General Knowledge
Model Test Paper - 1
Q1. Which gas is used to disinfect water in swimming pools?
(A) Hydrogen (B) Nitrogen (C) Chlorine (D) Oxygen
Q2. ’Royal Bengal’, ‘Sumatran’, ‘Malayan’ and ‘Siberian’ are the species of which member of cat family ?
(A) Lion (B) Tiger (C) Leopard (D) Jaguar
Q3. Which was the first state in the India to be formed on a purely linguistic basis, in 1953 ?
(A
) Punjab (B) Gujarat (C) Andhra Pradesh (D) Tamil Nadu
Q4. Which 19th century social reformer from Maharashtra was popularly known as ‘Lokhitwadi’ ?
(A) Mahadev Govind Ranade (B) Dhondo Keshav Karve
(C) Mahatma Jyotirao Phule (D) Gopal Hari Deshmukh
Q5. In humans, which protein transports oxygen from the lungs to the rest of body ?
(A) Lectin (B) Keratin (C) Collagen (D) Hemoglobin
Q6. The union territory of Andaman & Nicobar Islands is under the jurisdiction of which High Court ?
(A) Orissa High Court (B) Andhra Pradesh High Court
(C) Kolkata High Court (D) Madras High Court
Q7. Ganymede, the largest natural satellite in the Solar System, is a natural satellite (moon) of which planet ?
(A) Mars (B) Jupiter (C) Saturn (D) Uranus
Q8. Which princely state was the first to be annexed to the British East India Company under the Doctrine of Lapse policy, devised by Lord Dalhousie ?
(A) Satara (B) Sambalpur (C) Jhansi (D) Awadh
Q9. Which water body seprates the Africa from the Europe ?
(A) Suez Canal (B) Panama Canal (C) Palk Strait (D) Strait of Gibraltar
Q10. Which American President in his famous Gettysberg speech defined democracy as the ‘government of the people, by the people, for the people’ ?
(A) Abraham Lincoln (B) George Washington
(C) John F. Kennedy (D) Theodore Roosevelt
Q11. What is the popular name of Sodium Chloride ?
(A) Epsom Salt (B) Common Salt (C) Baking Soda (D) Washing Soda
Q12. ’Satyameva Jayate’, the national motto of India, has been teken from which Upanishad ?
(A) Kena (B) Katha (C) Mundaka (D) Aitareya
Q13. On the banks of which river is the city of Jammu, the winter capital of Jammu & Kashmir, situated ?
(A) Ravi (B) Tawi (C) Tapti (D) Gomti
Q14. How do we better know social activist Murlidhar Devidas, the founder of leprosy rehabilitation center ‘Anandvan’ in Maharashtra ?
(A) Baba Amte (B) Vinoba Bhave (C) Swami Ramdev (D) Swami Agnivesh
Q15. Which passenger train service connects Kolkata (India) with Dhaka (Bangladesh) ?
(A) Thar Express (B) Samjhauta Express (C) Maitreyi Express (D) Himsagar Express
Q16. To the Greeks, which Maurya ruler was known as ‘Sandrokottos’ ?
(A) Bindusara (B) Ashok the Great (C) Chandragupta Maurya
(D) Dasaratha Maurya
Q17. In 1998, which internet search engine company was co-founded by Larry Page and Sergey Brin ?
(A) Google (B) Alta Vista (C) Yahoo (D) Lycos
Q18. ’By God’s Decree’, ‘Cricket my style’ and ‘Straight from the Heart’ are the autobiographies of which Indian cricketer ?
(A) Sunil Gavaskar (B) Ajit Wadekar (C) Sandeep Patil (D) Kapil Dev
Q19. On 21st July 1969, at which site did Neil Armstrong set his foot on the Moon ?
(A) Sea of Waves (B) Sea of Clouds (C) Sea of Serenity (D) Sea of Tranquility
Q20. Due to its ability to dissolve glass, which acid is not kept in glass container ?
