GK Practice Test: Question Set - 05
1. Cleopatra was the queen of
- (A) Egypt
- (B) Italy
- (C) Spain
- (D) Britain
2. Kemal Ataturk was
- (A) The
first President of Independent Kenya
- (B) The
founder of modern Turkey
- (C) Revolutionary
leader of Soviet Union
- (D) None of the
above
3. Marco Polo
- (A) Discovered
Greenland
- (B) Travelled
through China, India and other parts of Asia
- (C) Travelled
round the Cape of Good Hope
- (D) Discovered
Canada
4. Karl Marx's ideology advocated
- (A) A classed
unique society
- (B) A united
society
- (C) A classed
society
- (D) None of the
above
5. When was Prophet Mohamed, the founder of Islam, born?
- (A) 420 AD
- (B) 570 AD
- (C) 868 AD
- (D) 1138 AD
6. The first women to climb Mt. Everest was
- (A) Junko Taibei
- (B) Karoline
Mikkelson
- (C) Valentina
Tereshkova
- (D) None of the
above
7. The theory of utilitarianism was expounded by
- (A) Jeremy Bentham
(1748-1836)
- (B) James Mill (1773-1839)
- (C) Henry
Sidgwick (1838-1900)
- (D) All of the
above
8. Walt Disney was
- (A) The President
of America during World War-I
- (B) The greater
of cartoon films starring popular cartoon characters Mickey Mouse and Donald
Duck
- (C) The British
physician known for his discovery of Addison's disease
- (D) None of the
above
9. The first lady Prime Minister of a country was
- (A) Srimavo
Bhadaranaike (Sri Lanka)
- (B) Maria Estate
Pew (Argentina)
- (C) Junko Taibei
(Japan)
- (D) None of the
above
10. The first chairman of the Africa fund committee was
- (A) Late Rajiv
Gandhi
- (B) Late Indira
Gandhi
- (C) Late Pt.
Jawaharlal Nehru
- (D) None of the
above