General Knowledge
General knowledge quiz test for different exam entrance exams, school/college mba, upsc, ntse and olympiad, job placements and other exams preparation and practice study materials
Questions
Capital formation in an economy depends on the
- total income
- total demand
- total savings
- total production
Who painted the master piece “Hamsa Damayanti”?
- Anjolie Ela Menon
- Abanindranath Tagore
- Amrita Shergil
- Raja Ravi Varma
Prime cost is equal to
- variable cost plus administrative cost
- variable cost plus fixed cost
- variable cost only
- fixed cost only
Bank deposits that can be withdrawn without notice are called
- account payee deposits
- fixed deposits
- variable deposits
- demand deposits
The book “Unto the Last” which influenced Gandhi, was authored by
- Boris Yeltsin
- John Ruskin
- Pushkin
- Ruskin Bond
New capital issue is placed in
- secondary market
- grey market
- primary market
- black market
Triple vaccine is administered to a new born child to immunize it against
- whooping cough, tetanus and measles
- whooping cough, tetanus and diphtheria
- tetanus, diphtheria, measles and rubella
- tetanus, diphtheria, smallpox and rubella
Who propounded the 'market law'?
- Adam Smith
- J.B. Say
- T.R. Malthus
- David Ricardo
Which of the following does not have an influence over the climate in India?
- Monsoons
- Ocean Currents
- Nearness to equator
- Presence of Indian Ocean
An expenditure that has been made and cannot be recovered is called
- variable cost
- opportunity cost
- sunk cost
- operational cost
Which was the birth place of Guru Nanak?
- Gurdaspur
- Amritsar
- Lahore
- Talwandi
The immortal national song Vande Mataram has been written by
- Rabindranath Tagore
- Sarat Chandra Chattopadhyay
- Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay
- Surendranath Bandopadhyay
Which article of the Indian Constitution provides for the institution of Panchayati Raj?
- Art. 36
- Art. 39
- Art. 40
- Art. 48
The Mohemmadan Anglo-Oriental College at Aligarh was founded by
- Md. Ali Jinnah
- Mohammad Ali
- Saukat Ali
- Sir Syed Ahmed Khan
Which is not a Central Service?
- Indian Police Service
- Indian Foreign Service
- Indian Audit and Accounts Service
- Indian Revenue Service
In India, one-rupee coins and notes and subsidiary coins are issued by
- the Reserve Bank of India
- the Central Government
- the State Bank of India
- Unit Trust of India
Which of the following is a bulwark of personal freedom?
- Mandamus
- Habeas Corpus
- Quo Warranto
- Certiorari
If the tax rate increases with the higher level of income, it shall be called
- proportional tax
- progressive tax
- lump sum tax
- regressive tax
Which is the highest body that approves Five-Year Plans in the country?
- Planning Commission
- Union Cabinet
- Parliament
- National Development Council
Who among the following is generally regarded as the pioneer of Local Self-Government in Modern India?
- Ripon
- Lytton
- Mayo
- Curzon
The practice of selling goods in a foreign country at a price below their domestic selling price is called
- diplomacy
- discrimination
- dumping
- double pricing
Motilal Nehru and Chittaranjan Das were the founder members of the
- Communist Party of India
- Forward Bloc
- Socialist-Swarajist Party
- Swarajya Party
The famous Kohinoor diamond was produced from one of the mines in
- Orissa
- Chhota Nagpur
- Bijapur
- Golconda
How many minutes for each degree of longitude does the local time of any place vary from the Greenwich time?
- Two minutes
- Four minutes
- Six minutes
- Eight minutes
In India, population density is defined as the number of persons
- per square mile
- per lakh square mile
- per lakh square kilometer
- per square kilometer