General Knowledge Quiz PA / SA Examination


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General Knowledge Quiz For Competitive Exams


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1. Kimono and Geisha are two terms that are quite common in
1. Assamese
2. French
3. Russian
4. Japanese

2. The Ninth Five-year Plan aims at overall enhancement of
1. Food security
2. Infrastructure                                     
3. Human resources development 
4. Growth with social justice

3. The seawater, on an average, contains _______% salt in it.
1. 35
2. 45 
3. 3.5 
4. None of these

4. Examine the following statements:
A. The Election Commission of India is a 3-member body and this provision regarding membership is mentioned in the constitution
B. The Chief Election Commissioner can be removed only by initiating an impeachment motion.
C. The CEC does not exercise overriding authority over other members and all its decision are taken on a majority basis.
1. A and C
2. A and B
3. C only
4. A, B and C

5. Amartya Sen, an NRI who has been in news recently, is a famous
1. Scientist 
2. Economist
3. Painter
4. Industrialist

6. The Aligarh Muslim University and the Banaras Hindu University were respectively established by
1. Syed Ahmed Khan, Madan Mohan Malviya
2. Maulana Zafar Ali, Lajpat Rai
3. Syed Ahmed Khan, Swami Dayanand
4. Syed Ahmed Khan, Annie Besant
                                               
7. The Balwant Rai Mehta committee was concerned with
1. Agricultural finance
2. Panchayati Raj
3. Rural poverty 
4. Education

8. The only metal, which exists in a free state, is
1. Silver
2. Sodium 
3. Gold
4. Uranium

9. India’s maximum export earnings come from
1. Tea
2. Leather goods
3. Jewellery and gems
4. Handicrafts

10. The famous detective character Sherlock Holmes was created by
1. Connan Doyle
2. Agatha Christie
3. Hadlee Chaese
4. Pat Buchman

11. Which of the following pairs is wrong?
1. Duma : Russia
2. Diet : Japan 
3. Sansad : Nepal
4.  National Assembly : Pakistan

12. A test-tube baby is
1. Created in a test-tube in the laboratory
2. Fertilized in the laboratory and transplanted later
3. Fertilized in the body and develops outside
4. None of these

13. “Formosa” was the old name of
1. Zaire 
2. Cambodia
3. Taiwan
4. Burma

14. Camels are able to survive severe water shortage by
1. Using water present in muscles
2. Using the fat stored in the hump       
3. Reducing metabolic activity
4. Reducing water use                                            

15. The “Standard Model” is
1. A Model of the human body’s functioning                       
2. A theory regarding component fundamental particles of matter
3. A model of how the world might work in the 21st century               
4. A model of how the human society works.

16. The Indus Valley people were most famous for their
1. Town-planning system
2. Bountiful agriculture
3. Merchantile activities
4. Artistic achievements

17. The American Declaration of Independence was signed by
1. Thomas Carlyle
2. George Washington 
3. Thomas Jefferson
4. Abraham Lincoln

18. MERCOSUR is
1. A new metal 
2. A new medicine against cancer 
3. A regional economic bloc
4. A compound of mercury

19. Which poet has the distinction of penning the national anthems of two countries?
1. Kazi Nazrul Islam
2. Rabinder Nath Tagore
3. Dr. Mohd. Iqbal
4. Mohd. Ali Jinnah


20. The most commonly used gas in filling bulbs is Nitrogen. This is widely used for this purpose because
1. It is easy to obtain
2. It is chemically inactive
3. It is cheap
4. None of these

21. The famous October revolution took place
1. in 1917 in Russia
2. In 1920 in China
3. In 1868 in Japan
4. In 1949 in China

22. Who among the following people discovered the art of papermaking?
1. The Chinese
2. The Japanese 
3. The Iranians 
4. The French

23. Which among the following are Indian contributions to the world of mathematics?
           A. Zero                   B. International Number System            C. Decimal System
1. A and B
2. B and C
3. A, B and C
4. A and C
24. “The Deserted Village” is a famous poetic work by
1. Shakespeare
2. Goldsmith
3. John Keats
4. Samuel Johnson

25. Asteroids are found between the planets
1. Mars and Jupiter
2. Mercury and Venus 
3. Earth and Venus 
4. Jupiter and Saturn

26. Whose novels are characterized by an autobiographical touch?
1. Charles Dickens
2. Rabinder Nath Tagore
3. TS Eliot
4. Bertrand Russell

27. The two scientists to have won the Nobel Prizes for Peace and Science are
1. Albert Einstein and Dr. Norman Borlaugh 
2. Dr. Norman Borlaugh and Linus Pauling
3. Albert Einstein and Rudyard Kipling
4. Dr. S. Chandershekhar and Dr. Norman Borlaugh

28. The youngest woman Everester in the world is
1. Junko Tabei
2. Phu Dorjee
3. Valentina Tereshikova
4. Dicky Dolma

29. The movie, which you see in a cinema hall, involves _______ of the film characters.
1. Real motion
2. Apparent motion
3. Both 1 and 2
4. None of these

30. Which of the following is known as the Vineyard of the World?
1. Russia
2. Sweden 
3. France
4. Canada

31. “Garba” is a popular folk dance of
1. Andhra Pradesh
2. Gujarat
3. Maharashtra
4. Tamil Nadu

32. Which of these states has got the maximum cover of forests in terms of area?
1. Arunachal Pradesh 
2. Madhya Pradesh 
3. Assam
4. None of these

33. Identify the incorrect pair.
1. India Divided: Rajendra Prasad
2. An Autobiography : Maulana Azad
3. Poverty and Un-British Rule in India: Dadabhai Nauroji
4. My Experiments with Truth: Mahatma Gandhi
34. Who among the following was the first woman to preside over the Indian National Congress?
1. Mrs. Indira Gandhi
2. Mrs. Annie Bessant
3. Mrs. Sucheta Kriplani
4. Sarojini Nadu

35. “Standard and Poor’s” is a/an
1. Credit rating agency
2. Investment consultancy organization                
3. Merchant banking company
4. International-level development bank

36. Which of the following is a mode of transmission of AIDS?
a. Handshake           b. Kissing                c. Sharing meals                       d. Sharing drug-needles           e. Sex
1. b and d
2. d and e
3. c, d and e
4. b, c, d and e
37. Dendrochronology is the science of studying
1. The age of a tree
2. Caves 
3. Hair
4. Machines in motion
38. Examine the following statements:
a. If a member of the Cabinet loses a non-confidence motion on the floor of a House, the entire ministry has to resign.
b. If the Prime minister puts in his resignation, the ministry has to resign as a whole
c. A person can assume Prime-Ministership even without being a member of the Loksabha
Chose the correct set of responses:
1. A only 
2. C only
3. A and C
4. A, B and C

39. Gautam Buddha belonged to a
1. Kshatriya clan
2. Shudra clan
3. Brahmana clan
4. Vaishya clan

40. The smallest particle of matter, which exists independently and takes part in chemical reactions is called
1. Atom
2. Ion
3. Radical
4. Mole







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