GK Quiz

Q1)-Which of the following is Newton’s second law of motion?

Every body maintains its initial state of rest or motion with uniform speed on a straight line unless an external force acts on it

The rate of change in momentum of a body is directly proportional to the applied force on the body and takes place in the direction of force

for every action, there is an equal and opposite reaction

every body attracts other body by a force called gravitation

Ans.- B

Q2)-Which of the following compounds are used in the purification of gold and silver?

Oxalic acid

Formic acid

Boric acid

Nitric acid

Ans.- D

Q3)-Number of Mitochondria in a bacterial cell is

one

three

zero

five

Ans.- C

Q4)-With regard to the Primary scriptures of Hinduism, the Vedas, which of the following in not true:

They are reversed as apaurisheya, meaning not of human origin

they are infallible

the vedas enshrine the knowledge believed to have been revealed to certain rishis by Brahma

they are referred to as Shruthi, because the rishis heard the vedas

Ans.- B

Q5)-Who among the following founded the Vijayanagar Kingdom?

Tirumal And Narashimha

Sri Krishna Deva Raya

Deva Raya I

Harihara I and Bukka

Ans.- D

Q6)-Who among the following leaders gave the slogan given below?
Swaraj is my birth right and I shall have it

Lala Lajapat Roy

Bal Gangadhar Tilak

Jawaharlal Nehru

Mahatma Gandhi

Ans.- B

Q7)-Which of the following country is not involved in Doklam Dispute?

Nepal

India

Bhutan

China

Ans.- A

Q8)-Maximum concentration of ozone is found in which part of the atmosphere?

Exosphere

Mesosphere

Troposphere

Stratosphere

Ans.- D

Q9)-Which of the following is not a tributary of the river Indus?

Jhelum

Ravi

Tapi

Beas

Ans.- C

Q10)-Which is the most common chemical used in cloud seeding?

Potassium Iodide

Magnesium Iodide

Calcium Iodide

Silver Iodide

Ans.- D

GK Quiz

Q1)-Which five year plan is known as gadgil yojana?

5th

6th

3rd

4th

Ans.- C

Q2)-Who among the following releases the Human Development Index report?

World Economic Forum

International Reconstruction and Development Bank

World Bank

United Nation Development Programme

Ans.- D

Q3)-Amitabh Kant an IAS officer and a key driver of the ‘Make In India’, ‘Startup India’, ‘Incredible India’ and ‘God’s Own Country’ is the CEO of

Indian Council for Agricultural Research

NITI Aayog

Appointment commission of India

Competition commission of India

Ans.- B

Q4)-Convert this 101101 (Binary number) to a decimal number?

45

47

49

41

Ans.- A

Q5)-Who among the following is not the recipient of the Bharat Ratna Award?

C.V. Raman

Vinoba Bhave

M.G. Ramachandran

Bal Gangadhar Tilak

Ans.- D

Q6)-Where is the Head Quarter of Food and Agriculture Organization?

Rome

Geneva

Zurich

Sydney

Ans.- A

Q7)-Find the odd man out

Phil Knight

Elon Musk

Jon Stewart

Richard Branson

Ans.- C

Q8)-Which of the following is correctly matched

Albert Einstein - photoelectric effect

Nikolas Tesla – Optical fiber

Thomas Alva Edison - Alternating current

Aryabatta - Pie

Ans.- A

Q9)-Which among the following movie won the Academy award in the category of Best picture?

Fences

Lion

La La Land

Moonlight

Ans.- D

Q10)-The recent World Badminton Championship finals between PV Sindhu and Nozomi Okuhara was held in which place?

China

India

Scotland

Geneva

Ans.- C

GK Quiz

Q1)-Saving is that portion of money income that is ____

spent for development of Industries

not spent on consumption

spent on health and education

spent for consumer durables

Ans.- B

Q2)-In which field did Amartya Sen win the Nobel Prize ?

Micro Economics

Welfare Economics

Economic Growth Model

Input-Output Model

Ans.- B

Q3)-Raja Ravi Varma was a great painter of which of the following ?

