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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.
| 12001. |
In an election between two candidates, one got 55% of the total valid votes, 20% of the votes were invalid. If the total number of votes was 7500, what was the number of valid votes that the other candidate got? |
| A. | 2500 |
| B. | 2600 |
| C. | 2500 |
| D. | 2700 |
| Answer» E. | |
| 12002. |
Two employees X and Y are paid a total of Rs. 550 per week by their employer. If X is paid 120 percent of the sum paid to Y, how much is Y paid per week? |
| A. | 243 |
| B. | 224 |
| C. | 250 |
| D. | 234 |
| Answer» D. 234 | |
| 12003. |
If the average marks of three batches of 55, 60 and 45 students respectively is 50, 55, 60, what is the average marks of all the students? |
| A. | 55.77 |
| B. | 56 |
| C. | 54.68 |
| D. | 54 |
| Answer» D. 54 | |
| 12004. |
A student needed to find the arithmetic mean of the numbers 3, 11, 7, 9, 15, 13, 8, 19, 17, 21, 14 and x. He found the mean to be 12. What is the value of x? |
| A. | 7 |
| B. | 8 |
| C. | 9 |
| D. | none |
| Answer» B. 8 | |
| 12005. |
The average age of husband, wife and their child 3 years ago was 27 years and that of wife and the child 5 years ago was 20 years. What is the present age of the husband? |
| A. | 30 |
| B. | 40 |
| C. | 35 |
| D. | 44 |
| Answer» C. 35 | |
| 12006. |
Two students appeared at an examination. One of them secured 9 marks more than the other and his marks was 56% of the sum of their marks. What are the marks obtained by them? |
| A. | 42,34 |
| B. | 45,78 |
| C. | 42,45 |
| D. | 42,33 |
| Answer» E. | |
| 12007. |
There are two divisions A and B of a class, consisting of 36 and 44 students respectively. If the average weight of divisions A is 40 kg and that of division b is 35 kg. What is the average weight of the whole class? |
| A. | 36.6 |
| B. | 37.25 |
| C. | 34 |
| D. | 35.7 |
| Answer» C. 34 | |
| 12008. |
The average weight of 8 person's increases by 2.5 kg when a new person comes in place of one of them weighing 65 kg. What is the weight of the new person? |
| A. | 78 |
| B. | 80 |
| C. | 86 |
| D. | 85 |
| Answer» E. | |
| 12009. |
The average age of 36 students in a group is 14 years. When teacher's age is included to it, the average increases by one. Find out the teacher's age in years? |
| A. | 51 |
| B. | 52 |
| C. | 53 |
| D. | 54 |
| Answer» B. 52 | |
| 12010. |
The average of six numbers is x and the average of three of these is y. If the average of the remaining three is z, then |
| A. | x = y + z |
| B. | x = 2y + 2z |
| C. | 2x = y + z |
| D. | none |
| Answer» D. none | |
| 12011. |
Arun obtained 76, 65, 82, 67 and 85 marks (out in 100) in English, Mathematics, Chemistry, Biology and Physics. What is his average mark? |
| A. | 53 |
| B. | 70 |
| C. | 56 |
| D. | 75 |
| Answer» E. | |
| 12012. |
The average of five numbers id 27. If one number is excluded, the average becomes 25. What is the excluded number? |
| A. | 32 |
| B. | 33 |
| C. | 34 |
| D. | 35 |
| Answer» E. | |
| 12013. |
The average age of boys in a class is 16 years and that of the girls is 15 years. What is the average age for the whole class? |
| A. | 15 |
| B. | 16 |
| C. | 17 |
| D. | data insufficient |
| Answer» B. 16 | |
| 12014. |
The average score of a cricketer for ten matches is 38.9 runs. If the average for the first six matches is 42, what is the average for the last four matches? |
| A. | 34.25 |
| B. | 34.5 |
| C. | 36.23 |
| D. | none |
| Answer» B. 34.5 | |
| 12015. |
Suresh drives his car to a place 150 km away at an average speed of 50 km/hr and returns at 30 km/hr. What is his average speed for the whole journey ? |
| A. | 37.5km/hr |
| B. | 35.5 km/hr |
| C. | 38.5 km/hr |
| D. | none |
| Answer» B. 35.5 km/hr | |
| 12016. |