(A) Nitric Acid (B) Sulphuric Acid (C) Hydrochloric Acid (D) Hydrofluoric Acid
Q21. Which state is known as the ‘Spice Garden of India’ ?
(A) Kerala (B) Karnataka (C) Andhra Pradesh (D) Tamil Nadu
Q22. Which Marathi newspaper is the mouthpiece of Shiv Sena ?
(A) Saamna (B) Sakal (C) Lokmat (D) Loksatta
Q23. Constituting about 78% by volume, which is the most abundant gas in the Earth’s atmosphere ?
(A) Argon (B) Oxygen (C) Nitrogen (D) Carbon dioxide
Q24. Koyna Hydroelectric Power Project constructed over Koyna river, a tributary of Krishna river, is located in which state ?
(A) Karnataka (B) Maharashtra (C) Andhra Pradesh (D) Madhya Pradesh
Q25. For Lok Sabha, how many members from the Anglo-Indian community are nominated by the President of India ?
(A) 1 (B) 2 (C) 3 (D) 4
Q26. The Grand Trunk Road (GT Road), running from Peshawar in Pakistan to Sonargaon in Bangladesh, was built by which ruler ?
(A) Babur (B) Akbar (C) Sher Shah Suri (D) Humayun
Q27. Which American swimmer created history by winning 8 gold medals in Beijing Olympic 2008, the most gold medals by an individual at a single Olympic ?
(A) Carl Lewis (B) Paavo Nurmi (C) Mark Spitz (D) Michael Phelps
Q28. Which Muslim social reformer founded the Aligarh Muslim University, originally known as Mohammeden Anglo-Oriental College, in 1875 ?
(A) Zakir Hussain (B) Hakim Ajmal Khan (C) Syed Ahmed Khan (D) Maulana Abul Kalam Azad
Q29. Which chennai born writer won the Booker Prize 2008 for his debut novel ‘The White Tiger’ ?
(A) V.S.Naipaul (B) Amitav Ghosh (C) Salman Rushdie (D) Aravind Adiga
Q30. ’Fight the guerrilla as a guerrilla’ is the motto of which miltary academy ?
(A) National Defence Academy (B) Indian Military Academy
(C) Defence Services Staff College (D) Counterinsurgency & Jungle Warfare School
Q31. Who was the first Indian woman to win Miss Asia Pacific title in 1970 ?
(A) Rita Faria (B) Zeenat Aman (C) Tara Anne Fonseca (D) Diya Mirza
Q32. Who wrote India’s natinal song the ‘Vande Mataram’, which first appeared in the book ‘Anandmath’ ?
(A) Rabindranath Tagore (B) Bankimchandra Chatterjee
(C) Mohammed Iqbal (D) Kavi Pradeep
Q33. How many times Equinox, when Sun is vertically above the Earth’s equator and the day & night are equally long, occurs in a year ?
(A) Two (B) Three (C) Four (D) Not fixed
Q34. After attaining enlightenment, where did Gautama Buddha deliver his first sermon ‘Dharamachakra Pravartan’ (set in motion Wheel of Law) ?
(A) Bodh Gaya (Bihar) (B) Sarnath (U.P.) (C) Kushinagar (U.P.) (D) Sanchi (M.P.)
Q35. Which Asian country is known as the ‘Land of the White Elephants’ ?
(A) Thailand (B) Indonesia (C) Malaysia (D) Singapore
Q36. Who is the first chief of the National Investigation Agency (NIA), set up recently to investigate terror-related cases across the country ?
(A) K.C.Verma (B) N.P.S.Aulakh (C) Radha Vinod Raju (D) Ashwani Kumar
Q37. Who invented Smallpox Vaccine ?
(A) Jonas Salk (B) Frederick Banting (C) Edward Jenner (D) Louis Pasteur
Q38. Which freedom fighter authored ‘Gita Rahasya’, a commentary on Bhagvad Gita, during his imprisonment at Mandalay in Myanmar ?
(A) Vinoba Bhave (B) Mahatma Gandhi (C) C.Rajagopalachari (D) Bal Gangadhar Tilak
Q39. Considered as the symbol of peace, two branches of which tree are depicted on the United Nations (UN) flag ?
