50 General Knowledge Questions (Important)

1. The reserves held by Commercial Banks over and above the statutory minimum, with the RBI are called 

A. Cash reserves 
B. Deposit reserves 
C. Excess reserves 
D. Momentary reserves 

Ans-A 

2. Who is authorized to issue coins in India 
A. Reserve Bank of India 
B. Ministry of Finance 
C. State Bank of India 
D. Indian Overseas Bank 
Ans-B 

3. Which four countries are called the Asian Tigers? 
A. Hong Kone, Singapore, South Korea, Taiwan 
B. Hone Kong, China, Singapore, Taiwan 
C. Hong Kong, Malaysia, Singapore 
D. Hong Kong, South Korea, China, Taiwan 

Ans-A 

4. In the Budget Estimates for 2011-12, an allocation Rs.300 crore has been made for promoting output of pulses in 60,000 villages in rainfed areas with a view to, attaining self sufficiency in pulses in a period of 
A. two years 
B. three years 
C. four years 
D. five years 

Ans-C 

5. In the budget for 2011-12 presented by the Finance Minister on 28.02.2011, the growth rate for the year 2010-11 was projected at 
A. 7.6% 
B. 8.0% 
C. 8.6% 
D. 9.0% 

Ans-C 

6. The ‘break-even’ point is where 
A. marginal revenue equals marginal cost 
B. average revenue equals average cost 
C. total revenue equals total cost 
D. None of the above 

Ans-C 

7. The method of Impeachment of the President of India is adopted from 
A. U.S.A 
B. U.K. 
C. U.S.S.R 
D. France 

Ans-A 

8. In the Eighth Schedule of the constitution of India, which languages were added subsequently? 
A. English, Sindhi, Marathi, Sanskrit 
B. Sanskrit, Sindhi, Konkani, Manipuri 
C. Sindhi, Konkani, Manipuri, Nepali 
D. Marathi, Oriya, Konkani, Nepal 
Ans-C 

9. Indian Parliament Means 
A. Rajya Sabha- Lok Sabha 
B. Rajya Sabha- Lok Sabha, Prime Minister 
C. President of India- Rajya Sabha- Lok Sabha 
D. President of India- Vice- President of India-Lok Sabha- Rajya Sabha 

Ans-C 

10. Generally, the soil of the northern plane of India has been formed by 
A. degradation 
B. aggradation 
C. weathering in situ 
D. erosion 

Ans-B 

11. Hiuen Tsang visited India during the reign of 
A. Chandragupta I 
B. Chandragupta II 
C. Harshavardhana 
D. Rudradaman 

Ans-C 

12. The Muslim adventurer who destroyed the Nalanda University was 
A. Alla-ud-din Khilji 
B. Muhammad -bin-Tughlak 
C. Muhammad -bin-Bhaktiyar 
D. Muhammad -bin-Quasim 

Ans-C 

13. Painting reached its highest level of development during the reign of 
A. Akbar 
B. Aurangzeb 
C. Jahangir 
D. Shah Jahan 

Ans-C 

14. The communal electorate was introduced for the first time in India in 
A. 1919 
B. 1935 
C. 1906 
D. 1909 

Ans-D 

15. The two states which had non-Congress Ministries in 1937 were 
A. Bengal and Punjab 
B. Punjab and NWFP 
C. Madras and Central Provinces 
D. Bihar and Uttar Pradesh 

Ans-A 

16. See breeze is formed during 
A. Day time 
B. Night time 
C. Both 
D. Seasonal 

Ans-A 

17. What percentage of worlds freshwater is stored as glacial ice? 
A. 50% 
B. 10% 
C. 70% 
D. 30% 

Ans-C 

18. Which one of the following rivers of India does not make a delta? 
A. Ganges 
B. Godavari 
C. Mahanadi 
D. Tapti 

Ans-D 

19. Which one of the following state has the longest coastline? 
A. Maharashtra 
B. Tamil Nadu 
C. Gujarat 
D. Andhra Pradesh 

Ans-C 

20. The pass located in Himachal Pradesh is 
A. Shipkila 
B. Zojila 
C. Nathula 
D. Jelepha 

Ans-A 

21. Match the following and select the correct answer from the codes given below: 

Corps                 Producing state 
a .Tea                (1) Himachal Pradesh 
b. Sugarcane    (2) Assam 
c. Groundnut    (3) Uttar Pradesh 
d. Apple           (4) Gujarat 

A. a-2, b-4, c-1, d-3 
B. a-2, b-3, c-4, d-1 
C. a-3, b-2, c-1, d-4 
D. a-4, b-3, c-1, d-2 

Ans-B 

22. An example of false fruit is 
A. Apple 
B. Guava 
C. Mango 
D. Tomato 

Ans-A 

23. Normal fasting blood sugar level per 100ml. of blood in man is 
A. 30-50 mg 
B. 50-70 mg 
C. 80-100 mg 
D. 120-140mg 

Ans-C 

24. Rate of interest is determined by 
A. The rate of return on the capital invested 
B. Central Government 
C. Liquidity preference 
D. Commercial Banks 

