Essential GK Question Answers for all competitive exams
1. Which of the following administrators canceled the partition of Bengal?
A. Lord Hardinge
B. Lord Minto
C. Lord Curzon
D. Lord Chelmsford
2. What was the first mass movement led by Mahatma Gandhi?
A. Non-Cooperation Movement
B. Quit India Movement
C. Blue Rebellion
D. Salt movement
3. Who used Rumi tactics on the battlefield?
A. Babur
B. Akbar
C. Shershah
D. Aurangzeb
4. When was the Brahmo Samaj established?
A. 1830
B. 1828
C. 1800
D. 1784
5. Which ruler was a contemporary of Buddha and Mahavira?
A. Bimbisar
B. Chandragupta
C. Pradot
D. The enemy
6. Who is the author of two books 'Danasagar' and 'Advutsagar'?
A. Ballal Sen
B. Umapati
C. Laxman Sen
D. The washerman
7. Who is the author of Sadak-e-Azam?
A. Shershah
B. Muhammad bin Tughluq
C. Akbar
D. Alauddin
8. Who is the promoter of dual rule?
A. Duplay
B. Hastings
C. Clive
D. Cornwallis
9. Who founded the Dhaka Practice Society?
A. Praful Chaki
B. Pulin Das
C. S. N. Sanyal
D. Jatindranath Mukherjee
10. What is the name of the first newspaper in Bengali language?
A. Samachar Darpan
B. Sangam Kaumudi
C. News Broadcaster
D. Tattvabodhini magazine
11. What is the strong cyclone formed in the China Sea?
A. Cyclone
B. Tornadoes
C. Typhoon
D. Hurricanes
12. On which river has the Farakka project been?
A. Ganga and Bhagirathi
B. Ganga and Kosi
C. Ganga and Punarbhava
D. Ganges and Mayurbhanj
13. What is the amount of oxygen gas in the atmosphere?
A. 20.27%
B. 20.54%
C. 20.86%
D. 20.94%
14. What is the unit of measurement of concentration of ozone gas?
A. Firmen
B. Dobson
C. Lindemann
D. Wegner
15. Which is the highest hill in Chotanagpur?
A. Biharinath
B. Shushunia
C. Pareshnath
D. Rajmahal
16. The highest river in the world or Sky River is –
A. Sindh
B. Brahmaputra
C. Ganga-
D. Shadru
17. In which case did the Supreme Court hold that the Preamble is a part of the Indian Constitution?
A. The Minerva Mills case
B. Kesbananda Bharti Case
C. Maneka Gandhi Mills Case
D. Berubari case
18. Any law contrary to fundamental rights in India may be repealed by –
A. Only the Supreme Court
B. High Court only
C. Supreme Court and High Court
D. None of these
19.26th November, 1947 No of the Indian ConstitutionWas the issue effective?
A. Citizenship
B. Fundamental Rights
C. Fundamental Duties
D. Instructional policies of the state
20. What is the Green Mate Project?
A. Farmers' Agricultural Loan Waiver Scheme of Central Govt
B. Rainwater Conservation Scheme of Government of West Bengal
C. Rural Electrification Scheme of Government of Maharashtra
D. Cycle Distribution Scheme of West Bengal Govt
21. The Green Revolution was limited to –
A. In rice cultivation in West Bengal
B. On cotton cultivation in Maharashtra
C. In Wheat Cultivation of Punjab-Haryana
D. In Oilseeds Cultivation of Andhra Pradesh
22. NABARD was formed on the recommendation of which committee?
A. Public Accounts Committee
B. Sivaraman Committee
C. Narasimha Committee
D. None of these
23. Reserve Bank of India?
A. 1st April, 1935
B. 1st November,1941
C. 11th August, 1994
D. 1st January,1948
24. What was the earlier name of W. T. O?
A. U.N.C.T.A.D
B. G.A.T.T
C. U.N.I.D.O
D. O.B.C.D
25. Sagarmala' is:
A. An oil tanker
B. An oil field in the Indian Ocean
C. A port plan
D. Oil Refineries
26. What is 'Nirmal Gram Award' related to?
A. Rural drinking water
B. Expansion of forest land
C. Elementary Education
D. Complete health care program
27. What is the changed name of Imperial Bank of India?
A. State Bank of India
B. Central Bank of India
C. Reserve Bank of India
D. Allahabad Bank
28. A radioactive noble gas is –
A. Helium
B. Krypton
C. Xenon
D. Radon
29. What is Eutrification?
A. Air pollution
B. Soil pollution
C. Water pollution
D. Noise pollution
30. What does CNG mean?
A. Converted natural gas
B. Conduced Natural Gas
C. Conducted Natural Gas
D. Compressed natural gas
31. Melting of ice –
A. 80 calories/gram
B. 540 calories/gram
C. 1 calorie/gram
D. None of these
32. What kind of money is fast?
A. Scalar
B. Vector
C. Unitless sums
D. None of these
33. What causes the rising or setting sun to appear red?
A. Distraction
B. Adultery
C. Reflection
D. refraction
34. Who is the discoverer of neutron?
A. Rutherford
B. Lennard
C. Sadwick
D. Dalton
35. Cooking in open pots on the hill causes inconvenience
A. High air pressure
B. Low air pressure
C. Natural causes
D. Low temperature
36. In which cell does meiosis divide?
A. Rhizome
B. Magazine
C.Müllerkosh
D. Genealogy
37. What is the dark reaction of photosynthesis known as?
A. Thomson reaction
B. Kelvin reaction
C. Black reaction
D. None of these
38. Which of the following contains the largest amount of water in a cell?
A. Protein
B. Carbohydrates
C. affections
D. alkalinity
39. What is the number of sympathetic nerves?
A. 31
B. 31
C. 12
D. 10
40. An organism capable of photosynthesis is –
A. Amoeba
B. Entabima
C. Plasmodium
D. chrysamiba
