Dear PaGaLGuY readers, as we all know, General Knowledge is an important component of a number of competitive examinations such as the UPSC Civil Services Examination, Banking Entrance Examinations, SSC CGL/CHSL Examinations, MBA Entrance Examinations, Combined Defence Services Examination, etc. In order to help you practise and improve your General Knowledge, we hereby present this General Knowledge quiz.

Given below are a few General Studies questions from previous years’ actual exams. Leave your answers/ responses in the comments section below and soon we’ll let you know the correct answers!

1. Dumping is a form of price discrimination at

 (a) national level                 (b) international level                                                        (c) local level                       (d) within industry

2. The basic purpose of production is to

(a) provide employment            (b) make profits

(c) increase physical output      (d) satisfy human wants

3. Moraines are formed in

(a) arid regions          (b) glacial regions                                                        (c)monsoon region    (d) river details

4. Match correctly the following deserts and their locations by choosing the correct response from the codes given below:

        Desert                       Location

A. Kalahari                    1. South America

B. Attacama                  2. Australia

C. Thar                          3. Africa

D.Great Victoria            4. Asia

Codes : A B C D

(a) 4 3 2 1

(b) 3 2 1 4

(c) 3 1 4 2

(d) 2 3 1 4

5. Cellulose is found in the cells of

(a) bacteria        (b) fungi          (c) plants         (d) animals

6. Yeast is an important source of

(a) invertase    (b) vitamin C     (c) protein     (d) vitamin B

7. In HTML, tags consists of keywords enclosed within

(a) Parentheses

(b) square brackets

(c) flower brackets

(d) angular brackets

8. The waste generated by personal computers is known as

(a) Physical waste

(b) computer waste

(c) E- waste

(d) PC – Waste

9. Which country’s currency is Ngultrum?

(a) Bangladesh   (b) Nepal    (c) Bhutan    (d) Laos

10. ‘Sattriya Nritya’, recognised as a classical dance form of India by the Sangeet Natak Akademi only in 2000, originated from

(a) Karnataka

(b) Gujarat

(c) Tripura

(d) Assam

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