(A) Neem (B) Mango (C) Olive (D) Eucalyptus
Q40. Which city is served by the Veer Savarkar Airport ?
(A) Nasik (B) Nagpur (C) Mumbai (D) Port Blair
Q41. For which domestic Cricket trophy, the Ranji Trophy champions play against the Rest of India team ?
(A) Irani Trophy (B) Duleep Trophy (C) Deodhar Trophy (D) Nissar Trophy
Q42. Which garden near Chandigarh was built by Aurangzeb’s foster brother Fidai Khan ?
(A) Shalimar Gardens (B) Nishat Gardens (C) Brindavan Gardens (D) Pinjore Gardens
Q43. Who was the first education minister of independent India ?
(A) Lal Bahadur Shastri (B) Shyama Prasad Mukherjee
(C) Maulana Abul Kalam Azad (D) Vallabhbhai Patel
Q44. Which city houses the headquarters of United Nations (UN) ?
(A) Vienna (Austria) (B) Geneva (Switzerland)
(C) New York (USA) (D) Washington (USA)
Q45. Which among the following is the measuring unit of electric current ?
(A) Ohm (B) Volt (C) Watt (D) Ampere
Q46. Angkor Wat temple in Cambodia, the largest Hindu temple in the world, is dedicated to which God ?
(A) Surya (B) Shiva (C) Vishnu (D) Brahma
Q47. Where is the Satish Dhawan Space Centre, the launching site of the Chandrayaan-I, located ?
(A) Thumba (Kerala) (B) Sriharikota (Andhra Pradesh)
(C) Bangalore (Karnataka) (D) Thiruvananthapuram (Kerala)
Q48. Which African country was formerly known as ‘Nyasaland’ ?
(A) Malawi (B) Ghana (C) Botswana (D) Tanzania
Q49. Long Walk To Freedom’ is the autobiography of which Bharat Ratna recipient ?
(A) Jawaharlal Nehru (B) S.Radhakrishnan
(C) Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan (D) Nelson Mandela
Q50. Which island nation, in the Indian Ocean, is the world’s largest producer and exporter of Vanilla ?
(A) Maldives (B) Madagascar (C) Sri Lanka (D) Mauritius
Q4. Which 19th century social reformer from Maharashtra was popularly known as ‘Lokhitwadi’ ?
(A) Mahadev Govind Ranade (B) Dhondo Keshav Karve
(C) Mahatma Jyotirao Phule (D) Gopal Hari Deshmukh
Q5. In humans, which protein transports oxygen from the lungs to the rest of body ?
(A) Lectin (B) Keratin (C) Collagen (D) Hemoglobin
Q6. The union territory of Andaman & Nicobar Islands is under the jurisdiction of which High Court ?
(A) Orissa High Court (B) Andhra Pradesh High Court
(C) Kolkata High Court (D) Madras High Court
Q7. Ganymede, the largest natural satellite in the Solar System, is a natural satellite (moon) of which planet ?
(A) Mars (B) Jupiter (C) Saturn (D) Uranus
Q8. Which princely state was the first to be annexed to the British East India Company under the Doctrine of Lapse policy, devised by Lord Dalhousie ?
(A) Satara (B) Sambalpur (C) Jhansi (D) Awadh
Q9. Which water body seprates the Africa from the Europe ?
(A) Suez Canal (B) Panama Canal (C) Palk Strait (D) Strait of Gibraltar
Q10. Which American President in his famous Gettysberg speech defined democracy as the ‘government of the people, by the people, for the people’ ?
(A) Abraham Lincoln (B) George Washington
(C) John F. Kennedy (D) Theodore Roosevelt
Q11. What is the popular name of Sodium Chloride ?
(A) Epsom Salt (B) Common Salt (C) Baking Soda (D) Washing Soda
Q12. ’Satyameva Jayate’, the national motto of India, has been teken from which Upanishad ?
