĻšāĻ¯āĻŧ ?
(A) 8 October / ā§Ž āĻ āĻā§āĻā§āĻŦā§°ã (B) 1 May / ā§§ āĻŽā§’ã (C) 1 July / ā§§ āĻā§āĻ˛āĻžāĻã (D) 1 December / ā§§ āĻĄāĻŋāĻā§āĻŽā§āĻŦā§°
Ans: (C) 1 July / ā§§ āĻā§āĻ˛āĻžāĻ
Explanation: National Doctors’ Day is celebrated in India on 1 July in honour of Dr. Bidhan Chandra Roy. (āĻĄ° āĻŦāĻŋāĻ§āĻžāĻ¨ āĻāĻ¨ā§āĻĻā§ā§° ā§°āĻžāĻ¯āĻŧā§° āĻ¸āĻ¨ā§āĻŽāĻžāĻ¨āĻžā§°ā§āĻĨā§ āĻāĻžā§°āĻ¤āĻ¤ āĻĒā§ā§°āĻ¤āĻŋ āĻŦāĻā§°ā§ ā§§ āĻā§āĻ˛āĻžāĻāĻ¤ ā§°āĻžāĻˇā§āĻā§ā§°ā§āĻ¯āĻŧ āĻāĻŋāĻāĻŋā§āĻ¸āĻ āĻĻāĻŋā§ąāĻ¸ āĻĒāĻžāĻ˛āĻ¨ āĻā§°āĻž āĻšāĻ¯āĻŧāĨ¤)
24. The Duma is the lower legislative house of which country ? āĻĄā§āĻŽāĻž āĻā§āĻ¨āĻāĻ¨ āĻĻā§āĻļā§° āĻ¨āĻŋāĻŽā§āĻ¨ āĻ¸āĻĻāĻ¨ ?
(A) Afghanistan / āĻāĻĢāĻāĻžāĻ¨āĻŋāĻ¸ā§āĻ¤āĻžāĻ¨ã (B) France / āĻĢā§ā§°āĻžāĻ¨ā§āĻ¸ã (C) Iran / āĻā§°āĻžāĻ¨ã (D) Russia / ā§°āĻžāĻāĻŋāĻ¯āĻŧāĻž
Ans: (D) Russia / ā§°āĻžāĻāĻŋāĻ¯āĻŧāĻž
Explanation: The State Duma is the lower house of Russia’s Federal Assembly. (ā§°āĻžāĻāĻŋāĻ¯āĻŧāĻžā§° āĻĢā§āĻĄāĻžā§°ā§āĻ˛ āĻāĻā§āĻŽā§āĻŦāĻ˛ā§ā§° āĻ¨āĻŋāĻŽā§āĻ¨ āĻ¸āĻĻāĻ¨āĻ āĻˇā§āĻā§āĻ āĻĄā§āĻŽāĻž āĻŦā§āĻ˛āĻŋ āĻā§ā§ąāĻž āĻšāĻ¯āĻŧāĨ¤)
25. What is the national flower of Bangladesh ? āĻŦāĻžāĻāĻ˛āĻžāĻĻā§āĻļā§° ā§°āĻžāĻˇā§āĻā§ā§°ā§āĻ¯āĻŧ āĻĢā§āĻ˛ āĻāĻŋ ?
(A) Water Lily / āĻļāĻžāĻ˛ā§āĻã (B) White Poppy / āĻŦāĻāĻž āĻĒāĻĒāĻŋã (C) Lotus / āĻĒāĻĻā§āĻŽã (D) Rose / āĻā§āĻ˛āĻžāĻĒ
Ans: (A) Water Lily / āĻļāĻžāĻ˛ā§āĻ (āĻļāĻžāĻĒāĻ˛āĻž)
Explanation: The water lily, locally known as Shapla, is the national flower of Bangladesh. (āĻĒāĻžāĻ¨ā§āĻ¤ āĻĢā§āĻ˛āĻž āĻļāĻžāĻ˛ā§āĻ, āĻ¯āĻžāĻ āĻŦāĻžāĻāĻ˛āĻžāĻĻā§āĻļāĻ¤ ‘āĻļāĻžāĻĒāĻ˛āĻž’ āĻŦā§āĻ˛āĻŋ āĻā§ā§ąāĻž āĻšāĻ¯āĻŧ, āĻŦāĻžāĻāĻ˛āĻžāĻĻā§āĻļā§° ā§°āĻžāĻˇā§āĻā§ā§°ā§āĻ¯āĻŧ āĻĢā§āĻ˛āĨ¤)
26. The Indus Valley Civilization flourished mostly between which years ? āĻ¸āĻŋāĻ¨ā§āĻ§ā§ āĻāĻĒāĻ¤ā§āĻ¯āĻāĻž āĻ¸āĻā§āĻ¯āĻ¤āĻž āĻĒā§ā§°āĻ§āĻžāĻ¨āĻā§ āĻā§āĻ¨ āĻ¸āĻŽāĻ¯āĻŧāĻā§ā§ąāĻžā§° āĻāĻŋāĻ¤ā§°āĻ¤ āĻŦāĻŋāĻāĻļāĻŋāĻ¤ āĻšā§āĻāĻŋāĻ˛ ?
