General Knowledge PSC Questions & Answers

1. Who is known as 'the Spiritual Father of Indian National Movement'? 
Ans: Swami Vivekananda

2. What secret plan is famous in the codename of 'Operation Barbarossa' in the world history during Second World War? 
Ans: Germany's invasion of Soviet Union

3. Which disease is referred to as 'the Saudi SARS'? 
Ans: Germany's invasion of Soviet Union

4. Which disease's peculiar feature is the Strawberry Tongue' in children? 
Ans: Kawasaki Disease

5. Who is the author of the famous novel 'The Kite Runner'? 
Ans: Khaled Hosseini

6. Which elements are the constituents of Phosphor bronze, used for springs and bolts? 
Ans: Copper, Tin & Phosphorus

7. Which chemical is also known in the names of 'Water glass & Liquid glass'? 
Ans: Sodium silicate

8. What is the unit of mutual inductance & self inductance? 
Ans: Henry

9. Which web browser was created in 2002 under the name 'Phoenix'? 
Ans: Mozilla Firefox

10. What is also known as 'Intercalary & Bissextile year'? 
Ans: A leap year

11. Which world famous Canadian telecommunication & wireless equipment company's former name was 'Research in Motion Limited (RIM)'? 
Ans: Black Berry Limited

12. Which agency of United Nations is behind the concept of Globally Important Agricultural Heritage Systems (GIAHS)? 
Ans: Food & Agriculture Organisation

13. What is the name of the inland tax on the sale, or production for sale, of specific goods or a tax on goods produced for sale within a country? 
Ans: Excise Duty

14. Moody's, Standard & Poor (S&P), and Fitch are the world's leading _____?  
Ans: Credit Rating Agencies

15. What is the name of the electronic messaging system to send unsolicited messages, especially advertising? 
Ans: Spamming

16. The Sexual Harassment of Women at Workplace (Prevention, prohibition & Redressal) Act is popularly known as? 
Ans: The Vaishaka Guidelines

17. Which major English professional football club has the nickname of 'the Gunners'? 
Ans: Arsenal Football Club

18. Which device is used in the automobiles to convert toxic pollutants in exhaust gas to less toxic pollutants? 
Ans: Catalytic Converter

19. What are Barnacle Bill, Big Joe, Block Island and Yogi? 
Ans: Different rocks on Mars

20. Which Congress President of the British origin wrote the memoirs 'Indian & Home Memories'? 
Ans: Henry Cotton

21. Where is India's famous Coin Museum situated? 
Ans: Nasik

22. In which name was Chandra Mohan Jain famous throughout the world? Ans: Osho Rajneesh.

23. Who is the author of 'Indira Gandhi-An Intimate Biography'? 
Ans: Pupul Jayakar

24. Who served as the 'Cultural Adviser' to the former Prime Ministers Indira Gandhi & Rajiv Gandhi? 
Ans: Pupul Jayakar

25. Which Indian cultural activist founded National Crafts Museum and National Institute of Fashion Technology (New Delhi)? 
Ans: Pupul Jayakar 

26. Which chemical element has the same crystal structure of diamond?
Ans: Germanium

27. What is measured by using a scintillating counter?
Ans: Ionizing radiation

28. Which national leader's resting place is 'Sangharsh Sthal’?
Ans: Devi Lal

29. Which Prime Minder of India was an expert in various languages and who can speak 17 languages?
Ans: P V Narasimha Rao

30. Name the newspaper owned by the former Rajya Sabha MP Shobhana   
Bhartia?
Ans: Hindustan Times 
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