Top 1000 General Knowledge MCQ Questions with Answers PDF for SSC, WBCS & RRB Exams
100 GK Questions with Answers Part 1 | Most Important General Knowledge MCQs
1. Who designed the Indian National Flag?
(a) Udaya Kumar Dharmalingam
(b) Pingali Venkayya
(c) Abdul Ghaffar Khan
(d) Rabindranath Tagore
Answer: (b) Pingali Venkayya
2. Who designed the Indian rupee symbol?
(a) Pingali Venkayya
(b) Udaya Kumar Dharmalingam
(c) C. Rajagopalachari
(d) Samudragupta
Answer: (b) Udaya Kumar Dharmalingam
3. Who is known as the Napoleon of India?
(a) Abdul Ghaffar Khan
(b) Samudragupta
(c) GV Mavalankar
(d) Rabindranath Tagore
Answer: (b) Samudragupta
4. Who is known as The Frontier Gandhi?
(a) Rabindranath Tagore
(b) Abdul Ghaffar Khan
(c) C. Rajagopalachari
(d) Lord Mountbatten
Answer: (b) Abdul Ghaffar Khan
5. Who is the first Nobel Prize winner in Asia?
(a) Samudragupta
(b) Rabindranath Tagore
(c) Udaya Kumar Dharmalingam
(d) Pingali Venkayya
Answer: (b) Rabindranath Tagore
6. In eye donation, which part of the donor’s eye is
utilized?
(a) Retina
(b) Lens
(c) Cornea
(d) Iris
Answer: (c) Cornea
7. The World Environment Day is celebrated on which date?
(a) 22 April
(b) 1 May
(c) 5 June
(d) 15 August
Answer: (c) 5 June
8. Decibel is the unit of:
(a) Light
(b) Sound
(c) Temperature
(d) Pressure
Answer: (b) Sound
9. Light Year is the unit of:
(a) Time
(b) Weight
(c) Distance
(d) Speed
Answer: (c) Distance
10. Diopter is the unit of:
(a) Power of lens
(b) Force
(c) Pressure
(d) Energy
Answer: (a) Power of lens
11. Who is the first Governor-General of Independent India?
(a) C. Rajagopalachari
(b) Lord Mountbatten
(c) Abdul Ghaffar Khan
(d) GV Mavalankar
Answer: (b) Lord Mountbatten
12. Who is the first Indian Governor-General of India?
(a) GV Mavalankar
(b) C. Rajagopalachari
(c) Udaya Kumar Dharmalingam
(d) Pingali Venkayya
Answer: (b) C. Rajagopalachari
13. Who is the first foreigner to receive the Bharat Ratna
Award?