Bengal

Bihar

Kerala

Punjab

Ans.- C

Q4)-Who was the founder of the Theosophical society of India?

Annie Besant

Ram Prasad Bismil

Womesh Chandra Bannerjee

Subhash Chandra Bose

Ans.- A

Q5)-Who coined the Chipko slogan "Ecology is Permanent Economy"?

Chan Prasad Bhatt

Shayam Prasad Bahuguna

Sundarlal Bahuguna

Bachni Devi

Ans.- C

Q6)-Chemical properties of isotopes .............

must be same

need not be same

must be different

need not be different

Ans.- A

Q7)-Which of the following is Study of fossils ?

Ethology

Etiology

Palaeontology

Anthropology

Ans.- C

Q8)-Which of the following is the operation executed on data stored in registers?

Bit-operation

Micro-operation

Macro-operation

Byte-operation

Ans.- B

Q9)-Sour taste of lemon is due to the presence of which of the following ?

Citric acid

Acetic acid

Oxalic acid

Formic acid

Ans.- A

Q10)-Which State has the longest coastline?

Andhra Pradesh

Maharashtra

Gujarat

Karnataka

Ans.- C

GK Quiz - Inventions

Q1)-Who invented the BALLPOINT PEN?

Biro Brothers

Waterman Brothers

Bicc Brothers

Write Brothers

Ans.- A

Q2)-What J. B. Dunlop invented?

Pneumatic rubber tire

Automobile wheel rim

Rubber boot

Model airplanes

Ans.- A

Q3)-What is the name of the CalTech seismologist who invented the scale used to measure the magnitude of earthquakes?

Charles Richter

Hiram Walker

Giuseppe Mercalli

Joshua Rumble

Ans.- A

Q4)-Where is the village of Branston, after which the famous pickle is named?

Yorkshire

Lancashire

Staffordshire

Norfolk

Ans.- C

Q5)-Who invented Gunpowder?

G. Ferdinand Von Zeppelin

Sir Frank Whittle

Roger Bacon

Leo H Baekeland

Ans.- C

Q6)-This part-time race car driver invented the bucket seat in 1969. Who was he?

Harrison Frazier

Paul Newman

Steve McQueen

John Wayne

Ans.- C

Q7)-When was the first lawn mower invented?

1830

1854

1835

1849

Ans.- A

Q8)-Who is the English physicist responsible for the 'Big Bang Theory'?

Albert Einstein

Michael Skube

Roger Penrose

George Gamow

Ans.- D

Q9)-Which insurance salesman invented the fountain pen in 1884?

Sir William Grove

Charles Kettering

Lewis Edson Waterman

George Fountain

Ans.- C

Q10)-When was the first elevator built?

1741

1743

1761

1763

Ans.- B

GK Quiz

Q1)-Which among the following cities in India is not located in Golden Quadrilateral Road Network?

Kolkata

Chandigarh

Mumbai

New Delhi

Ans.- B

Q2)-Which is the first Indian State to go wholly organic ?

Meghalaya

Sikkim

Manipur

Assam

Ans.- B

Q3)-What is the role of "Ombudsman" in a bank?

To provide quality and speedy redressal of grievances of customers.

To provide suggestions for innovative schemes in the banks.

To inspect the internal working of the branches.

To monitor the poverty alleviation programmes undertaken by or implemented by the bank.

Ans.- A

Q4)-Which of the following schedules contains special provisions for the administration of tribal areas in the four north-eastern states of Assam, Meghalaya, Tripura and Mizoram ?

First schedule

Second schedule

Third schedule

Sixth schedule

Ans.- D

Q5)-Who appoints the members of the State Public Service Commission ?

Chief Minister

Governor

Chief Justice

Vice President

Ans.- B

Q6)-Who was the first Indian to be elected as the leader of the Communist International?

M.N Roy

Jawaharlal Nehru

P.C. Joshi

Sardar Vallabhai Patel

Ans.- A

Q7)-What is the source of natural energy of the hot springs at Manikaran in Himachal Pradesh ?

Geothermal Energy

Biomass Energy

Thermal Energy

Hydro Energy

Ans.- A

Q8)-Which of the following is a Dominant Autosomal Disorder ?

