List of Entrance Exams in India 2018-2019

Top Entrance Exams in India 2018-2019: From the long list of entrance exams conducted in India, we have selected some of the top entrance exams in India 2019-2020. A basic overview of all the exams is given here.

Engineering Entrance Exams

To provide admissions to the desirable candidates in engineering courses, various engineering entrance exams are conducted. Some colleges/ universities offer enrollment on the basis of JEE Main score, some others via state level engineering entrance exams and certain other conducts their own entrance test.

Medical Entrance Exams

Medical entrance exams are conducted with the aim of screening the candidates for admissions into several medical colleges situated in the country. The admissions in MBBS and BDS courses are now provided on the basis of NEET UG. For postgraduate admissions, the colleges can conduct their own medical entrance exam or can consider NEET PG. Entrance exams are also conducted by the colleges for undergraduate admissions in other courses.

Law Entrance Exams

The applicants looking for a career in the field of law can appear for the law entrance exams. Law entrance exams are conducted at national as well as university level. Through the entrance exams, admissions are granted to the candidates in both bachelor and master level law courses.

Science Entrance Exams

The candidates can find a large number of opportunities in the science stream including engineering, medical, space science, etc. The science entrance exams are conducted in many different fields and the candidates can appear for any exam of their choice.

MBA Entrance Exams

Management is the most-sought after post-graduation degree opted by the candidates from different fields, especially engineering, technology and management. The MBA entrance exams are conducted to provide the aspiring candidates enrolment in the top business schools of the country.

Pharmacy Entrance Exams

The candidates interested in the field of pharmacy can appear for the pharmacy entrance exams at national, state or university levels. Exams are conducted to provide the applicants admissions in diploma (D.Pharm), bachelor’s (B.Pharm), master’s (M.Pharm) and doctorate (Pharm.D) degree programme.

Hotel Management Entrance Exams

Hotel management is another major field and a large number of students have shown a great interest in the field. To grant admissions to these students in various hotel management institutes, entrance exams are conducted. The candidates who have completed their higher secondary education can appear in the entrance exams.

Mass Communication Entrance Exams

The candidates with interest in the field of media and journalism can appear for the Mass Communication entrance exams. Admissions are granted in both undergraduate and postgraduate degree programmes. Various university level entrance exams are conducted for UG and PG admissions.

B.Sc./ M.Sc. Entrance Exams

To offer the candidates admissions in the field of science, B.Sc./ M.Sc. entrance exams are conducted. B.Sc entrance exam is for undergraduate admissions and M.Sc entrance exams offer postgraduate admissions. Numerous universities conduct their B.Sc./ M.Sc. entrance exams to screen candidates for the purpose of admissions.

BBA Entrance Exams

Admissions in the undergraduate business administration courses are done on the basis of BBA entrance exams. BBA courses are offered by various institutes and to select the most eligible candidates for the program, entrance exams are conducted at different levels.

B.Ed. Entrance Exams

The B.Ed entrance exams are aimed at the candidates who seek a future in the field of teaching. State as well as university level B.Ed entrance exams are conducted and the candidates with an undergraduate or postgraduate degree from a recognized university can apply for the entrance exams.

Agricultural Entrance Exams

In agricultural field, undergraduate, postgraduate as well as doctoral courses are offered to the candidates. By clearing the agricultural entrance exams, the candidates can make themselves eligible for admissions in these courses. Agricultural entrance exams are conducted at national, state as well as university level.

Ayush Entrance Exams – Ayurveda, Yoga, Naturopathy

To provide admissions to the candidates interested in the field of Ayurveda, Yoga, Naturopathy, Ayush entrance exams are conducted. The entrance exams are conducted at state and university level for providing enrolment in UG as well as PG courses.

Nursing Entrance Exams

The nursing entrance exams are organized for the candidates interested in the field of nursing. Different universities conduct nursing entrance exams and the candidates can apply for these exams by filling out their application form.

Fashion & Design Entrance Exams

Candidates seeking admissions in fashion and designing courses can appear for the Fashion & Design entrance exams. National level and university level entrance exams are conducted to grant enrolment to the qualified candidates. Some of the top exams include NIFT entrance exam, All India Entrance Examination for Design (AIEED) and Undergraduate Common Entrance Examination for Design (UCEED).

Marine Engineering Entrance Exams

The candidates with interest in design and construction of marine vessels (boats, ships, etc) can opt for a career in marine engineering. For this purpose, marine engineering entrance exams are conducted and the students who have completed their class 12th can apply for these exams.

BFA Entrance Exams

The candidates seeking a bachelor’s degree in the field of visual and performing arts can appear for the BFA entrance exams. Top universities including Amity, Delhi University, JMI University conducts their own entrance exams for enrolling students in the BFA degree program.

BCA Entrance Exams

Various university-level entrance exams are conducted to offer admissions to the selected candidates in BCA degree programs. The candidates who have passed their HSC/ 12th or equivalent examinations can apply for BCA entrance exams.

Polytechnic Entrance Exams

The applicants seeking a diploma degree in the field of engineering can appear for the polytechnic entrance exams. The candidates who have completed the class 10th exam can apply for the polytechnic entrance exams. For offering admissions, state-level entrance exams are conducted.

MCA Entrance Exams

The MCA entrance exams are conducted to offer admissions to the interested candidates in the master’s degree programme in the field of computer application. Those with BCA degree who want to get the master’s degree in this field can apply for the MCA entrance exams.

JRF Examination

To screen eligible candidates for offering Junior Research Fellowship award, the Indian Council of Medical Research organizes JRF examination. It is a national level exam and is the first step to provide admissions to the Ph.D/ research programme. To be eligible to appear for this exam, a post graduate degree is necessary.

Entrance Exams after 12th

After completing your 12th, you have a plenty of career choices in front of you. Some of the most-sought after choices include engineering, medical, management, and others. Depending on your choice, you can appear for any entrance exam after 12th such as JEE, NEET, UCEED, etc.

Entrance Exams after Graduation

After completing their graduation, the candidates can opt for postgraduate degree in different fields as per their choice and eligibility. Some of the prestigious entrance exams after graduation include GATE, CAT, MAT, JAM, and many more.

University Level Entrance Exams

The University level entrance exams are conducted by various universities of the country to screen the students for their undergraduate or postgraduate courses. The candidates can fill the application form for different courses offered by the university they wish to study in.

Scholarship Exams

The scholarship exams are conducted to provide the needy and deserving candidates financial support. Many foundations and institutions organize scholarship exams with the aim to help such candidates. These exams are conducted on an annual basis and the students from class I to XII can apply for them.

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List Of Competitive Examinations In India 2018

Defence Examinations: The Ministry of Defence is responsible for the management of armed forces in India. A career in Defence forces is one of the most prestigious and respected positions in the country. The Indian Armed Forces are the military forces of India which consist of four professional uniformed services: The Indian Army, Indian Air Force, Indian Navy and Indian Coast Guard. The Union Public Service Commission recruits the Commissioned Officers in the Armed Forces by conducting Competitive Examinations. 

List of exams conducted in defence: 

• Air Force Common Admission Test (AFCAT) 
• Combined Defence Service Examination 
• I.A.F. Airman Education Instructors Trade Examination 
• I.A.F. Airman Non-Technical Trade Examination 
• I.A.F. Airman Technical Trade Examination 
• Indian Army Soldier Clerks Examination 
• Indian Army Soldier General Duty (N.E.R.) Examination 
• Indian Army Soldier Nursing Assistants (M.E.R.) Examination 
• Indian Army Soldier Technical (M.E.R.) Examination 
• Indian Navy Artificer Apprentices Examination 
• Indian Navy Dock Yard Apprentices Examination 
• Indian Navy Sailors Matric Entry Recruitment Examination 
• National Defence Academy Examination

UPSC Examinations: The UPSC (Union Public Services Commission) conducts various exams each year for entry into central government services, combined Medical and Engineering services, Economic service and the Indian Forests services. This constitutes List of all the civil services and other examinations conducted by the Union Public Service Commission (UPSC)

• Central Police Force Assistant 
• Commandants Examination 
• Civil Service Examination 
• Combined Defence Service Examination 
• Combined Engineering Service Examination 
• Combined Medical Service Examination 
• Geologists Examination 
• Indian Economic / Statistical Services Examination 
• Indian Forest Service Examination 
• National Defence Academy Entrance Examination 
• Section Officers/ Stenographers Departmental Competitive Examination 
• Special Class Railway Apprentices Examination

Bank Tests: There are several exams conducted in Bank exams i.e Public Sector Banks (SBI, PO, IBPS, SBI Clerk, IBPS Clerk) and Regional Rural Banks. The number of vacancies depends on the bank. Here is the list of Bank tests:

• Reserve Bank Officers Exam 
• Bank Clerical Grade Exam 
• SBI Probationary Officers Exam

Railway Examinations:  The Indian Railways is one of the world's largest & biggest employers with 1.4 million people as a workforce. They conduct examinations to fill various posts.

