General Knowledge Questions with Answers
1. Which one- of the following items is not included in the current account of
India’s Balance of Payments?
(A) Short-term commercial borrowings (B) Non-monetary gold movements
(C) Investment income (D) Transfer payments
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2. Engel’s Law states the relationship between–
(A) quantity demanded and price of a commodity
(B) quantity demanded and price of substitutes
(C) quantity demanded and tastes of the consumers
(D) quantity demanded and income of the consumers
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3. Which of the following is not a tool of legislative control over administration in India ?
(A) Dissolution of House (B) Resolutions
(C) Questions (D) No Confidence Motion
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4. The writs for the enforcement of Fundamental Rights are issued by–
(A) The Parliament (D) The President
(C) The Supreme Court (D) The Election Commission
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5. Which of the following is a feature common to both the Indian Federation and the American Federation?
(A) A single citizenship (B) Dual judiciary
(C) Three Lists in the Constitution (D) A Federal Supreme Court to interpret the Constitution
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6. Who is recognised as the Father of Geometry?
(A) Pythagoras (B) Euclid
(C) Johann Kepler (D) Rene Descartes
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7. With which of the following fields is Ben Kingsley associated?
(A) Sports (B) Medical Science
(C) Motion Picture (D) Social Service
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8. Who among the following leaders was not assassinated ?
(A) Mahatma Gandhi (B) Liaqat Ali Khan
(C) Muhammed Ali Jinnah (D) Lord Louis Mountbatten
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9. When was colour TV transmission introduced in India ?
(A) 1980 (B) 1981
(C) 1982 (D) 1984
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10. Who was the founder Director of the TIFR ?
(A) S. S. Bhatnagar (B) H. J. Bhabha
(C) M. N. Saha (D) Vikram Sarabhai
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11. The expansion of D.D.T. is–
(A) Dichloro Diphenyl Trichloroethane (B) Dichloro Diamine Trichloroethane
(C) Dichloro Diphenyl Tetrachloroethane (D) None of the above
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12. Which of the following animals is a parasite?
(A) Amoeba (B) Sponge
(C) Plasmodium (D) Earthworm
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13. Which one of the. following respires by gills ?
(A) Cray-fish (B) Star-fish
(C) Silver-fish (D) Jelly-fish
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14. The book ‘Friends and Foes’ was written by–
(A) Rajmohan Gandhi (B) Sheikh Mujibur Rahman
(C) Lord Tennyson (D) Dr. S. Radhakrishnan
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15. On the lines of ‘Palace on Wheels’, a new train ‘Deccan Odyssey’ is operated between–
(A) Karnataka and Kerala (B) Kerala and Tamil Nadu
(C) Tamil Nadu and Karnataka (D) Maharashtra and Goa
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16. Which of the following statements is not correct ?
(A) A liquid is not rigid but has definite volume and intrinsic shape
(B) A gas has no rigidity, Intrinsic Shape or intrinsic volume
(C) A solid is rigid, occupies definite volume and possesses definite shape
(D) All these statements are correct
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17. What makes water a very convenient medium for chemical reactions and biological processes ?
(A) It has a low specific heat
(B) It has a reasonably long temperature range between its freezing point and boiling point
(C) It has greater density as liquid than when it is in solid state
(D) None of these
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18. Alloys in which mercury is one of the metals, are called–
(A) Amalgams (B) Emulsions
(C) Mixtures (D) Solders
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19. Which of the following factors influences the rate of chemical reactions ?
(A) Concentration of reactants (B) Presence of a catalyst
(C) Temperature (D) All of these
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20. All of the following are units of electrical measurements, except–
(A) Angstrom (B) Coulomb
(C) Ohm (D) Siemen
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21. Which is the most reactive hydrogen atom in alkanes ?
(A) Primary (B) Tertiary
(C) Secondary (D) All of these are equally reactive
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22. The extraction of metals from the sulphide ores is usually done by–
(A) Electrolysis (B) Smelting process
(C) Metal displacement method (D) Froth floatation Process
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23. Silicon Carbide is generally used as a/an–
(A) Catalyst (B) Solvent
(C) Abrasive (D) Dehydrating agent
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24. Ferro silicon is an alloy of–
(A) Iron and Silicon (B) Silicon, Tin and Zinc
(C) Iron, Silicon and Tin (D) Iron, Silicon and Zinc
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25. As the atomic number increases, electron affinity–
(A) Decreases (B) Increases
(C) Remains constant (D) Approaches infinite value
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(A) Short-term commercial borrowings (B) Non-monetary gold movements
(C) Investment income (D) Transfer payments
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2. Engel’s Law states the relationship between–
(A) quantity demanded and price of a commodity
(B) quantity demanded and price of substitutes
(C) quantity demanded and tastes of the consumers
(D) quantity demanded and income of the consumers
See Answer:
