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This section includes 1320 Mcqs, each offering curated multiple-choice questions to sharpen your General Knowledge knowledge and support exam preparation. Choose a topic below to get started.
| 1051. |
When did US astronauts Neil Armstrong and Edwin E. Aldrin land on the moon? |
| A. | July 21, 1969 |
| B. | July 21, 1970 |
| C. | July 21, 1963 |
| D. | July 21, 1972 |
| Answer» B. July 21, 1970 | |
| 1052. |
Which of the following are the native languages of Manipur? |
| A. | Manipuri and English |
| B. | Marathi and Hindi |
| C. | Manipuri |
| D. | None of the above |
| Answer» B. Marathi and Hindi | |
| 1053. |
Shankracharya was the founder of |
| A. | Buddhism |
| B. | Jainism |
| C. | Arya Samaj |
| D. | Advaitic philosophy |
| Answer» E. | |
| 1054. |
The common pesticides which are in use consist of |
| A. | PCBs |
| B. | organochlorines |
| C. | olefins |
| D. | heterocyclic compounds |
| Answer» D. heterocyclic compounds | |
| 1055. |
The Olympic Flame symbolises |
| A. | unity among various nations of the world |
| B. | speed, perfection and strength |
| C. | sports as a means for securing harmony among nations |
| D. | continuity between the ancient and modern games |
| Answer» E. | |
| 1056. |
The headquarter of the Warsaw Treaty Organization were at |
| A. | Berlin |
| B. | Prague |
| C. | Moscow |
| D. | Warsaw |
| Answer» D. Warsaw | |
| 1057. |
Until December 1991 ____ were integral parts of the USSR & not independent countries, but had separate UN memberships. |
| A. | Belarus and Ukraine |
| B. | Czech Republic and Slovakia |
| C. | Tonga and Nauru |
| D. | None of the above |
| Answer» B. Czech Republic and Slovakia | |
| 1058. |
The first General Elections in India took place in |
| A. | 1948 |
| B. | 1950 |
| C. | 1952 |
| D. | 1954 |
| Answer» D. 1954 | |
| 1059. |
The prize given to individuals fighting for freedom, independence and dignity of people is |
| A. | Simon Bolivai Prize |
| B. | Golden Bear Award |
| C. | David Cohen Award |
| D. | Owen Global Award |
| Answer» B. Golden Bear Award | |
| 1060. |
Which is the state with largest urban population? |
| A. | West Bengal |
| B. | Maharashtra |
| C. | Kerala |
| D. | Goa |
| Answer» C. Kerala | |
| 1061. |
The number of principal organs of the United Nation is |
| A. | 3 |
| B. | 4 |
| C. | 5 |
| D. | 6 |
| Answer» E. | |
| 1062. |
Sushri Lata Dinanath Mangeshkar received Bharath Ratna in |
| A. | 2000 |
| B. | 2001 |
| C. | 2002 |
| D. | 2003 |
| Answer» C. 2002 | |
| 1063. |
In 1947, Algeria became politically unified with France but the 80 percent population revolted against French domination |
| A. | Muslim |
| B. | Hindu |
| C. | Christian |
| D. | Jain |
| Answer» B. Hindu | |
| 1064. |
The number of sovereign countries who are members of the United Nations, is |
| A. | 180 |
| B. | 182 |
| C. | 183 |
| D. | 191 |
| Answer» E. | |
| 1065. |
Hygrometer is used to measure |
| A. | relative humidity |
| B. | purity of milk |
| C. | specific gravity of liquid |
| D. | None of the above |
| Answer» B. purity of milk | |
| 1066. |
If speed of rotation of the earth increases, weight of the body |
| A. | increases |
| B. | remains unchanged |
| C. | decreases |
| D. | may decrease or increase |
| Answer» D. may decrease or increase | |
| 1067. |
If force is expressed in Newton and the distance in metre, then the work done is expressed in |
| A. | Joule |
| B. | Kg wt |
| C. | Kg wt m |
| D. | Watt |
| Answer» B. Kg wt | |
| 1068. |
The country, which was admitted to the membership of the United Nations in September 2002, is |
| A. | Macedonia |
| B. | East Timor |
| C. | Andorra |
| D. | Eritrea |
| Answer» C. Andorra | |