• Railway Non-Technical Cadre Examination 
• Railway Protection Force Sub-Inspectors/Constables Examination 
• Railway Technical Cadre Examination (RTCE) 
• Combined Engineering Service Examination 
• Combined Medical Service Examination 
• Special Class Railway Apprentices Examination

Research Examinations: Research examinations are conducted for the recruitment to posts in the Agricultural Research Service (ARS) of the ICAR and to such other posts and services that the President, ICAR, may specify from time to time. 

• ARS NET (Agricultural Research Service and National Eligibility Test) Examination

SSC Examinations: The SSC Selection Post Exam is an annual examination which is organized by SSC for the central government to recruit candidates for officer posts. The posts are offered in the various government departments. Here is the list of exams conducted by SSC:

• Combined Graduate Level Tier Examination 
• Combined Higher Secondary Level (10+2) Examination 
• Junior Engineer Examination (Civil and Electrical) 
• Junior Hindi Translator Examination 
• SAS Apprentices Examination 
• Stenographers Service Examination 
• Tax Assistants Examination

UGC/NCTE examinations: 

Teacher Eligibility Test (TET): 

• NCTE conducts exams for those aspiring to become teachers in schools under Government, private, unaided and aided categories. 

National Eligibility Test (NET): 

• NET Is conducted by UGC, it is a national level entrance examination for Post Graduation candidates. NET is conducted for determining the eligibility of Indian nationals for the Award of Junior Research Fellowships (JRF) and eligibility for Lectureship in various Indian universities and colleges. 

LIC/ GIC examinations: It is a competitive examination for the recruitment of the Assistant Administrative Officers etc, in Life Insurance Corporation (LIC) is held once a year, generally in the month of June. Here is the list of exams conducted by LIC/ GIC: 

• G.I.C. Officers Examination 
• G.I.C. Assistants Examination 
• L.I.C. Assistants/ Stenos/ Typists Examination 
• L.I.C. Development Officers Examination 
• L.I.C. Officers Examination

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General Knowledge MCQs - 130

1. Indian first took part in the Olympic Games in which year?

 2. Which is the only woman to have won three Wimbledon titles in a row?

 3. Which algae is used as biofertilizer in the production of crop paddy?

 4. Which planet is known as the ‘Watery Planet’ ?

 5. On which river did Pulakesin II defeat Harshavardhana?

 6. How are the members of the Rajya Sabha elected?

 7. When lake starts freezing the formation of the ice will start first at which point?

 8. How is the standard of living in a country represented?

 9. What will be the antipodal position of a place located at 350 south and 800 west?

 10. Who was the first Muslim ruler to formulate the theory of Kingship similar to the theory of divine right of King?

 11. Where is Salar Jung Museum situated?

 12. Which unicellular algae are used as source of oxygen in space research?

 13. Who appoints the Chief Election Commissioner of India?

 14. If news is broadcast from London at 10:30 AM, at what time it will be heard at Baghdad (450 E)?

 15. Which ruler in India challenged the authority of the Ulemas or Muslim clergy?

 16. Which is used as a filler in rubber tyres ?

 17. Indian Institute of Naturopathy and Yogic Science is located at which city?

 18. Which is the best measure of economic growth of a country ?

 19. Where is the Taiga belt found?

 20. Who was the ruler of medieval India who is credited with the building of the Grand Trunk Road?

Answer : 1. 1920 2. Steffi Graff 3. Blue green algae 4. Earth 5. Narmada 6. Indirectly 7. Top 8. Per capita income 9. 350 north and 1000 east 10. Balban 11. Hyderabad 12. Chlorella 13. President 14. 1:30 PM 15. Alauddin Khilji 16. Carbon black 17. Lucknow 18. GNP 19. Temperate grasslands and Tundra 20. Sher Shah Suri

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General Knowledge MCQs - 129

1. What was the main stipulation of Government of India Act, 1935 ?

 2. Which compound is known as white vitriol?

 3. A person returning from abroad can retain foreign currency up to what period?

 4. Which environment leads to the occurrence of acid rain?

 5. Which sites of Harappan are not in India?

 6. Which decade is celebrated as United Nations decade of Sustainble energy for all?

 7. Which type of the fruit formed without fertilisation?

 8. By which act did the Crown take the Government of India into its own hands?

 9. What is the Jharkhand’s contribution in the total coal production in India?

 10. Between which was the ancient town of Takshasila located?

 11. For the measurement of temperature of the order of 400°C, what will we prefer?

 12. The term L.B.W. is associated with which game?

 13. Who is called the ‘Father of Economics’ ?

 14. In which year Atomic Energy Commission (AEC) was setup in India?

 15. Which Mauryan emperor abdicated his throne and migrated to the south to live as Jain ascetic ?

 16. Which is the plant hormone that induces cell division?

 17. By whom is the Annual Financial Statement caused to be laid before both Houses of Parliament?

 18. In vulcanisation, with which the natural rubber is heated?

 19. Which planet of the solar system spins on its axis at the fastest rate?

 20. Which Gupta ruler was a poet and a musician and was adorned with the title of Kaviraja or King of poets?

Answer : 1. Complete independence guaranteed 2. ZnSO4 7H2O 3. 90 days 4. Sulphur dioxide5. Mohenjodaro and Harappa 6. 2014-2024 7. Parthenocarpy 8. Government of India Act, 1858 9. 40% 10. Indus and Jhelum 11. Thermocouple 12. Cricket 13. Adam Smith 14. 1948 15. Chandragupta Maurya 16. Auxins 17. President 18. Sulphur 19. Jupiter 20. Samudragupta

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General Knowledge MCQs - 128

1. When was ‘Common Market for Eastern and Southern African (COMESA) formed?

 2. What is the interrelated food chains in an ecological community?

 3. By whom is the conditions of service and tenure of the Election Commissioner prescribed?

 4. Where was the first oil well in India was dug?

 5. Timur, the Lame invaded India during the reign of which ruler?

 6. Which elementis produced when concentrated cinnabar is roasted in the excess of air?

 7. Where is the headquarters of Pan American Health Organisation?

 8. Which is the most important item of non-plan expenditure?

 9. Neap tides occur during which phase of the moon?

 10. Which Peshwas was popularly known as Nana Saheb ?

 11. Which vegetable protein is considered as good as an animal protein?

 12. In which year were the first general elections in India held?

 13. Which nuclides having the same number of neutrons but different number of protons or mass number?

 14. Which oceanic tidal wave that moves upto 200 MPH and is up to 1000 feet high?

 15. Which Maratha Peshwa followed the ideal of Hindu Pada-Padshahi ?

 16. When is World Blood Donor Day, recognized by the UN is observed?

 17. When is International Day of Democracy, recognized by the UN observed?

 18. To which type of organisms do mushrooms belong?

 19. Plants having thorny leaves and penetrating roots are classified by which name?

 20. To which age the Indus Valley Civilization belongs?

Answer : 1. 1994 2. Food Web 3. Parliament 4. Digboi 5. Mohammad Shah Tughlaq 6. Hg 7. Mexico 8. Interest payment 9. First and third quarter 10. Balaji Baji Rao 11. Soyabean protein 12. 1951 13. Isotones 14. Tsunami 15. Baji Rao I 16. June 14 17. September 15 18. Fungi 19. Xerophytes 20. Neolithic age

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General Knowledge MCQs - 127

1. What is most suitable for the core of an electromagnet?

 2. What is common between Kutty, Shankar, Laxman and Sudhir Dar?

 3. On which bast is the India’s wage policy?

 4. Which is east of the Andaman and Nicobar Islands?

 5. Who pioneered Khilafat Movement?

 6. Which insect spreads kala-azar?

 7. How many members of the Rajya Sabha are nominated by the President of India?

 8. Which is the main ingredient in cement ?

 9. By what name is the Ganga known in Bangladesh ?

 10. Who voted against the partition of India in the A.I.C.C. meeting held on 14 June 1947?

 11. Late Girilal Jain was a noted figure in which field?

 12. Where is the headquarters of East African Development Bank?

 13. Which industry produces the most non-biodegradable wastes?

 14. Which peninsular river is westward flowing?

 15. Who is regarded as the ‘Mother of the Indian Revolution’?

 16. How much the time gap between two sessions of the Parliament should not exceed?

 17. A convex mirror makes a good rear-view mirror for a car. Why?

 18. In recent years, how have the capital outlays for the defence service?

 19. Ankaleshwar and Navagaon are two oil fields in which state?

 20. What was the capital of Hoyasals?

Answer : 1. Soft iron 2. Drawing Cartoons 3. Cost of living 4. Indonesia 5. Ali Brothers 6. Sand fly 7. 12 8. Lime stone 9. Padma 10. Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan 11. Journalism 12. Uganda 13. Thermal power plants 14. Tapti 15. Madam Bhikaiji Cama 16. 6 months 17. It forms erect, reduced images 18. Increasing steadily 19. Gujarat 20. Dwarasamudra

