Set 5 Questions GK

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1. In which subject Marie Curie got Nobel Prize
in 1903?
(a) Chemistry (b) Physics
(c) Medicine (d) Peace
Answer: (b)
2. Commonwealth countries are mainly the
former colonies of:
(a) Britain (b) France
(c) Portugal (d) USA
Answer:(a)
3. World Tourism Day:
(a) September 26 (b) September 27
(c) January 26                               (d) January 25
Answer:(b)
4. “....Seditious fakir striding half naked up the
steps of the Viceregal Palace there to negotiate
and parley on equal terms with the
representative of the King Emperor” Who made
this statement?
(a) Lord Irwin (b) Clement
Atlee
(c) Mountbatten (d)  Winston
Churchill
Answer:(d)
5. Who is related to Junargarh inscription?
(a) Pulikesin I (b)
Rudradaman
(c) Dantidurga (d) Humayun
Answer:(b)
6. Ravikirti lived in the court of:
(a) Harsha                                      (b)
Yasovarman
(c) Samudragupta (d) Pulikesin
Answer:(d)
7. Greek Mathematician who is regarded as ‘the
Father of Geomety’:
(a) Archemedes (b) Pythagorus
(c) Euclid (d) Epicurus
Answer:(c)
8. The political guru of Gandhiji:
(a) MG Rande (b) G K
Gokhale
(c) Tagore                                                  (d)
DadabhaiNavroji
Answer:(b)
9. Who was called ‘Guruji’?
(a) Aurobindo Ghost (b) MS
Golwalker
(c) Gonzalez (d)
Tagore
Answer:(b)
10. Identify the capital city situated on the banks
of Danube?
(a) Bonn (b)
Berlin
(c) Belgrade                                            (d)
London
Answer:(c)
11. Christina is now known as:
(a) East Timor (b)
Stockholm
(c) Istanbul (d) Oslo
Answer:(d)
12. Wellington Trophy is related to:
(a) Polo (b) Rowing
(c) Cricket (d) Table
Tennis
Answer:(b)
13. The Treaty of Versailles was signed in:
(a) 1918 (b) 1919
(c) 1920 (d) 1921
Answer:(b)
14. Study of Algae:
(a) My colony (b)
Phycology
(c) Pomology                                        (d)
Nomology
Answer:(b)
15. .......measures strength of electric current:
(a) Altimeter (b)
Anemometer
(c) Bolometer (d)
Ammeter
Answer:(d)
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16. Who formulated electro magnetic theory of
light:
(a) Max Plank (b) Hertz
(c) Christian Huygens (d) James
Clark Maxwell
Answer:(d)
17. WWW stands for:
(a) Web Wide World                         (b) World
Wide Web
(c) Wide Web World                        (d) World
Web Wide
Answer:(b)
18. Amyl acetate has the smell of:
(a) Grapes (b) Orange
(c) Pineapple (d) Banana
Answer:(d)
19. Which one of the following is not applicable
to metals?
(a) High Melting point (b) High
Boiling point
(c) High density (d) Low
melting point
Answer:(d)
20. Anacardium occidentale is the scientific
name of:
(a) Cassue tree (b) Mango tree
(c) Palm tree (d) Teak
Answer:(a)
21. Which plant has the largest single leaf:
(a) Plantain (b) Victoria
regia
(c) Lily (d) Lotus
Answer:(b)
22. Haemocyanin imparts ...... colour to blood:
(a) Red (b) Green
(c) Blue (d) Yellow
Answer:(c)
23. The main food of Koala is ........ leaves:
(a) Bamboo (b)
Eucalyptus
(c) Pinus (d) Palm
Answer:(b)
24. The only planet whose English name does
not have any connection with Greek and Roman
mythology:
(a) Mercury (b) Earth
(c) Saturn (d) Uranus
Answer:(b)
