General Knowledge Q & A

Question: The general direct flow of summer monsoon in India is -

1. From South to North
2. From South West to South East
3. From South East to South West
4. From South West to North East

Answer: 2

Question: World No-Tobacco Day is observed on -

1. May 25
2. May 31
3. May28
4. May 24

Answer: 2

Question: Which one of the following ecosystems covers the largest area of the earth's surface?

1. Desert Ecosystem
2. Grassland Ecosystem
3. Mountain Ecosystem
4. Marine Ecosystem

Answer: 4

Question: With which game is the Double Fault associated?

1. Lawn Tennis
2. Football
3. Cricket
4. Hockey

Answer: 2

Question: Where is the oldest oil refinery in India located?

1. Digboi
2. Cochin
3. Mathura
4. Guwahati

Answer: 1

Question: The Siwaliks stretch between -

1. Indus and Sutlaj
2. Potwar basin and Teesta
3. Sutlaj and Kali
4. None of these

Answer: 2

Question: Thalassaemia is a hereditary disease affecting -

1. Blood
2. Lungs
3. Heart
4. Kidney

Answer: 1

Question: Polythene is industrially prepared by the polymerization of -

1. Methane
2. Styrene
3. Acetylene
4. Ethylene

Answer: 4

Question: In cricket the length of pitch between the two wickets is -

1. 24 yards
2. 23 yards
3. 22 yards
4. 21 yards

Answer: 3

Question: Which one of the following is not the official language of the United Nations Organisation?

1. Arabic
2. Chinese
3. Portuguese
4. Spanish

Answer: 3

Question: Which countries are separated by Mac Mohan Line?

1. India and Pakistan
2. China and Tibet
3. India and China
4. India and Bangladesh

Answer: 3

Question: Which one of the following is a water soluble vitamin?

1. Vitamin A
2. Vitamin C
3. Vitamin D
4. Vitamin K

Answer: 2

Question: Among the following who was the Speaker in two Lok Sabhas?

1. Rabi Ray
2. Shivraj Patil
3. P. A. Sangma
4. G. M. C Balyogi

Answer: 4

Question: 'Lakshya' which is part of Indian Defence System is

1. Surface of air missile
2. Missile Firing Submarine
3. multi Barrel rocket System
4. Pilotless target aircraft

Answer: 4

Question: Which one of the following states has only one representatives each in Lok Sabha?

1. Manipur, Meghalaya
2. Himachal Pradesh and Jammu Kashmir
3. Arunachal Pradesh and Tripura
4. Mizoram and Nagaland

Answer: 4

Question: Who among the following is known as the guardian of the Public Purse in India?

1. The Comptroller and Auditor General of India
2. The President
3. The Minister of Finance
4. The parliament

Answer: 1

Question: Biological Oxygen demand (BOD) is used as a standard measure of

1. Oxygen level in forest System
2. Oxygen level in animals
3. Oxygen level in water system
4. Oxygen level in atmosphere

Answer: 3

Question: Which of the following Crops is of Kharif Season?

1. Soyabean
2. Linseed
3. lentil
4. Mustard

Answer: 1

Question: Fruit most suitable for making jelly is

1. Papaya
2. Karunda
3. Mango
4. Banana

Answer: 3

Question: Who was the first chief Justice of Supreme court of Calcutta?

1. Hyde
2. Elijah Impey
3. Lemaistre
4. Monson

Answer: 2

Question: By which of the following Acts were the Commercial Rights of East India Company Abolished?

1. Regulating Act of 1773
2. Charter Act of 1813
3. Charter Act of 1833
4. Charter Act of 1853

Answer: 3

Question: Who Was the founder of All India Muslim League?

1. Sir Syed Ahmad Khan
2. Nawab Saleem Ullah Khan
3. Liyaqat Ali Khan
4. Mohammad Ali Jinnah

Answer: 2

Question: Vishakhapatnam Steel Plant obtains its iron ore from the mines of

1. Bababudan
2. Bailadila
3. Dalli-Rajhra
4. Gurumahisaini

Answer: 1

Question: The First Finance Commission was constituted in the year

1. 1956
2. 1953
3. 1952
4. 1951

Answer: 4

Question: Which one of the following Settlements comprised Zamindar as middleman to collect the land revenue?

