0

General Knowledge (2011-2012)

Description: General Awareness Question - General Awareness Question for Bank PO, Railways, RRB, SSC, CDS, Civil Services, UPSC, JRF and Other Exams
Number of Questions: 25
Created by:
Tags: Awareness GK Current affairs Aptitude Bank Clerk General Awareness Question Bank PO Railways RRB SSC CDS Civil Services UPSC Jobs Placement Latest GK NET SLET Exams LET JRF Junior Research Fellowship Important Days & Dates General Awareness Capitals & Currencies Inventions & Discoveries Books and Authors
Attempted 0/25 Correct 0 Score 0

Which city will host the next Olympic games in 2012?

  1. London

  2. Tokyo

  3. France

  4. Moscow


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

The 2012 Summer Olympics made London the first city to have hosted the modern Games of three Olympiads.

Nicolas Sarkozy is the President of which country (2011)?

  1. Turkey

  2. Germany

  3. France

  4. Korea


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

3

Which swimmer created a world record by winning eight Olympic gold medals at the 2008 Beijing Olympics?

  1. Ian Thorpe

  2. Michael Phelps

  3. Lindsay Benko

  4. Pieter Vanden Hoogenband


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

2

Condoleeza Rice was the Secretary of State of which country?

  1. USA

  2. Japan

  3. China

  4. England


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

1

Who was the first Woman Governor of any state in India?

  1. Sarojini Naidu

  2. Florence Nightingale

  3. Aruna Asaf Ali

  4. Kasturba Gandhi


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

1

Where is the Leaning Tower situated?

  1. Egypt

  2. Spain

  3. Italy

  4. France


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

3

Name the capital of Australia.

  1. Adelaide

  2. Melbourne

  3. Canberra

  4. Sydney


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

3

On the bank of which river is the city of Ahmedabad situated?

  1. Godavari

  2. Krishna

  3. Satluj

  4. Sabarmati


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

4

What is the Parliament of Iran called?

  1. Reichstag

  2. Diet

  3. Majlis

  4. National Assembly


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

3

Who led India to its first Gold in Asiads, in 32 years ?

  1. Dhanraj Pillai

  2. Subroto Bhattacharjee

  3. Baichung Bhutia

  4. Gagan Ajit Singh


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

1

In which state of India are Gaddis and Gujjar tribes found?

  1. Andhra Pradesh

  2. Himachal Pradesh

  3. Gujarat

  4. Meghalaya


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

2

Which game is Garry Kasparov associated with?

  1. Billiards

  2. Golf

  3. Polo

  4. Chess


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

4

Y S Rajashekhra Reddy was the Chief Minister of which Indian state?

  1. Arunachal Pradesh

  2. Meghalaya

  3. Mizoram

  4. Andhra Pradesh


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

4

Sound waves with frequencies below the audible range of hearing 20 Hz (Hertz) are called as

  1. infrasonic

  2. ultrasonic

  3. sonar

  4. reverberation


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

1

Which pathogen is responsible for causing Filariasis?

  1. Virus

  2. Bacteria

  3. Worms

  4. Fungi


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

3

What is the chemical name of Chalk?

  1. Sodium Silicate

  2. Calcium Sulphate

  3. Calcium Oxide

  4. Calcium Carbonate


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

4

Name the national game of China.

  1. Hockey

  2. Table Tennis

  3. Basketball

  4. Badminton


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

2

Which city is called as the 'Windy City'?

  1. Rome

  2. New York

  3. Chicago

  4. Lhasa


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

3

Who invented X-rays?

  1. Madam Curie

  2. J.Gutenburg

  3. Thomas Alva Edison

  4. W. Roentgen


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

4

In which country is the Great Barrier Reef located?

  1. Australia

  2. Austria

  3. Africa

  4. Vatican City


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

1

'The Fall Of A Sparrow' is an autobiography of

  1. Indira Gandhi

  2. J.R.D.Tata

  3. Dr. Salim Ali

  4. Bimal Roy


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

3

Which water body, opened in 1869, connects the Red Sea with the Mediterranean Sea?

  1. Panama Canal

  2. Suez Canal

  3. Palk Strait

  4. St. Lawerence Waterway


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

2

Name the first woman to have successfully climbed Mt. Everest.

  1. Cathey O'Dowd

  2. Stacey Allison

  3. Junko Tabei

  4. Bachendri Pal


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

3

The gas used in a filament bulb is

  1. oxygen

  2. nitrogen

  3. hydrogen

  4. helium


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

2

The shortest day or the Winter Solistice occurs every year on

  1. June 21

  2. December 22

  3. March 21

  4. September 23


Correct Option: B
- Hide questions