GK QUIZ MIX

·                     Which one of the following was the last Buddhist text published in India ?
a) Divya Vandana
b) Dohakosa
c) Vajrachedika
d) Vamsathapakasini

Ans. d

·                     Arthasastra was Written by :
a) Dhanananda
b) Kautilya
c) Bimbisara
d) Pushyamitra

Ans. b

·                     Who translated Ramayan into Persian ?
a) Abul Fazl
b) Badauni
c) Abdul Latif
d) Isar Das

Ans. b

·                     Which one of the following is a major port on the east coast of India ?
a) Vishakhapatnam
b) Kandla
c) Puddichery
d) Karikal

Ans. a

·                     The approximate circumference of the Earth is :
a) 13000 km
b) 25000 km
c) 30000 km
d) 20000 km

Ans. c

·                     When did India join the international tsunami warning system ?
a) 2004
b) 2005
c) 2006
d) 2007

Ans. b

·                     'Cod' is the variety of :
a) Goat
b) Crop
c) Fish
d) Coral

Ans. c

·                     The All India Muslim League was founded by :
a) Maulana Ahmed Ali
b) Mohammad Ali Jinnah
c) Agha Khan
d) Hakim Ajmal Khan

Ans. c

·                     Golden Revolution Refers to :
a) Sericulture
b) Horticulture
c) Apiculture
d) Viticulture

Ans. b

·                     The Poison of Honey bee is :
a) Acidic
b) Alkaline
c) Saltish
d) Protien

Ans. a

GK TEST 8

Q1. Which gas is used to disinfect water in swimming pools ?
(A) Hydrogen
(B) Nitrogen
(C) Chlorine
(D) Oxygen

Q2. ’Royal Bengal’, ‘Sumatran’, ‘Malayan’ and ‘Siberian’ are the species of which member of cat family ?
(A) Lion
(B) Tiger
(C) Leopard
(D) Jaguar

Q3. Which was the first state in the India to be formed on a purely linguistic basis, in 1953 ?
(A) Punjab
(B) Gujarat
(C) Andhra Pradesh
(D) Tamil Nadu

Q4. Which 19th century social reformer from Maharashtra was popularly known as ‘Lokhitwadi’ ?
(A) Mahadev Govind Ranade
(B) Dhondo Keshav Karve
(C) Mahatma Jyotirao Phule
(D) Gopal Hari Deshmukh


Q5. In humans, which protein transports oxygen from the lungs to the rest of body ?
(A) Lectin
(B) Keratin
(C) Collagen
(D) Hemoglobin


Q6. The union territory of Andaman & Nicobar Islands is under the jurisdiction of which High Court ?
(A) Orissa High Court
(B) Andhra Pradesh High Court
(C) Kolkata High Court
(D) Madras High Court

Q7. Ganymede, the largest natural satellite in the Solar System, is a natural satellite (moon) of which planet ?
(A) Mars
(B) Jupiter
(C) Saturn
(D) Uranus

Q8. Which princely state was the first to be annexed to the British East India Company under the Doctrine of Lapse policy, devised by Lord Dalhousie ?
(A) Satara
(B) Sambalpur
(C) Jhansi
(D) Awadh

Q9. Which water body seprates the Africa from the Europe ?
(A) Suez Canal
(B) Panama Canal
(C) Palk Strait
(D) Strait of Gibraltar


Q10. Which American President in his famous Gettysberg speech defined democracy as the ‘government of the people, by the people, for the people’ ?
(A) Abraham Lincoln
(B) George Washington
(C) John F. Kennedy
(D) Theodore Roosevelt

Q11. What is the popular name of Sodium Chloride ?
(A) Epsom Salt
(B) Common Salt
(C) Baking Soda
(D) Washing Soda

Q12. ’Satyameva Jayate’, the national motto of India, has been teken from which Upanishad ?
(A) Kena
(B) Katha
(C) Mundaka
(D) Aitareya

Q13. On the banks of which river is the city of Jammu, the winter capital of Jammu & Kashmir, situated ?
(A) Ravi
(B) Tawi
(C) Tapti
(D) Gomti

Q14. How do we better know social activist Murlidhar Devidas, the founder of leprosy rehabilitation center ‘Anandvan’ in Maharashtra ?
(A) Baba Amte
(B) Vinoba Bhave
(C) Swami Ramdev
(D) Swami Agnivesh

Q15. Which passenger train service connects Kolkata (India) with Dhaka (Bangladesh) ?
(A) Thar Express
(B) Samjhauta Express
(C) Maitreyi Express
(D) Himsagar Express

Q16. To the Greeks, which Maurya ruler was known as ‘Sandrokottos’ ?
(A) Bindusara
(B) Ashok the Great
(C) Chandragupta Maurya
(D) Dasaratha Maurya

Q17. In 1998, which internet search engine company was co-founded by Larry Page and Sergey Brin ?
(A) Google
(B) Alta Vista
(C) Yahoo
(D) Lycos

Q18. ’By God’s Decree’, ‘Cricket my style’ and ‘Straight from the Heart’ are the autobiographies of which Indian cricketer ?
(A) Sunil Gavaskar
(B) Ajit Wadekar
(C) Sandeep Patil
(D) Kapil Dev


Q19. On 21st July 1969, at which site did Neil Armstrong set his foot on the Moon ?
(A) Sea of Waves
(B) Sea of Clouds
(C) Sea of Serenity
(D) Sea of Tranquility


Q20. Due to its ability to dissolve glass, which acid is not kept in glass container ?
(A) Nitric Acid
(B) Sulphuric Acid
(C) Hydrochloric Acid
(D) Hydrofluoric Acid



Q21. Which state is known as the ‘Spice Garden of India’ ?
(A) Kerala
(B) Karnataka
(C) Andhra Pradesh
(D) Tamil Nadu

Q22. Which Marathi newspaper is the mouthpiece of Shiv Sena ?
(A) Saamna
(B) Sakal
(C) Lokmat
(D) Loksatta

Q23. Constituting about 78% by volume, which is the most abundant gas in the Earth’s atmosphere ?
(A) Argon
(B) Oxygen
(C) Nitrogen
(D) Carbon dioxide

Q24. Koyna Hydroelectric Power Project constructed over Koyna river, a tributary of Krishna river, is located in which state ?
(A) Karnataka
(B) Maharashtra
(C) Andhra Pradesh
(D) Madhya Pradesh

Q25. For Lok Sabha, how many members from the Anglo-Indian community are nominated by the President of India ?
(A) 1
(B) 2
(C) 3
(D) 4

Q26. The Grand Trunk Road (GT Road), running from Peshawar in Pakistan to Sonargaon in Bangladesh, was built by which ruler ?
(A) Babur
(B) Akbar
(C) Sher Shah Suri
(D) Humayun

Q27. Which American swimmer created history by winning 8 gold medals in Beijing Olympic 2008, the most gold medals by an individual at a single Olympic ?
(A) Carl Lewis
(B) Paavo Nurmi
(C) Mark Spitz
(D) Michael Phelps


Q28. Which Muslim social reformer founded the Aligarh Muslim University, originally known as Mohammeden Anglo-Oriental College, in 1875 ?
(A) Zakir Hussain
(B) Hakim Ajmal Khan
(C) Syed Ahmed Khan
(D) Maulana Abul Kalam Azad

Q29. Which chennai born writer won the Booker Prize 2008 for his debut novel ‘The White Tiger’ ?
(A) V.S.Naipaul
(B) Amitav Ghosh
(C) Salman Rushdie
(D) Aravind Adiga


