Online General Knowledge Quizzes
1. Cell was discovered by–(A) Huxley (B) Robert Hooke
(C) Darwin (D) Robert Brown
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2. Which one of the following enzymes is found in human saliva?
(A) Pepsin (B) Ptyalin
(C) Renin (D) Erespin
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3. Which blood group is a universal donor?
(A) A (B) B
(C) AB (D) O
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4. What controls thirst?
(A) Hypothalamus (B) Liver
(C) Salivary gland (D) Ilium
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5. Nerium and Acacia are examples of–
(A) xerophytes (B) hydrophytes
(C) mesophytes (D) halophytes
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6. Which is the brightest star in the sky?
(A) Sirius (B) Alpha centauri
(C) Proxima centauri (D) Venus
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7. Which planet is known as dry planet?
(A) Mars (B) Jupiter
(C) Venus (D) Mercury
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8. The most common method to check floods is–
(A) The building of enbankments (B) Construction of dams
(C) Construction of reservoirs (D) None of these
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9. In the given map, the shaded areas show the distribution of–
(A) Bajra (B) Cotton
(C) Maize (D) Ragi
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10. An animal engraved on most of the Harappan seals in the–
(A) Humpless bull or unicorn (B) Elephant
(C) Bison (D) Tiger
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11. Which of the following is not one of the animals carved on the Sarnath Pillar?
(A) Elephant (B) Horse
(C) Deer (D) Humped bull
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12. The Mauryan Punch-marked silver coin did not carry the symbol of–
(A) Peacock (B) Cow
(C) Hill (D) Crescent
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13. In ancient India, a group of related families or community living homogeneously in a given locality was known as–
(A) Griha (B) Jana
(C) Kula (D) Grama
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14. Rig Veda is believed by historians to have been written when–
(A) It was Stone Age (B) It was Copper age
(C) It was Bronze Age (D) The Iron Age had already commenced
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15. Buddhism was divided into Mahayana and Hinayana during the reign of–
(A) The Sungas (B) The Mauryas
(C) Harshavardhana (D) Kanishka
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16. Who was the editor of the Magazine ‘Harijan’?
(A) M. K. Gandhiji (B) Tilak
(C) Bharathiyar (D) Motilal
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17. The given map refers to the kingdom of–
(A) Akbar at the time of capture of Khandesh in 1601
(B) Akbar at the time of his death in 1605
(C) Aurangzeb at the time of capture of Hyderabad
(D) Aurangzeb at the time of his death in 1707
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18. Hindu College was founded by–
(A) David Hare (B) Ram Mohan Roy
(C) Vivekanand (D) Sarojani Naidu
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19. Which one of the following is not explicitly stated in the Constitution of India but followed as a convention?
(A) The Finance Minister is to be a member of the Lower House
(B) The Prime Minister has to resign if he loses majority in the Lower House
(C) All the parts of India are to be represented in the Council of Ministers
(D) In the event of both the President and the Vice President demitting office simultaneously before the end of their tenure, the Speaker of the Lower House of Parliament will officiate as the President
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20. Education was transferred to the Concurrent List from the State List by the–
(A) 40th Amendment Act (B) 42nd Amendment Act
(C) 43rd Amendment Act (D) 39th Amendment Act
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21. In the Rajya Sabha, the States have been provided–
(A) Equal representation
(B) Representation on the basis of population
(C) Representation on the basis of population and size
(D) Representation on the basis of size
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22. The President of India is elected by the–
(A) members of the Lok Sabha
(B) members of both Houses of Parliament
(C) members of the State Legislatures
(D) elected members of both Houses of Parliament and State Assemblies
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23. Which of the following Indian company has been permitted to invest upto $1 billion in oil exploration by government of India?
(A) IOC (B) ONGC
(C) BPCL (D) HPCL
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24. ‘Celebrity status’ is high status that accrues from–
(A) High family background (B) High income
(C) High achievement (D) High occupational background
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25. When did the Reserve Bank of India become a State-owned institution?
(A) 1943 (B) 1947
(C) 1949 (D) 1952
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26. The Profit and Loss of a Partnership concern is shared among the partners–
(A) equally (B) in agreed ratio
(C) in capital ratio (D) none of these
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