Important General Knowledge Questions and Answers
Q : What was defined as ‘three grains of barley, dry and round, placed end to end lengthwise’?
Correct Answer : C
Q : The name of which of these means the ‘gilded one’ in Spanish?
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?
Correct Answer : A
Q : By what name is K’ung Fu-tzu better known to the Western world?
Correct Answer : A
Q : Complete this Sunderlal Bahuguna phrase which he coined during the Chipko Movement: ‘Ecology is permanent _____.
Correct Answer : A
Q : The capital of which Scandinavian country is located on the islands of Zealand and Amager?
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?
Correct Answer : A
Q : After whom is the chemical element with atomic number 102 named?
Correct Answer : B
(A) Centimetre
(B) Milimetre
(C) Inch
(D) Kilometre
Correct Answer : C
(A) El Dorado
(B) Buenos Aires
(C) El Nino
(D) None of these
Correct Answer : A
(A) Clove
(B) Pepper
(C) Cardamom
(D) None of these
Correct Answer : A
(A) Confucious
(B) Lao Tzu
(C) Fa-Hien
(D) None of these
Correct Answer : A
(A) Economy
(B) sociology
(C) Biology
(D) None of these
Correct Answer : A
(A) Norway
(B) Sweden
(C) Denmark
(D) None of these
Correct Answer : C
(A) Sanjaya
(B) Purochana
(C) Shikhandi
(D) None of these
Correct Answer : A
(A) Albert Einstein
(B) Alfred Bernhard Nobel
(C) Isaac Newton
(D) None of these
Correct Answer : B