Top GK questions
Top GK Questions
Q. 'World Population Day' is on
(a) 8th March
(b) 21st March
(c) 11th July ✔️
(d) 3rd October
Q. Which country has won 'FIFA World Cup' maximum times ?
(a) Germany
(b) Brazil ✔️
(c) France
(d) Italy
Q. Which is the largest lake in the world ?
(a) Caspian sea ✔️
(b) Wular
(c) Lake Superior
(d) Baikal
Q. Which is the largest desert in the world ?
(a) Atacama
(b) Thar
(c) Sahara ✔️
(d) Kalahari
Q. Which country has three capitals ?
(a) S. Africa ✔️
(b) Switzerland
(c) Netherlands
(d) Australia
Q. Mr. Paul Krugman whose name was in news recently is a famous
(a) medical scientist
(b) economist ✔️
(c) author
(d) astrophysicist
Q. Who amongst the following became the first woman pilot in the world to fly MIG-35 fighter plane ?
(a) Suman Sharma ✔️
(b) Saudamini Deshmukh
(c) Kirsty Moore
(d) Nicole Malachowski
Q. Who amongst the following cricketers has been chosen for Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna Award, 2007
(a) Rahul Dravid
(b) M. S. Dhoni ✔️
(c) Sachin Tendulkar
(d) Virender Sehwag
Q. The runner up in 2009 Wimbledon Men's Singles was
(a) Roger Federer
(b) Rafael Nadal
(c) Andy Roddick ✔️
(d) none of the above
Q. India's Deep Joshi has recently been honoured with
(a) Magsaysay Award ✔️
(b) Whitley Prize
(c) Right to Livelihood Award
(d) none of these
Q. Indira Gandhi Prize for peace, disarmament and development has recently been conferred on
(a) Bill Gates ✔️
(b) Jacob Zuma
(c) Asma Jahangir
(d) none of the above
Q. Octopus is an anti-terror agency of
(a) Kerala
(b) Andhra Pradesh ✔️
(c) Karnataka
(d) Gujarat
Q. Delingha came recently in news. What is this ?
(a) it is an endangered species of an Indian bird
(b) it is place in Europe which was struck by an earthquake
(c) China recently deployed missiles in the Delingha near Tibet sending alarming signals across political establishment in India ✔️
(d) none of the above
Q. Match the List I with List II and select the correct answer using the codes given below the lists :
List I. List II
( Islands ) ( Ocean )
(A) Hawaiian Islands (1) Indian Ocean
(B) Solomon Islands (2) North Pacific Ocean
(C) St. Helena. (3) South Pacific Ocean
(D) Seychelles (4) South Atlantic Ocean
Codes
A. B. C. D
(a) 2. 3. 4. 1 ✔️
(b) 1. 4. 3. 2
(c) 2. 4. 3. 1
(d) 1. 3. 4. 2
Q. The plant dye Henna impacts orange-red colour to skin and hair due to its reaction with which of the following ?
(a) proteins and amino acids ✔️
(b) lipids
(c) carbohydrates
(d) nucleic acids
Q. Which event brought about a profound change in Ashoka's administrative policy ?
(a) the third Buddhist council
(b) the Kalinga war ✔️
(c) his embracing of Buddhism
(d) his sending of missionary to Ceylon
Q. The term stagflation refers to a situation where
(a) growth has no relation with the change in prices
(b) rate of growth and prices both are decreasing
(c) rate of growth is faster than the rate of price increase
(d) rate of growth is slower than the rate of price increase ✔️
Q. Which among the following thermometers is preferred for measuring temperature around 1250° C ?
(a) mercury thermometer
(b) constant volume gas thermometer
(c) optical pyrometer
(d) platinum resistance thermometer ✔️
Q. The metal compound commonly found in Sindhoor or Kumkum is based on
(a) tin
(b) lead
(c) copper
(d) zinc ✔️
Q. Match List I with List II and select the correct answer using the codes given below the lists :
List I. List II
( Vitamin ) ( Function )
(A) Vitamin A. (1) Assists in normal reproductive function
(B) Vitamin C (2) Assists in absorption and metabolism of calcium
(C) Vitamin D. (3) Essential for healthy skin and normal vision
(D) Vitamin B12. (4) Essential for formation of collagen
(5) Essential for red blood cell formation
Codes :
A. B. C. D
(a) 2. 1. 5. 4
(b) 3. 4. 2. 5 ✔️
(c) 3. 2. 4. 1
(d) 2. 1. 3. 5
Q. Consider the following statements about the National Anthem :
1. It was first sung on December 27, 1911 at the Calcutta session of the Indian National Congress
2. It was adopted by the Constituent Assembly on January 26, 1950
3. Playing time of the full version of the National Anthem is approximately 52 seconds.
(a) 1 only
(b) 1 and 2
(c) 1 and 3 ✔️
(d) 2 and 3
Q. Who wrote the book 'India Wins Freedom' ?
(a) Maulana Abul Kalam Azad ✔️
(b) Mahatma Gandhi
(c) Sir Mohammad Iqbal
(d) Abdul Ghaffar Khan
Q. The President of India is elected by
(a) members of both Houses of Parliament
(b) members of both Houses of Parliament and of state Legislatures
(c) members of both Houses of Parliament and of state Legislative Assemblies
(d) elected members of both Houses of Parliament and elected members of state Legislative Assemblies ✔️
Q. Which one of the following elements is involved in the control of water content of the blood?
(A) Potassium ✔️
(B) Lithium
(C) Rubidium
(D) Caesium
Q. Match List I with List II and select the correct answer using the codes given below the lists :
List I. List II
( Data ) ( Events )
(A) 24th October. (1) Human Rights Day
(B)10th December (2)Common wealth Day
(C) 24th May. (3) United Nations Day
(D) 21st September (4) International Day of Peace
Codes :
A. B. C. D
(a) 4. 1. 2. 3
(b) 3. 1. 2. 4 ✔️
(c) 3. 2. 1. 4
(d) 4. 2. 1. 3
Top GK Questions
Q. A pendulum clock is set to give correct time at the sea level. The clock is moved to a hill station at an attitude h above sea level. In order to keep correct time on the hill station which one of the following adjustment is required ?