1. Mahalwari Settlement
2. Ryotwari Settlement
3. Permanent Settlement
4. None of the above

Answer: 3

Question: Which of the following was the court language during the reign of Akbar?

1. Hindi
2. Urdu
3. Persian
4. Arabic

Answer: 3

Question: What were the districts called in the Vijaynagar empire?

1. Nadu
2. Khurram
3. Kottam
4. Janpad

Answer: 3

Question: Which was the first National News Agency of India?

1. The Indian Review
2. The Free Press of India
3. The Associated Press of India
4. None of the above

Answer: 3

Question: The depiction of the stones of the previous lives of Gautama Buddha was first done in the art of

1. Sarnath Pillar of Asoka
2. Bharhut Stupa
3. Ajanta Caves
4. Eilora Caves

Answer: 2

Question: The British Parliament can do everything except make a woman a man and a woman a man?To whom is this statement ascribed?

1. Dicey
2. Hegal
3. De Lolme
4. none of above

Answer: 3

Question: Which of the following states did not come into being in 1987?

1. Mizoram
2. Arunachal Pradesh
3. Goa
4. Manipur

Answer: 4

Question: The number of Zonal Councils in India is

1. Five
2. Four
3. Seven
4. Eight

Answer: 1

Question: National Commission for Back ward Classes was established in

1. 1994
2. 1993
3. 1995
4. 1999

Answer: 2

Question: Indravati Hydroelectric Project is the multipurpose projet of

1. Maharashtra state
2. Gujarat state
3. Orissa State
4. Tamil Nadu state

Answer: 3

Question: Which sector contributes the maximum share in National income of India?

1. Primary
2. Secondary
3. Tertiary
4. All the above have equal share

Answer: 3

Question: Shankarlal Guru committee was associated With

1. Agricultural Marketing
2. Agricultural production
3. Public Distribution System
4. None of above

Answer: 1

Question: IMF is the result of

1. Hawana Conference
2. Rome Conference
3. Brettonwood Conference
4. Geneva Conference

Answer: 3

Question: The Difference between Gross Domestic product and Net Domestic product is

1. Government Revenue
2. Net Indirect Tax (Indirect Tax Subsidy)
3. Consumption of fixed Capital
4. Net Capital Formation

Answer: 4

Question: First share market in India was established in

1. Delhi
2. Mumbai
3. Kolkata
4. chennai

Answer: 2

Question: The acronym STD written on Telephone booth stands for

1. Straight Telephone Dial
2. Switch Telephone Dial
3. Subscriber Telephone Dialing
4. Save Telephone Dialing

Answer: 3

Question: India has signed a landamrk deal for sale of Dhruv Advance Light Helicopters (ALHs) with

1. Venezuela
2. Peru
3. Ecuador
4. Chile

Answer: 3

Question: Humidity is measured by which of the following instrument?

1. Barometer
2. Thermometer
3. Hygrometer
4. Hydrometer

Answer: 3

Question: Rabindranath Tagore was awarded Noble Prize for his literary work named

1. Geetanjali
2. Rajtarangini
3. Chokher Bali
4. Kapal Kundala

Answer: 1

Question: Which of the following department of Indian Government takes care of education of children with physical disabilities?

1. Ministry of Welfare
2. Ministry of Sports
3. Ministry of HRD
4. Ministry of Rural Development

Answer: 1

Question: Amrita Pritam's work "A Revenue Stamp" is

1. A book of stories
2. A novel
3. A biography
4. An autobiography

Answer: 4

Question: "Nadi Ke Dweep" is the creation of

1. Nirmala Verma
2. Krishna Sobit
3. Gajanan Madhav Muktibodh
4. Sachidananda Heeranand Vatsyayan Agyeya

Answer: 4

Question: The poetic work "Rashmirathi" was written by

1. Maithilisharan Gupt
2. Mahadevi Verma
3. Ramdhari Singh Dinkar
4. Surya Kant Tripathi Nirala

Answer: 3

Question: "Operation Black Board" refers to providing schools with

1. Enough number of black boards
2. New type of black boards
3. Training for using new type of black boards
4. All essential learning materials.

Answer: 4

Question: Transistors used in electronic equipments are mostly made of

1. Silver
2. Copper
3. Silicon
4. Carbon

Answer: 3

Question: The disease diphtheria affects

1. Lungs
2. Intestine
3. Throat
4. Body joints

Answer: 3

Question: Which of the following is the brightest planet as seen from the earth?