Q30. ’Fight the guerrilla as a guerrilla’ is the motto of which miltary academy ?
(A) National Defence Academy
(B) Indian Military Academy
(C) Defence Services Staff College
(D) Counterinsurgency & Jungle Warfare School



Q31. Who was the first Indian woman to win Miss Asia Pacific title in 1970 ?
(A) Rita Faria
(B) Zeenat Aman
(C) Tara Anne Fonseca
(D) Diya Mirza

Q32. Who wrote India’s natinal song the ‘Vande Mataram’, which first appeared in the book ‘Anandmath’ ?
(A) Rabindranath Tagore
(B) Bankimchandra Chatterjee
(C) Mohammed Iqbal
(D) Kavi Pradeep

Q33. How many times Equinox, when Sun is vertically above the Earth’s equator and the day & night are equally long, occurs in a year ?
(A) Two
(B) Three
(C) Four
(D) Not fixed

Q34. After attaining enlightenment, where did Gautama Buddha deliver his first sermon ‘Dharamachakra Pravartan’ (set in motion Wheel of Law) ?
(A) Bodh Gaya (Bihar)
(B) Sarnath (U.P.)
(C) Kushinagar (U.P.)
(D) Sanchi (M.P.)

Q35. Which Asian country is known as the ‘Land of the White Elephants’ ?
(A) Thailand
(B) Indonesia
(C) Malaysia
(D) Singapore

Q36. Who is the first chief of the National Investigation Agency (NIA), set up recently to investigate terror-related cases across the country ?
(A) K.C.Verma
(B) N.P.S.Aulakh
(C) Radha Vinod Raju
(D) Ashwani Kumar

Q37. Who invented Smallpox Vaccine ?
(A) Jonas Salk
(B) Frederick Banting
(C) Edward Jenner
(D) Louis Pasteur

Q38. Which freedom fighter authored ‘Gita Rahasya’, a commentary on Bhagvad Gita, during his imprisonment at Mandalay in Myanmar ?
(A) Vinoba Bhave
(B) Mahatma Gandhi
(C) C.Rajagopalachari
(D) Bal Gangadhar Tilak


Q39. Considered as the symbol of peace, two branches of which tree are depicted on the United Nations (UN) flag ?
(A) Neem
(B) Mango
(C) Olive
(D) Eucalyptus

Q40. Which city is served by the Veer Savarkar Airport ?
(A) Nasik
(B) Nagpur
(C) Mumbai
(D) Port Blair



Q41. For which domestic Cricket trophy, the Ranji Trophy champions play against the Rest of India team ?
(A) Irani Trophy
(B) Duleep Trophy
(C) Deodhar Trophy
(D) Nissar Trophy

Q42. Which garden near Chandigarh was built by Aurangzeb’s foster brother Fidai Khan ?
(A) Shalimar Gardens
(B) Nishat Gardens
(C) Brindavan Gardens
(D) Pinjore Gardens


Q43. Who was the first education minister of independent India ?
(A) Lal Bahadur Shastri
(B) Shyama Prasad Mukherjee
(C) Maulana Abul Kalam Azad
(D) Vallabhbhai Patel

Q44. Which city houses the headquarters of United Nations (UN) ?
(A) Vienna (Austria)
(B) Geneva (Switzerland)
(C) New York (USA)
(D) Washington (USA)

Q45. Which among the following is the measuring unit of electric current ?
(A) Ohm
(B) Volt
(C) Watt
(D) Ampere


Q46. Angkor Wat temple in Cambodia, the largest Hindu temple in the world, is dedicated to which God ?
(A) Surya
(B) Shiva
(C) Vishnu
(D) Brahma

Q47. Where is the Satish Dhawan Space Centre, the launching site of the Chandrayaan-I, located ?
(A) Thumba (Kerala)
(B) Sriharikota (Andhra Pradesh)
(C) Bangalore (Karnataka)
(D) Thiruvananthapuram (Kerala)

Q48. Which African country was formerly known as ‘Nyasaland’ ?
(A) Malawi
(B) Ghana
(C) Botswana
(D) Tanzania

Q49. ’Long Walk To Freedom’ is the autobiography of which Bharat Ratna recipient ?
(A) Jawaharlal Nehru
(B) S.Radhakrishnan
(C) Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan
(D) Nelson Mandela


Q50. Which island nation, in the Indian Ocean, is the world’s largest producer and exporter of Vanilla ?
(A) Maldives
(B) Madagascar
(C) Sri Lanka
(D) Mauritius

