Free Printable Static GK Quiz-1 (History, Geography, General Science)

1.

The two volcanic islands in the Indian Territory are

a)

(a) Kavaratti and New moor

b)

(b) Bitra and Kavaratti

c)

(c) Pamban and Barren

d)

(d) Narcodam and Barren

2.

Indian Standard Meridian passes through the states of UP, MP -

a)

(a) Andhra Pradesh and Karnataka

b)

(b) Andhra Pradesh and Tamil Nadu

c)

(c) Karnataka and Tamil Nadu

d)

(d) Orissa and Andhra Pradesh

3.

The state with the largest area under waste land is-

a)

(a) Gujarat

b)

(b) Madhya Pradesh

c)

(c) Goa

d)

(d) Rajasthan

4.

Lakshadweep islands are the product of-

a)

(a) Volcanic activity

b)

(b) Wave action

c)

(c) Sea floor expansion

d)

(d) Reef formation

5.

The Himalayas consist of ______ main parallel ranges from north to south.

a)

(b) Three

b)

(b) Three

c)

(c) Four

d)

(d) Five

6.

Which of the following is the highest peak of India?

a)

(a) Kanchenjunga

b)

(b) Nanda Devi

c)

(c) Mount Everest

d)

(d) Kamet

7.

Which is the largest of the peninsular rivers?

a)

(a) Godavari

b)

(b) Mahanadi

c)

(c) Krishna

d)

(d) Cauvery

8.

Which is the largest river in south India?

a)

(a) Cauvery

b)

(b) Krishna

c)

(c) Godavari

d)

(d) Tapti

9.

The river with highest tidal bore in India is:

a)

(a) Cauvery

b)

(b) Mahanadi

c)

(c) Hoogli

d)

(d) Krishna

10.

Which of the following is the longest river in India?

a)

(a) Ganga

b)

(b) Brahmaputra

c)

(c) Yamuna

d)

(d) Godavari

11.

Which of the following rivers forms an estuary?

a)

(a) Narmada

b)

(b) Cauvery

c)

(c) Krishna

d)

(d) Mahanadi

12.

India is the largest world producer of:

a)

(a) Bauxite

b)

(b) Iron ore

c)

(c) Manganese

d)

(d) Mica

13.

Which one of the following is known as “Pearl city”?

a)

(a) Kandla

b)

(b) Tuticorin

c)

(c) Hyderabad

d)

(d) Kochi

14.

The largest river delta of India is of

a)

(a) Ganga

b)

(b) Kaveri

c)

(c) Godavari

d)

(d) Mahanadi

15.

The year ____ is called a Great Divide in the demographic history of India.

a)

(a) 1901

b)

(b) 1921

c)

d)

(d) 1951

16.

Which atomic power station in India is built completely indigenously?

a)

(a) Kalpakkam

b)

(b) Narora

c)

(c) Rawat Bhata

d)

(d) Tarapore

17.

Which country has the largest coast line?

a)

(a) USA

b)

(b) Australia

c)

(c) Canada

d)

(d) India

18.

Who is known as "Father of white Revolution" in India?

a)

(a) M. S. Swaminathan

b)

(b) V. Kurien

c)

(c) K. N. Bahl

d)

(d) B. P. Pal

19.

Lakshadweep is a group of how many islands?

a)

(a) 25

b)

(b) 27

c)

(c) 32

d)

(d) 36

20.

The imaginary line on the earth's surface, which closely follows the 180 Âº meridian, is called the

a)

(a) International Date Line

b)

(b) Tropic of Cancer

c)

(c) Equator

d)

(d) Prime Meridian

21.

Pick the odd one out.

a)

Barley

b)

Wheat

c)

Cotton

d)

Mustard

22.

Ghana Bird Sanctuary is situated in

a)

Uttar Pradesh

b)

Rajasthan

c)

Gujarat

d)

Kerala

23.

India houses ____ nuclear power stations.

a)

4

b)

9

c)

3

d)

7

24.

Green Revolution:Agricultural production::________:Oil seed production

a)

Blue Revolution

b)

White Revolution

c)

Yellow Revolution

d)

Red Revolution

25.

