Important General Knowledge Questions and Answers

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Q : What was defined as ‘three grains of barley, dry and round, placed end to end lengthwise’?

(A) Centimetre

(B) Milimetre

(D) Kilometre

Q : The name of which of these means the ‘gilded one’ in Spanish?

(A) El Dorado

(B) Buenos Aires

(D) None of these

Q : Which spice was introduced to India around 1800 CE by the East India Company in its spice garden in Courtallam, Tamil Nadu?

(A) Clove

(B) Pepper

(D) None of these

Q : By what name is K’ung Fu-tzu better known to the Western world?

(A) Confucious

(B) Lao Tzu

(D) None of these

Q : Complete this Sunderlal Bahuguna phrase which he coined during the Chipko Movement: ‘Ecology is permanent _____.

(A) Economy

(B) sociology

(D) None of these

Q : The capital of which Scandinavian country is located on the islands of Zealand and Amager?

(A) Norway

(B) Sweden

(D) None of these

Q : In the Mahabharata, who was granted a divine inward eye so that he could see and relate the events of the battlefield to Dhritarashtra?

(A) Sanjaya

(B) Purochana

(D) None of these

Q : After whom is the chemical element with atomic number 102 named?

(A) Albert Einstein

(B) Alfred Bernhard Nobel

(D) None of these

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