(A) 1700 BC–900 BCã (B) 2500 BC–1700 BCã (C) 3200 BC–2500 BCã (D) 900 BC–10 AD
Ans:(B) 2500 BC–1700 BC
Explanation: The mature phase of the Indus Valley Civilization flourished approximately between 2600 BC and 1900 BC. Option B is the closest among the given choices. (āĻ¸āĻŋāĻ¨ā§āĻ§ā§ āĻāĻĒāĻ¤ā§āĻ¯āĻāĻž āĻ¸āĻā§āĻ¯āĻ¤āĻžā§° āĻĒā§°āĻŋāĻĒāĻā§āĻŦ āĻĒā§°ā§āĻ¯āĻžāĻ¯āĻŧ āĻĒā§ā§°āĻžāĻ¯āĻŧ ā§¨ā§Ŧā§Ļā§Ļ āĻā§ā§°ā§āĻˇā§āĻāĻĒā§ā§°ā§āĻŦā§° āĻĒā§°āĻž ā§§ā§¯ā§Ļā§Ļ āĻā§ā§°ā§āĻˇā§āĻāĻĒā§ā§°ā§āĻŦāĻ˛ā§ āĻŦāĻŋāĻāĻļāĻŋāĻ¤ āĻšā§āĻāĻŋāĻ˛āĨ¤ āĻĻāĻŋāĻ¯āĻŧāĻž āĻŦāĻŋāĻāĻ˛ā§āĻĒāĻ¸āĻŽā§āĻšā§° āĻāĻŋāĻ¤ā§°āĻ¤ B āĻāĻāĻžāĻāĻ¤āĻā§ āĻāĻĒāĻ¯ā§āĻā§āĻ¤āĨ¤)
27. Emperor Ashoka was the most famous king of which dynasty ? āĻ¸āĻŽā§ā§°āĻžāĻ āĻ āĻļā§āĻ āĻā§āĻ¨āĻā§ ā§°āĻžāĻāĻŦāĻāĻļā§° āĻāĻāĻžāĻāĻ¤āĻā§ āĻŦāĻŋāĻā§āĻ¯āĻžāĻ¤ ā§°āĻāĻž āĻāĻāĻŋāĻ˛ ?
(A) Maurya Dynasty / āĻŽā§ā§°ā§āĻ¯ āĻŦāĻāĻļã (B) Gupta Dynasty / āĻā§āĻĒā§āĻ¤ āĻŦāĻāĻļã (C) Saka Dynasty / āĻļāĻ āĻŦāĻāĻļã (D) Chalukya Dynasty / āĻāĻžāĻ˛ā§āĻā§āĻ¯ āĻŦāĻāĻļ
Ans: (A) Maurya Dynasty / āĻŽā§ā§°ā§āĻ¯ āĻŦāĻāĻļ
Explanation: Ashoka was a famous emperor of the Maurya Dynasty. (āĻ āĻļā§āĻ āĻŽā§ā§°ā§āĻ¯ āĻŦāĻāĻļā§° āĻāĻāĻ¨ āĻŦāĻŋāĻā§āĻ¯āĻžāĻ¤ āĻ¸āĻŽā§ā§°āĻžāĻ āĻāĻāĻŋāĻ˛āĨ¤)
28. The Second Battle of Panipat was fought during the reign of whom ? āĻĒāĻžāĻ¨ā§āĻĒāĻĨā§° āĻĻā§āĻŦāĻŋāĻ¤ā§āĻ¯āĻŧ āĻ¯ā§āĻĻā§āĻ§ āĻāĻžā§° āĻļāĻžāĻ¸āĻ¨āĻāĻžāĻ˛āĻ¤ āĻšā§āĻāĻŋāĻ˛ ?
