Gen.

Knowledge MCQs
1. Ajmer
Who was adjusted Man of the match in the 2. Mumbai
final of Asia Cup Cricket Tournament 3. Delhi
2008 ? 4. Hyderabad
What does the latin word 'vox populi'
1. Mutthiya Murlidharan mean ?
2. Kumar Sankara
3. Ajanta Mendis 1. Pen name
4. None of these 2. To infinity
3. A method of operating
Name the longest river in the world ? 4. The voice of the people

1. Mississippi The largest bay in the world is

2. Missouri
3. Nile 1. Baffin Bay
4. Saint Lawrence 2. Mezenskaya Bay
3. Obskaya Bay
Who is the author of “Asian drama”? 4. Hudson Bay

1. William Shakespeare
2. Gunnar Myrdal
3. Jawahar Lal Nehru The First Global Agro Industries Forum
4. None of these. met in April, 2008 at-

Which composer wrote 27 piano 1. Geneva

concertos, 23 string quartets, 35 violin 2. Doha
sonatas and more than 50 symphonies? 3. New York
4. New Delhi
1. Mozart
2. James Galway Which one of the following cities is a birth
3. Messiaen place of Urdu poet Mirza Ghalib, and
4. None of these musician Ustad Faiyaz Khan ?

What is the order of magnitude of electric 1. Lucknow

resistance of the human body (dry)? 2. Agra
3. Barabanki
1. 102 ohm 4. None of the above
2. 104 ohm
3. 106 ohm The planet nearest to the earth is
4. 108 ohm
1. Mars
What is a non-working male bee called? 2. Jupiter
3. Mercury
1. Male-Bee 4. Saturn
2. Drone Who is India's ambassador to the US?
3. King 1. Ronen Sen
2. Montek Singh Ahluwalia
Hazrat Nizamuddin Auliya’s Dargah is 3. Lalit Mansingh
located at................... 4. Rajat Gupta
Which of the following is the brightest star Which one of the following is the first
in our solar system? space craft to go beyond our solar system?
1. Salyut
1. Proxima Centauri 2. Viking I
2. Canopus 3. Pioneer 10
3. Sirius 4. Viking 2
4. None of the above
Which of the following Trophies/Cups is
associated with the game of Golf ?

1. Iran Cup
In which of the following cities has the 2. Padmawati Trophy
monument of Martyr and War of 3. Topolino Trophy
independence been established? 4. V. C. Gupta Trophy

1. Allahabad Which of the following is an antibiotic?

2. Meerut
3. Kanpur 1. Aspirin
4. None of the above 2. Paracetamol
3. Penicillin
What is the baby owl called ? 4. Sulphadizine

1. Chick The galaxy we live in is called the Milky

2. Owlet Way. It is shaped approximately like
3. Spat
4. Calf 1. A round ball
2. A doughnut
Where is the seat of International Court of 3. A pretzel
Justice 4. A flat spiral

1. Rome First Asian Woman Lord Mayor of

2. New Delhi Britain:
3. London
4. The Hague 1. Reshma Shah
2. Anju Sood
The in Arjun Awards were instituted the 3. Kavita Sahni
year 4. Sushma seth

1. 1965 In which Olympic the first Olympic Torch

2. 1963 was lighted?
3. 1961
4. 1967 1. Mexico
2. Amsterdam
Titagarh in West Bengal is famous for— 3. USA
4. Germany
1. Paper manufacturing
2. Locomotive manufacturing The name United Nations was suggested
3. Fertilisers industry by
4. Textile industry
1. Stalin
2. Sir Winston Churchill 3. AB
3. F.D.Roosevelt 4. O
4. Mahatma Gandhi
Which of the following is not the
The first recipient of Nehru Award was principal organ of the united nations?

