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. According to Marx, the source of value is

(a) Capital          (b) Land

(c) Labour          (d) None of these

2. Which of the following Indian kingdoms is wrongly matched with its capital?

(a) Maurya : Pataliputra    (b) Pandya: Madurai

(c) Pallava : Vellore          (d) Kakatiya : Warangal

3. Who was the founder of ‘Prarthana Samaj’?

(a) Ramakrishna Paramahansa

(b) Swami Vivekananda

(c) Athmaram Pandurang

(d) Dayananda Saraswati

4. Which article in the Indian Constitution stipulates that directive principles of state policy shall not be enforceable by any court?

(a) Article 31

(b) Article 38

(c) Article 37

(d) Article 39

5. Which of these is/are essentials of the democratic system?

(a) Free and fair elections

(b) Equality of opportunity

(c) Protection of rights

(d) All of these

6. The red colour of red soil is due to the rusting of

(a) Nitrogen    (b) Humus     (c) Iron        (d) Copper

7. Daltonism (Protanopia) is a form of colour blindness in which the patient cannot see

(a) green colour           (b) red colour                                                                           (c) blue colour              (d) All of the above

8. Jersey bull used for cross breeding is an exotic variety from

(a) England      (b) France        (c) Holland    (d) Switzerland 

9. Match the following countries and their capitals correctly

            Country                 Capital

        A.Argentina            1. Bogota

       B.Colombia            2. Harare

       C.Egypt                  3. Buenos Aires

       D.Zimbabwe          4. Cairo

Codes:  A B C D

          (a) 2 3 4 1

          (b) 3 4 1 2

           (c) 4 1 2 3

           (d) 3 1 4 2

10. X – Rays are _____ waves.

(a) longitudinal    (b) transverse    (c) electromagnetic       (d) elastic

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