General Knowledge Mixed Practice — MCQs with Answers (Set 9)

John Kipling died at Loos in September 1915 while serving with the Irish Guards. Somme, Ypres and Gallipoli name different battles. His death helps explain the personal loss behind his father’s later remembrance work.

Review Rudyard Kipling: life, books and remembrance.

At 41, Kipling remains the youngest-ever Nobel Literature laureate, and was the first English-language winner.

Balbir was manager of India’s team that won the 1975 Hockey World Cup in Kuala Lumpur. India beat Pakistan 2–1 in the final. The Champions Trophy, Asian Games and Sultan Azlan Shah Cup are separate tournaments. The win was not another Olympic gold as a player.

Review Balbir Singh Sr.: medals, goals and service.

Balbir played as a centre-forward, an attacker operating mainly through the middle. His scoring record fits that attacking role. Goalkeepers guard the goal. Full-backs and centre-halves have different defensive or midfield roles. Calling him the greatest is a judgement; his position is a recorded fact.

Review Balbir Singh Sr.: medals, goals and service.

Balbir scored five goals in India’s 6–1 win over the Netherlands in the 1952 Olympic final. Five is his personal tally for that match. Six is India’s team total. Three was his semi-final tally, while four does not match the final record.

Review Balbir Singh Sr.: medals, goals and service.

Balbir Singh Sr. won three Olympic hockey golds: London (1948), Helsinki (1952), and Melbourne (1956).

Robin Fox, editor of The Lancet, described Nirmal Hriday’s pain management as ‘disturbingly lacking’ after his 1991 visit.

Nirmal Hriday was created from an abandoned Hindu temple, and cared for patients according to their own faith’s rites.

Mother Teresa founded the Missionaries of Charity in Calcutta in 1950. Its mission centred on serving the poorest of the poor. Catholic school teaching had been her earlier work. Providing legal aid or training nurses for rural hospitals was not its stated mission.

Review Mother Teresa: mission and honours.

The 1946 train journey led her to leave convent teaching for direct work among Calcutta’s poorest, eventually founding the Missionaries of Charity.

Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai hosted Tendulkar’s 200th and final Test in November 2013. The opponent was West Indies. Other grounds in the options did not host this farewell Test. His ODI retirement had already occurred in 2012.

Tendulkar scored 100 international centuries: 51 in Tests and 49 in ODIs. A century is at least 100 runs in one innings. The combined total is 100, not 50, 75 or 125. It does not mean he scored 100 Test centuries.

Built for 80-100 km/h operating speed, the corridor is expected to cut average travel time in the project area from about 60 minutes to about 20 minutes, a roughly 67% reduction.

The 1.32 km extradosed bridge, with travelators, gives pedestrians direct access to the Kashi Vishwanath Temple.

The Cabinet approved a 46.039 km, six-lane, Greenfield corridor connecting NH-19 to the Varanasi Ring Road (NH-135B), at a capital cost of ₹14,447.64 crore.

BCCI remains outside Article 12’s definition of “State,” but it performs public functions like selecting the national team. That keeps it answerable to the High Courts’ writ jurisdiction under Article 226.

The Supreme Court’s final order relaxed the original proposal, allowing two consecutive three-year terms before a mandatory cooling-off period.

The CoA was appointed on 30 January 2017, led by former Comptroller and Auditor General Vinod Rai, after BCCI resisted implementing the Lodha reforms.

Maharashtra and Gujarat, which each had three cricket associations, kept their associations but had to share voting rights on a rotational basis.

The Supreme Court appointed the Committee on 23 January 2015, chaired by former Chief Justice of India R.M. Lodha, following the 2013 IPL spot-fixing scandal.

IIT Madras placed first among all IITs by NIRF 2025 rankings, followed by IIT Delhi and IIT Bombay.

IIT Roorkee became an IIT in 2001, after functioning for over 150 years as the University of Roorkee.

Ujjayanta Palace now houses the Tripura State Museum. It was completed in 1901 under Maharaja Radha Kishore Manikya. Its royal residence and Assembly roles belong to earlier periods. The question asks its present public use, which rules out the former Assembly function.

Bangladesh forms about 84% of Tripura’s total international and interstate boundary. The border with Bangladesh is about 856 km. Shorter borders meet Assam and Mizoram. Nearly 100% would wrongly erase those Indian neighbours. The 50% and 25% options greatly understate Bangladesh’s share.

Tripura became a full state on 21 January 1972. The 1956 date belongs to Union Territory status. Independence in 1947 is a different event. The option 26 January 1972 uses the wrong day. Keep the full statehood date together.