1000 General Knowledge Questions and Answers PDF Part 4 for Competitive Exams
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General Knowledge Questions and Answers for Competitive Exams PDF Part 4
301. The non-cooperation movement was withdrawn because of
the:
a) Jallianwala Bagh incident
b) Chauri Chaura incident
c) Quit India Movement
d) Dandi March
Answer: b) Chauri Chaura incident
302. A red flower kept in green light will appear to be:
a) Red
b) Green
c) Black
d) Yellow
Answer: c) Black
303. India’s first computer was installed at:
a) Indian Institute of Technology
b) Indian Statistical Institute, Calcutta
c) Indian Space Research Organisation
d) Tata Institute of Fundamental Research
Answer: b) Indian Statistical Institute, Calcutta
304. National Science Day is celebrated in India on:
a) 28 January
b) 28 February
c) 1 March
d) 15 August
Answer: b) 28 February
305. The larva of the frog is called___________ .
a) Tadpole
b) Nymph
c) Caterpillar
d) Pupa
Answer: a) Tadpole
306. When was the first five-year plan launched in India?
a) 1947
b) 1951
c) 1961
d) 1971
Answer: b) 1951
307. Where is Lothal situated?
a) Maharashtra
b) Gujarat
c) Rajasthan
d) Punjab
Answer: b) Gujarat
308. The first Jain Tirthankara was_____ .
a) Mahavira
b) Rishabh Dev
c) Parsvanath
d) Ajitnath
Answer: b) Rishabh Dev
309. Adolf Hitler was a military and political leader of
which country?
a) Italy
b) Japan
c) Germany
d) Austria
Answer: c) Germany
310.Which is the atmospheric layer closest to the Earth ?
a) Stratosphere
b) Mesosphere
c) Troposphere
d) Thermosphere
Answer: c) Troposphere
311. The state with the lowest population in India is__________
.
a) Sikkim
b) Goa
c) Arunachal Pradesh
d) Mizoram
Answer: a) Sikkim
312. Which country is the largest producer of bauxite in the
world ?
a) China
b) Brazil
c) India
d) Australia
Answer: d) Australia
313. The instrument used to measure humidity in the air is:
a) Barometer
b) Hygrometer
c) Anemometer
d) Hygrograph
Answer: d) Hygrograph
314. The shape of the Milky Way galaxy is:
a) Elliptical
b) Spiral
c) Irregular
d) Barred spiral
Answer: b) Spiral
315. Which of the following is a large blood vessel that
carries blood away from the heart?
a) Vein
b) Artery
c) Capillary
d) Venule
Answer: b) Artery
316. Which gas is most popularly known as laughing gas?
a) Nitrous oxide
b) Oxygen
c) Carbon dioxide
d) Methane
Answer: a) Nitrous oxide
317. Which among the following led to the Jallianwala Bagh
massacre?
a) Rowlatt Act
b) Simon Commission
c) Montagu-Chelmsford Reforms
d) Government of India Act
Answer: a) Rowlatt Act
318. The ‘Concept of Inertia’ was developed by:
a) Isaac Newton
b) Galileo
c) Albert Einstein
d) Johannes Kepler
Answer: b) Galileo
319. What is the purest form of iron?
a) Cast Iron
b) Wrought Iron
c) Pig Iron
d) Steel
Answer: b) Wrought Iron
320. What is the speed of the Earth around the sun?
a) 25 km/sec
b) 30 km/sec
c) 35 km/sec
d) 40 km/sec
Answer: b) 30 km/sec
321. Splitting of light into its constituent colors is known
as:
a) Refraction
b) Reflection
c) Dispersion
d) Diffraction
Answer: c) Dispersion
322. Basically, heavy water is used by which type of
industries?
