General Knowledge
A comprehensive general knowledge quiz covering science, geography, history, literature, and sports. Suitable for competitive exams like UPSC, SSC, and bank placement tests.
Questions
Cooking gas is a mixture of
- methane and carbon dioxide
- oxygen and nitrogen
- butane and propane
- butane and methane
Trade winds of the northern hemisphere blow from north-east to south-west due to
- coriolis force
- gravitational force
- centrifugal force
- centripetal force
Which of the following technical terms is not related with computer system?
- Virus
- Winchester disk
- Mouse
- FIFO system
What is the shape of earth?
- Oblate spheroid
- True sphere
- Oval
- Round
Which of the following is India's national game?
- Kabaddi
- Chess
- Hockey
- Cricket
Who is called the 'Nightingale of India'?
- Mother Teresa
- Vijayalakshmi Pandit
- Indira Gandhi
- Sarojini Naidu
Name the tree whose wood is used for making cricket bats?
- Willow
- Teak
- Sandal
- None of these
Which is the longest day in the Northern Hemisphere?
- 20th June
- 21st June
- 22nd December
- 23rd December
Transfer of genetic information from one generation to the next is accomplished by
- X-chromosome
- Y-chromosome
- DNA
- RNA
Which is the largest tea producing country in the world?
- China
- India
- Japan
- Myanmar
Which city is called South India's Manchester?
- Hyderabad
- Bangalore
- Chennai
- Coimbatore
Name the biggest hot desert in the world?
- Sahara
- Gobi
- Australian
- Thar
Who invented the motorcycle?
- G. Daimler of Cannstatt
- Percy L Spencer
- Sir George Cayley
- E.H. Armstrong
On which principle does a tape recorder function?
- Electromagnetic induction
- Electrovalency
- Gay Lussac's Law of combining volumes
- Boyle's Law
Meninges are
- membranes covering the heart
- connective tissue membranes covering the brain
- secretions of the pancreas
- myelin sheath on the nerve fibre
A nuclear reactor is a device to produce nuclear energy with the help of
- nuclear fusion
- uncontrolled chain reaction
- controlled chain reaction
- graphite as fuel
The main source of energy of the sun is
- fusion of heavy nuclei
- fusion of light nuclei
- fission of light nuclei
- both fusion and fission
The normal temperature of the human body is
- 40 degree Fahrenheit
- 40 degree Celsius
- 100 degree Fahrenheit
- 37 degree Celsius
The distance of distinct vision for a normal human eye is
- 60 cm
- 25 cm
- 15 cm
- 20 cm
One litre of water is equivalent to how many kilograms?
- 1.5 kg
- 1 kg
- 1.25 kg
- .90 kg
The mean distance from the earth to the sun is
- 450 million km
- 250 million km
- 150 million km
- 14 million km
N-type semi conductors are obtained by adding impurities to pure germanium. The impurities have to be
- monovalent
- trivalent
- tetravalent
- pentavalent
Who wrote the short story 'The Gift of the Magi'?
- O. Henry
- G.R. Herge
- Thomas Hardy
- R.K. Narayan
Which one of the following compounds has the highest percentage of nitrogen?
- Ammonium nitrate
- Urea
- Calcium nitrate
- Ammonium chloride
Frequency of the AC mains in India is
- 50 cps
- 60 cps
- 100 cps
- 120 cps