Objective GK Questions For Competitive Exams

1. What is the current name of the sporting event known at the beginning as the All India Olympic Games'?
Ans: The National Games

2. In which year was the Indian Olympic Association formed?
Ans: 1927


3. The people or works that are experimental or innovative, particularly with respect to art, culture, and politics is known as ______?
Ans: Avant-garde

4. Which vitamin deficiency disease is also known in the names of 'Barlow's Disease & Cheadle's disease?
Ans: Scurvy

5. Name the most abundant protein in mammals, which is the main component of connective tissues?
Ans: Collagen

6. The famous Aga Than Award is given for the excellence in the field of ______?
Ans: Architecture

7. Which Asian city's major attraction is the Water Towers?
Ans: Kuwait City

8. What is the most widely used food additive to prevent botulism?
Ans: Sodium nitrite

9. What causes the disease of helminthiasis in humans & animals?
Ans: Parasitic worms

10. Which part of the body is affected by the Paget's disease?
Ans: Bones

11: Which country's regional airline is 'SilkAir'?
Ans: Singapore

12. Which is the largest container port in India?
Ans: Jawaharlal Nehru Port (Nhava Sheva)

13. Which country is affected by the desert wind of 'Brickfielder'?
Ans: Australia

14. Which to card in Hockey is similar to yellow card in the foot-ball?
Ans: Green card

15. Who was the first Asian to win the Nobel Prize for Peace but declined it?
Ans: Le Duc Tho (Vietnam)

16. Which American diplomat is the author of 'The White House Years'?
Ans: Henry Kissinger

17. Who is the only person in the history of America to have served as both Vice President & President without being elected to either office?
Ans: Gerald Ford

18. The economy of which European country is referred tows 'the Celtic Tiger?
Ans: Ireland

19. Which leader of the 1857 uprising had the original name of Dhondu Pant?
Ans: Nana Sahib

20. Who made the famous statement of 'Those who don't know history are doomed to repeat it'?
Ans: George Santayana

21. Which Indian artist was popularly known as ‘Aban Thakur'?
Ans: Abanindranath Tagore

22. Who was the creator of the Indian Society of Oriental' Art?
Ans: Abanindranath Tagore

23. The ISO 4217 standard of International Organization for Standardization is associated with _____?
Ans: Currency

24. Which African country's currency is Nakfa?
Ans: Eritrea

25. What is the subject matter of the scientific study of chirology?
Ans: Hands
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