In which year was the Poona Pact signed?

a)

1932

b)

1934

c)

1942

d)

1945

26.

“Poorna Swaraj Day” was observed for first time on

a)

(a) 26th Jan, 1930

b)

(b) 26th Jan, 1942

c)

(c) 26th Jan, 1949

d)

(d) 26th Jan, 1950

27.

In which year did Gandhiji launch the individual Civil Disobedience Movement?

a)

(a) 1919

b)

(b) 1931

c)

d)

(d) 1942

28.

Which party was founded by Subhash Chandra Bose in the year 1939 after he broke away from the Congress?

a)

(a) Indian Freedom Party

b)

(b) Azad Hind Fauj

c)

(c) Revolutionary Front

d)

(d) Forward Bloc

29.

The Simon Commission was concerned with

a)

(a) Higher education

b)

(b) Constitutional reforms

c)

(c) Reforms in princely states

d)

(d) Famines

30.

Who said “Swaraj is my birthright and I shall have it”?

a)

(a) M.K Gandhi

b)

(b) Bal Gangadhar Tilak

c)

(c) Sardar Patel

d)

(d) Lal Lajpat Rai

31.

Indus Valley Civilization belongs to ................ age in India.

a)

(a) Bronze

b)

(b) Iron

c)

(c) Lead

d)

(d) None of these

32.

The Great Bath is the most famous structure of

a)

(a) Mohenjodaro

b)

(b) Harappa

c)

(c) Lothal

d)

(d) Kalibangan

33.

Who was the founder of Jainism (Ist Tirthankara)?

a)

(a) Vardhamana

b)

(b) Arishtanemi

c)

(c) Rishabhadeva

d)

(d) Mahavira

34.

Gautama Buddha was born at ..................... and passed away at

a)

(a) Patliputra

b)

(b) Lumbini, Kushinagar

c)

(c) Vaishali, Taxila

d)

(d) Taxila, Vaishali

35.

Buddha attained enlightenment at Bodh Gaya and delivered his first sermon at

a)

(a) Sarnath

b)

(b) Bodh Gaya

c)

(c) Vaishali

d)

(d) Kushinara

36.

Megasthenese has written the book........... In which he describes society around the time of Chandra Maurya.

a)

(a) Indica

b)

(b) Maurica

c)

(c) Maganica

d)

(d) None of these

37.

Who invaded India seventeen times, which includes plundering of Somnath?

a)

(a) Muhammad Ghori

b)

(b) Muhammad Ghazanavi

c)

(c) Timur

d)

(d) Ahmad Shah Abdali

38.

Who founded the slave dynasty in 1206?

a)

(a) Qutub-ud-din Aibak

b)

(b) Iltutmish

c)

(c) Muhammad Ghori

d)

(d) None of the above

39.

The split in Congress between extremists and moderates took place at Surat in

a)

(a) 1906

b)

(b) 1907

c)

d)

(d) 1909

40.

In.............. session of India National Congress held in 1929, Purna Swaraj was declared as the goal of Congress

a)

(a) Lahore

b)

(b) Karachi

c)

(c) Delhi

d)

(d) Patna

41.

Which one of the following was not a provision of the Government of India Act of 1935?

a)

(a) Establishment of All India Federation

b)

(b) Provincial Autonomy

c)

(c) Establishment of Federal Court

d)

(d) Provision for granting independence to India

42.

The system of separate electorate was introduced by the Act of

a)

(a) 1813

b)

(b) 1835

c)

(c) 1885

d)

(d) 1909

43.

The Rowlatt Act was passed in

a)

(a) 1917

b)

(b) 1918

c)

d)

(d) 1920

44.

Rabindranath Tagore’s song “Jana Gana Mana” which was adopted by the Constituent Assembly as the National Anthem of India on 24th January, 1950, was first sung at which session of the Indian National Congress?

a)

(a) 1930 Lahore Session

b)

(b) 1885 Bombay Session

c)

d)

(d) 1916 Lucknow Session

45.

The Rowlatt Act (1919) enabled the government to suspend the right of

a)

(a) Free Speech

b)

(b) Occupation

c)

(c) Movement

d)

(d) Habeas Corpus

46.