(a) the length of the pendulum has to be reduced ✔️
(b) the length of the pendulum has to be increased
(c) the mass of the pendulum has to be increased
(d) the mass of the pendulum has to be reduced
Q. The fourth Buddhist council was held during the reign of
(a) Ashoka
(b) Chandragupta
(c) Kanishka ✔️
(d) Chandragupta Vikramaditya
Q. Which of the following computer viruses is named after cherry and caffein soft drink popular with programmers ?
(a) sircam
(b) code pink
(c) code red ✔️
(d) malisa
Q. केंद्र सरकार ने हाल ही में, किसानो को लेकर एक अभियान की शुरुआत की है, जिसका नाम है?
(a) कृषि प्रधान भारत
(b) कृषि उपजाओ
(c) कृषि कल्याण
(d) किसान मित्र
Q. Who said "Where weather accumulates, man decay" ?
(a) Abraham Lincoln
(b) Mao Tsetung
(c) Karl Marx
(d) Goldsmith ✔️
Q. In which of the following books is 'knowledge is power' written ?
(a) Essay on Man ✔️
(b) Paradise Lost
(c) Leviathan
(d) Das Capital
Q. A 'breath test' used by traffic police to check drunken drivers uses
(a) potassium dichromate-sulphuric acid ✔️
(b) potassium permanganate sulphuric acid
(c) turmeric on filter paper
(d) silica gel coated with silver nitrate
Q. A deep and narrow river valley with steep bank is called
(a) geyser
(b) bluff
(c) delta
(d) canyon ✔️
Q. The instrument of music in which Ustad Amjad Ali Khan has distinguished himself is
(a) sarod ✔️
(b) violin
(c) sitar
(d) shehnai
Q. When T. V. is switched on
(a) audio and video both start simultaneously
(b) audio is heard immediately but video starts later because video needs some warm up time. ✔️
(c) video starts immediately but audio is heard later because sound travels at a lesser speed than light
(d) it depends on the T. V. stand
Q. The lateral meaning of the word Arya is
(a) Superior ✔️
(b) learned
(c) priest
(d) warrior
Q. The name of the player who established record in World Cup Cricket 2007 of making six sixes is
(a) Sanath Jaisurya
(b) Virendra Sehwag
(c) Adam Gilchrist
(d) Hershelle Gibbs ✔️
Q. The new addition to the Commonwealth games 2010 is
(a) shooting
(b) hockey
(c) wrestling ✔️
(d) football
Q. In a three pin electrical plug, longest pin should be connected to
(a) ground terminal ✔️
(b) live terminal
(c) neutral terminal
(d) any terminal
Q. For reproducing sound, CD (compact disc) audioplayer uses a
(a) quartz crystal
(b) titanium needle
(c) laser beam ✔️
(d) barium titanate ceramic
Q. BCG vaccination is to be given to a new born child
(a) immediately after child birth
(b) within 48 hours
(c) within seven days
(d) within six months ✔️
Q. The landform which is not associated with wind erosion is
(a) sand dune
(b) inselberg
(c) drumlin ✔️
(d) mushroom rock
Q. To make the acidic soil suitable for agricultural, one of the following material is used.
(a) lime
(b) gypsum
(c) calcium superphosphate ✔️
(d) vegetable compest
Q. Which among the following has become the third tiger reserve of Assam ?
(a) Manas Wildlife Sanctuary
(b) Kaziranga National Park ✔️
(c) Nameri National Park
(d) None of these
Q. Terminator technology promotes sale of which of the following that is/are generated by it ?
(a) gransgenic fertile seed
(b) gene modified plants
(c) genetically engineered seeds fertilized in next generation ✔️
(d) all of these
Q. Megger is an instrument to measure
(a) very low resistance
(b) insulation resistance ✔️
(c) inductance of a coil
(d) all of the above
Q. The first of the GAEL (Global Alliance for the Elimination of Leprosy) was held in
(a) New Delhi ✔️
(b) Bombay
(c) Calcutta
(d) Paris
Q. Ecology deals with
(a) the earth and planets
(b) the relationship between organism and their environment ✔️
(c) the life under the sea
(d) economical growth of poor people
Q. Lagoon refers to
(a) a full moon
(b) the sea breaking into the land and then separated by sand dumes ✔️
(c) a spot in a desert made fertile by presence of water
(d) horse shoe shaped coral reef
Q. 'Hindu view of life' is written by
(a) S. Radhakrishan ✔️
(b) R. K. Narayan
(c) V. D. Savarkar
(d) John Ruskin
Q. 'Body line' in cricket refers to
(a) bowling that hits the body ✔️
(b) the line of body close to wicket line
(c) the white line on ground within which the player stands
(d) the line of moving ball
Q. Which of the following honour is given by UNESCO ?
(a) the Kalinga prize ✔️
(b) Magasay award
(c) Pulitzer prize
(d) order of the Golden Ark award
Q. One ream of paper equals to
(a) 100 – 110 sheets
(b) 256 sheets
(c) 480 – 500 sheets ✔️
(d) 1000 sheets
Q. Sardar Sarovar Dam is built on the river
(a) Jhelam
(b) Narmada ✔️
(c) Tapti
(d) Vyas
Q. The Jungle in Rudyard Kipplling's Jungle book, describes which part of Indian forest ?
(a) Central Indian forest near Satpura range ✔️
(b) Uttaranchal thick forest
(c) Himalayan forest in Himachal
(d) Niligiri jungles
Q. The first full-fledged Open University in India was—
(A) Indira Gandhi National Open University, New Delhi
(B) Dr. B. R. Ambedkar Open University, Hyderabad ✔️
(C) Nalanda Open University, Patna
(D) Vardhman Mahaveer Open University, Kota
Q. Which of the following Indian cricket player after India-pakistan ODI (one-day International) at Abudhabi became no. 1 ODI batsman in the ICC (International Cricket Club) ranking
(a) Rahul Dravid
(b) Yuvraj
(c) Sachin Tendulkar
(d) M. S. Dhoni ✔️
Q. A very much publicized treatment method 'DOTS' is being adopted for the cure of
(a) dementia
(b) tetanus
(c) tuberculosis ✔️
(d) sexually transmitted disease
Q. Which one of the following literary titles is correctly matched with its author ?
(a) Ramayana – Tulsidas
(b) Mahabharat – Vedvyas ✔️
(c) Kumarsambhav – Ravidas
(d) Shakuntala – Bhushan
Q. X-rays were discovered by
(a) Wilhelm K. Roentgen ✔️
(b) H. Kissinger
(c) Sir C. V. Raman
(d) Meghnad Saha
Q. Which one of the following is one of the two days when the sun rises exactly in the east ?
(a) 14th January
(b) 21st March ✔️
(c) 21st June
(d) 23rd December
Q. Biometry refers to
(a) identification of humans by scanning face and fingerprints
(b) measurement of mechanical displacement in humans
(c) a method of lie detection
(d) body length relationships across the evolutionary scale ✔️
Q. A drug called reserpine was discovered by
(a) Jal Vakil ✔️
(b) Paul Ehrlish
(c) Hansen
(d) Alexander Wood
Q. Which one of the following is true and is not a misconception ?
(a) cutting the top of a bitter cucumber and rubbing it with the corresponding surface removes bitterness
(b) pearl is produced from a drop of rain water falling into the oyster in Swati Nakshatra
(c) while dreaming during sleep at night the eyes move rapidly ✔️
(d) peahen gets conceived from the tears that drop from the peacock's eye and she drinks them
Q. The vaccination for which one of the following diseases is not covered in the immunization schedule so far ?
(a) tuberculosis
(b) diphtheria
(c) measles
(d) pneumonia ✔️
Q. Central Council for Research in Yoga and Naturopathy (CCRYN) is an organization that funds research in the given field in our country. It is located in
(a) New Delhi ✔️
(b) Rishikesh
(c) Bangalore
(d) Hyderabad
Q. Alzheimer's disease affects
(a) childhood
(b) adolescent
(c) young people
(d) elderly people ✔️
Q. The term 'CPR' often used in first aid stands for
(a) Clinic for Pulmonary Rehabilitation
(b) Chemical Prevention of Rhinitis
(c) Chemo-Prophylaxis Response
(d) Cardio-Pulmonary Resuscitation ✔️
Q. Who of the following was a medical doctor ?
(a) Samuel Taylor Coleridge
(b) John Webster
(c) Somerset Maugham ✔️
(d) Thomas Gray
Q. In the year 2003 which of the following Indian American was honoured by President Bush for his research in automotive technology ?
(a) Hiren Gandhi ✔️
(b) Sabeer Bhatia
(c) Guraj Deshpande
(d) Vinod Khosla
Q. All of the following are correct about 'Media Lab' except
(a) the third media lab is situated in India
(b) it is supported by government funding
(c) it is interdisciplinary i. e. involves sociologists, economists, computer sciences etc.
