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. Which of the following was initially the most powerful city state of India in the 6th century BC?

(a) Gandhar       (b) Kamboj         (c) Khasi         (d) Magadh

2. Match list I to list II and select the correct answers from the codes given below:

          List I                                         List II

A. Butler Committee Report     1. Jallianwala bagh Massacre

B. Hartlog Committee Report  2. Relationship between Indian states                                                         and paramount power

C. Hunter inquiry committee  3. Working of dyarchy as laid down in         Report                                     the Montague Chelmsford Reforms

D. Muddiman Committee       4. The growth of education in British         Report                                         India and potentialities of its further                                                         progress

Codes: A B C D

          (a) 3 2 1 4

          (b) 1 4 2 3

          (c) 2 1 3 4

          (d) 2 4 1 3

3. Between which of the following rivers was the ancient town of Takshila located?

(a) Indus and Jhelum

(b) Jhelum and Chenab

(c) Chenab and Ravi

(d) Ravi and Beas

4. Where is Bundala Biosphere Reserve, which has recently been added to the UNESCO Man and Biosphere (MAN) network, located?

(a) Russia

(b) India

(c) Sri Lanka

(d) Bangladesh

5. Consider the following statements:

1. China has observer status at the South Asian Association of Regional co-operation.

2. India has observer status at the Shanghai Co-operation Organisation.

Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

(a) 1 only

(b) 2 only

(c) Both 1 and 2

(d) Neither 1 nor 2

6. Which of the following pairs is not correctly matched?

(a) T. S. Krishnamurthy – Former Chief Election Commissioner of India

(b) K. C. Pant – Chairman, Tenth Finance Commission of India

(c) A. M. Khusro – Former Chairman Union Public Service Commission

(d) R. C. Lahoti – Former Chief Justice of India

7. Consider the following statements regarding Indian Planning?

1. The second five year plan emphasised the establishment of heavy industries
2. The third five year plan introduced the concept of import substitution and a strategy for industrialisation.

Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

(a) 1 Only

(b) 2 Only

(c) Both 1 and 2

(d) Neither 1 nor 2

8. Among other things, which of the following was the purpose for which the Deepak Parekh Committee was constituted?

(a) To study the current socio-economic conditions of certain minority communities

(b) To suggest measures for financing the development of infrastructure

(c) To frame a policy for the production of genetically modified organisms

(d) To suggest measures to reduce the fiscal deficit in the Union Budget

9. What are rubies and sapphires chemically known as?

(a) Silicon dioxide

(b) Aluminium dioxide

(c) Lead tetroxide

(d) Boron nitride

10. Which of the following is also called Stranger Gas?

(a) Argon

(b) Neon

(c) Xenon

(d) Nitrous Oxide

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