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. Cosmetic Powders are prepared from
(a) asbestos (b) talc (c) gypsum (d) serpentine
2. Rabies is a
(a) helminthic disease (b) virus infection (c) bacterial disease (d)protozoan disease
3. Which of the following Indian States has the largest number of lions?
(a) Gujarat (b) Tamil Nadu (c) Assam (d) Madhya Pradesh
4. Which of the following is an air-to-air missile?
(a) Astra (b) Prithvi (c) Agni (d) Akash
5. The first state to be carved out on linguistic basis was
(a) Tamil Nadu (b) Arunachal Pradesh (c) Andhra Pradesh (d) Odisha
6. Under which of the Article of the constitution are seats reserved for Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes in Panchayats?
(a) 243 (D) (b) 243 (Q) (c) 243 (V) (d) 243 (S)
7. Which of the following is a market oriented economy?
(a) Communist (b) Capitalist (c) Socialist (d) Mixed
8. Mahatma Gandhi began his first Satyagraha at which of the following places?
(a) Kheda
(b) Bardoli
(c) Champaran
(d) Sabarmati
9. The earliest period of human existence was
(a) Chalcolithic period
(b) Mesolithic period
(c) Palaeolithic period
(d) Neolithic period
10. ‘Gol Gumbaz’, the largest tomb in India is located in the state of
(a) Bihar
(b) Karnataka
(c) Maharashtra
(d) Madhya Pradesh
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