GENERAL KNOWLEDHGE PRACTICE MCQs

1. The first Europeans to visit India were the?
1) English 
2) Spanish
3) Danish 
4) Portuguese

2. Which of the following throws light on Harappan culture?
1) Writing in terracota seals 
2) Rock Edicts
3) Archaeological excavations 
4) All of these

3. Who was the pioneer of higher education for Muslims in India? 
1) Syed Ali Imam 
2) Sir Syed Ahmed Khan
3) Badruddin Tyabji 
4) Amir Ali

4. Who among the following kings used to keep direct contact with the public?
1) Chandra Gupta Mourya 
2) Ashoka
3) Chandragupta Vikramaditya 
4) Bindusara

5. Marathas were defeated in the third Battle of Panipat (January 14, 1761) because?
1) Number of Afghans were more than Marathas
2) Weapons of Marathas were inferior to the weapons of Afghans
3) Marathas adopted wrong strategy during the battle
4) In the north Marathas separated Kings and common man from their side.

6. The earliest Indian-edited newspaper, a Bengali Journal called Samavad Kaumudi, was founded by?
1) Dayanand Saraswati 
2) Mahatma Hans Raj
3) Raja Ram Mohan Roy 
4) Satyanand Agnihotri

7. The titular Mughal king of Delhi on the outbreak of 1857 Revolt is?
1) Salar Jung 
2) Bahadur Shah Jaffar
3) Mohammad Shah Ransila 
4) Farruksiyar

8. The word Sardeshmukhi is associated with?
1) Music 
2) Religion
3) Revenue 
4) Education

9. The Mathura School of art flourished during the reign of?
1) Kanishka 
2) Kad phises-1
3) Vaishka 
4) Vasudeva

10. The Voice of India published extracts from the Indian Press. It was started by?
1) P. Ananda Charlu 
2) Bal Gangadhar Tilak 
3) Dadabhai Nauroji 
4) Surendranath Banerjee

11. The champaran Satyagraha was started by Mahatma Gandhi in the year?
1) 1915 
2) 1917
3) 1919 
4) 1930

12. Right to property was removed from the list of Fundamental Rights by the?
1) Forty-second Amendment
2) Forty-fourth Amendment
3) Twenty-ninth Amendment
4) Twenty-sixth Amendment

13. The chairman and members of State Public Serivce Commission are appointed by the?
1) President 
2) Governor
3) Chairman of UPSC 
4) Prime Minister

14. Which parliamentary committee in India is normally chaired by a prominent member of the opposition? 1) Committee on Government Assurances
2) Estimates Committee
3) Previleges Committee
4) Public Accounts Committee

15. Compensatory and Contingency Financing Facility is a fund for helping member countries and is maintained by?
1) Asian Development Bank
2) The World Bank
3) The European Community
4) The International Monetary Fund

16. Untouchability is associated with?
1) Political Inequality 
2) Social inequality
3) Economic inequality 
4) Religious inequality

17. Among the Questions allowed by the speaker, which one is regarded as the most important?
1) Unstarred 
2) Starred
3) Supplementary 
4) Short notice

18. In India, five year plans for economic growth are finally approved by the?
1) Planning Commission
2) Financial Commission
3) Government of India
4) National Development Council

19. If a person is refused freedom of movement it means denial of ?
1) Civil Liberty 
2) Economic Liberty
3) National Liberty 
4) Political Liberty

20. The soils group which covers largest area in India is the?
1) Alluvial Soils 
2) Black soils
3) Red Soils 
4) Laterite soils

21. The important pass in Sikkim on the great Himalayan Range is?
1) Nathu La 
2) Shipkila
3) Jelep La 
4) Zor La

22. Which of the following ports of India is on the eastern Coast?
1) Tuticorn 
2) Cochin
3) Kandla 
4) Mumbai

23. Palghat joins which of the following States?
1) Arunachal Pradesh and Sikkim
2) Maharastra and Gujarat
3) Kerala and Tamil Nadu
4) Sikkim and West Bengal.

