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. Endosulfan Spray on cashew  crop resulted in the pollution to the tune of tragedy in

(a) Karnataka                           (b) Tamil Nadu

(c) Kerala                                 (d) Andhra Pradesh

2. Blood is a 

(a) muscular tissue                   (b) reproductive tissue

(c) connective tissue                (d) epithelial tissue

3. Communication Satellites are used to

(a) Provide information of natural resource only

(b) transmit communication signal only

(c) receive communication signal only

(d) receive and redirect communication signal

4. Where are the Todas found?

(a) Arunachal Pradesh                    (b) Madhya Pradesh

(c) Tamil Nadu                                 (d) Rajasthan 

5. Who described the Government of India Act, 1935 as a new charter of bondage?

(a) Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru

(b) B R Ambedkar

(c) Mahatma Gandhi

(d) Rajendra Prasad

6. Who among the following enjoys the rank of Cabinet Minister in Union Cabinet?

(a) Political Advisor to Prime Minister

(b) Deputy Chairman of Planning Commission

(c) Judge of Supreme Court

(d) Secretary to Government of India 

7. India and Japan inked two agreements during November 2012, to enable Tokyo to import from India

(a) rubber based products

(b) leather goods

(c) rare Earth minerals

(d) basmati type rice

8. Non – Resident Indians (NRI) Day is marked on

(a) January 19th                     (b) January 7th    

(c)  January 9th                     (d) January 17th 

9.   Acceptable noise pollution level in residential areas in India range between 

(a) 70 – 100 db           (b) 10 – 15 db          (c) 16 – 35 db          (d) 45 – 55 db   

10.  Multi – purpose river valley projects are the, ‘New temples of modern India.” — The above statement was made by

(a) Rajiv Gandhi

(b) Jawaharlal Nehru

(c) Motilal Nehru

(d) Mahatma Gandhi

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