Time to update your GK folks.
1. Which of the following countries is a land locked country in south America?
Answer is : Bolivia
2. Canary Islands belongs to
Answer is : Spain
3. Titan is the largest natural satellite of planet
Answer is : Saturn
4. Which of the following planets rotates clock wise?
Answer is : Venus
5. A difference of 1 degree in longitude at the Equator is equivalent to nearly
Answer is : 111 km
6. The earliest known Indian script is
Answer is : Brahmi
7. How many times the preamble was amended
Answer is : once
8. The term socialist was added in the Preamble by the...amendment
Answer is : 42nd
9. The state with the lowest population in India is
Answer is : Sikkim
10. Which person or organisation received the Nobel Prize three
times so far?
Answer is : International Committee of the Redcross
11. The Finance Commission is appointed for every... year
Answer is : 5
12. Under which five year plan did agriculture show a negative growth?
Answer is : 3rd plan
13. Who is the founder of the Capital city of Agra?
Answer is : Sikinder Lodi
14. The first tide generated electricity project was established at
Answer is : Vizhinjam, Kerala
15. National Institute of Oceanography is located in :
Answer is : Panaji
16. The 2004 Olympics were held in :
Answer is : Athens
17. Who headed the committee appointed on Kargil War ?
Answer is : K. Subramanyam
18. The C. K. Nayudu Trophy is related to the sport of
Answer is : cricket
19. New York is situated on the river
Answer is : Hudson
20. "The Woman of the Millennium" selected by the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) is
Answer is : Indira Gandhi
21. The General Assembly of United Nations meets
a. Once a year
b. twice a year
c. thrice a year
d. Once in five years
Ans : a
22. The "Common Wealth Games 2002" will be held in
a. Toranto
b. Manchester
c. Tokyo
d. Canberra
Ans : b
23. All India Radio commenced operations in
a. 1926
b. 1936
c. 1945
d. 1947
Ans : b
24. The "Killer Instinct" is written by
a. Sulakshan Mohan
b. M.K.Santanam
c. O.P.Sabharwal
d. Subash Jain
Ans : c
25. The Secretary-General of UN is appointed by the
a. Security Council
b. Trusteeship Council
c. General Assembly
d. World Bank
Ans : c
26. Postal Voting is other wise called:
a. external voting
b. secret voting
c. plural voting
d. proxy voting
Ans : d
27. The Common Wealth of Independent states (CIS) consists of....republica?
a. 10
b. 11
c. 12
d. 13
Ans : c
28. Which of the following harbours is considered as the world's finest natural harbour?
a. Sydney harbour
b. Toronto harbour
c. New Jersy harbour
d. Singapore harbour
Ans : a
29. Who invented Radar?
a. Henrey Backquerel
b. Max Planck
c. Robert Watson Watt
d. Humphrey Davy
Ans : c
30. Sandal Wood trees are mostly found in...
a. Trophical Evergreen Forests
b. Tropical most Decidous
c. Alpine forests
d. Trophical Thorn Forests
Ans : d
31. The first country to legalise medically assisted suicide is
a. Switzerland
b. New Zealand
c. USA
d. Netherlands
Ans : d
31. India's newsprint industry is mainly located in
a. Indore
b. Dehradun
c. Nepanagar
d. Nagpur
Ans : c
32. The tomb of Babur is at
a. Kabul
b. Lahore
c. Multan
d. Larkhana
Ans : a
33. The joint session of the two houses is presided by
a. the speaker
b. the president
c. chairman of Rajyasabha
d. none of these
Ans : a
34. The Gandhara school of Art was influenced most by the
a. Greeks
b. Shakas
c. persians
d. Kushans
Ans : a
35. The Simon Commission was appointed in
a. 1927
b. 1928
c. 1929
d. 1930
Ans : c
36. Sikkim became a full fledged state of the Indian Union, in the year ?
a. 1972
b. 1973
c. 1974
d. 1975
Ans : d
37. Who is the founder of Mahabalipuram ?
a. Rajaraja Chola
b. Mahendra Varman
c. Narsimha Varman
d. Narsimha Chola
Ans : c
38. The 189th member of United Nations is
a. Palau
b. Tuvalu
c. Soloman Islands
d. Nauru
Ans : b
39. When was Burma separated from India
a. 1947
b. 1942
c. 1937
c. 1932
Ans : c
40. Which of the following country has more than 55,000 lakes?
a. Poland
b. Denmark
c. Finland
d. Norway
Ans : c
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