The batting average for 40 innings of a cricket player is 50 runs. His highest score exceeds his lowest score by 172 runs. If these two innings are excluded, the average of the remaining 38 innings is 48 runs. Find out the highest score of the player. |
| A. | 152 |
| B. | 167 |
| C. | 174 |
| D. | 157 |
| Answer» D. 157 | |
| 12017. |
The average monthly income of A and B is Rs. 5050. The average monthly income of B and C is Rs. 6250 and the average monthly income of A and C is Rs. 5200. What is the monthly income of A? |
| A. | 4000 |
| B. | 6000 |
| C. | 5000 |
| D. | 3000 |
| Answer» B. 6000 | |
| 12018. |
A car owner buys diesel at Rs.7.50, Rs. 8 and Rs. 8.50 per litre for three successive years. What approximately is the average cost per litre of diesel if he spends Rs. 4000 each year? |
| A. | 7.98 |
| B. | 8 |
| C. | 7.67 |
| D. | 9 |
| Answer» B. 8 | |
| 12019. |
The captain of a cricket team of 11 members is 26 years old and the wicket keeper is 3 years older. If the ages of these two are excluded, the average age of the remaining players is one year less than the average age of the whole team. Find out the average age of the team. |
| A. | 22 |
| B. | 24 |
| C. | 23 |
| D. | none |
| Answer» D. none | |
| 12020. |
The average age of a husband and his wife was 23 years at the time of their marriage. After five years they have a one year old child. What is the average age of the family ? |
| A. | 19 |
| B. | 29 |
| C. | 15 |
| D. | 16 |
| Answer» B. 29 | |
| 12021. |
The average salary of all the workers in a workshop is Rs.8000. The average salary of 7 technicians is Rs.12000 and the average salary of the rest is Rs.6000. How many workers are there in the workshop ? |
| A. | 22 |
| B. | 23 |
| C. | 21 |
| D. | 20 |
| Answer» D. 20 | |
| 12022. |
In an examination, a student's average marks were 63. If he had obtained 20 more marks for his Geography and 2 more marks for his history, his average would have been 65. How many subjects were there in the examination? |
| A. | 12 |
| B. | 13 |
| C. | 14 |
| D. | 11 |
| Answer» E. | |
| 12023. |
In Kiran's opinion, his weight is greater than 65 kg but less than 72 kg. His brother does not agree with Kiran and he thinks that Kiran's weight is greater than 60 kg but less than 70 kg. His mother's view is that his weight cannot be greater than 68 kg. If all are them are correct in their estimation, what is the average of different probable weights of Kiran? |
| A. | 67 |
| B. | 68 |
| C. | 69 |
| D. | 70 |
| Answer» B. 68 | |
| 12024. |
Vacuoles are bound by a definite membrane in plant cells called? |
| A. | Plasma membrane |
| B. | Cell wall |
| C. | Tonoplast |
| D. | None of the above |
| Answer» D. None of the above | |
| 12025. |
Superconductivity is a material property associated with? |
| A. | Frictionless liquid flow |
| B. | Cooling a substance without a phase change |
| C. | A loss of thermal resistance |
| D. | A loss of electrical resistance |
| Answer» E. | |
| 12026. |
If a metal can be drawn into wires relatively easily it is called? |
| A. | Extractive |
| B. | Tactile |
| C. | Ductile |
| D. | Malleable |
| Answer» D. Malleable | |
| 12027. |
Cystitis is the infection of which of the following? |
| A. | Urinary bladder |
| B. | Pancreas |
| C. | Lung |
| D. | Liver |
| Answer» B. Pancreas | |
| 12028. |
The average of 20 numbers is zero. Of them, How many of them may be greater than zero , at the most? |
| A. | 1 |
| B. | 20 |
| C. | 9 |
| D. | 19 |
| Answer» E. | |
| 12029. |
The study of phenomena at very low temperatures is called? |
| A. | Heat transfer |
| B. | Morphology |
| C. | Crystallography |
| D. | Cryogenics |
| Answer» E. | |
| 12030. |
As you go down into a well, your weight_____. |
| A. | increases slightly |
| B. | decreases slightly |
| C. | remains exactly the same |
| D. | None of the above |
| Answer» C. remains exactly the same | |
| 12031. |
The branch of medical science which is concerned with the study of disease as it affects a community of people is called______. |