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General Knowledge MCQs - 126

1. In the context of Indian wild life, what is the flying fox?

 2. Who appoints the Chairman of the UPSC ?

 3. Why is In a hydel station the motion produced in turbines?

 4. Moon shaped sand-dunes, formed by which wind action?

 5. During the decline of the Mughal empire By whom were the Jats were organised into a political force?

 6. Which is useful in the detection of landmines?

 7. Which instrument used to measure the force and velocity of the wind?

 8. Which is the phylum that includes exclusively marine animal?

 9. Which river has the largest drainage basin?

 10. In which year was the Third Battle of Panipat fought?

 11. What is the part of the Constitution that reflects the mind and ideals of the framers?

 12. Which polymeric material is used for making bullet proof jacket?

 13. Upon which development the Second Five Year Plan laid mote stress?

 14. Which is the largest fresh water lake in the world?

 15. Who’ among the following Governor-Generals formed the Triple Alliance against Tipu Sultan?

 16. Pandit K.G. Ginde, was well known for his contribution in when field?

 17. Insects that can transmit diseases to human are referred to as which name?

 18. In India, the concept of single citizenship is adopted from which country?

 19. In which sea are the Lakshadweep Islands are situated?

 20. Who was elected as the President of All-India Khilafat Conference when it met at Delhi in 1919?

Answer : 1 1. Bat 2. President 3. Due to the flow of water 4. Barkhans 5. Badan Singh 6. Wasp 7. Anemometer 8. Echinodermata 9. Amazon 10. 1761 11. Preamble 12. KEVLAR 13. Industrialisation 14. Lake Superior 15. Lord Cornwallis 16. Music 17. Vectors 18. England 19. Arabian Sea 20. Mahatma Gandhi

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General Knowledge MCQs - 125

1. Which book was written by Gandhiji?

 2. Which vitamin is essential for the coagulation of blood?

 3. Which describes India as a Secular State?

 4. When the wind is deflected due to the rotation of the Earth, what is it called?

 5. Which part of Delhi where Aibak laid the foundation of the first so called 'Seven cities' of medieval Delhi,?

 6. Which is used in storage batteries?

 7. When is World Population Day, recognized by the UN is observed?

 8. Who was the first Chairman of the Planning Commission?

 9. The equatorial regions receive rainfall throughout the year. What is the annual rainfall?

 10. When Abdur Razzak from Persia visited Hampi, who was the ruler of Vijayanagar in South India?

 11. How much protein a working woman must intake everyday?

 12. Who was the first leader of the Opposition in the Rajya Sabha?

 13. An element X forms an oxide X03. What is the valency of X?

 14. Which is the world’s largest desert ?

 15. From where Alauddin Khalji captured the Delhi throne after securing fabulous wealth?

 16. Which year is celebrated as International Year of the Shark?

 17. Who was the first Indian woman to scale the Mount Everest?

 18. What is the introduction of foreign genes for improving genotype?

 19. The problem of leaching of the soil is more pronounced in the areas how rainfall is there?

 20. Who was the first Mughal emperor to allow Britishers to establish trade links with India?

Answer : 1. My Experiments with Truth 2. Vitamin K3. Preamble to the Constitution4. Geostropic wind 5. Mehrauli 6. Lead 7. July 11 8. Pt. Jawahar Lal Nehru 9. 250 cms 10. Devaraya II 11. 45 g 12. Kamlapati Tripathi 13. 6 14. Sahara 15. Devagiri 16. 2009 17. Bachhendri Pal 18. Immunisation 19. Heavy 20. Jahangir

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General Knowledge MCQs - 124

1. A deuterium nucleus consists of which particles?

 2. With which field is Begum Akhtar associated?

 3. In which year, some more commercial banks in addition to the first lot of 141 were nationalised in India?

 4. Penganga, Wardha and Wainganga are the tributaries of which river?

 5. What was the first discourse of Buddha at Deer Park in Sarnath called?

 6. A person feel fatigued due to depositon of which acid in their muscles?

 7. In which country does State funding of elections take place?

 8. What is the quantity that remains unchanged in a transformer?

 9. Which planet take maximum time for one revolution around the Sun?

 10. Which inscription describes the achievements of Kharavela, king of Kalinga ?

 11. Who has been designated as the chairman by the IBA?

 12. ‘Asian Drama’, by Gunnar Karl Myrdal, is a book on which subjects?

 13. In the retina of eye cells what is present for colour differentiation?

 14. When will the Smith-tuttle comet crash with Earth?

 15. St. Thomas came to India in 1st century A. D. to propogate christianity. During which reign did he come?

 16. The President of the Indian Union has the same constitutional authority as which country?

 17. How many moles are there is 140 g of Si (atomic mass of silicon is 28)?

 18. In which plan was the objective of self-reliance and zero net foreign aid declared?

 19. What is the approximate circumference of the Earth?

 20. Which Sultan of Delhi had accepted the Suzerainty of the Timurid ruler Mirza Shah Rukh ?

Answer : 1. One proton and one neutron 2. Vocal Music 3. 1980 4. Godavari 5. Dharmachakrapravartan 6. Latic Acid 7. Germany and Austria 8. Frequency 9. Jupiter 10. Hathigunipha inscription 11. K. R. Kamath 12. Economics 13. Cones 14. In 2116 AD 15. Gondophernes 16. British Monarch 17. 5 18. Fourth 5-Yr Plan 19. 30,000 km 20. Khizr Khan Sayyid

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General Knowledge MCQs - 123

1. Which organ breaks fat to produce cholesterol?

 2. By whom the salary and perquisites of the Prime Minister of India are decided?

 3. During the fermentation of sugar, which enzyme which converts glucose into ethyl alcohol?

 4. The latitude of a place expresses its angular position relative to the place of which point?

 5. Who was the first Indian Hindi scholar of the Mughal period?

 6. Amnesty International is an organisation associated with which field?

 7. Which human organ is most susceptible to harmful radiations?

 8. Which part modified into pitcher in pitcher plant?

 9. Who introduced the term anticyclone for the first time?

 10. Which distinguishes the Harappan from other contemporary civilizations of the world?

 11. What about ministry in the event of the resignation or death of the Prime Minister?

 12. A temperature difference of 25°C is equivalent to a temperature difference of howmany F?

 13. Participatory Notes (PNs) are associated with which investors?

 14. Why do the tropical cyclones not occur close to the equator?

 15. What was the primary purpose of a seal in the Indus Valley Civilisation?

 16. What is Anosmia?

 17. Entomophily pollination occur with the help of which creatures?

 18. English is the official language of which State?

 19. Which river does not form any delta at its mouth?

 20. Who presided over the first Buddhist Council held at Rajgriha ?

Answer : 1. Liver 2. Parliament 3. zymase 4. Equator 5. Abdur Rahim 6. Protection of human rights 7. Lungs 8. Leaf 9. F. Galton 10. Town planning and drainage 11. The Ministry is dissolved 12. 45° F 13. Foreign Institutional Investors 14. Weak coriolis force 15. To signify ownership of property 16. Loss of the sense of smell 17. Insects 18. Nagaland 19. Tapti & Narmada 20. Maha Kassapa

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General Knowledge MCQs - 122