Albinism

Cystic Fibrosis

Alzheimer's Disease

Phenyl Ketorunia

Ans.- C

Q9)-Glycol is used to manufacture which of the following ?

Nylon

Artificial silk

Rubber

Terylene

Ans.- D

Q10)-"Lona" is related to which game?

Kho Kho

Lawn Tennis

Badminton

Kabbaddi

Ans.- D

GK Quiz

Q1)-Which of the following brings out the 'Consumer Price Index Number' for Industrial workers?

RBI

The labour Bureau

Commerce department

NITI Ayog

Ans.- B

Q2)-The basis of determining dearness allowance to employees in India is ____________.

National Income

Consumer Price Index

Standard of Living

Inflation Rate

Ans.- B

Q3)-An indifference curve measures the same level of ___________.

Output from two factors

Satisfaction from two commodities

Satisfaction from Income and Capital

Satisfaction from expenditure and savings

Ans.- B

Q4)-The largest committee of Parliament of India is

Public Accounts Committee

Estimates Committee

Committee on Public Undertakings

Joint Parliamentary Committee

Ans.- B

Q5)-Which of the following State has bicameral legislature?

Tamil Nadu

Punjab

Sikkim

Jammu and Kashmir

Ans.- D

Q6)-Cod liver oil from fish is rich in which vitamin?

Vitamin A

Vitamin D

Vitamin C

Vitamin B

Ans.- B

Q7)-Isolines joining places of equal rainfall are called ___________

isohyets

isotherms

isobars

contours

Ans.- A

Q8)-The Swadeshi Boycott Movement is related to

Partition of Bengal in 1947

Partition of Bengal in 1905

Non cooperation movement in 1921

Partition of Punjab in 1947

Ans.- B

Q9)-Which river does not form a delta?

Ganga

Brahmputra

Godavari

Tapi

Ans.- D

Q10)-Babita Kumari represented India in the Rio Olympics 2016 in which sport?

Boxing

Wrestling

Hockey

Badminton

Ans.- B

GK Quiz - Current Affairs

Q1)-Which state to host the 3rd India International Science Festival (IISF)-2017?

Kerala

Odisha

Tamil Nadu

Madhya Pradesh

Ans.- C

Q2)-NITI Aayog will host Global Entrepreneurship Summit (GES 2017) in which city?

Hyderabad

New Delhi

Chennai

Kochi

Ans.- A

Q3)-Who has won the Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences 2017?

George F. Loewenstein

Colin F Camerer

Stewart C. Myers

Richard H. Thaler

Ans.- D

Q4)-Samiya Imad Farooqui has clinched gold at women’s singles U-15 Asian Junior Championship (AJC). She hails from which city?

New Delhi

Hyderabad

Lucknow

Jaipur

Ans.- B

Q5)-President Ram Nath Kovind has launched Mata Amritanandamayi Math Project ‘Jeevamritham’ from which state?

Mizoram

Kerala

Andhra Pradesh

Karnataka

Ans.- B

Q6)-The international exhibition ‘World Dental Show 2017’ has opened in which city?

Mumbai

New Delhi

Chennai

Kolkata

Ans.- A

Q7)-Which city to host the first-ever conference of Partner NGOs?

Pune

Ahmedabad

New Delhi

Lucknow

Ans.- C

Q8)-The Union government has set up a study group to examine the problems of people along IB, LOC in J&K. Who will head the team?

Rina Mitra

Sunil Ajmera

Ajit Doval

Rajiv Kumar

Ans.- A

Q9)-Who has been appointed by the Supreme Court (SC) as amicus curiae on plea seeking re-probe of Mahatma Gandhi assassination?

J S Khehar

Arun Kumar Mishra

Ranjan Gogoi

Amrender Sharan

Ans.- D

Q10)-Bangladesh has signed how much amount of loan deal with India for its infrastructure and social sector development?

$4.5 billion

$5.5 billion

$6.5 billion

$7.5 billion

Ans.- A

Current Affairs (G.K.) ► 06-Sept.-2017

Q1)-India and which country have recently signed pacts for technical cooperation in the field of Railways?

