General Knowledge Quiz

Shraddha K

10 years ago

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. Given below are two statements, one labelled as Assertion (A) and the other labelled as Reason (R).

Assertion (A): The British sovereignty continued to exist in free India.

Reason (R): The British sovereign appointment the last Governor General of free India.

In the context of the above two statements, which one of the following is correct?

(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

(d) A is false but R is true

2. Mughal painting reached its zenith under

(a) Humayun

(b) Akbar

(d) Shahjahan

3. Match List I with List II and select the correct answer:

List I List II

A. Visakhadatta 1. Medicine

B. Varahamihira 2. Drama

C. Charaka 3. Astronomy

D. Brahmagupta 4. Mathematics

(a) A=1, B=3, C=4, D=2

(b) A=2, B=1, C=3, D=4

(d) A=3, B=4, C=1, D=2

4. B. R. Ambedkar was elected to the Constituent Assembly from

(a) West Bengal

(b) The Bombay President

(d) Punjab

5. Which one of the following texts of ancient India allows divorce to a wife deserted by her husband?

(a) Kamasutra

(b) Manavadharmashastra

(d) Arthashastra

6. Which one of the following is a mixed fertiliser?

(a) Urea

(b) CAN

(d) NPK

7. Which one of the following polymers is widely used for making bullet proof material?

(a) Polyvinyl chloride

(b) Polyamides

(d) Polycarbonates

8. Which one of the following pairs of materials serves as electrodes in chargeable batteries commonly used in devices such as torchlights, electric shavers etc?

(a) Nickel and cadmium

(b) Zinc and carbon

(d) Iron and cadmium

9. The difference between a nuclear reactor and an atomic bomb is that

(a) no chain reaction takes place in nuclear reactor while in the atomic bomb there is a chain reaction

(b) the chain reaction in nuclear reactor is controlled

(d) no-chain reaction takes place in atomic bomb while it takes place in nuclear reactor

10. Which one of the following fuels causes minimum environmental pollution?

(a) Diesel

(b) Coal

(d) Kerosene

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