24. Indira Gandhi canal originates from?
1) Gandhi Sagar Dam 
2) Bhakra Dam
3) Harike Barrage 
4) Hirakud Dam

25. The layer of the atmosphere which provides ideal flying conditions for large jet aeorplanes is?
1) Troposhere 
2) Stratosphere
3) Ionosphere 
4) Exosphere

26. The tribal population in Andaman and Nicobar islands belongs to the?
1) Australoid race 
2) Caucasoid race
3) Mongoloid race 
4) Negroid race

27. The largest variety of plants and animals are found in?
1) Tropical grasslands 
2) Tropical forests
3) Temperate forests 
4) Monson forests

28. The total coastline of India is more than?
1) 5000 km. 
2) 7000 km.
3) 7500 km. 
4) 8000 km.

29. Which part of India is closest to Indonesia?
1) Mizoram
2) Andaman and Nicobar Islands
3) West Bengal 
4) Tripura

30. The mountain range which stretches from Gujarat in the west to Delhi in the North is the?
1) Aravallis 
2) Vindhyas
3) Satpura 
4) Kaimur Range

31. The most reactive among the halogens is?
1) fluorine 
2) Chlorine 
3) bromine 
4) iodine

32. Cooking oil can be converted into vegetable ghee by the process of?
1) crystallisation 
2) distillation
3) oxidation 
4) hydrogenation

ANSWERS:

1-4; 2-1; 3-2; 4-1; 5-3; 6-3; 7-3; 8-3; 9-4; 10-3;
11-2; 12-2; 13-2; 14-4; 15-4; 16-2; 17-4; 18-4; 19-1; 20-2;
21-1; 22-1; 23-3; 24-3; 25-1; 26-4; 27-1; 28-3; 29-2; 30-1;
31-1; 32-4;

Trade Names

No.	Trade	Products
1.	Allwyn	Refrigerator,steelfurniture,watches
2.	Agfa	Photo goods
3.	Ambassador	Car
4.	Amul	Butter,Ghee,Cheese,Chocolate
5.	Aerolon	Hair Spray
6.	Atlas	Bicycle
7.	Avon	Bicycle
8.	Bata	Shoes and rubber goods
9.	Bayer	Chemicals
10.	Bajaj	Scooters & Electrical Appliances
11.	Binny's	Cotton Textiles
12.	Black Bird	Fountain Pen
13.	Black and black	Whisky
14.	Brooke Bond	Tea
15.	B.S.A.	Motor Cycle,Bicycle
16.	Brasso	Brass Polish
17.	Brylcream	Hair Cream
18.	Borolyn	Antiseptic Skin Cream
19.	Britannia	Bread,Cake,Biscuit
20.	Bigston	Television
21.	Burshane	Cooking Gas
22.	Binaca	Tooth Paste,Tooth Brush,Powder
23.	Cadbury	Chocolate
24.	Caltex	Petroleum
25.	Ceat	Tyres
26.	Chelpark	Ink
27.	Colt	Revolver
28.	Crown	T.V.
29.	Crompton	Motors,Fans,Light
30.	Cuticura	Talcum powder,Soap
31.	Cinthol	Soap,Powder
32.	Cobra	Boot Polish
33.	Daurala	Sweets and Sugar
34.	Dodge	Motor Car
35.	Eveready	Batteries,Torches,Cell
36.	Eastern Star	Bicycle
37.	Exide	Batteries
38.	Esso	Petroleum
39.	Flit	Insecticide
40.	Flex	Shoes
41.	Favre Leuba	Watches
42.	Firestone	Tyres
43.	Ford	Motor Car,Truck,Tractor
44.	Gem	Refrigerators
45.	Gillette	Razor Blades
46.	Godrej	Safes,Soaps,Refrigerators,Steel Furniture
47.	Grundig	Electronic goods
48.	Haig	Whisky
49.	Hercules	Cycles
50.	Hennol	Hair Dye
51.	Indane	Cooking Gas
52.	Kassel	Fans
53.	Kiwi	Boot Polish
54.	Kodak	Photographic Goods
55.	Kolynos	Tooth Paste and Brush
56.	Landmaster	Motor Car
57.	Lal Imli	Wollens
58.	Liberty	Shirts
59.	Max Factor	Cosmetics
60.	Mauser	Pistol
61.	Matador	suitings
62.	Murphy	Radio
63.	Nivea	Skin Cream
64.	Onida	T.V.
65.	Optrex	Eye Drop
66.	Omega	Wrist Watches
67.	Peps	Throat Drugs
68.	Panama	Safety Razor Blades,Cigarettes
69.	Parker	Fountain Pen
70.	Polson	Butter
71.	Pye	T.V.,Radio
72.	Philips	Electrical Goods,Radio,Television
73.	Quink	Ink
74.	Raleigh	Bicycle
75.	Remington	Typewriter,Office equipment and machines
76.	Enfield	Motor Cycle
77.	Rolex	Watches
78.	Silvikrin	Hair Tonic
79.	Shalimar	Paints,Biscuits
80.	Singer	Sewing Machine
81.	True Tone	Hair Dye
82.	Usha	Fans,Sewing Machine
83.	Voltas	Air-conditioning,Refrigerators
84.	Westclock	Time-piece
85.	Zeal	Thermometer