(a) Udaya Kumar Dharmalingam
(b) Abdul Ghaffar Khan
(c) Samudragupta
(d) Lord Mountbatten
Answer: (b) Abdul Ghaffar Khan
14. Who is the founder of the Indian National Congress?
(a) Rabindranath Tagore
(b) C. Rajagopalachari
(c) A. O. Hume
(d) GV Mavalankar
Answer: (c) A. O. Hume
15. Who is the first Lok Sabha Speaker?
(a) Lord Mountbatten
(b) GV Mavalankar
(c) Udaya Kumar Dharmalingam
(d) Abdul Ghaffar Khan
Answer: (b) GV Mavalankar
16. What sugar is found in honey?
(a) Glucose
(b) Sucrose
(c) Fructose
(d) Maltose
Answer: (c) Fructose
17. On which principle does a rocket work?
(a) Newton's First Law
(b) Newton's Second Law
(c) Newton's Third Law
(d) Newton's Law of Gravitation
Answer: (c) Newton's Third Law
18. Which gas is filled in electric bulbs?
(a) Helium
(b) Argon
(c) Nitrogen
(d) Carbon Dioxide
Answer: (b) Argon
19. What was the first sound film in India?
(a) Mother India
(b) Alam Ara
(c) Pyaasa
(d) Shree 420
Answer: (b) Alam Ara
20. Who started the Bhoodan Movement?
(a) Mahatma Gandhi
(b) Acharya Vinoba Bhave
(c) Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel
(d) Jawaharlal Nehru
Answer: (b) Acharya Vinoba Bhave
21. Which river forms the Sundarbans Delta?
(a) Brahmaputra
(b) Yamuna
(c) Ganges
(d) Godavari
Answer: (c) Ganges
22. Which state has the longest coastline in India?
(a) Maharashtra
(b) Tamil Nadu
(c) Gujarat
(d) Kerala
Answer: (c) Gujarat
23. Which country shares the longest boundary with India?
(a) Pakistan
(b) China
(c) Bangladesh
(d) Nepal
Answer: (c) Bangladesh
24. Who is known as the father of economics?
(a) Karl Marx
(b) John Maynard Keynes
(c) Adam Smith
(d) David Ricardo
Answer: (c) Adam Smith
25. Which Veda contains the Gayatri Mantra?
(a) Samaveda
(b) Atharvaveda
(c) Rig Veda
(d) Yajurveda
Answer: (c) Rig Veda
26. From where is "Satyamev Jayate" taken?
(a) Bhagavad Gita
(b) Mundaka Upanishad
(c) Rig Veda
(d) Mahabharata
Answer: (b) Mundaka Upanishad
27. From where is "Vande Mataram" taken?
(a) Gitanjali
(b) Anandamath
(c) Ramayana
(d) Mahabharata
Answer: (b) Anandamath
28. Who wrote "Anandamath"?
(a) Rabindranath Tagore
(b) Bankim Chandra Chatterjee
(c) Sarojini Naidu
(d) R. K. Narayan
Answer: (b) Bankim Chandra Chatterjee
30. Who wrote "Panchtantra"?
(a) Vikram Sarabhai
(b) Vishnu Sharma
(c) Chanakya
(d) Kalidasa
Answer: (b) Vishnu Sharma
31. Who wrote "Satyarth Prakash"?
(a) Swami Vivekanand
(b) Swami Dayanand Saraswati
(c) Mahatma Gandhi
(d) B. R. Ambedkar
Answer: (b) Swami Dayanand Saraswati
32. Which of the following articles of the Constitution deals
with a financial emergency?
