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General Knowledge Questions and Answers
As we all know that we are in the era of competition. It is a prior thing to develop our basic general knowledge through which one can stand in a good position in the competitive examinations. It is important to know some important GK questions. Here are some Top 60 General Knowledge questions which are frequently asked in different types of competitive exams.
Top 60 General Knowledge Questions for All Competitive Exam
Q.1 The upper house of Indian Parliament is known as –
(A) The Rajya Sabha
(B) The Lok Sabha
(C) The Vidhan Sabha
(D) The Vidhan Parishad
Ans . A
Q.2 Which is the house where the Chairperson is not the member of that house –
(A) Lok Sabha
(B) Vidhan Parishad
(C) Rajya Sabha
(D) Vidhan Sabha
Ans . C
Q.3 The first mid-term elections for Lok Sabha were held in –
(A) 1971
(B) 1975
(C) 1976
(D) 1985
Ans . A
Q.4 Finance bill of Indian Government is presented in –
(A) Upper House
(B) Middle House
(C) Lower House
(D) Raw House
Ans . C
Q.5 The Chairperson of the Lok Sabha is designated as –
(A) Speaker
(B) President
(C) Vice-President
(D) Prime Minister
Ans . A
Q.6 Which states has only one member of the Lok Sabha –
(A) Rajasthan
(B) Madhya Pradesh
(C) Sikkim
(D) Uttar Pradesh
Ans . C
Q.7 Which Indian state had the first woman Chief Minister –
(A) Uttar Pradesh
(B) Madhya Pradesh
(C) Sikkim
(D) Arunachal Pradesh
Ans . A
Q.8 Who appoints the Governor of Jammu & Kashmir –
(A) Prime Minister of India
(B) Chief Minister
(C) The President of India
(D) Governor
Ans . C
Q.9 Who has the right to transfer any case anywhere in India –
(A) Supreme Court
(B) High Court
(C) Local Court
(D) Panchayat
Ans . A
Q.10 The Contingency Fund of the State is operated by –
(A) Prime Minister of India
(B) Chief Minister
(C) The President of India
(D) Governor of the State
Ans . D
Q.11 Fist president of India who died while in office-
(A) Zakir Hussain
(B) Rajendra Prasad
(C) Jawahar Lal Nehru
(D) Sardar Patel
Ans . A
Q.12 The first British viceroy of India-
(A) Lord Kargen
(B) Lord Irvin
(C) Lord Cannon
(D) Lord Tom
Ans . C
Q.13 The longest Corridor in India? –
(A) Rameswaram temple Corridor
(B) Meenakshi Temple
(C) Kanyakumari Temple
(D) Badri Nath Temple
Ans . A
Q.14 Who won the Nobel Prize for peace in the year 2014? –
(A) Malala Yousafzai & Kailash Satyarthi
(B) Mother Teresa
(C) Pandit Jakir Hussain
(D) Abdul Kalam Azad
Ans . A
Q.15 The First women Airline pilot-
(A) Hema Devi
(B) Babita Savarkar
(C) Durga Banerjee
(D) Neha Sharma
Ans . C
Q.16 Father of Indian space program? –
(A) Rajesh Sharma
(B) Ashutosh Verma
(C) Vikram Sarabhai
(D) Mohan Pandey
Ans . C
Q.17 City of festivals?
(A) Madurai
(B) Varanasi
(C) Jaipur
(D) Nagpur
Ans . A
Q.18 Study of insects is known as-
(A) Astrology
(B) Emetology
(C) Entomology
(D) Geology
Ans . C
Q.19 Instrument is used to measure heat-
(A) Calorimeter
(B) Barometer
(C) Lactometer
(D) Thermometer
Ans . D
Q.20 River Krishna is originated from-
(A) Eastern Ghats
(B) Northern Ghats
(C) Western Ghats
(D) Southern Ghats
Ans . C
Q.21 Founder of Buddhism Buddha’s original name-
(A) Siddhartha
(B) Dushyant
(C) Samara
(D) Mahatma
Ans . A
Q.22 Queen of Arabian sea-
(A) Bombay
(B) Andaman
(C) Cochin
(D) Goa
Ans . C
Q.23 Silicon city of India-
(A) Bangalore
(B) Goa
(C) Jaipur
(D) Delhi
Ans . A
Q.24 The study of sound & sound waves-
(A) Mechanical
(B) Technical
(C) Acoustics
(D) Sound Waves
Ans . C
Q.25 Deficiency of vitamin-A leads to disease-
(A) Night blindness, Xeropthalmia
(B) Day blindness
(C)
(D)
Ans . A
Q.26 Instrument used for recording & origin of intensity of earthquakes
(A) Light Metre
(B) Clock
(C) Seismograph
(D) Thermometer
Ans . C
Q.27 Sound level while a rocket taking off-
(A) 130db
(B) 120db
(C) 115db
(D) 110db
Ans . A
Q.28 Moto of Olympic games-
(A) Cetus-Altius-Fortius (faster-higher-stronger)
(B)
(C)
(D)
Ans . A
Q.29 World press Freedom Day is on –
(A) 1st June
(B) 22nd July
(C) 3rd May
(D) 15th August
Ans . C
Q.30 United Nations Organization headquarters is at –
(A) Canada
(B) Spain
(C) New York
(D) Japan
Ans . C
Q.31 Wake up India book was written by-
(A) Annie Besant
(B) Helen Keller
(C) Javed Akhtar
(D) Lisa Ray
Ans . A
Q.32 Capital city of Sri Lanka-
(A) Bombay
(B) Tokyo
(C) Colombo
(D) Delhi
Ans . C
Q.33 First Bank in India to Introduce Talking ATMs for disabled persons
(A) Union Bank of India
(B) Punjab National Bank
(C) ICICI Bank
(D) SBI Bank
Ans . A
Q.34 First Regional Rural Bank named Prathama Grameen Bank was started by –
(A) Syndicate Bank
(B) SBI Bank
(C) Bank of Baroda
(D) UBI Bank
Ans . A
Q.35 First Indian Bank to start with Indian Capital –
(A) SBI
(B) Bank of Baroda
(C) Punjab National Bank
(D) ICICI Bank
Ans . C
Q.36 First Bank in India listed in New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) –
(A) HDFC Bank
(B) Axis Bank
(C) ICICI Bank
(D) SBI Babj
Ans . C
Q.37 First Joint Stock Bank of India –
(A) Allahabad Bank
(B) Punjab National Bank
(C) Bank of Baroda
(D) SBI Bank
Ans . A
Q.38 Countries which have currency as Rupee-
(A) India, Mauritius, Nepal, Pakistan, Sri Lanka
(B) Afghanistan
(C) Iraq
(D) Saudi Arab
Ans . A
Q.39 First Asian to receive Nobel prize-
(A) Bankim Chandra
(B) Sardar Patel
(C) Rabindranath Tagore
(D) Jawahar Lal
Ans . C
Q.40 Number of International Air Ports in India-
(A) 20
(B) 25
(C) 21
(D) 19
Ans . C
Q.41 ‘AFP’ is the news agency of …….
