General Knowledge Questions With Answer

1.    Which continent has the highest number of countries?
A.    Africa
B.    Europe
C.    Asia
D.    South America
Answer A.    Africa
2. Which of the following country was the host of First Asian Yoga Championship held recently?
(A)Thailand
(B)Cambodia
(C)Vietnam
(D)Laos
Answer- (A)Thailand
3- What is the name of science through which you can modify the characteristics of an organism by modifying its DNA?
A.    Chemistry
B.    Genetic Engineering
C.    Biology
D.    Organic Science
Answer B.    Genetic Engineering
4. Which among the following is India’s largest indigenous Research and Production nuclear reactor?
(A)Apsara
(B)Dhruva
(C)Kamini
(D)CIRUS
Answer B)Dhruva
5- What was the basis of the National Calendar of India?
A.    Gregorian Calenda
B.    Saka Era
C.    Moghul Era
D.    None of the above
Answer B.    Saka Era
6 – Which is the Indian state with the second highest literacy rate?
A.    Lakshadweep
B.    Goa
C.    Kerala
D.    Mizoram
Answer D.    Mizoram
7- . Christine Lagarde, who recently headed the G-20 meeting of Finance Ministers and Governors of central Banks is Finance Minister of which among the following countries?
(A)Australia
(B)France
(C)Italy
(D)Germany
Answer (B)France
8 – When was the first Nobel prize awarded?
A.    1890
B.    1896
C.    1901
D.    1969
Answer C.    1901
9 -  In which year, Imperial Records Department (IRD) was established, which is now known as National Archives of India?
(A)1889
(B)1891
(C)1896
(D)1899
Answer (B)1891
10. Which among the following sports is NOT a part of the London Olympics?
(A)Taekwondo
(B)Baseball
(C)Table Tennis
(D)Triathlon
Answer (B)Baseball
11. Who among the following has been defeated by Saina Nehwal, who has won the Swiss Open Grand Prix Gold title recently, becoming the First Indian to do so?
(A)Ji Hyun Sung
(B) Wang Lin
(C)Kamilla Rytter Juhl
(D)Shinta Mulia Sari
Answer (A)Ji Hyun Sung
12. Where is going to be established the Mahatma Gandhi Institute of Education for Peace and Sustainable Development (MGIEP) , the latest & first Category-I institute of UNECO in South Asia?
(A)New Delhi
(B)Ahamedabad
(C)Mumbai
(D)Pune
Answer (A)New Delhi
13. Anant Pai, better known as ‘Uncle Pai’ , who recently died was the creator of which among the following comic series?
(A)Chacha Chaudhary
(B)Amar Chitra Katha
(C)Chandamama
(D)Indrajaal
Answer (B)Amar Chitra Katha
14 – What is the World’s largest island?
A.    Japan
B.    Singapore
C.    Hawaii
D.    Greenland
Answer D.   Greenland