a) Chemical Industries
b) Nuclear Power Generation Plants
c) Textile Industries
d) Food Processing Industries
Answer: b) Nuclear Power Generation Plants
323. The ‘Mechanical Clock’ was made by:
a) Isaac Newton
b) Galileo
c) Huygens
d) Babbage
Answer: c) Huygens
324. By which material are cotton fibers made?
a) Protein
b) Cellulose
c) Starch
d) Chitin
Answer: b) Cellulose
325. What is the best source of protein?
a) Rice
b) Wheat
c) Soybean
d) Potato
Answer: c) Soybean
326. One horsepower (1 HP) is equivalent to approximately:
a) 546 Watts
b) 746 Watts
c) 850 Watts
d) 1000 Watts
Answer: b) 746 Watts
327. Which was the first satellite of India to go into orbit?
a) INSAT
b) Aryabhatta
c) Rohini
d) IRS
Answer: b) Aryabhatta
328. ‘White Revolution’ is related to:
a) Wheat Production
b) Milk Production
c) Sugar Production
d) Rice Production
Answer: b) Milk Production
329. Which rays are very helpful in long-distance
photography?
a) X-rays
b) Gamma rays
c) Infrared rays
d) Ultraviolet rays
Answer: c) Infrared rays
330. In India, who laid the foundation of nuclear science?
a) Vikram Sarabhai
b) Homi J. Bhabha
c) C.V. Raman
d) Dr. A.P.J. Abdul Kalam
Answer: b) Homi J. Bhabha
331. Name the vegetable which is also known as a flower:
a) Cauliflower
b) Broccoli
c) Cabbage
d) Artichoke
Answer: b) Broccoli
332. Old name of Sri Lanka:
a) Java
b) Ceylon
c) Sumatra
d) Borneo
Answer: b) Ceylon
333. Old name of Myanmar:
a) Siam
b) Malaya
c) Burma
d) Ceylon
Answer: c) Burma
334. Who wrote the national anthem of Bangladesh?
a) Nazrul Islam
b) Kazi Nazrul Islam
c) Rabindranath Tagore
d) Jasimuddin
Answer: c) Rabindranath Tagore (Amar Shonar Bangla)
335. The borderline between India and Pakistan is:
a) Durand Line
b) McMahon Line
c) Radcliffe Line
d) Line of Control
Answer: c) Radcliffe Line
336. The borderline between India and China is:
a) Durand Line
b) McMahon Line
c) Radcliffe Line
d) Line of Actual Control
Answer: b) McMahon Line
337. The borderline between India and Afghanistan is:
a) Radcliffe Line
b) McMahon Line
c) Durand Line
d) Line of Control
Answer: c) Durand Line
338. Who was the founder of the Mughal Dynasty?
a) Akbar
b) Aurangzeb
c) Babur
d) Humayun
Answer: c) Babur
339. Who was the founder of the Slave Dynasty?
a) Iltutmish
b) Qutubuddin Aibak
c) Alauddin Khilji
d) Ghiyasuddin Tughlaq
Answer: b) Qutubuddin Aibak
340. Who was the founder of the Mauryan Dynasty?
a) Ashoka
b) Chandragupta Maurya
c) Bindusara
d) Kanishka
Answer: b) Chandragupta Maurya
341. Where is the headquarters of SAARC located?
a) New Delhi
b) Kathmandu
c) Dhaka
d) Colombo
Answer: b) Kathmandu
342. Where is the headquarters of BRICS located?
a) New Delhi
b) Moscow
c) Shanghai, China
d) Brasilia
Answer: c) Shanghai, China
343. Where is the headquarters of the UNO?
a) Geneva
b) New York
c) Vienna
d) Paris
Answer: b) New York
344. When was the United Nations Organization (UNO)
established?
a) 1 January 1945
b) 24 October 1945
c) 26 June 1945
d) 10 December 1945
Answer: b) 24 October 1945
345. In which movement did Mahatma Gandhi give the slogan ‘DO
or DIE’?
a) Non-Cooperation Movement
b) Civil Disobedience Movement
c) Quit India Movement
d) Satyagraha
Answer: c) Quit India Movement (8 August 1942)
346. Who is the first Indian to win an Oscar?
a) Satyajit Ray
b) A.R. Rahman
c) Bhanu Athaiya
d) Gulzar
Answer: c) Bhanu Athaiya
347. Who founded Agra?
a) Akbar
b) Sikandar Lodhi
c) Babar
d) Humayun
Answer: b) Sikandar Lodhi
348. Who founded Fatehpur Sikri?
a) Akbar
b) Jahangir
c) Shah Jahan
d) Aurangzeb
Answer: a) Emperor Akbar
349. When was the Nobel Prize started?
a) 1895
b) 1901
c) 1910
d) 1925
Answer: b) 1901
350. Which was the first Indian newspaper published by an
Indian?
