General Knowledge Question and Answer for Competitive Exam

General Knowledge Question and Answer for Competitive Exam


Q1.

Which Indian state is the largest producer in the world of the golden coloured 'Muga' silk ?
(A) Assam
(B) Orissa
(C) West Bengal
(D) Karnataka

Answer : (A) Assam

Q2.

Which Indian freedom fighter was popularly called 'Mahamana' ?
(A) Bal Gangadhar Tilak
(B) Jai Prakash Narain
(C) Gopal Hari Deshmukh
(D) Madan Mohan Malaviya

Answer : (D) Madan Mohan Malaviya

Q3.

Which Indian state would you be in if you were watching birds at Ranganathittu Birds Sanctuary, situated on an island in the Kaveri river ?
(A) Karnataka
(B) Maharashtra
(C) Tamil Nadu
(D) Andhra Pradesh

Answer : (A) Karnataka

Q4.

'Anandmath', 'Durgeshnondini' and 'Kapalkundala' novels were authored by which Bengali writer ?
(A) Rabindranath Tagore
(B) Sharat Chandra Chatterjee
(C) Bankim Chandra Chatterjee
(D) Bibhuti Bhushan Bandopadhyay

Answer : (C) Bankim Chandra Chatterjee

Q5.

Baglihar Dam, also known as Baglihar Hydroelectric Power Project, in Jammu & Kashmir is built across which river ?
(A) Beas
(B) Chenab
(C) Jhelum
(D) Sutlej

Answer : (B) Chenab

Q6.

Where was the first Indian Institute of Management (IIM) established in 1961 ?
(A) Kolkata
(B) Bengaluru
(C) Ahmedabad
(D) Lucknow

Answer : (A) Kolkata

Q7.

What line connects the points on a map that receive equal amounts of rainfall ?
(A) Isobar
(B) Isohel
(C) Isotherm
(D) Isohyet

Answer : (D) Isohyet

Q8.

On 28 May 2008, the Indian Air Force attained the Airborne Warning And Control System (AWACS) capability by procuring the Phalcon radar (mounted on Russian plane IL-76) from which country ?
(A) France
(B) Israel
(C) Russia
(D) Germany

Answer : (B) Israel

Q9.

Which India born physicist invented the 'Optical Fibre' ?
(A) C.V. Raman
(B) Satyendra Nath Bose
(C) Homi J. Bhabha
(D) Narinder Singh Kapany

Answer : (D) Narinder Singh Kapany

Q10.

Which Australian state was formerly known as "Van Diemen's Land" ?
(A) Victoria
(B) Queensland
(C) Tasmania
(D) New South Wales

Answer : (C) Tasmania

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