General Knowledge

General Knowledge

Q-1 In which year Guru Nanak Dev University established?
(a) 1969 (b) 1995 (c) 1990 (d) 1965

Q-2 Which is National bird of India?
(a) Lion (b) Peacock (c) Sparrow (d) Hen

Q-3 Which is the language of Manipur?
(a) Manipuri (b) Hindi (c) Oriya (d) Marathi

Q-4 Which is the language of Sikkim?
(a) Hindi (b) Nepali (c) (a) and (b) (d) None of these

Q-5 5th June is called a.......
(a) World Diabetes day (b) Sports day (c) World Food day (d) Environment Day

Q-6 Who was the first Bharat Ratna Award winner?
(a) C. Rajagopalachari (b) R.N. Tagore (c) C.V. Raman (d) Dadabhai Naroji

Q-7 In which year Sukumar Sen become the first Chief Commissioner of India?
(a) 1960 (b) 1970 (c) 1950 (d) 1940

Q-8 Which is the first bank of India?
(a) S.B.I. (b) R.B.I. (c) Bank of Hindustan (d) SEBI

Q-9 Which is the capital of Russia?
(a) Moscow (b) Doha (c) Hanoi (d) Rabat

Q-10 Which is the Currency of Congo?
(a) Dinar (b) Franc (c) Dollar (d) Lira

Q-11 What was the old name of Sri Lanka?
(a) Burma (b) Siam (c) Ceylon (d) Batavia

Q-12 H.A. stands for?
(a) Haling Allowance (b) Haryana Academy (c) Hindustan Authority (d) None of these

Q-13 C.I.A. stands for?
(a) Central Indian Academy (b) Central Intelligence Agency (c) Central Institute of Agriculture
(d) None of these

Q-14 Which was the first University to start Environmental Education?
(a) Vishwa Bharti (b) S.N. Banerjee (c) Mother Teressa (d) Fahien

Q-15 Andhra Patrika Newspapers leading in which city?
(a) Bangalore (b) Vijayawada (c) Mumbai (d) Pune

Q-16 Which is the Major Export of India?
(a) Rice (b) Wheat (c) Tea (d) None of these

Q-17 What was the old name of Punjab?
(a) Sapta Sindhu (b) Punjabi (c) Aabs (d) None of these

Q-18 In which year Guru Arjun Dev was born?
(a) 1581 (b) 1539 (c) 1564 (d) 1664

Q-19 Which is the Capital of Assam?
(a) Patna (b) Dispur (c) Chennai (d) Dehradun

Q-20 Which is the language of Kerala?
(a) Malayalam (b) English (c) Hindu (d) Telgu

Q-21 27th September is called a
(a) World Tourism Day (b) World Health Day (c) Children Day (d) Air Force Day

Q-22 In which year first Postal Service was started?
(a) 1830 (b) 1835 (c) 1837 (d) 1840

Q-23 In which year Postal Department was established?
(a) 1850 (b) 1830 (c) 1837 (d) 1854

Q-24 Which is Kolkata’s leading Newspaper
(a) Telegraph (b) Aaj (c) Times of India (d) None of these

Q-25 In which year pin code was established?
(a) 1970 (b) 1972 (c) 1975 (d) 1980

Answers:

1. a 2. b 3. a 4. c 5. d 6. a 7. c 8. c 9. a 10. b 11. c 12. a
13. b 14. a 15. b 16. c 17. a 18. a 19. b 20. a 21.a 22. c 23. d 24. a 25. b

Expected General knowledge

General knowledge

Q-1 Which of the following is the Mourning and Protest sign?
(a) Flag Unside down
(b) Black armband
(c) Black Flag
(d) None of these

Q-2 ‘Maharaja’ sign is related for….
(a) Air India
(b) Indian Army
(c) India Navy
(d) None of these

Q-3 Where is the residence of the Prime Minister of UK?
(a) Bogor Place Indonesia
(b) Buckingham Place
(c) 10- Downing street (London)
(d) Vatican city (Rome)

Q-4 Who amongst the following was the first woman prime minister of France?
(a) Corozon Aquino
(b) Maria Isabel Peron
(c) Herta Praulopp
(d) Edith Cresson

Q-5 In which year the Sirimavo Bandaranaike becomes first woman Prime Minister of the
world?
(a) 1960
(b) 1965
(c) 1970
(d) 1975

Q-6 The National Anthem of USA is ……..
(a) Quami Tarana
(b) The Star- Spangled Banner
(c) My Fatherland
(d) As Long as the earth & Heaven Exist

