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.
To prevent recurrence of scams in India Capital Market, the Government of India
has assigned regulatory powers to?
(a) SEBI
(b) RBI
(c) SBI
(d) ICICI
2.
The only snake that builds a nest is
(a) Chain Viper
(b) King Cobra
(c) Krait
(d) Saw scaled viper
3. The
Nobel Prize for deciphering the language of bee was awarded to?
(a)
H G Khurana
(b)
K V Frisch
(c) Juliane Huxley
(d)
Dorothy Hodgkins
4. Which of the following are correctly
matched?
1.
Hamas: Palestinian extremist group
2.
Sinn Fein: I.R. A.’s political wing
3.
True Path Party: A major constituent of the ruling coalition in Turkey today
(a) 1 and 2
(b) 1
and 3
(c) 1,
2 and 3
(d) 2 and 3
5. Match List I with List II and select
the correct answer:
List I (Cricketers) List
II (Country)
A.
Barry Richards 1. England
B.
Tex Dexter 2. West Indies
C.
Alan Davidson 3.
South Africa
D.
Charlie Griffith 4.
New Zealand
5. Australia
(a) A-3,
B-2, C-5, D-1
(b) A-5,
B-1, C-4, D-2
(c) A-3, B-1, C-5, D-2
(d) A-5, B-2, C-4, D-1
6. Who is the author of the book “New
Dimensions of India’s Foreign Policy”?
(a) A.B.
Vajpayee
(b) Jaswant Singh
(c) P.C. Alexander
(d) Yashwant
Sinha
7. Match List I with List II and select
the correct answer:
List I (Name of the person) List II (Associated
with)
A.
Brijmohan Lal Munjal
1. Biotechnology
B.
Kiran Karnik 2.
Automobile industry
C.
Kiran Mazumdar Shaw 3. Broadcasting industry
D.
Sunil Mittal 4.
Telecom industry
5. Film Industry
(a) A-4,
B-1, C-5, D-2
(b) A-4,
B-3, C-1, D-2
(c) A-2,
B-3, C-1, D-4
(d) A-2,
B-1, C-5, D-4
8. Consider the following crops:
1. Cotton
2. Groundnut
3. Maize
4. Mustard
Which
of the above are Kharif crops?
(a) 1 and 2
(b) 1, 2 and 3
(c) 3 and 4
(d) 1, 2, 3 and 4
9.
Who among the following is well known as an exponent of flute?
(a) Debu
Chaudhuri
(b) Madhup Mudgal
(c) Ronu Mazumdar
(d) Sahafaat Ahmad
10. Which of the following authors won the Booker Prize twice?
(a) Margaret Atwood
(b) J.M. Coetzee
(c) Graham Swift
(d) Ian McEwan
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