1. Mother Teresa 1. General Assembly

2. Martin Luther king 2. Security Council
3. U Thant 3. Trusteeship Council
4. Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan 4. None of these

Doctor who deals with cancer in body is How long is the lifespan of a cloned
known as animal compared to that of the original
animal?
1. Pediatrition
2. Urologist 1. same as the original
3. Psychiatrist 2. lesser than the original
4. Oncologist 3. greater than the original
4. can't say
Dal Lake is situated in
Which female lawn tennis player had won
1. Jammu & Kashmir the wimbledon tournament maximum ?
2. Orissa 1. Steffi graph
3. Punjab 2. Monica seles
4. New Delhi 3. Martina navratilova
4. Maria sharapova
In the early Olympic Games, only free,
male Greek citizens could compete. After
Rome conquered Greece, Romans Lord Buddha Died At ?
participated as well. Which Roman
emperor competed at Olympia in a ten- 1. Nalanda
horse chariot race 2. Humbi
3. SolaNagara
1. Augustus 4. Kushinagara
2. Nero
3. Tiberius In 1921, a session of the Indian National
4. Vespasian Congress was held when its President was
in prison and with some other leader acting
Aymara and Quechua are as its President. Who was the Congress
President in prison ?
1. Languages
2. Trees 1. Mohammead Ali
3. Mountains 2. C.R. Das
4. Rivers 3. Abul Kalam Azad
4. Mahatma Gandhi
Which blood group is called Universal
Doner? China has signed an agreement with which
of the following countries, which will help
1. A both the parties to make the East China
2. B Sea "a sea of peace, co-operation and
friendship" ? 2. 1837
3. 1833
1. North Korea 4. 1843
2. South Korea
3. Japan ‘Zazia’ was re-imposed during the reign
4. Russia of-
All of these
1. Akbar
Who invented cycle? 2. Aurangzeb
3. Jahangir
1. Mac millan 4. None of these
2. Joseph aspdin
3. Charles babbage Who among the following invented
4. Gottileb daimler Lasers?

In which all carbon atoms are quaternary 1. Theodore Maiman

in nature? 2. Denis Papin
3. William Moton
1. graphite 4. Francis Crick
2. diamond
3. teflon Who is the founder of the decimal system?
4. nepthalene

Mendel's name is associated with: 1. Archimedes

2. Bhaskara Acharya
1. Linguistics 3. Arya Bhatta
2. Phonetics 4. Bhaskara 2
3. Physics
4. Genetics Who among the following will host 5th
CISM World Military games 2011?

1. Russia
2. China
Lithosphere is the part of 3. Italy
4. Brazil
1. Moon
2. Sun
3. Earth John Kennedy (Ex-President of USA) was
4. Planets assassinated in the year

World Environment Day falls on 1. 1960

2. 1963
1. Jun 5
3. 1966
2. Nov 14
3. Oct 2 4. none of these
4. Nov 19
Who was the first human space traveler?
When was slavery abolished in Britain ?
1. Edwin Aldrin
1. 1830 2. Frank Boreman
3. Yuri Gagarin 3. France
4. Gherman s. Titov 4. Germany

Which metal is known as “Quick Silver" How many persons speak French in the Whole
World ?
1. Lead
2. Mercury 1. 60 Million
3. Arsenic 2. 75 Million
4. Aluminium 3. 60 Million
4. None of the above
What is the currency of cyprus?
Which one of the following countries is not
1. Real(BRC) included in the elite club which India joined
2. Canadian dollar after its successful test firing of Agni III ?
3. Yuan
4. Cuban peso 1. Russia
5. Cyprus pound 2. UK
3. USA
In most of the third world countries, the 4. France
political parties are
What Henry Bessemer invented?
1. Cohesive organizations
2. Strictly ideology based organizations 1. Aluminum
3. Personality oriented organizations 2. Electroplating
4. Decentralized organizations 3. Steel Converter
4. Steel rolling mill
Earth quake waves travel fastest in When was Guru Nanak born
1. Soil
2. Molten rock 1. 1469BC
3. Water 2. 1538BC
4. Flexible rock 3. 1345BC
4. 1432BC
What is called "The Star Spangled Banner" ?
1. The Flag of the USA
Agrostology is a 2. The offcial logo for Greenpeace
1. The Study of grasses 3. The Australian Flag
2. The Study of animals 4. The Pakistan Flag
3. The study of man
4. None of the above

