General Knowledge ( About Education )

Q-1 Who proposed the ‘Wardha’ scheme of Basic Education

(a) Vinoba Bhave
(b) Lala Lajpat Rai
(c) S.N. Bannerjee
(d) Mahatma Gandhi
Q-2 When was the Guru Nanak Dev University established at Patiala
(a) 1975
(b) 1969
(c) 1940
(d) 1947
Q-3 Number of Arts and Science Colleges in Punjab is
(a) About 200
(b) About 400
(c) About 300
(d) About 250
Q-4 Number of middle schools in Punjab is
(a) Exact 1700
(b) More than 1700
(c) Below 1700
(d) None of these
Q-5 The pioneer of English poetry is
(a) Bhartendu Harish Chandra
(b) Amir Khusero
(c) Bhisham Shukal
(d) Ramachandra Shukal
Q-6 Which according to Kothari Commisssion is the integral part of education?
(a) Work Experience
(b) Art and painting
(c) Agriculture
(d) None of these
Q-7 In Computer language the letter ‘E’ in E- Mail stands for
(a) Economics
(b) Electronic
(c) Engineering
(d) Electricity
Q-8 Which out of the following is more important?
(a) Environment Education
(b) Sex education
(c) Population Education
(d) All of the above
Q-9 Reading, Writing and Arithmetic stand for
(a) Three A’s
 (b) Three R’s
(c) Three W’s
(d) None of these
Q-10 Bhojpuri language is spoken mostly in
(a) Jammu & Kashmir
(b) Haryana
(c) Bihar
(d) U.P.
Q-11 Urdu is the official language of
(a) Jammu & Kashmir
(b) U.K.
(c) Tamil Nadu
(d) Haryana
Q-12 Before the 42nd Amendment, (1976) education was
(a) a state subject
(b) a union subject
(c) Both a union and a state subject
(d) None of these
Q-13 The D.P.I. is the head officer of
(a) University Education
(b) College Education
(c) School Education
(d) None of these
Q-14 The term ‘AUDIO’ stands for
(a) Seeing
(b) Hearing
(c) Smelling
(d) Feeling
Q-15 Who is popularly known as ‘Swan of Avon’
(a) William Shakespeare
(b) John Milton
(c) William Wordsworth
(d) John Keats
Q-16 To which period did Shakespeare belong?
(a) Puritan Period
(b) Elizabethan period
(c) Victorian Period
(d) None of these
Q-17 Shakespeare’s first Roman play is
(a) Julius Caesar
(b) Hamlet
(c) Coriolanus
(d) None of these
Q-18 The most popular villain, is a character in Shakespeare is
(a) Casca
(b) Cassius
 (c) Iago
(d) Shylock
Q-19 Which play says, ‘’cowards die many times
(a) Merchant of Venice
(b) As you like it
(c) Henry II
(d) Julius Caesar
Q-20 Chance plays an important part in the novels of ………
(a) George Meredith
(b) Thomas Hardy
(c) Walter Scott
(d) Henry fielding
Q-21 Who is the author of the book ‘Cocktail Party?’
(a) T.S. Eliot
(b) Maxim
(c) Richard Burton
(d) Andrew Boyle
Q-22 ‘An Elegy written in a country churchyard’ is a peon of ….
(a) Thomas Gray
(b) Thomas Hardy
(c) Thomas Moore
(d) Lord Byron
Q-23 Who is the most popular poet of the Victorian Period?
(a) William Cowper
(b) Robert Browning
(c) Lord Byron
(d) Lord Tennyson
Q-24 John Keats was know for
(a) Odes
(b) Lyrics
(c) Sonnets
(d) Ballads
Q-25 George Bernard Shaw was a popular writer of
(a) Ireland
(b) Russia
(c) Scotland
(d) America

ANSWERS

1. b
2. b
 3. c
4. b
5. a
6. a
7. a
8. d
9. b
10. c
11. a
12. a
13. c
14. b
15. a
16. b
17. a
18. c
19. d
20. b
21. a
22. a
23. d
24. a
25. a
By Vinay Thakur