Switzerland

Nepal

Malaysia

Bhutan

Ans.- A

Q2)-Who has been appointed as the new Vice-Chairman of NITI Aayog?

Rutvak Agrawal

Vijay Parasher

Umesh Singhal

Rajiv Kumar

Ans.- D

Q3)-Who has been appointed as the new Chairperson of Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE)?

Tina Joshi

Pritam Chaturvedi

Sohail Mahmood

Anita Karwal

Ans.- D

Q4)-Which state government has launched an online Public Grievance Redressal System (PGRS)?

Assam

Punjab

Haryana

Goa

Ans.- D

Q5)-NTPC has signed a Rs 3,000-crore term loan agreement with which bank for partially funding its capital expenditure?

State Bank of India

Punjab National Bank

ICICI Bank

HDFC Bank

Ans.- C

Q6)-Nirmala Sitharaman, who has become the new Defence Minister of India, is currently a representative of which state in Rajya Sabha?

Karnataka

Kerala

Tamil Nadu

Maharashtra

Ans.- A

Q7)-Which city is hosting the 9th edition of BRICS summit-2017?

Tianjin

Xiamen

Chongqing

Beijing

Ans.- B

Q8)-Which state government will provide free education to girls up to graduation?

Tamil Nadu

Odisha

Assam

Karnataka

Ans.- D

Q9)-Shirish Pai, who passed away recently, was the noted poet of which language?

Tamil

Telugu

Marathi

Odia

Ans.- C

Q10)-Who has been appointed as the new Union Minister of Railways?

Piyush Goyal

Nirmala Sitharaman

Dharmendra Pradhan

Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi

Ans.- A

Current Affairs (GK) Quiz ► 05-Sept.-2017

Q1)-The Pulie Badze Wildlife Sanctuary (PWS) is located in which state?

Mizoram

Tripura

Nagaland

Manipur

Ans.- C

Q2)-Which city has been formally accorded the status of India’s first World Heritage City by UNESCO?

Udaipur

Mathura

Ujjain

Ahmedabad

Ans.- D

Q3)-Which Indian-origin personality has been appointed as the acting President of Singapore?

S R Nathan

J Y Pillay

P K Krishnan

M S Ganesha

Ans.- B

Q4)-The world’s highest sandcastle has recently built in which country?

Germany

India

China

South Africa

Ans.- A

Q5)-Which Indian sportsperson has won gold in the girls’ Under-12 category at the World Cadets Chess Championship?

Natasha Krishna

Rakshitta Ravi

Divya Deshmukh

Meenali Ilamparthi

Ans.- C

Q6)-Which country is hosting the 2017 International Hindu Conference (IHC)?

Nepal

India

Sri Lanka

Bhutan

Ans.- A

Q7)-Who has been appointed as the new Secretary in the Department of Financial Services (DFS)?

Ali Raza Rizvi

Rajiv Kumar

Rajesh Chaturvedi

N Baijendra Kumar

Ans.- B

Q8)-Which city is hosting the annual conference Rajaswa Gyan Sangam (RGS – 2017)?

Jaipur

Kochi

New Delhi

Pune

Ans.- C

Q9)-Myanmar will sign pact with which country for the conservation of earthquake-damaged pagodas at Bagan?

Russia

India

South Africa

China

Ans.- B

Q10)-The Bondla Wildlife Sanctuary (BWS) is located in which state?

Manipur

Goa

Kerala

West Bengal

Ans.- B

GK Quiz

Q1)-Dr Bhakti Yadav, who passed away recently, was the first woman doctor of which state?

Uttar Pradesh

Rajasthan

Haryana

Madhya Pradesh

Ans.- D

Q2)-Who is the newly appointed CEO of Rajya Sabha TV (RSTV)?

Gurdeep Singh Sappal

Surya Prakash

Vinay Sahasrabuddhe

Shashi Shekhar Vempati

Ans.- D

Q3)-Who has been appointed as the new MD & CEO of India Infrastructure Finance Company Limited (IIFCL)?

