General Knowledge
Model Test Paper – 5
Q1. The name of which painting style, based on the name of a district in Bihar, literally means `Forest of Honey’ ?
(A) Kangra (B) Mysore (C) Tanjore (D) Madhubani
Q2. Whose birthday on 29 August is celebrated as `National Sports Day’ in India ?
(A) C.K.Naidu (B) Dhyan Chand (C) Milkha Singh (D) Wilson Jones
Q3. What is Mahatma Gandhi’s samadhi in Delhi Cal
led ?
(A) Raj Ghat (B) Shantivan (C) Vijay Ghat (D) Shakti Sthal
Q4. Guru Shikhar, in Mount Abu, is the highest peak of which mountain range ?
(A) Satpura (B) Vindhya (C) Aravali (D) Himalaya
Q5. `Silicon Valley of India’ is the nickname of which south Indian city ?
(A) Hyderabad (B) Bengaluru (C) Chennai (D) Thiruvananthapuram
Q6. According to Hindu mythology, who is the Guru of Devas (Gods) ?
(A) Dhanvantri (B) Shukracharya (C) Brihaspati (D) Vishvakarma
Q7. Which one of the following is not a fungus ?
(A) Yeast (B) Mushroom (C) Insulin (D) Penicillin
Q8. In 1905, which Viceroy of India effected the Partition of Bengal ?
(A) Lord Irwin (B) Lord Curzon (C) Lord Hardinge (D) Lord Chelmsford
Q9. `Panchatantra’, a collection of moral stories in Sanskrit, was authored by ?
(A) Somadeva (B) Kautilya (C) Narayan Pandit (D) Vishnu Sharma
Q10. Which is the only state in India to have Common Civil Code in force ?
(A) Goa (B) Mizoram (C) Nagaland (D) Jammu & Kashmir
Q11. Which is the only metal that exists in liquid form at normal room temprature (25 degree Celsius) ?
(A) Mercury (B) Cesium (C) Gallium (D) Rubidium
Q12. What was the name of Maharana Pratap’s faithful horse ?
(A) Chetak (B) Kanthak (C) Marengo (D) Bucephalus
Q13. Under National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (NREGA), how many minimum no. of days guaranteed wage employment is provided in every financial year to a rural household ?
(A) 50 days (B) 100 days (C) 150 days (D) 200 days
Q14. According to Hindu mythology, what kind of animal is Kamadhenu ?
(A) Dog (B) Cow (C) Horse (D) Elephant
Q15. Who was the first Deputy Prime Minister of India ?
(A) B.R.Ambedkar (B) Lal Bahadur Shastri (C) Maulana Abul Kalam Azad
(D) Vallabhbhai Patel
Q17. Annie Besant, a British lady, was first woman President of Indian National Congress(INC). Who was the first Indian woman President of INC ?
(A) Sarojini Naidu (B) Nellie Sengupta (C) Indira Gandhi (D) Sonia Gandhi
Q18. Java Trench, also called Sunda Trench, is the deepest point in which ocean ?
(A) Arctic Ocean (B) Pacific Ocean (C) Indian Ocean (D) Atlantic Ocean
Q19. `Liberty, Equality and Fraternity’ was the motto of which revolution ?
(A) Cuban Revolution (B) American Revolution
(C) Chinese Revolution (D) French Revolution
Q20. `Dreams from My Father’ and `The Audicity of Hope’ books are authored by which American President ?
(A) Bill Clinton (B) George W. Bush (C) Barack Obama (D) Ronald Reagan
Q21. On the banks of which river is Lucknow, the capital of Uttar Pradesh, situated ?
(A) Ganga (B) Yamuna (C) Gomti (D) Godavari
Q22. Jataka Tales, written in Pali language, are the previous birth stories of which religious Guru ?
(A) Mahavira (B) Gautam Buddha (C) Guru Nanak Dev (D) Guru Gobind Singh
Q23. Who wrote Bangladesh’s national anthem ‘Amar Shonar Bangla’ ?
(A) Rabindranath Tagore (B) Kazi Nazrul Islam
(C) Mohammed Iqbal (D) Taslima Nasrin
Q24. Parvani, the peacock, is mount of which Hindu God ?
(A) Indra (B) Vishnu (C) Ganesh (D) Kartikeya
Q25. Before Bhubaneswar, which city was the capital of Orissa ?
(A) Puri (B) Cuttack (C) Rourkela (D) Sambalpur
Q26. Who was the first recipient of Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna Award ?
(A) Geet Sethi (B) Pullela Gopichand (C) Vishwanathan Anand
(D) Sachin Tendulkar
Q27. In which city are the headquarters of European Union (EU) located ?