GK TEST 7

Q1. Gol Ghar, a beehive shaped structure built in 1786 to store grains for the British Army, is located in which city ? (A) Meerut (B) Chennai (C) Kolkata (D) Patna Q2. In humans, which dark brown pigment is responsible for the skin colour ? (A) Melanin (B) Bilirubin (C) Carotene (D) Hemoglobin Q3. Who wrote the famous novel ‘Devdas’ ? (A) Rabindranath Tagore (B) Bankim Chandra Chatterjee (C) Sharat Chandra Chatterjee (D) Bibhuti Bhushan Bandopadhyay Q4. Which freedom fighter was popularly known as ‘Lokpriya’ ? (A) Gopinath Bordoloi (B) Bal Gangadhar Tilak (C) Chittaranjan Das (D) Jayaprakash Narain Q5. Which battle lead to the disintegration of Vijayanagar empire of south India ? (A) Battle of Plassey (1757) (B) Battle of Buxar (1764) (C) Battle of Talikota (1565) (D) Battle of Seringapatam (1799) Q6. In which city is the Indian Institute of Pulses Research located ? (A) Lucknow (B) Nagpur (C) Indore (D) Kanpur Q7. Pinaka, the multi barrel rocket launcher produced in India, is named after which Hindu God’s bow ? (A) Indra (B) Shiva (C) Vishnu (D) Brahma Q8. Which scale is used to measure the Acid or Alkali (Base) content of a substance ? (A) Mohs scale (B) Beaufort scale (C) Richter scale (D) pH scale Q9. Which disease, named after a Japanese city where it was first observed, is caused by severe Mercury poisoning ? (A) Argyria (B) Minamata (C) Itai-itai (D) Devon colic Q10. Who was the first Indian to be elected a Fellow of Royal Society (FRS) ? (A) Srinivasa Ramanujan (B) Ardaseer Cursetjee Wadia (C) Jagadish Chandra Bose (D) Meghnad Saha Q11. Which among the following is not a Kharif crop ? (A) Mustard (B) Sugarcane (C) Groundnut (D) Maize Q12. Which monument was built by Mohammed Quli Qutub Shah in 1591 to commemorate the end of the plague in his capital ? (A) Taj Mahal, Agra (B) Hawa Mahal, Jaipur (C) Gol Gumbad, Bijapur (D) Charminar, Hyderabad Q13. For the popularization of science, which agency of United Nations (UN) awards the Kalinga Prize ? (A) UNIDO (B) UNESCO (C) UNICEF (D) UNHRC Q14. ’Lawsons Bay Beach’ and ‘Ramakrishna Beach’ are located in which port city on the Bay of Bengal ? (A) Paradip (Orissa) (B) Chennai (Tamil Nadu) (C) Tuticorin (Tamil Nadu) (D) Visakhapatnam (Andhra Pradesh) Q15. Which ancient Indian physician is known as the ‘Father of Modern Plastic Surgery’ ? (A) Charak (B) Madhav (C) Sushruta (D) Patanjali Q16. Who directed Oscar award winning short documentary film ‘Smile Pinki’ (2008) ? (A) Danny Boyle (B) Megan Mylan (C) Andrew Stanton (D) Gus Van Sant Q17. Who presided over the first session of the All India Trade Union Cogress in 1920 ? (A) M.N.Roy (B) V.V.Giri (C) Lala Lajpat Rai (D) Shripad Amrut Dange Q18. On which planet, due to its clockwise (east to west) rotation on the axis, the Sun rises in the west and sets in the east ? (A) Mars (B) Earth (C) Venus (D) Mercury Q19. By what name is British lady Madeleine Slade, a disciple of Mahatma Gandhi, better known ? (A) Meera Ben (B) Sister Nivedita (C) The Mother (D) Sarla Ben Q20. For his major role in the development of computer chip ‘Pentium’, which indian IT expert is called the ‘Father of Pentium’ ? (A) Sabeer Bhatia (B) Vinod Dham (C) Vinod Khosla (D) Vijay Bhatkar Q21. In which sport, each team consists of four male and four female players ? (A) Baseball (B) Volleyball (C) Korfball (D) Hockey Q22. What is the term of a member of Rajya Sabha ? (A) 3 years (B) 4 years (C) 5 years (D) 6 years Q23. In which state is the Kanchenjunga, the second highest mountain peak in India, located ? (A) Sikkim (B) Jammu & Kashmir (C) Himachal Pradesh (D) Uttarakhand Q24. What does the Pisciculture refers to ? (A) Beekeeping (B) Fish Farming (C) Silk Farming (D) Dairy Farming Q25. In 1906, at the founding session of all India Muslim League in Dhaka, who became the first president of the party ? (A) Mohammed Ali Jinnah (B) Syed Ahmed Khan (C) Mohammed Iqbal (D) Nawab Salimullah Khan Q26. Which is the longest National Highways in India ? (A) Kolkata – Hazira (NH6) (B) Chennai – Baharagora (NH5) (C) Varanasi – Kanyakumari (NH7) (D) Pathankot – Samakhiali (NH15) Q27. How do we better know nineteenth century spiritual guru Gadadhar Chatterjee ? (A) Chaitanya Mahaprabhu (B) Ramakrishna Paramhans (C) Swami Dayanand Saraswati (D) Swami Vivekanand Q28. Stapes, the smallest and the lightest bone in human body, is the part of which organ ? (A) Ear (B) Hand (C) Foot (D) Lungs Q29. Which mineral is mined at Jayamkondam in Tamil Nadu ? (A) Zinc (B) Lignite (C) Copper (D) Gold Q30. Who authored the book ‘A Brief History of Time’ ? (A) Jack Welch (B) Bill Gates (C) Deepak Chopra (D) Stephan Hawking Q31. When do we celebrate the Engineers Day of India, the birthday of Bharat Ratna recipient M.Visvesarayya ? (A) 15 January (B) 28 February (C) 29 August (D) 15 September Q32. ’Muga’, ‘Eri’, ‘Tussar’ and ‘Mulberry’ are the varieties of which natural fibre ? (A) Wool (B) Silk (C) Jute (D) Cotton Q33. In which pilgrimage city of India would you come across the world’s longest corridor ? (A) Dwarka (B) Varanasi (C) Rameshwaram (D) Tirupati Q34. In 1929, who founded non-violent movement ‘Khudai Khidmatgar’, also known as ‘Red Shirts’ ? (A) Mahatma Gandhi (B) Gopal Krishan Gokhle (C) Mohammed Ali Jinnah (D) Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan Q35. Lakshmibai National Institute of Physical Education is located in which city ? (A) Jhansi (B) Gwalior (C) Patiala (D) Nagpur Q36. Athlete’s Foot, an infectious disease, is caused by which agent ? (A) Virus (B) Fungi (C) Bacteria (D) Protozoa Q37. Who authored the book ‘Hindu View of Life ? (A) S.Radhakrishnan (B) Jawaharlal Nehru (C) C.Rajagopalachari (D) Mahatma Gandhi Q38. Solid form of which gas is commonly known as ‘Dry Ice’ ? (A) Oxygen (B) Nitrogen (C) Carbon dioxide (D) Hydrogen Q39. Who was the first woman president in the world ? (A) Golda Meir (B) Indira Gandhi (C) Sirimavo Bhandarnaike (D) Maria Isbel Paron Q40. Who created the first Portable Computer ? (A) Adam Osborne (B) Charles Babbage (C) Steve Jobs (D) Tim Berners-Lee Q41. Designed by Bengali architect Vidhyadhar Bhattacharya, which city is known as ‘Pink City’ ? (A) Jaipur (B) Jodhpur (C) Bengaluru (D) Chandigarh Q42. Which metal is used to make electric bulb filaments ? (A) Copper (B) Silver (C) Tungsten (D) Aluminium Q43. Who was the first Viceroy of India ? (A) Lord Mayo (B) Lord Dalhousie (C) Lord Canning (D) Lord Curzon Q44. In terms of both area and population, which is the smallest country in the world ? (A) Nauru (B) Monaco (C) Tuvalu (D) Vatican City Q45. Which portfolio did Rajkumari Amrit Kaur, the first woman cabinet minister in India, hold in the independent India’s first cabinet ? (A) Labour (B) Health (C) Education (D) Railways Q46. Palghat Gap, about 20 miles wide mountain pass between the Nilgiri Hills and the Anaimalai Hills, connects Kerala to which state ? (A) Tamil Nadu (B) Karnataka (C) Maharashtra (D) Andhra Pradesh Q47. Named after the mount of Hindu god Vishnu, ‘Garuda’ is the national airline of which most Muslim populous country ? (A) Nigeria (B) Pakistan (C) Bangladesh (D) Indonesia Q48. At which town in Andhra Pradesh, famous for silk sarees, did Vinoba Bhave start the Bhoodan Movement in 1951 ? (A) Vijayawada (B) Rajahmundry (C) Pochampally (D) Warangal Q49. ’Daughter of the East’ book is the autobiography of which Asian woman leader ? (A) Indira Gandhi (B) Benazir Bhutto (C) Aung San Suu Kyi (D) Maghawati Sukarnoputri Q50. Which country was formerly known as ‘Upper Volta’ ? (A) Namibia (B) Ethiopia (C) Botswana (D) Burkina Faso

