General Knowledge MCQs
Topic Notes: General Knowledge
MCQs and preparation resources for competitive exams, covering important concepts, past papers, and detailed explanations.
Plato
- Biography: Ancient Greek philosopher (427–347 BCE), student of Socrates and teacher of Aristotle, founder of the Academy in Athens.
- Important Ideas:
- Theory of Forms
- Philosopher-King
- Ideal State
31
Kurdish is an Indo-Iranian language spoken across which four nations?
Answer:
Turkey, Iraq, Iran, Syria
Kurdistan is a geo-cultural region spanning the borders of these four countries.
32
The Turkic language family includes Turkish, Uzbek, Kazakh, and:
Answer:
Uighur
Uighur is a Turkic language spoken primarily in the Xinjiang region of Western China.
33
Hawaiian and Maori belong to which language family?
Answer:
Austronesian (Polynesian branch)
Polynesian languages spread across the Pacific islands and are a subgroup of the massive Austronesian family.
34
Who invented the Cherokee syllabary, enabling the Cherokee nation to become literate in their own language?
Answer:
Sequoyah
Sequoyah developed the script in the early 19th century; it is one of the few times in recorded history an illiterate person invented a complete writing system.
35
During World War II, the US military used speakers of which language as 'Code Talkers'?
Answer:
Navajo
The complex grammar and lack of written records of the Navajo language made the code unbreakable by the Japanese military.
36
American Sign Language (ASL) is historically related to:
Answer:
French Sign Language (LSF)
ASL was derived largely from French Sign Language; consequently, ASL and BSL are not mutually intelligible.
37
The 'Ge'ez' script is used to write which group of languages?
Answer:
Ethiopian Semitic (Amharic, Tigrinya)
Ge'ez is an abugida script used exclusively in the Horn of Africa.
38
Sumerian, the language of ancient Mesopotamia credited with the first writing system, is classified as:
Answer:
Language Isolate
Sumerian has no known relatives and is unrelated to the Semitic Akkadian language that replaced it.
39
Which language was the spoken language of Jesus of Nazareth?
Answer:
Aramaic
While Hebrew was the religious language and Greek the administrative one, Aramaic was the common spoken tongue of Judea at the time.
40
Which classical language is the primary liturgical language of Hinduism?
Answer:
Sanskrit
The Vedas and other Hindu scriptures are written in Sanskrit, which functions similarly to Latin in the Catholic Church.