GENERAL KNOWLEDGE PRACTICE MCQs

1.Which of the following countries is a land locked country in
south America?
a.Ecuador
b.Peru
c.Uruguay
d.Bolivia

2.canary Islands belongs to
a.Norway
b.Spain
c.New Zealand
d.Portugal


3.Titan is the largest natural satilite of planet
a.Mercury
b.Venus
c.Saturn
d.Neptune

4.Which of the following planets rotates clock wise?
a.Pluto
b.Jupiter
c.Venus
d.Mercury

5.A difference of 1 degree in longtitude at the Equator is equaivalent
to nearly 
a.101 km
b.111 km
c.121 km
d.125 km 

 
6.The earliest known Indian script is
a.Mori
b.Devanagari
c.Brahmi
d.Kharosti

7.How many times the preamble was amended
a.once
b.twice
c.thrice
d.four times

8.The term socialist was added in the Preamble by the...amendment
a.40th
b.42nd
c.44th
d.49th

9.The state with the lowest population in Inndia is
a.Goa
b.Tripura
c.Mizoram
d.Sikkim

10.Which person or organisation received the Nobel Prize three
times so far?
a.Medame Curie
b.Linus Pauling
c.Alexender Flemming
d.International Committee of the Redcross

11.The Finance Commision is appointed for every... year
a.3
b.4
c.5
d.6

12.Under which five year plan did agriculture show a negitive growth?
a.1st plan
b.2nd plan
c.3rd plan
d.4th plan

13.Who is the founder of the Capital city of Agra?
a.Akbar
b.Babar
c.Sikinder Lodi
d.Mubarak Shah Sayyad

14.The first tide generated electricity project was established at
a.Vizhinjam, Kerala
b.Mangalore, Karnataka
c.Paradeep, Orissa
d.Vishakapattanam

15.National Institute of Oceanography is located in:
a.Calcutta
b.Chennai
c.Mangalore
d.Panaji

16.The 2004 Olympics were  held in:
a.Bangkok
b.Rome
c.Athens
d.Nagasaki

17.Who headed the committee appointed on Kargil War ?
a.Gen.V.P.Malik
b.Gen.S.K.Sinha
c.K.Subramanyam
d.K.C.Panth

18.The C.K.Nayudu Trophy is related to the sport of 
a.cricket
b.Hockey
c.Football
d.Chess

19.New York is situated on the river
a.Hudson
b.Thames
c.Danube
d.Tigris

20."The Woman of the Mellenium" selected by the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) is
a.Margaret Thacher
b.Hillary Clinton
c.Chandrika Kumaratunga
d.Indira Gandhi

21.The Geneal Assembly of United Nations meets
a.Once a year
b.twice a year
c.thrice a year
d.Once in five years

22.The "Common Wealth Games 2002" will be held in 
a.Toranto
b.Manchester
c.Tokyo
d.Canberra

23.All India Radio commenced operations in
a.1926
b.1936
c.1945
d.1947

 24.The "Killer Instinct"is written by 
a.Sulakshan Mohan
b.M.K.Santanam
c.O.P.Sabharwal
d.Subash Jain 

25.The Secretary- General of UN is appointed by the 
a.Security Council
b.Trusteeship Council
c.General Assembly
d.World Bank

26.Postal Voting is other wise called:
a.external voting
b.secret voting
c.plural voting
d.proxy voting

27.The Common Wealth of Independent states (CIS)consists of ....republica?
a.10
b.11
c.12
d.13

28.Which of the following harbours is cosidered as the world's finest natural harbour?
a.Sydney harbour
b.Toronto harbour
c.New Jersy harbour
d.Singapore harbour

29.Who invented Radar?
a.Henrey Backquerel
b.Max Planck
c.Robert Watson Watt
d.Humphrey Davy

 
30.Sandal Wood trees are mostly found in...
a.Trophical Evergreen Forests
b.Tropical most Decidous
c.Alpine forests
d.Trophical Thorn Forests 

31.The first country to legalise medically assisted suicide is
a.Switzerland
b.New Zealand
c.USA
d.Netherlands

31.India's newsprint industry is mainly located in
a.Indore
b.Dehradun
c.Nepanagar
d.Nagpur

32.The tomb of Babur is at
a.Kabul
b.Lahore
c.Multan
d.Larkhana

33.The joint session of the two houses is presided by 
a.the speaker
b.the president
c.chairman of Rajyasabha
d.none of these

34.The Gandhara school of Art was influenced most by the
a.Greeks
b.Shakas
c.persians
d.Kushans

35.The Simon Commission was appointed in
a.1927
b.1928
c.1929
d.1930

36.Sikkim became a full fledged state of the I ndian Union, in the year ?
a.1972
b.1973
c.1974
d.1975

37.Who is the founder of Mahabalipuram ?
a.Rajaraja Chola
b.Mahendra Varman
c.Narsimha Varman
d.Narsimha Chola

38.The 189th member of United Nations is
a.Palau
b.Tuvalu
c.Soloman Islands
d.Nauru

 
39.When was Burma seperated from India
a.1947
b.1942
c.1937
c.1932

40.Which of the following country has more than 55,000 lakes?
a.Poland
b.Denmark
c.Finland
d.Norway

41.Where is India's National Institute of Sports situated?
a.Bhopal
b.Patiala
c.Lucknow
d.Amritsar

42.Name the first woman of Sahitya Academy award ?
a.Amrita Pritam
b.Sarojini Naidu
c.Mahasweta Devi
d.Manjula Padmanabhan

43.Which nation is called the land of Golden Fleece ?
a.Canada
b.Australia
c.Norway
d.North Korea

44.... is called the father of Medicine?
a.Henemann
b.Aristotle
c.Hippocrates
d.Darwin


ANSWERS:

1.ans: d 2. ans: b 3.ans: c 4.ans: c 5.ans: b 6.ans: c 7.ans: a 8.ans: b 9.ans: d 10.ans: d 11.ans: c 12.ans: c 13.ans: c 14.ans: a 15.ans: d

16.ans: c 17.ans: c 18.ans: a 19.ans: a 20.ans: d 21.ans: a 22.ans: b 23.ans: b 24.ans: c 25.ans: c 26.ans: d 27.ans: c 28.ans: a 29.ans: c 30.ans: d

31.ans: d 31.ans: c 32.ans: a 33.ans: a 34.ans: a 35.ans: c 36.ans: d 37.ans: c 38.ans: b 39.ans: c 40.ans: c 41.ans: b 42.ans: a 43.ans: b 44.ans: a