General Knowledge Quiz 46 |

The 'Dakshinamurti' idol of shiva depicts him in which form?

Dancing
Meditating
Teacher
Reclining

What is the popular name of Magnesium Sulphate, a white crystalline salt used in medicine and in leather processing ?

Epsom salt
Common salt
Caustic soda
Baking soda

With which of the following movements is Aruna Asaf Ali associated?

Quit India Movement
Individual Satyagraha
Non-cooperation Movement
Civil Disobedience Movement

Paradip port, a major port on the Bay of Bengal, is located in which Indian state ?

Andhra Pradesh
Tamil Nadu
West Bengal
Orissa

Who among the following was the envoy of the British King James I at Jahangir's court?

Edward Terry
William Finch
William Hawkins
Pietra Della Vella

The Ilbert Bill, by which Indian judges were allowed to try the European offenders in criminal cases, was introduced by which Governor-General of India in 1883 ?

Lord Irwin
Lord Curzon
Lord Rippon
Lord Mayo

Lahore session of Muslim League(1940)was presided over by - ?

Fatima Jinnah
Liaqat Ali Khan
Chaudhary Khaliquzzaman
Mohammad Ali jinnah

Where was the 'Project Tiger', the tiger protection programme, launched on 1 April 1973 ?

Simlipal National Park (Orissa)
Corbett National Park (Uttarakhand)
Kanha National Park (Madhya Pradesh)
Ranthambhore National Park (Rajasthan)

Which Nobel laureate authored the novel 'A House for Mr. Biswas' ?

Amartya Sen
Rabindranath Tagore
Rudyard Kipling
V.S. Naipaul

Who said "Tilak is the father of Indian unrest" ?

Louis Fischer
V. Chirol
Web Miller
Lord Reading