Online General Knowledge Quiz with Answers

Online General Knowledge Quiz with Answers

1. Cell Theory was given by–
(A) Robert Brown (B) Robert Hooke
(C) Schleiden and Schwann (D) Huxley
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2. Which one of the following fertilizers has the maximum percentage of nitrogen?
(A) Ammonium sulphate (B) Urea
(C) Calcium cyanamide (D) Calcium ammonium nitrate
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3. What is the normal level of hemoglobin present in the blood?
(A) 5.0-9.0 g/dl (B) 10-14.5 g/dl
(C) 12-19.5 g/dl (D) 13-18.5 g/dl
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4. Trypsin is a–
(A) hormone (B) vitamin
(C) enzyme (D) mineral
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5. Light from the nearest star (other than the sun) reaches the earth in–
(A) 42 years (B) 42 seconds
(C) 4.2 years (D) 4.2 seconds
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6. Which planet is known as the dead world?
(A) Pluto (B) Neptune
(C) Venus (D) Mercury
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7. Which one of the following is the most flood prone basin of India?
(A) The Ganga basin (B) The Brahmaputra basin
(C) The Subarnrekha basin (D) The Baitarni basin
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8. Cash crops of India include–
(A) paddy and jawar (B) maize, jawar and paddy
(C) cotton and sugarcane (D) bajra and paddy
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9. The Indus valley civilization was essentially–
(A) a pastoral civilization (B) an urban civilization
(C) a semi-urban civilization (D) a rural civilization
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10. What was the capital of Kushanas under Kanishka?
(A) Mathura (B) Peshawar
(C) Kashmir (Kanishkpura) (D) both (A) and (B)
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11. The edicts of Ashoka emphasise–
(A) Catalogue of Conquests (B) Extent of the empire
(C) Pronouncements of policy (D) Self glorification
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12. The head of the University of Nalanda was the great Bengali Scholar–
(A) Nagarjuna (B) Basubandhu
(C) Sheelabhadra (D) Shreenjan Atisha
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13. Token currency was introduced for the first time in India by–
(A) Ala-ud-din Khilji (B) Firuz Shah Tughluq
(C) Ghiyas-ud-din Tughluq (D) Muhammed-bin Tughluq
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14. Which of the following dynasties did not rule Vijayanagar?
(A) Saluva (B) Tuluva
(C) Hoysala (D) Aravidu
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15. In which year did the Congress Party form the Government under the British Rule?
(A) 1937 (B) 1939
(C) 1936 (D) 1938
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16. Which one of the following Maha-janpadas did exist during 600 B.C. in the marked area in the given map?
(A) Asmaka (B) Avanti
(C) Kamboja (D) Matsya
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17. Mohammadan Anglo-Oriental College, founded by Sir Sayyad Ahmed Khan is now known as–
(A) Agra University (B) Banaras University
(C) Aligarh Muslim University (D) St. Stephans
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18. The parliamentary systems of India and of Britain differ on the account of–
(A) Bicameral legislature
(B) System of collective responsibility
(C) The system of judicial review
(D) The Prime Minister is separately elected by people
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19. In a parliamentary form of government, the executive is responsible to the–
(A) People (B) President
(C) Legislature (D) Judiciary
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20. Parliament can legislate on matters listed in the State list–
(A) With the prior permission of the President
(B) Only after the Constitution is amended suitably
(C) In class of inconsistency among State legislations
(D) At the request of two or more States
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21. In which State is the Autonomous Hill Council a dominant unit of local government?
(A) Arunachal Pradesh (B) Himachal Pradesh
(C) Jammu and Kashmir (D) West Bengal
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22. Which of the following committee was formed to inquire into the disappearance of Netaji Subhash Chandra bose?
(A) Mukherjee Committee (B) Chatterjee Committee
(C) Bose Committee (D) Ansari Committee
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23. The broad meaning of sanskritization is–
(A) Horizontal mobility (B) Cultural upward mobility
(C) Structural mobility (D) Parochialisation
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24. Public goods are those which–
(A) Are brought by members of the public as distinct from the government
(B) Are produced by a public company as distinct from a nationalised industry
(C) Are cheap but not of good quality
(D) Are consumed collectively by the community
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25. Cash paid to the creditors can be calculated from–
(A) Debtors account (B) Creditors account
(C) Balance Sheet (D) Bank account
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