1. Where did India first win the Olympic Hockey gold?

 2. FIFA World Cup 2018 would be held in which country?

 3. Which vitamin is synthesised in the body by intestinal bacteria?

 4. Which region experiences three cropping season for rice in India (Rice Bowl of India) ?

 5. With reference to Indian freedom struggle which event occurred earliest?

 6. Which was the Capital of Andhra State when it was made a separate State in the year 1953?

 7. Which colloidal solution is used in photography?

 8. In India, in which sector was the co-operative movement initiated ?

 9. Which pair of States is the leading producer of tobacco in India?

 10. The ‘Paditrupputtu’ is a collection of poems in the praise of which king?

 11. Where is the headquarters of UNESCO?

 12. Which types of light are strongly absorbed by plants?

 13. Which Union Ministry is implementing the Biodiesel Mission (as Nodal Ministry)?

 14. Where are diesel locomotives manufactured?

 15. The silver coins of the Gupta period were known by which name?

 16. When two bodies stick together after the collision, what this is said?

 17. Where is the headquarters of Amnesty International?

 18. What is the ideal average NPK ratio aggregated for the country as a whole?

 19. On which date the earth is at the largest distance from the sun (Apehelion)?

 20. Which structure was constructed by Emperor Akbar in Fatehpur Sikri?

Answer : 1. Amsterdam 2. Russia 3. Vitamin K 4. Brahmaputra valley 5. Lucknow Pact6. Kurnool 7. Colloidal silver bromite 8. Agricultural credit 9. Andhra Pradesh and Gujarat 10. Chera 11. Paris 12. Blue and red 13. Ministry of Rural Development 14. Varanasi 15. Rupyaka 16. Completely inelastic 17. London 18. 4 : 2 : 1 19. July 4th 20. Panch Mahal

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General Knowledge MCQs - 121

1. The Rajya Sabha can have a maximum strength of howmany members?

 2. Which are the The best and the poorest conductors of heat respectively?

 3. From which sector does the highest sector wise contribution to gross domestic saving comes?

 4. Which State has the largest coastline in India?

 5. The first Governor-General of India was appointed under the provisions of which act?

 6. Saraswati Samman is given annually for outstanding contribution to which field?

 7. In dry regions, the leaf size of a tree becomes smaller why?

 8. Howmany subjects are in the State List?

 9. The Sivasamudram Falls is on which river?

 10. With reference to the Revolt of 1857, who laid siege to Jhansi in March 1858 ?

 11. Which metal is not attacked by the environment?

 12. Which book brought the first Nobel Prize to an Indian?

 13. Why has the per capita income been low in India?

 14. The ‘Chilka lake region’ lies in between the deltas of which rivers– 15. Dhondu Pant is better known as which name?

 16. What is richest source of vitamin D is?

 17. The distribution of power between Centre and the States is based on which scheme?

 18. When light passes from air into glass it experiences change in which things?

 19. What is Crop rotation?

 20. Whose ideas had Influenced Mahatma Gandhi’s thought?

Answer : 1. 250 2. Silver (Ag), and lead (Pb) 3. Household sector 4. Gujarat 5. 1833 6. Literature 7. Reduce transpiration 8. 66 subjects 9. Cauvery 10. Sir Hugh Rose11. Gold 12. Gitanjali 13. Because of population growth 14. Mahahadi and Godavari 15. Nana Saheb 16. Cod liver oil 17. Government of India Act, 1935 18. Wavelength and speed 19. Growing different crops-in succession 20. Tolstoy

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General Knowledge MCQs - 120

1. Who is the author of the controversial book ‘Forbidden Verses’?

 2. Pneumoconiosis affects the workers who work mainly in which industry?

 3. Who proposed the Preamble before the Drafting Committee of the Constitution ?

 4. A V-shaped valley is a feature produced by which river?

 5. In the Delhi Sultanate, the work of 'Mustauf-i-Mamalik' was related to which?

 6. Which is a part of the eye that helps in changing the focal length of crystalline lensis?

 7. When is International women’s Day recognized by the UN observed?

 8. Which type of unemployment mostly found in India?

 9. Which is the largest sea in the world?

 10. Where did Akbar build the Panch Mahal, noted for its various types of pillars?

 11. Food is converted into energy in which of the cellular organelles of cell?

 12. According to which system are the members of the Rajya Sabha elected?

 13. What does the rusting of iron nail?

 14. Who built the mausoleum of Jahangir and where?

 15. Which is-the largest Gulf in the World?

 16. The World Cup Cricket Twenty-20 title in the 2012 was won by why country?

 17. Ben Johnson (Canadian) was disqualified in the 1998 Seoul Olympic in the Athletics?

 18. What is Study of inter relationship between living organism and their environment?

 19. What is the length of India’s coastline?

 20. By whom were India’s famous Peacock Throne and the diamond Koh-e-Noor taken away?

Answer : 1. Abu Nawaz 2. Coal mining industry 3. Jawaharlal Nehru 4. Youthful river 5. Auditing 6. Ciliary muscles 7. March 8 8. Disguised 9. South China Sea 10. Fatehpur Sikri 11. Mitochondria 12. Single Transferable Vote System 13. Increases its weight 14. Nur Jahan at Lahore 15. The Gulf of Mexico 16. Australia 17. 100 m 18. Ecology 19. About 7500 km 20. Nadir Shah

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General Knowledge MCQs - 119

1. Balloons are filled with which gas?

 2. Hitendra Desai was a noted figure in which field?

 3. Which rural bank has been named after a river?

 4. What happens when the water content in the atmosphere?

 5. In which inscription are the achievements of Samudragupta described?

 6. By which instrument the rate of growth of plant is measured?

 7. In which ’ State, no tribe has been declared as ‘Scheduled’ by the President?

 8. What is the The chemical part of the dye that absorbs light and produces colour called?

 9. In the Semi-arid and Temperate grasslands, which are the most commonly found animals?

 10. In which part was the Nagar style of architecture develop mostly?

 11. Which Asian languages are UN official languages?

 12. How many country are represented in International Monetary Fund (IMF)?

 13. Translocation of carbohydrate nutrient usually occurs in which form?

 14. Which tree is not a soft wood variety?

 15. Which Sultan of Delhi has been described by the historians as the 'mixture of opposites' ?

 16. When did Mr. Attlee, Prime Minister of England, announce tile transfer of power to the Indians?

 17. Which when dissolved in HO gives hissing sound?

 18. Unemployment occurs when workers move from one job to another job?

 19. Which decaying vegetation produces organic acids which causes a breakdown of minerals?

 20. Nicolo Conti, the traveller, who visited Vijayanagara kingdom in 1420 A.D., belongs to which country?

Answer : 1. Helium 2. Politics 3. Varada Grameen Bank 4. Decreases as temperature increases 5. Allahabad pillar inscription 6. Auxanometer 7. Haryana 8. A pigment 9. Sheep and goats10. South India 11. Chinese & Arabic 12. 163 13. Maltose 14. Mahogany 15. Muhammad Tughluq 16. June, 1948 17. Limestone 18. Frictional unemployment 19. Chemical weathering 20. Italy

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General Knowledge MCQs - 118

1. What is a Dental formula of man?

 2. What is the maximum permissible period between two sessions of a State Legislative Assembly?

 3. What is the most abundant metal in the earth’s crust?

 4. Which state has the maximum length of surface roads?

 5. Which God with three heads and horns, surrounded by animals, represented on a seal from Mohenjodaro?

 6. What is an example of vestigial organ in man?

 7. Which is associated with the formation of brown air in traffic congested cities?

 8. What is the Mendel’s principles of inheritance?

 9. Foucault experiment is proof of which body?

 10. Where had Buddha delivered maximum sermons?

 11. Chief Ministers of all the States are ex-officio members of which council?

 12. If the temperature of a patient is 40°C, what will be his temperature on Fahrenheit scale?

 13. In India, which first bank of limited liability managed by Indians and founded in 1881?

 14. In which the radiant energy of the sun is transmitted?

 15. Who was the first foreigner to invade India?

 16. Jude Felix has established reputation as an Indian player in which game?

 17. What is the study of effect of light on various biological life process?

 18. Who was made the Home Minister when Jawaharlal Nehru formed the Interim Government in 1946 ?

 19. When can one record the lowest temperature of air?

 20. Which Gupta ruler was related to the Licchavis on his mother's side?

Answer : 1. 2123/2123 2. Six months 3. Aluminium 4. Tamil Nadu 5. Pashupati 6. Canine teeth 7. Nitrogen oxide 8. Sexual reproduction 9. Rotation of Earth 10. Sravasti 11. National Development Council 12. 104° F 13. Oudh Commercial Bank 14. Short waves 15. Darius I 16. Hockey 17. Photobiology 18. Sardar Patel 19. Just before sunrise 20. Samudragupta

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General Knowledge MCQs - 117

1. For which sport is the Val Barker Cup awarded in the Olympic Games?

 2. Who is the player to claim 50 ODI wickets in least number of matches?

 3. Which nutrients are most likely to be affected by food processing and storage?

 4. Which are the Soils that developed in humid tropical regions?

 5. Which was the official language of Gupta period?

 6. What Minimum age is required to contest for Presidentship?

 7. What does mixture of CS
2
and H
2
S on passing over heated copper give?

 8. Who long do the World Bank and IMF give respectively?

 9. ‘Syntaxial Bent’ is a feature of which range?

