Basic GK Questions with Answers for Competitive Exams

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Basic General Knowledge

 Selective Questions of GK


Q.21 This personality is known as The Father of Geometry. Identify him from the given options.

(A) Euclid

(B) Pythagoras

(C) Newton

(D) Laplace


Ans .  A

Q,22 The biggest producers of oil within the members of the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) is….

(A)Iraq

(B) Iran

(C) Saudi Arabia

(D) Kuwait


Ans .  C

Q.23 The first Indian animation film was produced by…..

(A) H.S. Bhatwadekar

(B) Dada Saheb Phalke

(C) Hiralal Sen

(D) J.F. Madan


Ans .  C

Q.24 Who is the founder of the World Economic Forum?

(A) George McDonald

(B) Jack Barry

(C) Robert Allen

(D) Klaus Schwab


Ans .  D

Q.25 Who among the following is the author of Meghdoot?

(A) Bana Bhatta

(B) Kalhana

(C) Kalidas

(D) Tulsidas


Ans .  C

Q.26 Under whose presidentship, the first session of the Indian National Congress took place in Bombay?

(A) A. D. Hume

(B) Dadabhai Naoroji

(C) G.K. Gokhale

(D) W.C. Banerjee


Ans .  D

Q.27 How many members are there in the Rajya Sabha?

(A) 238

(B) 242

(C) 246

(D) 250


Ans .  D

Q.28 Panama Canal links which of the following water resources?

(A) the Pacific Ocean and the Atlantic Ocean

(B) the Red Sea and the Mediterranean Sea

(C) the Red Sea and the Caspian Sea

(D) the Atlantic Ocean and the Arctic Ocean


Ans .  A

Q.29 Which of the following rays is NOT harmful?

(A) Ultraviolet rays

(B) X-rays

(C) Infrared rays

(D) Short radio waves


Ans .  D

Q.30 Who is considered as the Father of History?

(A) Aristotle

(B) Herodotus

(C) Socrates

(D) Plato


Ans .  B


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