General Knowledge Quiz with Answers

General Knowledge Quiz with Answers

1. Allopatric speciation is due to–
(A) Mutation (B) Geographical separation of population
(C) Migration of members of species from one to other populations (D) None of these
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2. Cell organelle, which is regarded as ‘Powerhouse’ of cell is–
(A) Mitochondria (B) Ribosomes
(C) Plastids (D) Endoplasmic reticulum
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3. The vitamin generally excreted in the human urine is—
(A) Vitamin A (B) Vitamin D
(C) Vitamin C (D) None of these
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4. Fatigue occurs due to–
(A) heavy work (B) deposition of lactic acid in muscles
(C) less intake of food (D) loss of appetite
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5. Who is known as the father of Ayurveda?
(A) Charaka (B) Chankya
(C) Kripalmuni (D) Ravana
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6. How many satellites does Venus have?
(A) 12 (B) 16
(C) zero (D) 2
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7. Which soil is spread over large areas of Northern Plains?
(A) Alluvial Soil (B) Laterite Soil
(C) Black Soil (D) Red-Yellow Soil
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8. Which one of the following is a land-locked country?
(A) Angola (B) Mozambique
(C) Namibia (D) Zimbabwe
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9. Which one of the following commercial crops is grown in the shaded areas of the above map?
(A) Coffee (B) Jute
(C) Tea (D) Cotton
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10. The Great Bath of the Indus Valley Civilisation was found at–
(A) Mohenjodaro (B) Harappa
(C) Lothal (D) Kalibangan
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11. Chinese pilgrim who visited India during Harsha Vardhan’s period was–
(A) Fa-hien (B) I’tsing
(C) Nishka (D) Hiuen-T-Sang
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12. Alberuni came to India with–
(A) Mahmud of Ghazni (B) Alexander
(C) Babur (D) Timur
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13. The introduction of Buddhism into China is traditionally attributed to–
(A) Kashyapa Matanga (B) Nagarjuna
(C) Samprati (D) None of these
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14. Ashoka’s Dhamma should be interpreted as–
(A) an attitude of social responsibility
(B) a synonyms for Buddhism
(C) declarations of the kings as a lay Buddhist to the Buddhist Sangha
(D) Piety resulting from good deeds inspired formal religious beliefs
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15. The Indian Territory under the French possession was–
(A) Goa (B) Andaman
(C) Chandranagore (D) Daman
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16. “Swaraj is my birth right and I shall have it.” This was advocated by–
(A) Lala Lajpat Rai (B) Lokmanya Tilak
(C) Mahatma Gandhi (D) Sardar Patel
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17. The writer of ‘Meghdoot’ was–
(A) Kalidas (B) Patanjali
(C) Vishakhadutt (D) Nagarjun
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18. When did India get her freedom?
(A) 1946 A.D. (B) 1947 A.D.
(C) 1945 A.D. (D) 1931 A.D.
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19. The Constitutional Amendment by which the age for voting has been revised from 21 years to 18 years is–
(A) 51st (B) 56th
(C) 61st (D) 64th
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20. To gullotine the demands for grants in Lok Sabha means–
(A) Rejecting the demands
(B) To vote on the demands without discussion on them
(C) To approve the expenditure proposals
(D) To defer consideration of the expenditure
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21. Who among the following are not entitled to cast their votes by postal ballot?
(A) Officials on election duty
(B) Members of the armed forces
(C) Indian nationals settled abroad
(D) Foreign service personnel when abroad
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22. The basic parameters of India’s Foreign Policy were laid down by–
(A) Dr. Rajendra Prasad (B) Dr. Radhakrishnan
(C) Jawaharlal Nehru (D) Dr. Zakir Husain
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23. CD23 is a–
(A) Protein, which is responsible for trigering food allergy in humans
(B) This protein is found in a person’s intestinal track
(C) A protein associated with allergic reactions
(D) All of them
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24. When was the National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development (NABARD) set up?
(A) 1935 (B) 1956
(C) 1964 (D) 1982
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25. The National Income of a nation is–
(A) Governments annual income (B) Sum total of factor income
(C) Surplus of public sector undertakings (D) Export minus imports
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