 10. Vasco da Gama discovered the sea-route to India in which year?

 11. Which is the most ancient musical instrument?

 12. Which is a round worm that enters man’s body through the soles of the feet?

 13. In case a President dies while in office, for howmany months can the Vice-President act as President?

 14. Which waterfall in India has the most height?

 15. Which was capital of Raja Ranjit Singh of Punjab?

 16. What is the escape velocity of a particle of mass m varies?

 17. Which deals of ‘Art of Warfare’ ?

 18. Which country is the largest debtor of UNO?

 19. Which Indian port leads in imports?

 20. Of which metal were the tools and weapons of Harappan civilisation?

Answer : 1. Boxing 2. Ajantha Mendis 3. Vitamins 4. Laterite 5. Sanskrit 6. 35 years 7. Methane 8. Long term and short term credits 9. Himalayas 10. 1498 11. Veena 12. Hookworm 13. 6 months 14. Kunchikal Falls 15. Lahore 16. mo 17. Chhao of Mayurbhanj 18. U.S. 19. Mumbai 20. Copper, tin and bronze

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General Knowledge MCQs - 116

1. Whose prior consent can the Money Bills be introduced in the State Legislature?

 2. If one wants to throw a cricket ball to the maximum distance, then at which angle should he throw it ?

 3. Through which methods is the national income of India estimated mainly?

 4. What is the first month of the ‘Saka era’?

 5. Who were popularly known as Red Shirts?

 6. Which was the 1st non Test playing country to befit India in an international match?

 7. Which type of experiment has the maximum spatial scale?

 8. ‘Holding a ‘Bandh’ was declared illegal for the first time in India by which High Courts?

 9. Rotation of the earth causes deflection of wind by which force?

 10. Who is known as the Ught of Asia?

 11. What is generally present in tonics?

 12. Who won the Hockey Gold (men) in the 1992 Barcelona Games?

 13. Which are referred to as the developed economies?

 14. Which component of the atmosphere has increased during the last 200 years?

 15. Which king was an ardent follower of Jainism?

 16. Which are two richest known sources of edible protein?

 17. Who was the Finance Minister of India in the Interim Government during 1946-1947 ?

 18. How are Air-pockets that cause aircrafts to lose altitude suddenly caused?

 19. Which region is the world’s best cod-fishing ground?

 20. In which century did the famous Chinese pilgrim Fahien visit India?

Answer : 1. Governor 2. 45° 3. Production and income methods 4. Chaitra 5. Khudai Khidmatgars 6. Sri Lanka 7. Natural experiment 8. Kerala High Court 9. Coriolis force 10. Lord Buddha 11. Ethanol 12. Germany 13. Countries having large per capita income 14. Carbon dioxide 15. Kharavela 16. Soy-bean and groundnut 17. R. K. Shanmukham Chetty 18. Temperature inversions 19. North-east Atlantic 20. 5th century AD

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General Knowledge MCQs - 115

1. What was the pen name of Sarat Chandra Chattopadhaye?

 2. What is the smallest structural and functional unit of nervous system?

 3. To whom are the Ministers individually responsible?

 4. Which mountain passes lies outside India?

 5. To whom the credit of discovering the sea route of India goes?

 6. What is the unit of luminous efficiency of an electric bulb?

 7. Which Veda contains an account of magical charms and spells?

 8. For howmany years is rolling plan?

 9. Where does rainfall from the south-west monsoon reach?

 10. Which Indian leader was dismissed by British from the Indian Civil Service?

 11. Which is the membrane that protects the developing embryo from desication?

 12. By whom is the Contingency Fund of the State operated?

 13. Which nuclear particles responsible for holding all nucleons together?

 14. The retreating monsoon withdraws from which state?

 15. Who was associated with supression of Thugs?

 16. How many centuries in Tests did Sunil Gavaskar bag when he retired?

 17. Which country was readmitted to the Olympics after her 21 year suspension?

 18. What is France’s global ranking in terms of the number of animal species under threat?

 19. Where is the Indian Wild Ass (Ghor-Khur) found?

 20. Who was the first President of the Indian Trade Union Congress in 1920 ?

Answer : 1. Anila Devi 2. Neuron 3. The President 4. Khyber 5. Portuguese 6. Lumen / watt 7. Atharva-veda 8. One year 9. Delta region of Mahanadi 10. Surendranath Banerji 11. Amnion 12. Governor 13. Mesons 14. North-west India to Bengal 15. Captain Sleeman 16. 34 17. South Africa 18. 8 19. The Rann of Kachch 20. Lala Lajpat Rai

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General Knowledge MCQs - 114

1. How can Permanent hardness of water be removed?

 2. The Sun City is located in which continent?

 3. Which situation makes a firm most efficient?

 4. On the shore of which counrty cold currents have cooling effect?

 5. Which pioneer was in preaching Nirguna Bhakti in medieval India?

 6. Which animal have no blood but they respire?

 7. Who is known as the Father of the Indian Constitution?

 8. To an observer on the lunar surface, during the day time, how will the sky appear?

 9. The important fishing areas called Grand Bank and Georges Bank located in which region?

 10. Which lady wrote a historical account during the Mughal Period?

 11. Among the SAARC country, which is the most densely populated country?

 12. What is the total number of judges of the International Court of Justice (ICJ)?

 13. What is known as venus’s flower?

 14. Sunda Trench lies in which ocean?

 15. Between which the Battle of Khanwa was fought?

 16. By which is in In practice the policy of the Government shaped?

 17. What is Electromagnetic radiation with maximum wavelength?

 18. During which prime minister was the strategy of Rolling plan was adopted?

 19. Aravalli ranges are an example of which mountains?

 20. Which war was ended by the Treaty of Madras?

Answer : 1. By adding washing soda 2. South Africa3. Lowest average costs 4. Peru 5. Ramananda 6. Hydra 7. Dr. B. R. Ambedkar 8. Black 9. North-west Atlantic10. Gulbadan Begam 11. Bangladesh 12. 15 13. Euplectella 14. Indian Ocean 15. Babar and Rana Sanga 16. The Cabinet 17. Radio waves 18. Morarji Desai 19. Residual mountains 20. First Mysore war

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General Knowledge MCQs - 111

1. When did Mr. Attlee, Prime Minister of England, announce tile transfer of power to the Indians?

 2. Who is the recepient of Nobel Prize for the development of Wireless Telegraphy?

 3. What does Net factor income from abroad added to GDP give?

 4. What are tropical cyclones of the Bay of Bengal usually called?

 5. Which king of the Gupta Dynasty was called the’ Napolean of India’?

 6. Who was the first woman to win the Jnanpith Award?

 7. What is the single greatest current threat to biodiversity?

 8. The Lok Sabha Secretariat comes under the direct supervision of which ministry?

 9. In India, what is the main limiting factor for cultivation?

 10. Who is believed to have created the raga Miyan Ki Malhar?

 11. Fisher-Tropsch process is used in the manufacture of which liquid?

 12. Dr. Rabindranath Tagore received the Nobel Prize for which work?

 13. PIIGS is the group of nations falling under which zone?

 14. Which state is the largest producer of black pepper in India?

 15. Which was a renowned Jain scholar who greatly honoured by Akbar?

 16. Which gland is situated beneath the brain and whose oversecretion produces giants-size children?

 17. What is the maximum number of representatives of the States in Lok Sabha?

 18. Who laid the foundation of nuclear science in the country?

 19. NASA’s Deep Impact space mission was employed to take detailed pictures of which comet nucleus?

 20. Of which site of Harappan is associated with rice cultivation?

Answer : 1. June, 1948 2. Marconi 3. GNP 4. Typhoons 5. Samudragupta 6. Ashapurna Devi 7. habitat destruction 8. Ministry of Human Affairs 9. Indequacy of water supply 10. Tansen 11. Synthetic petrol 12. Gitanjali 13. Euro zone 14. Kerala 15. Harivijaya 16. Pituitary 17. 530 18. Homi J. Bhabha 19. Tempel 1 20. Lothal

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General Knowledge MCQs - 113

