Objective questions for railway exam

Objective questions for railway exam

1.The great law provider in ancient India was

(A)
Panini

(B)
Manu

(C)
Kautilya

(D)
None of thse

Answer: (B) Manu



2. Lord Buddha got Nirvana at

(A)
Bodh Gaya

(B)
Sarnath

(C)
Kushinagar

(D)
Lumbini

Answer: (A) Bodh Gaya



3. The main capital in Sarnath was under the suzerainty of

(A)
Chandragupta

(B)
Ashoka

(C)
Kanishk

(D)
Harsha

Answer: (A) Chandragupta



4. Which of the following temples was built by Cholas ?

(A)
Shore temple – Mahabalipuram

(B)
Brihadeshwar temple – Thanjavur

(C)
Sun temple – Konark

(D)
Meenakshi temple – Madurai

Answer: (B) Brihadeshwar temple – Thanjavur



5. Who built Mahabodhi temple in Bodh Gaya ?

(A)
Gopal

(B)
Devpal

(C)
Dharma Pal

(D)
Ashoka

Answer: (D) Ashoka



6. Two chief cities under the rule of Chauhan, were

(A)
Delhi and Mevar

(B)
Mevar and Kannauj

(C)
Indraprastha and Kannauj

(D)
None of these

Answer:(A) Delhi and Mevar



7. Who was the only muslim lady to occupy the throne of Delhi ?

(A)
Nurjahan

(B)
Raziya Sultan

(C)
Mumtaj Mahal

(D)
Hamidabanu Begum

Answer: (B) Raziya Sultan



8. Nurjahan was the queen of which famous king of Mughal empire ?

(A)
Akabar

(B)
Aurangzeb

(C)
Shanjahan

(D)
Jahangir

Answer: (D) Jahangir



9. In 1498 Vasco de Gama landed at

(A)
Mumbai

(B)
Kochin

(C)
Calicut

(D)
Goa

Answer: (C) Calicut



10. The East India Company was formed in

(A)
1580

(B)
1600

(C)
1620

(D)
1606

Answer: (B) 1600



11. The Political Guru of the father of nation was

(A)
Madan Mohan Malviya

(B)
Gopal Krishna Gokhale

(C)
Dadabhai Naoroji

(D)
None of these

Answer: (B) Gopal Krishna Gokhale



12. At the death of Gandhiji who said, “Light has gone from our lives’ ?

(A)
Dr. Rajendra Prasad

(B)
Pt. Jawaharalal Nehru

(C)
Dr. S. Radhakrishnan

(D)
Lord Mountbaten

Answer: (B) Pt. Jawaharalal Nehru



13. Who wrote ‘Poverty and Un-British Rule in India ‘ ?

(A)
R. C. Dutta

(B)
Dadabhai Naoroji

(C)
D. R. Gadgil

(D)
B. N. Ganguly

Answer: (B) Dadabhai Naoroji



14. Who is responsible for coining the concept of democratic government ?

(A)
Greek

(B)
British

(C)
Frensh

(D)
American

Answer: (D) American



15. In which of the following states, Panchayati Raj was first inplemented ?

(A)
Rajasthan

(B)
Gujarat

(C)
Uttar Pradesh

(D)
Bihar

Answer: (A) Rajasthan



16. The second tier of Panchayati Raj system is called

(A)
Zila Parishad

(B)
Taluka Panchayat

(C)
Panchayat Samiti

(D)
Gram Sabha

Answer: (C) Panchayat Samiti



17. The Chief Justice of High Courts and other justices are appointed by

(A)
President

(B)
Chief Justice of Supreme Court

(C)
Governor of the state concerned

(D)
Chief Minister of the state concerned

Answer: (A) President



18. The Chief Justice of Supreme Court is administered the oath of office by

(A)
Union Law Minister

(B)
Chief Justice of India

(C)
President

(D)
Prime Minister

Answer: (C) President



19. The earth’s axis of rotation is inclined at an angle of ——— with the plane of the orbit of the earth around sun

(A)
66 1/2°

(B)
23 1/2°

(C)
90°

(D)
47°

Answer: (A) 66 1/2°



20. Days and nights are caused by

(A)
rotation of earth on its axis

(B)
revolution of earth

(C)
rotation and revolution of earth

(D)
None of these

Answer: (A) rotation of earth on its axis