Details: General Study Quiz

1. What is the minimum age to become the President of India

A) 25 years

B) 30 years

C) 35 years

D) 40 years

Correct Answer: C

Your Answer: C

2. Who is considered the Father of Economics

A) Karl Marx

B) Adam Smith

C) Alfred Marshall

D) David Ricardo

Correct Answer: B

Your Answer: B

3. Which Indus Valley site is known as the "Mound of the Dead"

A) Harappa

B) Lothal

C) Dholavira

D) Mohenjo-daro

Correct Answer: D

Your Answer: D

4. Who is known as the Chief Architect of the Indian Constitution

A) Jawaharlal Nehru

B) Rajendra Prasad

C) Dr. B.R. Ambedkar

D) Sardar Patel

Correct Answer: C

Your Answer: C

5. The layer of the atmosphere where weather phenomena occur is

A) Stratosphere

B) Mesosphere

C) Thermosphere

D) Troposphere

Correct Answer: D

Your Answer: D

6. What is the percentage of nitrogen in Earth's atmosphere

A) 21%

B) 50%

C) 78%

D) 89%

Correct Answer: C

Your Answer: C

7. Which metal is liquid at room temperature

A) Iron

B) Mercury

C) Copper

D) Silver

Correct Answer: B

Your Answer: B

8. Who founded the Brahmo Samaj in 1828

A) Swami Dayanand Saraswati

B) Raja Ram Mohan Roy

C) Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar

D) Keshab Chandra Sen

Correct Answer: B

Your Answer: B

9. The powerhouse of the cell is called

A) Nucleus

B) Ribosome

C) Mitochondria

D) Lysosome

Correct Answer: C

Your Answer: C

10. In which year did the Quit India Movement start

A) 1930

B) 1942

C) 1947

D) 1920

Correct Answer: B

Your Answer: B

11. Who is known as the "Napoleon of India"

A) Chandragupta Maurya

B) Samudragupta

C) Harshavardhana

D) Ashoka

Correct Answer: B

Your Answer: B

12. On which date is World Environment Day celebrated

A) June 5

B) April 22

C) March 21

D) July 11

Correct Answer: A

Your Answer: A

13. Deficiency of iodine causes which disease

A) Scurvy

B) Rickets

C) Goitre

D) Beriberi

Correct Answer: C

Your Answer: C

14. Which Part of the Constitution deals with Fundamental Rights

A) Part II

B) Part III

C) Part IV

D) Part V

Correct Answer: B

Your Answer: B

15. Who was the court poet of King Harshavardhana

A) Kalidasa

B) Banabhatta

C) Vishakhadatta

D) Bharavi

Correct Answer: B

Your Answer: B

16. Bully and Short Corner are terms associated with which sport

A) Football

B) Cricket

C) Hockey

D) Basketball

Correct Answer: C

Your Answer: C

17. What is the escape velocity from the Earth's surface

A) 9.8 km/s

B) 10.2 km/s

C) 11.2 km/s

D) 12.2 km/s

Correct Answer: C

Your Answer: C

18. The process of conversion of solid directly into gas is called

A) Condensation

B) Evaporation

C) Melting

D) Sublimation

Correct Answer: D

Your Answer: D

19. Which instrument is used to measure blood pressure

A) Thermometer

B) Barometer

C) Sphygmomanometer

D) Hygrometer

Correct Answer: C

Your Answer: C

20. Which mirror is used by dentists to see large images of teeth

A) Plane mirror

B) Convex mirror

C) Concave mirror

D) Cylindrical mirror

Correct Answer: C

Your Answer: C

21. What is the chemical name of Vitamin C

A) Citric Acid

B) Ascorbic Acid

C) Acetic Acid

D) Folic Acid

Correct Answer: B

Your Answer: B

22. Silent Valley National Park is located in which state

A) Tamil Nadu

B) Karnataka

C) Kerala

D) Andhra Pradesh

Correct Answer: C

Your Answer: C

23. The headquarters of RBI is located in which city

A) Delhi

B) Kolkata

C) Chennai

D) Mumbai

Correct Answer: D

Your Answer: D

24. Which Article of the Constitution deals with the abolition of untouchability

A) Article 14

B) Article 15

C) Article 17

D) Article 19

Correct Answer: C

Your Answer: C

25. Which planet is known as the Red Planet

A) Venus

B) Mars

C) Jupiter

D) Saturn

Correct Answer: B

Your Answer: B

26. Which gas is commonly known as Laughing Gas

A) Carbon Dioxide

B) Nitrous Oxide

C) Oxygen

D) Nitrogen

Correct Answer: B

Your Answer: B

27. What does GST stand for

A) General Sales Tax

B) Goods and Services Tax

C) Government Service Tax

D) Gross Sales Tariff

Correct Answer: B

Your Answer: B

28. The Permanent Settlement was introduced by whom

A) Lord Wellesley

B) Lord Dalhousie

C) Lord Cornwallis

D) Lord Ripon

Correct Answer: C

Your Answer: C

29. Who appoints the Chief Justice of India

A) Prime Minister

B) Parliament

C) President

D) Supreme Court

Correct Answer: C

Your Answer: C

30. Which Buddhist Council was held during the reign of Ashoka

A) First Buddhist Council

B) Second Buddhist Council

C) Third Buddhist Council

D) Fourth Buddhist Council

Correct Answer: C

Your Answer: C

31. The Fundamental Duties were added by which Amendment Act

A) 44th Amendment

B) 42nd Amendment

C) 73rd Amendment

D) 86th Amendment

Correct Answer: B

Your Answer: B

32. The Battle of Plassey was fought in which year

A) 1757

B) 1761

C) 1764

D) 1773

Correct Answer: A

Your Answer: A

33. Who is the ex-officio Chairman of the Rajya Sabha

A) President of India

B) Speaker of Lok Sabha

C) Prime Minister

D) Vice-President of India

Correct Answer: D

Your Answer: D

34. Which imaginary line passes through the middle of India

A) Equator

B) Prime Meridian

C) Tropic of Cancer

D) Tropic of Capricorn

Correct Answer: C

Your Answer: C

35. Which writ is known as the Bulwark of Personal Freedom

A) Mandamus

B) Prohibition

C) Certiorari

D) Habeas Corpus

Correct Answer: D

Your Answer: D

36. The Palk Strait separates India from which country

A) Bangladesh

B) Myanmar

C) Sri Lanka

D) Maldives

Correct Answer: C

Your Answer: C

37. Fullerene is an allotrope of which element

A) Oxygen

B) Carbon

C) Sulphur

D) Silicon

Correct Answer: B

Your Answer: B

38. How many schedules were there in the original Constitution

A) 6

B) 8

C) 10

D) 12

Correct Answer: B

Your Answer: B

39. The Panchayati Raj system was first inaugurated in which state

A) Rajasthan

B) Gujarat

C) Uttar Pradesh

D) Madhya Pradesh

Correct Answer: A

Your Answer: A

40. Who wrote the book Discovery of India

A) Mahatma Gandhi

B) Jawaharlal Nehru

C) B.R. Ambedkar

D) Sardar Patel

Correct Answer: B

Your Answer: B

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