General Knowledge Questions of this week
1.Which of the following countries is a land locked country in
south America?
a.Ecuador
b.Peru
c.Uruguay
d.Bolivia
ans:
2.canary Islands belongs to
a.Norway
b.Spain
c.New Zealand
d.Portugal
ans:
3.Titan is the largest natural satilite of planet
a.Mercury
b.Venus
c.Saturn
d.Neptune
ans:
4.Which of the following planets rotates clock wise?
a.Pluto
b.Jupiter
c.Venus
d.Mercury
ans:
5.A difference of 1 degree in longtitude at the Equator is equaivalent
to nearly
a.101 km
b.111 km
c.121 km
d.125 km
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6.The earliest known Indian script is
a.Mori
b.Devanagari
c.Brahmi
d.Kharosti
ans: c
7.How many times the preamble was amended
a.once
b.twice
c.thrice
d.four times
ans:
8.The term socialist was added in the Preamble by the…amendment
a.40th
b.42nd
c.44th
d.49th
ans:
9.The state with the lowest population in Inndia is
a.Goa
b.Tripura
c.Mizoram
d.Sikkim
ans:
10.Which person or organisation received the Nobel Prize three
times so far?
a.Medame Curie
b.Linus Pauling
c.Alexender Flemming
d.International Committee of the Redcross
ans: d
11.The Finance Commision is appointed for every… year
a.3
b.4
c.5
d.6
ans: c
12.Under which five year plan did agriculture show a negitive growth?
a.1st plan
b.2nd plan
c.3rd plan
d.4th plan
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13.Who is the founder of the Capital city of Agra?
a.Akbar
b.Babar
c.Sikinder Lodi
d.Mubarak Shah Sayyad
an:
14.The first tide generated electricity project was established at
a.Vizhinjam, Kerala
b.Mangalore, Karnataka
c.Paradeep, Orissa
d.Vishakapattanam
ans:
15.National Institute of Oceanography is located in:
a.Calcutta
b.Chennai
c.Mangalore
d.Panaji
ans:
16.The 2004 Olympics were held in:
a.Bangkok
b.Rome
c.Athens
d.Nagasaki
ans:
17.Who headed the committee appointed on Kargil War ?
a.Gen.V.P.Malik
b.Gen.S.K.Sinha
c.K.Subramanyam
d.K.C.Panth
ans: c
18.The C.K.Nayudu Trophy is related to the sport of
a.cricket
b.Hockey
c.Football
d.Chess
ans: a
19.New York is situated on the river
a.Hudson
b.Thames
c.Danube
d.Tigris
ans:
20.”The Woman of the Mellenium” selected by the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) is
a.Margaret Thacher
b.Hillary Clinton
c.Chandrika Kumaratunga
d.Indira Gandhi
ans: d
21.The Geneal Assembly of United Nations meets
a.Once a year
b.twice a year
c.thrice a year
d.Once in five years
ans: a
22.The “Common Wealth Games 2002” will be held in
a.Toranto
b.Manchester
c.Tokyo
d.Canberra
ans: b
23.All India Radio commenced operations in
a.1926
b.1936
c.1945
d.1947
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24.The “Killer Instinct”is written by
a.Sulakshan Mohan
b.M.K.Santanam
c.O.P.Sabharwal
d.Subash Jain
ans:
25.The Secretary- General of UN is appointed by the
a.Security Council
b.Trusteeship Council
c.General Assembly
d.World Bank
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26.Postal Voting is other wise called:
a.external voting
b.secret voting
c.plural voting
d.proxy voting
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27.The Common Wealth of Independent states (CIS)consists of ….republica?
a.10
b.11
c.12
d.13
ans: c
28.Which of the following harbours is cosidered as the world’s finest natural harbour?
a.Sydney harbour
b.Toronto harbour
c.New Jersy harbour
d.Singapore harbour
ans: a
29.Who invented Radar?
a.Henrey Backquerel
b.Max Planck
c.Robert Watson Watt
d.Humphrey Davy
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30.Sandal Wood trees are mostly found in…
a.Trophical Evergreen Forests
b.Tropical most Decidous
c.Alpine forests
d.Trophical Thorn Forests
ans:
31.The first country to legalise medically assisted suicide is
a.Switzerland
b.New Zealand
c.USA
d.Netherlands
ans:
31.India’s newsprint industry is mainly located in
a.Indore
b.Dehradun
c.Nepanagar
d.Nagpur
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32.The tomb of Babur is at
a.Kabul
b.Lahore
c.Multan
d.Larkhana
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33.The joint session of the two houses is presided by
a.the speaker
b.the president
c.chairman of Rajyasabha
d.none of these
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34.The Gandhara school of Art was influenced most by the
a.Greeks
b.Shakas
c.persians
d.Kushans
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35.The Simon Commission was appointed in
a.1927
b.1928
c.1929
d.1930
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36.Sikkim became a full fledged state of the I ndian Union, in the year ?
a.1972
b.1973
c.1974
d.1975
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37.Who is the founder of Mahabalipuram ?
a.Rajaraja Chola
b.Mahendra Varman
c.Narsimha Varman
d.Narsimha Chola
ans:
38.The 189th member of United Nations is
a.Palau
b.Tuvalu
c.Soloman Islands
d.Nauru
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39.When was Burma seperated from India
a.1947
b.1942
c.1937
c.1932
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40.Which of the following country has more than 55,000 lakes?
a.Poland
b.Denmark
c.Finland
d.Norway
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41.Where is India’s National Institute of Sports situated?
a.Bhopal
b.Patiala
c.Lucknow
d.Amritsar
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42.Name the first woman of Sahitya Academy award ?
a.Amrita Pritam
b.Sarojini Naidu
c.Mahasweta Devi
d.Manjula Padmanabhan
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43.Which nation is called the land of Golden Fleece ?
a.Canada
b.Australia
c.Norway
d.North Korea
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44…. is called the father of Medicine?
a.Henemann
b.Aristotle
c.Hippocrates
d.Darwin
Answewrs :
1. ans: d
2. ans: b 3. ans: c4. ans: c5. ans: b6. ans: c7. ans: a 8. ans: b9. ans: d 10. ans: d |
11. ans: c 12. ans: c
13. ans: c14. ans: a15. ans: d16. ans: c17. ans: c18. ans: a 19. ans: a 20. ans: d |
21. ans: a 22. ans: b
23. ans: b24. ans: c25. ans: c26. ans: d 27. ans: c 28. ans: a 29. ans: c 30. ans: d |
31. ans: d
31. ans: c 32. ans: a 33. ans: a 34. ans: a 35. ans: c 36. ans: d 37. ans: c 38. ans: b 39. ans: c |
40. ans: c
41. ans: b42. ans: a 43. ans: b 44. ans: a |