GK TEST 6

Q1. In which city is the dargah (tomb) of sufi saint Moinuddin Chishti located ? (A) Mumbai (B) Srinagar (C) New Delhi (D) Ajmer Q2. With with musical instrument is Pt. Ravi Shankar associated ? (A) Sitar (B) Sarod (C) Santoor (D) Tabla Q3. In 1953, who became the first woman President of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) ? (A) Rajkumari Amrit Kaur (B) Sucheta Kriplani (C) Vijay Laxmi Pandit (D) Sarojini Naidu Q4. Which lake seprates the Hyderabad, capital of Andhra Pradesh, from its twin city Secunderabad ? (A) Loktak Lake (B) Chilka Lake (C) Wular Lake (D) Hussain Sagar Lake Q5. What is the name of India’s first nuclear reactor ? (A) Apsara (B) Kamini (C) Dhruva (D) Aryabhatt Q6. At which place did Mahatama Gandhi start his first Satyagraha in India ? (A) Kheda (Gujarat) (B) Champaran (Bihar) (C) Sabarmati (Gujarat) (D) Mumbai (Maharashtra) Q7. ’Wings of Fire’ and ‘Ignited Minds’ books are authored by which Indian scientist ? (A) H.G.Khurana (B) M.S.Swaminathan (C) A.P.J.Abdul Kalam (D) S.Chandrasekhar Q8. The Gir Forest National Park (Sasan Gir), the only home of the Asiatic Lions, is situated in which state ? (A) Kerala (B) Gujarat (C) West Bengal (D) Madhya Pradesh Q9. Which Mughal emperor assumed the title of ‘Alamgir’ (Conqueror of the world) ? (A) Akbar (B) Jehangir (C) Shahjahan (D) Aurangzeb Q10. What is the common name of Acetylsalicylic Acid ? (A) Aspirin (B) Vinegar (C) Vitamin C (D) Vitriol Q11. Who signs one rupee currency note of India ? (A) RBI Governor (B) Finance Secretary (C) Finance Minister (D) President Q12. Who wrote the ‘Das Capital’, an extensive treatise on political economy ? (A) Karl Marx (B) Friedrich Engles (C) Leo Tolstoy (D) Maxim Gorky Q13. Who was the first law minister of independent India ? (A) Vallabhbhai Patel (B) Rafi Ahmed Kidwai (C) B.R.Ambedkar (D) Maulana Abul Kalam Azad Q14. Arabica, Robusta and Liberica are the varieties of which popluar beverage ? (A) Tea (B) Coffee (C) Yoghurt (D) Lemonade Q15. Which Indian classical dance form, native of Andhra Pradesh, was developed by Siddhendra Yogi from Bhamakalapam dance drama ? (A) Odissi (B) Kathakali (C) Bharatanatyam (D) Kuchipudi Q16. Where is the headquarters of the National Institute of Oceanography located ? (A) Dona Paula (Goa) (B) Kochi (Kerala) (C) Mumbai (Maharashtra) (D) Visakhapatnam (Andhra Pradesh) Q17. Which European country is known as the ‘Land of a thousand lakes’ ? (A) Denmark (B) Sweden (C) Norway (D) Finland Q18. Which is the nearest star to the Sun ? (A) Proxima Centauri (B) Alpha Centauri A (C) Alpha Centauri B (D) Bernard’s Star Q19. Which gas is commonly known as ‘Laughing Gas’ ? (A) Ozone (B) Methane (C) Nitrous Oxide (D) Carbon dioxide Q20. Which is the only continent through which all three main latitude lines – Equator, Tropic of Cancer and Tropic of Capricorn – passes ? (A) Asia (B) Africa (C) Europe (D) South America Q21. Kavaratti, an island town, is the capital of which Indian union territory ? (A) Lakshadweep (B) Daman and Diu (C) Puducherry (D) Andaman and Nicobar Islands Q22. Garba dance is native of which Indian state ? (A) Punjab (B) Maharashtra (C) Gujarat (D) West Bengal Q23. Antarctica is the largest cold desert in the world. Which is the largest hot desert in the world ? (A) Thar (B) Gobi (C) Sahara (D) Kalahari Q24. Sadakat Ashram memorial in Patna is dedicated to which former President of India ? (A) Zakir Hussain (B) Rajendra Prasad (C) Fakhruddin Ali Ahmed (D) V.V.Giri Q25. Who discoverd Penicillin ? (A) Jonas Salk (B) Frederick Benting (C) Alexander Fleming (D) Ronald Ross Q26. In Mumbai terror attacks on 26 Nov. 2008, what was the code name of security forces commando action against terrorists ? (A) Operation Vijay (B) Operation Shakti (C) Operation Cactus (D) Operation Black Tornado Q27. At which temprature, Celsius and Fahrenheit scales will show same reading ? (A) 0 degree (B) 32 degre (C) 180 degree (D) minus 40 degree Q28. Launched on 1st July 1822, which newspaper is the Asia’s oldest extant daily ? (A) The Times of India (B) Mumbai Samachar (C) The Indian Express (D) Hindustan Times Q29. Who is the first Indian woman to graduate from the Harvard Business School ? (A) Naina Lal Kidwai (B) Lalita D. Gupte (C) Kiran Mazumdar Shaw (D) Chanda Kochhar Q30. In domestic LPG cylinders, a small quantity of which foul smelling chemical is added to act as a warning agent in case of any gas leakage ? (A) Pyridine (B) Isocyanide (C) Cadaverine (D) Ethyl Mercaptan Q31. In tabletop game Carrom, how many coins are used ? (A) 15 (B) 17 (C) 19 (D) 21 Q32. How much time does Sunlight take to reach the Earth ? (A) 8 minutes (B) 10 minutes (C) 12 minutes (D) 15 minutes Q33. Alpha is the first letter of Greek alphabet. Which is the last ? (A) Beta (B) Gamma (C) Sigma (D) Omega Q34. Which ruler of Gupta dynasty is also called the ‘Napoleon of India’ ? (A) Ramagupta (B) Skandagupta (C) Samudragupta (D) Chandragupta Vikramaditya Q35. Which mountain range in Chhatisgarh, with name literally meaning the hump of ox, is world famous for top-quality deposits of iron ore ? (A) Aravali (B) Bailadila (C) Nilgiri (D) Patkai Q36. Which scientist is considered as the father of Indian Space Programme ? (A) Vikram Sarabhai (B) Homi Bhabha (C) M.S.Swaminathan (D) A.P.J.Abdul Kalam Q37. Which pigment is responsible for red colour of tomatoes ? (A) Melanin (B) Lycopene (C) Bilirubin (D) Chlorophyll Q38. Who founded the ‘Pushti Marg’ (path of divine grace) sect of the Hindu religion ? (A) Adi Shankaracharya (B) Nimbarkacharya (C) Ramanujacharya (D) Vallabhacharya Q39. Who authored the book `The Fortune at the Bottom of the Pyramid’ ? (A) Philip Kotler (B) Jack Welch (C) C.K.Prahalad (D) Mohanbir Sawhney Q40. Indira Mount, an underwater mountain named after former PM of India Smt. Indira Gandhi, is in which ocean ? (A) Indian Ocean (B) Antarctic Ocean (C) Atlantic Ocean (D) Pacific Ocean Q41. In Roman numerals, which letter represents one thousand ? (A) L (B) C (C) M (D) X Q42. Who was the only woman ruler of Delhi ? (A) Chand Bibi (B) Razia Sultan (C) Rani Durgavati (D) Rani Rudramma Devi Q43. How do we better know Oscar award winner lyricist Sampooran Singh Kalra, the writer of ‘Jai Ho’ song for film ‘Slumdog Millionaire’ ? (A) Sameer (B) Gulzar (C) Javed Akhtar (D) Prasoon Joshi Q44. Where did Lord Mahavira, the last of 24 tirthankars in Jain tradition, attain Nirvana ? (A) Nanded (Maharashtra) (B) Kolkata (W.Bengal) (C) Kushinagar (U.P.) (D) Pawapuri (Bihar) Q45. In 1904, which revolutionary founded Abhinav Bharat Society ? (A) Veer Savarkar (B) Bhagat Singh (C) Chandrasekhar Azad (D) Lala Hardayal Q46. In which city are the headquarters of International Olympic Committee (IOC) located ? (A) Zurich (Switzerland) (B) London (United Kingdom) (C) Dubai (United Arab Emirates) (D) Lausanne (Switzerland) Q47. In 1872, which Viceroy of India was assassinated at Port Blair in the Andaman Islands ? (A) Lord Mayo (B) Lord Curzon (C) Lord Lytton (D) Lord Irwin Q48. Greenland, the largest island in world, is the part of which country ? (A) Canada (B) Denmark (C) Norway (D) Iceland Q49. Who created the first cloned sheep Dolly ? (A) Adam Osborne (B) Charles Babbage (C) Tim Burners-Lee (D) Ian Wilmut Q50. Which pass, connecting Sri Lankan mainland with Jaffna peninsula. is referred as the ‘Gateway to Jaffna’ ? (A) Khyber pass (B) Nathu La pass (C) Elephant pass (D) Rohtang pass

