- The person in a company who deals with the computer and networking issues is called
a. Network Administrator
b. Hardware Specialist
c. Software Engineer
d. Database Administrator
- Qantas is the name of the airlines of
a. Germany
b. France
c. Australia
d. UK
- What is the capital of Ethiopia?
a. Addis Ababa
b. Lisbon
c. Kinshasa
d. Cape Town
- Which is the highest capital city of the world?
a. La Paz
b. Lhasa
c. Ottawa
d. Oslo
- The ocean that occupies a larger area than the area occupied by the earth is
a. Arctic Ocean
b. Atlantic Ocean
c. Pacific Ocean
d. None of these
- The only metal that is liquid is
a. Plutonium
b. Mercury
c. Osmium
d. Polonium
- The company that acquired Daksh eServices in 2004 is
a. GE
b. Intel
c. IBM
d. Microsoft
- World Consumer Day is observed on
a. July 11
b. April 7
c. May 18
d. March 15
- Which of the following conferences was responsible for the establishment of International Monetary Fund (IMF)?
a. Bretton Woods Conference
b. Uruguay Round
c. Seattle Meet
d. None of these
- Who was the first black American leader who received the Nobel Prize in 1964?
a. Ralph Bunche
b. Mathew Henson
c. Toni Morrison
d. Martin Luther King Jr.
- What is the name given to the area/road between San Jose and Paulo Alto?
a. Yellow Stone
b. Wall Street
c. Silicon Valley
d. Ground Zero
- What is Hamas?
a. New group of Islamic countries of Asia
b. Intelligence agency of Lebanon
c. A terrorist organization
d. Latest missile from Israel
- First person of Indian origin to win the Nobel Prize is
a. C.V. Raman
b. Hargobind Khurana
c. Rabindranath Tagore
d. S. N. Bose
- Which Indian state is the maximum producer of rubber in India?
a. Kerala
b. Karnataka
c. Andhra Pradesh
d. Tamil Nadu
- Name the first Indian movie insured by General Insurance Corporation (GIC).
a. Mother India
b. Sholay
c. Taal
d. Mughal- e-Azam
- Name the first Indian company that was listed on New York Stock Exchange (NYSE).
a. ICICI
b. Sify
c. Infosys Technologies
d. Ranbaxy Laboratories
- What is Jidoka?
a. Name of the mascot of Athens Olympics
b. Former name of Toyota Automobiles
c. A management concept
d. A form of Japanese martial art
- Name the fabric that is named after the French place called ‘Nime’.
a. Terry cot
b. Denim
c. Jean
d. None of these
- Which of the following countries became the 191st member to join the United Nations (UN)?
a. Sweden
b. Norway
c. Switzerland
d. East Timor
- The winner of Sydney Peace Prize 2004 is
a. Arundhati Roy
b. Medha Patekar
c. Vandana Shiva
d. Shanta Sinha
- What is HELPAGE India?
a. A Government of India project meant for the eradication of rural poverty.
b. A Non-governmental Organization working for the aged people.
c. A welfare scheme meant for the empowerment of women.
d. A project launched in Rajasthan for disbursing pension to old people
- Who is known as ‘The Maker of Modern India’?
a. Sardar Vallabh Bhai Patel
b. Indira Gandhi
c. Pt. Jawaharlal Nehru
d. Mahatma Gandhi
- Red Cross is headquartered at
a. Brussels
b. Geneva
c. New York
d. Paris
- The first factory of East India was established at
a. Surat
b. Calicut
c. Kolkata
d. Allahabad
- Indian Institute of Public Administration is based at
a. Mussoorie
b. Indore
c. Shimla
d. New Delhi
- Mein Kemf is the name of the famous work of
a. Napoleon Bonaparte
b. Benito Mussolini
c. Mustafa Kamal Ataturk
d. Adolf Hitler
- A Brief History of Time is a famous work of
a. Alvin Toffler
b. Arthur C. Clarke
c. Stephen Hawkings
d. Carl Segan
- The event in which Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore won the silver medal at the Athens Olympics, is
a. Shooting
b. Boxing
c. Swimming
d. Weightlifting
- Which of the following movies won the National Award for the best feature film in 2004?
a. Shwaas
b. Munnabhai MBBS
c. Chokher Bali
d. Baghaban
- Education has become a fundamental right by___ constitutional amendment.
a. 90th Constitutional amendment
b. 93rd Constitutional amendment
c. 95th Constitutional amendment
d. 97th Constitutional amendment
- Who discovered the miner’s safety lamp?
a. Thomas Alva Edison
b. Sir Humphry Davy
c. George Stephenson
d. George Cayley
- Which among the following is the first Indian state to have launched the train called ‘Palace on Wheels’?
a. Madhya Pradesh
b. Maharashtra
c. Rajasthan
d. Gujarat
- Name the instrument used for measuring the atmospheric pressure.
a. Altimeter
b. Manometer
c. Barometer
d. Hygrometer
- Which of the following is the name of the poisonous gas whose leakage caused the Bhopal Gas Tragedy?
a. Carbon Tetrachloride
b. Methyl Isocynate
c. Phosphine
d. Carbon Monoxide
- Who is known as the Father of Genetics and is known for conducting experiments with peas?
a. Robert Hook
b. Charles Darwin
c. Gregor J. Mendel
d. Francis Crick
- Name of the first Indian satellite is
a. Varah Mihir
b. Bhaskar
c. Aryabhatta
d. Ramanuja
- Amnesty International is an organization associated with
a. Human Rights
b. Education
c. Health issues
d. Environment protection
- This article deals with the Constitutional breakdown of machinery in a state. Identify it from the given options.
a. Article 348
b. Article 342
c. Article 344
d. Article 356
- Find the odd one amongst the following.
a. LAN
b. MAN
c. WAN
d. TAN
- What is the expansion of ‘A’ in NAFTA?
a. American
b. Association
c. Atlantic
d. Arts
General Knowledge Answer Key:
| 1 | a | 21 | b |
| 2 | c | 22 | c |
| 3 | a | 23 | b |
| 4 | a | 24 | a |
| 5 | c | 25 | d |
| 6 | b | 26 | d |
| 7 | c | 27 | c |
| 8 | d | 28 | a |
| 9 | a | 29 | a |
| 10 | d | 30 | b |
| 11 | c | 31 | b |
| 12 | c | 32 | c |
| 13 | c | 33 | c |
| 14 | a | 34 | b |
| 15 | c | 35 | c |
| 16 | a | 36 | c |
| 17 | c | 37 | a |
| 18 | b | 38 | d |
| 19 | d | 39 | d |
| 20 | a | 40 | c |