1. In which antibody formation takes place?

 2. A Municipal Corporation is set up in a city with howmuch population of not less than?

 3. Non-stick cooking utensils are coated with which metal?

 4. Where are tropical deciduous or monsoonal forests occur?

 5. Which was the great Hindu king who combined in himself the qualities of Samudragupta and Ashoka?

 6. Who used the phrase ‘Un-British’ to criticize the English colonial control of India?

 7. The writer of Mahabhasya ‘Patanjali’ was a contemporary of which ruler?

 8. What is good source of protein ?

 9. In which region are the -most ideal conditions for the chemical weathering are found in?

 10. Who laid the foundation of the first independent Turkish kingdom in India?

 11. Which is a source of income of the Gram Panchayats?

 12. If temperature rises, what will be the coefficient of viscosity of liquid?

 13. According to the law of demand, what happens when price increases?

 14. Which represents a process of chemical weathering?

 15. Who first divided his empire into Iqtas during the process of civil administration?

 16. Which river demarcate the partial boundary between South Africa and Botswana?

 17. Who is known as father of taxonomy?

 18. By which act was the office of Governor General of India created?

 19. Which current is produced by upwelling of water off the coast of Chile and Peru?

 20. Who said, “Ram and Rahim are the two different name of the same God” ?

Answer : 1. Blood Plasma 2. 10 lakh 3. Teflon 4. Burma, India, Thailand, Brazil 5. Harshavardhana 6. Dadabhai Naoroji 7. Pushyamitra Sunga 8. Soyabean 9. Hot and humid regions 10. Qutubuddin Aibak 11. Levy Duties 12. Decreases 13. Demand decreases 14. Hydration and Hydrolysis 15. Iltutmish 16. Limpopo 17. Linnaeus 18. Government of India Act, 1858 19. Humboldt Current 20. Kabir

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General Knowledge MCQs - 112

1. Who is the youngest player to score a century in test cricket?

 2. Which was the lady to win the Wimbledon singles title successfully nine times?

 3. There are approximately howmany muscles in human body?

 4. How does the earth rotate around its axis?

 5. Who ‘was killed by Shivaji?

 6. By whom is Agricultural Income Tax assigned to the State Governments?

 7. Which substance is used as antiknock compound?

 8. Terms of economics, which recession occurring two times with a small gap in between?

 9. What is the plane of contact of the troposphere and stratosphere?

 10. Who usurped the throne of Magadlia in 322 B. C. ?

 11. Which personality is credited with starting ‘Vana Mahotsava’ in 1950 ?

 12. The deficiency of which leads to dental caries?

 13. Trade Union comes under which List?

 14. Which instrument used for measuring relative humidity in air?

 15. Who is said to have conquered the land between Arabian Sea and Bay of Bengal ?

 16. What is the SI unit of Young’s modulus of elasticity?

 17. ‘I have nothing to offer except blood, sweat and tears’ was said by which person?

 18. What is the mean of Cheap Money?

 19. Which is Zebras inhabit?

 20. Which ruler of southern India were the contemporaries of kings of the Gupta empire?

Answer : 1. Mobd, Ashraful 2. Martina Navratilova 3. 700 4. From west to east 5. Afzal Khan 6. By the Constitution of India 7. TEL 8. Deep Recession 9. Tropopause 10. Chandragupta Maurya 11. K. M. Munshi 12. Fluorine 13. Concurrent list 14. Hygrograph 15. Bindusara 16. Newton/m2 17. Churchill 18. Low Rate of Interest 19. Savanna lands 20. Vakatakas

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General Knowledge MCQs - 110

1. What was Sachin Tendulkar’s average when he made his first thousand runs in ODls?

 2. By whom was the most important theory of general biology proposed?

 3. After howmany years is Finance Commission constituted by the President?

 4. Which is the major silk producing state in India?

 5. Who led Vaikom Satyagraha in 1924?

 6. In a p-type semiconductor, Which are the majority charge carriers?

 7. Sergei Bubkha,an athlete of international repute, belongs to which country?

 8. Which Public Sector bank’ emblem figures a dog and the words ‘faithful, friendly’ in it?

 9. Pediplains and inselbergs are features of the old stage of which cycle of erosion?

 10. On the death of Gandhiji, who said that “The light has gone out of our lives.....”?

 11. Which harmful element tobacoo exists in tobacoo ?

 12. Who is known as the Father of the Indian Constitution?

 13. During electrolysis, which the species are discharged at cathode?

 14. Which force is responsible for syncline formation?

 15. Where was Swarajya declared as the goal of the Congress at its session held in 1906?

 16. Who was the 1st President of BCCI (Board of Control for Cricket in India)?

 17. Which country won the Cricket World Cup in 2011?

 18. The massive hole in the ozone layer over the Antarctica was first discovered in which year?

 19. How is general weather associated with anticyclone?

 20. During which Gupta king’s reign did the chinese traveller Fahien visit India?

Answer : 1. 35.83 2. Darwin and Wallace 3. Every five years 4. Karnataka 5. K. P. Kesava Menon 6. Holes 7. Ukraine 8. Syndicate Bank 9. Arid 10. Jawaharlal Nehru 11. Nicotine 12. Dr. B. R. Ambedkar 13. Cations 14. Crustal compression 15. Calcutta 16. R.E. Grant Govan 17. India 18. 1985 19. Fine and dry 20. Chandragupta II

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General Knowledge MCQs - 109

1. Which chemical is used in foam fire extinguishers?

 2. Where is the headquarters of World Health Organization?

 3. By whom was concept of Five Year Plans in India introduced?

 4. West Bengal shares boundaries with how many foreign countries?

 5. Who was the successor of Shivaji ?

 6. Appetite and satiety centres of brain, where are present in?

 7. How are representatives of Union Territories in Lok Sabha chosen?

 8. With which can Radio wave of constant amplitude be generated?

 9. Which Indian state is known as ‘Land of Five Rivers’ ?

 10. Who was the leader of the Young Bengal Movement?

 11. Who is the author of the book colours of the rainbow?

 12. Who composed the National Anthem ‘Jana Gana Mana’?

 13. Which gland disapear during old age?

 14. Which rivers joins Ganga at Allahabad?

 15. Who was the leader of Poona Sarvajanik Sabha founded in 1870 ?

 16. Finance Commission consists of howmany members?

 17. Which element is with the highest electrical conductivity?

 18. If the cash-reserve ratio is lowered by the Central bank, what will be its effect on credit creation?

 19. Which is not a plantation crop?

 20. By whom was first women’s university in India was founded?

Answer : 1. Aluminium sulphate 2. Geneva, Switzerland 3. Jawaharlal Nehru 4. Three 5. Sambhaji 6. Hypothalmus 7. Direct elections 8. Oscillator 9. Punjab 10. Henry Vivian Derozio 11. Ranjita Biswas 12. Rabindranath Tagore 13. Thymus 14. Yamuna 15. Justice Ranade 16. A Chairman and three other members 17. Silver 18. Increase 19. Sugarcane 20. Dhondo Keshave Karve

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General Knowledge MCQs - 108

1. Dog bite can cause rabies. Which other animal can also cause rabies?

 2. In which does the subject of Co-operative Societies fall?

 3. Which material is suitable for water purification?

 4. Folding is the result of which force?

 5. With whom did Alberuni come to India?

 6. Bulo C. Rani was associated with which field?

 7. How many members are there in the International Finance Corporation?

 8. In plant energy is produced during which process?

 9. Maoris are the inhabitants of which counrty?

 10. Who was teh most famous court-poet (in Hindi literature) of Akbar?

 11. With what subject do the Articles 5 to 8 of the Constitution of India deal?

 12. In which part of the eye lies the pigment, that decides the colour of the eyes of a person?

 13. Who is called the ‘Father of Economics’ ?

 14. The indigenous people living in Fiji and Papua New Guinea belong to which group?

 15. By whom was Agra Fort built?

 16. Pakistan which rejoined the Commonwealth, had pulled itself out it in which year?

 17. Which movement in plant induced by external stimuli?

 18. How long the term of the Lok Sabha can be extended?

 19. Which city is nearest to the Tropic of Cancer?

 20. The treaty of Purandhar was signed in 1665 with Shivaji by which soldier statesman?

Answer : 1. Bat 2. Concurrent List 3. Zeolites 4. Orogenetic force 5. Mahmud of Ghazni 6. Motion picture 7. 184 8. Respiration 9. New Zealand 10. Abdur Rahim-Khan-i-Khanan 11. Citizenship 12. Choroid 13. Adam Smith 14. Melanesian group 15. Akbar 16. 1972 17. Paratonic movement 18. By 1 year at a time 19. Kolkata 20. Raja Jai Singh

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General Knowledge MCQs - 107