Geographical Discoveries

No.	Discovery	Discoveror	Country	Year
01	South Pole (Explored)	Amundsen	Norway	1911
02	North Pole (Explored)	Robert Edwin Peary	USA	1909
03	Hawaiian Island	Captain James cook	England	1770
04	Australia	Captain James cook	England	-
05	Sea-route to India via the Cape of Good Hope	Vasco-D-Gama	Portugal	1498
06	Course of the Zambesi river,the Victoria Falls	David Livingstone	Scotland	-
07	America	Cristopher Columbus	Italy	1497

Government Industries

No.	Center	Place
01	Bharat Electronics Ltd.	Jalahali,Bangalore (Karnataka)
02	Bharat Heavy Electricals Ltd.	1. Ranipur,Hardwar(U.P.) 2. Ramchandrapuram,Hyderabad (A.P.) 3. Tiruverumbur,Tiruchirapalli (Tamilnadu) 4. Bhopal (M.P.) 5. Jhansi (Ms.P.)
03	Chittaranjan Locomotive works	Chittaranjan (W.Bengal)
04	Diesel Locomotive Works	Varanasi (U.P.)
05	Fertilizer Corporation of India Ltd.	New Delhi
06	Garden Reach Workshops Ltd.	Calcutta (W.Bengal)
07	Heavy Engineering Corporation ltd.	Ranchi (Bihar)
08	Heavy Machine Building Plant	Ranchi (Bihar)
09	Heavy Vehicles Factory	Avadi,Madras (Tamilnadu)
10	Hindustan Aeranautics Ltd.	Bangalore (Karnataka)
11	Hindustan Antibiotics Ltd.	Pimpri,Pune (Maharashtra),Rishikesh (U.P.)
12	Hindustan Aircraft Factory	Bangalore (Karnataka)
13	Hindustan Cables Ltd.	Rupnarainpur (W.Bengal)
14	Hindustan Latex Ltd.	Peroorkada,Trivendrum (Kerala)
15	Hindustan Machine Tools Ltd.	Bangalore (Karnataka),Pinjore(Haryana),Kalamassery (Kerala),Hyderabad (A.P.)
16	Hindustan Salts Ltd.	Jaipur (Rajasthan)
17	Hindustan Shipyards Ltd.	Vishakhapatnam (A.P.),Cochin (Kerala)
18	Hindustan Teleprinters Ltd.	Madras (Tamilnadu)
19	Hindustan Zinc Ltd.	Udaipur (Rajasthan)
20	Indian Drugs and Pharmaceuticals Ltd.	New Delhi
21	Indian Oil Corporation Ltd.	Mumbai (Maharashtra)
22	Indian Rare Earths Ltd.	Alwaye (Kerala)
23	Indian Telephone Industries Ltd.	Bangalore (Karnataka)
24	Integral Coach Factory	Madras (Tamilnadu)
25	Mazagaon Dock Ltd.	Mumbai (Maharashtra)
26	Neyveli Lignite Corporation Ltd.	Neyveli (Tamilnadu)