General Knowledge Mixed Practice — MCQs with Answers (Set 15)

Tiger Triumph, held in 2019, involved India’s Army, Navy, and Air Force alongside US forces.

Machu Picchu, an Inca site high in the Andes, is one of Peru’s most famous landmarks.

The Caspian Sea, bordering several countries, is technically a lake and the largest one on Earth.

Mattancherry Palace in Kochi was built by the Portuguese and later renovated by the Dutch.

The Hirakud Dam on the Mahanadi river in Odisha is one of the world’s longest earthen dams.

K2 (8,611 m) is India’s highest peak overall. It lies in the Karakoram, in Gilgit-Baltistan, which Pakistan occupies illegally. Kangchenjunga (8,586 m) is India’s highest peak in the Himalayas.

Indira Gandhi became the first woman to hold India’s Defence portfolio, taking charge briefly in December 1975 and again from 1980 to 1982, while also serving as Prime Minister. Nirmala Sitharaman (2017) was the first woman to hold the post full-time, independent of the PM role.

Leila Seth was appointed to the Delhi High Court in 1978, becoming its first woman judge.

Justice Pinaki Chandra Ghosh, a former Supreme Court judge, became India’s first Lokpal in 2019.

Manekshaw was made Field Marshal in January 1973, ahead of Cariappa, who received the rank later, in 1986.

The test drew significant international criticism, leading some countries to tighten restrictions on nuclear-related technology transfers to India.

Pokhran-I made India the first country outside the five recognised nuclear weapons states to conduct a nuclear test.

The government officially described the test as a ‘peaceful nuclear explosion’, distinguishing it from an overtly military weapons programme.

The 1974 test was given the codename ‘Smiling Buddha’, with its timing on Buddha Purnima being deliberate.

India and Pakistan signed the Simla Agreement in 1972, aiming to normalise relations and establish the Line of Control in Kashmir.

The war’s outcome led directly to the creation of Bangladesh as an independent country, separate from Pakistan.

The war ended quickly, with Pakistani forces surrendering in Dhaka within about two weeks of India’s direct military involvement.

India formally entered the war in December 1971, supporting East Pakistan’s independence movement alongside the Mukti Bahini.

The answer is a massive refugee crisis. India bore the burden of about 80 lakh refugees from East Pakistan during 1971.

After independence, Chattopadhyay became a leading figure in reviving and organising Indian handicrafts and handlooms.

Chattopadhyay took an active role in the Salt Satyagraha, participating directly in Gandhi’s civil disobedience campaign against the salt tax.

Chattopadhyay was closely associated with the Congress Socialist Party, sharing its commitment to combining political independence with social reform.

In 1926, Kamaladevi Chattopadhyay became the first woman in India to contest a legislative seat, running for the Madras Provincial Legislative Council.

Hazra’s death made her a powerful martyr figure of the Quit India Movement, especially remembered in Bengal’s own regional freedom-struggle history.