CBSE Questions for Class 8 General Knowledge Famous Personalities Of India And World Quiz 6 - MCQExams.com

Hiuen sang came in the period of .......................
  • Raj Vardhan
  • Harsha Vardhan
  • Bali Vardhan
  • Shri Vardhan
What color is the vice president's car?
  • green
  • yellow
  • blue
  • purple
Raja Ram Mohan Roy founded the Brahma Samaj in
  • 1828
  • 1830
  • 1931
  • 1930
The world religious conference which Swami Vivekanand attended and earned honour for Indian civilization was held at __________.
  • New York
  • Delhi
  • Chicago
  • Washington
For the cancellation of which Act, Irom Sharmila has been on hunger strike for more than 10 years?
  • FEMA Act
  • Civil Servants Special Powers Act
  • Article 370
  • Armed Forces Special Powers Act
 Who among the following was associated with the Hindustan Socialist Republican Association?
  • Subhash Chandra Bose
  • Mahatma Gandhi
  • Bhagat Singh
  • Laxmi Sehgal
Which of the following countries are landlocked countries?
(1) Afghanistan   (2) Hungary
(3) Malaysia        (4) Switzerland
Select the correct answer using the codes given below:
  • 1 and 2
  • 1, 2 and 3
  • 2, 3 and 4
  • 1, 2 and 4
Thomas Malthus in 1793 wrote and essay on population growth. Choose correct statement regarding this
(1) Number of people will increase faster then food supply.
(2) His positive checks were.
(3) His negative checks were.
(4) He was a supporter of contraceptives.
  • 1,2 and 3
  • 2 and 3
  • 1 and 4
  • All of the above
Who was the only Indian to be elected as the President of the United Nations General Assembly?
  • Vijayalakshmi Pandit
  • VK Krishna Menon
  • Jawaharlal Nehru
  • None of the above
Which one among the following books centered around 'environment'?
  • The Late, Great Planet Earth
  • Silent Spring
  • Here I Stand
  • And Then One Day
The island of Corsica is associated with _______.
  • Mussolini
  • Hitler
  • Napolean Bonaparte
  • Winston Churchill
In April 2016, who among the following has been appointed to UN University Council?
  • Radha Kumar
  • Subroto Bagchi
  • Dr. R. Seetharaman
  • None of the above
The Indian National Army was organised to fight against ____________.
  • Germany and Japan
  • the British in India
  • Japan
  • Russia
A very big refugee camp called Dadaab, recently in the news, is located in ______.
  • Ethiopia
  • Kenya
  • Somalia
  • Sudan
The Non-Cooperation Movement was withdrawn after the __________.
  • First World War
  • Chauri-Chaura incident
  • Bardoli Satyagraha
  • Gandhi-Irwin Pact
Which of the following books was written by Dr. B.R. Ambedkar?
  • The Discovery of India
  • My Life
  • Buddha or Karl Marx
  • Hind Swaraj
Consider the following statements.
  • L'Aquila is a famous castle in Romania
  • L'Aquila is the famous beach in France on the shores of Mediterranean Sea
  • L'Aquila is a famous castle in France
  • L'Aquila is a place in Italy
Claims to the historical Macedonian territory have been a bone of contention between which of the following countries?
  • Portugal and Spain
  • Bulgaria and Greece
  • Romania and Bulgaria
  • Portugal and Greece
Housing shortages in Brazil mean that about 25 million people live in sprawling shanty towns (slums) called _______ that surround the big cities.
  • Favelas
  • Squatter settlements
  • Sprawls
  • Ravelas
Israel has common borders with ______.
  • Lebanon, Syria, Jordan and Egypt
  • Lebanon, Syria, Turkey and Jordan
  • Cyprus, Turkey, Jordan and Egypt
  • Turkey, Syria, Iraq and Yemen
Which one of the following countries is credited with the establishment of 'Uranium city'?
  • Australia
  • Canada
  • Russia
  • USA
Who of the following are believed to be the last to come to India from the North-West?
  • The Nordics
  • The Mediterranean
  • The Dinarics
  • The Negritos
Which one of the following is a landlocked country?
  • Cambodia
  • Laos
  • Thailand
  • Vietnam
Which one of the following countries does not border Brazil?
  • Argentina
  • Bolivia
  • Uruguay
  • Ecuador
Match the following:
List I
(Nick name)
List II
(Place)
(A) City of Golden Gate(1) Lhasa
(B) Forbidden City(2) Ireland
(C) Emerald Island(3) Belgium
(D) Cockpit of Europe(4) San Francisco
  • $$A-4; B-1; C-2; D-3$$
  • $$A-1; B-2; C-3; D-4$$
  • $$A-3; B-1; C-4; D-2$$
  • $$A-2; B-1; C-3; D-4$$
Identify the incorrect statement about Japan.
  • Russia is the nearest neighbour of Japan
  • The most volcanic area is the Fuji-Hakone-Izu area
  • Okhotsk current is a cold current
  • Shinkansen means expressways connecting big cities
'$$24$$ Brand Mantras' is a book written by _________.
  • Bimal Chowdhary
  • Shiv Khera
  • Arindam R Chowdhary
  • Jagdeep Kapoor
The book 'The Audacity of Hope' has been written by __________.