Nalin Tandon

Sankara Rao

P S Murthy

Chandan Kumar

Ans.- B

Q4)-Who has been appointed as the new CMD of Hindustan Copper Limited (HCL)?

Nidhi Sen

Kirti Singh

Santosh Sharma

J P Gupta

Ans.- C

Q5)-India’s first-ever aviation university will come up in which state?

Uttar Pradesh

Assam

Maharashtra

Tamil Nadu

Ans.- A

Q6)-Who has won the 2017 Kalpana Chawla Award for courage and daring enterprise?

Preethi Srinivasan

K. Satyagopal

S.P. Thyagarajan

V.P. Elayapari

Ans.- A

Q7)-Which country has been declared the world’s most liveable city by The Economist’s Global Liveability Report-2017?

Melbourne

Sydney

London

Perth

Ans.- A

Q8)-NABARD has conferred the ‘best performance award’ for 2016-17 to which regional rural bank?

Telangana Grameena Bank

Allahabad UP Gramin Bank

Karnataka Vikas Grameen Bank

Madhyanchal Gramin Bank

Ans.- C

Q9)-Which country to host the steering committee of the proposed TAPI Gas pipeline?

Turkmenistan

Afghanistan

Pakistan

India

Ans.- D

Q10)-The Desert National Park (DNP) is located in which state?

Gujarat

Haryana

Rajasthan

Assam

Ans.- C

GK Quiz - Current Affairs

Q1)-What is the theme of the 2017 International Yoga Day (IYD)?

Yoga for Health

Yoga for Peace

Yoga for Healthy mind

Yoga for Healthy living

Ans.- A

Q2)-India has signed a historical agreement with which country to promote cooperation in the field of archives?

South Africa

China

Portugal

Nepal

Ans.- C

Q3)-Which state government has announced free education for girls in Government Schools and colleges from Nursery to PhD?

Bihar

Karnataka

Punjab

Uttar Pradesh

Ans.- C

Q4)-The Lahugala Kitulana National Park is located in which country?

India

Sri Lanka

Bhutan

Bangladesh

Ans.- B

Q5)-Who will be the new Union Home Secretary of India?

Madhusudhan Prasad

Anand Kumar

Ajay Kumar Bhalla

Rajiv Gauba

Ans.- D

Q6)-Who has been appointed as the new special secretary in Ministry of Ayush?

Ravi Kant

Rajesh Kotecha

Sajal Chakravarty

Parameswaran Iyer

Ans.- B

Q7)-The world’s first ever data embassy will be established by which country?

Japan

India

Estonia

China

Ans.- C

Q8)-Who has been appointed as the new economic affairs secretary in the Union Finance Ministry?

N K Sinha

Ajay Kumar Shalla

Subhash C Garg

Kirti Singh

Ans.- C

Q9)-The Bhawal National Park is located in which country?

Bangladesh

India

Sri Lanka

Myanmar

Ans.- A

Q10)-The 2017 World Hydrography Day (WHD) is observed on which date?

June 23

June 22

June 24

June 21

Ans.- D

Static GK Quiz

Q1)-Alpha-keratin is a protein present in which thing ?

cotton

wool

wood

petrol

Ans.- B

Q2)-Where was the first session of the Constituent Assembly held ?

Mumbai

Chennai

New Delhi

Kashmir

Ans.- C

Q3)-Which planet looks reddish in the night sky ?

Mercury

Venus

Earth

Mars

Ans.- D

Q4)-Sachin Tendulkar scored his 100th international century against which country ?

Bangladesh

England

Australia

New Zealand

Ans.- A

Q5)-In 1610, Galileo Galilei discovered four moons of which planet ?

Mars

Jupiter

Saturn

Neptune

Ans.- B

Q6)-Which Philosophy holds that the world is created and maintained by Universal Law ?

Buddh Philosophy

Christian Philosophy

Jain Philosophy

None of these

Ans.- C

Q7)-What was the script used in the earliest Tamil inscriptions ?

Pali

Brahmi

Sanskrit

None of these

Ans.- B

Q8)-In which technology do Cryogenic engines find applications ?