1. Who was the only Indian woman who became President of WHO?

 2. When water is heated from 0 degree C to 20 degree C, how does its volume change?

 3. Which is a form of heart disease in which blood supply to the heart is inadequate?

 4. Which natural region is best known for the production of grapes?

 5. Which is an example of Mauryan art ?

 6. To whom does UPSC submit its annual report on its work?

 7. What are soaps?

 8. In India, in which was the service tax first introduced?

 9. Which country is well known for diamond cutting industry ?

 10. At the instance of which rular was the Kallashanath Temple at Ellora excavated?

 11. Which is the first geostationary telecommunication satellite of India?

 12. Which animal breathes through the skin?

 13. Under whose signature are the members of All-India Services appointed?

 14. Which country are World’s leading producer of fertilizers?

 15. Where is the temple of Angkorvat?

 16. If the angle between two plane mirrors is 60°; then how many number of image will be formed?

 17. Late Raja Ravi Verma, was an eminent figure in which field?

 18. Under which do all taxes come?

 19. Which is the largest temperate desert of the world?

 20. In whose rule was Islam, as the state religion, abolished?

Answer : 1. Raj Kumari Amrit Kaur 2. It shall increase 3. Angina 4. Mediterranean 5. Bull capital, Rampurva 6. The Union Home Minister 7. Sodium or potassium salts of heavier fatty acids 8. 1994 9. Belgium 10. Krishna I 11. APPLE 12. Frog 13. President 14. U.S.A.-Russia 15. In Cambodia 16. 5 17. Painting 18. Revenue receipts 19. Patagonian desert 20. Akbar

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General Knowledge MCQs - 106

1. Which of the following has been found useful in keeping cholesterol level down?

 2. Which Directive Principle is based on Gandhian ideology?

 3. The tendency of liquid drop to contract and why does it occupy minimum area?

 4. After howmany years does Halley’s comet appear once in a period?

 5. At which Harappan site have traces of a horse been found?

 6. When was the Reserve Bank of India taken over by the Government?

 7. Who was the first woman Chief Justice of a High Court ?

 8. What is the ready source of energy available for athletes?

 9. Which is the time required for the Earth to return to a given point in its orbit with reference to fixed star?

 10. By whom was the Fourth Buddhist-Council held?

 11. After a no confidence motion is admitted to the Lok Sabha, who decides a date for the debate?

 12. Which metal was first discovered by man ?

 13. Who said ‘At the stroke of midnight, when the world sleeps, India will awake to life and freedom’ ?

 14. When it is 12:00 noon in India, what would be the time in San Francisco (USA)?

 15. Which rulers held a religious assembly at Prayag every five years?

 16. Of which purpose was Nationalisation of banks done?

 17. Urine of a diabetes patient contains more than average quantity of which thing?

 18. How many times was the term of the Lok Sabha extended upto 6 years?

 19. Which activity occupies the largest area of the world?

 20. Which was the first scholar, who read Ashokan edicts?

Answer : 1. Garlic 2. Promotion of cottage industries 3. Due to Surface tension 4. 76 years 5. Surkotda 6. 1948 7. Leila Seth 8. Carbohydrates 9. Sideral year10. Kanishka 11. Lok Sabha Speaker 12. Copper 13. Jawaharlal Nehru 14. 8 : 30 p.m. of previous day 15. Harshavardhana 16. Consolidating the economy 17. Sugar 18. Once 19. Pastoral herding 20. James Princep

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General Knowledge MCQs - 105

1. What is the main source of fund for the National Highway Authority of India?

 2. Who is the first non-Indian to receive the Bharat Ratna?

 3. Which group has the highest number of endangered species ?

 4. Which range of Himalayas is know for hill stantions ?

 5. Which religion was patronised by Rashtrakutas?

 6. By which Amendment, the power to amend the Constitution was specifically conferred upon the Parlia- ment?

 7. By whom was Neutron discovered?

 8. Which is the first Indian woman to reach Olympic finals in individual track events?

 9. Which city will never get the vertical rays of the Sun?

 10. Tipu Sultan took support of which power to fight the English?

 11. From which country does More than one-third of the crude steel production of the world comes?

 12. Silent valley having rare plant and animal is located in which state?

 13. Which part of the Constitution deals with the Directive Principles of State Policy?

 14. In terms of area, India is which largest country of the world?

 15. Who was the founder of the autonomous kingdom of Avadh?

 16. When water vapours are passed over aluminium carbide, what do we get?

 17. India won the last Hockey Olympic Gold in which year ?

 18. Who was the first Defence Minister of India?

 19. Asteroids have their orbits between which planets?

 20. With which had the Indus Valley people trade relations?

Answer : 1. Cess 2. Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan 3. Reptiles 4. Himachal 5. Jainism 6. 24th 7. Chadwick 8. P. T. Usha 9. Srinagar 10. French 11. China 12. Kerala 13. Part IV 14. Seventh 15. Saadat Khan Burhan-ul-Mulk 16. Methane 17. 1980, Moscow 18. N. Gopalaswami Ayyangar 19. Mars and Jupiter 20. Mesopotamia

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General Knowledge MCQs - 104

1. The members of the State Legislative Assembly are elected for what period?

 2. Which compound is used for writing on glass?

 3. The name Kunjarani Devi is associated with which gaem?

 4. Which type of spurs is typically associated with valleyglaciers?

 5. By whom was word Adivasi was used for the first time to refer to the tribal people?

 6. Who was the chairman of National Income Committee?

 7. What is systolic and diastolic pressure in a healthy man?

 8. Which One feature is distinguishing the Rajya Sabha from the vidhan Parishad?

 9. Which hot dust-laden wind is blowing from Sahara desert to Mediterranean region?

 10. The greatest development in the Kushana period was in which field?

 11. Recoil of a gun is an example of which thing?

 12. Who is the first Indian woman to win an Asian Games gold in 400m run?

 13. Which of the following awards was conferred on Mrs. Kiran Bedi?

 14. Temperate Cyclone are characterized by which side?

 15. Which dynasty succeeded Sungas?

 16. Which destroy the toxic substance found in digested food?

 17. When was the Ninth Schedule of the Constitution of India added?

 18. Which compound is commonly used as antifreeze in automobile radiators?

 19. The Himalyas are approximately how many kilometer long?

 20. The rock-cut temples of Mahabalipuram were built under the patronage of which king?

Answer : 1. 5 years 2. Hydrogen fluoride 3. Weight lifting 4. Truncated 5. Thakkar Bappa 6. P. C. Mahalanobis 7. 120 mm and 80 mm 8. Indirect election 9. Sirocco 10. Art 11. Conservation of linear momentum 12. Kamaljit Sandhu 13. Magsaysay 14. Fronts 15. Kanvas 16. Liver 17. By the first Amendment 18. Glycerol19. 2500 20. Pallava kings

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General Knowledge MCQs - 103

1. What is the highest denomination of currency notes in circulation as legal tender in India at present?

 2. Pollination takes place with the help of bird, what is called?

 3. The Lok Sabha Secretariat comes under the direct supervision of which ministry?

 4. Narmada river originates from Amarkantak in which state?

 5. Which upheaval took place in Bengal immediately after the Revolt of 1857 ?

 6. Which thing acts as an antidote to HgCl
2
poisoning?

 7. Who has directed the film ‘Little Buddha’?

 8. The United Nations declared 2014 as the International Year of which thing?

 9. Which is the largest mustard oil growing state?

 10. Which revolts was made famous by Bankim Chandra Chatterjee in his noval Anand Math ?

 11. Which animal lays eggs and does not produce young ones directly?

 12. What is the maximum number of representatives of the States in Lok Sabha?

 13. Which satellite is used in ship-to-shore and shore-to-shore and shore-to-ship communication?

 14. Which state has the largest net irrigated area?

 15. By whom was the Indian Independence League set up?

 16. Among Indian Economists who had done pioneering work on National Income ?

 17. When is International Youth Day, recognized by the UN observed?

 18. How many pair of heart is found in an earthworm?

 19. Which is not a landform, which results due to rejuvenation of a river?

 20. Quit India Movement started after the failure of which proposal?

Answer : 1. Rs. 1000 2. Ornithophily 3. Ministry of Human Affairs 4. Madhya Pradesh 5. Indigo Disturbances 6. White of egg 7. Bernardo Bertolucci 8. Crystallography 9. U.P. 10. Sanyasi rebellion 11. Echidna 12. 530 13. Marisat 14. Tamil Nadu 15. Ras Behari Bose 16. V. K. R. V. Rao 17. August 12 18. Four 19. Oxbow lake 20. Cripps’ proposal

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General Knowledge MCQs - 102