  • Nayantara Sehgal
  • Aravind Adiga
  • Vikram Seth
  • Barack Obama
Which of the following books is written by Dr APJ Abdul Kalam?
$$1.$$ Ignited Minds
$$2.$$ Wings of Fire
$$3.$$ The Luminous Sparks
Select the correct answer using the codes given below.
  • Only $$1$$
  • Only $$2$$
  • $$2$$ and $$3$$
  • All of the above
Which key person in the promotion of sustainable development and biodiversity issued the following quotation: "The library of life is burning and we don't even know the titles of the books"?
  • Jacques Chirac
  • Gro Harlem Brundtland
  • Fredrik Reinfeldt
  • None of the above
Who of the following are considered to be the bearers of the earliest form of Hinduism in India?
  • The Mediterranean
  • The Negritos
  • The Mongoloids
  • The Proto-Australoids
'The Shade of Swords' is a book written by _______.
  • M J Akbar
  • Manil Suri
  • Urmila Lamba
  • Vasant Potdar
'Neel Darpan' is a play based on the story of Indigo Rebellion of Bengal of $$1860-61$$. Who authored it?
  • Dinabandhu Mitra
  • Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyaya
  • Jointly by Sisir Kumar Ghosh and Motilal Ghosh 
  • Madhusudan Dutta
'The Accidental Prime Minister' was written by __________.
  • P C Parekh
  • RV Bhasin
  • Sanjaya Baru
  • Jaswant Singh
The term 'ecology' was first used by ____________.
  • G Taylor
  • Tansley
  • Ernst Haeckel
  • Jean Brunhes
Which of the following books of Wendy Doniger was criticised by various sections of Indian Society?
  • Crusader or Conspirator
  • The Indian Society
  • The Hindus: An Alternative History
  • Ancient India
Who has written the book 'Two Lives'?
  • Salman Rushdie
  • Arundhati Roy
  • Vikram Seth
  • Shiv Khera
'Travelling Through Conflict', is a book written by ________.
  • Hamid Ansari
  • Tony Blair
  • Balraj Krishna
  • Salman Rushdie
Match List I (Book) and List II (Author) and select the correct answer using the codes given below in the lists:
List IList II
A. In Custody$$1.$$ Amartya Sen
B. Sea of Poppies$$2.$$ Amitav Ghosh
C. The Argumentative Indian$$3.$$ Anita Desai
D. Unaccustomed Earth$$4.$$ Jhumpa Lahiri
  • $$4, 1, 2, 3$$
  • $$4, 2, 1, 3$$
  • $$3, 2, 1, 4$$
  • $$3, 1, 2, 4$$
Who formulated the 'Drain of Wealth' theory?
  • Dadabhai Naoroji
  • MG Ranade
  • RC Dutt
  • BC Pal
'Long Walk to Freedom' is a book written by ______.
  • Sonia Gandhi
  • LK Advani
  • Nelson Mandela
  • Benazir Bhutto
  • Nawaz Sharif
Who amongst the following is the author of the book 'Termites in the Trading System'?
  • MS Swaminathan
  • Jagdish Bhagwati
  • Jaswant Singh
  • M Chelapati Rao
Who amongst the following is the author of the book 'Dreams from My Father : A Story of Race and Inheritance'?
  • Barack Obama
  • John Evans Aatta Mills
  • Nelson Mandela
  • Danny Boyle
Match List I (Book) with List II (Author) and select the correct answer from the codes given below the lists.
List IList II
A. My Presidential Years$$1.$$ S Radha Krishna
B. The Hindu View of Life$$2.$$ VV Giri
C. Voice of Conscience$$3.$$ N Sanjeeva Reddy
D. Without Fear or Favour$$4.$$ R Venkataraman
  • $$2, 1, 4, 3$$
  • $$4, 3, 2, 1$$
  • $$2, 3, 4, 1$$
  • $$4, 1, 2, 3$$
Who is the author of 'Adhe-Adhure'?
  • Mohan Rakesh
  • Premchand
  • Nirala
  • Sumitranandan Pant
In April $$2016$$, who among the following has been appointed to UN Council ?
  • Radha Kumar
  • Subroto Bagchi
  • Dr. R. Seetharaman
  • None of the above
Consider the following statement and identify the author of the statement using the codes given below
'I shall work for an India in which the poorest shall feel that it is their country, in whose making they have an effective voice, an India in which there shall be no high class and low class of people, an India in which all communities shall live in perfect harmony'.
  • Babasaheb Ambedkar
  • Mahatma Gandhi
  • Gurudev Tagore
  • Pt. Nehru
Who amongst the following is the author of the classic book 'Life Divine'?
  • Ravi Shankar
  • Swami Vivekananda
  • Radha Krishnan
  • Aurobindo Ghosh
Who is the author of the book 'Book at Noon'?
  • VS Naipaul
  • Chetan Bhagat
  • Vikram Seth
  • None of these
The book 'Patriots and Partisans' covers the political, socio-economical and cultural relevance of India, is authored by _______.
  • S Murari
  • Anita B Pfaff
  • Awais Sheikh
  • Ramachandra Guha
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