3. Which of the following is not a tool of legislative control over administration in India ?
(A) Dissolution of House (B) Resolutions
(C) Questions (D) No Confidence Motion
See Answer:
4. The writs for the enforcement of Fundamental Rights are issued by–
(A) The Parliament (D) The President
(C) The Supreme Court (D) The Election Commission
See Answer:
5. Which of the following is a feature common to both the Indian Federation and the American Federation?
(A) A single citizenship (B) Dual judiciary
(C) Three Lists in the Constitution (D) A Federal Supreme Court to interpret the Constitution
See Answer:
6. Who is recognised as the Father of Geometry?
(A) Pythagoras (B) Euclid
(C) Johann Kepler (D) Rene Descartes
See Answer:
7. With which of the following fields is Ben Kingsley associated?
(A) Sports (B) Medical Science
(C) Motion Picture (D) Social Service
See Answer:
8. Who among the following leaders was not assassinated ?
(A) Mahatma Gandhi (B) Liaqat Ali Khan
(C) Muhammed Ali Jinnah (D) Lord Louis Mountbatten
See Answer:
9. When was colour TV transmission introduced in India ?
(A) 1980 (B) 1981
(C) 1982 (D) 1984
See Answer:
10. Who was the founder Director of the TIFR ?
(A) S. S. Bhatnagar (B) H. J. Bhabha
(C) M. N. Saha (D) Vikram Sarabhai
See Answer:
11. The expansion of D.D.T. is–
(A) Dichloro Diphenyl Trichloroethane (B) Dichloro Diamine Trichloroethane
(C) Dichloro Diphenyl Tetrachloroethane (D) None of the above
See Answer:
12. Which of the following animals is a parasite?
(A) Amoeba (B) Sponge
(C) Plasmodium (D) Earthworm
See Answer:
13. Which one of the. following respires by gills ?
(A) Cray-fish (B) Star-fish
(C) Silver-fish (D) Jelly-fish
See Answer:
14. The book ‘Friends and Foes’ was written by–
(A) Rajmohan Gandhi (B) Sheikh Mujibur Rahman
(C) Lord Tennyson (D) Dr. S. Radhakrishnan
See Answer:
15. On the lines of ‘Palace on Wheels’, a new train ‘Deccan Odyssey’ is operated between–
(A) Karnataka and Kerala (B) Kerala and Tamil Nadu
(C) Tamil Nadu and Karnataka (D) Maharashtra and Goa
See Answer:
16. Which of the following statements is not correct ?
(A) A liquid is not rigid but has definite volume and intrinsic shape
(B) A gas has no rigidity, Intrinsic Shape or intrinsic volume
(C) A solid is rigid, occupies definite volume and possesses definite shape
(D) All these statements are correct
See Answer:
17. What makes water a very convenient medium for chemical reactions and biological processes ?
(A) It has a low specific heat
(B) It has a reasonably long temperature range between its freezing point and boiling point
(C) It has greater density as liquid than when it is in solid state
(D) None of these
See Answer:
18. Alloys in which mercury is one of the metals, are called–
(A) Amalgams (B) Emulsions
(C) Mixtures (D) Solders
See Answer:
19. Which of the following factors influences the rate of chemical reactions ?
(A) Concentration of reactants (B) Presence of a catalyst
(C) Temperature (D) All of these
See Answer:
20. All of the following are units of electrical measurements, except–
(A) Angstrom (B) Coulomb
(C) Ohm (D) Siemen
See Answer:
21. Which is the most reactive hydrogen atom in alkanes ?
(A) Primary (B) Tertiary
(C) Secondary (D) All of these are equally reactive
See Answer:
22. The extraction of metals from the sulphide ores is usually done by–
(A) Electrolysis (B) Smelting process
(C) Metal displacement method (D) Froth floatation Process
See Answer:
23. Silicon Carbide is generally used as a/an–
(A) Catalyst (B) Solvent
(C) Abrasive (D) Dehydrating agent
See Answer:
24. Ferro silicon is an alloy of–
(A) Iron and Silicon (B) Silicon, Tin and Zinc
(C) Iron, Silicon and Tin (D) Iron, Silicon and Zinc
See Answer:
25. As the atomic number increases, electron affinity–
(A) Decreases (B) Increases
(C) Remains constant (D) Approaches infinite value
See Answer:
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