(d) it plans to produce wearable computer ✔️
Q. Where is 'Indira Gandhi Rashtriya Uran Akadimi' situated
(a) Dehradun
(b) Raebareli ✔️
(c) Allahabad
(d) Mussorrie
Q. All the following won the title of 'Miss World' except
(a) Lara Dutta ✔️
(b) Aishwarya Rai
(c) Yukta Mukhi
(d) Priyanka Chopra
Q. Dravida Munnetra Kazhakam (DMK) was founded by
(a) M. G. Ramachandran
(b) C. N. Annadurai ✔️
(c) Kumar Swami Kamraj
(d) Lalithambika Antharjanam
Q. In the year 2003 in an eco-marathon contest in Hiroshima the 'Fancy Carol' recorded the mileage of distance per litre of petrol as
(a) 396 km/litre
(b) 936 km/litre
(c) 1962 km/litre
(d) 3962 km/litre ✔️
Q. The noise produced in office is normally at the level of
(a) 20 db
(b) 30 db
(c) 40 db ✔️
(d) 60 db
Q. Recently there was a report on adverse effect of wearing neck tie. Tight neck tie may cause
(a) glaucoma ✔️
(b) hypertension
(c) hoarseness of voice
(d) hyperthyroidism
Q. Primary sector refers to
(a) industry
(b) agriculture ✔️
(c) trade
(d) banks
Q. Since the Britishers wanted India to produce and supply raw materials to feed English factories, they pushed a policy that encouraged cultivation of
(a) jute
(b) indigo ✔️
(c) cotton
(d) commercial crops
Q. Nepanagar is famous for
(a) paper board industries
(b) craft paper industries
(c) carbon paper industries
(d) newsprint paper industries ✔️
Q. Rayon fibre is manufactured from
(a) petroleum
(b) wood and pulp ✔️
(c) chemicals
(d) naphtha
Q. Rishikesh is famous for the production of
(a) antibiotics ✔️
(b) heavy electricals
(c) fertilizers
(d) transistorized radios
Q. Who is India’s youngest ever gold medal winner in the Commonwealth Games?
(A) Anis Bhanwala ✔️
(B) Manu Bhakar
(C) Tejaswini Sawant
(D) Heena Sidhu
Q. Which one of the following organisation's iron and steel plant was built to use charcoal as a source of power, to start with, but later switched over to hydroelectricity ?
(a) the Tata Iron Steel Company ✔️
(b) the Indian Iron and Steel Company
(c) Mysore Iron and Steel Company
(d) Hindustan Steel Limited
Q. The great Fisher Bank is situated off
(a) the coast of New Foundland ✔️
(b) the Chilean coast
(c) the Spanish coast
(d) the coast of Great Britain
Q. A man-made tunnel in India transfers water from which one river to another ?
(a) Narmada to Tapti
(b) Betwa to Sone
(c) Beas to Sujlej ✔️
(d) Godawari to Krishna
Q. It lives underwater for up to three years as nymph before emerging as a flying insect. Fossils of this insect dating back about 300 million years have been found.
(a) scorpion fly
(b) stone fly ✔️
(c) caddis fly
(d) may fly
Q. In the year (2003) the chemistry Nobel Prize was awarded to the following work
(a) aquaporins ✔️
(b) Na++ channels
(c) Ca++ channels
(d) methyl chavicol
Q. Birbal Sahni was a
(a) zoologist
(b) founder of Central Drug Research Institute
(c) ornithologist
(d) paleobotanist ✔️
Q. From which of the following places the international dateline crosses ?
(a) Atlantic Ocean
(b) Pacific Ocean
(c) Greenwich
(d) Cape of Good Hope
Q. In which country the 'Dogs' were once worshipped as 'Gods' ?
(a) Egypt
(b) Greece
(c) Italy
(d) Magnolia
Q. Which is the 'Nawab of Bengal' is supposed to be responsible for 'Black Hole' of Calcutta (Kolkata) ?
(a) Mir Jafer
(b) Sirajuddaula
(c) Alivardi Khan
(d) Sarfaraj Khan
Q. Who is the mother of Bharat in the epic Ramayana ?
(a) Kaushalya
(b) Sumitra
(c) Urmila
(d) Kaikayee
Q. How many "World Cultural Heritage Sites" are there in India ?
(a) 10
(b) 17
(c) 14
(d) 15
Q. Which city was gifted to Charles II by the Portuguese when he married the sister of the King of Portugal in 1662 ?
(a) Mumbai
(b) Paris
(c) Lisbon
(d) Castille
Q. Who was the world's first space tourist ?
(a) Desmond Rickett
(b) Dennis Tito
(c) Igor Kajelinkov
(d) Li Wang
Q. Israel's Prime Minister Yitshek Rabin won the Nobel Prize for :
(a) Peace
(b) literature
(c) chemistry
(d) economics
Q. When seen from earth, which of the following planet eclipsed (crossed a cross) of the sun on May 7, 2003 ?
(a) Mercury
(b) Uranus
(c) Saturn
(d) Jupiter
Q. What is the disease, Tetanus also known as ?
(a) Gangrene
(b) Shingles
(c) Lockjaw
(d) Whooping cough
Q. Thantology is the science that deals with :
(a) death in all its aspects
(b) solving paternity of child
(c) identification of living
(d) detection of lie
Q. Who was the first Indian to be awarded the World Food Prize in 1987 ?
(a) M. S. Swaminathan
(b) Sunderlal Bahuguna
(c) Anna Hazare
(d) B. R. Barwale
Q. Which German physicist invented the electron microscope which won him the 1986 Nobel Prize in Physics ?
(a) Ernst Ruska
(b) Van't Hoff
(c) J. H. D. Jensen
(d) Eugene P. Wigner
Q. The Indian - born US physicist who was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics for his work on astrophysics is :
(a) H. G. Khorana
(b) Subramanyam Chandrasekhar
(c) Sivaramakrishna Chandrasekhar
(d) C. V. Raman
Q. Who among the following was the founder of Phoenix Settlement?
(A) Mahatma Gandhi ✔️
(B) B.R. Ambedkar
(C) Rabindranath Tagore
(D) Swami Vivekanand
Q. In internet what does 'http' mean ?
(a) High Transfer Text Protocol
(b) Highest Transfer Text Protocol
(c) Hyper Text Transfer Protocol
(d) Hyper Transfer Text Protocol
Q. The approximate number of genes contained in the genome of Kalpana Chawla was :
(a) 40,000
(b) 30,000
(c) 80,000
(d) 1,00,000
Q. The following separation technique depends on the molecular size of the protein :
(a) chromatography on a carboxymethyl (CM) cellulose column
(b) iso-electric focusing
(c) gel filtration chromatography
(d) chromatography on a diethylaminoethyl (DEAE) cellulose column
Q. Magnetic resonance (MR) images are derived from the proton - bearing species present principally from water and :
(a) long alkane chain protons of the fatty acid moieties
(b) short alkane chain protons of the fatty acid moieties
(c) long alkene chain protons of the fatty acid moieties
(d) short alkene chain protons of the fatty acid moieties
Q. Position emission tomography (PET) is one of the best methods for functional imaging because :
(a) isotopes of basic body elements are used for imaging
(b) isotopes with long half-lives are used
(c) isotopes with short half-lives are used
(d) positions are directly involved used in imaging
Q. ‘SAMPRITI–2017’ is a joint military exercise between armed forces of India and—
(A) Bhutan
(B) Bangladesh ✔️
(C) Pakistan
(D) Myanmar
Q. Euthanasia (mercy killing) was first legalized in :
(1) Switzerland
(2) Netherland (Holland)
