Important General Knowledge Questions and Answers

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Q :  What was defined as ‘three grains of barley, dry and round, placed end to end lengthwise’?

(A) Centimetre

(B) Milimetre

(C) Inch

(D) Kilometre


Correct Answer : C

Q :  The name of which of these means the ‘gilded one’ in Spanish?

(A) El Dorado

(B) Buenos Aires

(C) El Nino

(D) None of these


Correct Answer : A

Q :  Which spice was introduced to India around 1800 CE by the East India Company in its spice garden in Courtallam, Tamil Nadu?

(A) Clove

(B) Pepper

(C) Cardamom

(D) None of these


Correct Answer : A

Q :  By what name is K’ung Fu-tzu better known to the Western world?

(A) Confucious

(B) Lao Tzu

(C) Fa-Hien

(D) None of these


Correct Answer : A

Q :  Complete this Sunderlal Bahuguna phrase which he coined during the Chipko Movement: ‘Ecology is permanent _____.

(A) Economy

(B) sociology

(C) Biology

(D) None of these


Correct Answer : A

Q :  The capital of which Scandinavian country is located on the islands of Zealand and Amager?

(A) Norway

(B) Sweden

(C) Denmark

(D) None of these


Correct Answer : C

Q :  In the Mahabharata, who was granted a divine inward eye so that he could see and relate the events of the battlefield to Dhritarashtra?

(A) Sanjaya

(B) Purochana

(C) Shikhandi

(D) None of these


Correct Answer : A

Q :  After whom is the chemical element with atomic number 102 named?

(A) Albert Einstein

(B) Alfred Bernhard Nobel

(C) Isaac Newton

(D) None of these


Correct Answer : B

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