GENERAL KNOWLEDGE MCQs : This section focuses on the "GENERAL KNOWLEDGE". These Multiple Choice Questions (MCQs) should be practiced to improve the GENERAL KNOWLEDGE skills required for various interviews (campus interview, walk-in interview, company interview), placement, entrance exam and other competitive examinations.
Question 1
Luxor is the city of___________?
A. Luxembourg
B. Israel
C. Egypt
D. Finland
Question 2
Which country has first invented covid vaccine?
A. India
B. United States
C. Russia
D. China
Question 3
Who wrote the introduction to the English translation of Rabindranath Tagore’s Gitanjali?
A. P.B. Shelley
B. Alfred Tennyson
C. W.B. Yeats
D. T.S. Elliot
Question 4
Who is the only MP in the current Lok Sabha who is also an Olympic medalist?
A. Abhinav Bindra
B. Rajyavardan Singh Rathore
C. Karnam Maleshwari
D. Gagan Narang
Question 5
What does "Jugnoo" produce?
A. Sahad (Honey)
B. Kapas (Cotton)
C. Prakash (Light)
D. Mome (Wax)
Question 6
Where was the great Arab traveller Ibn Battutah born?
A. Saudi Arabia
B. Syria
C. Egypt
D. Morocco
Question 7
Staring from the most, arrange the following geometrical figures in descending order of the number of corners they have.
A. Triangle
B. Square
C. Hexagon
D. Pentagon
Question 8
What is Balushahi a type of?
A. Sweet
B. paper Art
C. Dance Form
D. Turban
Question 9
A coin of what value is called as “Athhanni”?
A. 1 Rupee
B. 25 Paise
C. 50 Paise
D. 2 Rupees
Question 10
Which glacier is the primary source of the river Ganga?
A. Pindari
B. Godwin-Austen
C. Siachen
D. Gangotri
Question 11
Which song written by Gulzar won an Oscar award?
A. O Saaya
B. Jao Ho
C. Dhan Te nan
D. Beedi
Question 12
Who became the Prime Minister of Pakistan in June 2012?
A. Makhdoom Shahabuddin
B. Maulana Fazlur Rehman
C. Raja Perviz Ashraf
D. Sardar Mehtab Abbasi
Question 13
Who among these is considered as the author of the Natya Shastra?
A. Bhaas
B. Bharata Muni
C. Bharwi
D. Bhartrihari
Question 14
Which of these capital cities is located on the banks of a river with the same name as the city?
A. Kathmandu
B. Kabul
C. Beijing
D. Colombo
Question 15
Which Viceroy of India was the great-grandson of Britain’s Queen Victoria?
A. Lord Wavell
B. Lord Linlithgow
C. Lord Willington
D. Lord Mountbatten
Question 16
Who was the first person to be awarded the Bharat Ratna posthumously?
A. Rajiv Gandhi
B. Vinoba Bhave
C. Lal Bahadur Shastri
D. Indira gandhi
Question 17
At the 2010 Delhi commonwealth games, Indian Women won all the three medals – gold, silver and bronze – in which of these events?
A. 10 m Air Rifle Shooting
B. Discus
C. Shot Put
D. Tennis Singles
Question 18
Complete this Hindi proverb “Aasman Se gira ____”?
A. peepal pe Phansa
B. Khajoor per Atka
C. Kaataon Me Atka
D. Kichad mein Phansa
Question 19
What is the taste of Churma in the traditional Rajasthani dish of ‘Dal Bhati Churma’?
A. Salty
B. Sour
C. Bitter
D. Sweet
Question 20
Which of the following dish is made from Curd (Dahi) ?
A. Kofta
B. Raita
C. Kheee
D. Kulfi
Question 21
What is the traditional occupation of the Kalbelia tribe, known for its Kalbelia dance?
A. Shepherds
B. Snake Charmers
C. Magicians
D. Tailors
Question 22
Who was the NDA backed candidate against Hamid Ansari in the 2012 Indian Vice-Presidential elections?
A. Yashwant Sinha
B. S. Y. Quereshi
C. Jaswant Singh
D. Arun Jaitley
Question 23
Which of these creatures can look up with one eye while looking down with the other eye at the same time?
A. Bat
B. Shark
C. Chameleon
D. Owl
Question 24
The 'Jal Satyagraha' protest launched in August 2012 is associated with which of these dams?