Ans-C 

25. The vector of disease sleeping sickness is 
A. sand-fly 
B. house fly 
C. fruit -fly 
D. tse-tse-fly 

Ans-C 

26. For how many years have the dinosaurs been extinct? 
A. About 25 million years 
B. About 65 million years 
C. About 100 million years 
D. About 135 million years 

Ans-B 

27. A Geostationary satellite revolves round the earth from 
A. East to West 
B. West to East 
C. North to South 
D. South to North 

Ans-B 

28. Among the following materials sound travels fastest in 
A. Steel 
B. Air 
C. Vacuum 
D. Water 

Ans-A 

29. The rear side of the moon was photographed by 
A. Viking I 
B. Viking II 
C. Luna III 
D. Mariner IX 

Ans-C 

30. Which phenomenon do bats or dolphins use to find prey, predators or obstacles? 
A. Refraction of sound 
B. Formation of beats 
C. Scattering of sound 
D. Echo location Ans-D 

31. What did the first electronic digital computer contain? 
A. Transistors 
B. Valves 
C. Core memory 
D. Echo location 

Ans-B 

32. Microsoft Office’s personal information manager is 
A. Outlook 
B. Internet Explorer 
C. Organizer 
D. Access Ans-A 

33. Hard steel contains 
A. 2 to 5 per cent carbon 
B. 0.5 to 0.4 per cent carbon 
C. 0.1 to 0.4.per cent carbon 
D. 0.01 to 0.04 per cent carbon 

Ans-B 

34. Cement is formed by strongly heating a mixture of 
A. limestone and graphite 
B. limestone and clay 
C. chalk and graphite 
D. clay and graphite 

Ans-B 

35. Glass is a 
A. Superheated solid 
B. Supercooled liquid 
C. Supercooled gas 
D. Superheated liquid 

Ans-B 

36. The temperature of oxy-acetylene flame is around 
A. 2800 C 
B. 3200 C 
C. 4000 C 
D. 1500 C 

Ans-B 

37. Which is the most stable eco-system? 
A. Desert 
B. Ocean 
C. Mountain 
D. Forest 

Ans-A 

38. Lambert’s law is related to 
A. Reflection 
B. Refraction 
C. Interference 
D. Illumination 

Ans-D 

39. The coral reefs are the marine counterparts of 
A. Temperate forests 
B. Tropical rain forests 
C. Savannahs 
D. Scruland 

Ans-B 

40. The Refrigerant ‘FREON’ is 
A. Calcium Tetra Fluoride 
B. Difluoro Dichloro Methane 
C. Fluorspar and Felspar 
D. Hydrofluosilicic Acid 

Ans-B 

41. In the budget speech on February, 28, 2011, the Finance Minister has announced that an international award with prize money of Rs. 1 crore is being instituted in the memory of Rabindranath Tagore for promising 
A. international peace 
B. emancipation of underprivileged 
C. universal brotherhood 
D. human rights 

Ans-C 

42. The strong earthquake -cum tsunami which has moved Japan’s main island honshu by a few feet has also caused Earth’s axis to wobble by about 
A.1 inch 
B. 2 inches 
C. 4 inches 
D. 6 inches 

Ans-C 

43. WIKILEAKS, a whistleblowers website is an international organisation based in 
A. U.S.A 
B. U.K. 
C. Sweden 
D. Norway 

Ans-C 

44. ‘Nomadic Elephant’ was the joint military exercise held some time back in India between India and 
A. China 
B. U.S.A. 
C. Russia 
D. Mongolia 

Ans-D 

45. The maximum limit on poll expenditure for parliamentary constituencies has been raised in February, 2011 to 
A. 30 lakhs 
B. 35 lakhs 
C. 40 lakhs 
D. 50 lakhs 

Ans-C 

46. Who received Sangeet Natak Akademi’s Ustad Bismilliah Khan Yuva Puraskar for Dance in 2009? 
A. Omkar Shrikant Dadakar 
B. Ragini Chander Sarkar 
C. Abanti Chakravorty and Sukracharya Rabha 
D. K. Nellai Manikandan 

Ans-B 

47. Which of the following folk dances is associated with Jammu and Kashmir 
A. Jhora 
B. Veedhi 
C. Rauf 
D. Suisini 

Ans-C 

48. Which of the following books has been written by Kamala Das? 
A. Witness the Night 
B. The Red Devil 
C. Earth and Ashes 
D. Tonight This Savage Rite 

Ans-D 

49. Who invented the Jet Engine? 
A. Karl Benz 
B. Sir Frank Whittle 
C. Thomas Savery 
D. Michael Faraday 

Ans-B 

50. South- South dialogue is associated with 
A. Co-operation among developing nations 
B. Arms conference 
C. Summit meeting between developed and developing countries 
D. All the above 

Ans-A