(3) France
(4) Italy
Q. Which of the following units of measurement is not named after a person ?
(1) Apgar
(2) Barleycorn ✔️
(3) Curie
(4) Hertz
Q. Which of the following is A. P. J. Abdul Kalam's autobiography ?
(1) Crossroads
(2) My Experiment with Truth
(3) Wings of Fire ✔️
(4) Ignited Minds : Unleashing the Power
Q. Which novel of Amitav Ghosh is called Esteremi Orient in Italian version ?
(1) The Circle of Reason ✔️
(2) In An Antique Land
(3) The shadow lines
(4) Dancing in Cambodia
Q. Which age in Indian history is referred to as the "Golden Age" ?
(1) Ancient
(2) Mughal
(3) Mayura
(4) Gupta ✔️
Q. Whose autobiography is "Sunny Day's" ?
(1) Sunil Shetty
(2) Sunny Deol
(3) Sunil Gavaskar ✔️
(4) Geofrey Boycott
Q. Whose quote is "I hear and I forget. I see and I remember. I do and I understand."
(1) Mickey Mantle
(2) Confucious ✔️
(3) Arthur Schopenhauer
(4) Caskie Stinnet
Q. What is the term used in e-mail and online - conversations to convey mood along with words ?
(1) Emoticon ✔️
(2) Flames
(3) Smiley
(4) Pictures
Q. Which is the annual pilgrimage that every Muslims should make once in the lifetime ?
(1) Jihad
(2) Zakat
(3) Haj ✔️
(4) Sharheh
Q. What is true of Leonardo da Vinci's Mona Lisa ?
(1) He dreamt her in the night
(2) He painted without a model
(3) The model was unmarried woman
(4) The model was the wife of client ✔️
Q. Where is the Tibetan government-in-exile based ?
(1) London
(2) Delhi
(3) Dharamsala ✔️
(4) Phomphenh
Q. What is the symbol of Laloo Prasad Yadav's RJD party ?
(1) Palm
(2) Lantern ✔️
(3) Tea Leaves
(4) Elephant
Q. Which author was a Bengali writer and an Oscar-winning film director ?
(1) Chhabi Biswas
(2) Bankimchandra Chatterjee
(3) Rabindranath Tagore
(4) Satyajit Ray ✔️
Q. What is the colour of Black Box, that is found in aircraft ?
(1) Blue
(2) Black
(3) Orange ✔️
(4) Red
Q. 'Blogs' means
(1) Big logs used to cross the river in hills
(2) On line journals where cyber-diarists unreveal their stories
(3) Big blocks of land used for grazing animals
(4) Black spots in somebody's life ✔️
Q. National Inland Navigation Institute (NINI) is situated in
(1) Goa
(2) Kolkata
(3) Gomukh, Uttranchal
(4) Patna ✔️
Q. A 'dirty' nuclear bomb means :
(1) It involves low grade fission reaction
(2) It has small amount of Cobalt 60
(3) It involves small Ce-137
(4) It involves low grade fusion reaction
Q. Who received stains International award for Religion Harmony ?
(1) Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan
(2) Pope John Paul
(3) Teesta Setalved ✔️
(4) Kuldeep Nayar
Q. Anjali Bhagwat is related to which field :
(1) Athletics
(2) Lawn tennis
(3) Badminton
(4) Shooting ✔️
Q. Who is called as numismatist ?
(1) An expert on mathematics
(2) An expert on numerology
(3) A person who studies coins ✔️
(4) A numerator
Q. Metaphysics refers to
(1) Analysis of human body at atomic level
(2) A branch of philosophy concerned with the rational querry of reality
(3) A branch of physics concerned with investigation of reality ✔️
(4) Meta-analysis of physics for the purpose of theory of relativity
Q. Greenhouse effect means
(a) trapping of solar energy due to atmospheric carbon dioxide
(b) pollution in tropical region
(c) trapping of solar energy due to Nitrogen in atmosphere
(d) planting of green trees
Q. Dr. C. V. Raman was awarded Nobel Prize in
(a) Physics
(b) Medicine
(c) Chemistry
(d) Literature
Q. At what temperature do both the Centigrade and Fahrenheit thermometers show the same reading ?
(a) –20°
(b) –40° ✔️
(c) 42°
(d) 0°
Q. Which river is also known as 'DEV' rive in jharkhand?
(A) The Ganges
(B) Damodar River ✔️
(C) Sone River
(D) Swarnarekha River
Q. India has been ranked at………..out of 50 nations in global intellectual property index 2018?
(A) 48
(B) 46
(C) 42
(D) 44 ✔️
Q. World Bank pegs India’s growth at ……………. In 2018-19.
(A) 6.9%
(B) 7.1%
(C) 7.3% ✔️
(D) 7.5%
Q. Who inaugurated the 104th Indian Science Congress?
(A) Prime Minister ✔️
(B) President
(C) Vice President
(D) Finance Minister
Q. Where is the Central Agricultural University is located in?
(A) Imphal ✔️
(B) Coimbatore
(C) Jaipur
(D) Ahmedabad
Q. Which is the highest gallantry award ?
(a) Ashoka Chakra
(b) Param Vir Chakra ✔️
(c) Mahavir Chakra
(d) None of these
Q. Who wrote 'Sare Jahan Se Achchha Hindostan Hamara' ?
(a) Ram Prasad Bismil
(b) Iqbal
(c) Rabindra Nath Tagore
(d) Bankim Chandra Chatterjee
Q. Dronacharya Award is given to
(a) Teachers
(b) Sports Coaches ✔️
(c) Retired sports persons
(d) National Champion in Archery
Q. Which Indian city is known as 'Space City' ?
(a) Hyderabad
(b) Ahmedabad
(c) Bangalore ✔️
(d) Thruvananthapuram
Q. What is the full form of DOT ?
(a) Direct Observation Treatment ✔️
(b) Distant Observation Treatment
(c) Domestic Oral Treatment
(d) Duel Oriented Treatment
Q. Which fruit is declared official fruit of Kerala government?
(A) Custard apple
(B) Jack fruit ✔️
(C) Black currant
(D) none
Q. Which of the title is recently awarded to the Viswanathan Anand on March 4, 2018?
(A) Indian grandmaster
(B) World rapid chess champion
(C) The Tal memorial rapid chess ✔️
(D) Reykjavik open chess crown
Q. What is fiscal deficit ?
(a) same as budget deficit
(b) difference between expenditure and revenue earned ✔️
(c) annual debt
(d) repayed debts and their interests
Q. What are bulls in stock market ?
(a) stock brokers ✔️
(b) steady games
(c) big losses
(d) big gains
Q. First surface to surface missile test fired in India
(a) Prithvi ✔️
(b) Agni
(c) Rohini
(d) Naga
Q. Full form of "http"
(a) hyper text transfer programme
(b) hyper text transfer protocol ✔️
(c) hyper text transfer protocol
(d) high tech. testing protocol
Q. Suez Canal joints
(a) Red sea and Dead sea
(b) Red sea and Mediteranian sea ✔️
(c) Dead sea and Mediteranian sea
(d) Pacific and Atlantic sea
Q. Where did the Australia Win Azlan Shah hockey Cup-2018 held in?
(A) South Africa
(B) India
(C) Malaysia ✔️
(D) Australia
Q. Full form of "SAARC"
(a) South Asian Association for Regional Coordination
(b) South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation ✔️
(c) South African Agriculture Research Council
(d) South Asia and Rest Countries
Q. Gyanpeeth award 2017 was honoured to
(a) Krishna Sobti ✔️
(b) Gireesh Karnad
(c) Arundhati Roy
(d) Asha Sharan Devi
Q. Who won the Wimbledon women's singles 2017 ?
(a) Garbine Muguruza ✔️
(b) Stephy Graph
(c) Lindsy Devenporti
(d) Martina Hingris
Q. In India, whose sign is found on currency note ?
(a) President of India
(b) Finance Minister
(c) Prime Minister
(d) Governor, Reserve Bank
Q. Who is the chairman of Censor Board of India ?
(a) Prasoon Joshi ✔️
(b) Shatrughan Sinha
(c) Mala Sinha
(d) Asha Parekh
Q. Abhigyan Shakuntalam has been written by
(a) Tulsidas
(b) Kalidasa ✔️
(c) Valmiki
(d) Kabir
Q. India's one billionth baby was born on 12 May, 2000 in
(a) Safdurjung Hospital, New Delhi ✔️
(b) Maternity Hospital, Bombay
(c) Christian Medical College, Vellore
(d) City Hospital, Chennai
(Baby girl names Ashtha)
