General Knowledge Quiz-3

General Knowledge Quiz-3

Quiz 3☛See also General Knowledge-1

☛See also General Knowledge-2

Following MCQs taken from Common Law Admission Test (CLAT 2016)

26. Power to summon the Houses of the Parliament is vested with _____

(A) Speaker and Vice-President
(B) Vice-President
(C) Prime Minister
(D) President

27. Who was conferred the Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna Award during August, 2015?

(A) Saina Nehwal
(B) Virat Kohli
(C) Sania Mirza
(D) Dhoni


28. Which state has become the first state to introduce compulsory gender education at the graduate level?

(A) Kerala
(B) Punjab
(C) Telangana
(D) Andhra Pradesh

29. Who is the President of Sri Lanka?

(A) Ranil Wickramasinghe

(B) Maithripala Srisena

(C) Jayawardane

(D) K. Sripavan

30. Who is the author of ‘Crime and Punishment’?

(A) Harold Joseph Laski
(B) Karl Marx
(C) Pyodor Dostoevsky
(D) Geoffrey Chaucer



31. Which-organisation has the motto ‘Be Prepared’?

(A) National Disaster Management Authority
(B) National Cadet Corps
(C) Boys’ Scout
(D) National Service Scheme


32.  India signed the Paris Agreement on Climate Change’ in April, 2016 at _____

(A) Paris
(B) New Delhi
(C) Geneva
(D) New York

33. Who lit the torch from the sun’s rays reflected in a parabolic mirror during the Olympic flame lighting ceremony for the Rio 2016 Olympia Games at the site of ancient Olympia in Greece on 22 April, 2016?

(A) Ronaldo

(B) Katerina Lehou

(C) Katerina Kaif

(D) Joanie Laureh aka Chyna

34.  Which is the fastest planet to revolve around the sun.

(A) Jupiter

(B) Venus

(C) Mercury

(D) Mars

35.  Who has written the book ‘Indomitable Spirit’?

(A) Ms. Arundhati Roy
(B) Sh. Narendra Modi
(C) Justice Krishna Iyer
(D) Dr. A.P.J. Abdul Kalam


36. The Constitution (One Hundredth Amendment) Act, 2015 was enacted to give effect to _____

(A) National Judicial Appointment Commission
(B) The acquiring of territories by India from Bangladesh
(C) Transfer of certain territories by India from Bangladesh
(D) The transfer of certain territories by India to Bangladesh and vice versa


37. In which of the following states/Union Territories, the election commission has decided to hold election in a single phase n May 16, 2016?

(A) West Bengal, Kerala and Tamil Nadu
(B) Kerala, Tamil Nadu and Puducherry
(C) Assam, Kerala and Puducherry
(D) West Bengal, Kerala and Assam


38. In case the President of India wants to resign, he shall address his resignation to the ____

(A) Prime Minister
(B) Chief Election Commissioner
(C) Chief Justice of India
(D) Vice-President


39. Which day is celebrated as ‘World Consumer Rights Day’?

(A) 5th June
(B) 15th July
(C) 5th September
(D) 15th March


40. Which state has the largest number of foreign students in India?

(A) Maharashtra
(B) Karnataka
(C) Uttar Pradesh
(D) Haryana

Answers:
26: (D) President

27: (C) Sania Mirza

28: (C) Telangana

29: (B) Maithripala Srisena

30: (C) Pyodor Dostoevsky

31: (C) Boys’ Scout

32: (D) New York

33: (B) Katerina Lehou

34: (C) Mercury

35: (D) Dr. A.P.J. Abdul Kalam

36: (C) Transfer of certain territories by India from Bangladesh

37: (B) Kerala, Tamil Nadu and Puducherry

38: (D) Vice-President

39: (D) 15th March

40: (B) Karnataka