(A) Babur / āĻŦāĻžāĻŦā§°ã (B) Humayun / āĻšā§āĻŽāĻžāĻ¯āĻŧā§āĻ¨ã (C) Akbar / āĻāĻāĻŦā§°ã (D) Jahangir / āĻāĻžāĻšāĻžāĻāĻā§ā§°
Ans: (C) Akbar / āĻāĻāĻŦā§°
Explanation: The Second Battle of Panipat was fought in 1556 between Akbar's forces, led by Bairam Khan, and Hemu. (ā§§ā§Ģā§Ģā§Ŧ āĻāĻ¨āĻ¤ āĻāĻāĻŦā§°ā§° āĻ¸ā§āĻ¨āĻžāĻŦāĻžāĻšāĻŋāĻ¨ā§, āĻ¯āĻžā§° āĻ¨ā§āĻ¤ā§āĻ¤ā§āĻŦāĻ¤ āĻŦāĻžāĻā§°āĻžāĻŽ āĻāĻžāĻ¨ā§ āĻāĻāĻŋāĻ˛, āĻā§°ā§ āĻšā§āĻŽā§ā§° āĻŽāĻžāĻāĻ¤ āĻĒāĻžāĻ¨ā§āĻĒāĻĨā§° āĻĻā§āĻŦāĻŋāĻ¤ā§āĻ¯āĻŧ āĻ¯ā§āĻĻā§āĻ§ āĻšā§āĻāĻŋāĻ˛āĨ¤)
29. What was the main objective of the Khilafat Movement ? āĻāĻŋāĻ˛āĻžāĻĢāĻ¤ āĻāĻ¨ā§āĻĻā§āĻ˛āĻ¨ā§° āĻŽā§āĻ˛ āĻāĻĻā§āĻĻā§āĻļā§āĻ¯ āĻāĻŋ āĻāĻāĻŋāĻ˛ ?
(A) To drive the British away from India / āĻāĻžā§°āĻ¤ā§° āĻĒā§°āĻž āĻŦā§ā§°āĻŋāĻāĻŋāĻāĻ āĻŦāĻŋāĻ¤āĻžāĻĄāĻŧāĻŋāĻ¤ āĻā§°āĻžã (B) To start Non-Cooperation against the British / āĻŦā§ā§°āĻŋāĻāĻŋāĻā§° āĻŦāĻŋā§°ā§āĻĻā§āĻ§ā§ āĻ āĻ¸āĻšāĻ¯ā§āĻ āĻā§°āĻŽā§āĻ āĻā§°āĻžã (C) To protest against the Jallianwala Bagh Massacre / āĻāĻžāĻ˛āĻŋāĻ¯āĻŧāĻžāĻ¨ā§ąāĻžāĻ˛āĻžāĻŦāĻžāĻ āĻšāĻ¤ā§āĻ¯āĻžāĻāĻžāĻŖā§āĻĄā§° āĻĒā§ā§°āĻ¤āĻŋāĻŦāĻžāĻĻ āĻā§°āĻžã (D) To restore the Ottoman Caliph to his former position / āĻ āĻā§āĻā§āĻŽāĻžāĻ¨ āĻāĻ˛āĻŋāĻĢāĻžā§° āĻĒā§ā§°ā§āĻŦā§° āĻŽā§°ā§āĻ¯āĻžāĻĻāĻž āĻĒā§āĻ¨ā§°ā§āĻĻā§āĻ§āĻžā§° āĻā§°āĻž
Ans: (D) To restore the Ottoman Caliph to his former position.
Explanation: The Khilafat Movement aimed to protect the position and authority of the Ottoman Caliph after the First World War. (āĻĒā§ā§°āĻĨāĻŽ āĻŦāĻŋāĻļā§āĻŦāĻ¯ā§āĻĻā§āĻ§ā§° āĻĒāĻŋāĻāĻ¤ āĻ āĻā§āĻā§āĻŽāĻžāĻ¨ āĻāĻ˛āĻŋāĻĢāĻžā§° āĻŽā§°ā§āĻ¯āĻžāĻĻāĻž āĻā§°ā§ āĻā§°ā§āĻ¤ā§āĻ¤ā§āĻŦ ā§°āĻā§āĻˇāĻž āĻā§°āĻžāĻ āĻāĻŋāĻ˛āĻžāĻĢāĻ¤ āĻāĻ¨ā§āĻĻā§āĻ˛āĻ¨ā§° āĻŽā§āĻ˛ āĻāĻĻā§āĻĻā§āĻļā§āĻ¯ āĻāĻāĻŋāĻ˛āĨ¤)