Top GK Questions
Q. 'World Population Day' is on
(a) 8th March
(b) 21st March
(c) 11th July ✔️
(d) 3rd October
Q. Which country has won 'FIFA World Cup' maximum times ?
(a) Germany
(b) Brazil ✔️
(c) France
(d) Italy
Q. Which is the largest lake in the world ?
(a) Caspian sea ✔️
(b) Wular
(c) Lake Superior
(d) Baikal
Q. Which is the largest desert in the world ?
(a) Atacama
(b) Thar
(c) Sahara ✔️
(d) Kalahari
Q. Which country has three capitals ?
(a) S. Africa ✔️
(b) Switzerland
(c) Netherlands
(d) Australia
Q. Mr. Paul Krugman whose name was in news recently is a famous
(a) medical scientist
(b) economist ✔️
(c) author
(d) astrophysicist
Q. Who amongst the following became the first woman pilot in the world to fly MIG-35 fighter plane ?
(a) Suman Sharma ✔️
(b) Saudamini Deshmukh
(c) Kirsty Moore
(d) Nicole Malachowski
Q. Who amongst the following cricketers has been chosen for Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna Award, 2007
(a) Rahul Dravid
(b) M. S. Dhoni ✔️
(c) Sachin Tendulkar
(d) Virender Sehwag
Q. The runner up in 2009 Wimbledon Men's Singles was
(a) Roger Federer
(b) Rafael Nadal
(c) Andy Roddick ✔️
(d) none of the above
Q. India's Deep Joshi has recently been honoured with
(a) Magsaysay Award ✔️
(b) Whitley Prize
(c) Right to Livelihood Award
(d) none of these
Q. Indira Gandhi Prize for peace, disarmament and development has recently been conferred on
(a) Bill Gates ✔️
(b) Jacob Zuma
(c) Asma Jahangir
(d) none of the above
Q. Octopus is an anti-terror agency of
(a) Kerala
(b) Andhra Pradesh ✔️
(c) Karnataka
(d) Gujarat
Q. Delingha came recently in news. What is this ?
(a) it is an endangered species of an Indian bird
(b) it is place in Europe which was struck by an earthquake
(c) China recently deployed missiles in the Delingha near Tibet sending alarming signals across political establishment in India ✔️
(d) none of the above
Q. Match the List I with List II and select the correct answer using the codes given below the lists :
List I. List II
( Islands ) ( Ocean )
(A) Hawaiian Islands (1) Indian Ocean
(B) Solomon Islands (2) North Pacific Ocean
(C) St. Helena. (3) South Pacific Ocean
(D) Seychelles (4) South Atlantic Ocean
Codes
A. B. C. D
(a) 2. 3. 4. 1 ✔️
(b) 1. 4. 3. 2
(c) 2. 4. 3. 1
(d) 1. 3. 4. 2
Q. The plant dye Henna impacts orange-red colour to skin and hair due to its reaction with which of the following ?
(a) proteins and amino acids ✔️
(b) lipids
(c) carbohydrates
(d) nucleic acids
Q. Which event brought about a profound change in Ashoka's administrative policy ?
(a) the third Buddhist council
(b) the Kalinga war ✔️
(c) his embracing of Buddhism
(d) his sending of missionary to Ceylon
Q. The term stagflation refers to a situation where
(a) growth has no relation with the change in prices
(b) rate of growth and prices both are decreasing
(c) rate of growth is faster than the rate of price increase
(d) rate of growth is slower than the rate of price increase ✔️
Q. Which among the following thermometers is preferred for measuring temperature around 1250° C ?
(a) mercury thermometer
(b) constant volume gas thermometer
(c) optical pyrometer
(d) platinum resistance thermometer ✔️
Q. The metal compound commonly found in Sindhoor or Kumkum is based on
(a) tin
(b) lead
(c) copper
(d) zinc ✔️
Q. Match List I with List II and select the correct answer using the codes given below the lists :
List I. List II
( Vitamin ) ( Function )
(A) Vitamin A. (1) Assists in normal reproductive function
(B) Vitamin C (2) Assists in absorption and metabolism of calcium
(C) Vitamin D. (3) Essential for healthy skin and normal vision
(D) Vitamin B12. (4) Essential for formation of collagen
(5) Essential for red blood cell formation
Codes :
A. B. C. D
(a) 2. 1. 5. 4
(b) 3. 4. 2. 5 ✔️
(c) 3. 2. 4. 1
(d) 2. 1. 3. 5
Q. Consider the following statements about the National Anthem :
1. It was first sung on December 27, 1911 at the Calcutta session of the Indian National Congress
2. It was adopted by the Constituent Assembly on January 26, 1950
3. Playing time of the full version of the National Anthem is approximately 52 seconds.
(a) 1 only
(b) 1 and 2
(c) 1 and 3 ✔️
(d) 2 and 3
Q. Who wrote the book 'India Wins Freedom' ?
(a) Maulana Abul Kalam Azad ✔️
(b) Mahatma Gandhi
(c) Sir Mohammad Iqbal
(d) Abdul Ghaffar Khan
Q. The President of India is elected by
(a) members of both Houses of Parliament
(b) members of both Houses of Parliament and of state Legislatures
(c) members of both Houses of Parliament and of state Legislative Assemblies
(d) elected members of both Houses of Parliament and elected members of state Legislative Assemblies ✔️
Q. Which one of the following elements is involved in the control of water content of the blood?
(A) Potassium ✔️
(B) Lithium
(C) Rubidium
(D) Caesium
Q. Match List I with List II and select the correct answer using the codes given below the lists :
List I. List II
( Data ) ( Events )
(A) 24th October. (1) Human Rights Day
(B)10th December (2)Common wealth Day
(C) 24th May. (3) United Nations Day
(D) 21st September (4) International Day of Peace
Codes :
A. B. C. D
(a) 4. 1. 2. 3
(b) 3. 1. 2. 4 ✔️
(c) 3. 2. 1. 4
(d) 4. 2. 1. 3
Top GK Questions
Q. A pendulum clock is set to give correct time at the sea level. The clock is moved to a hill station at an attitude h above sea level. In order to keep correct time on the hill station which one of the following adjustment is required ?
