General Awareness Test (GK/GA Quiz) For Competitive Exams (40 Questions)

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Q.1. Kandangi saree, which has got GI tag, is associated to which state?

  1. Karnataka
  2. Kerala
  3. Tamil Nadu
  4. Andra Pradesh

Your Response : (a) Karnataka
Correct Response : c) Tamil Nadu
Marks : 0

Answer: (c) Tamil Nadu

Q.2. Peacock parachute spider, which is recently spotted in Eastern Ghat, is belongs to the genus

  1. Chilobrachys
  2. Poecilotheria
  3. Avicularia
  4. Mygalomorphae

Your Response : (b) Poecilotheria
Correct Response : b) Poecilotheria
Marks : 1

Answer: (b) Poecilotheria

Q.3. Where was the india's first automated battery charging and changing station for e-buses inaugurated?

  1. Ahmedabad
  2. Chennai
  3. Bangaluru
  4. New Delhi

Your Response : (c) Bangaluru
Correct Response : a) Ahmedabad
Marks : 0

Answer: (a) Ahmedabad

Q.4. Which mobile application is launched by the government to search for generic medicines?

  1. JanaushadhiSarvada
  2. JanaushadhiService
  3. JanaushadhiSafalam
  4. JanaushadhiSugam

Your Response : (a) JanaushadhiSarvada
Correct Response : d) JanaushadhiSugam
Marks : 0

Answer: (d) JanaushadhiSugam

Q.5. Recently launched book 'listening, learning and reading' is based on which leader?

  1. Narendra Modi
  2. Amit Shah
  3. M. Venkaiah Naidu
  4. Ram Nath Kovind

Your Response : (a) Narendra Modi
Correct Response : c) M. Venkaiah Naidu
Marks : 0

Answer: (c) M. Venkaiah Naidu

Q.6. The book "Idea of Justice" is written by

  1. Amitabh Ghosh
  2. Amartya Sen
  3. Jaswant Singh
  4. S.S. Sodhi

Your Response : (b) Amartya Sen
Correct Response : b) Amartya Sen
Marks : 1

Answer: (b) Amartya Sen

Q.7. The Author of the book "Jyoti Punj" is:

  1. L.K.Adwani
  2. Jaswant Singh
  3. Narendra Modi
  4. Sonia Gandhi

Your Response : (b) Jaswant Singh
Correct Response : c) Narendra Modi
Marks : 0

Answer: (c) Narendra Modi

Q.8. Arina is related with which of the following games?

  1. Judo
  2. Kho-Kho
  3. Golf
  4. Horse Riding

Your Response : (a) Judo
Correct Response : d) Horse Riding
Marks : 0

Answer: (d) Horse Riding

Q.9. "Hopman Cup" is related to which sport?

  1. Lawn Tennis
  2. Football
  3. Cricket
  4. Badminton

Your Response : (a) Lawn Tennis
Correct Response : a) Lawn Tennis
Marks : 1

Answer: (a) Lawn Tennis

Q.10. Hima Das, is associated with which sport?

  1. Badminton
  2. Tennis
  3. Athletics
  4. Cricket

Your Response : (c) Athletics
Correct Response : c) Athletics
Marks : 1

Answer: (c) Athletics

Q.11. The 'Bermuda Triangle' lies in-

  1. Western North Atlantic ocean
  2. Eastern North Atlantic ocean
  3. North Pecific ocean
  4. South Indian ocean

Your Response : (c) North Pecific ocean
Correct Response : a) Western North Atlantic ocean
Marks : 0

Answer: (a) Western North Atlantic ocean

Q.12. The milky way is classified as-

  1. Spiral galaxy
  2. Elecrical galaxy
  3. Irregular galaxy
  4. Round galaxy

Your Response : (a) Spiral galaxy
Correct Response : a) Spiral galaxy
Marks : 1

Answer: (a) Spiral galaxy

Q.13. Which animal is the symbol of the World Wildlife Fund?

