General Knowledge MCQs

General Knowledge MCQs (Part-01)



History-Geography-Economy-Polity-Sport-Science

  1. Alpha-keratin is a protein present in which thing?
  2. Where was the first session of the Constituent Assembly held?
  3. Which of the following is used as ‘a moderator in nuclear reactor?
  4. Which planet looks reddish in the night sky?
  5. What was the source of the blue gem stone, lapis lazuli, for the people of Harappan culture?
  6. Sachin Tendulkar scored his 100th international century against which’ country ?
  7. In baseball, the two opposing teams consist of howmany players?
  8. The improper function of which results in condition ‘Myxedema’ in human beings?
  9. In 1610, Galileo Galilei discovered four moons of which planet?
  10. In the Vedic society, which was the term used to denote a group of families?
  11. Who was the Chairman’ of the Union Constitution Committee of the Constituent Assembly?
  12. Which element that does not occur in nature but can be produced artificially?
  13. When had India a plan holiday?
  14. How are Latitude and Longitude?
  15. Which Philosophy holds that the world is created and maintained by Universal Law?
  16. Which book is authored by V.S. Naipaul ?
  17. Which can be used for biological control of mosquitoes?
  18. Which proclamation of National Emergency automatically suspends?
  19. The latitude of a place is the same as which place?
  20. What was the script used in the earliest Tamil inscriptions?


  1. In which technology do Cryogenic engines find applications?
  2. Shovna Narayan is a reputed personality in which field?
  3. During which Plan did prices show a decline?
  4. Which instrument used for finding out wind-direction?
  5. Which ports handled the north Indian trade during the Gupta period?
  6. Which vitamin is considered to be a hormone?
  7. On the basis of financial crisis howmany times has emergency been declared by the President of India?
  8. Which is the element found on the surface of the moon?
  9. Why is ‘Beaufort Scale’ used ?
  10. Which Tomar ruler is credited to have established Delhi?
  11. ‘My Music, My Life’ is the autobiography of which person?
  12. Which was the first talkie film of India?
  13. Through which Translocation of food materials in plants takes place?
  14. When does Relative humidity decreases?
  15. Who was the Sultan of Delhi who is reputed to have built the biggest network of canals in India?
  16. What type of Party system has been evolved in India?
  17. A man with a dark skin, in comparison with a man with a white skin, What will experience?
  18. Which bank is the Banker of the Banks?
  19. Where are a large number of species are found within a small unit of area?
  20. Krishnadeva Raya wrote a famous work, namely Amuktamalyada, in which language?


  1. Folk painting ‘Madhubani’ is famous in which state?
  2. Which is the tree requiring minimum water for its growth?
  3. Which post does the Constitution of India does not mention?
  4. Which country is the largest producer of Bauxite?
  5. Which Indian rulers was a contemporary of Akbar?
  6. How are Oxygen and ozone?
  7. From where did India introduce cultivation of tobacco/tapioca/ pineapple?
  8. When was the Reserve Bank of India taken over by the Government?
  9. Which is found on the western coast of continents between 30° and 40° latitudes?
  10. Which school of paintings developed independently during the Mughal Period?
  11. In which is ‘Foot and Mouth Disease’ found?
  12. Who decides the number of Judges in a High Court?
  13. What denotes the smallest temperature?
  14. In which latitudes largest quantities of bauxite is found?
  15. Which was the first English ship that came to India?
  16. Which tree, once very popular in social forestry, is now taken to be environmental hazard?
  17. Foot-and-Mouth disease in animals, a current epidemic in some parts of the world, By which is this caused?
  18. In which animal is respiration done by skin?
  19. The Ruhr-Westphalia region is a famous industrial region of which country?
  20. Which was the first newspaper to be published in India?


  1. With which does the power to extend or restrict the jurisdiction of the High Court rest?
  2. ‘Gobar gas’ contains mainly which gas?
  3. Which is the biggest Public Sector undertaking in the country?
  4. Which rocks is transformed into marble?
  5. Which ‘Englishmen was fellow of Gandhiji in South Africa?
  6. By which number the quality of gasoline’ sample is determined?
  7. Due to bite of mad dog the disease hydrophobia is caused by which virus?
  8. Who appoints the Chief Election Commissioner of India?
  9. What is the principal reason for the formation of metamorphic rocks?
  10. Who said “I therefore want freedom immediately, this very night, before dawn if it can be had”?
  11. A temperature at which both the Fahrenheit and the centigrade scales have the same value?
  12. With which is the ‘Tennis court oath’ associated?
  13. Which is the tax that takes away a higher proportion of one’s income as the income rises?
  14. Where is the Sargasso sea located?
  15. Who com merited that Cripps Mission was a postdated cheque on a crashing bank?
  16. Medicine for epilepsy is obtain from which lichen?
  17. Up to howmuch age can the Members of the Union Public Service Commission function?
  18. Which type of glass is used for making glass reinforced plastic?
  19. Which is the greatest known ocean depth (which lies in the Pacific Ocean)?
  20. At which one place did Mahatma Gandhi first start his Satyagraha in India?





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