GK TEST 5

Q1. After Sachin Tendulkar, who is the second cricketer to receive the Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna Award ? (A) Saurav Ganguly (B) Rahul Dravid (C) Mahendra Singh Dhoni (D) Anil Kumble ANS-) Mahendra Singh Dhoni Q2. Which city houses the headquarters of Central Railway ? (A) Bhopal (B) Nagpur (C) Allahabad (D) Mumbai ANS- Mumbai Q3. Who was the first Indian Governor-General of independent India ? (A) Lord Mountbatten (B) C.Rajagopalachari (C) Rajendra Prasad (D) Jawaharlal Nehru ANS- C.Rajagopalachari Q4. ’Bhogi’, ‘Surya’, ‘Mattu’ and ‘Kanum’ are the parts of which four day long harvest festival of Tamilnadu ? (A) Bihu (B) Lohri (C) Pongal (D) Baisakhi ANS- Pongal Q5. Wheeler Island, the site of India’s missile testing facility Integrated Test Range (ITR), is situated in which state ? (A) Orissa (B) Andhra Pradesh (C) Tamilnadu (D) Kerala ANS-) Orissa Q6. To whom does the President of India address his resignation ? (A) Chief Justice of India (B) Prime Minister (C) Lok Sabha Speaker (D) Vice President ANS- Vice President Q7. Apart from Russia, the territory of which country lies in both Europe and Asia continents ? (A) Turkey (B) Greece (C) France (D) Germany ANS- Turkey Q8. In 1998, who became the first Indian ever to be awarded the Wharton School Dean’s Medal ? (A) J.R.D.Tata (B) Dhirubhai Ambani (C) N.R.Narayana Murthy (D) Azim Premji ANS- Dhirubhai Ambani Q9. Who is known as the ‘Father of Medicine’ ? (A) Herodotus (B) Hipparchus (C) Hippocrates (D) Wilhelm Wundt ANS- Hippocrates Q10. ’Razmnama’ is the Persian translation of which Indian epic ? (A) Ramayana (B) Mahabahrat (C) Raghuvamsha (D) Kumarsambhava ANS-) Mahabahrat Q11. After Hindi, which is the second most spoken language in India ? (A) Tamil (B) Marathi (C) Telugu (D) Bengali ANS-) Bengali Q12. In terms of area, which is the largest country ? (A) Russia (B) Canada (C) China (D) United States of America ANS- Russia Q13. Who was the first woman to receive the Bharat Ratna, India’s highest civilian award ? (A) Indira Gandhi (B) Mother Teresa (C) Aruna Asaf Ali (D) M.S.Subbulakshmi ANS- Indira Gandhi Q14. Which is the only element whose atoms have no neutron ? (A) Helium (B) Oxygen (C) Nitogen (D) Hydrogen ANS- Hydrogen Q15. Challenger Deep, a part of Mariana Trench and the deepest point in the oceans, named after British ship Challenger II which first surveyed it in 1951, is located in which ocean ? (A) Indian Ocean (B) Pacific Ocean (C) Atlantic Ocean (D) Antarctic Ocean ANS-) Pacific Ocean Q16. In 1922, Chittarajnan Das and Motilal Nehru founded which political party ? (A) Forward Block (B) Swaraj Party (C) Swatantra Party (D) Ghadar Party ANS- Swaraj Party Q17. According to Hindu mythology, which warrior was the possessor of ‘Chanrdrahas’ sword ? (A) Arjun (B) Kansa (C) Ravana (D) Parshuram ANS-) Ravana Q18. In which state is the Dachigam National Park, famous for Hangul (Red Deer), located ? (A) Assam (B) Jammu & Kashmir (C) West Bengal (D) Madhya Pradesh ANS- Jammu & Kashmir Q19. WhicH early 11th century traveller to India authored the books ‘Tahqiq-i-Hind’ and ‘Kitab-ul-Hind’ ? (A) Fi-Hien (B) Marco Polo (C) Al Beruni (D) Ibn Batuta ANS- Al Beruni Q20. Who was the first President of Pakistan ? (A) Ayub Khan (B) Liaquat Ali Khan (C) Iskandar Mirza (D) Muhammad Ali Jinnah ANS- Iskandar Mirza Q21. Which is the heaviest organ in the human body ? (A) Heart (B) Liver (C) Kidney (D) Stomach ANS-) Liver Q22. Which hill station was the summer capital of British India ? (A) Nainital (B) Mussoorie (C) Darjeeling (D) Shimla ANS-) Shimla Q23. ’Hematite’ and ‘Magnetite’ are the principal ores of which metal ? (A) Iron (B) Nickel (C) Cobalt (D) Aluminium ANS- Iron Q24. ’Biman’ is the national airline of which Asian country ? (A) Nepal (B) Bhutan (C) Bangladesh (D) Sri Lanka ANS- Bangladesh Q25. In 1581, which Mughal ruler started religious doctrine ‘Din-i-Ilahi’ (Divine Faith) ? (A) Babar (B) Akbar (C) Jehangir (D) Shahjahan ANS-AKBAR Q26. From which country did India procure the aircraft carier Admiral Gorshkov, scheduled to join Indian Navy as INS Vikramaditaya in 2012 ? (A) Russia (B) Germany (C) France (D) United States of America ANS-RUSSIA Q27. Which