G.K. Practice Test: Question Set - 06
1. R. K. Laxman is a renowned
- (A) Dance
master
- (B) Writer
- (C) Cartoonist
- (D) Journalist
2. Which of the following pairs of artists and their areas of specialization is not correct?
- (A) Pt. Ravi
Shankar - Sitar
- (B) M. S.
Subbulakshmi - Dance
- (C) Hari
Prasad Chaurasia - Flute
- (D) Ustad Zakir
Hussain Khan - Tabla
3. Girilal Jain was a noted figure in which of the following fields?
- (A) Social
Service
- (B) Journalism
- (C) Literature
- (D) Politics
4. Which among the famous danseuses is not an exponent of the Odissi dance style?
- (A) Sanjukta
Panigrahi
- (B) Madhavi
Mudgal
- (C) Sonal Man
Singh
- (D) Yamini
Krishnamurthy
5. Who among the following said ‘Population increases in the Geometric Progression, Food increases in the Arithmetic Progression’?
- (A) Malthus
- (B) Greshan
- (C) Engels
- (D) Keynes
6. Name the cartoonist who’s ‘Common Man’ is very popular
- (A) Ajit Ninan
- (B) R. K. Laxman
- (C) Sudhir Dhar
- (D) Sudhir
Telang
7. Dr. M. S. Subbulakshmi has distinguished herself in the field of
- (A) Kathak
- (B) Bharatanatyam
- (C) Playing
Violin
- (D) Vocal music
8. Kiran Bedi is
- (A) First woman
IAS officer
- (B) First woman
IPS officer
- (C) First woman
advocate
- (D) First woman
judge
9. Rabindranath Tagore is also known as
- (A) Guruji
- (B) Gurudev
- (C) Mahamana
- (D) Netaji
10. The Indian to beat the computers in mathematical wizardry is
- (A) Ramanujam
- (B) Rina
Panigrahi
- (C) Raja
Ramanna
- (D) Shakunthala
Devi