(a) the length of the pendulum has to be reduced ✔️
(b) the length of the pendulum has to be increased
(c) the mass of the pendulum has to be increased
(d) the mass of the pendulum has to be reduced
Q. The fourth Buddhist council was held during the reign of
(a) Ashoka
(b) Chandragupta
(c) Kanishka ✔️
(d) Chandragupta Vikramaditya
Q. Which of the following computer viruses is named after cherry and caffein soft drink popular with programmers ?
(a) sircam
(b) code pink
(c) code red ✔️
(d) malisa
Q. केंद्र सरकार ने हाल ही में, किसानो को लेकर एक अभियान की शुरुआत की है, जिसका नाम है?
(a) कृषि प्रधान भारत
(b) कृषि उपजाओ
(c) कृषि कल्याण
(d) किसान मित्र
Q. Who said "Where weather accumulates, man decay" ?
(a) Abraham Lincoln
(b) Mao Tsetung
(c) Karl Marx
(d) Goldsmith ✔️
Q. In which of the following books is 'knowledge is power' written ?
(a) Essay on Man ✔️
(b) Paradise Lost
(c) Leviathan
(d) Das Capital
Q. A 'breath test' used by traffic police to check drunken drivers uses
(a) potassium dichromate-sulphuric acid ✔️
(b) potassium permanganate sulphuric acid
(c) turmeric on filter paper
(d) silica gel coated with silver nitrate
Q. A deep and narrow river valley with steep bank is called
(a) geyser
(b) bluff
(c) delta
(d) canyon ✔️
Q. The instrument of music in which Ustad Amjad Ali Khan has distinguished himself is
(a) sarod ✔️
(b) violin
(c) sitar
(d) shehnai
Q. When T. V. is switched on
(a) audio and video both start simultaneously
(b) audio is heard immediately but video starts later because video needs some warm up time. ✔️
(c) video starts immediately but audio is heard later because sound travels at a lesser speed than light
(d) it depends on the T. V. stand
Q. The lateral meaning of the word Arya is
(a) Superior ✔️
(b) learned
(c) priest
(d) warrior
Q. The name of the player who established record in World Cup Cricket 2007 of making six sixes is
(a) Sanath Jaisurya
(b) Virendra Sehwag
(c) Adam Gilchrist
(d) Hershelle Gibbs ✔️
Q. The new addition to the Commonwealth games 2010 is
(a) shooting
(b) hockey
(c) wrestling ✔️
(d) football
Q. In a three pin electrical plug, longest pin should be connected to
(a) ground terminal ✔️
(b) live terminal
(c) neutral terminal
(d) any terminal
Q. For reproducing sound, CD (compact disc) audioplayer uses a
(a) quartz crystal
(b) titanium needle
(c) laser beam ✔️
(d) barium titanate ceramic
Q. BCG vaccination is to be given to a new born child
(a) immediately after child birth
(b) within 48 hours
(c) within seven days
(d) within six months ✔️
Q. The landform which is not associated with wind erosion is
(a) sand dune
(b) inselberg
(c) drumlin ✔️
(d) mushroom rock
Q. To make the acidic soil suitable for agricultural, one of the following material is used.
(a) lime
(b) gypsum
(c) calcium superphosphate ✔️
(d) vegetable compest
Q. Which among the following has become the third tiger reserve of Assam ?
(a) Manas Wildlife Sanctuary
(b) Kaziranga National Park ✔️
(c) Nameri National Park
(d) None of these
Q. Terminator technology promotes sale of which of the following that is/are generated by it ?
(a) gransgenic fertile seed
(b) gene modified plants
(c) genetically engineered seeds fertilized in next generation ✔️
(d) all of these
Q. Megger is an instrument to measure
(a) very low resistance
(b) insulation resistance ✔️
(c) inductance of a coil
(d) all of the above
Q. The first of the GAEL (Global Alliance for the Elimination of Leprosy) was held in
(a) New Delhi ✔️
(b) Bombay
(c) Calcutta
(d) Paris
Q. Ecology deals with
(a) the earth and planets
(b) the relationship between organism and their environment ✔️
(c) the life under the sea
(d) economical growth of poor people
Q. Lagoon refers to
(a) a full moon
(b) the sea breaking into the land and then separated by sand dumes ✔️
(c) a spot in a desert made fertile by presence of water
(d) horse shoe shaped coral reef
Q. 'Hindu view of life' is written by
(a) S. Radhakrishan ✔️
(b) R. K. Narayan
(c) V. D. Savarkar
(d) John Ruskin
Q. 'Body line' in cricket refers to
(a) bowling that hits the body ✔️
(b) the line of body close to wicket line
(c) the white line on ground within which the player stands
(d) the line of moving ball
Q. Which of the following honour is given by UNESCO ?
(a) the Kalinga prize ✔️
(b) Magasay award
(c) Pulitzer prize
(d) order of the Golden Ark award
Q. One ream of paper equals to
(a) 100 – 110 sheets
(b) 256 sheets
(c) 480 – 500 sheets ✔️
(d) 1000 sheets
Q. Sardar Sarovar Dam is built on the river
(a) Jhelam
(b) Narmada ✔️
(c) Tapti
(d) Vyas
Q. The Jungle in Rudyard Kipplling's Jungle book, describes which part of Indian forest ?
(a) Central Indian forest near Satpura range ✔️
(b) Uttaranchal thick forest
(c) Himalayan forest in Himachal
(d) Niligiri jungles
Q. The first full-fledged Open University in India was—
(A) Indira Gandhi National Open University, New Delhi
(B) Dr. B. R. Ambedkar Open University, Hyderabad ✔️
(C) Nalanda Open University, Patna
(D) Vardhman Mahaveer Open University, Kota
Q. Which of the following Indian cricket player after India-pakistan ODI (one-day International) at Abudhabi became no. 1 ODI batsman in the ICC (International Cricket Club) ranking
(a) Rahul Dravid
(b) Yuvraj
(c) Sachin Tendulkar
(d) M. S. Dhoni ✔️
Q. A very much publicized treatment method 'DOTS' is being adopted for the cure of
(a) dementia
(b) tetanus
(c) tuberculosis ✔️
(d) sexually transmitted disease
Q. Which one of the following literary titles is correctly matched with its author ?
(a) Ramayana – Tulsidas
(b) Mahabharat – Vedvyas ✔️
(c) Kumarsambhav – Ravidas
(d) Shakuntala – Bhushan
Q. X-rays were discovered by
(a) Wilhelm K. Roentgen ✔️
(b) H. Kissinger
(c) Sir C. V. Raman
(d) Meghnad Saha
Q. Which one of the following is one of the two days when the sun rises exactly in the east ?
(a) 14th January
(b) 21st March ✔️
(c) 21st June
(d) 23rd December
Q. Biometry refers to
(a) identification of humans by scanning face and fingerprints
(b) measurement of mechanical displacement in humans
(c) a method of lie detection
(d) body length relationships across the evolutionary scale ✔️
Q. A drug called reserpine was discovered by
(a) Jal Vakil ✔️
(b) Paul Ehrlish
(c) Hansen
(d) Alexander Wood
Q. Which one of the following is true and is not a misconception ?
(a) cutting the top of a bitter cucumber and rubbing it with the corresponding surface removes bitterness
(b) pearl is produced from a drop of rain water falling into the oyster in Swati Nakshatra
(c) while dreaming during sleep at night the eyes move rapidly ✔️
(d) peahen gets conceived from the tears that drop from the peacock's eye and she drinks them
Q. The vaccination for which one of the following diseases is not covered in the immunization schedule so far ?
(a) tuberculosis
(b) diphtheria
(c) measles
(d) pneumonia ✔️
Q. Central Council for Research in Yoga and Naturopathy (CCRYN) is an organization that funds research in the given field in our country. It is located in
(a) New Delhi ✔️
(b) Rishikesh
(c) Bangalore
(d) Hyderabad
Q. Alzheimer's disease affects
(a) childhood
(b) adolescent
(c) young people
(d) elderly people ✔️
Q. The term 'CPR' often used in first aid stands for
(a) Clinic for Pulmonary Rehabilitation
(b) Chemical Prevention of Rhinitis
(c) Chemo-Prophylaxis Response
(d) Cardio-Pulmonary Resuscitation ✔️
Q. Who of the following was a medical doctor ?
(a) Samuel Taylor Coleridge
(b) John Webster
(c) Somerset Maugham ✔️
(d) Thomas Gray
Q. In the year 2003 which of the following Indian American was honoured by President Bush for his research in automotive technology ?
(a) Hiren Gandhi ✔️
(b) Sabeer Bhatia
(c) Guraj Deshpande
(d) Vinod Khosla
Q. All of the following are correct about 'Media Lab' except
(a) the third media lab is situated in India
(b) it is supported by government funding
(c) it is interdisciplinary i. e. involves sociologists, economists, computer sciences etc.
