General Awareness Quiz - Set 24

1. The Theory of Laissez Faire was invented by
a) Marques
b) Adam Smith
c) Marshall
d) Laski

2. Jehangir Khan is a
a) Bridge Champion
b) Tennis Champion
c) Squash Champion
d) Badminton Champion

3. The Preamble of the Indian Constitution has been amended
a) twice
b) thrice
c) once
d) four times

4. The Rawlatt Act was passed in the year
a) 1942
b) 1919
c) 1920
d) 1931

5. The book "The Man who Knew Infinity" by Robert Kanigel and extensively reviewed in Indian newspapers is the biography of
a) Vikram Sarabhai
b) Sir Homi J Bhabha
c) Sir CV Raman
d) Srinivasa Ramanujan

6. The advocate at the famous INA  trials was
a) C Rajagopalachari
b) Asaf Ali
c) Subhash Chandra Bose
d) Bhulabhai Desai

7. The Indus Valley Civilisation type was found in
a) Sumer
b) Egypt
c) Chains
d) All the above

8. What is the unit of measurement of the distance of the stars from the earth?
a) fathoms
b) kilometers
c) light years
d) nautical

9. The International Date Line is
a) 180 degrees longitude
b) the equator
c) 90 degrees east longitude
d) 0 degrees east longitude

10. Many details regarding the village administration under the Cholas is provided by the inscriptions at
a) Kanchipuram
b) Thanjavur
c) Uttiramerur
d) Woriyur

Answers:

1. b) Adam Smith
2. c) Squash Champion
3. c) once
4. b) 1919
5. d) Srinivasa Ramanujan
6. d) Bhulabhai Desai
7. d) All the above
8. c) light years
9. a) 180 degrees longitude
10. c) Uttiramerur

Thanks.