Asiatic Society of Bengal was founded by

a)

(a) Sir William Jones

b)

(b) Annie Besant

c)

(c) Lord William Bentick

d)

(d) Raja Rammohan Roy

47.

In which year was Indian National Congress set up?

a)

(a) 1906

b)

(b) 1917

c)

(c) 1885

d)

(d) 1887

48.

______ can be associated with Ryotwari settlement.

a)

(a) Lord Mountbatten

b)

(b) Lord Canning

c)

(c) Lord Hastings

d)

(d) Lord Curzon

49.

In which year did the Second Round Table Conference take place?

a)

1931

b)

1934

c)

1929

d)

1935

50.

The British East India Company was established by

a)

Royal Charter of 1726

b)

Charter of 1609

c)

Charter of 1661

d)

Charter of 1600

51.

Which one among the following imparts the green colour to leaves of plants?

a)

(a) Chlorophyll

b)

(b) Chromophyll

c)

(c) Leucoplast

d)

(d) Xanthophylls

52.

Salts with PH value above 7 are:

a)

(a) Acidic in nature

b)

(b) Basic in nature

c)

(c) Neither acidic nor basic

d)

(d) None of these

53.

Which of the following is known as the Washing Soda?

a)

(a) Sodium bicarbonate

b)

(b) Sodium carbonate

c)

(c) Sodium Hydroxide

d)

(d) Calcium Chloride

54.

Which of the following is known as the power house of a cell?

a)

(a) Lysosome

b)

(b) Mitochondria

c)

(c) Ribosome

d)

(d) Endoplasmic reticulum

55.

The number of chromosomes found in human beings is:

a)

(a) 44

b)

(b) 47

c)

(c) 45

d)

(d) 46

56.

Mosaic Virus was discovered by:

a)

(a) Antony van Leeuwenhoek

b)

(b) lvanoski

c)

(c) James Chadvik

d)

(d) Ernest Rutherford

57.

Small pox is caused by:

a)

(a) Variola virus

b)

(b) Rhino virus

c)

(c) Varicella virus

d)

(d) Entero virus

58.

Which of the following Vitamin is not produced in our body internally?

a)

(a) Vitamin A

b)

(b) Vitamin B

c)

(c) Vitamin C

d)

(d) Vitamin D

59.

RBCs (Red Blood Corpuscles) are produced in:

a)

(a) Bone Marrow

b)

(b) Liver

c)

(c) Spleen

d)

(d) Kidney

60.

Which of the following is known as the Leucocytes?

a)

(a) RBC

b)

(b) WBC

c)

(c) Plasma

d)

(d) Platelets

61.

Which of the following blood groups is known as Universal Donor?

a)

(a) A+

b)

(b) B+

c)

(c) O+

d)

(d) O–

62.

Atmospheric pressure is measured by:

a)

(a) Cryometer

b)

(b) Altimeter

c)

(c) Bolometer

d)

(d) Barometer

63.

Dactylogy is the study of:

a)

Fingerprints

b)

Cells

c)

Skin

d)

Insects

64.

Zymology is the study of:

a)

Skin

b)

Human Bones

c)

Fermentation

d)

Tissues

65.

Ampere: Electric current:: _____: Inductance

a)

Decibel

b)

Henry

c)

Celsius

d)

Erg

66.

Who discovered Cholera?

a)

Alexander Fleming

b)

William Harvey

c)

Robert Koch

d)

Ian Donald

67.

Thermometer was invented by:

a)

Wright Brothers

b)

Wilheml Roentgen

c)

Z. Jansen

d)

Galileo Galilei

68.

Hygrometer:______::Hydrometer:Relative density of two liquids

a)

Atmospheric pressure

b)

Blood pressure

c)

Salinity of solutions

d)

Humidity in atmosphere

69.

Pick the odd one out.

(Location of enzymes in body)

a)

Lipase

b)

Pepsin

c)

Trypsin

d)

Carbohydrases

70.

Vitamin A: Ascorbic Acid:: Vitamin E: _______

a)

Calciferol

b)

Thiamine

c)

Tocopherol

d)

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