GK Practice Test: Question Set - 13
1. What is Magna Carta?
- (A) It was a
charter of Rights granted to the Englishmen during 1215 AD by King John II
- (B) It
was a charter guaranteeing the freedom of the barons, the church and the common
man
- (C) It
is the foundation stone of the rights and liberties of the English people
- (D) All of the
above
2. What is Bhakti movement?
- (A) It is a
social and religious movement form about AD 500 to 1600
- (B) It is the
movement that influenced the developed of regional language because it
emphasised people's everyday speech
- (C) Both (a) and
(b)
- (D) None of the
above
3. What were the main factors responsible for World War I?
- (A) Nationalism
and imperialism
- (B) Militarism
and entangling alliances
- (C) Mutual
rivalry, hatred and distrust within the countries
- (D) All
of the above
4. What is the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS)?
- (A) Group
of 53 former colonies of Britain
- (B) Group
of 12 former republics of dissolved USSR
- (C) Group
of 10 Latin America countries
- (D) Group
of Islamic countries in Saudi Arabia region
5. UN General Assembly elects a President and how many Vice Presidents at the start of its each regular session?
- (A) Seven
- (B) Fifteen
- (C) Twenty one
- (D) Two
6. The treaty which ushered in NATO, was signed by the member nations at
- (A) Geneva
- (B) London
- (C) Paris
- (D) Washington
7. Theory of Idealism was expounded by George Hegal, Bishop George and Berkeley According to this
- (A) Mathli
is an illusion and that the only reality that which exists mentally
- (B) Good
was pleasure and that evil was pain
- (C) Base
of knowledge is sense-experience, that is, observations governed by scientific
principles
- (D) All
knowledge is derived from sensory experience, by observing and experimenting
8. To which country does the present UN Secretary-General belongs?
- (A) Ghana
- (B) South Korea
- (C) Spain
- (D) Sweden
9. Trans World Airlines is an International Airline of
- (A) United
Kingdom
- (B) United
States of America
- (C) Russia
- (D) Scandinavia
10. The third crusade was led by
- (A) Richard
I of England
- (B) Fredrick
Barbarossa of Germany
- (C) Philip
II of France
- (D) All of the
above
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