(a) Article 352
(b) Article 356
(c) Article 360
(d) Article 370
Answer: (c) Article 360
33. Which article gives special status to Jammu and Kashmir?
(a) Article 370
(b) Article 371
(c) Article 356
(d) Article 352
Answer: (a) Article 370
34. Which gas is used in an LPG cylinder?
(a) Methane
(b) Propane and Butane
(c) Ethane
(d) Hydrogen
Answer: (b) Propane and Butane
35. Which gas is the most abundant in the atmosphere?
(a) Oxygen
(b) Carbon Dioxide
(c) Argon
(d) Nitrogen
Answer: (d) Nitrogen
36. Where did Chandragupta Maurya die?
(a) Lumbini
(b) Pataliputra
(c) Shravanabelagola
(d) Taxila
Answer: (c) Shravanabelagola
37. Where was Gautam Buddha born?
(a) Bodh Gaya
(b) Sarnath
(c) Lumbini, Nepal
(d) Varanasi
Answer: (c) Lumbini, Nepal
38. Where did Gautam Buddha give his first sermon?
(a) Bodh Gaya
(b) Sarnath, Varanasi
(c) Lumbini
(d) Kushinagar
Answer: (b) Sarnath, Varanasi
39. Who is the founder of Arya Samaj?
(a) Mahatma Gandhi
(b) Swami Vivekanand
(c) Swami Dayanand Saraswati
(d) C. Rajagopalachari
Answer: (c) Swami Dayanand Saraswati
40. Who is the founder of Brahmo Samaj?
(a) Raja Ram Mohan Roy
(b) Swami Vivekanand
(c) C. Rajagopalachari
(d) Mahatma Gandhi
Answer: (a) Raja Ram Mohan Roy
41. Who is the founder of the Ram Krishna Mission?
(a) Swami Dayanand Saraswati
(b) Mahatma Gandhi
(c) Swami Vivekanand
(d) C. Rajagopalachari
Answer: (c) Swami Vivekanand
42. Who founded the Abhinav Bharat Society?
(a) Bhagat Singh
(b) Vinayak Damodar Savarkar
(c) Subhas Chandra Bose
(d) Mahatma Gandhi
Answer: (b) Vinayak Damodar Savarkar
43. When did Bangladesh gain independence?
(a) March 26, 1971
(b) December 16, 1971
(c) January 1, 1972
(d) August 15, 1971
Answer: (b) December 16, 1971
44. Who was the first Muslim President of the Indian National
Congress?
(a) Maulana Azad
(b) Badruddin Tyabji
(c) Jinnah
(d) Shaukat Ali
Answer: (b) Badruddin Tyabji
45. Who is the first lady President of the Indian National
Congress?
(a) Sarojini Naidu
(b) Annie Besant
(c) Kamala Nehru
(d) Indira Gandhi
Answer: (b) Annie Besant
46. The Tropic of Cancer passes through how many Indian
states?
(a) 6
(b) 7
(c) 8
(d) 9
Answer: (c) 8
47. Where are Indian currency notes printed?
(a) Mumbai
(b) Nashik, Maharashtra
(c) Kolkata
(d) Bengaluru
Answer: (b) Nashik, Maharashtra
48. When was the Reserve Bank of India established?
(a) 1 January 1935
(b) 1 April 1935
(c) 1 April 1947
(d) 15 August 1947
Answer: (b) 1 April 1935
49. Which was the first state formed on the basis of
language?
(a) Tamil Nadu
(b) Andhra Pradesh
(c) Gujarat
(d) Karnataka
Answer: (b) Andhra Pradesh
50. Who is known as the father of the Indian space programme?
(a) A. P. J. Abdul Kalam
(b) Vikram Sarabhai
(c) Homi J. Bhabha
(d) Satish Dhawan
Answer: (b) Vikram Sarabhai
51. Who discovered India?
(a) Christopher Columbus
(b) Vasco da Gama (Portugal) 1498
(c) Ferdinand Magellan
(d) Marco Polo
Answer: (b) Vasco da Gama (Portugal) 1498
52. Where is ISRO located?
(a) New Delhi
(b) Bengaluru
(c) Hyderabad
(d) Thiruvananthapuram
Answer: (b) Bengaluru
53. Who estimated the national income for the first time in
India?
(a) Dr. B.R. Ambedkar
(b) Dadabhai Naoroji
(c) Mahalanobis
(d) Amartya Sen
Answer: (b) Dadabhai Naoroji
54. Which city is known as the Silicon Valley of India?
(a) Hyderabad
(b) Bengaluru
(c) Pune
(d) Chennai
Answer: (b) Bengaluru
55. Who is the first Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of
India?
