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This section includes 200950 Mcqs, each offering curated multiple-choice questions to sharpen your General Knowledge knowledge and support exam preparation. Choose a topic below to get started.
| 51. |
Rana Pratap Sagar (Rajasthan) is famous for...... |
| A. | nuclear power station |
| B. | aluminum industry |
| C. | brassware |
| D. | sports goods |
| Answer» B. aluminum industry | |
| 52. |
Rare Earth factory is situated in ? |
| A. | Allepey (Kerala) |
| B. | Alwaye (Kerala) |
| C. | Ambernath (Maharashtra) |
| D. | Avadi (Tamil Nadu) |
| Answer» C. Ambernath (Maharashtra) | |
| 53. |
An error 2% in excess is made while measuring the side of a square. What is the percentage of error in the calculated area of the square? |
| A. | 4.04 % |
| B. | 2.02 % |
| C. | 4 % |
| D. | 2 % |
| Answer» B. 2.02 % | |
| 54. |
Pakistan left the Commonwealth in 1972, but rejoined as 49th member of the Commonwealth in? |
| A. | 1984 |
| B. | 1991 |
| C. | 1997 |
| D. | 2000 |
| Answer» C. 1997 | |
| 55. |
Rohinton Baria Trophy is associated with? |
| A. | football |
| B. | hockey |
| C. | cricket 'Inter-University' |
| D. | inter-university sports and athletics |
| Answer» D. inter-university sports and athletics | |
| 56. |
Super conductivity is a phenomenon in which the resistance of a substance..... |
| A. | increases with temperature |
| B. | decreases with temperature |
| C. | does not change with temperature |
| D. | becomes zero at very low temperature |
| Answer» E. | |
| 57. |
Penicillin was invented by...... |
| A. | Dr Jonas E. Salk |
| B. | Gregory Mendal |
| C. | Paul Ehrlich |
| D. | A. Fleming |
| Answer» E. | |
| 58. |
Rangaswamy Cup is associated with? |
| A. | archery |
| B. | football |
| C. | cricket |
| D. | hockey |
| Answer» E. | |
| 59. |
Reproductive cells in human beings are produced..... |
| A. | in greater numbers for a longer period of time in the male |
| B. | for a longer period in the female than in male |
| C. | in equal number in both sexes |
| D. | in greater numbers by the female than by the male |
| Answer» B. for a longer period in the female than in male | |
| 60. |
Study of earthquakes is known as.... |
| A. | ecology |
| B. | seismology |
| C. | numismatics |
| D. | No of the above |
| Answer» C. numismatics | |
| 61. |
Pressure cooker cooks rice faster because...... |
| A. | it always lets the steam escape |
| B. | high pressure crushes the hard covering of rice grains |
| C. | it does not let the heat energy escape easily |
| D. | high pressure raises the boiling point of water |
| Answer» E. | |
| 62. |
The ancient Olympics Games came to a sudden end when the Roman Emperor Theodosius banned them as paper manifestations. The modern Olympic Games were received after a lapse of nearly......... |
| A. | ten centuries |
| B. | twelve centuries |
| C. | fifteen centuries |
| D. | eighteen centuries |
| Answer» D. eighteen centuries | |
| 63. |
Photophobia is......... |
| A. | a disease cause by too much sunlight |
| B. | abnormal intolerance of light |
| C. | the adjustment of the eye for light |
| D. | the ability to perceive light |
| Answer» C. the adjustment of the eye for light | |
| 64. |
The 'Red Triangle' symbol denotes.... |
| A. | Air India |
| B. | family planning |
| C. | culture and civilization |
| D. | None of the above |
| Answer» C. culture and civilization | |
| 65. |
Satyajit Ray received Magsaysay Award for journalism, literature and creative communication arts in? |
| A. | 1963 |
| B. | 1965 |
