General knowledge questions and answers for competitive exams

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General knowledge questions and answers for competitive exams

Q.1 Who was the person behind the ‘Kuka movement’?

(A) Kunwar Singh

(B) V.B. Phadke

(C) Guru Ram Singh

(D) Sir Syed Ahmad Khan


Ans .  C

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Q.2 In the 552 --- strong Lok Sabha, how many members are there from the Union Territories? 

(A) 10

(B) 20

(C) 30

(D) 40


Ans .  B

Q.3 Which of the following personalities gave ‘The Laws of Heredity’?

(A) Robert Hook

(B) G.J. Mendel

(C) Charles Darwin

(D) William Harvey


Ans .  B

Q.4 Name the person who was also known as Deshbandhu.

(A) S. Radhakrishnan

(B) G.K. Gokhale

(C) Chittaranjan Das

(D) Madan Mohan Malviya


Ans .  C

Q.5 Which of the following is NOT the language enshrined in the eighth schedule of the Indian Constitution, as the language of the state?

(A) Nepali

(B) Kashmiri

(C) English

(D) Konkani


Ans .  C

Q.6 The capital of Uttarakhand is….

(A) Masoorie

(B) Dehra Dun

(C) Nainital

(D) None of these


Ans .  B

Q.7 Geet Govind is a famous creation of ……

(A) Bana Bhatt

(B) Kalidas

(C) Jayadev

(D) Bharat Muni


Ans .  C

Q.8 Which of the following represents the Finance Commissions that have been set-up so far?

(A) 10

(B) 11

(C 12

(D) 13


Ans .  D

Q.9 World Trade Organization came into existence in……

(A) 1992

(B) 1993

(C) 1994

(D) 1995


Ans .  D

Q.10 According to the Constitution of India, which of the following is NOT one of the main organs of the Government?

(A) Legislature

(B) Bureaucracy

(C) Executive

(D) Judiciary


Ans .  B

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Q.11 In which year did the Cabinet Mission arrive in India?

(A) 1942

(B) 1943

(C) 1945

(D) 1946


Ans .  D

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Q.12 Panchayati Raj comes under….

(A) Residual list

(B) Concurrent list

(C) State list

(D) Union list


Ans .  C

Q.13 Which of the amendments of the following constitution was responsible for deleting the right to property from the list of fundamentals rights?

(A) 43rd amendment

(B) 44th amendment

(C) 48th amendment

(D) 52nd amendment


Ans .  B

Q.14 Harshcharita and KadamBari are the works of…..

(A) Kalhan

(B) Panini

(C) Bana Bhatta

(D) Patanjali


Ans .  C

Q.15 When did the war of Americans Independence take place?

(A) 1770

(B) 1772

(C) 1774

(D) 1776


Ans .  D

Q.16 Which of the following countries is NOT a member of SAARC?

(A) Maldives

(B) Bhutan

(C) Malaysia

(D) Nepal


Ans .  C

Q.17 Bloemfontein is the judicial capital of….

(A) South Africa

(B) Denmark

(C) Columbia

(D) The Netherlands


Ans .  A

Q.18 Which of the following planets is NOT a terrestrial planet?

(A) Mercury

(B) Venus

(C) Earth

(D) Saturn


Ans .  D

Q.19 What is the minimum age required to become the President, Vice-President of India or Governor of Indian state?

(A) 21 years

(B) 25 years

(C) 30 years

(D) 35 years


Ans .  D

Q.20 The Treaty of Versailles was signed in….

(A) 1914

(B) 1916

(C) 1919

(D) 1923


Ans .  C

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Q.21 Which of the following personalities was the first to climb Mount Everest twice?

(A) Tenzing Norway

(B) Tamba Tsheri

(C) Nawang Gombu

(D) Phu Dorjee


Ans .  C

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Q.22 The controversial Tehri Dam was built over.

(A) Ganga

(B) Godavari

(C) Bhagirathi

(D) Narmada


Ans .  C

Q.23 Which of the following constitutional amendments was responsible for the inclusion of Konkani, Manipuri and Nepali languages in the eights schedule of the Constitution?

(A) 68th amendment

(B) 70th amendment

(C) 71st amendment

(D) 76th amendment


Ans .  C

Q.24 Vincent Van Gogh was a

(A) German Poet

(B) Dutch painter

(C) Polish scientist

(D) French musician


Ans .  B

Q.25 Who was the first premier of Pakistan?

(A) Liaquat Ali Khan

(B) Mohammad Ali Jinnah

(C) Ali Mohammad Khusro

(D) Mohammed Ayub Khan


Ans .  A

Q.26 Telephone was invented by…

(A) J.L. Baird

(B) Alexander Graham Bell

(C) K. Macmillan

(D) None of these


Ans .  B

Q.27 The famous Chinese traveler Fahien came to India during the reign of….

(A) Harshvardhan

(B) Chandragupta II

(C) Kanishka

(D) Samudragupta


Ans .  B

Q.28 Name the Governor-General and the first Viceroy of India during whose tenure the 1857 revolt took place.

(A) Lord Rippon

(B) Lord Curzon

(C) Lord Canning

(D) Lord Harding


Ans .  C

Q.29 The absorption of ink by a blotting paper is based on….

(A) Newton third law of motion

(B) Bernoulli’s theorem

(C) Pascal’s law

(D) Capillary action


Ans .  D

Q.30 The point in the orbit of any artificial satellite of earth which is at the maximum distance from the earth is known as….

(A) Perigee

(B) Aphelion

(C) Antipodes

(D) Apogee


Ans .  D

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Q.31 Mother Teresa won the Noble Prize for peace in….

(A) 1977

(B) 1979

(C) 1982

(D) 1984


Ans .  B

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Q.32 Topographical map of India is approved by….

(A) Archaeological Survey of India

(B) Geographical Survey of India

(C) Surveyor General of India

(D) None of these


Ans .  C

Q.33 This country is known as the ‘Sugar Bowl of the World’, Identify it from the given options.

(A) Brazil

(B) Cuba

(C) Mexico

(D) Algeria


Ans .  B

Q.34 Who is the ex-officio chairman of the Planning Commission of India?

(A) President of India

(B) Finance Minister of India

(C) Prime Minister of India

(D) Vice-President of India


Ans .  C

Q.35 Maastricht Treaty is related to….

(A) environment pollution

(B) European unification

(C) landmines

(D) biological weapons


Ans .  B

Q.36 National Science Day is observed on….

(A) January 4

(B) February 28

(C) March 11

(D) August 5


Ans .  B

Q.37 Capital of East Timor is….

(A) Kiev

(B) Dili

(C) Grozny

(D) Bratislava


Ans .  B

Q.38 Can you identify this bowler who is the first in the history of the world cricket to have claimed 500 wickets in the One Day Internationals?

(A) Shane Warne

(B) Wasim Akram

(C) Courtney Walsh

(D) Muttiah Muralitharan


Ans .  B

Q.39 The first woman Chief Minister of an Indian State is.

(A) Sarojini Naidu

(B) Indira Gandhi

(C) Sucheta Kripalani

(D) Rajkumari Amrita Kaur


Ans .  C

Q.40 This organelle of the human body is known as the ‘powerhouse of the cell’. Name it from the given options.

(A) Golgi bodies

(B) Mitochondria

(C) Lysosomes

(D) Chloroplast


Ans .  B

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