General Knowledge / GK 901 - 950 Question Paper
901. German attack on Poland was the immediate cause of:
A. West Asian Crisis B. Cold War C. Second World War
D. First World War
902. Deficiency of Iron, causes:
A. Beri-Beri B. Anaemia C. Asthma D. Pellagra
903. Horse power is a unit of:
A. electric current B. velocity C. power D. heat
904. Which of the following Indian was given the Nobel Prize for Medicine?
A. C.V.Raman B. Dr. Hargobind Khorana C. Dr. Subrahmonian Chandrasekhar D. Dr. M.S.Swaminathan.
905. Which of the following is an Indirect Tax:
A. Capital Gains Tax B. Wealth Tax C. Corporation Tax
D. Excise duty
906. The world's largest satellite in solar system :
A. Moon B. Ganymede C. Triton D. Neptun
907. Columbus discovered America in the year:
A. 1498 B. 1492 C. 1406 D. 1514
908. Rowlatt Act was passed in:
A. 1924 B. 1918 C. 1919 D. 1928
909. Who among the following is known as the Lady with lamp?
A. Annie Besant B. Sarojini Naidu C. Indira Gandhi
D. Florence Nightingale
912. The Jog Falls are situated on:
A. Cauvery river B. Bima river C. Tapti river D. Sharavati river
913. Which of the following is an east flowing river of the Indian peninsula :
A. Tapti B. Mahanadi C. Narmada D. Cauvery
914. White coal is:
A. Uranium B. Ice C. Diamond D. Hydro-electricity
915. Indian city famous for bangle industry is:
A. Lucknow B. Sikandrabad C. Agra D. Ferozabad
916. The author of book "Between the Lines" is:
A. KuldipNayar B. Nirad C. Choudary C. Amritha Preetham
D. TarunTejpal
917. Murder in the Cathedral was written by:
A. John Keats B. Richard Nixon C. T.S.Eliot D. Shakespeare
918. Hydrophobia is caused by:
A. hookworms B. mental derangement C. tobacco mosaic virus
D. rabies virus
919. Aspirin is an/a
A. analgesic B. antidote C. sedative D. anesthetic
920. Gautama Buddha delivered his first sermon at
A. Mount Abu B. BbdhGaya C. Saranath D. Sanchi
921. The branch of chemistry that deals with plants and animals and their life process is called
A. bionomics B. biochemistry C. botany D. biology
922. Which of the following was the first artificial satellite put in to orbit ?
A. Vostik 6 B. Sputnick C. Vostok D. Voskhod 2
923. Which of the following in a unit or brightness i
A. Lambert B. Phot C. Foot candle D. Lux
924. The principle of specific gravity was discovered by:
A. Copernicus B. Archimedes C. Newton D. Euclid
925. The people of Indus Valley Civilisation built their houses with:
A. thatch B. wood C. mud D. bricks
926. Kanishka tragedy involved:
A. Train B.Nuclear rector C. Aeroplane D. Ship
927 The oldest religion in the world is:
A. Buddhism B. Hinduism C. Zionism D. Christianity
928. Who among the following was the first man to go into space ?
A. Yuri Malyshev B. Sally K. Ride C. Neil Armstrong D. Yuri Gagarin
929. The heart beat of a normal young man is approximately:
A. 80 times a minute B. 72 times a minute C. 100 times a minute
D. 92 times a minute
930. Which of the following scientists believed plants have hearts ?
A.J. C. Bose B. Blaise Pascal C. C.V.Raman D. Albert Einstein
931. Who won the battle of Jhelum?
A. Ashoka B. Babar C.The Pandavas D.Alexander
932. The term Third world refers to:
A. developing countries B. advanced countries C. African countries
D. Superpower
933. Dialectical materialism was a doctrine introduced by:
A. Adolf Hitler B. V.I.Lenin C. Jean - Jacques Rousseau D. Karl Marx
934. Diego Garcia is an island in :
A. the Indian Ocean B. the Atlantic Ocean C. the Mediterranean sea D. the Pacific Ocean
935. The French Revolution took place in:
A. 1705 B. 1600 C. 1789 D. 1688
936. Indian war memorial is situated in:
A. Delhi B. Hyderabad C. Bombay D. Allahabad
937. Which amongst the following was a great centre of trade and commerce in the Gupta period ?
A. Vatapi B. Mathura C. Taxila D. Tamaralpti
938. The planning Commission in India was set up in the year:
A. 1951 B. 1947 C. 1952 D. 1950
939. The yellow colou r of urine is due to the presence of:
A. Bile B. Cholesterol C. Urochrome D. Blood
940. Who is author of the book "One-day Wonder" ?
A. Sunil Gavaskar B. Imran Khan C. Vivian Richard D. Clive cloyd
941. What is the Chemical name of Heavy water ?
A. Ammonium Oxide B. Hydrogen Peroxide C. Hydrogen Oxide
D. Deuterium Oxide
942. The Indus Valley people establish commercial contacts with the:
A. Sumerians B. Egyptians C. Greeks D. Romans
943. Monsoon Wedding is a :
A. brand name of whisky B. painting C Cenema D. Book
944. Who is the writer of Life Divine ?
A. Aurobindo Ghosh B. Radhakrishnan C. M.K.Gandhi
D. Vivekanandan
945. Who is called the Napoleon of India ?
A. Kanishka B. Akbar C. Samudra Gupta D. Ashoka Answer:
946. Which is the world's largest delta ?
A. Ganga B. Narmada C. Tames D. Sunderbans
947. Relies of Buddha are preserved in a:
A. Joytya B. Temple C. Stupa D. Vihara
948. Rukmani Devi Anudale is related to:
A. Theatre B. Painting C. Literature D. Dancing
949. National emblem lion has been taken from pillar of Ashoka which is at:
A. Saranath B. Sanchi C. Raipur D. None of these
950. In which city the Asian Games first took place?
A. Kuala Lampur B. Beijing C. Tokyo D. New Delhi
Answers
901. C. Second World War
902. B. Anaemia
903. C. Power
904. B. Dr. Hargobind Khorana
905. D. Excise duty
906. B. Ganymede
907. B. 1492
908. C. 1919
909. D. Florence Nightingale
910. A. 19'hCentury
911. B. Andaman and Nicobar
912. D. Sharavati river
913. B. Mahanadi
914. A. Uranium
915. D. Ferozabad
916.A. Kuldip Nayar
917. C. T.S.Eliot
918. D. rabies virus
919. A. analgesic
920. C. Saranath
921. B. biochemistry
922. B. Sputnick
923.A. Lambert
924. B. Archimedes
925. D. bricks
926.C. Aeroplane
927. B. Hinduism
928. D. Yuri Gagarin
929. B. 72 times a minute
930. A. J. C. Bose
931.
932.A. developing countries
933. D. Karl Marx
934. A. the Indian Ocean
935. C. 1789
936.A. Delhi
937.C. Taxila
938.D. 1950
939.B. Cholesterol
940. A. Sunil Gavaskar
941. D. Deuterium Oxide
942. A. Sumerians
943. C. Cenema
944. A. Aurobindo Ghosh
945.C. Samudra Gupta
946.D. Sunderbans
947. C. Stupa
948. D. Dancing
949. A. Saranath
950. D. New Delhi
