Dear PaGaLGuY readers, as we all know, General Knowledge is an important component of a number of competitive examinations such as the UPSC Civil Services Examination, Banking Entrance Examinations, SSC CGL/CHSL Examinations, MBA Entrance Examinations, Combined Defence Services Examination, etc. In order to help you practise and improve your General Knowledge, we hereby present this General Knowledge quiz.
Given below are a few General Studies questions from previous years’ actual exams. Leave your answers/ responses in the comments section below and soon we’ll let you know the correct answers!
1. Hypothermia occurs due to loss of excessive heat from body due to sudden low body temperature in
(a) lizards (b) snakes (c) frogs (d) human beings
2. The acronym IPCC stands for
(a) Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change
(b) International Pollution Control Council
(c) International Panel of Climate Control
(d) Interim Panel of Climate Change
3. The first Hindu-American to enter the US House of Representatives as Senator is
(a) Ami Bera
(b) Tulsi Gabbard
(c) Sunita Williams
(d) Jyoti Sengupta
4. Aung San Su Kyi is a native of
(a) Arunachal Pradesh
(b) Tibet
(c) China
(d) Myanmar
5. In dicots, pollen grains possess
(a) four germ pores
(b) one germ pore
(c) two germ pores
(d) three germ pores
6. The natural disaster in which carbon dioxide suddenly erupts from deep lake water is known as
(a) glacial fissure
(b) liminic eruption
(c) lacustrine displacement
(d) fluvial turbulence
7. The ‘One Straw Revolution’ was written by
(a) Norman Borlaug
(b) Masanobu Fukuoka
(c) Richael Carlson
(d) M S Swaminathan
8. Who was the other leader (alongwith Congress leader Motilal Nehru) to start the Swaraj Party in 1923?
(a) M K Gandhi
(b) G K Gokhale
(c) B G Tilak
(d) Chittaranjan Das
9. Pick out which of the following have been correctly matched:
(a) Milk – Fibre and minerals
(b) Egg yolk – Protein and fat
(c) Fleshy foods – Calcium and protein
(d) Fish – Starch and Vitamin
10. Steel is more elastic than rubber because it
(a) is deformed very easily
(b) is harder than rubber
(c) regains original shape faster after deformation
(d) is never deformed
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