GK TEST

1. Out of four Hindu Dhams, three are dedicated to lord Vishnu & one to lord Shiva. Which one is dedicated to lord Shiva ? (A) Puri (B) Dwarka (C) Badrinath (D) Rameshwaram Ans. (D) Rameshwaram 2. By mixing equal amount of Blue and Yellow colours, which colour will result ? (A) Green (B) Purple (C) Orange (D) Brown Ans. (A) Green 3. Which freedom fighter is also known as Lokmanya ? (A) Gopal Krishan Gokhle (B) Jai Praksha Narain (C) Bal Gangadhar Tilak (D) Lala Lajpat Rai Ans. (C) Bal Gangadhar Tilak 4. By how many hours Indian Standard Time (IST) is ahead of Greenwich Mean Time (GMT) ? (A) 4:00 Hours (B) 4:30 Hours (C) 5:00 Hours (D) 5:30 Hours Ans. (D) 5:30 Hours 5. Crescograph, a device for measuring growth in plants, was invented by which Indian scientist ? (A) Jagadish Chandra Bose (B) Satyendra Nath Bose (C) Jayant Narlikar (D) Meghnad Saha Ans. (A) Jagadish Chandra Bose 6. On August 8, 1942, in which city Indian National Congress passed Quit India Resolution ? (A) Karachi (B) Mumbai (C) Kolkata (D) Lucknow Ans. (B) Mumbai 7. Where is the Indira Point, the southernmost point of land in the territory of India, situated ? (A) Lakshadweep (B) Andaman & Nicobar Islands (C) Kerala (D) Tamilnadu Ans. (B) Andaman & Nicobar Islands 8. In history, how do we better know Mughal empress Arjumand Banu Begum ? (A) Mumtaz (B) Noorjahan (C) Hazrat Mahal (D) Manmati Ans. (A) Mumtaz 9. What line connects the points on a map that have the same temprature ? (A) Isobar (B) Isohel (C) Isotherm (D) Isohume Ans. (C) Isotherm 10. In which river is India’s largest riverine island Majuli is situated ? (A) Ganga (B) Brahmaputra (C) Mahanadi (D) Godavari Ans. (B) Mrahmaputra 11. What is the observation that `Supply creates its own demand’ is popularly called ? (A) Gresham’s Law (B) Murphy’s Law (C) Say’s Law (D) Parkinson’s Law Ans. (C) Say’s Law 12. In 1916, who founded Banaras Hindu University in Varanasi ? (A) Annie Besant (B) Madan Mohan Malaviya (C) Syed Ahmed Khan (D) S.Radhakrishnan Ans. (B) Madan Mohan Malaviya 13. Who was the first Jain Tirthankar ? (A) Rishabh Dev (B) Neminath (C) Parshavnath (D) Mahavir Ans. (A) Rishabh Dev 14. Where are the headquarters of the Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) situated ? (A) Geneva (B) Vienna (C) Brussels (D) The Hague Ans. (B) Vienna 15. Which blood group is universal donor ? (A) A (B) B (C) AB (D) O Ans. (D) O 16. Who directed 8 Oscar awards winning film ‘Slumdog Millionaire’ ? (A) Danny Boyle (B) David Fincher (C) Stephen Daldry (D) Ron Howard Ans. (A) Danny Boyle 17. Who became the first space tourist on 28 April, 2001 ? (A) Dennis Tito (B) Mark Shuttleworth (C) Gregory Olsen (D) Anousheh Ansari Ans. (A) Dennis Tito 18. Khajuraho temples were built by rulers of which dynasty ? (A) Chola (B) Pallava (C) Chandela (D) Chalukya Ans. (C Chandela 19. The book `Beyond The Last Blue Mountain’ written by R.M.Lala is the biography of which industrialist ? (A) G.D.Birla (B) Dhirubhai Ambani (C) Jamnalal Bajaj (D) J.R.D.Tata Ans. (D) J.R.D. Tata 20. Which city will host Winter Olympics in 2010 ? (A) Turin (Italy) (B) Sochi (Russia) (C) Vancouver (Canada) (D) Salt Lake City (USA) Ans. (C) Vancouver (Canada) 21. Which term is used to describe the rearing of silkworms for the production of raw silk ? (A) Sericulture (B) Viticulture (C) Horticulture (D) Apiculture Ans. (A) Sericulture 22. Which metal is the best conductor of electric current ? (A) Copper (B) Gold (C) Silver (D) Aluminium Ans. (C) Silver 23. What is the popular name of Ascorbic acid ? (A) Vitamin A (B) Vitamin B (C) Vitamin C (D) Vitamin D Ans. (C) Vitamin C 24. Who was the first person to address the United Nations in Hindi ? (A) Morarji Desai (B) Atal Behari Vajpayee (C) V.P.Singh (D) P.V.Narasimha Rao Ans. (B) Atal Behari Vajpayee 25. Which imaginary line, located at zero degrees latitude, divides the earth into Northern and Southern hemispheres ? (A) Prime Meridian (B) Equator (C) Tropic of Cancer (D) Tropic of Capricorn Ans. (B) Equator 26. Which city did Sikandar Lodi found in 1504 on the banks of Yamuna