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. Forced savings refers to

(a) taxes on individual income and wealth

(b) compulsory deposits imposed on income tax payers

(c) provident fund contribution of private sector employees

(d) reduction consumption due to lack of desirable goods

2. Which of the following represents savings in the private corporate sector?

(a) Total profits of a company

(b) Undistributed profits

(c) Excess of income over expenditure

(d) Dividends paid to shareholders

3. Division of powers and independent judiciary are the two important features of

(a) Unitary form of Government

(b) Democratic form of Government

(c) Federal form of Government

(d) Socialist form of Government

4. Under which of the articles of the Constitution of India can the fundamental rights of the members of the Armed Forces be specifically restricted?

(a) Article 19      (b) Article 21       (c) Article 25          (d) Article 33

5. Pulakesin II was the greatest ruler of the

(a) Chalukyas of Badami      (b) Chalukyas of Kalyani

(c) Pallavas of Kanchi           (d) Cholas of Tamil Nadu

6. The Uttaramerur inscription provides information on the administration of the

(a) Satavahanas     (b) Pallavas    (c) Cholas         (d) Chalukyas

7. Which river in peninsular India flows in a rift valley?

(a) Tapi        (b) Narmada         c) Krishna          (d) Cauvery

8. Tiny marine animals which constitute limestone skeletons are called

(a) foraminifera      (b) coral reefs     (c) diatoms    (d) clamitomonous

9. The process through which light energy helps to break molecules into smaller units is known as

(a) scavenging                       (b) photolysis                                                                 (c) photophosphorylation     (d) quenching

10. The AIDS virus destroys

(a) monocytes      (b) neutrophils      (c) basophils      (d) lymphocytes

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