General Knowledge Questions and Answers For Exams Part-2

General Knowledge Questions and Answers For Exams

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Basic General Knowledge Questions and Answers For Competitive Exams


Q1. Who was the first black tennis player to win a Wimbledon title?

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Correct Answer : Althea Gibson


Q2. How many languages are contained in the VIIIth schedule of the Indian Constitution?

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Correct Answer : 22


Q3. Podzol is a type of soil which is characteristic of a region under the cover of _________ forest.

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Correct Answer : coniferous


Q4. NASA and ISRO to come together to inspect ‘oldest civilisation’ site in

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Correct Answer : Haryana


Q5. The Gas used for Artificial Ripening of Green Fruit is

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Correct Answer : Ethylene


Q6. Who is known as Indian Bismarck

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Correct Answer : Patel


Q7. The food and drug administration sets standards for

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Correct Answer : product labeling


Q8. Nissil granules occur in

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Correct Answer : Neuron


Q9. When a bottle of perfume is opened in one corner of a room the smell spreads soon throughout the room. This is an example of

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Correct Answer : diffusion


Q10. Which country is known as land of kangaroo ?

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Correct Answer : Australia


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Q11. According to a report by New World Wealth, which is the richest city in the world 2018?

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Correct Answer : New York


Q12. Vikramshila Mahavihara was established by the ruler of

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Correct Answer : Pala Dynasty


Q13. World’s largest floating Solar Farm launched in

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Correct Answer : China


Q14. Radian is used to measure

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Correct Answer : Angle


Q15. A particle which is four times in mass and two times in charge that of proton is

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Correct Answer : an alpha particle


Q16. The normal blood pressure in human beings is

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Correct Answer : 120/80


Q17. How long are profissional Golf tour players alloted per shot

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Correct Answer : 45 seconds


Q18. Islets of Langerhans are present in

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Correct Answer : Pancreas


Q19. The United Nations declared 1990’s-2000 as the International Decade for

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Correct Answer : International Decade for Natural Disaster Rreduction


Q20. Man has __________ pairs of salivary glands.

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Correct Answer : 3


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Q21. In nuclear reactor the speed of neutrons is slowed down by

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Correct Answer : heavy water


Q22. Onplanet Earth, there is no centrifugal force at the

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Correct Answer : Poles


Q23. Which Indian Anti Hunger activist will be honoured with the 2017 Queen’s Young Leaders award ?

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Correct Answer : Ankit Kawatra


Q24. Shakti Sthal is the memorial of who of the following Indians?

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Correct Answer : Indira Gandhi


Q25. Smallest bone of human body is

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Correct Answer : Stapes


Q26. In very cold countries alcohol is used as a thermometric liquid because

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Correct Answer : its freezing point is very low


Q27. Privately owned businesses are common in which type of economy?

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Correct Answer : Capitalist economies


Q28. The Buckingham Canal, which has been declared a National Waterway of India recently, is a canal running from

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Correct Answer : Vijayawada to Villupuram


Q29.  When white light passes through a glass prism we get a spectrum on the other side of the prism. In the emergent beam the ray which is deviated least is

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Correct Answer : the red ray


Q30. Organisms that feed on the excreta of other organisms are called

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Correct Answer : coprophagous


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Q31. The asian games were held in Delhi for rthe first time in

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Correct Answer : 1951


Q32. Genes are situated on

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Correct Answer : Chromosome


Q33. In which city Indian Railways has installed Asia’s largest Solid State Interlocking (SSI) system?

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Correct Answer : Kharagpur


Q34. Jawaharlal Nehru award is given for

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Correct Answer : International Understanding


Q35. The first newspaper published in India in 1780 was

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Correct Answer : The Bengal Gazette or Calcutta General Advertiser


Q36. The Indian to beat the computers in mathematical wizardry is

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Correct Answer : Shakuntala Devi


Q37. The Famous tallest building in New York state is

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Correct Answer : Empire State Building


Q38. Who set up the world’s first floating ATM ?

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Correct Answer : State Bank of India


Q39. What molecule carries genetic information?

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Correct Answer : DNA


Q40. Analytical Engine was invented by

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Correct Answer : Charles Babbage


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Q41. Which tennis player has authored a book titled Unstoppable

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Correct Answer : Maria sharapova


Q42. Atoms Are Composed Of

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Correct Answer : Electrons and Nuclei


Q43. What is the Name of first cricketer of India to have a cricket stadium in the name of him ?

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Correct Answer : Sunil Gavaskar


Q44. How many languages have been listed in the 8th Schedule of the Constitution of India?

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Correct Answer : 18


Q45. Damage to hearing is caused by sounds which exceed

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Correct Answer : 120 decibels


Q46. The vitamin required for coagulation of blood

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Correct Answer : k


Q47. What is the International Date Line ?