(d) it plans to produce wearable computer ✔️
Q. Where is 'Indira Gandhi Rashtriya Uran Akadimi' situated
(a) Dehradun
(b) Raebareli ✔️
(c) Allahabad
(d) Mussorrie
Q. All the following won the title of 'Miss World' except
(a) Lara Dutta ✔️
(b) Aishwarya Rai
(c) Yukta Mukhi
(d) Priyanka Chopra
Q. Dravida Munnetra Kazhakam (DMK) was founded by
(a) M. G. Ramachandran
(b) C. N. Annadurai ✔️
(c) Kumar Swami Kamraj
(d) Lalithambika Antharjanam
Q. In the year 2003 in an eco-marathon contest in Hiroshima the 'Fancy Carol' recorded the mileage of distance per litre of petrol as
(a) 396 km/litre
(b) 936 km/litre
(c) 1962 km/litre
(d) 3962 km/litre ✔️
Q. The noise produced in office is normally at the level of
(a) 20 db
(b) 30 db
(c) 40 db ✔️
(d) 60 db
Q. Recently there was a report on adverse effect of wearing neck tie. Tight neck tie may cause
(a) glaucoma ✔️
(b) hypertension
(c) hoarseness of voice
(d) hyperthyroidism
Q. Primary sector refers to
(a) industry
(b) agriculture ✔️
(c) trade
(d) banks
Q. Since the Britishers wanted India to produce and supply raw materials to feed English factories, they pushed a policy that encouraged cultivation of
(a) jute
(b) indigo ✔️
(c) cotton
(d) commercial crops
Q. Nepanagar is famous for
(a) paper board industries
(b) craft paper industries
(c) carbon paper industries
(d) newsprint paper industries ✔️
Q. Rayon fibre is manufactured from
(a) petroleum
(b) wood and pulp ✔️
(c) chemicals
(d) naphtha
Q. Rishikesh is famous for the production of
(a) antibiotics ✔️
(b) heavy electricals
(c) fertilizers
(d) transistorized radios
Q. Who is India’s youngest ever gold medal winner in the Commonwealth Games?
(A) Anis Bhanwala ✔️
(B) Manu Bhakar
(C) Tejaswini Sawant
(D) Heena Sidhu
Q. Which one of the following organisation's iron and steel plant was built to use charcoal as a source of power, to start with, but later switched over to hydroelectricity ?
(a) the Tata Iron Steel Company ✔️
(b) the Indian Iron and Steel Company
(c) Mysore Iron and Steel Company
(d) Hindustan Steel Limited
Q. The great Fisher Bank is situated off
(a) the coast of New Foundland ✔️
(b) the Chilean coast
(c) the Spanish coast
(d) the coast of Great Britain
Q. A man-made tunnel in India transfers water from which one river to another ?
(a) Narmada to Tapti
(b) Betwa to Sone
(c) Beas to Sujlej ✔️
(d) Godawari to Krishna
Q. It lives underwater for up to three years as nymph before emerging as a flying insect. Fossils of this insect dating back about 300 million years have been found.
(a) scorpion fly
(b) stone fly ✔️
(c) caddis fly
(d) may fly
Q. In the year (2003) the chemistry Nobel Prize was awarded to the following work
(a) aquaporins ✔️
(b) Na++ channels
(c) Ca++ channels
(d) methyl chavicol
Q. Birbal Sahni was a
(a) zoologist
(b) founder of Central Drug Research Institute
(c) ornithologist
(d) paleobotanist ✔️
Q. From which of the following places the international dateline crosses ?
(a) Atlantic Ocean
(b) Pacific Ocean
(c) Greenwich
(d) Cape of Good Hope
Q. In which country the 'Dogs' were once worshipped as 'Gods' ?
(a) Egypt
(b) Greece
(c) Italy
(d) Magnolia
Q. Which is the 'Nawab of Bengal' is supposed to be responsible for 'Black Hole' of Calcutta (Kolkata) ?
(a) Mir Jafer
(b) Sirajuddaula
(c) Alivardi Khan
(d) Sarfaraj Khan
Q. Who is the mother of Bharat in the epic Ramayana ?
(a) Kaushalya
(b) Sumitra
(c) Urmila
(d) Kaikayee
Q. How many "World Cultural Heritage Sites" are there in India ?
(a) 10
(b) 17
(c) 14
(d) 15
Q. Which city was gifted to Charles II by the Portuguese when he married the sister of the King of Portugal in 1662 ?
(a) Mumbai
(b) Paris
(c) Lisbon
(d) Castille
Q. Who was the world's first space tourist ?
(a) Desmond Rickett
(b) Dennis Tito
(c) Igor Kajelinkov
(d) Li Wang
Q. Israel's Prime Minister Yitshek Rabin won the Nobel Prize for :
(a) Peace
(b) literature
(c) chemistry
(d) economics
Q. When seen from earth, which of the following planet eclipsed (crossed a cross) of the sun on May 7, 2003 ?
(a) Mercury
(b) Uranus
(c) Saturn
(d) Jupiter
Q. What is the disease, Tetanus also known as ?
(a) Gangrene
(b) Shingles
(c) Lockjaw
(d) Whooping cough
Q. Thantology is the science that deals with :
(a) death in all its aspects
(b) solving paternity of child
(c) identification of living
(d) detection of lie
Q. Who was the first Indian to be awarded the World Food Prize in 1987 ?
(a) M. S. Swaminathan
(b) Sunderlal Bahuguna
(c) Anna Hazare
(d) B. R. Barwale
Q. Which German physicist invented the electron microscope which won him the 1986 Nobel Prize in Physics ?
(a) Ernst Ruska
(b) Van't Hoff
(c) J. H. D. Jensen
(d) Eugene P. Wigner
Q. The Indian - born US physicist who was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics for his work on astrophysics is :
(a) H. G. Khorana
(b) Subramanyam Chandrasekhar
(c) Sivaramakrishna Chandrasekhar
(d) C. V. Raman
Q. Who among the following was the founder of Phoenix Settlement?
(A) Mahatma Gandhi ✔️
(B) B.R. Ambedkar
(C) Rabindranath Tagore
(D) Swami Vivekanand
Q. In internet what does 'http' mean ?
(a) High Transfer Text Protocol
(b) Highest Transfer Text Protocol
(c) Hyper Text Transfer Protocol
(d) Hyper Transfer Text Protocol
Q. The approximate number of genes contained in the genome of Kalpana Chawla was :
(a) 40,000
(b) 30,000
(c) 80,000
(d) 1,00,000
Q. The following separation technique depends on the molecular size of the protein :
(a) chromatography on a carboxymethyl (CM) cellulose column
(b) iso-electric focusing
(c) gel filtration chromatography
(d) chromatography on a diethylaminoethyl (DEAE) cellulose column
Q. Magnetic resonance (MR) images are derived from the proton - bearing species present principally from water and :
(a) long alkane chain protons of the fatty acid moieties
(b) short alkane chain protons of the fatty acid moieties
(c) long alkene chain protons of the fatty acid moieties
(d) short alkene chain protons of the fatty acid moieties
Q. Position emission tomography (PET) is one of the best methods for functional imaging because :
(a) isotopes of basic body elements are used for imaging
(b) isotopes with long half-lives are used
(c) isotopes with short half-lives are used
(d) positions are directly involved used in imaging
Q. ‘SAMPRITI–2017’ is a joint military exercise between armed forces of India and—
(A) Bhutan
(B) Bangladesh ✔️
(C) Pakistan
(D) Myanmar
Q. Euthanasia (mercy killing) was first legalized in :
(1) Switzerland
(2) Netherland (Holland)
