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General Knowledge

Total questions: 50

Worksheet time: 50mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Who was the first woman president of India?

a)

Pratibha Patil

b)

Indira Gandhi

c)

Sirimavo Bandaranaike

d)

Sucheta Kripalani

2.

who was the first woman Chief Minister of any India state?

a)

J. Jayalalithaa

b)

Indira Gandhi

c)

Mamata Banerjee

d)

Sucheta Kripalani

3.

Who is the first Indian to win a Grand Slam title?

a)

Vijay Amrithraj

b)

Mahesh Shrinivas Bhupathi

c)

Leander Paes

d)

Ramesh Krishnan

4.

Who among the following has not won an Olympics Medal?

a)

P.T. Usha

b)

Leander Paes

c)

Saina Nehwal

d)

P.V. Sindhu

5.

Who was the player of the match in World cup cricket finals 2011 in which India defeated Sri Lanka?

a)

Gautam Gambhir

b)

Sangakara

c)

M.S. Dhoni

d)

Yuvaraj Singh

6.

Who has served as Indian Prime minister for maximum number of years?

a)

Atal Bihari Vajpayee

b)

Indira Gandhi

c)

Jawaharlal Nehru

d)

Manmohan singh

7.

Identify this dance form

a)

Kathak

b)

Manipuri

c)

Bharatanatyam

d)

Mohinyattam

8.

Who was the first player to score a double century in ODIs against a test playing nation?

a)

Rohit Sharma

b)

Virendra Sehwag

c)

Sachin Tendulkar

d)

Virat Kohli

9.

Which company is responsible for power distribution in the Eight districts of Karnataka including Bangalore?

a)

BESCOM

b)

BWSSB

c)

BBMP

d)

KSEB

10.

Which of the following rivers doesn't flow through Karnataka?

a)

Cauvery

b)

Hemavathi

c)

Kabini

d)

Nila

11.

The First Indian Woman To Become A Supreme Court Justice?

a)

Sujata Manohar

b)

Indira Banerjee

c)

Indu Malhotra

d)

Justice Fathima Beevi

12.

The first News Paper in India?

a)

The Bengal Gazette

b)

Times of India

c)

Malayala Manorama

d)

Deccan Herald

13.

Which is the smallest amongst state / union territories in Inida?

a)

Goa

b)

Lakshadeep

c)

Daman and Diu

d)

Chandigarh

14.

who is the current Chief Justice of Supreme Court?

a)

Jagdish Singh Khehar

b)

Dipak Misra

c)

Rajan Gogoi

d)

Sharad Arvind Bobde

15.

Who is the current vice president of india?

a)

Venkaiah Naidu

b)

Ram Nath Kovind

c)

Gopalkrishna Gandhi

d)

Mohammad Hamid Ansari

16.

Who has not become the Chief Minister ofr Karnataka

a)

Jagadish Shettar

b)

D.K. Suresh

c)

M. Veerappa Moily

d)

H. D. Deve Gowda

17.

Who among the list has become Chief Minister of two Indian states

a)

N.D. Tiwari

b)

H. D. Deve Gowda

c)

Pinarayi Vijayan

d)

M.G. Ramchandran

18.

First Indian to travel to space

a)

Bachendri Pal

b)

Avtar Singh Cheema

c)

Rakesh Sharma

d)

Kalpana Chawla

19.

Originally known as the State of ______, it was renamed Karnataka in 1973

a)

Kannada Nadu

b)

State of Mysore

c)

Canara

d)

State of Bengaluru

20.

How many countries are there in the world?

a)

195

b)

256

c)

348

d)

402

21.

What is the world population today?

a)

7 million

b)

5 billion

c)

7.8 billion

d)

13 billion

22.

What is the highest mountain in the world?

a)

K2

b)

Mount Everest

c)

Kangchenjunga

d)

Mount Fiji

23.

How many languages and dialects are spoken in the world today?

a)

Around 200

b)

Around 3,000

c)

Around 6,500

d)

Around 7 million

24.

What is the longest river in the world?

a)

Amazon

b)

Mississipi

c)

Nile

d)

Paraiba

25.

Which country is in Asia?

a)

Australia

b)

India

c)

Norway

d)

Suriname

26.

50% of Earth's Surface is covered with water

a)

True

b)

False

27.

Less than 3% of the world's water is fresh (good for drinking)

a)

True

b)

False

28.

How many school-aged children are NOT at school in the world today?

a)

10 million

b)

30 million

c)

60 million

d)

90 million

29.

What is the smallest country in the world?

a)

Monaco

b)

Nauru

c)

Tuvalu

d)

Vatican City

30.

What is the largest country in the world?

a)

Canada

b)

China

c)

Russia

d)

United States

31.

What country has the largest population in the world?

a)

China

b)

India

c)

Indonesia

d)

United States

32.

What is the capital of Maharashtra?

a)

Mumbai

b)

New Delhi

c)

Chennai

d)

None of the above

33.

______________ is the capital of Uttarakhand.

a)

Lucknow

b)

Prayagraj (Allahabad)

c)

Dehradun

d)

Shimla

34.

Dispur is the capital city of which north-eastern state?

a)

Assam

b)

Tripura

c)

Meghalaya

d)

Mizoram

35.

Which city is known as the “summer capital” of Jammu and Kashmir?

a)

Jammu

b)

Srinagar

c)

Shimla

d)

Anantnag

36.

Kavaratti is the capital of which Union Territory?

a)

Daman and Diu

b)

Lakshadweep

c)

Dadar and Nagar Haveli

d)

Chandigarh

37.

Port Blair is the capital of which Union Territory?

a)

Andaman and Nicobar Islands

b)

Daman and Diu

c)

Pondicherry

d)

None of the above

38.

Itanagar is the capital of _______________ .

a)

Bihar

b)

Goa

c)

Chattisgarh

d)

Arunachal Pradesh

39.

_______________ is the capital of Meghalaya.

a)

Aizawl

b)

Kohima

c)

Shillong

d)

Agartala

40.

Gandhinagar is the capital of which state?

a)

Gujarat

b)

Maharashtra

c)

Telangana

d)

Goa

41.

The capital of Goa is _____________________.

a)

Imphal

b)

Itanagar

c)

Hyderabad

d)

Panaji

42.

Who was the first black President of United States?

a)

Bill Clinton

b)

George Bush

c)

Barrack Obama

d)

Olusegun Obasanjo

43.
Where will the next summer Olympics be held in?
a)
Moscow
b)
Sydney
c)
Tokyo
d)
Paris
44.
Where is the Taj Mahal located?
a)
India
b)
Turkey
c)
Russia
d)
Qatar
45.

Entomology is the science that studies.....

a)

Behaviour of Human Beings

b)

Insects

c)

Origin &History technical and scientific terms

d)

The formation of rocks

46.

Galileo was an Italian astronomer who

a)

Developed the Telescope

b)

Discovered four satellites of Jupiter

c)

Discovered that the movement of pendulum produces a regular time measurement

d)

All of the above

47.

Eritrea, which became the 182nd member of UN in 1993 is in the continent of

a)

Asia

b)

Africa

c)

Europe

d)

Australia

48.

Who is the current Prime Minister of the UK?

a)

Theresa May

b)

Boris Johnson

c)

Jeremy Corbyn

d)

Donald Trump

49.

First newspaper in the world started in which country?

a)

China

b)

India

c)

United Kingdom

d)

Denmark

50.

Which planet is the smallest?

a)

Mars

b)

Saturn

c)

Mercury

d)

Venus