National Film Award is given to the Best First Film of a Director ? (A) Swarna Kamal (Golden Lotus) (B) Rajat Kamal (Silver Lotus) (C) Nargis Dutt Award (D) Indira Gandhi Award ANS- Indira Gandhi Award Q28. ’Kalaripayattu’ is the traditional martial art of which Indian state ? (A) Punjab (B) Manipur (C) Kerala (D) Jammu & Kashmir ANS-KERLA Q29. Hazratbal Dargah, which houses the sacred hair of Prophet Mohammed, is situated in which city ? (A) Ajmer (B) Srinagar (C) Fatehpur Sikri (D) Mumbai ANS-SRINAGAR Q30. ’Struggle for Existence’ book is the autobiography of which Indian woman leader ? (A) Mayawati (B) J.Jayalalitha (C) Sushma Swaraj (D) Mamta Banerjee ANS-SUSHMA SWARAJ Q31. Who administers the oath of office to the President of India ? (A) Prime Minister (B) Lok Sabha Speaker (C) Rajya Sabha Speaker (D) Chief Justice of India ANS- Chief Justice of India Q32. With which state is the Phulkari embroidery associated ? (A) Punjab (B) Gujarat (C) Karnataka (D) Uttar Pradesh ANS-KARNATKA Q33. Which capital city houses the headquarters of the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) ? (A) Dhaka (B) Thimpu (C) Kathmandu (D) Islamabad ANS- Kathmandu Q34. Zend Avesta is the holy book of which religion ? (A) Islam (B) Judaism (C) Christianity (D) Zoroastrianism ANS-) Zoroastrianism Q35. Before Hyderabad, which city was the the capital of Andhra Pradesh (erstwhile Andhra State) ? (A) Warangal (B) Kurnool (C) Vijayawada (D) Visakhapatnam ANS-KURNOOL Q36. Who was the first Indian to win boy’s Wimbledon Singles title in 1954 ? (A) Ramanathan Krishnan (B) Vijay Amritraj (C) Ramesh Krishnan (D) Leander Paes ANS- Ramanathan Krishnan Q37. At which place in Kerala was the first tide (ocean wave) generated electricity project of India established ? (A) Alapuzha (B) Ezhimala (C) Vizhinjam (D) Kozhikode ANS-) Vizhinjam Q38. In 1954, with which Chinese premier did Indian PM Jawaharlal Nehru sign Panchsheel (five principles of peaceful co-existence) Pact ? (A) Mao Zedong (B) Zhou Enlai (C) Deng Xiaoping (D) Hua Guofeng ANS-) Zhou Enlai Q39. Who authored the ‘Rajatarangini’, a historical chronicle of Kashmir ? (A) Kalidas (B) Kalhana (C) Chankaya (D) Banabhatt ANS- Kalhana Q40. Who designed the Param Vir Chakra medal, India’s highest military award ? (A) Nek Chand (B) Umesh Rao (C) Bobby Kooka (D) Savitri Khanolkar ANS- Savitri Khanolkar Q41. Who directed ‘Raja Harishchandra’ (1913), the first totally indigenous Indian feature film ? (A) Ardeshir Irani (B) Dadasaheb Phalke (C) V.Shantaram (D) Sohrab Modi ANS- Dadasaheb Phalke Q42. Who is the ex-officio chairman of the Planning Commission of India ? (A) President (B) Prime Minister (C) Finance Minister (D) RBI Governor ANS- Prime Minister Q43. What is the name of India’s longest river bridge, built over the river Ganga at Patna ? (A) Rabindra Setu (B) Vidyasagar Setu (C) Mahatma Gandhi Setu (D) Anna Indira Gandhi Bridge ANS- Mahatma Gandhi Setu Q44. Who founded the Brahmo Samaj, initially known as Brahmo Sabha, in 1828 ? (A) Raja Ram Mohan Roy (B) Debendranath Tagore (C) Mahadev Govind Ranade (D) Keshub Chandra Sen ANS- Raja Ram Mohan Roy Q45. ’Tamasha’ is the popular folk theatre of which state ? (A) Punjab (B) Maharashtra (C) Karnataka (D) West Bengal ANS- Maharashtra Q46. In which city is the Central Rice Research Institute located ? (A) Karnal (Haryana) (B) Shimla (Himachal Pradesh) (C) Rajamundry (Andhra Pradesh) (D) Cuttack (Orissa) ANS- Cuttack (Orissa) Q47. At which place Guru Gobind Singh, the tenth and the last Guru of Sikhs, created ‘Khalsa’ in 1699 ? (A) Anandpur (Punjab) (B) Amritsar (Punjab) (C) Patna (Bihar) (D) Nanded (Maharashtra) ANS- Anandpur (Punjab Q48. Who is the first woman Air Marshal of India Air Force (IAF) ? (A) Punita Arora (B) Harita Kaur Deol (C) Kanchan Chaudhary Bhattacharya (D) Padmavathy Bandopadhyay ANS- Padmavathy Bandopadhyay Q49. What is the boundary line demarcating India and China known as ? (A) Curzon Line (B) Durand Line (C) McMahon Line (D) RadCliffe Line ANS- McMahon Line Q50. In 1958, which billiards player became the first Indian to win an individual world title in any sport ? (A) Wilson Jones (B) Michael Ferreira (C) Geet Sethi (D) Manoj Kothari ANS- Wilson Jones