The country which gave first slogans of

liberty, equality and fraternity was The 14th Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation
(APEC) 2006 Summit was held in
1. Japan 1. Thailand
2. China 2. Vietnam
3. Brazil
4. China
The term 'Anab Shahi' refers to a variety of The only Indian to win the Noble Prize in
1. Grapes Physics is
2. Bananas 1. Dr. J.C. Bose
3. Mangoes 2. Dr. C.V. Raman
4. Guavas 3. Dr. H. J. Bhabha
4. Dr. Vikram Sarabhai
In what year was the first Olympic Torch
Relay?
1. 1946 How many languages and dialects are spoken
2. 1936 by people all over the world?
3. 1956 1. 6000
4. 1876 2. 7000
When a whole way of life is in the process of 3. 8000
change under the influence of another 4. 9000
culture, what is it called?
1. Diffusion
The Abuja Declaration was signed between
2. Acculturation
3. Assimilation India and-
1. Bhutan
4. Socialization
2. Ghana
3. Nigeria
Which layer separates the troposphere 4. Turkmenistan
(lowest layer) from the stratosphere (upper
layer) ?
1. Mesosphere “The Fleet Street” is a landmark in London
famous for
2. Stratosphere
3. Tropopause 1. Press
2. Doctors
4. Ionosphere
3. Stock-exchange
4. Theatres
Who wrote "Wings of Fire"?
1. Dr. Zakir Hussain
Any astronaut looks sky as in which color
2. APJ Abdul Kalam
3. K. R. Narayanan 1. black
2. white
4. Pandit Jawahar Lal Nehru
On what ship were Japan's formal surrender 3. blue
4. indigo
documents signed, ending the war in the
Pacific in 1945?
Rovers cup is associated with
1. Alcatraz 1. Hockey
2. Queen Mary 2. Football
3. Missouri 3. Cricket
4. Norfolk 4. Golf
 The country in which the river wangchu flow
is
Country with maximum woman members in 1. Bhutan
parliament 2. India
1. Angola 3. Japan
2. Mexico 4. China
3. Indonesia
4. Cuba National anthem of India was adopted on
_________ 1950
Who invented gramaphone?
1. Thomas alva edison 1. 26th january
2. Karl benz 2. 24th january
3. Zacharis janssen 3. 15th august
4. Alexander graham bell 4. 8th august
5. d' Ascanio
A legitimate right to give certain orders or
Ornithology is the study of commands is called
1. Cats 1. Power
2. Birds 2. Authority
3. Bone 3. Influence
4. Eye 4. Cohesion

The full form of USSR is Who honoured with 'Person Of The Year' by
1. Union of Soviet Socialist Republics 'Time Magzine'?
2. Unions of Socialist Soviet Republic 1. George Bush
3. United Soviet Socialist Republic 2. Kofee Annan
4. None of these 3. Baraque Obama
4. Nicholas Sarkoji

The ‘Char Minar’ (India) is in

1. Ahmednagar When is 'world telecom day' celebrated?
2. Fatehpur Sikri 1. 23rd may
3. Ahmedabad 2. 12th may
4. Hyderabad 3. 9th may
4. 17th may
Common refrigerant used in fridges and cold What was the childhood name of Lord
storages— Buddha?
1. Neon 1. Mahavir
2. Freon 2. Siddhartha
3. Crypton 3. Rahul
4. None of these 4. Yasasvi
 Exactly how many plays did Shakespeare write
The length of English Channel is
1. 654 Kilometres 1. 29
2. 564 Kilometres 2. 37
3. 465 Kilometres 3. 40
4. 456 Kilometres 4. 46

Which of the following is a Khariff crop ? The first man to set foot on the Moon
1. Wheat
2. Maize 1. Edwin Aldrin
3. Gram 2. Neil Armstrong
4. Barley 3. Konarov
4. none of these
The treaty of Versailles’, that ultimately lead
to the birth of United Nations, was signed in Correct Answer: 2.
1. 1916
2. 1917 Question When was first Telephone Service
3. 1918 started?
4. 1919
1. 1880
Shantivan is associated with 2. 1870
1. Gandhi 3. 1851
2. Nehru 4. 1881
3. Sastri
4. none of these Correct Answer: 4.

