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General Knowledge Test

Description: GK General Knowledge Test Preparation for School/College, Olympiads, UPSC, Bank PO, Railways and Other Entrance and Competitive Exams Preparation
Number of Questions: 25
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'Sphygmomanometer' is used to measure

  1. heart beat

  2. blood pressure

  3. lung pressure

  4. atmospheric pressure


Correct Option: B

Mohammad Tughlaq shifted his capital from Delhi to Daultabad because

  1. he was fed up of Delhi

  2. he wanted to give exemplary punishment to the people of Delhi

  3. he wanted to extend his empire to the South

  4. the new capital occupied a central and strategic position


Correct Option: D

Dilbert is a well-known

  1. newspaper

  2. cartoon strip

  3. newspaper column

  4. author


Correct Option: B

Who among the following is not an author?

  1. Anita Desai

  2. RK Laxman

  3. Linda Goodman

  4. Barbara Cartland


Correct Option: B

Normal atmospheric pressure is equal to ______ of mercury column.

  1. 76 mm

  2. 760 cm

  3. 76 cm

  4. 176 cm


Correct Option: C

Who had appointed the 'Shahanas' or market officers to keep a check on prices?

  1. Akbar

  2. Aurangzeb

  3. Mohammed Tughlaq

  4. Alauddin Khilji


Correct Option: D

If a train suddenly comes to a halt, the passengers get a sudden shock due to

  1. the law of Conservation of Momentum

  2. the law of Inertia

  3. the law of Gravitation

  4. the law of Equal Action and Reaction


Correct Option: B

The unit for measuring the viscosity of a liquid is

  1. Dyne/ sq. cm

  2. Erg/ sec

  3. Centipoise

  4. Henri


Correct Option: C

Science Day in India is observed to

  1. coincide with the discovery of the Raman Effect

  2. celebrate the discovery made by JC Bose

  3. coincide with the winning of the Nobel by Hargobind Khurana

  4. None of these


Correct Option: A

India's atomic research programme was spearheaded by

  1. CV Raman

  2. Meghnad Saha

  3. Raja Ramanna

  4. Homi J. Bhabha


Correct Option: D

The dynamite used to blow up hills is actually known as

  1. Diethyl Dichloro Difluoro Methane

  2. Trinitrotoluene

  3. Hexabenzene Nitrate

  4. Trinitrotoluene Hexametabenzoate


Correct Option: B

Who got the first Nobel Prize for his work on a deadly disease, while he posted in India?

  1. Ronald Ross

  2. Louis Pasteur

  3. Norman Borlaugh

  4. P. Subbarao


Correct Option: A

The language used in all the edicts of Ashoka's is

  1. Sanskrit

  2. Pali

  3. Prakrit

  4. Brahmi


Correct Option: D

Which of the following gadgets would be used to know the purity of milk?

  1. Hygrometer

  2. Lactometer

  3. Anemometer

  4. Tachometer


Correct Option: B

Which law was dubbed as a draconian law by the Indians during the freedom struggle?

  1. The Salt Law

  2. The Morley-Minto Reforms

  3. The Ramsay Award

  4. The Rowlatt Act


Correct Option: D

Barkhans and Yardangs are characteristic features of the landscape in

  1. India

  2. Japan

  3. the USA

  4. China


Correct Option: D

Hindi is written in _____ script.

  1. Persian

  2. Roman

  3. Devnagari

  4. Sanskriti


Correct Option: C

The Ox-bow lake is a typical water feature formed in the ____ course of a river.

  1. middle

  2. upper

  3. lower

  4. it is not formed at all


Correct Option: C

Swahili is a language quite common in

  1. Iraq

  2. Africa

  3. Israel

  4. Lebanon


Correct Option: B

Kadambri is a well-known ancient work by

  1. Harisen

  2. Harshvardhana

  3. Ashavghosha

  4. Banabhatta


Correct Option: D

The Hijri Era is believed to have started from

  1. 326 BC

  2. 319 AD

  3. 78 AD

  4. None of these


Correct Option: D

The International Book Day is observed on

  1. June 1

  2. May 31

  3. April 23

  4. March 15


Correct Option: C

Spot the incorrect pair.

  1. Ferozabad : Glass

  2. Saffron : Pampore

  3. Pimpri : Fertilizers

  4. Electronics : Bangalore


Correct Option: C

INTACH is a/an

  1. heritage conservation organization

  2. project on technology upgradation

  3. international sports promotion body

  4. programme on computer literacy in schools


Correct Option: A

The Reserve Bank of India was nationalized in the year

  1. 1934

  2. 1935

  3. 1947

  4. None of these


Correct Option: D
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