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.

25 Questions Published

Questions

Question 1 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Cooking gas is a mixture of

  1. methane and carbon dioxide
  2. oxygen and nitrogen
  3. butane and propane
  4. butane and methane
Question 2 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Trade winds of the northern hemisphere blow from north-east to south-west due to

  1. coriolis force
  2. gravitational force
  3. centrifugal force
  4. centripetal force
Question 3 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which of the following technical terms is not related with computer system?

  1. Virus
  2. Winchester disk
  3. Mouse
  4. FIFO system
Question 4 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

What is the shape of earth?

  1. Oblate spheroid
  2. True sphere
  3. Oval
  4. Round
Question 5 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which of the following is India's national game?

  1. Kabaddi
  2. Chess
  3. Hockey
  4. Cricket
Question 6 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Who is called the 'Nightingale of India'?

  1. Mother Teresa
  2. Vijayalakshmi Pandit
  3. Indira Gandhi
  4. Sarojini Naidu
Question 7 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Name the tree whose wood is used for making cricket bats?

  1. Willow
  2. Teak
  3. Sandal
  4. None of these
Question 8 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which is the longest day in the Northern Hemisphere?

  1. 20th June
  2. 21st June
  3. 22nd December
  4. 23rd December
Question 9 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Transfer of genetic information from one generation to the next is accomplished by

  1. X-chromosome
  2. Y-chromosome
  3. DNA
  4. RNA
Question 10 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which is the largest tea producing country in the world?

  1. China
  2. India
  3. Japan
  4. Myanmar
Question 11 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which city is called South India's Manchester?

  1. Hyderabad
  2. Bangalore
  3. Chennai
  4. Coimbatore
Question 12 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Name the biggest hot desert in the world?

  1. Sahara
  2. Gobi
  3. Australian
  4. Thar
Question 13 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Who invented the motorcycle?

  1. G. Daimler of Cannstatt
  2. Percy L Spencer
  3. Sir George Cayley
  4. E.H. Armstrong
Question 14 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

On which principle does a tape recorder function?

  1. Electromagnetic induction
  2. Electrovalency
  3. Gay Lussac's Law of combining volumes
  4. Boyle's Law
Question 15 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Meninges are

  1. membranes covering the heart
  2. connective tissue membranes covering the brain
  3. secretions of the pancreas
  4. myelin sheath on the nerve fibre
Question 16 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

A nuclear reactor is a device to produce nuclear energy with the help of

  1. nuclear fusion
  2. uncontrolled chain reaction
  3. controlled chain reaction
  4. graphite as fuel
Question 17 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

The main source of energy of the sun is

  1. fusion of heavy nuclei
  2. fusion of light nuclei
  3. fission of light nuclei
  4. both fusion and fission
Question 18 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

The normal temperature of the human body is

  1. 40 degree Fahrenheit
  2. 40 degree Celsius
  3. 100 degree Fahrenheit
  4. 37 degree Celsius
Question 19 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

The distance of distinct vision for a normal human eye is

  1. 60 cm
  2. 25 cm
  3. 15 cm
  4. 20 cm
Question 20 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

One litre of water is equivalent to how many kilograms?

  1. 1.5 kg
  2. 1 kg
  3. 1.25 kg
  4. .90 kg
Question 21 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

The mean distance from the earth to the sun is

  1. 450 million km
  2. 250 million km
  3. 150 million km
  4. 14 million km
Question 22 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

N-type semi conductors are obtained by adding impurities to pure germanium. The impurities have to be

  1. monovalent
  2. trivalent
  3. tetravalent
  4. pentavalent
Question 23 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Who wrote the short story 'The Gift of the Magi'?

  1. O. Henry
  2. G.R. Herge
  3. Thomas Hardy
  4. R.K. Narayan
Question 24 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which one of the following compounds has the highest percentage of nitrogen?

  1. Ammonium nitrate
  2. Urea
  3. Calcium nitrate
  4. Ammonium chloride
Question 25 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Frequency of the AC mains in India is

  1. 50 cps
  2. 60 cps
  3. 100 cps
  4. 120 cps