a) The Times of India
b) Hindustan Times
c) Hickey's Bengal Gazette
d) The Hindu
Answer: c) Hickey's Bengal Gazette
351. When was color TV introduced in India?
a) 1980
b) 1982
c) 1985
d) 1990
Answer: b) 1982
352. Who wrote the Ramayana?
a) Valmiki
b) Tulsidas
c) Vyasa
d) Kalidasa
Answer: a) Valmiki
353. Who wrote the Mahabharata?
a) Valmiki
b) Vyasa
c) Tulsidas
d) Ashvaghosha
Answer: b) Vyasa
354. What is the highest peak in the world?
a) K2
b) Kangchenjunga
c) Mount Everest
d) Lhotse
Answer: c) Mt Everest
355. Which is the most abundant gas in the Universe?
a) Oxygen
b) Hydrogen
c) Helium
d) Nitrogen
Answer: b) Hydrogen
356. Which gas mainly affects the ozone layer?
a) Carbon Dioxide
b) Methane
c) Chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs)
d) Nitrous Oxide
Answer: c) Chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs)
357. Patna city is situated on which river?
a) Yamuna
b) Ganga
c) Sarayu
d) Brahmaputra
Answer: b) Ganga
358. Which state of India is rich in Lignite?
a) Gujarat
b) Maharashtra
c) Tamil Nadu
d) Andhra Pradesh
Answer: c) Tamil Nadu
359. Where is the highest rainfall in India?
a) Mawsynram
b) Shillong
c) Cheerapunji
d) Darjeeling
Answer: c) Cheerapunji
360. Which of the following was the first spacecraft?
a) Apollo
b) Sputnik
c) Enterprise
d) Voyager
Answer: b) Sputnik
361. How do amphibians respire?
a) Gills
b) Lungs
c) Skin
d) Both a and c
Answer: c) Skin
362. What is the currency of Saudi Arabia?
a) Dinar
b) Riyal
c) Dirham
d) Pound
Answer: b) Riyal
363. Newton’s first law is related to:
a) Action and reaction
b) Motion
c) Inertia
d) Gravitation
Answer: c) Inertia
364. What is the capital of Thailand?
a) Hanoi
b) Bangkok
c) Kuala Lumpur
d) Manila
Answer: b) Bangkok
365. Which wave is used in SONAR?
a) Radio waves
b) Sound waves
c) Microwaves
d) Infrared waves
Answer: b) Sound waves
366. What is produced in the process of yeast fermentation?
a) Methanol
b) Ethyl alcohol
c) Lactic acid
d) Acetic acid
Answer: b) Ethyl alcohol
367. Diamond and graphite are:
a) Isomers
b) Allotropes of carbon
c) Homologs
d) Mixtures
Answer: b) Allotropes of carbon
368. How long is the ‘zero period’ in the Lok Sabha?
a) 30 minutes
b) 1 hour
c) 15 minutes
d) 45 minutes
Answer: b) 1 hour
369. Which is the largest man-made lake?
a) Lake Victoria
b) Govind Sagar
c) Lake Baikal
d) Lake Mead
Answer: b) Govind Sagar
370. 'Amarkantak' is the origin of which river?
