GK Test (Static)

Free General Knowledge Test for UPSC, DSSB, Bank PO, SSC, and Other Competitive Entrance Exams Preparation and Practice Material

25 Questions Published

Questions

Question 1 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Who wrote the novel ‘Tutan Wala Khoo’?

  1. Kulwant Singh Virk
  2. Sohan Singh Sital
  3. Amrita Pritam
  4. Nanak Singh
Question 2 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Who has written the book ‘Loona’ in Punjabi?

  1. Shiv Kumar Batalvi
  2. Surjeet Pattar
  3. Dr. Harbhajan Singh
  4. Amrita Pritam
Question 3 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Guru Arjan Dev was contemporary of

  1. Kabir
  2. Piloo
  3. Waris Shah
  4. Shah Hussain
Question 4 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

What advantage do students get from scouts training?

  1. Develope an habit to spend little
  2. Develope a feeling to serve
  3. Spirit of speaking truth
  4. All the above qualities
Question 5 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

In the National Education Policy, which field has been stressed upon?

  1. Research
  2. Direction
  3. Examination and assessment
  4. Commercialisation
Question 6 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Indian Education Commission (1964 - 66) had suggested that the education system should be set up

  1. after four years
  2. after three years
  3. after five years
  4. after two years
Question 7 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

A person climbing a hill finds it easy if he

  1. moves slowly
  2. bends forward
  3. climbs straight
  4. bends backward
Question 8 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

When a moving train slows down quickly, passengers tend to fall

  1. forward
  2. backward
  3. upward
  4. None of these
Question 9 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Air contains about 78 percent of

  1. hydrogen
  2. nitrogen
  3. oxygen
  4. carbon dioxide
Question 10 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Fiscal policy is connected with

  1. public revenue and expenditure
  2. exports and imports
  3. issue of currency
  4. None of these
Question 11 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Mahatma Gandhi's first great experiment in Satyagraha (non-violence) in India came in Champaran in Bihar in

  1. 1919 A.D
  2. 1905 A.D
  3. 1920 A.D
  4. 1917 A.D
Question 12 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Who ordered firing on the public meeting at Jallianwala Bagh?

  1. General Dyer
  2. Lord Chemford
  3. Mr. Montague
  4. Justice Rowllatt
Question 13 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

When was the New National Education Policy passed in the Lok Sabha?

  1. August, 1990
  2. May, 1986
  3. May, 1984
  4. June, 1986
Question 14 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

The Buddhist religious literature produced during the Mauryan period was in

  1. Pali
  2. Prakrit
  3. Ardhangadi
  4. Sanskrit
Question 15 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

What is the name of the script of Hindi language?

  1. Devnagri
  2. Khari Boli
  3. Gurumukhi
  4. None of these
Question 16 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which of the following is more elastic?

  1. Rubber
  2. Glass
  3. Brass
  4. Steel
Question 17 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Who is a progressive writer among the following?

  1. Ram Kumar Verma
  2. Nagarjun
  3. Maha Devi Verma
  4. Harivansh Rai Bachchan
Question 18 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

A Punjabi writer says that he/she earns his/her breakfast from Punjabi, lunch from Hindi and dinner from English. Who is this writer?

  1. Ajit Kaur
  2. Balwant Gargi
  3. S. Gurbax Singh
  4. Amrita Pritam
Question 19 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Who is called the father of Modern Punjabi Drama?

  1. Harcharan Singh
  2. Bhai Vir Singh
  3. Balwant Gargi
  4. Prof. I.C. Nanda
Question 20 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

What was the official language during the period of Ranjit Singh?

  1. Persian
  2. English
  3. Punjabi
  4. Urdu
Question 21 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

“Laggi Nazzar Punjab Noo Koyee Nazzar Uttaro.” Who has written these lines in Punjabi poetry?

  1. Nanak Singh
  2. Sant Singh
  3. Surjit Singh
  4. Amrita Pritam
Question 22 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

National sports of Japan is

  1. baseball
  2. football
  3. ju jitsu
  4. None of these
Question 23 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Name the first Indian woman to scale the Mount Everest.

  1. Anita Sen
  2. Santa Rangaswami
  3. Anita Sood
  4. Bachendri Pal
Question 24 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

In the total number of illiterates in the world, women's proportion is

  1. 1/3
  2. 1/4
  3. 1/2
  4. 2/3
Question 25 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

The mausoleum of Sher Shah is at

  1. Agra
  2. Lahore
  3. Delhi
  4. Sasaram