| 1069. |
Jharia (Jharkhand) is famous for |
| A. | sports goods |
| B. | copper mines |
| C. | coal mines |
| D. | gold mines |
| Answer» D. gold mines | |
| 1070. |
Lal Bahadur Shastri is also known as |
| A. | Guruji |
| B. | Man of Peace |
| C. | Punjab Kesari |
| D. | Mahamana |
| Answer» C. Punjab Kesari | |
| 1071. |
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 | |
| 1072. |
Weight of an object put in a satellite orbiting in space around the earth is |
| A. | the same as on the earth |
| B. | slightly more than that on the earth |
| C. | less than that on the earth |
| D. | reduced to zero |
| Answer» E. | |
| 1073. |
Tiruchirapalli is situated on river |
| A. | Cauvery |
| B. | Tapti |
| C. | Krishna |
| D. | Ganga |
| Answer» B. Tapti | |
| 1074. |
Kolleru Pelicanary situated at Elluru, Andhra Pradesh has reserves of |
| A. | elephant, tiger, panther, sambar |
| B. | pelicans, painted stroke |
| C. | chital, sambar, chinkara, wild birds |
| D. | elephant, leopard, tiger, garu, nilgai |
| Answer» C. chital, sambar, chinkara, wild birds | |
| 1075. |
Escape velocity of a rocket fired from the earth towards the moon is a velocity to get rid of the |
| A. | Earth's gravitational pull |
| B. | Moon's gravitational pull |
| C. | Centripetal force due to the earth's rotation |
| D. | Pressure of the atmosphere |
| Answer» B. Moon's gravitational pull | |
| 1076. |
GATT (General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade) is |
| A. | international agreement signed in 1947 between non-communist nations with the object of encouraging international trade unobstructed by tariff barriers |
| B. | agreement which seeks to achieve its aim by arranging and encouraging bargaining with trade concessions between members |
| C. | both a and b |
| D. | None of the above |
| Answer» D. None of the above | |
| 1077. |
Golden Temple, Amritsar is India's |
| A. | largest Gurdwara |
| B. | oldest Gurudwara |
| C. | both a and b are correct |
| D. | None of the above |
| Answer» B. oldest Gurudwara | |
| 1078. |
For safety, the fuse wire used in the mains for household supply of electricity must be made of metal having |
| A. | low melting point |
| B. | high resistance |
| C. | high melting point |
| D. | low specific heat |
| Answer» B. high resistance | |
| 1079. |
The ozone layer restricts |
| A. | Visible light |
| B. | Infrared radiation |
| C. | X-rays and gamma rays |
| D. | Ultraviolet radiation |
| Answer» E. | |
| 1080. |
Euclid was |
| A. | Greek mathematician |
| B. | Contributor to the use of deductive principles of logic as the basis of geometry |
| C. | Propounded the geometrical theorems |
| D. | All of the above |
| Answer» E. | |
| 1081. |
Ecology deals with |
| A. | Birds |
| B. | Cell formation |
| C. | Relation between organisms and their environment |
| D. | Tissues |
| Answer» D. Tissues | |
| 1082. |
During eleventh Antarctic Expedition in Nov. 1991/March 1992 ____ was installed. |
| A. | SODAR (SOnic Detection And Ranging) |
| B. | Second Permanent Station 'Maitree' |
| C. | First permanent station 'Dakshin Gangotri' |
| D. | None of the above |
| Answer» B. Second Permanent Station 'Maitree' | |
| 1083. |
From the following, choose the set in which names of Secretary-Generals of the UNO are arranged in correct chronological order? |
| A. | U Thant, Kurt Waldheim, Dag Hammarskjoeld, Trygve Lie. |
| B. | Trygve Lie, Dag Hammarskjoeld, U Thant, Kurt Waldheim. |
| C. | Trygve Lie, U Thant , Dag Hammarskjoeld, Kurt Waldheim. |
| D. | U Thant, Dag Hammarskjoeld, Trygve Lie, Kurt Waldheim. |
| Answer» C. Trygve Lie, U Thant , Dag Hammarskjoeld, Kurt Waldheim. | |
| 1084. |
Fire temple is the place of worship of which of the following religion? |