(a) M. Patanjali Sastri
(b) Hiralal J. Kania
(c) Harilal Kania
(d) G. B. Pattanaik
Answer: (b) Hiralal J. Kania
56. Who was the world's first woman Prime Minister?
(a) Margaret Thatcher
(b) Indira Gandhi
(c) Sirimavo Bandaranaike
(d) Golda Meir
Answer: (c) Sirimavo Bandaranaike
57. Who is the first woman governor of India?
(a) Sarojini Naidu
(b) Indira Gandhi
(c) Vijayalakshmi Pandit
(d) Sucheta Kriplani
Answer: (a) Sarojini Naidu
58. Who is the first Chief Minister of India?
(a) Sucheta Kriplani
(b) J. Jayalalithaa
(c) Fatima Sheikh
(d) Sarojini Naidu
Answer: (a) Sucheta Kriplani
59. Where is the Konark Sun Temple situated?
(a) Andhra Pradesh
(b) Odisha
(c) Tamil Nadu
(d) Karnataka
Answer: (b) Odisha
60. What is the highest waterfall in India?
(a) Nohkalikai Falls
(b) Jog Falls
(c) Dudhsagar Falls
(d) Hogenakkal Falls
Answer: (b) Jog Falls
61. Which gas is mainly found in Gobar Gas?
(a) Methane
(b) Carbon Dioxide
(c) Hydrogen
(d) Nitrogen
Answer: (a) Methane
62. Which gas is filled in the tires of planes?
(a) Nitrogen
(b) Oxygen
(c) Helium
(d) Argon
Answer: (a) Nitrogen (Note: Helium is not commonly used;
nitrogen is more prevalent for safety and performance reasons.)
63. When is Ozone Day celebrated?
(a) 10 December
(b) 16 September
(c) 1 May
(d) 22 July
Answer: (b) 16 September
64. When is Labour Day celebrated?
(a) 1 May
(b) 1 January
(c) 15 August
(d) 10 October
Answer: (a) 1 May
65. What is the best source of Vitamin C?
(a) Orange
(b) Amla
(c) Guava
(d) Lemon
Answer: (b) Amla
66. The ELISA test is related to which disease?
(a) Malaria
(b) Tuberculosis
(c) AIDS
(d) Cancer
Answer: (c) AIDS
67. A cut diamond shines brilliantly due to?
(a) Refraction
(b) Reflection
(c) Total internal reflection
(d) Diffraction
Answer: (c) Total internal reflection
68. The intensity of an earthquake is measured by?
(a) Barometer
(b) Seismograph
(c) Anemometer
(d) Thermometer
Answer: (b) Seismograph
69. Which of the following taxes belongs to the Central
Government?
(a) Property Tax
(b) Excise Duty
(c) Sales Tax
(d) Land Tax
Answer: (b) Excise Duty
70. What is another name for 'Regur Soil'?
(a) Alluvial Soil
(b) Black Soil
(c) Red Soil
(d) Sandy Soil
Answer: (b) Black Soil
71. In which state is Guru Shikhar Peak located?
(a) Uttarakhand
(b) Rajasthan
(c) Himachal Pradesh
(d) Madhya Pradesh
Answer: (b) Rajasthan
72. A money bill under the Constitution of India is tabled in
the?
(a) Rajya Sabha
(b) Lok Sabha
(c) Both Houses
(d) President
Answer: (b) Lok Sabha
73. Which one of the following cannot be dissolved but can be
abolished at any time?
(a) Rajya Sabha
(b) State Legislative Councils
(c) Lok Sabha
(d) Panchayat
Answer: (b) State Legislative Councils
74. What is the time of 'zero hour' in Parliament?
(a) 10 a.m. to 11 a.m.
(b) 12 noon to 1 p.m.
(c) 1 p.m. to 2 p.m.
(d) 11 a.m. to 12 noon
Answer: (b) 12 noon to 1 p.m.
75. When was the first meeting of the Constituent Assembly
held?
(a) 15 August 1947
(b) 9 December 1946
(c) 26 January 1950
(d) 24 January 1950
Answer: (b) 9 December 1946
76. When was the last meeting of the Constituent Assembly?
(a) 15 August 1947
(b) 24 January 1950
(c) 26 January 1950
(d) 9 December 1946
Answer: (b) 24 January 1950
77. When was the National Anthem of India adopted by the
Constituent Assembly?
