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GK

Description: General Awareness and Current Affairs Test - Free General Knowledge Tests for Examination and Entrance Questions and Online Preparation and Practice Tests
Number of Questions: 25
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Who among the following has been appointed the new Chief Justice of India?

  1. Justice Rajendra Babu

  2. Justice V. N. Khare

  3. S.H. Kapadia

  4. None of these


Correct Option: C

A solemn ceremony to mark the 60th Anniversary of D-Day landings of the Allies troops during the Second World War, was held in

  1. Pearl Harbour

  2. Normandy

  3. New York

  4. Lisbon


Correct Option: B

Who among the following has been appointed the new chairman of the National Commission for Farmers?

  1. Ajit Singh

  2. K. C. Pant

  3. Dr. M. S. Swaminathan

  4. Sharad Pawar


Correct Option: C

Which of the following cricketers holds the world record of maximum number of sixes in Tests?

  1. Chris Carins (New Zealand)

  2. Viv Richards (West Indies)

  3. Sachin Tendulkar (India)

  4. Wasim Akram (Pakistan)


Correct Option: A

Who among the following has won the Miss Universe 2004 crown?

  1. Jennifer Hawkins

  2. Shandi Finnessey

  3. Alba Reyes

  4. None of these


Correct Option: A

Who among the following sports persons got the honour of lighting the Olympic Flame at the Major Dhyan Chand Stadium in New Delhi?

  1. Anjali Bhagwat

  2. Abhinav Bindra

  3. Viswanathan Anand

  4. K. M. Beenamol


Correct Option: A

Which of the following planets crossed the face of the sun (in transit) after 122 years in 2012?

  1. Mars

  2. Venus

  3. Jupiter

  4. Saturn


Correct Option: B

Which of the following countries was readmitted to the Commonwealth after its ignominious six-month suspension?

  1. Nepal

  2. Myanmar

  3. Pakistan

  4. None of these


Correct Option: C

The world governing body of which of the following sports celebrated its 100 years in existence recently?

  1. Football

  2. Hockey

  3. Badminton

  4. Cricket


Correct Option: A

Who is India' s first Woman Grand Master in Chess?

  1. Aarthie Ramaswamy

  2. Koneru Humpy

  3. S. Meenakshi

  4. S. Vijayalakshmi


Correct Option: B

Who among the following players won the men's singles title of the French Open 2004?

  1. Guillermo Coria

  2. Roger Federer

  3. Andy Roddick

  4. Gaston Gaudio


Correct Option: D

The age of a tree can be determined by

  1. measuring its height

  2. measuring its diameter

  3. analyzing its sap

  4. counting the annual growth rings of its stem


Correct Option: D

Who among the following has been appointed the National Security Adviser by the UPA Government?

  1. Brajesh Mishra

  2. J. N. Dixit

  3. Soli J. Sorabjee

  4. T. K. A. Nair


Correct Option: B

Who was the Chief Minister of Karnataka in 2009?

  1. S. M. Krishna

  2. Uma Bharti

  3. Yeddurrappa

  4. Y. S. Rajasekhara Reddy


Correct Option: C

Which one of the following is essentially a solo dance?

  1. Kuchipudi

  2. Kathak

  3. Manipuri

  4. Mohiniattam


Correct Option: D

The deepest oceanic trench Mariana is located in the

  1. Atlantic Ocean

  2. Arctic Ocean

  3. Pacific Ocean

  4. Indian Ocean


Correct Option: C

The Lingaraja Temple which was built during the medieval period is at

  1. Bhubaneswar

  2. Khajuraho

  3. Madurai

  4. Mount Abu


Correct Option: A

During the Mughal period, which one of the following were the first to come to India as traders?

  1. Portuguese

  2. Dutch

  3. Danish

  4. English


Correct Option: A

Who among the following Delhi Sultans is known for introducing market control mechanism?

  1. Iltutmish

  2. Balban

  3. Alauddin Khalji

  4. Firoze Tughlaq


Correct Option: C

Although fog consists of fine drops of water, we cannot see clearly through it because

  1. the light rays undergo total internal reflection in the drops

  2. fine drops of water in fog polarize the light

  3. the fine drops are opaque to the light

  4. the drops scatter most of the light


Correct Option: D

A rift valley is formed mainly due to

  1. the forces of tension in the earth's crust

  2. the subsidence of the floor of a river valley

  3. the valley formed after the formation of fold mountains

  4. the deepening of a valley by ice action


Correct Option: A

Which of the following mountain peaks of the Himalayas is not in India?

  1. Annapurna

  2. Nanda Devi

  3. Mt. Kamet

  4. Kanchenjunga


Correct Option: A

Who is the author of the book 'The Man Who Divided India'?

  1. Arun Shourie

  2. Dominique Lapierre

  3. Rafiq Zakaria

  4. Salman Rushdie


Correct Option: C

Which one of the following pairs is not correctly matched ? Mountains Continents (a) The Rocky : North America (b) The Andes : South America (c) The Alps : Europe (d) The Ural : Africa

  1. (a)

  2. (b)

  3. (c)

  4. (d)


Correct Option: D

Which of the following pairs is correctly matched ? (a) Purna Swaraj Resolution : 1929 (b) Martyrdom of Sardar Bhagat Singh : 1931 (c) Formation of the Congress Socialist Party : 1939 (d) Simla Confeence : 1940

  1. (a)

  2. (b)

  3. (c)

  4. (d)


Correct Option: B
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