Q-7 Which amongst the following is the National Anthem of Russia?
(a) March the Volunteers
(b) O God of our Country
(c) Slavsya (Be Great)
(d) Isle of Beauty

Q-8 Asif Ali Zardari’s name was in news recently as he taken over as the president of……….
(a) Sydney
(b) Pakistan
(c) China
(d) Myanmar

Q-9 The Capital of Cambodia is …..
(a) Vienna
(b) Berut
(c) Phonom Penh
(d) None of these

Q-10 Where is the Headquarter of North Central Railway located?
(a) Chenni
(b) Kolkata
(c) Bihar
(d) Allahabad

Q-11 Gir National Park’ is located in which state of India?
(a) Gujarat
(b) Bharatpur
(c) Varanasi
(d) Bihar

Q-12 Which amongst the following is the longest Rail Route?
(a) Kharag pur
(b) Jammu Tawi- KahyaKumari
(c) Mumbai Pune
(d) None of these

Q-13 Where is the biggest Church located?
(a) Goa
(b) New Delhi
(c) Karnatke
(d) Bihar

Q-14 Find out from the following NPC stands for……
(a) Natural Plant Committee
(b) National Planning Council
(c) National Power Council
(d) National Power Council

Q-15 Which amongst the following Five year Plan was deals with the priorities of Food, Work
and Productivity?
(a) 6th Plan
(b) 5th Plan
(c) 7th Plan
(d) 8th Plan

Q-16 When was Unit Trust of India (UTI) Established?
(a) 1960
(b) 1963
(c) 1966
(d) 1968

Q-17 SFCS Stands for ……
(a) State final Council
(b) Student financial council
(c) State financial corporation
(d) None of these

Q-18 Which amongst the following schedule of the constitution deals with the territories of the
28 state and 7 Union Territories of the Indian Union?
(a) Schedule 1
(b) Schedule 2
(c) Schedule 3
(d) Schedules 4

Q-19 Right to constitutional Remedies belongs to which amongst the following Article?
(a) Art 30
(b) Art 29
(c) Art 32`
(d) None of these

Q-20 How many fundamental Rights are there in Indian constitution?
(a) 7
(b) 6
(c) 5
(d) 4

Q-21 When was the National Calendar adopted in India?
(a) March 22, 1947
(b) March 22, 1957
(c) March 28, 1948
(d) March 28, 1957

Q-22 Which amongst the following is the National tree of India?
(a) Banyan Tree
(b) Oak Tree
(c) Popular Tree
(d) Babool Tree

Q-23 Who is the Inventor of ‘Barometer’?
(a) W. H. Carrier
(b) T.A. Edison
(c) E. Torricelli
(d) None of these

Q-24 In which year H. W. Seeley discover Electric iron?
(a) 1870
(b) 1872
(c) 1880
(d) 1882

Q-25 Babbage who discovered computer belongs to which country?
(a) UK
(b) USA
(c) Italy
(d) France

Answers:

1(b) Black armband
2(a) Air India
3(c) 10- Downing street (London)
4(d) Edith Cresson
5(a) 1960
6 (b) The star- Spangled Banner
7(c) China
8(b) Pakistan
9(c) Phonom Penh
10(d) Allahabad
11(a) Gufarat
12(b) Jammu Tawi- KahyaKumari
13(a) Goa
14(b) National Planning Council
15(c) 7th Plan
16(b) 1963
17(c) State financial corporation
18(a) schedule 1
19(c) Art 32`
20(b) 6
21(b) March 22, 1957
22(a) Banyan Tree
23(c) E. Torricelli
24(d) 1882
25(a) UK

Expected General Knowledge 3

Q-1 Who was the chief Guest at the 66th Republic Day Parade?
(a) Barack Obama 
(b) Viktor Zubkov
(c) Aners Fogh
(d) None of these

Q-2 PIL sands for-----------.
(a) Private Interest Litigation
(b) Public Interest Litigation
(c) Private Interest Limited
(d) Public Interest Limited

Q-3 Who won the Australian Open Men's Singles title on February 2, 2015?
(a) Simone Bolelli
(b) Andy Murray
(c)  Novak DJokovic of Serbia
(d)  Fabio Fognini

Q-4 Who is the Costliest player in IPL-8 Player Action on February 16, 2015 at the ITC Gardenia Hotel, in Bengaluru?
(a) Yuvraj Singh
(b)  Amit Mishra
(c)  Trent Boult
(d)  Dinesh Karthik

Q-5 Which amongst the following the sixth pay commission submitted its report to the
Government, Proposing a substantial increase in salaries and allowance of the central
Govt. employees?
(a) March 20
(b) March 22
(c) March 24
(d) March 26