25. In which planet is Carl Sagan Space Station?
(a) Mars (b) Saturn
(c) Neptune (d) Uranus
Answer:(a)
26. The longest tributaty of Indus, flowing
through India:
(a) Jhulum (b) Chenab
(c) Sutlej (d) Beas
Answer:(c)
27. Karnataka is the largest producer of:
(a) Tea (b) Coffee
(c) Jute (d) Tapioca
Answer:(b)
28. The monument where the Prime Minister of
India raises the flag of India every year on
Independence Day.:
(a) Taj Mahalo (b) India Gate
(c) Gateway of India (d) Red Fort
Answer:(d)
29. The first city in India where western
education was introduced:
(a) Kolkata (b) Mumbai
(c) Chennai (d) Delhi
Answer:(a)
30. The oldest news agency in the world:
(a) AP (b) Reuters
(c) AFP (d) PTI
Answer:(c)
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31. ‘Peace on Earth’ is the message of:
(a) Idul Fitz (b) Christmas
(c) Muharram (d) Pongal
Answer:(b)
32. “ Duty unto Death” is the motto of:
(a) CRPF (b) BSF
(c) NSG (d) Assam Rifle
Answer:(b)
33. The most populous island in India:
(a) Majuli (b) Kavarati
(c) Salento (d) Middle
Andaman
Answer:(c)
34. The highest peak in Indian territory is K2. In
which range it is located?
(a) Central Himalayas                  (b) Trans-
Himalayas
(c) Karakoram Range                   (d) Kumaon
Himalayas
Answer:(c)
35. Who was the patron of the first of Buddhist
council?
(a) Ajatasatru (b) Bimbisara
(c) Asoka (d)
Mahakassapa
Answer:(a)
36. Who is called ‘Indian Machiavelly’?
(a) Asoka (b) Chanakya
(c) Chandragupta Maura (d) Bindusara
Answer:(b)
37. Which slave ruler reigned for the longest
period?
(a) Balkan (b) Qutubddin
Aibek
(c) Razia (d) Iltutmish
Answer:(d)
38. Akabr was born in 1542 at:
(a) Agua (b) Baghdad
(c) Amarok (d) Kalanaur
Answer:(c)
39. The year of Battle of Talikota or Battle of
Bannighati in which Vijayananagar empire was
defeated by the joint forces of the Muslim states
of Deccan:
(a) 1565 (b) 1556
(c) 1572 (d) 1576
Answer:(a)
40. The Viceroy during the partition of Bengal:
(a) Hardinge I (b) Minto I
(c) Curzon                                       (d) Reading
Answer:(c)
41. Who wrote ‘Why Iam an Atheist’?
(a) Jawaharlal Nehru (b) Maulana
Azad
(c) Bhagat Singh (d) LalaLajpath
Rai
Answer:(c)
42. In which year Gandhiji went to South Africa
for the first time?
(a) 1892 (b) 1893
(c) 1894 (d) 1895
Answer:(b)
43. Interim Government with Jawaharal Nehru
as the Vice President assumed power in:
(a) 1945 (b) 1946
(c) 1947 (d) 1944
Answer:(b)
44. Who was the prime minister of India when
voting age was lowered from 21 to 18 through
the 61 st amendment?
(a) Indira Gandhi (b) VP Singh
(c) Narasimha Rao (d) Rajiv
Gandhi
Answer:(d)
45. The process of readjusting the
representation ofelectoral constituencies is
known as:
(a) Delimitation (b)
Filibustering
(c) Decommissioning (d)
Assignment
Answer:(a)
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46. Annual Financial statement is the other
name of:
(a) Budget (b) Money
bill
(c) Demand for grant (d) Cut motion
Answer:(a)
47. How many times a person can become the
President of India?
(a) One time (b) Twice
(c) Thrice (d) No legal
limitation
Answer:(d)
48. Who discovered the art of vulcanisation of
rubber?
