1500+ General Knowledge (GK) Questions and Answers For Competitive Exams Part 27

Q.1:- Rashtrapatil Bhawan, New Delhi, was designed by ?

  1. Le Corbusier
  2. Edwin Lutyens
  3. ED Stone
  4. Pithavadiyan

Q.2:- Where is the Asian College of Journalism located ?

  1. Bengaluru
  2. Hyderabad
  3. Pune
  4. Mumbai

Q.3:- Hamas is a ?

  1. Palestinian militant group
  2. Political wing of the Irish Republican Army
  3. Terrorist group in Sind, Pakistan
  4. Militant group in Sri Lanka

Q.4:- The holy shrine of Badrinath lies in ?

  1. Uttarakhand
  2. Leh
  3. Ladakh
  4. Jammu and Kashmir

Q.5:- What is the study of bird eggs called ?

  1. Zoology
  2. Ornithology
  3. Oology
  4. Ichthyology

Q.6:- The twin cities of Hyderabad and Secunderabad are linked together by the ?

  1. Hussain Sagar
  2. Ranjit Sagar
  3. Nizam Sagar
  4. Nagarjuna Sagar

Q.7:- Who among the following composed ‘Bande Matarama’ ?

  1. RN Tagore
  2. Bankim Chandra Chatterjee
  3. Munshi Prem Chand
  4. Bharatendu Harishchandra

Q.8:- Hyderabad in Pakistan is located in which of its provinces ?

  1. NWFP
  2. Punjab
  3. Sind
  4. Baluchistan

Q.9:- Belgrade is the capital city of ?

  1. Netherlands
  2. Montenegro
  3. Serbia
  4. Romania

Q.10:- Kelvin is the unit of ?

  1. Energy
  2. Heat
  3. Temperature
  4. Work
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Q.11:- The ‘Tower of Silence’ is located at ?

  1. Allahabad
  2. Rishikesh
  3. Mumbai
  4. Chittorgarh

Q.12:- Name two research stations maintained by India in Antarctica ? [SSC CHSL Exam 2015]

  1. Sagar Nidhi and Yamunotri
  2. Gangotri and Himadri
  3. Maitri and Bharati
  4. None of the above

Q.13:- In which state is the Rajiv Gandhi National Institute of Youth Development located ? [IAS Exam 2006]

  1. Tamil Nadu
  2. Karnataka
  3. Himachal Pradesh
  4. Uttarakhand

Q.14:- Largest mint in India is located in ?

  1. Mumbai
  2. Hyderabad
  3. Nasik
  4. Kolkata

Q.15:- Where is Indian Institute of Petroleum located ? [CPO SI Exams 2003]

  1. Vishakhapatnam
  2. Delhi
  3. Dehradun
  4. Chennai

Q.16:- Indian Institute of Chemical Biology (IICB) is based at ?

  1. New Delhi
  2. Ahmedabad
  3. Kolkata
  4. Mumbai

Q.17:- Which one of the following statements is not correct ? [CDS II Exams 2016]

  1. BrahMos is a supersonic cruise missile made by India and Russia Federation
  2. The name BrahMos came from two rivers, Brahmaputra of India and Moskva of Russia.
  3. Indian military scientists were capable of integrating BrahMos cruise missile with Sukhoi-30 MKI fighter
  4. Defence Research and Development Organisation is the manufacturer of Sukhoi-30 MKI Fighter
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Q.18:- Which Indian missile is capable of carrying nuclear weapons ? [IAS Exam 2003]

  1. Trishul
  2. Nag
  3. Prithvi
  4. None of these

Q.19:- Central Industrial Security Force (CISF) functions directly under the ?

  1. Ministry of Home Affairs
  2. Defence Ministry
  3. Ministry of Industries
  4. None of these

Q.20:- Who among the following is known as the father of automobiles ?

  1. Siegfried Marcus
  2. Orville Wright
  3. Karl Benz
  4. Ferdinand Verbiest

Q.21:-  Why do you feel cool under a tree but not so under a tin shed on a sunny day ? [CDS Exam 2011]

  1. The greenness of the tree gives the cool feeling
  2. Photosynthesis absorbs heat
  3. The leaves convert water vapours into, water which is a heat-absorbing process
  4. The leaves give out water which vaporizes absorbing some heat as latent heat
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Q.22:- Who invented the Safety Razor ? [SSC CHSL Exam 2015]

  1. Gillette
  2. Steve Cher
  3. Steve Job
  4. Lar Strauss

Q.23:- What is the commonly used unit for measuring the speed of data transmission ? [SSC Grad Exams 2011]

  1. Mega Hertz
  2. Characters Per Second
  3. Bits Per Second
  4. Nano Seconds

Q.24:- What is an organisation’s introductory web page called ? [SSC CGL Exams 2003]

  1. Portal
  2. Vortal
  3. Homepage
  4. Website

Q.25:- The quality of gasoline sample is determined by its ? [CDS Exams 2001]

  1. Iodine Value
  2. Cetane Number
  3. Octane Number
  4. Mass Density