The second epoch of the three stages of the Question In which of the following countries is
progress of civilization according to August the Hindukush mountain range located
Comte is
1. Theological 1. India
2. Military 2. Pakistan
3. Metaphysical 3. Afghanistan
4. Scientific 4. China

The world governing body of which of the Correct Answer: 2.

following sports celebrated its 100 years in
existence recently ? Question: Who built Eiffel Tower?
1. Football
2. Hockey 1. Newton
3. Badminton 2. Gustav Casel
4. Cricket 3. Gustav Eiffel
4. Morris Eiffel

Correct Answer: 3.
 3. 10th october,1945
Question Societies which are relatively small, 4. 6th June ,1945
non-literate, homogeneous and cohesive are
called Correct Answer: 4.

1. Folk societies Question The Virginia city that is located on

2. Urban societies the fall line is
3. Rural societies
4. Industrial societies 1. Danville
2. Richmond
Correct Answer: 1. 3. Virginia Beach
4. Roanoke
Question: Who is the author of "Idiot"
Correct Answer: 2.
1. Boris Pasternak
2. Robert Frost Question Which of the following countries has
3. Fyodor Dostoevsky the second largest rail net work in the world?
4. Aldous Huxley
1. U.S.A.
Correct Answer: 2 2. Russia
3. India
Question : What is the currency of israel? 4. China

1. Rupiah Correct Answer: 3.

2. Rial
3. Iraqi dinar Question Scientifis method is related to-
4. Irish pound
5. Shekel 1. Socialists
Correct Answer: 5. 2. Behaviouralists
3. Marxists
Question : A desert receives less than twenty- 4. Individualists
five ________ of rainfall every day.
Correct Answer: 2.
1. centimeter
2. a centimeter Question What is the spread of cultural traits
3. centimeters from one society to another commonly
4. of centimeters called?

Correct Answer: 3. 1. Acculturation

2. Diffusion
Question: The Charter of the United Nations 3. Enculturation
was signed on 4. Discrimination

1. 1st July,1944 Correct Answer: 2.

2. 1st January,1945
Question In which country was the Statue of 3. Phu Dorjee
Liberty actually made?
Correct Answer: 2.
1. Germany
2. France Question Leave the child alone is the
3. Uk statement given by
4. USA
1. Rousseau
Correct Answer: 2. 2. Mahatma Gandhi
3. Martin Luther
Question Which is the biggest lake in the 4. Aristotle
world?
Correct Answer: 1.
1. Lake titicaca
2. The dead sea Question Who among the following is
3. Lake baikal associated with the systems theory in
international relations?

Correct Answer: 1. 1. Morton Kaplan

2. A. Hacker
Question Pure water does not conduct 3. Robert O. Keohane
electricity because it is 4. Ernest B. Haas

1. Almost not ionised Correct Answer: 1.

2. Low boiling
3. Neutral Question Yama, the god of death in Hinduism,
4. Readily decomposed uses what animal as his transport?

Correct Answer 3. 1. Buffalo

2. Raven
Question What was the old name of Sri 3. Elephant
Lanka? 4. Camel

1. Burma Correct Answer: 1.

2. Siam
3. Ceylon Question: The largest flower in the world is :
4. Batavia
1. Rafflesia
Correct Answer: 3. 2. Lotus
3. Sun flower
Question Which of the following personalities 4. Cactus
was the first to climb Mount Everest twice?
Correct Answer: 1.
1. Tenzing norway
2. Nawang Gombu Question 50: What was the name of the
provisional government backed by the Allies 2. Ten
after World War I, through which Hitler 3. Nine
eventually 'legally' gained his Dictatorship? 4. Eight

