Mixed GK

General knowledge quiz covering Indian politics, business, science, literature, and history

37 Questions Published

Questions

Question 1 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

'India Today' magazine is owned by

  1. Living media
  2. Bennett and Coleman
  3. Hindustan Times
  4. Today Network
Question 2 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

After ONGC, which firm has become India's second largest PSU?

  1. IOC
  2. NTPC
  3. BP
  4. BHEL
Question 3 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which Indian tennis player turned into a Hollywood filmmaker?

  1. Ramesh Krishnan
  2. Mahesh Bhupathi
  3. Vijay Amritraj
  4. Ashok Amritraj
Question 4 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Name the MNC which is in packaging of foods which has an equity stake in Britannia

  1. Cadbury
  2. Nestle
  3. Danone
  4. HLL
Question 5 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Worldspace is the service provider for

  1. satellite radio
  2. broadband
  3. telephone
  4. none of these
Question 6 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which of the following honours has Dr. Kalam been awarded, the highest honour that an Indian citizen can receive?

  1. Arjuna Award
  2. The Bharat Ratna
  3. Padma Bhushan
  4. Padma Vibhushan
Question 7 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which of the following phenomena of global warming in the Pacific Ocean may also increase the frequency and severity as long-term global warming continues?

  1. El Nino
  2. Trade winds
  3. La Nina
  4. None of these
Question 8 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

In Dr. Kalam's name APJ stands for

  1. Avul Panthwawala Jain
  2. Avul Pakir Jainulabdeen
  3. Aral Ponnuswamy Jampiru
  4. Avul Panneer Jalanti
Question 9 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

“Putting News First” is the punchline of

  1. CNBC India
  2. BBC World
  3. Times Now
  4. CNN-IBN
Question 10 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which of the following words was added into the Preamble of the Constitution by the 42nd Amendment Act, 1976?

  1. Federal
  2. Socialist
  3. Sovereign
  4. Republic
Question 11 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which of the following human rights is protected in Article 21 of the Constitution of India?

  1. Right to Vote
  2. Right to Life and Liberty
  3. Right to Freedom of Speech and Expression
  4. Right to Freedom of Religion
Question 12 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

The famous book 'Made in America' discusses about which company's business?

  1. GE
  2. Walmart
  3. Dell
  4. Apple
Question 13 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

The process of breaking a larger hydrocarbon molecule into smaller ones by heating in the presence of a catalyst is known as

  1. cracking
  2. fission
  3. centrifugation
  4. fusion
Question 14 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which one of the following Bengali writer won an Oscar for his film direction?

  1. Anand Mukherjee
  2. Rabindranath Tagore
  3. Satyajit Ray
  4. Bankim Chandra
Question 15 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which Constitutional post is enjoyed for a fixed term?

  1. President
  2. Governor
  3. Prime Minister
  4. Chief Justice
Question 16 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which of the following Indian cycle companies entered its name in the Guinness Book of World Records?

  1. Atlas Cycles
  2. Hero Cycles
  3. TI Cycles
  4. None of these
Question 17 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which of the following companies was founded in the 1920s by Adolf Dassler?

  1. Nike
  2. Adidas
  3. Reebok
  4. None of these
Question 18 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

The new company 'Aventis' is the result of merger of which two large pharmaceutical majors?

  1. Hoechst and Sandoz
  2. Rhone-Poulenc and Hoechst
  3. Glaxo and SmithKline Beecham
  4. Rhone and Warner Lambert
Question 19 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which business group has a majority share in the magazine Cine Blitz?

  1. Bennett Coleman
  2. Kotak Mahindra
  3. UB
  4. Reliance
Question 20 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

The baseline 'Because life insurance is also about other people's lives' belongs to

  1. TATA-AIG
  2. HDFC
  3. ICICI Prulife
  4. Birla Sunlife
Question 21 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Who among the following was India's longest serving Prime Minister?

  1. Jawahar Lal Nehru
  2. Indira Gandhi
  3. Lal Bahadur Shastri
  4. Manmohan Singh
Question 22 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which of following musicians received the Bharat Ratna?

  1. Hariprasad Chaurasia
  2. Bismillah Khan
  3. Amrita Pritam
  4. Shiv Kumar Batalwi
Question 23 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

The leading brand of artificial sweetener 'Sugar Free' is owned by

  1. HLL
  2. Cadila
  3. P&G
  4. Glaxo
Question 24 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Who takes the final decision on the disqualification of a Member of Parliament?

  1. Speaker of Lok Sabha
  2. Vice-President
  3. President
  4. Prime Minister
Question 25 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

From 1585 to 1592, there was no information about Shakespeare. This period is known as

  1. the missing years
  2. the black years
  3. the suspense years
  4. the lost years
Question 26 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which company owns the brand Glucon D?

  1. Ranbaxy
  2. Smithkline
  3. HLL
  4. Heinz
Question 27 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

The greeting Jai Hind was started by

  1. Lal Bahadur Shastri
  2. Mahatma Gandhi
  3. Subhash Chandra Bose
  4. Lok Manya Tilak
Question 28 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Tundra, the pick-up truck is manufactured and sold by

  1. Nissan
  2. Bajaj
  3. Suzuki
  4. Toyota
Question 29 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Morphology is the study of

  1. the effects of analgesic drugs
  2. the life of fauna
  3. the reproduction of cells
  4. the shapes of plants and animals
Question 30 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Who was India's first deputy Prime Minister?

  1. Maulana Abul Kalam Azad
  2. B.R. Ambedkar
  3. Sardar Baldev Singh
  4. Sardar Vallabh Bhai Patel
Question 31 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which famous group invested in the Barista chain of coffee outlets?

  1. Taj group
  2. Tata Tea
  3. Hindustan Lever
  4. Nestle
Question 32 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which Indian software company is associated with the design of A380?

  1. Quartz
  2. Infosys
  3. Wipro
  4. NIIT
Question 33 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

From which country's Constitution did the Indian Constitution borrow the concept of a Five Year Plan?

  1. The UK
  2. The USSR
  3. The USA
  4. Japan
Question 34 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

What brand was acquired by Frito Lays from Amrit Agro?

  1. Lehar Namkeen
  2. Uncle Chipps
  3. Lays
  4. Hello Chipps
Question 35 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

The literary work, ''Sishu'' is the work of which of the following authors?

  1. Vikram Seth
  2. Jawaharlal Nehru
  3. Rabindranath Tagore
  4. Arundhati Roy
Question 36 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Who was the last ruler of the Mughal dynasty?

  1. Bahadur Shah Zafar
  2. Aurangzeb
  3. Jehangir
  4. Shah Jahan