(A) Brussels (B) Geneva (C) New York (D) Paris
Q28. Which conqueror was born in Macedonia (Europe), died in Babylon (Asia) and buried in Alexandria (Africa)?
(A) Genghis Khan (B) Attila the Hun (C) Napolean Bonaparte
(D) Alexander the Great
Q29. To produce artificial rains, which chemical is used for Cloud Seeding ?
(A) Copper Sulphate (B) Ammonium Nitrate (C) Silver Iodide (D) Potassium Premanganate
Q30. Binola village, the scheduled site of the Indian National Defence University (INDU), is in which state ?
(A) Punjab (B) Haryana (C) Rajasthan (D) Uttar Pradesh
Q31. In 1970, who became the first recipient of the Dadasaheb Phalke Award ?
(A) Devika Rani Roerich (B) Prithviraj Kapoor
(C) B.N.Sirkar (D) Pankaj Mullick
Q32. Bomakai and Sambalpuri saris are native of which state ?
(A) Orissa (B) Madhya Pradesh (C) Maharashtra (D) West Bengal
Q33. `Akbarnama’, a biographical account of Mughal ruler Akbar, was authored by ?
(A) Faizi (B) Birbal (C) Abul Fazl (D) Abdul Rahim Khan-i-khana
Q34. Which among the following is not a mammal ?
(A) Bat (B) Shark (C) Dolphin (D) Blue Whale
Q35. Which city is known as the `Big Apple’ ?
(A) Paris (B) Tokyo (C) Shanghai (D) New York
Q36. Who was the first Indian to win All England Open Badminton Championships Singles title ?
(A) Prakash Nath (B) Prakash Padukone (C) Nandu M. Natekar (D) Pullela Gopichand
Q37. On which river is Bhakra Nangal Dam, the highest gravity dam in world, is constructed ?
(A) Chenab (B) Jhelum (C) Ravi (D) Sutlej
Q38. Apart from Delhi, which other Union Territory has its own elected Vidhan Sabha and the executive council of ministers headed by a Chief Minister ?
(A) Daman and Diu (B) Dadra and Nagar Haveli
(C) Lakshadweep (D) Pondicherry
Q39. On 2nd July 1972, with which Pakistani leader did Indira Gandhi sign Shimla Agreement ?
(A) Ayub Khan (B) Yahya Khan (C) Zulfikar Ali Bhutto
(D) Muhammad Zia-ul-Haq
Q40. Which freedom fighter highlighted the drain of India’s wealth into Britain, in his book `Poverty and Un- British Rule in India’ in 1901 ?
(A) Dinshaw Edulji Wacha (B) Dadabhai Naoroji
(C) Gopal Krishna Gokhale (D) Womesh Chandra Bonerjee
Q41. In Windows XP operating system, what is the `XP’ short for ?
(A) Expert (B) Express (C) Experience (D) Extra Power
Q42. What is the common name of Indian national tree `Ficus Bengalensis’ ?
(A) Neem (B) Peepal (C) Aam (Mango) (D) Bargad (Banyan)
Q43. In which city is the Netaji Subhash National Institute of Sports situated ?
(A) Gwalior (B) Patiala (C) Bangalore (D) Chennai
Q44. What is the retirement age of Supreme Court judges ?
(A) 60 years (B) 62 years (C) 65 years (D) 70 years
Q45. Which religious teacher established four muths in four corners of country at Badrinath (North), Dwarka (West), Puri (East) & Sringeri (South) ?
(A) Adi Shankaracharya (B) Swami Vivekanand
(C) Swami Dayanand Saraswati (D) Swami Prabhupada
Q46. From which country’s constitution, the concept of the Directive Principles of State Policy has been adopted in Indian constitution ?
(A) France (B) Ireland (C) United Kingdom (D) United States of America
Q47. Which sector is the biggest contributor to India’s GDP ?
(A) Agriculture (B) Industry (C) Services (D) All contribute equally
Q48. Bubonic, Pnuemonic and Septicemic are the forms of which deadly infectious disease caused by Yersinia Pestis bacterium ?
(A) Hepatitis B (B) Measles (C) Tetanus (D) Plague
Q49. Who is the Chairman of the National Knowledge Commission ?
(A) Sam Pitroda (B) C.Rangarajan (C) Raghunath Anant Mashelkar
(D) A.P.J.Abdul Kalam
Q50. Who among the following is considered as the father of Mobile Phone ?