Space technology

Mobile Technology

Rocket Technology

None of these

Ans.- C

Q9)-Which bank is the Bankers of Banks ?

Bank of Broada

Canara Bank

Bank of India

RBI

Ans.- D

Q10)-Krishnadeva Raya wrote a famous work, namely Amuktamalyada, in which language ?

Tamil

Telugu

Sanskrit

English

Ans.- B

GK Quiz - Current Affairs

Q1)-Who has been appointed the new chairman of International Fertiliser Association (IFA)?

Kaustubh shah

Naoki Tajima

Rakesh Kapoor

Vinodh Bhat

Ans.- C

Q2)-Laura Biagiotti, the renowned fashion designer passed away. She hailed from which country?

United States

Italy

France

Japan

Ans.- B

Q3)-Which country is hosting the 2017 G7 summit?

Japan

Canada

Italy

Germany

Ans.- C

Q4)-The 2017 World Table Tennis Championships (WTTC) has started in which country?

Germany

France

Japan

Singapore

Ans.- A

Q5)-Which Indian state to host 2017 Asian Junior Tennis Championship?

Punjab

West Bengal

Kerala

Maharashtra

Ans.- D

Q6)-India’s first multi-modal electric vehicle project has launched in which city?

New Delhi

Kolkata

Chennai

Nagpur

Ans.- D

Q7)-Gregg Allaman, the renowned musician passed away. He hailed from which country?

South Africa

United States

Belgium

China

Ans.- B

Q8)-India’s longest bridge “Dhola-Sadia Bridge” has built over which tributary of the Brahmaputra River?

Kameng River

Manas River

Lohit River

Subansiri River

Ans.- C

Q9)-Who is representing India at the 2017 Little Miss Universe competition?

Vinita Sayal

Rajeshwari Dyal

Padmalaya Nanda

Nandita Das

Ans.- C

Q10)-The Yelagiri summer festival has started in which state?

Tamil Naidu

Kerala

Karanataka

West Bengal

Ans.- A

GK Quiz - Banking Knowledge - Static

Q1. The panchatantra was written during the
(a) Later Vedic period
(b) Mughal period
(c) Maurya period
(d) Post Gupta period
(e) Sultanate Period

Q2. Who coined the name of optical fibre?  
(a) Samuel Cohen 
(b) Narinder Kapany 
(c) Percy L. Spencer 
(d) T.H. Maimah  
(e) Arthur Leonard Schawlow.

Q3. Which among the following institutions is not related to United Nations?
(a) Universal Postal Union (UPU)
(b) International Finance Commission (IFC)
(c) World Meteorological Organisation (WMO)
(d) International Confederation of Free Trade Union (ICFTU)
(e) World Bank Group (WBG)

Q4. National Science Day is celebrated every year on  
(a) February 20 
(b) February 25
(c) April 5
(d) February 28  
(e) April 25

Q5. The author of the famous Indian book of astrology ‘Panchasiddhantika’ is - 
(a) Varamihir
(b) Bhaskar
(c) Aryabhatta
(d) Brahma Gupta
(e) Bhagvan Das Mittal

Q6. Godwin Austen is a/an  
(a) Inventor of Telescope
(b) Geologist
(c) Glacier
(d) Pass
(e) Scientist

Q7. The author of the book “The Gin Drinkers” is
(a) Arundhati Roy
(b) Anita Desai
(c) Sagarika Ghose
(d) Shoba De
(e) Khushwant Singh

Q8. What is the name of the famous folk drama of Bhils? 
(a) Gavari
(b) Swang
(c) Tamasha
(d) Rammat
(e) None of these

Q9. Which one of the following plans is also known as ‘Gadgil Yojana’?
(a) Third Five Year Plan
(b) Fourth Five Year Plan
(c) Fifth Five Year Plan
(d) Sixth Five Year Plan
(e) None of these

Q10. Where is the Indian Institute of Foreign Trade Located?  
(a) New Delhi
(b) Hyderabad
(c) Mumbai
(d) Ahmedabad
(e) Banglore

Answers: 

1. d
2. b
3. d
4. d
5. a
6. c
7. c
8. a
9. a
10. a

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