Thursday 12 April 2012


India General Knowledge Quiz | India GK Time




General Knowledge - 100


Q1.

Which Indian state is the largest producer in the world of the golden coloured 'Muga' silk ?
(A) Assam
(B) Orissa
(C) West Bengal
(D) Karnataka

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Q2.

Which Indian freedom fighter was popularly called 'Mahamana' ?
(A) Bal Gangadhar Tilak
(B) Jai Prakash Narain
(C) Gopal Hari Deshmukh
(D) Madan Mohan Malaviya

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Q3.

Which Indian state would you be in if you were watching birds at Ranganathittu Birds Sanctuary, situated on an island in the Kaveri river ?
(A) Karnataka
(B) Maharashtra
(C) Tamil Nadu
(D) Andhra Pradesh

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Q4.

'Anandmath', 'Durgeshnondini' and 'Kapalkundala' novels were authored by which Bengali writer ?
(A) Rabindranath Tagore
(B) Sharat Chandra Chatterjee
(C) Bankim Chandra Chatterjee
(D) Bibhuti Bhushan Bandopadhyay

Answer :

Q5.

Baglihar Dam, also known as Baglihar Hydroelectric Power Project, in Jammu & Kashmir is built across which river ?
(A) Beas
(B) Chenab
(C) Jhelum
(D) Sutlej

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Q6.

Where was the first Indian Institute of Management (IIM) established in 1961 ?
(A) Kolkata
(B) Bengaluru
(C) Ahmedabad
(D) Lucknow

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Q7.

What line connects the points on a map that receive equal amounts of rainfall ?
(A) Isobar
(B) Isohel
(C) Isotherm
(D) Isohyet

Answer :

Q8.

On 28 May 2008, the Indian Air Force attained the Airborne Warning And Control System (AWACS) capability by procuring the Phalcon radar (mounted on Russian plane IL-76) from which country ?
(A) France
(B) Israel
(C) Russia
(D) Germany

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Q9.

Which India born physicist invented the 'Optical Fibre' ?
(A) C.V. Raman
(B) Satyendra Nath Bose
(C) Homi J. Bhabha
(D) Narinder Singh Kapany

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Q10.

Which Australian state was formerly known as "Van Diemen's Land" ?
(A) Victoria
(B) Queensland
(C) Tasmania
(D) New South Wales

Answer :

General Knowledge - 99


Q1.

'Marasmus' and 'Kwashiorkor' diseases are caused due to deficiency of which nutrient ?
(A) Sodium
(B) Protein
(C) Iodine
(D) Vitamin D

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Q2.

Which among the following is the largest Buddhist monastery in India ?
(A) Ghum monastery (West Bengal)
(B) Rumtek monastery (Sikkim)
(C) Twang monastery (Arunachal Pradesh)
(D) Kursha monastery (Jammu & Kashmir)

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Q3.

According to 2001 cencus, which state has the highest literacy rate ?
(A) Goa
(B) Mizoram
(C) Tripura
(D) Kerala

Answer :

Q4.

'Ace', 'Double fault', 'Smash', Second service', and 'Game point' terms are related with which sport ?
(A) Tennis
(B) Squash
(C) Table Tennis
(D) Badminton

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Q5.

Where is the Lal Bahadur Shastri National Academy of Administration, the apex training institution for senior members of the civil services in India, located ?
(A) Mussoorie (Uttarakhand)
(B) Mount Abu (Rajasthan)
(C) Darjeeling (West Bengal)
(D) Kodaikanal (Tamil Nadu)

Answer :

Q6.

Which among the following grassland region is also known as the "World's Breadbasket" ?
(A) Pampas of Argentina
(B) Prairies of North America
(C) Savannas of Africa
(D) Steppes of Russia

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Q7.

Which ancient Indian sage authored the 'Yog Darshan' ?
(A) Jaimini
(B) Gautam
(C) Kapil Muni
(D) Patanjali

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Q8.

Which Asian city was formerly known as 'Batavia' ?
(A) Yangon (Myanmar)
(B) Hanoi (Vietnam)
(C) Jakarta (Indonesia)
(D) Beijing (China)

Answer :

Q9.

Which seventh century Indian mathematician was the first in the world to treat 'zero' as a number and show its mathematical operations ?
(A) Aryabhatta
(B) Medhatithi
(C) Brahmagupta
(D) Bhaskaracharya

Answer :

Q10.

Which city houses the headquarters of International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), the world's 'Atoms for Peace' organisation set up in 1957 within the United Nations family ?
(A) Tokyo (Japan)
(B) Vienna (Austria)
(C) Geneva (Switzerland)
(D) New York (USA)

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