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. Who among the following s not recipient of the Bharat Ratna Award?

(a) Ustad Bismillah Kahan

(b)  Satyajit Ray

(c) Lata Mangeshkar

(d)  Raj Kapoor

2.  Which one of the following pairs is not correctly matched?

(a) Arjun : Indigenously  produced Main Battle Tank (MBT)

(b) Phalcon : Cruise missile supplied by Russia to India

(c)  Saras : Indigenously developed civilian passenger aircraft

(d)  Operation Seabird : New Indian naval base at Karwar

3. Whose autobiography is the book “My Music, My Life”?

(a) Pandit Shiv Kumar Sharma

(b) Ustad Amjad Ali Khan

(c) Pandit Ravi Shankar

(d)  Ustad Zakir Hussain

4. Which one of the following cities is the seat of Parliament of South Africa?

(a)  Pretoria

(b) Durban

(c) Johannesburg

(d)  Cape Town

5. Match items in List I with those in the List II and select the correct answer using  the codes given below the lists:

List I (Location)                 List II (Known for/in New for)

A. Kakinada                       1. Skybus Metro rail test-run

B. Dundigal                       2. ITC paper board unit

C. Margao                         3. Bio-diesel plant

D. Bhadrachalam              4. Indian Air force Academy

(a) A-2, B-1, C-4, D-3

(b)  A-3, B-4, C-1, D-2

(c) A-2, B-4, C-1, D-3

(d)  A-3, B-1, C-4, D-2

6. Which one of the following was probed by the Liberhan Commission?

(a) Test Cricket Match Fixing

(b)  Best Bakery Case

(c)  Tehelka Tapes Case

(d)  Demolition of the disputed structure at Ayodhya

7. Which of the following pairs are correctly matched?

Publication                                         Group

1. Sport star                                       The Hindu Publication Group

2. Business-World                            ABP group

3. The Week                                     Malayala Manorama Publication Group

4. Reader’s Digest                            Indian Express Publication Group

Select the correct answer using the codes given  below:

 (a) 1, 2, 3 and 4

(b)  1, 2 and 3

(c)  2 and 4

(d)  1 and 3

8. Which one of the following is not an ASEAN member?

(a) Cambodia

(b)  China

(c)  Laos

(d)  Philippines

9.  Shirin Ebadi, who won the Nobel Peace Prize in 2003, is from

(a)  Iraq

(b) Nigeria

(c)  Iran

(d)  Libya

10. Match List I (Sports-person) with List II (Sport/Game) and select the correct answer using the codes given below:

List I                                                    List II

A. Shikha Tandon                            1. Badminton

B. Ignace Tirkey                               2. Swimming

C. Pankaj Advani                             3. Lawn Tennis

D. Rohan Bopanne                         4. Snooker

                                                          5. Hockey

(a) A-3, B-5, C-4, D-2

(b) A-2, B-4, C-1, D-3

(c)  A-3, B-4, C-1, D-2

(d)  A-2, B-5, C-4, D-3

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