1. NSDAP Correct Answer: 4.

2. The Weimar Republic
3. The Second Reich Question Which planet has the longest day?
4. DNVP
1. Venus
Correct Answer: 2. 2. Mercury
3. Saturn
Question Which of the following is the name 4. Earth
of the new European currency?
Correct Answer: 1.
1. Euro
2. Peso Question What is the normal length of a
3. Pound football ground?
4. Sterling
1. 90-100 metres
Correct Answer: 1. 2. 64- 75 metres
3. 100-110 metres
Question In chess, Which is the only piece 4. 75-85 metres
able to jump over other pieces?
Correct Answer: 3.
1. King
2. Queen Question NREP stands for
3. Knight
4. Elephant 1. National Regional Employment Policy
Correct Answer: 3. 2. National Rural Employment Programme
3. National Rural EmploymentPolicy
Question Which of the following cricketers 4. None of these
holds the world record of maximum number
of sixes in Tests ? Correct Answer: 2.

1. Chris Carins (New Zealand) Question Which country is leading producer

2. Viv Richards (West Indies) of mica
3. Sachin Tendulkar (India)
4. Wasim Akram (Pakistan) 1. Japan
2. India
Correct Answer: 1. 3. Russia
4. None of these
Question Currently, how many planets are
there in the Solar System ? Correct Answer: 2.

1. Twelve Question One of these countries does not

have the rupee as its currency. Which one?
Correct Answer: 3.
1. Sri Lanka
2. Seychelles Question Land of Golden Fleece is ?
3. India
4. Bangladesh 1. Canada
2. England
Correct Answer: 4. 3. Queensland
4. Australia
Question Who invented lift?
Correct Answer: 4.
1. Henry greathead
2. Otis Question What is the capital city of
3. Karl benz Yugoslavia?
4. Pascal
1. Harare
Correct Answer: 2. 2. Lusaka
3. Belgrade
Question How many cities (historical) make 4. Hanoi
delhi? 5. Lima
Correct Answer: 3.
1. 7
2. 2 Question Mother Teresa was born in
3. 5
4. 4 1. Switzerland
2. Yugoslavia
Correct Answer: 4. 3. Germany
4. India
Question The highest literate country of the
Word is: Correct Answer: 2.

Question Which Railway Station in the World

1. America
2. Japan having the longest Platform?
3. Norway
4. India 1. Chikago - USA
2. Beijing - China
Correct Answer: 3. 3. Frankfurt - Germany
4. Kharagpur - India
Question Who was the only president whose
Correct Answer: 4.
grandfather was also a president?

Question Which Day is observed as

1. William McKinley
2. Warren harding International Non-Violence Day?
3. Benjamin Harrison
4. James Carter 1. January 15
2. November 1 required majority, the decision is referred to
3. October 2 the
4. July 22
5. 1. Electorate
Correct Answer: 3. 2. Electoral college
3. House of Representatives
Question The highest waterfall in India is 4. Senate

1. Sivasundaram Correct Answer: 3.

2. Jog
3. Courtallam Question The first hand glider was designed
4. Hogenakal by

Correct Answer: 2. 1. Leonardo DaVinci

2. The Wright brothers
Question When was HP's Audio oscillator was 3. Francis Rogallo
released? 4. Galileo

1. 1950 Correct Answer: 1.

2. 1955
3. 1942 Question 1974 was declared as the year
4. 1938 of_________ by U.N.O
5. 1935
Correct Answer: 4. 1. Copernicus Year
2. International Book Year
Question: Capital of Bahamas is 3. World Population Year
4. International Tourism Year
1. Nassau Correct Answer: 3.
2. Baku
3. Daka Question Study of rainfall is known as
4. St John
Correct Answer: 1. 1. Philology
2. Tribology
Question Centigrade & Fahrenite scales give 3. Etymology
same reading at 4. Hyetology
5.
1. -400 Correct Answer: 4.
2. -32
3. -273
4. -100 Question Which one of the following political
systems, can be said to be based on the
Correct Answer: 1. rational legal type of legitimacy?

