1500+ General Knowledge (GK) Questions and Answers For Competitive Exams Part 9

Q.1:- Radar is used to detect ?

  1. Submarines
  2. Flying Objects
  3. Artilleries
  4. Army Tanks

Q.2:- The Black Box is a device used in an aircraft to ?

  1. Control the speed
  2. Record the flight data
  3. Detect any flaw in the engines
  4. Maintain contact with the ground

Q.3:- The International Space Station has protection from meteors. What is it made of ?

  1. Rubber
  2. Kevlar
  3. Plastic
  4. Steel

Q.4:- What is the name of Sweden’s Parliament ?

  1. Storting
  2. Riksdag
  3. Knesset
  4. Sejm

Q.5:- Zagreb is the capital of ?

  1. Estonia
  2. Croatia
  3. Djibouti
  4. Georgia

Q.6:- The Indian National Calendar is based on ?

  1. Vikram Era
  2. Hijri Era
  3. Christian Era
  4. Saka Era

Q.7:- Which museum is the largest in India ?

  1. Indian Museum
  2. Tagore Museum
  3. Calcutta Museum
  4. Subhash Chandra Bose Museum

Q.8:- Central Institute of Freshwater Aquaculture is based at ?

  1. Kolkata
  2. Visakhapatnam
  3. Bhubaneswar
  4. Dhanbad

Q.9:- Rajiv Gandhi National Flying Institute has been established in which state ? [IAS Exam 2008]

  1. Karnataka
  2. Maharashtra
  3. Kerala
  4. Orissa
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Q.10:- Physical Research Laboratory is located at ?

  1. Ahmedabad
  2. Kolkata
  3. Lucknow
  4. Dehradun

Q.11:- The National Institute of Communicable Diseases is located at which of the following places ?

  1. Lucknow
  2. Delhi
  3. Bangalore
  4. Chandigarh

Q.12:- The Indian Research Station Himadri is located at ?

  1. Siachen
  2. Darjeeling
  3. Arctic Region
  4. Antarctica

Q.13:- With which one of the following is BRIT (Government of India) engaged ? [IAS Exam 2008]

  1. Railway Wagons
  2. Information Technology
  3. Isotope Technology
  4. Road Transport

Q.14:- National Institute of Science Communication is based at ?

  1. Kolkata
  2. Chennai
  3. New Delhi
  4. Bengaluru

Q.15:- The first Tejas squadron of Indian Air Force consists of ? [CDS (II) Exams 2016]

  1. 20 Aircrafts with 4 in reserve
  2. 100 aircrafts with 10 in reserve
  3. 20 aircrafts with no reserves
  4. 25 aircrafts with 5 in reserve

Q.16:- Which one of the following is not one of the commands of the India Army ? [CDS II Exam 2016]

  1. South Western Command
  2. North Eastern Command
  3. Central Command
  4. Army Training Command (ARTRAC)
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Q.17:- With reference to Indian defence, the ‘Lakshya’ is ? [IES 2002 Exam]

  1. A pilotless training aircraft
  2. A supersonic cruise missile
  3. A medium range surface to surface missile
  4. A light combat aircraft

Q.18:- Mishra Dhatu Nigam Limited (MIDHANI) is based in ?

  1. Hyderabad
  2. Indore
  3. Gurgaon
  4. Jaipur

Q.19:- Which one among the following is the unit raised to protect the naval assets ? [NDA Exam 2011]

  1. Sagar Rakshak Bal
  2. Sagar Suraksha Bal
  3. Sagar Prahari Bal
  4. Sagar Nigrani Bal

Q.20:- The Indo Tibetan Border Police Force came into existence in ?

  1. 1962
  2. 1964
  3. 1972
  4. 1976

Q.21:- The apparatus used for measuring the heat change is called ? [SSC MQ Exam 2017]

  1. Thermometer
  2. Voltammeter
  3. Voltmeter
  4. Calorimeter

Q.22:- Who discovered ‘Solar System’ ?

  1. Newton
  2. John Hadley
  3. Copernicus
  4. Galileo
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Q.23:- The ‘Telephone’ was invented by ?

  1. Marconi
  2. L. Baird
  3. Thomas Barrow
  4. Alexander Graham Bell

Q.24:- Who invented ‘3D Printing’ ?

  1. Chuck Hull
  2. Johaness Gutenberg
  3. Masaru Ibuka
  4. None of above

Q.25:- A pesticide which is a chlorinated hydrocarbon is sprayed on a food crop. The food chain is: Food Crop – Rat – Snake – Hawk. In this food chain, the highest concentration of the pesticide would accumulate in which one of the following ? [IAS Exam 2010]

  1. Food Crop
  2. Rat
  3. Snake
  4. Hawk