General Knowledge (GK) 2023-24: GK Questions, Topics, Mock Test, Practice Quiz
GK Questions 2024
Q : Four Ashrams are related to which of the following?
(A) From the stages of life
(B) From the religious and worshipable place of Arya Samaj.
(C) From the residence of kings and saints
(D) By caste
Correct Answer : A
Explanation :
There are following four ashrams:
• Brahmacharya – student
• Grihastha – household household
• Vanaprastha – Forest traveler/forest dweller
• Sanyas – renunciation
With whom did the Grand Trunk Road built by Sher Shah connect Punjab?
(A) Agra
(B) East Bengal
(C) Lahore
(D) Multan
Correct Answer : A
Explanation :
Sher Shah Suri is named as the builder of Grand Trunk Road, the east-west road, which connects Bengal to Punjab.
Who propounded the path 'Ashtangik Marg' for the end of human sorrows?
(A) Mahavira
(B) Gautam Buddha
(C) Adi Shankaracharya
(D) Kabir
Correct Answer : B
Explanation :
The Buddha explained that without attachment, aversion and attachment (raga, dvesha, moha), lust does not cause bondage. The fourth noble truth about suffering is that there is a path (marga) to reach a state free from suffering - one that the Buddha followed and that others can follow. He called it the Eightfold Path to Liberation.
According to the belief of the Buddhists, who is considered to be the next incarnation of Gautam Buddha?
(A) Atreya
(B) Maitreya
(C) Nagarjuna
(D) Kalki
Correct Answer : B
Explanation :
Maitreya (Sanskrit) or Metteyya (Pali), is a bodhisattva who is regarded as the future Buddha of this world in all schools of Buddhism, prophesied to become Maitreya Buddha or Metteyya Buddha.
On the banks of which river was the Harappan site “Manda” situated?
(A) Chenab
(B) Sutlej
(C) Ravi
(D) Indus
Correct Answer : A
Explanation :
Manda is situated on the right bank of Chenab River in the foothills of Pir Panjal range, 28 km northwest of Jammu, and was considered the northernmost limit of the Harappan civilisation.
On which fort was acquired by Shivaji, he built the fort of Raigarh, which became his capital in future.
(A) Archway
(B) Janjeera
(C) vijaydurg
(D) Purandar
Correct Answer : A
Explanation :
Raigad is a hill fort situated at about 25 Km from Mahad in the Raigad district. Chhatrapati Shivaji renovated this fort and made it his capital in 1674 AD. The rope-way facility is available at Raigad Fort, to reach the fort from the ground in a few minutes.
Which one of the following rites is related to completion of education?
(A) widening
(B) upanayana
(C) convergence
(D) cement upgrade
Correct Answer : C
Explanation :
Samavartana (IAST: Samāvartana), or Snana, is the ceremony associated with the end of formal education and the Brahmacharya asrama of life.
The number of provinces which got majority by the Congress in the elections of 1937 was?
(A) 3
(B) 6
(C) 5
(D) 4
Correct Answer : B
Explanation :
The final results of the elections were declared in February 1937. The Indian National Congress emerged in power in seven of the provinces, Bombay, Madras, the Central Provinces, the United Provinces, the North-West Frontier Province, Bihar, and Orissa.
Poet Iqlab, who wrote Saare Jahan Se Achcha, belongs to which place in India?
(A) Delhi
(B) Kashmir
(C) Uttar Pradesh
(D) Punjab
Correct Answer : D
Explanation :
Iqbal was a lecturer at the Government College, Lahore at that time, and was invited by a student Lala Har Dayal to preside over a function. Instead of delivering a speech, Iqbal sang "Saare Jahan Se Achcha".
Which portfolio did Rajendra Prasad hold in the interim government formed in 1946?
(A) Defense
(B) Foreign Affairs and Commonwealth Relations
(C) Food and Agriculture
(D) None of these
Correct Answer : C
Explanation :
The correct answer is Food and Agriculture. An interim government is also known as the provisional/temporary government.
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