General Knowledge (QUIZ – 1)

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1.      Which is the only number that cannot be represented by roman numerals and gift of India to world?
(1) 1
(2) 6
(3) 9
(4) 0

2.      India became a republic country on which of the following date?
(1) January 26, 1948
(2) January 26, 1949
(3) January 26, 1950
(4) January 26, 1947

3.      Which Prime Minister of India was sworn as interim Prime Minister twice?
(1) Jawaharlal Nehru
(2) Gulzarilal Nanda
(3) Indira Gandhi
(4) Atal Bihari Vajpayee

4.      The enlightenment was
(1) Believed in basic goodness of human nature
(2) Unrelated to Scientific Revolution
(3) Was a global movement
(4) Was incompatible with feminism

5.      Largest Epic of the world is
(1) Bible
(2) Ramayan
(3) Mahabharat
(4) Quran

6.      Which is the world's busiest airport?
(1) Heathrow Airport, London
(2) Chicago Airport
(3) Paris Airport
(4) JFK International Airport, New York

7.      The Indian National Flag was designed by whom?
(1) Rabindranath Tagore
(2) Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru
(3) Lt. Shri Pingali Venkayya
(4) Mahatma Gandhi

8.      Which of the following devices can be sued to directly image printed text?
(1) OCR
(2) OMR
(3) OPR
(4) MICR

9.      Which of the following countries has introduced "Direct Democracy"?
(1) Switzerland
(2) India
(3) France
(4) Russia

10.  Who is not the Speaker of the Lok Sabha ever?
(1) P. A. Sangma
(2) Somnath Chatterjee
(3) Sushma Swaraj
(4) Meira Kumar

11.  Which one of the following is not the official language of the United Nations Organisation?
(1) Arabic
(2) Portuguese
(3) Spanish
(4) Chinese

12.  Which was the first National News Agency of India?
(1) The Associated Press of India
(2) The Indian Review
(3) The Free Press of India
(4) Press Trust of India

13.  Who invented the first space rocket?
(1) James Watt
(2) Joseph Godard
(3) Masco
(4) Samy

14.  A computer program that converts an entire program into machine language is called a/an
(1) Commander
(2) Compiler
(3) Interpreter
(4) Simulator

15.  Which of the following helps in clotting of blood?
(1) Vitamin B1
(2) Vitamin B2
(3) Vitamin D
(4) Vitamin K

16.  Which is the World Puzzle Day?
(1) 14 July
(2) 13 August
(3) 14 August
(4) 13 July

17.  Malaria is a disease which affects the
(1) Heart
(2) Lungs
(3) Spleen
(4) Kidneys

18.  Who designed the first electronics computer – ENIAC?
(1) Joseph M. Jacquard
(2) Van-Neumann
(3) Charles Babbage
(4) J. Presper Eckert and John W Mauchly

19.  International Mother Language Day
(1) February 21
(2) January 21
(3) March 21
(4) April 21

20.  "Death with dignity is better than life with humiliation."
(1) Husayn ibn Ali
(2) Napoleon
(3) Mark Poll
(4) Kal Marx