Railway, SSC, UPSC Important General Knowledge MCQ

Total Questions: 565

201) The capital city of Japan is?

a) Kyoto

b) Osaka

c) Tokyo

d) Nagoya

202) Which is the hottest planet in the solar system?

a) Earth

b) Mars

c) Venus

d) Saturn

203) The longest river in India is?

a) Ganga

b) Brahmaputra

c) Godavari

d) Yamuna

204) Who was the first woman governor of an Indian state?

a) Sarojini Naidu

b) Indira Gandhi

c) Sushma Swaraj

d) Pratibha Patil

205) Which Indian state is famous for the Ajanta and Ellora caves?

a) Madhya Pradesh

b) Maharashtra

c) Rajasthan

d) Andhra Pradesh

206) What is the scientific name of the human species?

a) Homo habilis

b) Homo sapiens

c) Homo erectus

d) Homo neanderthalensis

207) The Headquarters of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) is located in?

a) Paris

b) Washington DC

c) New York

d) London

208) Who wrote the book 'My Experiments with Truth'?

a) Jawaharlal Nehru

b) Subhas Chandra Bose

c) Mahatma Gandhi

d) BR Ambedkar

209) Which planet is known as the 'Red Planet'?

a) Mercury

b) Venus

c) Mars

d) Jupiter

210) Who was the first Indian to win a Nobel Prize?

a) Rabindranath Tagore

b) APJ Abdul Kalam

c) CV Raman

d) Mother Teresa

211) What is the main source of energy for the Earth?

a) Moon

b) Wind

c) Sun

d) Water

212) Which river is known as the 'Sorrow of Bihar'?

a) Ganga

b) Godavari

c) Kosi

d) Yamuna

213) The Battle of Plassey was fought in which year?

a) 1764

b) 1757

c) 1857

d) 1707

214) Which state in India is the largest producer of coal?

a) Jharkhand

b) Odisha

c) Madhya Pradesh

d) Chhattisgarh

215) Who is the author of the book 'Discovery of India'?

a) Jawaharlal Nehru

b) Mahatma Gandhi

c) Subhas Chandra Bose

d) BR Ambedkar

216) The Indian state known for coffee production is?

a) Tamil Nadu

b) Assam

c) Karnataka

d) Kerala

217) Who is the first Indian woman to win a gold medal in the Olympics?

a) Mary Kom

b) PV Sindhu

c) Karnam Malleswari

d) Neeraj Chopra

218) Which animal is known as the 'Ship of the Desert'?

a) Horse

b) Camel

c) Llama

d) Elephant

219) Which is the smallest state in India by area?

a) Goa

b) Sikkim

c) Tripura

d) Manipur

220) Which city is known as the 'Pink City'?

a) Jaipur

b) Jodhpur

c) Udaipur

d) Kota

221) The headquarters of ISRO is located in?

a) New Delhi

b) Mumbai

c) Hyderabad

d) Bengaluru

222) Who was the first woman speaker of the Lok Sabha?

a) Sushma Swaraj

b) Meira Kumar

c) Sumitra Mahajan

d) Sarojini Naidu

223) Which vitamin is produced by the skin in sunlight?

a) Vitamin A

b) Vitamin B

c) Vitamin C

d) Vitamin D

224) Which is the longest railway platform in India?

a) Chennai

b) Howrah

c) Gorakhpur

d) Kanpur

225) What is the currency of Japan?

a) Won

b) Yuan

c) Rupee

d) Yen

226) Which Indian state is known as the 'Land of Five Rivers'?

a) Punjab

b) Haryana

c) Kerala

d) Tamil Nadu

227) Who invented the telephone?

a) Thomas Edison

b) Guglielmo Marconi

c) Alexander Graham Bell

d) Nikola Tesla

228) Which country is known as the 'Land of Thousand Lakes'?

a) Norway

b) Sweden

c) Finland

d) Iceland

229) Which is the largest continent by area?

a) Africa

b) Europe

c) Asia

d) North America

230) Who was the first Indian to win a gold medal in the Olympics?

a) Milkha Singh

b) KD Jadhav

c) Neeraj Chopra

d) Abhinav Bindra

231) The Gateway of India was built in memory of which event?

a) Arrival of the British

b) Visit of Queen Victoria

c) Visit of King George V

d) Visit of Lord Mountbatten

232) Which river is called the 'Sorrow of Bengal'?

a) Ganga

b) Hooghly

c) Yamuna

d) Damodar

233) Which planet has a day longer than its year?

a) Mercury

b) Mars

c) Venus

d) Jupiter

234) The Great Wall of China was built to protect against?

a) Mongols

b) Huns

c) Romans

d) Japanese

235) Who is the father of the Indian Constitution?

a) Mahatma Gandhi

b) Jawaharlal Nehru

c) BR Ambedkar

d) Sardar Patel

236) Which is the fastest land animal?

a) Cheetah

b) Lion

c) Leopard

d) Tiger

237) The headquarters of the World Bank is located in?

a) London

b) New York

c) Geneva

d) Washington DC

238) What is the national currency of Bangladesh?

a) Dollar

b) Taka

c) Rupee

d) Yuan

239) Which country is known as the 'Land of the Midnight Sun'?

a) Norway

b) Sweden

c) Finland

d) Iceland

240) Who discovered the planet Uranus?

a) Galileo Galilei

b) Nicolas Copernicus

c) William Herschel

d) Johannes Kepler

241) Which Indian state has the longest coastline?

a) Gujarat

b) Maharashtra

c) Kerala

d) Tamil Nadu

242) The first Indian woman to win the Miss World title was?

a) Aishwarya Rai

b) Priyanka Chopra

c) Lara Dutta

d) Reita Faria

243) Who is the inventor of the World Wide Web?

a) Bill Gates

b) Steve Jobs

c) Tim Berners-Lee

d) Larry Page

244) Who is the first woman judge of the Supreme Court of India?

a) Fatima Beevi

b) Leila Seth

c) Indu Malhotra

d) Sujata Manohar

245) Which is the longest mountain range in the world?

a) Andes

b) Himalayas

c) Rockies

d) Alps

246) Which is the national bird of India?

a) Eagle

b) Peacock

c) Swan

d) Pigeon

247) The currency of Germany is called?

a) Euro

b) Pound

c) Mark

d) Lira

248) What is the chemical symbol for gold?

a) Au

b) Ag

c) Fe

d) Cu

249) Which Indian state is known for Saffron production?

a) Jammu & Kashmir

b) Himachal Pradesh

c) Uttarakhand

d) Sikkim

250) Who is the author of 'Ramayana'?

a) Tulsidas

b) Valmiki

c) Kalidasa

d) Vyasa

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