GK TEST 4

Q1. The name of which painting style, based on the name of a district in Bihar, literally means `Forest of Honey’ ? (A) Kangra (B) Mysore (C) Tanjore (D) Madhubani ANS-D Q2. Whose birthday on 29 August is celebrated as `National Sports Day’ in India ? (A) C.K.Naidu (B) Dhyan Chand (C) Milkha Singh (D) Wilson Jones ANS-B Q3. What is Mahatma Gandhi’s samadhi in Delhi Called ? (A) Raj Ghat (B) Shantivan (C) Vijay Ghat (D) Shakti Sthal ANS-A Q4. Guru Shikhar, in Mount Abu, is the highest peak of which mountain range ? (A) Satpura (B) Vindhya (C) Aravali (D) Himalaya ANS-C Q5. `Silicon Valley of India’ is the nickname of which south Indian city ? (A) Hyderabad (B) Bengaluru (C) Chennai (D) Thiruvananthapuram ANS-B Q6. According to Hindu mythology, who is the Guru of Devas (Gods) ? (A) Dhanvantri (B) Shukracharya (C) Brihaspati (D) Vishvakarma ANS-C Q7. Which one of the following is not a fungus ? (A) Yeast (B) Mushroom (C) Insulin (D) Penicillin ANS-C Q8. In 1905, which Viceroy of India effected the Partition of Bengal ? (A) Lord Irwin (B) Lord Curzon (C) Lord Hardinge (D) Lord Chelmsford ANS-B Q9. `Panchatantra’, a collection of moral stories in Sanskrit, was authored by ? (A) Somadeva (B) Kautilya (C) Narayan Pandit (D) Vishnu Sharma ANS-D Q10. Which is the only state in India to have Common Civil Code in force ? (A) Goa (B) Mizoram (C) Nagaland (D) Jammu & Kashmir ANS-A Q11. Which is the only metal that exists in liquid form at normal room temprature (25 degree Celsius) ? (A) Mercury (B) Cesium (C) Gallium (D) Rubidium ANS-A Q12. What was the name of Maharana Pratap’s faithful horse ? (A) Chetak (B) Kanthak (C) Marengo (D) Bucephalus ANS-A Q13. Under National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (NREGA), how many minimum no. of days guaranteed wage employment is provided in every financial year to a rural household ? (A) 50 days (B) 100 days (C) 150 days (D) 200 days ANS-B Q14. According to Hindu mythology, what kind of animal is Kamadhenu ? (A) Dog (B) Cow (C) Horse (D) Elephant ANS-B Q15. Who was the first Deputy Prime Minister of India ? (A) B.R.Ambedkar (B) Lal Bahadur Shastri (C) Maulana Abul Kalam Azad (D) Vallabhbhai Patel ANS-D Q16. In 2010, which Asian city will host Commonwealth Games ? (A) Tokyo (B) Shanghai (C) New Delhi (D) Kuala Lumpur ANS-C Q17. Annie Besant, a British lady, was first woman President of Indian National Congress(INC). Who was the first Indian woman President of INC ? (A) Sarojini Naidu (B) Nellie Sengupta (C) Indira Gandhi (D) Sonia Gandhi ANS-A Q18. Java Trench, also called Sunda Trench, is the deepest point in which ocean ? (A) Arctic Ocean (B) Pacific Ocean (C) Indian Ocean (D) Atlantic Ocean ANS-C Q19. `Liberty, Equality and Fraternity’ was the motto of which revolution ? (A) Cuban Revolution (B) American Revolution (C) Chinese Revolution (D) French Revolution ANS-D Q20. `Dreams from My Father’ and `The Audicity of Hope’ books are authored by which American President ? (A) Bill Clinton (B) George W. Bush (C) Barack Obama (D) Ronald Reagan ANS-C Q21. On the banks of which river is Lucknow, the capital of Uttar Pradesh, situated ? (A) Ganga (B) Yamuna (C) Gomti (D) Godavari ANS-C Q22. Jataka Tales, written in Pali language, are the previous birth stories of which religious Guru ? (A) Mahavira (B) Gautam Buddha (C) Guru Nanak Dev (D) Guru Gobind Singh ANS-B Q23. Who wrote Bangladesh’s national anthem ‘Amar Shonar Bangla’ ? (A) Rabindranath Tagore (B) Kazi Nazrul Islam (C) Mohammed Iqbal (D) Taslima Nasrin ANS-A Q24. Parvani, the peacock, is mount of which Hindu God ? (A) Indra (B) Vishnu (C) Ganesh (D) Kartikeya ANS-D Q25. Before Bhubaneswar, which city was the capital of Orissa ? (A) Puri (B) Cuttack (C) Rourkela (D) Sambalpur ANS-B Q26. Who was the first recipient of Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna Award ? (A) Geet Sethi (B) Pullela Gopichand (C) Vishwanathan Anand (D) Sachin Tendulkar ANS-C Q27. In which city are the headquarters of European Union (EU) located ? (A) Brussels (B) Geneva (C) New York (D) Paris ANS-A Q28. Which conquerer was born in Macedonia (Europe), died in Babylon (Asia) and buried in Alexandria (Africa) ? (A) Genghis Khan (B) Attila the Hun (C) Napolean Bonaparte (D) Alexander the Great ANS-D Q29. To produce artificial rains, which chemical is used for Cloud Seeding ? (A) Copper Sulphate (B) Ammonium Nitrate (C) Silver Iodide (D) Potassium Premanganate ANS-C Q30. Binola village, the scheduled site of the Indian National Defence University (INDU), is in which state ? (A) Punjab (B) Haryana (C) Rajasthan (D) Uttar Pradesh ANS-B Q31. In 1970, who became the first recipient of the Dadasaheb Phalke Award ? (A) Devika Rani Roerich (B) Prithviraj Kapoor (C) B.N.Sirkar (D) Pankaj Mullick ANS-A Q32. Bomakai and Sambalpuri saris are native of which state ? (A) Orissa (B) Madhya Pradesh (C) Maharashtra (D) West Bengal ANS-A Q33. `Akbarnama’, a biographical account of Mughal ruler Akbar, was authored by ? (A) Faizi (B) Birbal (C) Abul Fazl (D) Abdul Rahim Khan-i-khana ANS-C Q34. Which among the following is not a mammal ? (A) Bat (B) Shark (C) Dolphin (D) Blue Whale ANS-B Q35. Which city is known as the `Big Apple’ ? (A) Paris (B) Tokyo (C) Shanghai (D) New York ANS-D Q36. Who was the first Indian to win All England Open Badminton Championships Singles title ? (A) Prakash Nath (B) Prakash Padukone (C) Nandu M. Natekar (D) Pullela Gopichand ANS-B Q37. On which river is Bhakra Nangal Dam, the highest gravity dam in world, is constructed ? (A) Chenab (B) Jhelum (C) Ravi (D) Sutlej ANS-D Q38. Apart from Delhi, which other Union Territory has its own elected Vidhan Sabha and the executive council of ministers headed by a Chief Minister ? (A) Daman and Diu (B) Dadra and Nagar Haveli (C) Lakshadweep (D) Pondicherry ANS-D Q39. On 2nd July 1972, with which Pakistani leader did Indira Gandhi sign Shimla Agreement ? (A) Ayub Khan (B) Yahya Khan (C) Zulfikar Ali Bhutto (D) Muhammad Zia-ul-Haq ANS-C Q40. Which freedom fighter highlighted the drain of India’s wealth into Britain, in his book `Poverty and Un-British Rule in India’ in 1901 ? (A) Dinshaw Edulji Wacha (B) Dadabhai Naoroji (C) Gopal Krishna Gokhale (D) Womesh Chandra Bonerjee ANS-B Q41. In Windows XP operating system, what is the `XP’ short for ? (A) Expert (B) Express (C) Experience (D) Extra Power ANS-C Q42. What is the common name of Indian national tree `Ficus Bengalensis’ ? (A) Neem (B) Peepal (C) Aam (Mango) (D) Bargad (Banyan) ANS-D Q43. In which city is the Netaji Subhash National Institute of Sports situated ? (A) Gwalior (B) Patiala (C) Bangalore (D) Chennai ANS-B Q44. What is the retirement age of Supreme Court judges ? (A) 60 years (B) 62 years (C) 65 years (D) 70 years ANS-C Q45. Which religious teacher established four maths in four corners of country at Badrinath (North), Dwarka (West), Puri (East) & Sringeri (South) ? (A) Adi Shankaracharya (B) Swami Vivekanand (C) Swami Dayanand Saraswati (D) Swami Prabhupada ANS-A Q46. From which country’s constitution, the concept of the Directive Principles of State Policy has been adopted in Indian constitution ? (A) France (B) Ireland (C) United Kingdom (D) United States of America ANS-B Q47. Which sector is the biggest contributor to India’s GDP ? (A) Agriculture (B) Industry (C) Services (D) All contribute equally ANS-C Q48. Bubonic, Pnuemonic and Septicemic are the forms of which deadly infectious disease caused by Yersinia Pestis bacterium ? (A) Hepatitis B (B) Measles (C) Tetanus (D) Plague ANS-D Q49. Who is the Chairman of the National Knowledge Commission ? (A) Sam Pitroda (B) C.Rangarajan (C) Raghunath Anant Mashelkar (D) A.P.J.Abdul Kalam ANS-A Q50. Who among the following is considered as the father of Mobile Phone ? (A) Percy Spencer (B) Martin Cooper (C) Tim Berners-Lee (D) Edwin Land ANS-B

