General Knowledge Q & A

Question: What is called as the "Roof of the World"?

1. Indira Point
2. Kanchenjunga
3. Pamir Knot
4. Indira Col

Answer: 3

Question: The illustrious names of Aryabhatta and Varahamihir are associated with the age of the

1. Guptas
2. Kushanas
3. Mauryas
4. Palas

Answer: 1

Question: Who generally acknowledged as the pioneer of local self government in modern India?

1. Ripon
2. Mayo
3. Lytton
4. Curzon

Answer: 1

Question: Which Article of the Constitution of India abolishes untouchability and forbids its practice in any form?

1. Article 16
2. Article 17
3. Article 18
4. Article 15

Answer: 2

Question: The idea of Pakistan was first conceived by

1. Muhammad Iqbal
2. M. A. Jinnah
3. Shaukat Ali
4. Aga Khan

Answer: 1

Question: Which of the following countries has introduced "Direct Democracy"?

1. Russia
2. India
3. France
4. Switzerland

Answer: 4

Question: Inflation occurs when aggregate supply is

1. More that aggregate demand
2. Less than aggregate demand
3. Equal to aggregate demand
4. None of the above

Answer: 2

Question: Which State has the lowest per capita income in India?

1. Bihar
2. Orissa
3. Rajasthan
4. Gujrat

Answer: 2

Question: In the budget figures of the Government of India, fiscal deficit is

1. Total expenditure - total receipts
2. Revenue expenditure - revenue receipts
3. Capital expenditure - capital receipts + market borrowings
4. Sum of budget deficit and Government's market borrowings and liabilities

Answer: 1

Question: The eighth Joint Economic Group dialogue between China and India was held in January 2010 in Beijing, China after a gap of

1. two years
2. three years
3. four years
4. five years

Answer: 3

Question: According to the recently released World Bank Report, the Chinese economy grew by the close of fourth quarter of 2009 at the rate of

1. 9.7 percent
2. 10.7 percent
3. 10.8 percent
4. 11 percent

Answer: 2

Question: As per the quality of life Index 2010, which was released worldwide in January 2010, the united States occupies the

1. Second Place
2. Third Place
3. Fifth Place
4. Seventh Place

Answer: 4

Question: The India-France deal for civil nuclear corporation, which came into force in January 2010, had been signed between the two countries in

1. September 2008
2. October 2008
3. November 2008
4. December 2008

Answer: 1

Question: Wodeyars were the ruler of

1. Princely State of Mysore
2. Princely State of Travancore
3. Vijayanagaram
4. None of these

Answer: 1

Question: "Black Pagoda" is in

1. Egypt
2. Srilanka
3. Madurai
4. Konark

Answer: 4

Question: The meeting of the Rajya Sabha are presided over by the

1. President
2. Vice President
3. Prime Minister
4. Speaker

Answer: 2

Question: Lunar eclipse occurs on

1. A new moon day
2. A full moon day
3. A half moon day
4. both 1 and 2

Answer: 2

Question: Which of the following crops helps in nitrogen fixation?

1. Rice
2. Wheat
3. Beans
4. Maize

Answer: 3

Question: Detroit in the U. S. A. is known as the city of

1. Motor Car
2. Lights
3. Aeroplanes
4. Rockets

Answer: 1

Question: The term "Fourth Estate" refers to

1. Backward States
2. Judiciary
3. Press
4. Tea Estate

Answer: 3

Question: SAIL's plant in Karnataka is situated at

1. Bangalore
2. Bhadravati
3. Belgaum
4. Hubli

Answer: 2

Question: At which of the following place Rajiv Gandhi died of human bomb explosion?

1. New Delhi
2. Chennai
3. Sriperumbudur
4. Colombo

Answer: 3

Question: Who is not the Speaker of the Lok Sabha ever?

1. Somnath Chatterjee
2. P. A. Sangma
3. Meira Kumar
4. Sushma Swaraj

Answer: 4

Question: The Governor General associated with the abolition of slavery was

1. Cornwallis
2. Bentinck
3. Dalhousie
4. Rippon

Answer: 2

Question: The name of India's first carrier is

1. INS Vikrant
2. INS Nilgiri
3. INS Kukri
4. INS Himgiri

Answer: 1