(3) France
(4) Italy
Q. Which of the following units of measurement is not named after a person ?
(1) Apgar
(2) Barleycorn ✔️
(3) Curie
(4) Hertz
Q. Which of the following is A. P. J. Abdul Kalam's autobiography ?
(1) Crossroads
(2) My Experiment with Truth
(3) Wings of Fire ✔️
(4) Ignited Minds : Unleashing the Power
Q. Which novel of Amitav Ghosh is called Esteremi Orient in Italian version ?
(1) The Circle of Reason ✔️
(2) In An Antique Land
(3) The shadow lines
(4) Dancing in Cambodia
Q. Which age in Indian history is referred to as the "Golden Age" ?
(1) Ancient
(2) Mughal
(3) Mayura
(4) Gupta ✔️
Q. Whose autobiography is "Sunny Day's" ?
(1) Sunil Shetty
(2) Sunny Deol
(3) Sunil Gavaskar ✔️
(4) Geofrey Boycott
Q. Whose quote is "I hear and I forget. I see and I remember. I do and I understand."
(1) Mickey Mantle
(2) Confucious ✔️
(3) Arthur Schopenhauer
(4) Caskie Stinnet
Q. What is the term used in e-mail and online - conversations to convey mood along with words ?
(1) Emoticon ✔️
(2) Flames
(3) Smiley
(4) Pictures
Q. Which is the annual pilgrimage that every Muslims should make once in the lifetime ?
(1) Jihad
(2) Zakat
(3) Haj ✔️
(4) Sharheh
Q. What is true of Leonardo da Vinci's Mona Lisa ?
(1) He dreamt her in the night
(2) He painted without a model
(3) The model was unmarried woman
(4) The model was the wife of client ✔️
Q. Where is the Tibetan government-in-exile based ?
(1) London
(2) Delhi
(3) Dharamsala ✔️
(4) Phomphenh
Q. What is the symbol of Laloo Prasad Yadav's RJD party ?
(1) Palm
(2) Lantern ✔️
(3) Tea Leaves
(4) Elephant
Q. Which author was a Bengali writer and an Oscar-winning film director ?
(1) Chhabi Biswas
(2) Bankimchandra Chatterjee
(3) Rabindranath Tagore
(4) Satyajit Ray ✔️
Q. What is the colour of Black Box, that is found in aircraft ?
(1) Blue
(2) Black
(3) Orange ✔️
(4) Red
Q. 'Blogs' means
(1) Big logs used to cross the river in hills
(2) On line journals where cyber-diarists unreveal their stories
(3) Big blocks of land used for grazing animals
(4) Black spots in somebody's life ✔️
Q. National Inland Navigation Institute (NINI) is situated in
(1) Goa
(2) Kolkata
(3) Gomukh, Uttranchal
(4) Patna ✔️
Q. A 'dirty' nuclear bomb means :
(1) It involves low grade fission reaction
(2) It has small amount of Cobalt 60
(3) It involves small Ce-137
(4) It involves low grade fusion reaction
Q. Who received stains International award for Religion Harmony ?
(1) Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan
(2) Pope John Paul
(3) Teesta Setalved ✔️
(4) Kuldeep Nayar
Q. Anjali Bhagwat is related to which field :
(1) Athletics
(2) Lawn tennis
(3) Badminton
(4) Shooting ✔️
Q. Who is called as numismatist ?
(1) An expert on mathematics
(2) An expert on numerology
(3) A person who studies coins ✔️
(4) A numerator
Q. Metaphysics refers to
(1) Analysis of human body at atomic level
(2) A branch of philosophy concerned with the rational querry of reality
(3) A branch of physics concerned with investigation of reality ✔️
(4) Meta-analysis of physics for the purpose of theory of relativity
Q. Greenhouse effect means
(a) trapping of solar energy due to atmospheric carbon dioxide
(b) pollution in tropical region
(c) trapping of solar energy due to Nitrogen in atmosphere
(d) planting of green trees
Q. Dr. C. V. Raman was awarded Nobel Prize in
(a) Physics
(b) Medicine
(c) Chemistry
(d) Literature
Q. At what temperature do both the Centigrade and Fahrenheit thermometers show the same reading ?
(a) –20°
(b) –40° ✔️
(c) 42°
(d) 0°
Q. Which river is also known as 'DEV' rive in jharkhand?
(A) The Ganges
(B) Damodar River ✔️
(C) Sone River
(D) Swarnarekha River
Q. India has been ranked at………..out of 50 nations in global intellectual property index 2018?
(A) 48
(B) 46
(C) 42
(D) 44 ✔️
Q. World Bank pegs India’s growth at ……………. In 2018-19.
(A) 6.9%
(B) 7.1%
(C) 7.3% ✔️
(D) 7.5%
Q. Who inaugurated the 104th Indian Science Congress?
(A) Prime Minister ✔️
(B) President
(C) Vice President
(D) Finance Minister
Q. Where is the Central Agricultural University is located in?
(A) Imphal ✔️
(B) Coimbatore
(C) Jaipur
(D) Ahmedabad
Q. Which is the highest gallantry award ?
(a) Ashoka Chakra
(b) Param Vir Chakra ✔️
(c) Mahavir Chakra
(d) None of these
Q. Who wrote 'Sare Jahan Se Achchha Hindostan Hamara' ?
(a) Ram Prasad Bismil
(b) Iqbal
(c) Rabindra Nath Tagore
(d) Bankim Chandra Chatterjee
Q. Dronacharya Award is given to
(a) Teachers
(b) Sports Coaches ✔️
(c) Retired sports persons
(d) National Champion in Archery
Q. Which Indian city is known as 'Space City' ?
(a) Hyderabad
(b) Ahmedabad
(c) Bangalore ✔️
(d) Thruvananthapuram
Q. What is the full form of DOT ?
(a) Direct Observation Treatment ✔️
(b) Distant Observation Treatment
(c) Domestic Oral Treatment
(d) Duel Oriented Treatment
Q. Which fruit is declared official fruit of Kerala government?
(A) Custard apple
(B) Jack fruit ✔️
(C) Black currant
(D) none
Q. Which of the title is recently awarded to the Viswanathan Anand on March 4, 2018?
(A) Indian grandmaster
(B) World rapid chess champion
(C) The Tal memorial rapid chess ✔️
(D) Reykjavik open chess crown
Q. What is fiscal deficit ?
(a) same as budget deficit
(b) difference between expenditure and revenue earned ✔️
(c) annual debt
(d) repayed debts and their interests
Q. What are bulls in stock market ?
(a) stock brokers ✔️
(b) steady games
(c) big losses
(d) big gains
Q. First surface to surface missile test fired in India
(a) Prithvi ✔️
(b) Agni
(c) Rohini
(d) Naga
Q. Full form of "http"
(a) hyper text transfer programme
(b) hyper text transfer protocol ✔️
(c) hyper text transfer protocol
(d) high tech. testing protocol
Q. Suez Canal joints
(a) Red sea and Dead sea
(b) Red sea and Mediteranian sea ✔️
(c) Dead sea and Mediteranian sea
(d) Pacific and Atlantic sea
Q. Where did the Australia Win Azlan Shah hockey Cup-2018 held in?
(A) South Africa
(B) India
(C) Malaysia ✔️
(D) Australia
Q. Full form of "SAARC"
(a) South Asian Association for Regional Coordination
(b) South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation ✔️
(c) South African Agriculture Research Council
(d) South Asia and Rest Countries
Q. Gyanpeeth award 2017 was honoured to
(a) Krishna Sobti ✔️
(b) Gireesh Karnad
(c) Arundhati Roy
(d) Asha Sharan Devi
Q. Who won the Wimbledon women's singles 2017 ?
(a) Garbine Muguruza ✔️
(b) Stephy Graph
(c) Lindsy Devenporti
(d) Martina Hingris
Q. In India, whose sign is found on currency note ?
(a) President of India
(b) Finance Minister
(c) Prime Minister
(d) Governor, Reserve Bank
Q. Who is the chairman of Censor Board of India ?
(a) Prasoon Joshi ✔️
(b) Shatrughan Sinha
(c) Mala Sinha
(d) Asha Parekh
Q. Abhigyan Shakuntalam has been written by
(a) Tulsidas
(b) Kalidasa ✔️
(c) Valmiki
(d) Kabir
Q. India's one billionth baby was born on 12 May, 2000 in
(a) Safdurjung Hospital, New Delhi ✔️
(b) Maternity Hospital, Bombay
(c) Christian Medical College, Vellore
(d) City Hospital, Chennai
(Baby girl names Ashtha)
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