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General Science – Biology GK Questions

Multiple choice questions on General Science – Biology for General Studies and GK preparation of SSC, NDA, CDS, UPSC, UPPSC and State PSC Examinations.

Practice MCQ Questions

1. How many brightest stars is the constellation called the Great Bear made up of?

(a) Nine

(b) Five

(d) Three

Answer: (c) Seven

2. Which of the following union territories was a Portuguese colony till 1954?

(a) Lakshadweep

(b) Dadra and Nagar Haveli

(d) Puducherry

Answer: (b) Dadra and Nagar Haveli

3. Who discovered the sea route to India?

(a) Babur

(b) Vasco-da-Gama

(d) Ferondoz

Answer: (b) Vasco-da-Gama

4. In which year did Vasco da Gama land in Calicut (Kozhikode)?

(a) 1442

(b) 1472

(d) 1498

Answer: (d) 1498

5. In which year did the Portuguese capture Goa?

(a) 1610 AD

(b) 1510 AD

(d) 1475 AD

Answer: (b) 1510 AD

6. The 'Instrument of Surrender' which ended the Portuguese rule in India was signed on:

(a) 19th December 1961

(b) 15th August 1947

(d) 26th January 1948

Answer: (a) 19th December 1961

7. Who among the following was the first viceroy of the Portuguese state of India?

(a) Alfonso de Albuquerque

(b) Lopo Soares de Albergaria

(d) Francisco de Almeida

Answer: (d) Francisco de Almeida

8. In the Battle of Swally (1612) the British fought against the ________.

(a) Danish

(b) Portuguese

(d) Dutch

Answer: (b) Portuguese

9. The ________ commercial companies set up their base in India during the Mughal Empire at Masulipatnam in 1605:

(a) British

(b) French

(d) Dutch

Answer: (d) Dutch

10. East India Company was established in:

(a) 1400

(b) 1500

(d) 1700

Answer: (c) 1600

11. In 1617 the British East India Company was given permission by ________ to trade in India:

(a) Babur

(b) Akbar

(d) Jahangir

Answer: (d) Jahangir

12. Who was the first Englishman to appear in the Mughal Court during Jahangir's reign?

(a) Paul Canning

(b) Captain William Hawkins

(d) Ralph Fitch

Answer: (b) Captain William Hawkins

13. British achieved political power in India after which of the following?

(a) Battle of Plassey

(b) Battle of Panipat

(d) Battle of Wandiwash

Answer: (a) Battle of Plassey

14. In which year the administration of India was handed over to the British monarch by the proclamation of Queen Victoria?

(a) 1842

(b) 1858

(d) 1887

Answer: (b) 1858

15. The Supreme Court was established at Fort William in ________ as the Apex Court in 1774:

(a) Kolkata

(b) Delhi

(d) Mumbai

Answer: (a) Kolkata

16. The English defeated the ________ in the Battle of Wandiwash:

(a) German

(b) French

(d) Americans

Answer: (b) French

17. The French commercial companies set up their base in India at ________ in 1673:

(a) Goa

(b) Pondicherry

(d) Calcutta

Answer: (b) Pondicherry

18. Where in India was the first French factory established?

(a) Surat

(b) Pondicherry

(d) Masulipatnam

Answer: (a) Surat

19. In which year did the French traveler Francois Bernier arrive in India?

(a) 1656

(b) 1678

(d) 1662

Answer: (c) 1658

20. The First Carnatic War was fought between the and the :

(a) English; French

(b) Portuguese; English

(d) French; Portuguese

Answer: (a) English; French

21. Which of the following pairs is associated with the taxation system of the Marathas?

(a) Chauth and Sardeshmukhi

(b) Zat and Sawar

(d) Iqta and Jagir

Answer: (a) Chauth and Sardeshmukhi

22. Representatives of the Maratha Empire and the British East India Company signed the 'Treaty of Salbai' in which year?

(a) 1758

(b) 1771

(d) 1769

Answer: (c) 1782

23. Wood's Despatch was about:

(a) Industry

(b) Army

(d) Agriculture

Answer: (c) Education

24. Which of the following viceroys appointed the Hunter Commission in 1882?

(a) Lord Ripon

(b) Lord Mayo

(d) Lord Lytton

Answer: (a) Lord Ripon

25. Which is the first newspaper of India?

(a) Bombay Gazette

(b) Bengal Gazette

(d) Hindustan Times

Answer: (b) Bengal Gazette

26. Which is the first Hindi newspaper of India?

(a) Udaan

(b) Azad Vichaar

(d) Vichaar Vyakti

Answer: (c) Udant Martand

27. In which year did the Sepoy Mutiny end?

(a) 1874

(b) 1862

(d) 1858

Answer: (d) 1858

28. The Indian Mutiny of 1857 effectively ended in the city of ________.

(a) Lucknow

(b) Amritsar

(d) Vadodara

Answer: (c) Gwalior

29. Mutiny of 1857 was described as the First War of Independence by:

(a) Bal Gangadhar Tilak

(b) Subhash Chandra Bose

(d) V.D. Savarkar

Answer: (d) V.D. Savarkar

30. Who among the following was NOT associated with the revolt of 1857?

(a) Kunwar Singh

(b) Bhagat Singh

(d) Mangal Pandey

Answer: (b) Bhagat Singh

31. The Sepoy Mutiny in India started from ________.

(a) Rajkot

(b) Champaran

(d) Meerut

Answer: (d) Meerut

32. In which of the following years did the Santhal Revolt take place?

(a) 1848-49

(b) 1874-75

(d) 1855-56

Answer: (d) 1855-56

33. Who among the following was the first General Secretary of All India Kisan Congress?

(a) Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel

(b) NG Ranga

(d) Acharya Narendra Dev

Answer: (b) NG Ranga

34. Who was the leader of the Bardoli Peasant Satyagraha?

(a) Vallabhbhai Patel

(b) Baldev Singh

(d) Abdul Kalam Azad

Answer: (a) Vallabhbhai Patel

35. Who was the founder of the Brahma Samaj founded in 1828?

(a) Rabindranath Tagore