GK TEST 2

1. For Rajya Sabha, how many members are nominated by President? (A) 7 (B) 10 (C) 12 (D) 15 Ans. (C) 12 2. Chankya was the chief advisor of which ruler ? (A) Ashok (B) Harshvardhan (C) Chandragupta Maurya (D) Kanishka Ans. (C) Chandragupta Mourya 3. What is the direction of rotation of earth on its axis ? (A) East to West (B) West to East (C) North to South (D) South to North Ans. (B) West to East 4. In Computers, One Byte equals to how many Bits ? (A) 4 (B) 8 (C) 12 (D) 16 Ans. (B) 8 5. Which is the highest civilian award in India ? (A) Padam Shri (B) Padam Bhushan (C) Padam Vibhushan (D) Bharat Ratna Ans. (D) Bharat Ratna 6. In first battle of Panipat, Babar defeated which Lodhi ruler to establish Mughals in India ? (A) Ibrahim Lodhi (B) Sikandar Lodhi (C) Bahlul Lodhi (D) Daulat Lodhi Ans. (A) Ibrahim Lodhi 7. Which is the largest animal in world ? (A) Giraffe (B) Elephant (C) Orang Utan (D) Blue Whale Ans. (D) Blue Whale 8. In an equilateral triange, how many sides are equal ? (A) Two (B) All (C) None (D) Not fixed Ans. (B) All 9. What is the name of first indigenously developed Super Computer of India ? (A) Tejas (B) Anupam (C) Aryabhatt (D) Param Ans. (D) Param 10. Who is the first indian Tenis player to win boy’s Australian Open Junior Title ? (A) Prakash Amritraj (B) Rohan Bopanna (C) Yuki Bhambri (D) Zeeshan Ali Ans. (C) Yuki Bhambri 11. Which colour is in the centre of Rainbow ? (A) Red (B) Yellow (C) Green (D) Violet Ans. (C) Green 12. In terms of area, which is the smallest state in India ? (A) Goa (B) Sikkim (C) Nagaland (D) Tripura Ans. (A) Goa 13. Who is the chairman of the Planning Commission ? (A) President (B) Prime Minister (C) Vice President (D) Finance Minister Ans. (B) Prime Minister 14. Who authored sanskrit epic Ramayana ? (A) Ved Vyas (B) Valmiki (C) Surdas (D) Tulsidas Ans. (B) Valmiki 15. Who is the first indian woman to win Olympic medal ? (A) P.T.Usha (B) Shiny Abraham (C) Karnam Malleshwari (D) Kunjarani Devi Ans. (C) Karnam Malleshwari 16. Which canal connects Mediterranean Sea with Red Sea ? (A) Erie Canal (B) Indira Gandhi Canal (C) Panama Canal (D) Suez Canal Ans. (D) Suez Canal 17. According to Mahabharat, who was the last Commander-in-Chief of Kaurava army ? (A) Ashwatthama (B) Dronacharya (C) Karna (D) Shalya Ans. (A) Ashwatthama 18. Who is the first indian cricketer to take Hat Trick in Test Cricket ? (A) Chetan Sharma (B) Kapil Dev (C) Harbhajan Singh (D) Irfan Pathan Ans. (C) Harbhajan Singh 19. Which is the longest bone in human body ? (A) Femur (B) Fibula (C) Radius (D) Stapes Ans. (A) Femur 20. Which luxury train travels through Maharashtra and includes Goa in its journey ? (A) Palace on Wheels (B) Heritage on Wheels (C) The Deccan Odyssey (D) Golden Chariot Ans. (C) The Deccan Odyssey 21. German Shepherd is a popular breed of ? (A) Dog (B) Cat (C) Cow (D) Horse Ans. (A) Dog 22. How do we better know film actor Rajeev Bhatia ? (A) Govinda (B) Jitendra (C) Sunil Dutt (D) Akshay Kumar Ans. (D) Akshay Kumar 23. According to Ramayana, who was Bharat’s wife ? (A) Sita (B) Urmila (C) Mandavi (D) Shruthukeerti Ans. (C) Mandevi 24. Into which water body does river Narmada flow ? (A) Red Sea (B) Arabian Sea (C) Bay of Bengal (D) Indian Ocean Ans. (B) Arabian Sea 25. Who was Akbar’s financial advisor ? (A) Birbal (B) Abul Fazal (C) Raja Todar Mal (D) Raja Man Singh Ans. (C) Raja Todar Mal 26. Where is Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel Police Academy situated ? (A) Mussoorie (B) Dehradun (C) Chandigarh (D) Hyderabad Ans. (D) Hyderabad 27. Who founded Forward Block political party ? (A) A.O.Hume (B) Subhash Chandar Bose (C) Motilal Nehru (D) Shyama Prasad Mukherjee Ans. (B) Subhash Chandar Bose 28. Who is the only cricketer to claim over 500 wickets in both Tests and One Day Internationals ? (A) Wasim Akram (B) Shane Warne (C) Muttiah Muralitharan (D) Glenn McGrath Ans. (C) Muttiah Muralitharan 29. Which indian IT expert started web-based e-mail service Hotmail in 1996 ? (A) Sabeer Bhatia (B) Vinod Dham (C) Azim Premji (D) N.R.Narayan Murthy Ans. (A) Sabeer Bhatia 30. Which architect designed the city of Chandigarh ? (A) Edwin Lutyens (B) Le Corbusier (C) Charles Correa (D) Herbert Baker Ans. (B) Le Corbusier 31. Peter Parker is the original name of which fictional superhero ? (A) Phantom (B) Batman (C) Superman (D) Spiderman Ans. (D) Spiderman 32. Which planet is referred Morning Star as well as Evening Star ? (A) Mars (B) Venus (C) Jupiter (D) Mercury Ans. (B) Venus 33. Lumbini, the birth place of Gautam Budhdha, is in which present country ? (A) Bhutan (B) Nepal (C) India (D) Bangladesh Ans. (B) Nepal 34. Who was the first indian woman to scale the Mount Everest ? (A) Bachendri Pal (B) Santosh Yadav (C) Kalpana Chawla (D) Kiran Bedi Ans. (A) Bachendri Pal 35. Which is not a part of our parliament ? (A) President (B) Lok Sabha (C) Rajya Sabha (D) Supreme Court Ans. (D) Supreme Court 36. What is aquaphobia, also referred as hydrophobia, the fear of ? (A) Water (B) Height (C) Darkness (D) Thunder Ans. (A) Water 37. Which freedom fighter authored the book Discovery of India ? (A) Mahatma Gandhi (B) Bal Gangadhr Tilak (C) Rabindra Nath Tagore (D) Jawaharlal Nehru Ans. (D) Jawaharlal Nehru 38. To commemorate his conquest of the Ranthambhor fort and Khandesh in Gujarat, which Mughal ruler built Buland Darwaza at Fatehpur Sikri ? (A) Babur (B) Akbar (C) Jahangir (D) Shahjahan Ans. (B) Akbar 39. Which is the principal ore of Mercury ? (A) Galena (B) Bauxite (C) Cinnabar (D) Hematite Ans. (C) Cinnabar 40. Where is the Indian Institute of Science (IISc) situated ? (A) New Delhi (B) Ahmedabad (C) Bengaluru (D) Bhubaneshwar Ans. (C) Bengaluru 41. What is the motto of the National Cadet Corps (NCC) ? (A) Veerta Aur Vivek (B) Bharat Mata Ki Jai (C) Vayam Rakshaamah (D) Ekta Aur Anushasan Ans. (D) Ekta Aur Anushasan 42. Nifty is the main share index of which stock exchange ? (A) BSE (B) NSE (C) NYSE (D) NASDAQ Ans. (B) NSE 43. Which planet is nearest to Sun ? (A) Venus (B) Mercury (C) Earth (D) Mars Ans. (B) Mercury 44. According to Mahabahrat, who was Abhimanyu’s mother ? (A) Draupadi (B) Ulupi (C) Chitrangada (D) Subhadra Ans. (D) Subhadra 45. What is the boundary line demarcating India and Pakistan known as ? (A) Radcliffe Line (B) McMahon Line (C) Durand Line (D) Curzon Line Ans. (A) Radcliffe Line 46. The name of which Indian classical dance style, originated in north India, literally means ‘Story Teller’ ? (A) Odissi (B) Kuchipudi (C) Kathak (D) Bharatanatyam Ans. (C) Kathak 47. Jama Masjid at Delhi, the largest in India, was built by which Mughal emperor ? (A) Akbar (B) Jahangir (C) Shahjahan (D) Aurangzeb Ans. (C) Shahjahan 48. Which renowned vocalist was awarded Bharat Ratna in 2008 ? (A) Lata Mangeshkar (B) Pt. Bhimsen Joshi (C) Gangubai Hangal (D) Pt. Ravi Shankar Ans. (B) Pt. Bhimsen Joshi 49. The Althing, the oldest functioning legislative assembly in world, is the parliament of which country ? (A) Iceland (B) France (C) Japan (D) Israel Ans. (A) Iceland 50. To measure hardness of minerals, which scale is used ? (A) Kelvin (B) Richter (C) Mohs (D) Mercalli Ans. (C) Mohs

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

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