(A) Kena (B) Katha (C) Mundaka (D) Aitareya
Q13. On the banks of which river is the city of Jammu, the winter capital of Jammu & Kashmir, situated ?
(A) Ravi (B) Tawi (C) Tapti (D) Gomti
Q14. How do we better know social activist Murlidhar Devidas, the founder of leprosy rehabilitation center ‘Anandvan’ in Maharashtra ?
(A) Baba Amte (B) Vinoba Bhave (C) Swami Ramdev (D) Swami Agnivesh
Q15. Which passenger train service connects Kolkata (India) with Dhaka (Bangladesh) ?
(A) Thar Express (B) Samjhauta Express (C) Maitreyi Express (D) Himsagar Express
Q16. To the Greeks, which Maurya ruler was known as ‘Sandrokottos’ ?
(A) Bindusara (B) Ashok the Great (C) Chandragupta Maurya
(D) Dasaratha Maurya
Q17. In 1998, which internet search engine company was co-founded by Larry Page and Sergey Brin ?
(A) Google (B) Alta Vista (C) Yahoo (D) Lycos
Q18. ’By God’s Decree’, ‘Cricket my style’ and ‘Straight from the Heart’ are the autobiographies of which Indian cricketer ?
(A) Sunil Gavaskar (B) Ajit Wadekar (C) Sandeep Patil (D) Kapil Dev
Q19. On 21st July 1969, at which site did Neil Armstrong set his foot on the Moon ?
(A) Sea of Waves (B) Sea of Clouds (C) Sea of Serenity (D) Sea of Tranquility
Q20. Due to its ability to dissolve glass, which acid is not kept in glass container ?
(A) Nitric Acid (B) Sulphuric Acid (C) Hydrochloric Acid (D) Hydrofluoric Acid
Q21. Which state is known as the ‘Spice Garden of India’ ?
(A) Kerala (B) Karnataka (C) Andhra Pradesh (D) Tamil Nadu
Q22. Which Marathi newspaper is the mouthpiece of Shiv Sena ?
(A) Saamna (B) Sakal (C) Lokmat (D) Loksatta
Q23. Constituting about 78% by volume, which is the most abundant gas in the Earth’s atmosphere ?
(A) Argon (B) Oxygen (C) Nitrogen (D) Carbon dioxide
Q24. Koyna Hydroelectric Power Project constructed over Koyna river, a tributary of Krishna river, is located in which state ?
(A) Karnataka (B) Maharashtra (C) Andhra Pradesh (D) Madhya Pradesh
Q25. For Lok Sabha, how many members from the Anglo-Indian community are nominated by the President of India ?
(A) 1 (B) 2 (C) 3 (D) 4
Q26. The Grand Trunk Road (GT Road), running from Peshawar in Pakistan to Sonargaon in Bangladesh, was built by which ruler ?
(A) Babur (B) Akbar (C) Sher Shah Suri (D) Humayun
Q27. Which American swimmer created history by winning 8 gold medals in Beijing Olympic 2008, the most gold medals by an individual at a single Olympic ?
(A) Carl Lewis (B) Paavo Nurmi (C) Mark Spitz (D) Michael Phelps
Q28. Which Muslim social reformer founded the Aligarh Muslim University, originally known as Mohammeden Anglo-Oriental College, in 1875 ?
(A) Zakir Hussain (B) Hakim Ajmal Khan (C) Syed Ahmed Khan (D) Maulana Abul Kalam Azad
Q29. Which chennai born writer won the Booker Prize 2008 for his debut novel ‘The White Tiger’ ?
(A) V.S.Naipaul (B) Amitav Ghosh (C) Salman Rushdie (D) Aravind Adiga
Q30. ’Fight the guerrilla as a guerrilla’ is the motto of which miltary academy ?
(A) National Defence Academy (B) Indian Military Academy
(C) Defence Services Staff College (D) Counterinsurgency & Jungle Warfare School
Q31. Who was the first Indian woman to win Miss Asia Pacific title in 1970 ?