Question In the American Presidential 1. Autocracy

election, in case no candidate secures 2. Oligarchy
3. Democracy
4. Gerontocracy 1. Ethnicity
2. Ethnocentrism
Correct Answer: 3. 3. Ethnic group
4. Ethnography
Question Author of 'Tale of Two Cities' is
1. Charles Dickens Correct Answer: 2.
2. Kenneth Arrow
3. John O'hara
4. none Question: Ralph Samuelson was only 18 when
he invented this sporting item in 1922. What
Correct Answer: 1. was that?

Question : The wettest place in the world is --- 1. Golf tee

2. Motorboat
3. Water skis
1. Cherapunji, India 4. Hang glider
2. Gangtok
3. Dispur Correct Answer: 3.
4. Kohima
Question Birds replace their feathers
Correct Answer: 1. periodically in a process called

Question Lightning conductors are made of: 1. Shedding

2. Migration
1. Iron 3. Preening
2. Copper 4. Molting
3. Aluminium
4. Steel Correct Answer: 4.

Correct Answer: 4.
Question Which are the countries that have
Question Which is the national flower of hosted the 2002 Soccer World Cup?
spain?
1. Japan and Thailand
1. Gold wattle 2. Mexico and Brazil
2. Pomegranate 3. Germany and Poland
3. Cornflower 4. Japan and S.Korea
4. Shamrock Correct Answer: 4.
5. Chrysanthemum
Correct Answer: 2. Question: This Iraqi-born architect was the
first woman to receive the prestigious Pritzker
Question: When the members of each group Architecture Prize -
judge all other groups by the standards of
their own group, it is termed as 1. Amanda Levete
2. Zoe Zenghelis
3. Zaha Hadid Question : What is whale female called ?
4. Beth Gali
1. Dog
Correct Answer: 3. 2. Hen
3. Cow
Question : The island of East Timor is said to 4. Tiger
resemble the shape of which animal ?
Correct Answer: 3.
1. Monkey
2. Crocodile Question Esperanto, invented by the Russian
3. Snake scholar Zamenhof, is an artificial:
4. Elephant
5. 1. Lung
Correct Answer: 2. 2. Language
3. Microscope
Question: World cup winners 2007? 4. Car

1. Australia Correct Answer: 2.

2. India
3. Sri Lanka Question Which of the following is longest
4. England river in the World?

Correct Answer: 1. 1. Indus

2. Amazon
Question Which one of not an important 3. Nile
characteristic of the Himalayan rivers? 4. Danube

1. Brahmaputra Correct Answer: 3.

2. Ganga
3. Kasi
4. Teesta Question Mr. David Morgan who is newly
elected President of the International Cricket
Correct Answer: 1. Council (ICC) is from which of the following
countries ?
Question : Respiration is—
1. England
1. to change the food into energy 2. Zimbabwe
2. the process during which food is oxidized 3. New Zealand
and its chemical energy is transformed into 4. Australia
useful form
3. a sort of exercise Correct Answer: 1.
4. interconversion of food and energy

Correct Answer: 2. Question Study of various properties of

matter?

1. Psychology
2. Physics
3. Philately
4. Phonetics
5. Pathology
Correct Answer: 2.

Question : What took Hitler out of service in

World War I?

1. Shrapnel
2. Bayonet
3. Machine-gun fire
4. Mustard gas
5.
Correct Answer: 4.

Question : Agrostology is a

1. The Study of grasses

2. The Study of animals
3. The study of man
4. None of the above
5.
Correct Answer: 1
Agrostology (from Greek ἄγρωστις, agrōstis,
"type of grass"; and -λογία, -logia) is the
scientific study of grasses. It typically
encompasses the true grasses (the family
Poaceae), as well as the more grasslike
species of the sedge family (Cyperaceae), the
rush family (Juncaceae), and the bulrush or
cattail family Typhaceae. Grasslike plants are
also referred to as graminoids.
Agrostology has importance in the
maintenance of wild and grazed grasslands,
agriculture (crop plants such as rice, maize,
sugarcane, and wheat are grasses, and many
types of animal fodder are grasses), urban and
environmental horticulture, turfgrass
management and sod production, ecology,
and conservation.