(a) Dunlop (b)
Waterman
(c) Charles Goodyear (d) Daimler
Answer:(c)
49. The father of Novel:
(a) Balzac (b) Giovanni
Boccassio
(c) Shakespeare (d) Victor
Hugo
Answer:(b)
50. Who authored ‘Pilgrim’s Process”?
(a) John Bunyan                              (b) William
Shakespreare
(c) Charles Dickens (d) Jonathan
Answer:(a)
51. Who became the CM of Kerala for the most
number of times:
(a) K.Karunakaran (b) EMS
(c) EK Naya narrow                                  (d) AK
Antony
Answer:(a)
52. The king of Travancore who encouraged
cultivation:
(a) Marthandavarma (b)
Dharma Raja
(c) VisakhamTirunal (d)
AyilyamTirunal
Answer:(c)
53. In which district of Pazhassi dam?
(a) Kannur (b)
Wayanad
(c) Kozhikode (d)
Malappuram
Answer:(a)
54. The first Malayali to become the president of
the Indian National Congress:
(a) G.P.Pillai (b)
K.Kelappan
(c) K.P.Kesavamenon (d)
C.Sankaran Nair
Answer:(d)
55. The National Park which is famous for
Nilgiri
(a) Silent Valley                                        (b)
Iravikulam
(c) Pampadumchola                                 (d)
MathiketanChola
Answer:(b)
56.The final resting place of Jehangir is now in:
(a) Bangladesh (b)
Pakistan
(c) Maldives                                                 (d)
Afghanistan
Answer:(b)
57. The second highest law officer in India.
(a) Attorney General (b)
C&AG
(c) Solicitor General (d)
Home Secretary
Answer:(c)
58. Which University has its seat at Kalady?
(a) Kannur (b)
Kerala
(c) Calicut (d) Sri
Sankara
Answer:(d)
59. India’s first eco-sensitive zone on a major
river was declared in connection with:
(a) Yamuna (b)
Ganga
(c) Kaveri (d)
Godavari
Answer:(b)
60. The headquarters of Indian Oil Corporation:
(a) New Delhi (b)
Mumbai
(c) Noida (d)
Dehra Dun
Answer:(a)
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61. Of the two leading parties …… party got a
majority in the election:
(a) no (b)
which
(c) neither (d)
either
Answer:(c)
62. The phrase ‘the fourth estate’ conveys more
or less the same meaning as:
(a) A dense forest (b) The
press
(c) Grave yard (d) The
parliament
Answer:(b)
63. We must have ……. to good books.
(a) axes (b)
access
(c) excess (d) axis
Answer:(b)
64. The policeman ……. the thief:
(a) ceased (b)
seized
(c) catched (d)
caused
Answer:(b)
65. Identify the wrongly spelt word:
(a) Deceive (b)
Receive
(c) Conceive (d)
Releive
Answer:(d)
66. He was arrested, and now out on…….
(a) custody (b)
bale
(c) bail (d)
none of the above
Answer:(c)
67. I am sorry ……. his misfortune.
(a) for (b)
about
(c) to (d)
on
Answer:(a)
68. Choose the correctly spelt word:
(a) Skilfully (b)
Skillfull
(c) Skillful (d)
Skilful
Answer:(c)
69. Ganesh …… come here every day:
(a) always (b)
often
(c) hardly (d)
used to
Answer:(d)
70. He has hardly …… money.
(a) any (b)
some
(c) a little (d) a
lot of
Answer:(a)
71. Dead body of a human being:
(a) Corps (b)
Crops
(c) Corpse (d)
None of these
Answer:(c)
72. Rising prices …….. immediate measures:
(a) call over                                                  (b) call
for
(c) call in (d)
call forth
Answer:(b)