| C. | 1966 |
| D. | 1967 |
| Answer» E. | |
| 66. |
P.T. Usha, who came close to bagging a bronze finished fourth in ____ in 1984 Olympics. |
| A. | 400 m final |
| B. | 800 m final |
| C. | 400 m hurdle |
| D. | the marathon |
| Answer» D. the marathon | |
| 67. |
Robert Koch worked on? |
| A. | tuberculosis |
| B. | cholera |
| C. | malaria |
| D. | diabetes |
| Answer» B. cholera | |
| 68. |
The agreement according to which the UK, the USA and the former USSR cannot assist other countries in acquiring technology to develop nuclear weapons, is known as...... |
| A. | Izmir Treaty |
| B. | Nuclear Non-proliferation Treaty (NPT) |
| C. | both (a) and (b) |
| D. | None of the above |
| Answer» C. both (a) and (b) | |
| 69. |
Oscar Awards are conferred annually by? |
| A. | Academy of Motion Pictures, arts and sciences, USA |
| B. | Government of United States |
| C. | Hollywood Foreign Press Association |
| D. | None of the above |
| Answer» B. Government of United States | |
| 70. |
Raj Kapoor received Dada Saheb Phalke Award in? |
| A. | 1986 |
| B. | 1987 |
| C. | 1988 |
| D. | 1989 |
| Answer» C. 1988 | |
| 71. |
Ornithology is the... |
| A. | study of bones |
| B. | study of birds |
| C. | study of smells |
| D. | None of the above |
| Answer» C. study of smells | |
| 72. |
Rabindranath Tagore is also known as? |
| A. | Guruji |
| B. | Gurudev |
| C. | Mahamana |
| D. | Netaji |
| Answer» C. Mahamana | |
| 73. |
Tansen was..... |
| A. | a great exponent of Indian classical music |
| B. | one of the nine gems in the court of Akbar |
| C. | both (a) and (b) |
| D. | None of the above |
| Answer» D. None of the above | |
| 74. |
Oxygen was independently discovered by.... |
| A. | Rutherford |
| B. | William Ramsay |
| C. | Joseph Priestley |
| D. | Neils Bohr |
| Answer» D. Neils Bohr | |
| 75. |
People who secretly indulge in anti-national or anti-government activities and help the enemy are called.... |
| A. | Second column |
| B. | Third column |
| C. | Fourth column |
| D. | Fifth column |
| Answer» E. | |
| 76. |
Presently known as the European Union, the EEC was established in? |
| A. | 1957 |
| B. | 1958 |
| C. | 1959 |
| D. | 1960 |
| Answer» C. 1959 | |
| 77. |
Rise of the Chinese civilization along the banks of Hawang 40 took place in........ |
| A. | 2500 - 2000 BC |
| B. | 2700 - 2600 BC |
| C. | 2205 - 1122 BC |
| D. | 2000 - 1200 BC |
| Answer» D. 2000 - 1200 BC | |
| 78. |
Sulphur is not present in.... |
| A. | iron pyrites |
| B. | gypsum |
| C. | coal |
| D. | chlorapatite |
| Answer» E. | |
| 79. |
Recently lead free petrol was introduced in our country because..... |
| A. | they are not needed now as anti-knock agents |
| B. | they tower the efficiency of the engine |
| C. | they cause less pollution |
| D. | to reduce the cost of petrol |
| Answer» D. to reduce the cost of petrol | |
| 80. |
South Africa joined the Commonwealth as 51st member in? |
| A. | May 1993 |
| B. | May 1994 |
| C. | May 1995 |
| D. | May 1996 |
| Answer» C. May 1995 | |
| 81. |
South Indian temples have? |
| A. | tall towers with curving sides that taper at the top |
| B. | gateway towers shaped like trapezoidal pyramids |
| C. | both are correct |
| D. | None of the above |
| Answer» C. both are correct | |
| 82. |
Rabindranath Tagore received Nobel Prize in 1913 in the field of? |
| A. | physics |
| B. | peace |
| C. | literature |
| D. | economy |
| Answer» D. economy | |
| 83. |
Raja Rammohan Roy..... |
| A. | was a social reformer who tried to eradicate sati, purdah and child marriage |