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Correct Answer : It is the 180 degrees longitude


Q48. The Gathering is written by

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Correct Answer : Winston Churchill


Q49. Aryabhatta was India’s renowned

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Correct Answer : Mathmartician


Q50. The State having the highest density of population is

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Correct Answer : West Bengal


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Q51. India has successfully test-fired the BrahMos supersonic cruise missile from Indian Air Force ___________ fighter aircraft for the first time.

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Correct Answer : Sukhoi-30 MKI


Q52. Which is the only snake that builds nests ?

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Correct Answer : King Cobra


Q53. Who was the first captain of Indian Test Team

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Correct Answer : C K Nayudu


Q54. Which is the Lightest of all the metals?

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Correct Answer : Lithium


Q55. Grey Revolution is associated with

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Correct Answer : Fertilizers


Q56. Pulses are a good source of

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Correct Answer : Proteins


Q57. Who became the fastest bowler to get to 250 wickets in the test matches ?

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Correct Answer : R. Ashwin


Q58. An air bubble in water will act like a

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Correct Answer : concave lens


Q59. ‘Asian Drama ‘, by Gunnar Karl Myrdal, is a book on which of the following subjects

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Correct Answer : Economics


Q60. Tochi, Gilgit and Hunza are tributaries of

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Correct Answer : Indus


Q61. Who is authorised to transfer the judges of one High Court to another High Court?

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Correct Answer : The President


Q62. How many kilometers and represented by 1oof latitude?

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Correct Answer : 111 km


Q63. __________ is the maximum amount of data that can be stored on a storage medium.

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Correct Answer : Storage capacity


Q64. Raman Megassesay award was established in honour of which of the following country’s president ?

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Correct Answer : Philippines


Q65. Provisions regarding Municipalities and Panchayats was made in the Indian Constitution in which year?

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Correct Answer : 1993


Q66. Reykjavik is the capital of which country?

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Correct Answer : Iceland


Q67. Which one of the following is the highest gravity dam

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Correct Answer : Bhakra Dam


Q68. The busiest sea route is

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Correct Answer : The North Atlantic Route


Q69. Which of the following is known as the Electronic City of India?

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Correct Answer : Bengaluru


Q70. Which of the following is not a plantation crop?

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Correct Answer : gram


Q71. B.C.Roy Award is given in the field of

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Correct Answer : Medicine


Q72. In which ecosystem grassland is included?

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Correct Answer : Terrestrial


Q73. R. K. Laxman excelled as

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Correct Answer : Cartoonist


Q74. Human Heart is made up of

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Correct Answer : cardiac muscle


Q75. Lala lajapathi rai is the author of the book

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Correct Answer : Unhappy India


Q76. The study of Heavenly bodies is called

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Correct Answer : Astronomy


Q77. Keoladeo National Park is situated in which state?

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Correct Answer : Rajasthan


Q78. Who is often called the ‘first African-American’ inventor?

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Correct Answer : Benjamin Banneker


Q79. Wilhelm I was declared kaiser of Germany in

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Correct Answer : 1871


Q80. Name an eminent cartoonist who created the comic book character like Chacha Chaudary and Sabu who died in 2014 ?

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Correct Answer : Pran Kumar Sharma


Q81. Which city is the world’s most crowded cities, according to World Economic Forum (WEF) citing UN Habitat Data ?

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Correct Answer : Dhaka


Q82. As per Census 2001, among the following hill states of India, which one has the highest literacy rate

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Correct Answer : Himachal Pradesh


Q83. Purushasukta is founded in the

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Correct Answer : Rigveda


Q84. When is the World day against Child Labour celebrated?

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Correct Answer : 12 june 2013


Q85. Which country has This is the root of all evil written on its coins?

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Correct Answer : Vatican City


Q86. Who discovered the solar system

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Correct Answer : Copernicus


Q87. Radio waves sent out by a radio stations are reflected by

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Correct Answer : ionosphere


Q88. The headquarters of World Intellectual Property Organisation (WIPO) is located in

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Correct Answer : Geneva


Q89. Which day was declared as the ‘Direct Action Day’ by the Muslim League ?

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Correct Answer : 16th August 1946


Q90. What is the name of the World’s smallest republic which has an area of 21 sq.km.?

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Correct Answer : Nauru


Q91. Which social networking site officially launched Express Wi-Fi internet services in India ?

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Correct Answer : Facebook


Q92. What sugar is found in DNA?

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Correct Answer : Deoxyribose


Q93. Human Rights day is observed on

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Correct Answer : December 10


Q94. The Black Box is a device used in an aircraft to

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Correct Answer : Record the flight data


Q95. Guwahati is situated on the bank of the river

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Correct Answer : Brahmaputra


Q96. Against which team did Virender Sehwag make his one day international debut

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Correct Answer : Pakistan


Q97. World hemophilia day is observed globally on

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Correct Answer : 17 April


Q98. Okhla Bird Sanctuary is located in

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Correct Answer : Uttar Pradesh


Q99. When Ionic bonds are formed metallic atoms tend to

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Correct Answer : lose electrons


Q100. In which Organelle does Cellular Respiration Occur?

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Correct Answer : Mitochondria


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