1. Mercury
2. Uranus
3. Venus
4. Mars

Answer: 3

Question: The Harry Potter series is written by

1. K K Rowling
2. K J Rowling
3. J K Rowling
4. A K Rowling

Answer: 3

Question: The most common communicable disease is

1. Influenza
2. Typhoid
3. Cholera
4. Polio

Answer: 1

Question: Among the following, the richest source of protein is

1. Ground Nut
2. Rice
3. Potato
4. Apple

Answer: 1

Question: Taoism is a school of

1. Chinese philosophy
2. Japanese philosophy
3. Buddhist philosophy
4. Sri Lankan philosophy

Answer: 1

Question: Hydrogen is used instead of Helium to fill balloons for meteorology because

1. of its low density
2. It is not very reactive under normal conditions
3. It is almost insoluble in water
4. It can be prepared easily

Answer: 1

Question: The most abundant element in the earth's crust is

1. Silicon
2. Aluminium
3. Nitrogen
4. Oxygen

Answer: 4

Question: Stainless steel is an example of

1. A metallic compound
2. A homogeneous mixture
3. A heterogeneous mixture
4. An inorganic compound

Answer: 1

Question: The Non-Cooperation Movement was ultimately withdrawn by Mahatma Gandhi

1. On the directions of the Party
2. On account of amicable settlement with the British
3. On account of violent incidents at Chauri-Chaura
4. On account of excessive repression by the Government

Answer: 3

Question: The Preamble of the Constitution after 42nd amendment declares India

1. Sovereign Socialist Secular Democratic Republic
2. Sovereign Democratic Republic
3. Federal Democratic Republic
4. Federal Socialist Democratic Republic

Answer: 1

Question: The International Date Line is the

1. Equator
2. 0 Longitude
3. 88 East Longitude
4. 180 Longitude

Answer: 4

Question: The real executive power under a Parliamentary Government rests with

1. The Parliament
2. The King
3. The Council of Ministers
4. The Civil Servants

Answer: 3

Question: Who among the following was the first Maratha Ruler to get legal recognition from the Mughals?

1. Sahuji
2. Shivaji
3. Balaji Baji Rao
4. Sambhaji

Answer: 1

Question: The average solar day is approximately

1. 24 hrs
2. 24 hrs 15 minutes
3. 24 hrs 52 minutes
4. 24 hrs 15 Second

Answer: 1

Question: The constellation Sapta-Rishi is known to westerns as the

1. Seven Monks
2. Alpha Centauri
3. Big Dipper
4. Small Bear

Answer: 3

Question: One kilobyte is equal to

1. 1000 bytes
2. 1024 bytes
3. 100 bytes
4. 1023 bytes

Answer: 2

Question: Which of the following is a cellulose fiber?

1. Cotton
2. Wool
3. Rayon
4. Polyester

Answer: 1

Question: Which of the following is not an example of Operating System?

1. Windows 98
2. BSD Unix
3. Microsoft Office XP
4. Red Hat Linux

Answer: 3

Question: Which of the following vitamins helps in the absorption of calcium?

1. Vitamin A
2. Vitamin B
3. Vitamin C
4. Vitamin D

Answer: 4

Question: Dengue fever is spread by

1. Aedes aegypti mosquito
2. Common House flies
3. Anophilies mosquito
4. Rodent like rats and squirrels

Answer: 1

Question: Which of the following is not a fundamental right of the Indian citizens?

1. Right to property
2. Right to freedom of expression
3. Right to vote
4. Right to remain silence

Answer: 1

Question: Which supercomputer is developed by the Indian Scientists?

1. Param
2. Super 301
3. Compaq Presario
4. CRAY YMP

Answer: 1

Question: Genome is the key to tomorrow's medical practices because

1. It unleashes an information revolution
2. It provides a new outlook into medicine
3. It is a new way of making drugs
4. It can enable customized medicines.

Answer: 2

Question: Which of the following is not a missile tested in Indian Missile Programme?

1. Agni
2. Trishul
3. Prithvi
4. Arjun

Answer: 4

Question: Mahatma Gandhi started his struggle against apartheid in

1. Natal
2. Transvaal
3. Johannesberg
4. Champaran

Answer: 1