a) Godavari
b) Narmada
c) Tapi
d) Krishna
Answer: b) Narmada
371. What is the currency of Japan?
a) Yuan
b) Won
c) Yen
d) Ringgit
Answer: c) Yen
372. The era of Indian history known as ‘the golden age’ is:
a) Mauryan Period
b) Gupta Period
c) Mughal Period
d) British Period
Answer: b) Gupta Period
373. Who discovered the Atomic Theory?
a) Niels Bohr
b) Albert Einstein
c) John Dalton
d) Ernest Rutherford
Answer: c) John Dalton
374. Who built the Brihadeshwara temple at Tanjore?
a) Rajendra Chola
b) Raja Raja Chola I
c) Vikram Chola
d) Narasimha Chola
Answer: b) Raja Raja Chola I
375. Who invented Vitamins?
a) Louis Pasteur
b) Funk
c) Robert Koch
d) J. Barjilius
Answer: b) Funk
376. Who discovered Protein?
a) John Dalton
b) J. Barjilius
c) Louis Pasteur
d) Emil Fischer
Answer: b) J. Barjilius
377. What are fat-soluble vitamins?
a) Vitamins B and C
b) Vitamins A, D, E, and K
c) Vitamins K and E
d) Vitamins D and B12
Answer: b) Vitamins A, D, E, and K
378. What are the water-soluble vitamins?
a) Vitamins A and D
b) Vitamins B and C
c) Vitamins E and K
d) Vitamins A and B12
Answer: b) Vitamins B and C
379. What is known as the powerhouse of the cell?
a) Nucleus
b) Ribosome
c) Mitochondria
d) Endoplasmic reticulum
Answer: c) Mitochondria
380. What is known as the suicide vesicle?
a) Golgi apparatus
b) Lysosome
c) Peroxisome
d) Ribosome
Answer: b) Lysosome
381. What is known as the factory of protein?
a) Mitochondria
b) Golgi apparatus
c) Ribosome
d) Endoplasmic reticulum
Answer: c) Ribosome
382. What is the universal donor blood group?
a) AB
b) O
c) A
d) B
Answer: b) O
383. What is the universal receptor blood group?
a) O
b) A
c) B
d) AB+
Answer: d) AB+
384. Which gas is known as the stranger gas?
a) Krypton
b) Argon
c) Xenon
d) Radon
Answer: c) Xenon
385. Which of the following is the most abundant metal in the
Earth's crust?
a) Iron
b) Aluminum
c) Copper
d) Silver
Answer: b) Aluminium
386. Who is the author of the book 'A Suitable Boy'?
a) Salman Rushdie
b) Arundhati Roy
c) Vikram Seth
d) Jhumpa Lahiri
Answer: c) Vikram Seth
387. The velocity of light is maximum in:
a) Water
b) Glass
c) Air
d) Vacuum
Answer: d) Vacuum
388. Optical fiber works on the principle of:
a) Reflection
b) Refraction
c) Total internal reflection
d) Dispersion
Answer: c) Total internal reflection
389. A person can jump higher on the moon’s surface than on
Earth because:
a) The moon has no gravity
b) The moon's gravity is weaker
c) The moon has more gravity
d) The surface is softer on the moon
Answer: b) The acceleration due to gravity on the moon is
smaller than that on Earth.
390. The side mirrors of vehicles are of which type of
mirrors?
a) Concave
b) Plane
c) Convex
d) None of the above
Answer: c) Convex
391. A red flower kept in green light will appear:
a) Red
b) Green
c) Black
d) Yellow
Answer: c) Black
392. Supersonic aircraft fly with the speed of:
a) Less than the speed of sound
b) Equal to the speed of sound
c) Greater than the speed of sound
d) None of the above
Answer: c) Greater than the speed of sound
393. Burns caused by steam are much more severe than those
caused by boiling water because:
a) Steam is hotter
b) Steam has latent heat
c) Boiling water is more concentrated
d) Steam is a gas
Answer: b) Steam has latent heat
394. Superconductivity means current without facing any:
a) Resistance
b) Inductance
c) Capacitance
d) Reactance
Answer: a) Resistance
395. A transformer is an electric device based on which of
the following laws?
a) Newton’s law
b) Coulomb’s law
c) Faraday’s law of induction
d) Ohm’s law
Answer: c) Faraday’s law of induction
396. Which technique is used to detect objects on or under
the surface of the water?
a) Radar
b) LIDAR
c) SONAR
d) Echolocation
Answer: c) SONAR
397. Which of the following bonds are weakest in nature?
a) Ionic bond
b) Covalent bond
c) Hydrogen bond
d) Metallic bond
Answer: c) Hydrogen bond
398. Who discovered Oxygen?
a) Antoine Lavoisier
b) Carl Scheele & Joseph Priestley
c) Robert Boyle
d) Dmitri Mendeleev
Answer: b) Carl Scheele & Joseph Priestley
399. Lead pencil contains:
a) Graphite
b) Charcoal
c) Lead
d) Carbon black
Answer: a) Graphite
400. The isotope used for the production of atomic energy is:
a) U-238
b) U-235
c) Th-232
d) Plutonium
Answer: b) U-235
