Top 100 GK Questions with Answers in English

Important General Knowledge Questions

Q.21 Which of the following is not an undertaking under the administrative control of Ministry of Railways?

(A) Container Corporation of India Limited

(B) Konkan Railway Corporation Limited

(C) Indian Railways Construction Company Limited

(D) Diesel Locomotive Works, Varanasi

Q.22 Which of the following types of soil are mostly confined to river basins and coastal plains of India?

(A) Alluvial soils

(B) Black soils

(C) Laterit

(D) Red soils

Q.23 The two states of India, most richly endowed with iron ore, are

(A)Bihar and Orissa

(B) Madhya Pradesh and Orissa

(C) Bihar and West Bengal

(D) Madhya Pradesh and West Bengal

Q.24 The most fertile region of India is

(A) the Himalayas

(B) the central Highlands

(C) the Indo-Gangetic plain

(D) peninsular plateau

Q.25 Which of the following groups accounts for over 90 per cent of India's annual coal production?

(A) Bihar, Orissa and West Bengal

(B) Bihar, Orissa and Madhya Pradesh

(C) Orissa, Madhya Pradesh and Tamil Nadu

(D) West Bengal, Madhya Pradesh and Tamil Nadu

Q.26 The significant shifts in Indian agriculture during green revolution include

(A) non-food grains reported some spectacular progress and shift in the cropping pattern

(B) major food grains, in the eastern regions productions decreased and in the northern states increased

(C) both (a) and (b)

(D) None of the above

Q.27 The number of major ports in India is

(A) 5

(B) 8

(C) 13

(D) 15

Q.28 Which of the following is a peninsular river of India?

(A) Gandak

(B) Kosi

(C) Krishna

(D) Sutlej

Q.29 Which of the following is the most important raw material for generation of power in India?

(A) Coal

(B) Mineral Oil

(C) Natural Gas

(D) Uranium

Q.30 When it is noon IST at Allahabad in India, the time at Greenwich, London, will be

(A) midnight ,GMT

(B) 1730 hours

(C) 0630 hours

(D) None of the above