(A) Percy Spencer (B) Martin Cooper (C) Tim Berners-Lee (D) Edwin Land
Test Paper – 5
1d 2b 3a 4c 5b 6c 7c 8b 9d 10a
11a 12a 13b 14b 15d 16c 17a 18c 19d 20c
21c 22b 23a 24d 25b 26a 27a 28d 29c 30b
31a 32a 33c 34b 35d 36b 37d 38d 39c 40b
41c 42d 43b 44c 45a 46b 47c 48d 49a 50b
(A) Raj Ghat (B) Shantivan (C) Vijay Ghat (D) Shakti Sthal
Q4. Guru Shikhar, in Mount Abu, is the highest peak of which mountain range ?
(A) Satpura (B) Vindhya (C) Aravali (D) Himalaya
Q5. `Silicon Valley of India’ is the nickname of which south Indian city ?
(A) Hyderabad (B) Bengaluru (C) Chennai (D) Thiruvananthapuram
Q6. According to Hindu mythology, who is the Guru of Devas (Gods) ?
(A) Dhanvantri (B) Shukracharya (C) Brihaspati (D) Vishvakarma
Q7. Which one of the following is not a fungus ?
(A) Yeast (B) Mushroom (C) Insulin (D) Penicillin
Q8. In 1905, which Viceroy of India effected the Partition of Bengal ?
(A) Lord Irwin (B) Lord Curzon (C) Lord Hardinge (D) Lord Chelmsford
Q9. `Panchatantra’, a collection of moral stories in Sanskrit, was authored by ?
(A) Somadeva (B) Kautilya (C) Narayan Pandit (D) Vishnu Sharma
Q10. Which is the only state in India to have Common Civil Code in force ?
(A) Goa (B) Mizoram (C) Nagaland (D) Jammu & Kashmir
Q11. Which is the only metal that exists in liquid form at normal room temprature (25 degree Celsius) ?
(A) Mercury (B) Cesium (C) Gallium (D) Rubidium
Q12. What was the name of Maharana Pratap’s faithful horse ?
(A) Chetak (B) Kanthak (C) Marengo (D) Bucephalus
Q13. Under National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (NREGA), how many minimum no. of days guaranteed wage employment is provided in every financial year to a rural household ?
(A) 50 days (B) 100 days (C) 150 days (D) 200 days
Q14. According to Hindu mythology, what kind of animal is Kamadhenu ?
(A) Dog (B) Cow (C) Horse (D) Elephant
Q15. Who was the first Deputy Prime Minister of India ?
(A) B.R.Ambedkar (B) Lal Bahadur Shastri (C) Maulana Abul Kalam Azad
(D) Vallabhbhai Patel
Q17. Annie Besant, a British lady, was first woman President of Indian National Congress(INC). Who was the first Indian woman President of INC ?
(A) Sarojini Naidu (B) Nellie Sengupta (C) Indira Gandhi (D) Sonia Gandhi
Q18. Java Trench, also called Sunda Trench, is the deepest point in which ocean ?
(A) Arctic Ocean (B) Pacific Ocean (C) Indian Ocean (D) Atlantic Ocean
Q19. `Liberty, Equality and Fraternity’ was the motto of which revolution ?
(A) Cuban Revolution (B) American Revolution
(C) Chinese Revolution (D) French Revolution
Q20. `Dreams from My Father’ and `The Audicity of Hope’ books are authored by which American President ?
(A) Bill Clinton (B) George W. Bush (C) Barack Obama (D) Ronald Reagan
Q21. On the banks of which river is Lucknow, the capital of Uttar Pradesh, situated ?
(A) Ganga (B) Yamuna (C) Gomti (D) Godavari
Q22. Jataka Tales, written in Pali language, are the previous birth stories of which religious Guru ?
(A) Mahavira (B) Gautam Buddha (C) Guru Nanak Dev (D) Guru Gobind Singh
Q23. Who wrote Bangladesh’s national anthem ‘Amar Shonar Bangla’ ?
(A) Rabindranath Tagore (B) Kazi Nazrul Islam
(C) Mohammed Iqbal (D) Taslima Nasrin
Q24. Parvani, the peacock, is mount of which Hindu God ?
(A) Indra (B) Vishnu (C) Ganesh (D) Kartikeya
Q25. Before Bhubaneswar, which city was the capital of Orissa ?
(A) Puri (B) Cuttack (C) Rourkela (D) Sambalpur
Q26. Who was the first recipient of Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna Award ?
(A) Geet Sethi (B) Pullela Gopichand (C) Vishwanathan Anand
(D) Sachin Tendulkar
Q27. In which city are the headquarters of European Union (EU) located ?
(A) Brussels (B) Geneva (C) New York (D) Paris
Q28. Which conqueror was born in Macedonia (Europe), died in Babylon (Asia) and buried in Alexandria (Africa)?
