General Knowledge Questions for IBPS, Bank PO, SSC, Clerk and other Exams

 1.  The Indus valley people had trade relations with:

(a) Egypt                     (b) Greece               (c) Ceylon                   (d) Mesopotamia

2.   Who invented the LASER?

(a) Sir Frank Whittle     (b) Fred Morrisson   (c) Charles H Townes   (d)  Seymour Cray

3.   Durgapur is located on the banks of river

(a) Damodar                 (b) Brahmini            (c) Subarnarekha          (d) Indravati

4.   Who built the Ibadatkhana at Fatehpur Sikri?

(a) Akbar                      (b) Jahangir             (c) Shahjahan               (d) Aurangzeb

5.  Which one of the following is the oldest oil refinery in India?

(a) Haldia                      (b) Koyali                (c) Digboi                    (d) Mathura

6.  Which of the following divides India into Northern and Southern parts?

(a) Aquator                   (b) Tropic of cancer (c) Tropic of capricorn  (d) Arctic Circle

7.  Reserve Bank of India was set up in

(a) 1949                       (b) 1935                  (c) 1951                        (d) 1955

8.   The first estimate of national income in India was made by:

(a) Mahalanobis            (b) VKRV                 (c) Dadabhai Naoroji      (d) Prof Shenoy

9.  Railway Budget in India was separated from General Budget in

(a) 1924-25                  (b) 1941-42              (c) 1947-48                   (d) 1950-51

10. In which part of the constitution, details of citizenship are mentioned?

(a) part I                      (b) part II                 (c) part III                    (d) part IV

11. Earthquake (shock) waves are :

(a) infrasonic waves      (b) ultrasonic waves  (c) ultraviolet waves       (d) infrared waves

12. Which one of the following is present in Chlorophyll which gives a green colour to plant leaves?

(a) Calcium                  (b) Magnesium         (c) Iron                          (d) Manganese

13. The coil in a heater is made up of

(a) nichrome                (b) tungsten               (c)copper                      (d) iron

14. For which one among the following diseases no vaccine is yet available?

(a) Tetanus                 (b) Malaria                  (c) Measles                    (d) Mumps

15. Radio waves are reflected back to Earth from the

(a) troposphere           (b) exosphere               (c) stratosphere              (d) ionosphere

16. In early medieval  India, what did the term ‘Jital’ refer to ?

(a) Weight                   (b) Diet                       (c) Coin                        (d) Game

17. Which waterway separates India from Sri Lanka?

(a) Eight degree Channel (b) Palk Strait            (c) Ten degree Channel    (d) Andaman Sea

18. Bar is the unit of which one of the following?

(a) Force                      (b) Energy                 (c) Pressure                    (d) Frequency

19. The site of Harappa is located on the bank of river?

(a) Saraswati                (b) Indus                    (c) Beas                          (d) ravi

20. Which of the Vedas was divided into ‘Shukla’ and ‘Krishna’ parts?

(a) Rig                           (b) Sama                  (c) Yajur                          (d) Athrva

Answers
1. (d)       2. (c)      3. (a)    4. (a)      5. (c)     6. (b)     7. (b)      8. (c)    9. (a)     10. (b)  
11. (d)    12. (c)    13. (a)  14. (b)    15. (c)    16. (b)   17. (c)    18. (d)   19. (c)    20. (a)