| A. | epidemiology |
| B. | paleontogy |
| C. | oncology |
| D. | pathology |
| Answer» B. paleontogy | |
| 12032. |
The fastest-running terrestrial animal is? |
| A. | Cheetah |
| B. | Lion |
| C. | Man |
| D. | Jaguar |
| Answer» B. Lion | |
| 12033. |
Which prefix is often used with scientific terms to indicate that something is the same, equal or constant? |
| A. | Mega |
| B. | Meta |
| C. | Iso |
| D. | Quasi |
| Answer» D. Quasi | |
| 12034. |
Which of the following is most likely to cause a rise in the average temperature of earth's atmosphere in future? |
| A. | Depletion of earth's ozone layer |
| B. | Dust clouds from valcanoes |
| C. | Atomic warfare |
| D. | CO2 from fossil fuels |
| Answer» E. | |
| 12035. |
Which of the following items will be attracted to the north pole of a permanent magnet by a magnet force? |
| A. | A positively charged glass rod |
| B. | A negatively charged rubber rod |
| C. | A piece of iron that is not a permanent magnet |
| D. | The north pole of another permanent magnet |
| Answer» D. The north pole of another permanent magnet | |
| 12036. |
The accumulation of stress along the boundaries of lithospheric plates results in which of the following? |
| A. | Earthquakes |
| B. | Magnetic reversals |
| C. | Hurricanses |
| D. | Increased deposition of deep-sea sediments |
| Answer» B. Magnetic reversals | |
| 12037. |
When a gas is turned into a liquid, the process is called? |
| A. | Condensation |
| B. | Evaporation |
| C. | Deposition |
| D. | Sublimation |
| Answer» B. Evaporation | |
| 12038. |
Earth's seasons are caused by which of the following? |
| A. | The varying amount of sunspot activity |
| B. | The rotation of during a 24-hour day |
| C. | The tilt of the earth's rotation relative to the ecliptic as earth revolves around the sun |
| D. | The earth's orbit around the sun as an exlipse rather than a circle |
| Answer» D. The earth's orbit around the sun as an exlipse rather than a circle | |
| 12039. |
Which of the following is a non-metal that remains liquid in room temperature? |
| A. | Chlorine |
| B. | Bromine |
| C. | Helium |
| D. | Phosphorus |
| Answer» C. Helium | |
| 12040. |
The most malleable metal is ___. |
| A. | Gold |
| B. | Silver |
| C. | Aluminum |
| D. | Sodium |
| Answer» B. Silver | |
| 12041. |
Air is a/an...? |
| A. | Element |
| B. | Mixture |
| C. | Electrolyte |
| D. | Compound |
| Answer» C. Electrolyte | |
| 12042. |
In which of the following processes light energy is converted into chemical energy? |
| A. | Respiration |
| B. | Fermentation |
| C. | Photosynthesis |
| D. | Photorespiration |
| Answer» D. Photorespiration | |
| 12043. |
Gobar gas contains mainly ___. |
| A. | Methane |
| B. | Carbon dioxide |
| C. | Butane |
| D. | Carbon Monoxide |
| Answer» B. Carbon dioxide | |
| 12044. |
Tetraethyl lead is used as ___.. |
| A. | Mosquito repellent |
| B. | Pain Killer |
| C. | Petrol additive |
| D. | Fire extinguisher |
| Answer» D. Fire extinguisher | |
| 12045. |
The hydrogenation of the vegetables oils takes place in the presence of finely divided ___. |
| A. | Aluminum |
| B. | Nickel |
| C. | Charcoal |
| D. | Silica |
| Answer» C. Charcoal | |
| 12046. |
Photoelectric effect was discovered by? |
| A. | Hertz |
| B. | Einstein |
| C. | Bohr |
| D. | Plank |
| Answer» C. Bohr | |
| 12047. |
Heavy water is....? |
| A. | Ph7 |
| B. | Deuterium Oxide |
| C. | Rain Water |
| D. | Tritium Oxide |
| Answer» C. Rain Water | |
| 12048. |
Marsh gas is...? |
| A. | Methane |
| B. | Ethane |
| C. | Hydrogen |
| D. | Nitrogen |
| Answer» B. Ethane | |
| 12049. |
Sodium metal is kept under______. |
| A. | Kerosene |
| B. | Petrol |
| C. | Alcohol |
| D. | Water |
| Answer» B. Petrol | |
| 12050. |
Milk is an example of ___ |
| A. | Suspension |
| B. | True Solution |
| C. | Emulsion |
| D. | Gel |
| Answer» D. Gel | |