General Knowledge Quiz
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 Service 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 questions from the previous years SSC – CGL papers. Leave your answers/ responses in the comments section below and soon we’ll let you know the correct answers!
1. Fibre optics cable used in communication, works on the principle of
(a) regular reflection of light
(b) diffuse reflection of light
(c) refraction of light
(d) total internal reflection of light
2. Blood pressure maybe increased by the excessive secretion of
(a) Thyroxine (b) Testosterone (c) Estradiol (d) Estrol
3. Provisions of citizenship in Indian Constitution became applicable in,
(a)1950 (b) 1949 (c) 1951 (d) 1952
4. Who established the Indian Civil Liberties Union
(a) Mahatma Gandhi (b) Vinoba Bhave
(c) Jawaharlal Nehru (d) Rajendra Prasad
5. Which of the following Five year plan is not correct amongst the following
(a) First 1951 – 56 (b) Second 1956 – 61
(c) Third 1961 – 66 (d) Fourth 1966 – 71
6. According to Marx, the source of Human Value is
(a) Capital (b) Land (c) Labour (d) None of the above
7. Which one of the places given below has the first shore based steel plant of India
(a) Tuticorn
(b) Salem
(c) Visakhapatnam
(d) Mangalore
8. Which of the following regions are connected by the North – South corridor ?
(a)Srinagar and Kanyakumari
(b) Mumbai and Chennai
(c) Amritsar and Kolkata
(d) Hyderabad and Bhopal
9. Who was the viceroy when Delhi became the capital of British India?
(a) Lord Curzon
(b) Lord Minto
(c) Lord Irwin
(d) Lord Wavell
10. The Tongario volcano erupted on November 21, 2012 in which of the following countries?
(a) Australia
(b) Indonesia
(c) Papua New Guinea
(d) New Zealand
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