| B. | advocated widow remarriage and woman's education |
| C. | was the founder of the Brahmo Samaj |
| D. | All of the above |
| Answer» E. | |
| 84. |
Rajiv Gandhi, Prime Minister of India, was assassinated in? |
| A. | 1961 |
| B. | 1971 |
| C. | 1981 |
| D. | 1991 |
| Answer» E. | |
| 85. |
The 2012 Olympics Games were held in? |
| A. | London |
| B. | Seoul |
| C. | Sydney |
| D. | Tokyo |
| Answer» B. Seoul | |
| 86. |
Radioactive substances can be produced readily in? |
| A. | an electron gun |
| B. | an atomic pile |
| C. | a transistor |
| D. | a Wilson cloud chamber |
| Answer» C. a transistor | |
| 87. |
Pan - American Highway, north-west Alaska to Southernmost Chile is the worlds.... |
| A. | longest road |
| B. | highest road |
| C. | busiest road |
| D. | None of the above |
| Answer» B. highest road | |
| 88. |
Regular meetings of Trusteeship Council (UNO) are held? |
| A. | once a year |
| B. | twice a year |
| C. | thrice a year |
| D. | four times a year |
| Answer» C. thrice a year | |
| 89. |
Oxford university was founded in.... |
| A. | 1139 AD |
| B. | 1163 AD |
| C. | 215 BC |
| D. | 55 BC |
| Answer» C. 215 BC | |
| 90. |
Sonia Nazario ofLos Angeles Timeswas awarded Pulitzer Prize in 2003 for? |
| A. | commentary |
| B. | editorial writing |
| C. | music |
| D. | feature writing |
| Answer» E. | |
| 91. |
The American General who led the revolt against the British and declared American independence was? |
| A. | George Washington |
| B. | Bill Clinton |
| C. | George Bush |
| D. | None of the above |
| Answer» B. Bill Clinton | |
| 92. |
Soil is formed from the parent rock material by? |
| A. | chemical decomposition |
| B. | physical decomposition |
| C. | biological decomposition |
| D. | All of the above |
| Answer» E. | |
| 93. |
Prince Charles and Princess Diana of Britain announce their separation in....... |
| A. | 1990 |
| B. | 1991 |
| C. | 1996 |
| D. | 1997 |
| Answer» D. 1997 | |
| 94. |
Paleontology is a branch of science that deals with the.... |
| A. | behavior of animals |
| B. | origin and growth of plants |
| C. | the forms of life as revealed by fossils of animals or plants |
| D. | formation of new stars |
| Answer» D. formation of new stars | |
| 95. |
Socrates was the wisest man of the ancient world and developed the method of enquiry and instruction, belonged to...... |
| A. | France |
| B. | Athens |
| C. | China |
| D. | Greece |
| Answer» C. China | |
| 96. |
Richter scale is used for measuring.... |
| A. | density of liquid |
| B. | intensity of earthquakes |
| C. | velocity of wind |
| D. | humidity of air |
| Answer» C. velocity of wind | |
| 97. |
Sir Humphry Davy was a British chemist who.... |
| A. | invented the safety lamp for miners |
| B. | discovered the anesthetic properties of nitrous oxide |
| C. | both (a) and (b) |
| D. | None of the above |
| Answer» D. None of the above | |
| 98. |
PESTLE is an analytical tool which helps to under take? |
| A. | An internal analysis |
| B. | An external analysis |
| C. | A competitor analysis |
| D. | A strategic analysis |
| Answer» C. A competitor analysis | |
| 99. |
Penicillin is widely used as..... |
| A. | an antiseptic |
| B. | a disinfectant |
| C. | an antibiotic |
| D. | an insecticide |
| Answer» D. an insecticide | |
| 100. |
Exploring the strategic implications of global warming is best described as ------- |
| A. | An external environment analysis |
| B. | Scenario planning |
| C. | Futures forecasting |
| D. | A PESTLE analysis |
| Answer» C. Futures forecasting | |