(A) UK
(B) USA
(C) Germany
(D) None of these
Ans . D
Q.42 Which of the following represents the year in which Alexander invaded India?
(A) 323 BC
(B) 324 BC
(C) 326 BC
(D) 328 BC
Ans . C
Q.43 Khyber Pass is in……
(A) Pakistan
(B) India
(C) Myanmar
(D) Afghanistan
Ans . D
Q.44 The first secretary-general of the United Nations was…..
(A) U. Thant
(B) Trygve Lie
(C) Boutros-Boutros Ghali
(D) Javier Perez de Cuellar
Ans . B
Q.45 Southern Railway is headquartered at…..
(A) Hyderabad
(B) Bangalore
(C) Secunderabad
(D) Chennai
Ans . C
Q.46 First ministerial meeting of World Trade Organization (WTO) took place at…..
(A) Washington
(B) New York
(C) Geneva
(D) Singapore
Ans . D
Q.47 The highest producer of milk in the world is…..
(A) USA
(B) China
(C) India
(D) Germany
Ans . C
Q.48 The first woman chief justice of the high court of India was……
(A) Fatima Biwi
(B) Ruma Pal
(C) Leila Seth
(D) None of these
Ans . C
Q.49 Identify the correct match:
(A) May 8 World Health Day
(B) May 1 World Literacy Day
(C) May 17 World Telecommunication Day
(D) June 5 World Ozone Day
Ans . C
Q.50 The world record for the fastest double century is held by….
(A) Sanath Jaisurya
(B) Nathan Astle
(C) Adam Gilchrist
(D) Saeed Anwar
Ans . B
Q.51 The first Buddhist Council was held in the reign of
(A) Ajatashatru
(B) Ashoka
(C) Kanishka
(D) Bimbisara
Ans . A
Q.52 Lord Buddha was born in
(A) Vaishali
(B) Pataliputra
(C) Lumbini
(D) Bodh Gaya
Ans . C
Q.53 The largest grant of villages to temples and brahmana was given by the ruling dynasty known as
(A) The Palas
(B) The Guptas
(C) Pratiharas
(D) Rashtrakutas
Ans . B
Q.54 Adigranth is the religious book of
(A) Parsis
(B) Sikhs
(C) Hindus
(D) Buddhists
Ans . B
Q.55 The first President of the Republic of India was
(A) V.V. Giri
(B) Dr. Radhakrishnan
(C) Dr. Rajendra Prasad
(D) Zakir Hussain
Ans . C
Q.56 The French Revolution took place in the year
(A) 1647
(B) 1729
(C) 1775
(D) 1789
Ans . D
Q.57 Which metal was first used by the Indus people?
(A) Gold
(B) Silver
(C) Tin
(D) Carlinean
Ans . B
Q.58 Which of the following regions did not form the part of Ashoka’s empire?
(A) Taxila
(B) Kanauj
(C) Kashmir
(D) Madras
Ans . D
Q.59 The founder of the first Afghan rule in India was
(A) Sikandar Lodi
(B) Sher Shan Suri
(C) Bahlul Lodi
(D) Ibrahim Lodi
Ans . D
Q.60 The Indus Valley houses were built of
(A) Bamboos
(B) Wood
(C) Bricks
(D) Stone
Ans . C
Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)
Which questions are asked in competitive exams?
Some common areas of general knowledge topics include History, Current Affairs, Art & Culture, Geography, Science & Technology, Sports, and Economy. These are some topics that are generally asked in a competitive exams. The candidates should prepare according to the topic emphasized in the exam.
What is GK in competitive exams?
General Awareness is considered to be a high scoring section in any of the competitive exam. It includes two main portions, static GK and current affairs GK. In this page, we will discuss some basic significant Static GK topics that are covered in almost all of the competitive exams.
Who is called father of GK?
Bhikaiji Rustom Cama, who is widely regarded as the Father of GK.