A. Omkareshwar
B. Sardar Sarovar
C. Tehru
D. Gandhi Sagar
Question 25
Which of these festivals is not celebrated on a full moon?
A. Holika Dahan
B. Raksha Bandhan
C. Janmashtami
D. BuDh Jayanti
Question 26
Under whose captaincy has India won the most number of test Matches until now?
A. M S Dhoni
B. Sourav Ganguly
C. Md Azharuddin
D. Kapil Dec
Question 27
According to the Mahabharata, which Pandava got his name from the fact that there was no one more handsome than him in the family?
A. Arjuna
B. Bheema
C. Sahdeva
D. Nakula
Question 28
Which of these is the score of a player with no points in a game of tennis?
A. Kiss
B. Hug
C. Romance
D. Love
Question 29
Which of the following is a form of a dance as well as a tangy sauce?
A. Samba
B. Salsa
C. Hip-Hop
D. Disco
Question 30
Which of these hill stations literally means "Three Rivers" in Tamil and Malayalam?
A. Munnar
B. Madikeri
C. Kodaikanal
D. Peerumedu
Question 31
Which of these is a kind of sari named after a place in Maharashtra?
A. Jamdani
B. Paithani
C. Navsari
D. Chanderi
Question 32
Which company developed the dreamliner aircraft which has been inducted into Air India in 2012?
A. Airbus
B. Dassault
C. Bombardier
D. Boeing
Question 33
Which of these personalities is credited with the creation of the advertising icon ‘Amul Girl’?
A. Alyque Padamsee
B. Sylvester Da Cunha
C. Bharat Dabholkar
D. Bobby Kooka
Question 34
“Jwar Bhata” or “Tide” ka nirman inme se kahaan hotha hai?
A. Ocean
B. Desert
C. Jungle
D. Stream
Question 35
Starting with the oldest, arrange these characters from the Mahabharata in decreasing order of their seniority.
A. Parikshit
B. Bhishma
C. Yudhisthira
D. Shantanu
Question 36
With reference to the Indian Railways, which of these is a scheme related to ticket bookings?
A. Apaatkaal
B. Sambhaal
C. Janjaal
D. Tatkal
Question 37
Which of these is a Hindi idiom that means “to move slowly”?
A. Chuhe ki daud Iagana
B. Chhuchhandar ki chaal chalna
C. Kachhue ki chaal chalna
D. Kabutar ki tarah phudakna
Question 38
For which of the following can a consumer in India avail number portability?
A. Bank Account Number
B. Gas Connection
C. Mobile
D. Insurance Policy
Question 39
The SI unit for which of these is named after James Watt, a Scottish inventor and engineer?
A. Temperature
B. Power
C. Force
D. Electric Current
Question 40
Who was the founder-chairman of the national Dairy Development board established in 1965?
A. Tribhuvandas Patel
B. H. M. Dalaya
C. Amrita Patel
D. Verghese Kurien
Question 41
About whom did Matthew Hayden once say, “I have seen God. He bats at number 4 in India in tests”?
A. V V S Laxman
B. Sachin Tendulkar
C. Rahul Dravid
D. Virendar Sehwag
Question 42
According to the Ramayana, who among these could not be killed by any Devata, Danav, Gandharv or Yaksha due to a boon given to him by Brahma?
A. Kumbhakarna
B. Bali
C. Ravana
D. Khara
Question 43
Who was India’s food and agriculture minister in Jawaharlal Nehru’s interim government of 1946?
A. Jagjivan Ram
B. Asaf Ali
C. Rajendra Prasad
D. jawaharlal Nehru
Question 44
Where in India did the British East India Company establish their first permanent factory?
A. Calcutta
B. Surat
C. Calicut
D. Madras
Question 45
In the story ‘The Thirsty crow’, what does the crow throw into the pot to make the level of water rise?
A. Leaves
B. Ball
C. Wood
D. Pebbles
Question 46
In India, while filling up the forms for which of these would you have to declare your assets?
A. Election nomination
B. Driving license
C. Examination form
D. Passport Application
Question 47
Which of these places is called the Coal Capital of India?
A. Durgapur
B. Raniganj
C. Dhanbad
D. Hazaribag
Question 48
Which of these is the nickname of an Indian cricket captain and also the name of a film actress?
A. Mahi
B. Rani
C. Kalki
D. Rakhi