(A) Genghis Khan (B) Attila the Hun (C) Napolean Bonaparte
(D) Alexander the Great
Q29. To produce artificial rains, which chemical is used for Cloud Seeding ?
(A) Copper Sulphate (B) Ammonium Nitrate (C) Silver Iodide (D) Potassium Premanganate
Q30. Binola village, the scheduled site of the Indian National Defence University (INDU), is in which state ?
(A) Punjab (B) Haryana (C) Rajasthan (D) Uttar Pradesh
Q31. In 1970, who became the first recipient of the Dadasaheb Phalke Award ?
(A) Devika Rani Roerich (B) Prithviraj Kapoor
(C) B.N.Sirkar (D) Pankaj Mullick
Q32. Bomakai and Sambalpuri saris are native of which state ?
(A) Orissa (B) Madhya Pradesh (C) Maharashtra (D) West Bengal
Q33. `Akbarnama’, a biographical account of Mughal ruler Akbar, was authored by ?
(A) Faizi (B) Birbal (C) Abul Fazl (D) Abdul Rahim Khan-i-khana
Q34. Which among the following is not a mammal ?
(A) Bat (B) Shark (C) Dolphin (D) Blue Whale
Q35. Which city is known as the `Big Apple’ ?
(A) Paris (B) Tokyo (C) Shanghai (D) New York
Q36. Who was the first Indian to win All England Open Badminton Championships Singles title ?
(A) Prakash Nath (B) Prakash Padukone (C) Nandu M. Natekar (D) Pullela Gopichand
Q37. On which river is Bhakra Nangal Dam, the highest gravity dam in world, is constructed ?
(A) Chenab (B) Jhelum (C) Ravi (D) Sutlej
Q38. Apart from Delhi, which other Union Territory has its own elected Vidhan Sabha and the executive council of ministers headed by a Chief Minister ?
(A) Daman and Diu (B) Dadra and Nagar Haveli
(C) Lakshadweep (D) Pondicherry
Q39. On 2nd July 1972, with which Pakistani leader did Indira Gandhi sign Shimla Agreement ?
(A) Ayub Khan (B) Yahya Khan (C) Zulfikar Ali Bhutto
(D) Muhammad Zia-ul-Haq
Q40. Which freedom fighter highlighted the drain of India’s wealth into Britain, in his book `Poverty and Un- British Rule in India’ in 1901 ?
(A) Dinshaw Edulji Wacha (B) Dadabhai Naoroji
(C) Gopal Krishna Gokhale (D) Womesh Chandra Bonerjee
Q41. In Windows XP operating system, what is the `XP’ short for ?
(A) Expert (B) Express (C) Experience (D) Extra Power
Q42. What is the common name of Indian national tree `Ficus Bengalensis’ ?
(A) Neem (B) Peepal (C) Aam (Mango) (D) Bargad (Banyan)
Q43. In which city is the Netaji Subhash National Institute of Sports situated ?
(A) Gwalior (B) Patiala (C) Bangalore (D) Chennai
Q44. What is the retirement age of Supreme Court judges ?
(A) 60 years (B) 62 years (C) 65 years (D) 70 years
Q45. Which religious teacher established four muths in four corners of country at Badrinath (North), Dwarka (West), Puri (East) & Sringeri (South) ?
(A) Adi Shankaracharya (B) Swami Vivekanand
(C) Swami Dayanand Saraswati (D) Swami Prabhupada
Q46. From which country’s constitution, the concept of the Directive Principles of State Policy has been adopted in Indian constitution ?
(A) France (B) Ireland (C) United Kingdom (D) United States of America
Q47. Which sector is the biggest contributor to India’s GDP ?
(A) Agriculture (B) Industry (C) Services (D) All contribute equally
Q48. Bubonic, Pnuemonic and Septicemic are the forms of which deadly infectious disease caused by Yersinia Pestis bacterium ?
(A) Hepatitis B (B) Measles (C) Tetanus (D) Plague
Q49. Who is the Chairman of the National Knowledge Commission ?
(A) Sam Pitroda (B) C.Rangarajan (C) Raghunath Anant Mashelkar
(D) A.P.J.Abdul Kalam
Q50. Who among the following is considered as the father of Mobile Phone ?
(A) Percy Spencer (B) Martin Cooper (C) Tim Berners-Lee (D) Edwin Land
Test Paper – 5
1d 2b 3a 4c 5b 6c 7c 8b 9d 10a
11a 12a 13b 14b 15d 16c 17a 18c 19d 20c
21c 22b 23a 24d 25b 26a 27a 28d 29c 30b
31a 32a 33c 34b 35d 36b 37d 38d 39c 40b
41c 42d 43b 44c 45a 46b 47c 48d 49a 50b
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