Q-6 What is the full form of IRBM?
(a) Integrated Range Ballistic Missile
(b) International Range Ballistic Missile
(c) Interstate Range Ballistic Missile
(d) Intermediate Range Ballistic Missile

Q-7 SLBM stands for -----------------.
(a) Submarine Launched Ballistic Missile
(b) State Launched Ballistic Missile
(c) Submarine Launched Board Missile
(d) None of these

Q-8 When India was gets Uranium consignment from Russia?
(a) Jan. 26, 2008
(b) March 26, 2008
(c) May 26, 2008
(d) Jun 26, 2008

Q-9 Who is Barack Obama?
(a) A first Black US President
(b) A first Black UK President
(c) A first Black Russian President
(d) None of these

Q-10 In which of the following city was the 25th Global Summit of Women held?
(a) Tokyo (Japan)
(b) Sao Paulo (Brazil)
(c) Delhi (India)
(d) Karachi (Pakistan)

Q-11 The first Indian to become a world Billiards champion is --------------.
(a) Vikram Seth
(b) Jarnail Singh
(c) Zail Singh
(d) None of these

Q-12 The International Science journal ‘Nature’ founded by which of the following Scientist?
(a) Norman Lockyer
(b) Chomo Lungma
(c) Archimedes
(d) None of these

Q-13 The first India to get a pilot License for passenger planes was -----------.
(a) Manvendra Singh
(b) P. R. D. Tata
(c) Vikram Singh
(d) Manjeet Singh

Q-14 Which amongst the following flower produces fragrant smell?
(a) Lotus
(b) Lilly
(c) Rose
(d) None of these

Q-15 The first Indian film maker to receive the Bharat Ratna Award?
(a) Mahesh Bhatt
(b) Satyajit Ray
(c) Ram Gopal Verma
(d) Raj Kpoor

Q-16 Which amongst the following are the two Indian-born American citizens to have
won the Nobal Prize?
(a) S. Chandrashekhar and Guru Dev Rabinder Nath Tagore
(b) S. Chandrashekhar and Hargobind Khorana
(c) Hargobind Khorana and Guru Dev Rabinder Nath Tagore
(d) None of these

Q-17 Where was the birth place of Pakistani former President Pervez Musharraf?
(a) Delhi
(b) Agra
(c) Mumbai
(d) Bangalore

Q-18 Which amongst the following is the city of Punjab whose  name means ‘The Head of India’ in Urdu?
(a) Ludhiana
(b) Sirhind
(c) Anandpur Sahib
(d) Patiala

Q-19 Oology is the study of which of the following?
(a) Soil
(b) Water
(c) Eggs
(d) Bird

Q-20 Which amongst the following Scientist laid the foundations of modern surgery by
using an antiseptic?
(a) Lord Lister
(b) Hargobind Khorana
(c) S. Chandrashekhar
(d) Norman Lockyer

Q-21 Who won the best Director Oscar Award for the film ‘Titanic?’
(a) Janes Cameron
(b) James Dickson
(c) Charles Dickson
(d) None of these

Q-22 Which amongst the following field is Giriraj Kishore known?
(a) History
(b) Physics
(c) Literature
(d) English

Q-23 The Indian Princely state’s name meant ‘The Gateway to Bengal’ is ------------.
(a) Darwar Suri
(b) Darbhanga
(c) Main Darwar
(d) None of these

Q-24 When was Amritsar city in Punjab founded by Guru Ram Das?
(a) 1464
(b) 1560
(c) 1564
(d) 1460

Q-25 Who was famous for ‘Nightingale of Carnatic Music’?
(a) M.S. Subbulakshmi
(b) Usha Muthgal
(c) S. Subramanian
(d) None of these

Answers with Reasons:

1. (a) Barack Obama 
2. (b) Public Interest Litigation
3. (c) Novak DJokovic of Serbia
4 (a) Yuvraj Singh
5. (c) March 24
6. (d) Intermediate Range Ballistic Missile
7. (a) Submarine Launched Ballistic Missile
8. (c) May 26, 2008
9. (a) A first Black US President
10 (b) Sao Paulo
11. (c) Zail Singh
12. (a) Norman Lockyer
13. (b) J. R. D. Tata
14. (c) Rose
15. (b) Satyajit Ray
16. (b) S. Chandrashekhar and Hargobind Khorana
17. (a) Delhi
18. (b) Sirhind
19. (c) Eggs
20. (a) Lord Lister
21. (a) James Cameron
22. (c) Literature
23. (b) Darbhanga
24. (c) 1564
25. (a) M. S. Subbulakshmi