(A) Rita Faria (B) Zeenat Aman (C) Tara Anne Fonseca (D) Diya Mirza
Q32. Who wrote India’s natinal song the ‘Vande Mataram’, which first appeared in the book ‘Anandmath’ ?
(A) Rabindranath Tagore (B) Bankimchandra Chatterjee
(C) Mohammed Iqbal (D) Kavi Pradeep
Q33. How many times Equinox, when Sun is vertically above the Earth’s equator and the day & night are equally long, occurs in a year ?
(A) Two (B) Three (C) Four (D) Not fixed
Q34. After attaining enlightenment, where did Gautama Buddha deliver his first sermon ‘Dharamachakra Pravartan’ (set in motion Wheel of Law) ?
(A) Bodh Gaya (Bihar) (B) Sarnath (U.P.) (C) Kushinagar (U.P.) (D) Sanchi (M.P.)
Q35. Which Asian country is known as the ‘Land of the White Elephants’ ?
(A) Thailand (B) Indonesia (C) Malaysia (D) Singapore
Q36. Who is the first chief of the National Investigation Agency (NIA), set up recently to investigate terror-related cases across the country ?
(A) K.C.Verma (B) N.P.S.Aulakh (C) Radha Vinod Raju (D) Ashwani Kumar
Q37. Who invented Smallpox Vaccine ?
(A) Jonas Salk (B) Frederick Banting (C) Edward Jenner (D) Louis Pasteur
Q38. Which freedom fighter authored ‘Gita Rahasya’, a commentary on Bhagvad Gita, during his imprisonment at Mandalay in Myanmar ?
(A) Vinoba Bhave (B) Mahatma Gandhi (C) C.Rajagopalachari (D) Bal Gangadhar Tilak
Q39. Considered as the symbol of peace, two branches of which tree are depicted on the United Nations (UN) flag ?
(A) Neem (B) Mango (C) Olive (D) Eucalyptus
Q40. Which city is served by the Veer Savarkar Airport ?
(A) Nasik (B) Nagpur (C) Mumbai (D) Port Blair
Q41. For which domestic Cricket trophy, the Ranji Trophy champions play against the Rest of India team ?
(A) Irani Trophy (B) Duleep Trophy (C) Deodhar Trophy (D) Nissar Trophy
Q42. Which garden near Chandigarh was built by Aurangzeb’s foster brother Fidai Khan ?
(A) Shalimar Gardens (B) Nishat Gardens (C) Brindavan Gardens (D) Pinjore Gardens
Q43. Who was the first education minister of independent India ?
(A) Lal Bahadur Shastri (B) Shyama Prasad Mukherjee
(C) Maulana Abul Kalam Azad (D) Vallabhbhai Patel
Q44. Which city houses the headquarters of United Nations (UN) ?
(A) Vienna (Austria) (B) Geneva (Switzerland)
(C) New York (USA) (D) Washington (USA)
Q45. Which among the following is the measuring unit of electric current ?
(A) Ohm (B) Volt (C) Watt (D) Ampere
Q46. Angkor Wat temple in Cambodia, the largest Hindu temple in the world, is dedicated to which God ?
(A) Surya (B) Shiva (C) Vishnu (D) Brahma
Q47. Where is the Satish Dhawan Space Centre, the launching site of the Chandrayaan-I, located ?
(A) Thumba (Kerala) (B) Sriharikota (Andhra Pradesh)
(C) Bangalore (Karnataka) (D) Thiruvananthapuram (Kerala)
Q48. Which African country was formerly known as ‘Nyasaland’ ?
(A) Malawi (B) Ghana (C) Botswana (D) Tanzania
Q49. Long Walk To Freedom’ is the autobiography of which Bharat Ratna recipient ?
(A) Jawaharlal Nehru (B) S.Radhakrishnan
(C) Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan (D) Nelson Mandela
Q50. Which island nation, in the Indian Ocean, is the world’s largest producer and exporter of Vanilla ?
(A) Maldives (B) Madagascar (C) Sri Lanka (D) Mauritius
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