| A. | Taoism |
| B. | Judaism |
| C. | Zoroastrianism (Parsi Religion) |
| D. | Shintoism |
| Answer» D. Shintoism | |
| 1085. |
The velocity of sound in air (under normal condition) is |
| A. | 30 m/sec |
| B. | 320 m/sec |
| C. | 343 m/sec |
| D. | 3,320 m/sec |
| Answer» D. 3,320 m/sec | |
| 1086. |
To consider the large number of agenda items, General Assembly has how many main committees? |
| A. | Five |
| B. | Seven |
| C. | Nine |
| D. | Fifteen |
| Answer» C. Nine | |
| 1087. |
The purest form of water can be obtained from |
| A. | a deep tubewell |
| B. | a running stream |
| C. | a hot water spring |
| D. | a heavy shower of rain |
| Answer» E. | |
| 1088. |
The only Indian woman who become President of the World Health Organisation so far is/was |
| A. | Smt. Kamala Devi Chattopadhyaya |
| B. | Raj Kumari Amrit Kaur |
| C. | Smt. Vijayalakshmi Pandit |
| D. | Dr. Sushila Nayar |
| Answer» C. Smt. Vijayalakshmi Pandit | |
| 1089. |
Rare Earth factory is situated in |
| A. | Allepey (Kerala) |
| B. | Aluva (Kerala) |
| C. | Ambernath (Maharashtra) |
| D. | Avadi (Tamil Nadu) |
| Answer» C. Ambernath (Maharashtra) | |
| 1090. |
The SI unit of ___ is named after Andre Marie Ampere. |
| A. | power |
| B. | potential difference |
| C. | electric current |
| D. | energy |
| Answer» D. energy | |
| 1091. |
Which are the important minerals found in manipur? |
| A. | Sillimanite, nickel, petroleum |
| B. | Oil, coal, manganese |
| C. | Iron, lime, bauxite |
| D. | None of the above |
| Answer» B. Oil, coal, manganese | |
| 1092. |
The term hit wicket in cricket refers to |
| A. | when the bowler bowls out three batsman with three successive balls |
| B. | when the batsman intercepts the ball with his leg or any part of his body between the wicket |
| C. | when the batsman, while hitting the ball, strikes his own wicket with his bat or body and is declared out |
| D. | None of the above |
| Answer» D. None of the above | |
| 1093. |
The SLV-3 project provided India with the expertise to lop a larger and more sophisticated launch vehicle |
| A. | PSLV |
| B. | ASLV |
| C. | GSLV |
| D. | None of the above |
| Answer» C. GSLV | |
| 1094. |
Mother Teresa received the Magsaysay Award in 1962 in the area of |
| A. | Community leadership |
| B. | public service |
| C. | journalism and literature |
| D. | international understanding |
| Answer» E. | |
| 1095. |
Mahakavi Kalidas |
| A. | was one of the greatest Sanskrit poet and dramatist |
| B. | lived during the region of Chandragupta Vikaramaditya |
| C. | famous works include Shakutala, Raghuvansha, Meghdoot and Kumara Sambahava |
| D. | All of the above |
| Answer» E. | |
| 1096. |
In Air Force, Air Commodore has one rank higher than |
| A. | Squadron Leader |
| B. | Air Vice-Marshal |
| C. | Group Captain |
| D. | Air Marshal |
| Answer» D. Air Marshal | |
| 1097. |
Heavy Water Project (Talcher) and Fertilizer plant (Paradeep) are famous industries of |
| A. | Orissa |
| B. | Tamil nadu |
| C. | Andhra Pradesh |
| D. | Kerala |
| Answer» B. Tamil nadu | |
| 1098. |
Himalayan Mountaineering Institute is at |
| A. | Darjeeling |
| B. | Dehradun |
| C. | Marmago |
| D. | Dispur |
| Answer» B. Dehradun | |
| 1099. |
When is the International Workers' Day? |
| A. | 15th April |
| B. | 12th December |
| C. | 1st May |
| D. | 1st August |
| Answer» D. 1st August | |
| 1100. |
The main objectives of the UN are |
| A. | to maintain peace and security in the world |
| B. | to work together to remove poverty, disease and illiteracy and encourage respect for each other's rights of basic freedom. |
| C. | to develop friendly relations among nations |
| D. | All of the above |
| Answer» E. | |