(a) 15 August 1947
(b) 24 January 1950
(c) 26 January 1950
(d) 22 July 1947
Answer: (b) 24 January 1950
78. When was the National Flag of India adopted?
(a) 22 July 1947
(b) 26 January 1950
(c) 15 August 1947
(d) 9 December 1946
Answer: (a) 22 July 1947
79. In which language did Buddha preach?
(a) Sanskrit
(b) Pali
(c) Prakrit
(d) Tamil
Answer: (b) Pali
80. By which amendment was the 'Right to Property' omitted?
(a) 42nd
(b) 44th
(c) 39th
(d) 48th
Answer: (b) 44th
81. The density of water is maximum at?
(a) 0-degree Celsius
(b) 4-degree Celsius
(c) 100-degree Celsius
(d) 0-degree Fahrenheit
Answer: (b) 4-degree Celsius
82. Kaziranga National Park is the only natural habitat of
the endangered:
a) Bengal Tiger
b) Asiatic Lion
c) One-Horned Rhino
d) Indian Elephant
Answer: c) One-Horned Rhino
83. Deficiency of which of the following causes non-clotting
of blood?
a) Vitamin A
b) Vitamin B12
c) Vitamin K
d) Vitamin C
Answer: c) Vitamin K
84. Who had given the idea to have a Constitution for India?
a) B. R. Ambedkar
b) Mahatma Gandhi
c) M. N. Roy
d) Jawaharlal Nehru
Answer: c) M. N. Roy
85. Who among the following is addressed as the Chairman of
Rajya Sabha?
a) Prime Minister
b) President
c) Vice President
d) Lok Sabha Speaker
Answer: c) Vice President
86. When was the Rowlatt Act passed?
a) 1915
b) 1917
c) 1919
d) 1921
Answer: c) 1919
87. From which country is the process of impeachment of the
President of India taken?
a) United Kingdom
b) Canada
c) USA
d) Australia
Answer: c) USA
88. Which of the following is used as a moderator in nuclear
reactors?
a) Water
b) Graphite
c) Heavy Water
d) Uranium
Answer: b) Graphite
89. For the myopic eye, the defect is cured by:
a) Convex lens
b) Concave lens
c) Cylindrical lens
d) Bifocal lens
Answer: b) Concave lens
90. Mixed Economy means:
a) Only public sector
b) Only private sector
c) Co-existence of public and private sectors
d) None of the above
Answer: c) Co-existence of public and private sectors
91. India and China signed the Panchsheel Pact in the year:
a) 1952
b) 1954
c) 1956
d) 1958
Answer: b) 1954
92. BrahMos is the joint venture of which countries?
a) India and USA
b) India and Russia
c) India and China
d) India and France
Answer: b) India and Russia
93. Which state is the largest producer of cardamom and
pepper in India?
a) Karnataka
b) Kerala
c) Tamil Nadu
d) Andhra Pradesh
Answer: b) Kerala
94. The gas used in the manufacture of Vanaspati Ghee from
Vanaspati Oil is:
a) Oxygen
b) Nitrogen
c) Hydrogen
d) Carbon Dioxide
Answer: c) Hydrogen
95. How many languages are officially recognized in India?
a) 15
b) 18
c) 22
d) 25
Answer: c) 22
96. Pearl is mainly constituted of:
a) Magnesium
b) Calcium carbonate
c) Sodium chloride
d) Iron oxide
Answer: b) Calcium carbonate
97. Quinine, the effective medicine in the treatment of
malaria, is extracted from:
a) Roots
b) Leaves
c) Bark of Cinchona
d) Flowers
Answer: c) Bark of Cinchona
98. What is ‘Dry Ice’?
a) Solid Water
b) Solid Carbon Dioxide
c) Solid Oxygen
d) Solid Nitrogen
Answer: b) Solid Carbon Dioxide
99. The time period of a pendulum:
a) Depends on its mass
b) Depends on its length
c) Is constant
d) Depends on the material
Answer: b) Depends on its length
100. The velocity of wind is measured by:
a) Barometer
b) Anemometer
c) Hygrometer
d) Thermometer
Answer: b) Anemometer
