General awareness / studies questions and answers - Dec 01, 2014
1. Which of the following was used as capital for the Industrial Revolution in England?i. Amount Earned from the Slave trade in Africa.
ii. Wealth taken from the Colonies like America and Australia.
iii. Wealth of India taken by them in various forms.
a. (i) and (ii).
b. (i) and (iii).
c. (ii) and (iii).
d. All of these
e. All of these.
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: d. All of these
The Britishers exploited all the resources that were available in their colonies; they took all the money of their colonies to their mother land and used that as a capital for the Industrial Revolution.
a. Chief Justice of India.
b. Vice-President.
c. President.
d. Speaker of Lok Sabha.
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: c. President.
The person appointed as the judge of the Supreme Court has to take oath before entering into the office .It is administered by the President or the person appointed for that by the President.
a. Dutch.
b. French.
c. Portuguese.
d. British.
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: c. Portuguese.
The Islands of Bombay was under the control of Portuguese and it was given as dowry to the King Charles II of England for marrying the Portuguese princess, by that time Portuguese had almost lost all their territories
a. Six years.
b. Till age of 63 years.
c. Till age of 65 years.
d. Six years or till age of 65 years whichever is earlier.
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: c. Till age of 65 years.
The Constitution has not fixed the tenure of the judges of the Supreme Court, but it says that the person can continue as judge till the age of 65 years.
a. Punjab.
b. Sindh.
c. Awadh.
d. Mysore.
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: a. Punjab.
The last Independent state to come under the control of British was Punjab, in the year 1849. Punjab was the last state because it was ruled by one of the most efficient ruler Ranjit Singh for long period; he made treaty of friendship with British and remained Independent.
a. Tamil Nadu
b. Karnataka
c. Kerala
d. Goa
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: c. Kerala
It is a traditional folk theatre form of Kerala. It is celebrated in the month of November or December. It is generally performed only in the Kali temples.
a. Jatin Das
b. Amrita Sher Gil
c. Ravi Verma
d. Nandalal Bose
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: c. Ravi Verma
He concentrated mainly on Indian life and mythology etc. By using Western methods, he is said to have re-established the Indian Art.
a. Ravi Verma
b. Jatin Das
c. Abanindranath Tagore
d. Satish Gujral
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: c. Abanindranath Tagore
He founded the school along with E B Havell. This school led to the Neo- Art Movement which regenerated ancient and medieval artist’s weapon in a modern setting.
a. Galaganatha temple
b. Somanatha temple
c. Sri ranganatha temple
d. Teli-ka mandir
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: a. Galaganatha temple
Galaganatha temple at Pattadakal is one of the earliest Nagara temple. The nagara temple has a tower that is curvilinear shape.
a. Swami Vivekananda
b. Ramakrishna Paramahamsa
c. Rajaram Mohan Roy
d. Surendranath Banarjee
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: a. Swami Vivekananda
His original name was Narendranath Dutta. He published the above paper in English and another paper Udbhodhana in Bengali.
