Details: General Study Quiz

1. Which Article of the Constitution empowers the President to promulgate Ordinances

A) Article 110

B) Article 123

C) Article 143

D) Article 356

2. Which Constitutional Amendment lowered the voting age from 21 to 18 years

A) 42nd Amendment

B) 44th Amendment

C) 73rd Amendment

D) 61st Amendment

3. The idea of the Concurrent List in the Indian Constitution is borrowed from

A) Canada

B) Ireland

C) Australia

D) USA

4. Who was the Chairman of the Drafting Committee of the Constituent Assembly

A) Rajendra Prasad

B) B. R. Ambedkar

C) Jawaharlal Nehru

D) Sardar Patel

5. The Battle of Buxar was fought in

A) 1757

B) 1761

C) 1793

D) 1764

6. Who among the following founded the Arya Samaj

A) Raja Ram Mohan Roy

B) Swami Dayanand Saraswati

C) Swami Vivekananda

D) Ramakrishna Paramhansa

7. Which session of the Indian National Congress is associated with the demand for Poorna Swaraj

A) Karachi Session

B) Surat Session

C) Lucknow Session

D) Lahore Session

8. The Cabinet Mission came to India in

A) 1946

B) 1942

C) 1945

D) 1947

9. Which river cuts through the Himalayas and forms the Tsangpo Gorge

A) Ganga

B) Sutlej

C) Brahmaputra

D) Indus

10. Which pass connects Srinagar with Leh

A) Nathu La

B) Zoji La

C) Shipki La

D) Bomdi La

11. Laterite soil is mainly formed due to

A) Wind erosion

B) Volcanic action

C) River deposition

D) Leaching under heavy rainfall

12. The National Park famous for the Hangul deer is

A) Gir

B) Dachigam

C) Kanha

D) Periyar

13. Repo rate is the rate at which

A) RBI borrows from public

B) RBI lends to NABARD only

C) Banks lend to customers

D) Banks borrow from RBI

14. Deficit financing generally means meeting budget deficit by

A) Increasing exports

B) Cutting imports only

C) Borrowing or printing money

D) Raising customs duty only

15. The SI unit of electric capacitance is

A) Ohm

B) Henry

C) Tesla

D) Farad

16. Which law explains the relation between pressure and volume of a gas at constant temperature

A) Charles’ law

B) Avogadro law

C) Boyle’s law

D) Graham’s law

17. The vitamin essential for blood clotting is

A) Vitamin A

B) Vitamin K

C) Vitamin C

D) Vitamin D

18. The functional unit of kidney is

A) Neuron

B) Alveolus

C) Villi

D) Nephron

19. Which gas is produced when dilute hydrochloric acid reacts with zinc

A) Oxygen

B) Nitrogen

C) Hydrogen

D) Chlorine

20. In computers, HTTP stands for

A) High Text Transfer Process

B) Hyper Text Transfer Protocol

C) Hyper Transfer Text Program

D) Host Transfer Protocol

21. Which memory is volatile

A) ROM

B) Hard disk

C) DVD

D) RAM

22. Who wrote the Ain-i-Akbari

A) Badauni

B) Amir Khusrau

C) Abul Fazl

D) Faizi

23. The author of Gitanjali is

A) Bankim Chandra Chatterjee

B) Rabindranath Tagore

C) Sarojini Naidu

D) Premchand

24. The Dronacharya Award is associated with

A) Coaching in sports

B) Literature

C) Science research

D) Classical music

25. The headquarters of UNESCO is in

A) Geneva

B) Rome

C) Vienna

D) Paris

26. Which classical dance form originated in Kerala

A) Bharatanatyam

B) Kathak

C) Kathakali

D) Odissi

27. Which country has won the most FIFA World Cup titles

A) Germany

B) Italy

C) Argentina

D) Brazil

28. The term "birdie" is associated with

A) Golf

B) Tennis

C) Hockey

D) Cricket

29. Which number will replace the question mark 7, 14, 28, 56, ?

A) 84

B) 96

C) 112

D) 124

30. If 5 workers complete a task in 24 days, how many days will 8 workers take

A) 10

B) 15

C) 12

D) 18

31. A man walks 5 km north, then 3 km east, then 5 km south. How far is he from the starting point

A) 2 km

B) 5 km

C) 3 km

D) 8 km

32. If in a code CAT = 24, then DOG = ?

A) 26

B) 24

C) 25

D) 27

33. Who among the following was the first Indian to enter space

A) Kalpana Chawla

B) Ravish Malhotra

C) Sunita Williams

D) Rakesh Sharma

34. Which is the deepest ocean trench in the world

A) Tonga Trench

B) Java Trench

C) Mariana Trench

D) Puerto Rico Trench

35. The "Blue Revolution" in India is related to

A) Milk production

B) Fish production

C) Oilseed production

D) Pulses production

36. Which schedule of the Constitution deals with anti-defection provisions

A) Tenth Schedule

B) Eighth Schedule

C) Ninth Schedule

D) Eleventh Schedule

37. Which metal is extracted from bauxite

A) Iron

B) Copper

C) Zinc

D) Aluminium

38. The largest gland in the human body is

A) Pancreas

B) Thyroid

C) Liver

D) Pituitary

39. Which state has the highest literacy rate in India

A) Tamil Nadu

B) Kerala

C) Himachal Pradesh

D) Maharashtra

40. The Earth rotates from

A) North to South

B) South to North

C) East to West

D) West to East