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. Who among the following is the President of the FICCI?
(a) Sunil Mittal
(b) Dr. Jyotsna Suri
(c) Onkar S. Kunwar
(d) Vivek Burman
2. Which one of the following pairs is not correctly matched?
(a) Integrated Steel Plant at Jajpur (Orissa) – Steel Authority of India
(b) Power Plant at Jamnagar (Gujarat) – Essar Power
(c) Nabinagar Power Plant (Bihar) – Indian Railways
(d) Kayamkulom Power Plant (Kerala) – National Thermal Power Corporation
3. For which one of the following items, is Tirupur well known as a huge exporter to many parts of the world?
(a) Gems and Jewellery
(b) Leather goods
(c) Knitted garments
(d) Handicrafts.
4. Match List-I with List-II and select the correct answer using the code given below the lists:
List-I (Distinguished person) List-II (Area of Work)
A. B.V. Rao 1. Automobiles Manufacture
B. C. K. Prahald 2. Fisheries Economy
C. Johan Kurien 3. Information Technology and Software
D. Kiran Karnik 4. Poultry Farming
5. Management Science
A=2, B=5, C=1, D=3
(b) A=4, B=3, C=2, D=5
(c) A=2, B=3, C=1, D=5
(d) A=4, B=5, C=2, D=3
5. Which of the following pairs are correctly matched?
Enterprise Industrial Group
1. VSNL 1. Bharati Group
2. Mundra SEZ 2. Adani Group
3. CMC Ltd 3. Tata Group
4 IPCL 4. Reliance Group
Select the correct answer using the codes given below:
(a) 1, 2 and 3
(b) 3 and 4
(c) 1, 2 and 4
(d) 2, 3 and 4
6. What is the order of magnitude of electric resistance of the human body (dry)?
(a) 102 ohm
(b) 104 ohm
(c) 106 ohm
(d) 108 ohm
7. Assertion (A): The weight of a body decreases with increase of altitude on earth.
Reason (R): The earth is not a perfect sphere.
(a) Both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of A
(b) Both A and R are true but R is not a correct explanation of A
(c) A is true but R is false
(d) A is false but R is true
8. Assertion (A): The boiling point of water decreases as the altitude increases.
Reason (R): The atmospheric pressure increases with altitude.
(a) Both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of A
(b) Both A and R are true but R is not a correct explanation of A
(c) A is true but R is false
(d) A is false but R is true
9. Assertion (A): A piece of copper and a piece of glass are heated to the same temperature.
When touched, thereafter, the copper piece appears hotter than the glass piece.
Reason (R): The density of copper is more than that of glass.
(a) Both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of A
(b) Both A and R are true but R is not a correct explanation of A
(c) A is true but R is false
(d) A is false but R is true
10. Assertion (A): In a motion picture, usually 24 frames are projected every second over the whole length of the film.
Reason (R): An image formed on the retina of eye persists for about 0.1 s after the removal of stimulus.
(a) Both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of A
(b) Both A and R are true but R is not a correct explanation of A
(c) A is true but R is false
(d) A is false but R is true
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