General Knowledge

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General Knowledge

1. The Aryans came to India from
Answer: Central Asia
2. Tripitakas are sacred books in which of the following religion
Answer: Buddhism
3. Who is called the Napoleon of Ancient India?
Answer: Samudragupta
4. King Porus was defeated by Alexander the Great in the battle of
Answer: Hydaspes
5. Who was the author of the book, Indica?
Answer: Megasthenes
6. Kautilya was the prime minister of which of the following Indian rulers?
Answer: Chandragupta Maurya
7. Who ascended the throne of Delhi Sultanate after the death of Qutub-ud-din Aibak?
Answer: Iltutmish
8. Who wrote the book, Ramcharitamanas?
Answer: Tulsidas
9. Which Mughal Emperor founded his own religion, Din-i-Illahi?
Answer: Akbar
10. The Quit India Movement was launched in the year
Answer:1942
11. “Garba” dance is a dance from
Answer: Gujarat
12. The Elephanta Caves is situated near
Answer: Mumbai
13. Which of the following was written by Kalidasa?
Answer: Meghadutam
14. The classical dance of Andhra Pradesh is?
Answer: Kuchipudi
15. The “Desert festival” in India is held in
Answer: Jaisalmer
16. Which planet looks reddish in the night sky?
Answer: Mars
17. Which one of the following planets has the largest number of natural satellites of moons?
Answer: Jupiter
18. The Earth rotates on its axis from?
Answer: west to east
19. Through which of the following countries does the equator pass?
Answer: Brazil
20. Solar eclipse occurs when
Answer: moon comes between sun and earth
21. The speed of rotation of the Earth in kilometers per hour is the highest
Answer: along the equator
22. Which of the following is a metamorphic rock
Answer: LIMESTONE
23. Which one of the following countries is known as “land of thousand lakes”?
Answer: Finland
24. The strait that separates Europe from Africa is?
Answer: Strait of Gibraltar
25. Which is the deepest freshwater lake in the world?
Answer: Lake Baikal
26. Malta is located in which of the following seas?
Answer: Mediterranean sea
27. Which of the following European countries has post line with the Atlantic Ocean?
Answer: GREECE
28. The world’s largest coral reef is found near the coast of which of the following?
Answer: Australia
29. What is the capital of Turkey?
Answer: Ankara
30. What is the currency of Thailand?
Answer: Bhat
31. Which of the following Indian states does not have a coastline?
Answer: Rajasthan
32. Which of the following Indian states form the easternmost border of the country
Answer: Arunachal Pradesh
33. Which of the following rivers flow from the east to the west?
Answer: Narmada
34. Under which article of the Constitution is the President’s rule promulgated in any state in India?
Answer: Article 356
35. POCSO act is related to
Answer: Children
36. Two atoms are said to be isotopes if
Answer: They have the same atomic number but different mass numbers
37. The loudness of sound is related to
Answer: amplitude
38. The phenomenon of total internal reflection is observed in which of the following
Answer: Sparkling diamond
39. Electricity is produced in a dry cell through conversion of energy from
Answer: chemical energy
40. The main constituent of vinegar is
Answer: Acetic Acid
41. Non-stick cooking utensils are coated with
Answer: Teflon
42. Which of the following elements is found in all organic compounds?
Answer: Carbon
43. Which of the following acid is a mineral acid?
Answer: Hydrochloric Acid
44. Which of the following is an example of chemical change?
Answer: Rusting of iron utensils
45. Which of the following is the lightest metal?
Answer: Lithium
46. Scurvy is caused by deficiency in
Answer: Vitamin C
47. Which of the following gland produces growth hormone in human?
Answer: Pituitary Gland
48. Which of the following diseases is caused by bacteria?
Answer: Tuberculosis
49. Which of the following diseases is also known as “breakbone fever”?
Answer: Dengue
50. The site for cellular respiration in animal cells is?
Answer: Mitochondria
Section – B
General English
51. What is the synonym of “Occupation”?
Answer: Job
52. What is the antonym of “Cautious”?
