Railway, SSC, UPSC Important General Knowledge MCQ

Total Questions: 565

101) Which is the highest waterfall in India?

a) Jog Falls

b) Kunchikal Falls

c) Dudhsagar Falls

d) Shivanasamudra Falls

102) Which planet is known as the 'Morning Star'?

a) Mars

b) Earth

c) Venus

d) Jupiter

103) Which is the longest river in the world?

a) Amazon

b) Nile

c) Ganga

d) Mississippi

104) What is the hardest part of the human body?

a) Nails

b) Teeth

c) Bones

d) Skull

105) Which state in India is the largest producer of tea?

a) Assam

b) West Bengal

c) Karnataka

d) Kerala

106) Which monument was built by the French in Delhi?

a) India Gate

b) Qutub Minar

c) Humayun's Tomb

d) Safdarjung Tomb

107) The famous 'Gateway of India' is located in which city?

a) Chennai

b) Delhi

c) Mumbai

d) Kolkata

108) Which Indian leader was known as the 'Frontier Gandhi'?

a) Jawaharlal Nehru

b) Sardar Patel

c) Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan

d) Lal Bahadur Shastri

109) What is the unit of electric current?

a) Volt

b) Ohm

c) Ampere

d) Joule

110) Which Indian state has the highest literacy rate?

a) Kerala

b) Tamil Nadu

c) Punjab

d) Karnataka

111) Who is known as the 'King of Pop'?

a) Michael Jackson

b) Elvis Presley

c) Justin Bieber

d) Freddie Mercury

112) Who built the Qutub Minar?

a) Akbar

b) Babur

c) Qutb-ud-din Aibak

d) Shah Jahan

113) The first battle of Panipat was fought between?

a) Babur and Ibrahim Lodi

b) Akbar and Rana Sanga

c) Shah Jahan and Aurangzeb

d) Humayun and Sher Shah Suri

114) Who is the founder of Facebook?

a) Larry Page

b) Steve Jobs

c) Mark Zuckerberg

d) Bill Gates

115) Which Indian state is famous for its backwaters?

a) Tamil Nadu

b) Karnataka

c) Kerala

d) Andhra Pradesh

116) Who is the first woman to win the Nobel Peace Prize?

a) Marie Curie

b) Jane Addams

c) Mother Teresa

d) Malala Yousafzai

117) The first Governor-General of independent India was?

a) Rajendra Prasad

b) Lord Mountbatten

c) Sardar Patel

d) Jawaharlal Nehru

118) Which river is called the 'Father of Rivers'?

a) Amazon

b) Nile

c) Mississippi

d) Indus

119) The Constitution of India was adopted in which year?

a) 1947

b) 1948

c) 1950

d) 1951

120) Who was the first Governor-General of free India?

a) C. Rajagopalachari

b) Jawaharlal Nehru

c) Lord Mountbatten

d) Dr. Rajendra Prasad

121) The highest civilian award in India is?

a) Padma Bhushan

b) Padma Vibhushan

c) Bharat Ratna

d) Padma Shri

122) What is the national game of India?

a) Football

b) Cricket

c) Hockey

d) Badminton

123) The Headquarters of the International Court of Justice is located in?

a) Paris

b) New York

c) The Hague

d) London

124) The first Indian woman to go to space was?

a) Kalpana Chawla

b) Sunita Williams

c) Valentina Tereshkova

d) Rakesh Sharma

125) The largest producer of coffee in the world is?

a) Brazil

b) India

c) Colombia

d) Vietnam

126) The study of fossils is known as?

a) Geology

b) Zoology

c) Archaeology

d) Paleontology

127) Which Indian state is the largest producer of sugarcane?

a) Uttar Pradesh

b) Maharashtra

c) Tamil Nadu

d) Karnataka

128) Who was the first female IPS officer in India?

a) Kiran Bedi

b) Kalpana Chawla

c) Sarojini Naidu

d) Indira Gandhi

129) Which gas is used in fire extinguishers?

a) Oxygen

b) Carbon Monoxide

c) Carbon Dioxide

d) Helium

130) Which planet is known as the 'Blue Planet'?

a) Venus

b) Earth

c) Mars

d) Jupiter

131) Which organ in the human body is responsible for pumping blood?

a) Liver

b) Kidney

c) Heart

d) Lungs

132) Who discovered the law of gravitation?

a) Albert Einstein

b) Isaac Newton

c) Galileo Galilei

d) Nikola Tesla

133) Which is the smallest planet in our solar system?

a) Mars

b) Mercury

c) Venus

d) Pluto

134) Which is the oldest veda?

a) Rigveda

b) Samaveda

c) Yajurveda

d) Atharvaveda

135) Who is the current President of the USA (2024)?

a) Joe Biden

b) Donald Trump

c) Kamala Harris

d) Bernie Sanders

136) Which country is known as the 'Land of the Rising Sun'?

a) India

b) China

c) Japan

d) Thailand

137) The first Indian satellite is named?

a) Aryabhata

b) Bhaskara

c) INSAT-1A

d) GSAT-1

138) The 'White Revolution' in India is related to the production of?

a) Rice

b) Wheat

c) Cotton

d) Milk

139) Which city is known as the 'City of Joy'?

a) Mumbai

b) Kolkata

c) Bangalore

d) Chennai

140) Which planet has the most moons?

a) Earth

b) Mars

c) Jupiter

d) Saturn

141) Who is the founder of Buddhism?

a) Mahavira

b) Gautama Buddha

c) Adi Shankaracharya

d) Ramanuja

142) The largest organ in the human body is?

a) Skin

b) Liver

c) Lungs

d) Heart

143) Which state is known as the 'Spice Garden of India'?

a) Kerala

b) Tamil Nadu

c) Karnataka

d) Andhra Pradesh

144) Which gas is known as 'Laughing Gas'?

a) Nitrogen

b) Carbon Dioxide

c) Nitrous Oxide

d) Oxygen

145) Who is the first Indian to win an Oscar?

a) AR Rahman

b) Ruskin Bond

c) Bhanu Athaiya

d) MF Husain

146) Who discovered the vaccine for smallpox?

a) Edward Jenner

b) Louis Pasteur

c) Alexander Fleming

d) Joseph Lister

147) Which country is the largest producer of rice?

a) India

b) China

c) USA

d) Brazil

148) The Khajuraho temples are located in which state?

a) Madhya Pradesh

b) Uttar Pradesh

c) Rajasthan

d) Gujarat

149) Which layer of the Earth's atmosphere contains the ozone layer?

a) Troposphere

b) Stratosphere

c) Mesosphere

d) Thermosphere

150) What is the capital of Canada?

a) Toronto

b) Ottawa

c) Montreal

d) Vancouver

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