  1. Tiger
  2. Giant Panda
  3. Hornbill
  4. White Bear

Your Response : (d) White Bear
Correct Response : b) Giant Panda
Marks : 0

Answer: (b) Giant Panda

Q.14. Tea is grown in-

  1. Hot, wet and hilly region
  2. Flat region
  3. Winter season
  4. Very cold region

Your Response : (a) Hot, wet and hilly region
Correct Response : a) Hot, wet and hilly region
Marks : 1

Answer: (a) Hot, wet and hilly region

Q.15. Shyok is a tributary of-

  1. Brahmaputra
  2. Indus
  3. Chenab
  4. Sutlej

Your Response : (b) Indus
Correct Response : b) Indus
Marks : 1

Answer: (b) Indus
Explanation: The Shyok River a tributary of the Indus River that flows through northern Ladakh in India and Gilgit?Baltistan in Pakistan, spanning some 550 km (340 mi)

Q.16. Kaziranga is known for-

  1. Project Tiger
  2. Two horned Rhino
  3. One horned Rhino
  4. Operation flood

Your Response : (a) Project Tiger
Correct Response : c) One horned Rhino
Marks : 0

Answer: (c) One horned Rhino

Q.17. The Information Technology (I.T.) capital of india is -

  1. Hyderabad
  2. Bangaluru
  3. Mumbai
  4. Chennai

Your Response : (c) Mumbai
Correct Response : b) Bangaluru
Marks : 0

Answer: (b) Bangaluru

Q.18. The human development Index (HDI) is based on-

  1. Life expectancy at birth
  2. GDP per capita (PPP US $)
  3. Mean Years of Schooling
  4. All of the above

Your Response : (d) All of the above
Correct Response : d) All of the above
Marks : 1

Answer: (d) All of the above

Q.19. From which of the following taxes, the central government gets the maximum revenue?

  1. Corporate Tax
  2. Income Tax
  3. Excise Duties
  4. Custom Duties

Your Response : (a) Corporate Tax
Correct Response : a) Corporate Tax
Marks : 1

Answer: (a) Corporate Tax

Q.20. Which one of the following is the first private telecom company to get a licence to launch a long distance phone service in india?

  1. Bharti telesonic
  2. Nokia
  3. Reliance
  4. Airtel

Your Response : (b) Nokia
Correct Response : a) Bharti telesonic
Marks : 0

Answer: (a) Bharti telesonic

Q.21. Namami Gange' is associated with for clean Ganga-

  1. National Mission
  2. Ganga Action plan
  3. Smart city mission
  4. AMRUT

Your Response : (a) National Mission
Correct Response : a) National Mission
Marks : 1

Answer: (a) National Mission

Q.22. The organisation which looks after the credit needs of agriculture and rural development is-

  1. FCI
  2. NABARD
  3. IDBI
  4. ICAR

Your Response : (b) NABARD
Correct Response : b) NABARD
Marks : 1

Answer: (b) NABARD
Explanation: NABARD - National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development

Q.23. Who got the Nobel Piece Prize 2019?

  1. Olga Tokarczuk
  2. Abiy Ahmed Ali
  3. Peter Handke
  4. Michael Kremer

Your Response : (d) Michael Kremer
Correct Response : b) Abiy Ahmed Ali
Marks : 0

Answer: (b) Abiy Ahmed Ali

Q.24. Who founded the Servants of India Society?

  1. Chittaranjan Das
  2. Bal Gngadhar Tilak
  3. Lala her Dayal
  4. Gopal Krishna Gokhale

Your Response : (b) Bal Gngadhar Tilak
Correct Response : d) Gopal Krishna Gokhale
Marks : 0

Answer: (d) Gopal Krishna Gokhale

Q.25. Vande Matram was taken from-

  1. Rajtarangani
  2. Anand Math
  3. Akbarnama
  4. Akbar kosha

Your Response : (b) Anand Math
Correct Response : b) Anand Math
Marks : 1

Answer: (b) Anand Math

Q.26. The Sarvodaya Movement was started by-

  1. Mahatma Gandhi
  2. Jayaprakash Narayan
  3. Vinoba Bhave
  4. Dada Dharmadhikari

Your Response : (a) Mahatma Gandhi
Correct Response : c) Vinoba Bhave
Marks : 0

Answer: (c) Vinoba Bhave

Q.27. Who is the current Home Affairs minister of India?