Answer: Careless
53. Which of the following is not a collective noun?
Answer: JURY
54. Which abstract noun is formed from the verb “obey’?
Answer: Obedience
55. What is the female gender of “hero”?
Answer: Heroine
56. What is the plural of “handkerchief”?
Answer: Handkerchiefs
57. Use the correct adjective to fill up the following sentence: ” suddenly there arose a ____ storm.”
Answer: Violent
58. What is the superlative of “inner”?
Answer: Innermost
59. Complete the following sentence using the correct option: ” I will not buy ______ mangoes.”
Answer: any
60. Fill in the blanks with the correct article: ” I have only _____ one rupee note with me.”
Answer: a
61. Fill in the blanks with the correct pronoun: ” You and Hari have idled away _____ time.”
Answer: your
62. Fill in the blanks with the correct verb: ” the wounded man was _____ helped by some boys.”
Answer: sympathetically
63. What is the past participle of “wear”?
Answer: worn
64. Use the correct adverb to complete the following sentence: ” he has ____ seen a tiger ”
Answer: never
65. Fill in the blanks with the correct preposition: ” he leaned ____ the wall and waited for me”
Answer: ON
66. What is the verb form of “bath”?
Answer: bathe
In American English, bath is always a noun. The verb form is to bathe.
In British English, bath is also a verb
67. What is the diminutive form of “hill”?
Answer: Hillock
68. Use the correct option to complete the following phrase: ” from _______ to worse”
Answer: bad
69. What is the meaning of the idiom, ” turn deaf ear to”?
Answer: disregard
70. Complete the following English proverb with the correct option given below: ” No _______ , no gains”
Answer: pains
71. What is the past tense of bite?
Answer: bit
72. What is the single word for the phrase “in spite of”?
Answer: notwithstanding
73. What is a group of sheep known as?
Answer: flock
74. What is the opposite gender of “wizard”?
Answer: witch
75. What is the plural of “Commander in chief”?
Answer: Commanders in chief
Section – C
General Mathematics
76. Simplify: (2/5) x  (-3/7) – (1/14) – (3/7) x (3/5)
Answer: -1/2
77. What should be added to twice the rational number -7/3 to get 3/7?
Answer: 107/21
78. The sum of three consecutive multiples of 11 is 363. What is the middle term?
Answer: 121
79. Bansi has three times as many two rupee coins as he has five rupee coins. If he has in all a sum of Rs 77, how many two rupee coins does he have?
Answer: 21
80. The digits of a two digit number differ by 3. If the digits are interchanged and the resulting number is added to the original number, we get 143. What can be the original number?
Answer: 85
81. Arjun is twice as old as Shriya. 5 years ago, his age was three times Shriya’s age. What is Arjun’s present age?
Answer: 20 years
82. The value of x in the equation:  (6 x   1 )/3   1    = ( x – 3)/6
Answer: -1
83. Find the number of sides of a regular polygon whose each exterior angle has a measure of 45°?
Answer: 8
84. Which of the following numbers is a perfect square?
Answer: 7921
85. In a right triangle, the length of the hypotenuse and a side is respectively 5cm and 3cm. What is the length of the remaining side?
Answer: 4cm
86. By which smallest natural number 53240 be divided so that the quotient is a perfect cube?
Answer: 5
87. An item marked at Rs 840 is sold for Rs 714. What is the discount percentage?
Answer: 15%
88. Sohan bought a second-hand refrigerator for Rs 2500, then spent Rs 500 on its repairs and sold it for Rs 3300. Find his loss or gain percent?
Answer: Profit 10%
89. A sum of Rs. 10000 is borrowed at the rate of interest 15% per annum for 2 years. What will be the simple interest on this sum at the end of 2 years?
Answer: Rs. 3000
90. Subtracting 5x^ 2  – 4y^2   6y – 3 from 7 x^ 2  – 4x y  8y^2   5x – 3y gives
Answer: 2 x^ 2 – 4 xy  12y^2  5 x – 9y   3
91. What is the value of: 3y(2y-7) – 3(y-4) -63 if y=-2?
Answer: 21
92. The perimeter of a parallelogram with sides of 7 cm and 12 cm length is
Answer: 38cm
93. Which of the following about a parallelogram is true?
Answer: Diagonals bisect one another
94. The area of a trapezium-shaped