1. The refractive index of a given piece of transparent quartz is greatest for which light?

 2. Where were the war criminals of the II World War put to trial?

 3. Ali Akbar plays which musical instrument?

 4. In which cotu does World’s highest urban density of population occurs?

 5. In which year did Akbar defeat Rana Pratap in the Battle of Haldighati?

 6. Which part of human brain is the regulating centre for swallowing and vomiting?

 7. Which act aimed at providing a federal structure for India?

 8. What is the main constituent of vinegar?

 9. What separates Daman and Diu?

 10. Which territory was outside the boundaries of the Mughal Empire during the reign of Akbar?

 11. Which bank prints currency notes of the denomination of Rs. 100?

 12. The year 1995 is the golden Jubilee year of which international organisations?

 13. Which component of plants receives stimulus for flowering?

 14. Where is Port Blair situated?

 15. When Akbar surrounded Chittor fort, who saved it for four months?

 16. Which was adopted from the Maurya dynasty in the emblem of Government of India?

 17. Long distance short-wave radio broad casting uses which waves?

 18. Who amongst the following is the anther of the Book “The Folded Earth”?

 19. Which group of rivers fall in the Bay of Bengal?

 20. Who is known as the ‘Grand Old Man of India’ ?

Answer : 1. Violet light 2. Peitersburg 3. Sarod 4. Tokyo 5. 1576 6. Medulla oblongata 7. Government of India Act, 1935 8. Acetic acid 9. Gulf of Khambat 10. Bijapur 11. The Bank Note Press, Dewas 12. UNO 13. Leaves 14. South Andaman 15. Jaimal 16. Four lions 17. Ionospheric wave 18. Anuradha Roy 19. Ganga, Brahmaputra, Hooghly 20. Dadabhai Naoroji

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General Knowledge MCQs - 101

1. The salivary gland secrete saliva that contains which enzyme?

 2. What does the power of judicial review ensure?

 3. Total internal reflection can take place when light travels from which thing?

 4. Which country has the largest known reserves of oil?

 5. The temples built during the medieval period by which dynasty are known as 'Seven Pagodas' ?

 6. If saving exceeds investment, how will the national income?

 7. Which was the first India satellite to go into orbit?

 8.Which sugar is present in considerable amount in the blood?

 9. Who gave the idea that originally there was only one continent called Pangea?

 10. Which Sultan added the Alai Darwaza to the Qutab Minar?

 11. With which amendment act has Panchayati Raj received constitutional status?

 12. Which major component is used in preparation of different types of glasses?

 13. Which region is culturally closer to India but ethnically closer to China?

 14. Which processe of weathering belongs to both mechanical and chemical weathering?

 15. 'Arhai-Din-Ka Jhonpra' built by Qutbuddin Aibak, where is this located?

 16. By whom was the first estimate of national income in India made?

 17. In human beings, normally in which part, does the sperm fertilize the ovum?

 18. By which committee were Mandai Panchayats recommended?

 19. Which countries have achieved a negative growth rate of population?

 20. Akbar founded his own religion known as ‘Din-i-Ilahi’ what was its mean?

Answer : 1 1. Ptyalin 2. The constitutionality of laws 3. Diamond to glass 4. Kuwait 5. Pallavas 6. Remain constant 7. Aryabhatta 8. Glucose 9. Wegener 10. Alauddin Khalji 11. 73rd 12. Silica 13. South-East Asia 14. Crystallization 15. Ajmer 16. Dadabhai Naoroji 17. Fallopian tube 18. Ashok Mehta Committee 19. Australia, Canada and Sweden 20. Divine faith

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General Knowledge MCQs - 100

1. The pressure at the bottom of a liquid tank does not depend on which area?

 2. ‘Chinaman’ refers to which game?

 3. In human body, into which does the pancreas secretes its enzymes?

 4. What does increase in carbon dioxide in atmosphere cause?

 5. What is Apabhramsa?

 6. Which language is not recognised in the 8th Schedule though it is an official language of a State?

 7. With the rise of temperature, what will be the surface tension of a liquid?

 8. Who was the first woman minister of a state?

 9. In the Southern hemisphere the Westerlies blow from which side?

 10. In which reign was the first Buddhist Council held?

 11. Among the remedies of inflation, what can we include?

 12. Which compound is used in anti-malarial drug?

 13. A Judge of the Supreme Court of India is to hold office until he attains the age of howmany years?

 14. Which country celebrates Christmas festival in summer season?

 15. Which ruler of India who ruled over territories in Central Asia beyond the Pamirs?

 16. What does Soda water contain?

 17. Who was the architect of North and South Blocks of Central Secretariat in Delhi?

 18. Next to Hindi, which is the language spoken by the largest number of people in the Indian sub-continent?

 19. In which season is the frequency of tropical cyclones in the Bay of Bengal maximum?

 20. By whom was Saka era founded?

Answer : 1. Area of the liquid surface 2. Cricket 3. Duodenum 4. Rise in earth temperature 5. A work of the Jains 6. English 7. Decreases 8. Rajkumari Amrit Kaur 9. North west 10. Ajatashatru 11. Lowering bank rate 12. Chloroquin 13. 65 years 14. Australia 15. Kanishka 16. Carbon dioxide 17. Sir Edward Lutyens 18. Bengali 19. After summer 20. Kanishka

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General Knowledge MCQs - 99

1. Who is called the Flying Sikh of India?

 2. Who is known as the ‘saint of the gutters’?

 3. Which crop enrich the soil with nitrogen?

 4. Which rock system has the maximum concentration of minerals?

 5. Which Governor General is associated with Doctrine of Lapse?

 6. How much the time gap between two sessions of the Parliament should not exceed?

 7. Which is the correct device for the detection of thermal radiation?

 8. A crossed cheque is one, which can be encashed only at which bank?

 9. Which state is the larger producer of lignitle coal?

 10. Which Sikh Guru helped the rebel prince Khusro with money and blessings?

 11. Who is the first person to set foot on Moon?

 12. Wood used in making cricking cricket bats, from which is got?

 13. By whom are the Chairman and members of State Public Service Commission appointed?

 14. What is the time required by moonlight to reach the earth?

 15. Which presents the most significant feature of Indus Valley Civilization?

 16. Which metal has the highest density?

 17. What is an organisation’s introductory web page?

 18. What do Quantitative credit controls not include?

 19. From where do the strongest evidence that comets are members of our solar system come?

 20. Of which thing were the Indus Valley houses built?

Answer : 1. Milkha Singh 2. Mother Teresa 3. Pea 4. Dharwar system 5. Lord Dalhousie 6. 6 months 7. Thermopile 8. State Bank of India 9. Tamil Nadu 10. Guru Arjun Dev 11. Neil Armstrong 12. Salix alba / S Purpurea 13. President 14. 1.3 sec 15. Burnt brick buildings 16. Platinum 17. Vortal 18. RBI directives 19. Their composition 20. Bricks

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General Knowledge MCQs - 98

1. Who proposed the Preamble before the Drafting Committee of the Constitution ?

 2. Which compound is used as an antichlor?

 3. In which activity percentage share of cooperative sector is the highest?

 4. Which is the strait connecting Arabian Sea and the Bay of Bengal?

 5. Which Mauryan ruler did conquer the Deccan?

 6. Famous GOLF player Vijay Singh is from which country?

 7. Which is an insectivorous plant?

 8. Who was the Chairman’ of the Union Constitution Committee of the Constituent Assembly?

 9. Which Strait which separates Asia from North America?

 10. In the kingdom of Satavahanas of ancient India, what was a district called?

 11. Why is the gas thermometers is more sensitive than the liquid thermometer?

 12. The term ‘double fault’ is associated with which game?

 13. In India, which is regulated by the forward Markets Commission?

 14. The daily and annual range of temperature is maximum in which area?

 15. Which was the South Indian state famous for its naval power?

 16. Which is the Indian scientist whose name is associated with the measurement of growth in plants?

 17. How many members of the Rajya Sabha are nominated by the President of India?

 18. Which chemical used as a ‘fixer’ in photography?

 19. Which endangered Ridley turtles have the world’s largest aggregation?

 20. The Bahmanis of the Deccan rose to prominence in which century?

Answer : 1. Jawaharlal Nehru 2. Na2 S2O3 3. Sugar production 4. Palk Strait 5. Bindusara 6. Fiji 7. Nepenthes 8. Jawaharlal Nehru 9. The Bering strait 10. Ahara 11. Expand more than liquids 12. Tennis 13. Commodities Futures Trading 14. Savanna grassland 15. Cholas 16. J.C. Bose 17. 12 18. Sodium thiosulphate 19. Gahirmatha 20. 14th century

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