river ? (A) Agra (B) Mathura (C) Delhi (D) Allahabad Ans. (A) Agra 27. Who coined the name `Pakistan’ ? (A) Muhammad Ali Jinnah (B) Allama Iqbal (C) Liaquat Ali Khan (D) Chaudhary Rahmat Ali Ans. (D) Choudhary Rahmat Ali 28. Vishvambhar Mishra was the original name of which spiritual guru ? (A) Swami Vivekanand (B) Chaitanya Mahaprabhu (C) Swami Dayanand Saraswati (D) Swami Prabhupada Ans. (B) Chaitanya Mahaprabhu 29. At the time of independence, who was the president of Indian National Congress ? (A) Mahatma Gandhi (B) Jawahar Lal Nehru (C) Sardar Patel (D) J.B.Kriplani Ans. (D) J. B. Kriplani 30. In 1958, who became the first Indian to receive Raman Magsaysay Award ? (A) Vinoba Bhave (B) Baba Amte (C) Satyajit Ray (D) Jai Prakash Narain Ans. (A) Vinoba Bhave 31. Which co-founder of Infosys, wrote the book `Imagining India : Ideas for the New Century’ ? (A) N.R.Narayan Murthy (B) N.S.Raghavan (C) Nandan Nilekani (D) Kris Gopalakrishnan Ans. (C) Nandan Nilekani 32. What is the scientific name of Vinegar ? (A) Citric Acid (B) Acetic Acid (C) Lactic Acid (D) Tartaric Acid Ans. (B) Acetic Acid 33. Who is the ex-officio chairman of Rajya Sabha ? (A) President (B) Vice President (C) Prime Minister (D) Lok Sabha Speaker Ans. (B) Vice President 34. In 2008, who became the first Indian to win an individual gold medal in the Olympic Games ? (A) Abhinav Bindra (B) Vijender Kumar (C) Leander Paes (D) Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore Ans. (A) Abhinav Bindra 35. Which film star founded the Telugu Desham Party ? (A) N.T.Rama Rao (B) M.G.Ramachandran (C) Sivaji Ganesan (D) J.Jayalalithaa Ans. (A) N. T. Rama Rao 36. Who was the first Indian woman to win Miss Universe title in 1994 ? (A) Lara Dutta (B) Reita Faria (C) Aishwarya Rai (D) Sushmita Sen Ans. (D) Sushmita Sen 37. Which is the largest brackish water lake in India ? (A) Wular Lake, (B) Pulicat Lake (C) Kaliveli Lake (D) Chilka Lake Ans. (D) Chilka Lake 38. How do we better know playback singer Kedarnath Bhattacharya ? (A) Shaan (B) Lucky Ali (C) Kumar Sanu (D) Kishore Kumar Ans. (C) Kumar Sanu 39. Which scientist is known as the Father of the Green Revolution in India ? (A) Verghese Kurien (B) M.S.Swaminathan (C) Raja Ramanna (D) A.P.J.Abdul Kalam Ans. (B) M. S. Swaninathan 40. Which city is served by Jolly Grant Airport ? (A) Jaipur (B) Lucknow (C) Chandigarh (D) Dehradun Ans. (D) Dehradun 41. In 2007, which state re-established its Vidhan Parishad (Legislative Council) after a gap of 22 years ? (A) Rajasthan (B) Madhya Pradesh (C) Andhra Pradesh (D) Tamil Nadu Ans. (C) Andhra Prodesh 42. Which unit is used to measure the intensity of sound ? (A) Decibel (B) Ampere (C) Parsec (D) Tesla Ans. (A) Decibel 43. Who wrote the patriotic song `Saare Jahan Se Achcha’ ? (A) Rabindranath Tagore (B) Bankim Chandra Chatterjee (C) Muhammad Iqbal (D) Kavi Pradeep Ans. (C) Muhammad Iqbal 44. In which town of Uttar Pradesh did Gautam Buddha attain Mahaparinirvana (salvation) ? (A) Lumbini (B) Kushinagar (C) Nanded (D) Pavapuri Ans. (B) Kushinagar 45. Who presides over the joint sittings of both houses of Parliament ? (A) President (B) Prime Minister (C) Lok Sabha Speaker (D) Rajya Sabha Speaker Ans. (C) Lok Sabha Speaker 46. Nathu La Pass, located in Sikkim, connects India with which country ? (A) Nepal (B) Bhutan (C) Myanmar (D) China Ans. (C) China 47. Who is the only Indian batsman to score Triple Century in Test Cricket ? (A) Sunil Gavaskar (B) Sachin Tendulkar (C) V.V.S.Laxman (D) Virender Sehwag Ans. (D) Virender Sehwag 48. In which hill station is the Himalayan Mountaineering Institute (HMI) located ? (A) Darjeeling (B) Srinagar (C) Nainital (D) Shimla Ans. (A) Darjeeling 49. What term is used to refer the large number which is formed by writing digit 1 followed by 100 zeros ? (A) Billion (B) Trillion (C) Octillion (D) Googol Ans. (D) Googol 50. Zakumi, a leopard, is the official mascot of which tournament ? (A) Commonwealth Games 2010 (B) FIFA Football World Cup 2010 (C) Cricket World Cup 2011 (D) Olympic Games 2012 Ans. (B) FIFA Football World Cup 2010