  1. Dr. Harsh Vardhan
  2. Amit Shah
  3. Rajnath Singh
  4. Piyush Goel

Your Response : (b) Amit Shah
Correct Response : b) Amit Shah
Marks : 1

Answer: (b) Amit Shah

Q.28. India is a-

  1. Union of Federal states
  2. Federal Union of states
  3. Union of states
  4. Union of states and Union territories

Your Response : (c) Union of states
Correct Response : c) Union of states
Marks : 1

Answer: (c) Union of states

Q.29. Who is called the 'Nightingale of India'?

  1. Vijay Lakshami Pandit
  2. Sarojini Naidu
  3. Aruna Asaf Ali
  4. Sucheta Kriplani

Your Response : (a) Vijay Lakshami Pandit
Correct Response : b) Sarojini Naidu
Marks : 0

Answer: (b) Sarojini Naidu

Q.30. The first Muslim rular to introduce the system of price control was-

  1. Balban
  2. Jalaluddin Khalji
  3. Muhammad-bin-Tughlaq
  4. Allauddin Khalji

Your Response : (b) Jalaluddin Khalji
Correct Response : d) Allauddin Khalji
Marks : 0

Answer: (d) Allauddin Khalji

Q.31. Musical instrument 'Sitar' is the combination of-

  1. Bansuri and Veena
  2. Bansuri and Sarangi
  3. Veena and Tambura
  4. Veena and Piano

Your Response : (c) Veena and Tambura
Correct Response : d) Veena and Piano
Marks : 0

Answer: (d) Veena and Piano

Q.32. Teratali' the folkdance of which state?

  1. Kerala
  2. Rajasthan
  3. Madhya Pradesh
  4. Tamil Nadu

Your Response : (d) Tamil Nadu
Correct Response : b) Rajasthan
Marks : 0

Answer: (b) Rajasthan

Q.33. What inspired the paintings of Ajanta?

  1. Compassionate Buddha
  2. Radha Krishna leela
  3. Jain Teerthankras
  4. Mahabharat encounters

Your Response : (b) Radha Krishna leela
Correct Response : a) Compassionate Buddha
Marks : 0

Answer: (a) Compassionate Buddha

Q.34. World Water Day is observed on-

  1. 22nd January
  2. 22nd March
  3. 22nd April
  4. 22nd May

Your Response : (a) 22nd January
Correct Response : b) 22nd March
Marks : 0

Answer: (b) 22nd March

Q.35. The headquaters of UNESCO is in-

  1. Germany
  2. Paris
  3. U.S.A
  4. Italy

Your Response : (c) U.S.A
Correct Response : b) Paris
Marks : 0

Answer: (b) Paris

Q.36. Sound travels fastest in-

  1. Water
  2. steel
  3. vacuum
  4. Air

Your Response : (d) Air
Correct Response : b) steel
Marks : 0

Answer: (b) steel

Q.37. Hydrogen bomb is based on the phenomenon of-

  1. Nuclear fusion
  2. Nuclear fission
  3. Nuclear explosion
  4. none of thses

Your Response : (d) none of thses
Correct Response : a) Nuclear fusion
Marks : 0

Answer: (a) Nuclear fusion

Q.38. Plaster of Paris is made from-

  1. Gypsum
  2. Zinc
  3. Slacked lime
  4. limestone

Your Response : (a) Gypsum
Correct Response : a) Gypsum
Marks : 1

Answer: (a) Gypsum

Q.39. Decibel' is a unit of-

  1. Pitch
  2. Sound energy
  3. Loudness
  4. length

Your Response : (b) Sound energy
Correct Response : c) Loudness
Marks : 0

Answer: (c) Loudness

Q.40. The only mammal which can fly

  1. whale
  2. snake
  3. Hen
  4. Bat

Your Response : (d) Bat
Correct Response : d) Bat
Marks : 1

Answer: (d) Bat