General Knowledge Exam Practice Questions


1. Who issued the Jewish Copper Plate of 1000 AD?
Ans: Bhaskara Ravi Varman

2. Which country is known as 'the land of rivers and distributories'?
Ans: Bangladesh

3. The largest Hindu temple complex in the world Angkor Wat is situated in which country?
Ans: Cambodia

4. Which country is the sole member from Asia in the G-8 group?
Ans: Japan

5. The largest Buddhist monument in the world Borobudur situated in? 
Ans: Indonesia

6. Zionism is the movement of which religious sect?
Ans: Jews

7. Which is the largest landlocked country in the world?
Ans: Kazhakstan

8. Who was the first Prime Minister of Sri Lanka?
Ans: Don Stephen

9. Which is the only country in south east Asia that never has been under the European colonial rule?
Ans: Thailand

10. What is the name of the organisation founded by Wangart Mathai for the protection of environment?
Ans: Green Belt Movement

11. The United Nations Conference on Environment and Development, which was held in Rio de Janeiro in 1992 is popularly known as?  
Ans: Earth Summit

12. The movement that practices the Gandhian methods of Satyagraha and non-violent resistance, through the act of hugging trees to protect them from being felled is ____?
Ans: The Chipco Movement

13. The International Agreement dealing with substances that deplete the Ozone Layer is known as?
Ans: Montreal Protocol

14. What was the name of the supercontinent that existed about 300 million years ago?
Ans: Pangaea

15. After which mythological characters' names did the Solar Systems planets are named?
Ans: The gods of Olympus

16. Which planets in the Solar System are devoid of natural satellites?
Ans: Mercury and Venus

17. When a planet comes between the Sun and the Earth, it is called?
Ans: Transit

18. Which planet's day is longer than its year?
Ans: Venus

19. The exquisite bronze statues of Nataraja and other deities were originated during the period of?
Ans: The Cholas

20. The chemical that used to prevent blood clotting in the blood banks is?
Ans: Sodium Citrate

21. The last Sultanate Dynasty of Delhi was?
Ans: Lodhi

22. Tehri Dam is across the river? 
Ans: Bhagirathi

23. The last Mughal ruler was:
Ans: Bahadur Shah II  

24. Who is known as the 'Father of Indian Planning'?
Ans: M.Visvesarayya

25. World Trade Organisation Came into being on?
Ans: January 1, 1995

26. Prasar Bharati was instituted in the year?
Ans: November 1997

27. South and Little Andaman are seperated by?
Ans: Duncan Passage

28. Ahmedabad is on the banks of which river?
Ans: Sabarmati

29. What is known as 'fruit sugar'?
Ans: Fructose

30. Which is the antiseptic present in honey?
Ans: Hydrogen peroxide

31. Which gases are the constituents of the Ammonia?
Ans: Nitrogen and hydrogen

32. What is produced through the Haber Bosch process?
Ans: Ammonia

33. When copper sulfate is mixed with lime, it is known as?
Ans: Bordeaux mixture

34. What is the most common use of Bordeaux mixture?
Ans: Fungicide

35. As highly reactive and flammable, which metal is typically stored in mineral oil?
Ans: Lithium 
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