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. The nutritional deficiency condition that needs to be given top priority for remedial action in India today is

(a) Scurvy

(b) Rickets

(c) Xerophthalmia

(d) Pellagra

2. People drinking water from a shallow hand pump are likely to suffer from all of the following diseases except

(a) Cholera

(b) Typhoid

(c) Jaundice

(d) Fluorosis

3. Corpus luteum is a mass of cells found in

(a) brain

(b) ovary

(c) pancreas

(d) spleen

4. Alpha-keratin is a protein present in

(a) blood

(b) skin

(c) lymph

(d) eggs

5. Arteries supplying blood to the heart are called

(a) carotid arteries

(b) hepatic arteries

(c) coronary arteries

(d) pulmonary arteries

6. Which one of the following is not a part of early Jain literature?

(a) Therigatha

(b) Acarangasutra

(c) Sutrakritanga

(d) Brihatkalpasutra

7. The Sarabandi (no tax) campaign of 1922 was led by

(a) Bhagat Singh

(b) Chittaranjan Das

(c) Rajaguru

(d) Vallabhbhai Patel

8. Which of the following were common to both Buddhism and Jainism?

(i) Avoidance of extremities of penance and enjoyment

(ii) Indifference to the authority of the vedas

(iii) Denial of efficacy of rituals

(iv) Non-injury to animal life

Select the answer using the codes given below:

(a) – (i), (ii), (iii) and (iv)

(b) – (ii), (iii) and (iv)

(c) – (i), (iii) and (iv)

(d) – (i) and (ii)

9. Nastaliq was

(a) a Persian script used in medieval India

(b) a raga composed by Tansen

(c) a cess levied by Mughal rulers

(d) a manual of code of conduct for the Ulemas

10. Who among the following is known for his work on medicine during the Gupta period?

(a) Saumilla

(b) Sudraka

(c) Shaunaka

(c) Susrutha

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