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General Knowledge Quiz

Total questions: 50

Worksheet time: 25mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Who built the Red Fort in New Delhi?

a)

Akbar

b)

Shah Jahan

c)

Aurangzeb

d)

Jahangir

2.

Bihu dance is popular in which state?

a)

West Bengal

b)

Assam

c)

Kerala

d)

Punjab

3.

Which Indian was the first woman Lok Sabha Speaker?

a)

Meira Kumar

b)

Pratibha Patil

c)

Sumitra Mahajan

d)

Sarojini Naidu

4.

How long does Earth take to orbit the Sun?

a)

360 days

b)

365.25 days

c)

366 days

d)

364 days

5.

First underground train in India started in

a)

Mumbai

b)

Kolkata

c)

Delhi

d)

Chennai

6.

In which year did India win their first Cricket World Cup?

a)

1987

b)

1983

c)

1975

d)

1992

7.

First Indian batsman to score a triple century in Test cricket?

a)

Sachin Tendulkar

b)

Sunil Gavaskar

c)

Virender Sehwag

d)

Rahul Dravid

8.

Rubber balloon filled with hydrogen breaks in air due to

a)

Gravity

b)

Air pressure decrease

c)

Temperature increase

d)

Collision

9.

How many times can someone try for re-election as President of India?

a)

Once

b)

Twice

c)

Any number

d)

Thrice

10.

Who appoints the governor of a state in India?

a)

Prime Minister

b)

President

c)

Chief Minister

d)

Speaker

11.

Which Article abolishes untouchability?

a)

Article 15

b)

Article 17

c)

Article 21

d)

Article 22

12.

What is the maximum strength of Lok Sabha?

a)

550

b)

545

c)

552

d)

530

13.

Who is the custodian of the public purse?

a)

President

b)

Finance Minister

c)

Comptroller & Auditor General

d)

RBI Governor

14.

Who was the last person to sign Indian Constitution?

a)

Jawaharlal Nehru

b)

Dr. Rajendra Prasad

c)

Sardar Patel

d)

Mahatma Gandhi

15.

Secularism was added to the Preamble by which amendment?

a)

40th Amendment

b)

42nd Amendment

c)

44th Amendment

d)

26th Amendment

16.

Which Part of the Indian Constitution deals with Fundamental Rights?

a)

Part I

b)

Part II

c)

Part III

d)

Part IV

17.

Uniform Civil Code is mentioned in which Article?

a)

44

b)

45

c)

46

d)

47

18.

First vice president of India?

a)

Dr. S. Radhakrishnan

b)

Hidayatullah

c)

Zakir Hussain

d)

Gopal Swarup Pathak

19.

Who can dissolve Lok Sabha?

a)

Prime Minister

b)

President

c)

Chief Justice of India

d)

Speaker

20.

The idea of 'Constituent Assembly' for India was proposed by?

a)

Jawaharlal Nehru

b)

M.N. Roy

c)

Rajendra Prasad

d)

Mahatma Gandhi

21.

Largest freshwater lake in India?

a)

Chilika

b)

Wular Lake

c)

Dal Lake

d)

Vembanad Lake

22.

Tropic of Cancer passes through which number of Indian states?

a)

8

b)

7

c)

6

d)

5

23.

Highest mountain peak in India?

a)

Nanda Devi

b)

Kanchenjunga

c)

Everest

d)

Annapurna

24.

Which state is the largest producer of wheat?

a)

Punjab

b)

Haryana

c)

Uttar Pradesh

d)

Madhya Pradesh

25.

Kharif crop is sown in

a)

July

b)

March

c)

December

d)

May

26.

Which river forms the largest delta in the world?

a)

Nile

b)

Amazon

c)

Ganga-Brahmaputra

d)

Yangtze

27.

Siachen Glacier is located in

a)

Himachal Pradesh

b)

Ladakh

c)

Uttarakhand

d)

Sikkim

28.

The highest rainfall is in

a)

Mawsynram

b)

Cherrapunji

c)

Agumbe

d)

Mahabaleshwar

29.

Red Soil is found mostly in

a)

Kerala

b)

Tamil Nadu

c)

Rajasthan

d)

Punjab

30.

Konkan coast belongs to

a)

Gujarat

b)

Kerala

c)

Maharashtra

d)

Odisha

31.

Who was the founder of Vikramshila University?

a)

Harsha

b)

Dharampala

c)

Ashoka

d)

Chandragupta

32.

Harappan Civilization is also known as

a)

Bronze Age

b)

Indus Valley Civilization

c)

Iron Age

d)

None

33.

Which Sultan shifted the capital from Delhi to Daulatabad?

a)

Alauddin Khilji

b)

Muhammad Bin Tughlaq

c)

Firuz Shah

d)

Ghiyasuddin Tughlaq

34.

Who started the 'Din-i-Ilahi'?

a)

Akbar

b)

Aurangzeb

c)

Humayun

d)

Babur

35.

First President of Indian National Congress?

a)

A.O. Hume

b)

Dadabhai Naoroji

c)

W.C. Banerjee

d)

S.N. Bose

36.

Which Mughal ruler built the Peacock Throne?

a)

Akbar

b)

Shah Jahan

c)

Aurangzeb

d)

Jahangir

37.

Who was called 'Punjab Kesari'?

a)

Lala Lajpat Rai

b)

Bhagat Singh

c)

Udham Singh

d)

Sukhdev

38.

Who wrote 'Geet Govind'?

a)

Kalidasa

b)

Banabhatta

c)

Jayadev

d)

Kautilya

39.

First Home Minister of India?

a)

Sardar Patel

b)

Jawaharlal Nehru

c)

Rajendra Prasad

d)

Lal Bahadur Shastri

40.

Who led the Bardoli Satyagraha?

a)

Mahatma Gandhi

b)

Sardar Patel

c)

Jawaharlal Nehru

d)

Subhash Chandra Bose

41.

Who invented the Electron?

a)

J.J. Thomson

b)

John Dalton

c)

Rutherford

d)

Marie Curie

42.

The device used to measure cell EMF?

a)

Voltmeter

b)

Potentiometer

c)

Ammeter

d)

Multimeter

43.

Vitamin D is produced in human body by

a)

Sunlight

b)

Digestion

c)

Lungs

d)

Kidneys

44.

Air is a

a)

Compound

b)

Element

c)

Mixture

d)

Solution

45.

Who discovered Penicillin?

a)

Alexander Fleming

b)

Louis Pasteur

c)

Jenner

d)

Watson

46.

Which planet is known as 'Earth's Twin'?

a)

Mars

b)

Jupiter

c)

Venus

d)

Saturn

47.

Laughing gas is

a)

Nitrous oxide

b)

Nitric oxide

c)

Carbon monoxide

d)

Sulphur dioxide

48.

Blood grouping was discovered by

a)

Karl Landsteiner

b)

Watson

c)

Pauling

d)

Mendel

49.

Scurvy is caused due to deficiency of

a)

Vitamin A

b)

Vitamin B

c)

Vitamin C

d)

Vitamin D

50.

To determine density of a liquid, use

a)

Lactometer

b)

Barometer

c)

Hydrometer

d)

Sphygmomanometer