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General Awareness

Description: GK Awareness Test -The section on General knowledge or General awareness is an integral part of most competitive exams. Here is a collection of questions that may be asked in various examinations.
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What is 0 degrees centigrade on a Fahrenheit scale?

  1. 0 degrees

  2. 32 degrees

    • 32 degrees

Correct Option: B

What is Charles Blondin famous for?

  1. Walking across the Niagara falls on a tight rope

  2. Making the first solo flight across the Atlantic

  3. Pioneering hot air balloons


Correct Option: A

The Vatican City is the smallest country in the world. Which of the following countries is the second smallest?

  1. Gibraltar

  2. Monaco

  3. Bermuda

  4. Sri Lanka


Correct Option: B

Who is reputed to have coined the phrase "Knowledge is power" ?

  1. Stalin

  2. Jefferson

  3. Francis Bacon


Correct Option: C

What is a young swan called?

  1. Cignette

  2. Signet

  3. Cygnet


Correct Option: C

Who said " To err is human, to forgive divine" ?

  1. St Paul

  2. Alexander Pope

  3. George Bernard Shaw


Correct Option: B

With what would you associate Roman Polanski?

  1. Wine

  2. Travel books

  3. Film-making


Correct Option: C

What would a pilot use an altimeter to measure?

  1. Wind speed

  2. The plane' s speed

  3. The plane' s height


Correct Option: C

The population of the US has its origin in many different countries. Which country do most people look back to?

  1. France

  2. Great Britain

  3. Ireland


Correct Option: B

Who guided Chandra Gupta Maurya to become the ruler of Magadh?

  1. Kautilya

  2. Dhanananda

  3. Banabhatt


Correct Option: A

Which one of the following wild life sanctuaries is known for its elephants?

  1. Corbett

  2. Kaziranga

  3. Periyar


Correct Option: C

What was the name of India's first base in Antarctica, set up in 1982?

  1. Maitry

  2. Dakshin Gangotri

  3. Ganges


Correct Option: B

On the banks of which river is the Kumbh Mela at Nasik held?

  1. Narmada

  2. Ganges

  3. Godavari


Correct Option: C

What line of rulers succeeded the Mauryas in Magadh?

  1. Sangas

  2. Guptas

  3. Pallavas


Correct Option: A

What did Oedipus do when he discovered that he had killed his father and married his mother?

  1. Put out his eyes

  2. Hanged himself

  3. Went and lived in a barrel


Correct Option: A

Vostok is the name of a Russian spaceship. What does this word mean?

  1. Dawn

  2. East

  3. Victory


Correct Option: B

What is the Indian name of the Mirage 2000 multi-role aircraft inducted into the Indian Air Force?

  1. Pinaka

  2. Vajra

  3. Arjun


Correct Option: B

Which one of the following is the largest desert in the world?

  1. Sahara

  2. Atacama

  3. Thar


Correct Option: A

Amundsen, the polar explorer was from

  1. Norway

  2. Finland

  3. Sweden


Correct Option: A

Which of these animals is likely to have the longest life?

  1. Hedgehog

  2. Squirrel

  3. Tortoise


Correct Option: C

The part of the back of the eye sensitive to light is called the

  1. lens

  2. Iris

  3. Retina


Correct Option: C

In which country is Mecca, the sacred city for Muslims located?

  1. Iran

  2. Iraq

  3. Saudi Arabia


Correct Option: C

GATT has been replaced by

  1. WTO

  2. WOTT

  3. ILO


Correct Option: A

Who wrote the famous novel " Wuthering Heights" ?

  1. Emily Bronte

  2. Charlotte Bronte

  3. Jane Austen


Correct Option: A

Annie Besant was associated with

  1. Prarthana Samaj

  2. Theosophical Society

  3. Brahmo samaj


Correct Option: B
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