General Awareness Quiz

1. Meenakshi Amman Temple is a historic Hindu temple located on the southern bank of the Vaigai River in the temple city of?

a) Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh

b) Puri, Odisha

c) Madurai, Tamil Nadu 

d) Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala

e) Kolkata, West Bengal

2. The Netherlands, a country in northwestern Europe, is known for its flat landscape, canals, tulip fields, windmills and cycling routes. What is the capital of Netherlands?

a) London

b) Amsterdam 

c) Athens

d) Canberra

e) None of the above

3. Guwahati is situated on which of the following bank of the river?

a) Sone 

b) Hooghly

c) Brahmaputra 

d) Teesta

e) Ganga

4. The Mahabodhi Vihar, a UNESCO World Heritage Site, is a Buddhist temple located at which of the following place?

a) Guwahati, Assam

b) Deoghar, Jharkhand

c) Patna, Bihar

d) Darbhanga, Bihar

e) Bodh Gaya, Bihar 

5. Sai Baba of Shirdi, also known as Shirdi Sai Baba, was an Indian spiritual master who was regarded by his devotees as a saint, fakir, and satguru, according to their individual proclivities and beliefs. Shirdi is located at?

a) Gujarat

b) Rajasthan

c) Maharashtra 

d) Haryana

e) None of the above

6. Kazakhstan, a Central Asian country and former Soviet republic, extends from the Caspian Sea in the west to the Altai Mountains at its eastern border with China and Russia. What is the capital of Kazakhstan?

a) Astana 

b) Ashgabat

c) Kabul

d) Tashkent

e) Ankara

7. The Sun temple is situated in the small town of Konark, which is located at?

a) Puri, Odisha 

b) Deoghar, Jharkhand

c) Nainital, Uttrakhand

d) Mathura, Uttar Pradesh

e) Hyderabad, Telangana

8. Satpura National Park is located in the Hoshangabad district of which of the following states?

a) Uttar Pradesh

b) Andhra Pradesh

c) Himachal Pradesh

d) Arunachal Pradesh

e) Madhya Pradesh 

9. The Srisailam Dam is a dam constructed across the Krishna River at Srisailam in the Kurnool district in the state of?

a) Andhra Pradesh 

b) Karnataka

c) Kerala

d) Uttar Pradesh

e) None of the above

10. "The Dramatic Decade—The Indira Gandhi Years" focuses on one of the most fascinating periods in the life of this nation; the decade of the 1970s. It is written by?

a) Narendra Modi

b) Hamid Ansari

c) APJ Abdul Kalam

d) Arun Jaitley

e) Pranab Mukherjee