73. Hundred rupees ……. all that he wants.
(a) are (b)
were
(c) was (d) is
Answer:(d)
74. Choose the correctly spelt word:
(a) Governor (b)
Governor
(c) Governor (d)
Govornor
Answer:(b)
75. The word that is more or less similar in
meaningto ‘SOLACE’:
(a) Sleep (b)
Relaxation
(c) Holiday (d)
Consolation
Answer:(d)
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76. One who supports the claims of women for
rights:
(a) Womenish (b)
Feminist
(c) Pessimist (d)
Feminize
Answer:(b)
77. Choose the correctly spelt word:
(a) Grammer (b)
Gramer
(c) Grammar (d)
Grammar
Answer:(d)
78. Since 1980 women’s fashions …….. a lot.
(a) changed                                                    (b)
have changed
(c) are changing (d)
will have changed
Answer:(b)
79. The wind blew …….. the leaves fell.
(a) when (b)
with
(c) and (d)
so
Answer:(c)
80. They are not …… all the facts.
(a) beware of (b)
aware for
(c) aware of (d)
beware for
Answer:(c)
81. Find the commission on Rs.800 at 2.5%:
(a) Rs.10 (b)
Rs.20
(c) Rs.30 (d)
Rs.40
Answer:(b)
82. How much is the greatest number of three
digits less than the smallest number of three
digits?
(a) 1 (b)
99
(c) 899                                                               (d)
999
Answer:(c)
83. Find the principal when the simple interest
for three years @ 5% is Rs.90?
(a) Rs. 300 (b)
Rs.400
(c) Rs.500 (d)
Rs.600
Answer:(d)
84. The floor of a room 9 metre square is
covered with a carpet prized at Rs.5 per square
metre. Find the cost of the carpet:
(a) Rs. 45 (b)
Rs. 225
(c) Rs. 400                                                           (d)
Rs. 405
Answer:(a)
85. In a certain code MAIN is written as ‘9364’
and DEAR is written as ‘8532’. How is MEND
written in the same language?
(a) 9548
(b) 9458
(c) 9538
(d) 9528
Answer:(a)
86. The square root of 0.0016 is:
(a) 0.4
(b) 0.004
(c) 0.04
(d) 0.0004
Answer:(c)
87. If Paleontolgy related to Fossils, Pedagogy is
related to:
(a) Secret writing (b)
Religion
(c) Ethics
(d) Education
Answer:(d)
88. 25% of 25% is:
(a) 6.25                                                                (b)
0.625
(c) 0.0625 (d)
0.00625
Answer:(a)
89. The speed of a car is 30kmph. How many
hours will it take to travel a distance of 135
kms?
(a) 3.5                                                                  (b)
4
(c) 4.5
(d) 5
Answer:(c)
90. The average of 16,26,42 is:
(a) 26
(b) 28
(c) 24
(d) 18
Answer:(b)
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91 Complete the series:1,4,9,16,25,?
(a) 33
(b) 36
(c) 30
(d) 56
Answer:(b)
92. Wood: Furniture :: Gold :?
(a) Chair
(b) Ring
(c) Ornament (d)
Decoration
Answer:(c)
93. Which one of the following is related to
Cruelty in the same manner as Hot is related to
Cold?
(a) Patience
(b) Temperature
(c) Kindness
(d) Haste
Answer:(c)
94. 20% of 10 plus 10% of 20= ?
(a) 12
(b) 20
(c) 22
(d) 4
Answer:(d)
95. A train moves with a speed of 108 kmph. Its
speed in meter per second is:
(a) 18
(b) 30
(c) 28
(d) 32
Answer:(b)
96 Fact: Historian :: Fiction : ?
(a) History (b)
Novelist
(c) Scientist (d)
Mathematician
Answer:(b)
97. The highest 3 digit number divisible by 11:
(a) 121
(b) 990
(c) 991 (d)
999
Answer:(b)
98. Select the odd one:
(a) Love (b)
Pity
(c) Charity (d) Envy
Answer:(d)
99. 7829 X 999= ?
(a) 7829381 (b)
7832001
(c) 7821171 (d)
7827171
Answer:(c)
100.Guava: Mango (Select the pair with similar
relationship)
(a) Juice : Fruit                                                (b)
Bhils: Nagas
(c) Badminton: Shuttlecock (d)
Book : Read
Answer:(b)