General Knowledge Quiz for APPSC / TSPSC / RRB & Other Competitive Exams

1. For a fixed mass of gas at constant temperature, if we decrease volume, the pressure will ........
A) also decrease
B) increase
C) remains constant
D) None of these


2. In India the term Black Revolution is associated with:
A) Self-dependence in the production of coal
B) Nurturing the Black Soil
C) Self-dependence in the production of crude oil 
D) Self-dependence in the production of fish


3. Who were selected for the prestigious 2016 Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna Award?
1) P.V. Sindhu, Sakshi Malik, Shiv Thapa, Lalita Babar
2) Sakshi Malik, Dipa Karmakar, P.V. Sindhu, Rajat Chauhan
3) P.V. Sindhu, Sakshi Malik, Dipa Karmakar, Jitu Rai 
4) P.V. Sindhu, Sakshi Malik, Ajinkya Rahane, Apurvi Chandela


4. Who is called the father of modern Economics?
1) Thomas Robert Malthus
2) Adam Smith 
3) John Maynard Keynes
4) Alfred Russel Wallace


5. What percent of the elements in the Periodic Table are Metals?
A) About 60%
B) About 65%
C) About 70%
D) About 80%


6. Energy flow in ecosystem is ........
A) bi-directional
B) multi-directional
C) unidirectional 
D) None of these


7. Which one among the following Asian countries is land-locked?
1) Cambodia
2) Vietnam
3) Laos 
4) Thailand


8. Which of the following help blood to clot?
1) Red Blood Cells
2) White Blood Cells
3) Platelets 
4) Plasma


9. The Hornbill Festival is celebrated every year in December in which of the following states?
1) Sikkim
2) Nagaland 
3) Meghalaya
4) Arunachal Pradesh


10. Identify the mismatched pair?
1) NAV - Net Asset Value
2) GDP - Gross Domestic Product
3) FMC - Forward Management Commission 
4) CCI - Competition Commission of India


11. The rule of the Eastern Ganga dynasty consisted of the whole of the modern day Indian State of?
1) Tamil Nadu
2) Kerala
3) Odisha 
4) Bihar




12. Which of the following terms refers to a form of commercial farming where crops like tea, coffee and rubber are grown for profit?
1) Terrace Farming
2) Extensive farming
3) Multiple cropping
4) Plantation agriculture 


13. In Indian Parliament, a bill may be sent to a select committee .......
A) after the first reading
B) after the second reading
C) after general discussion during second reading
D) at any stage at the discretion of the speaker


14. pH is an abbreviation for?
A) Potential of Hydrogen
B) Possibility of Hydrogen
C) Population of Hydrogen

D) Position of Hydrogen

15. Parambikulam Aliyar Project is a joint venture of Kerala and?
1) Tamil Nadu 
2) Karnataka
3) Telangana
4) Puducherry


16. Chandra Prabha Wildlife Sanctuary is situated in?
1) Bihar
2) Uttar Pradesh 
3) Himachal Pradesh
4) Arunachal Pradesh


17. Who is the most famous king of Kushan dynasty?
1) Harshavardhana
2) Ashoka
3) Kanishka 
4) Bimbisara


18. The headquarters of ISRO is situated in?
1) Ahmedabad
2) Srihari Kota
3) Chennai
4) Bangalore 


19. Sangama, Saluva and Tuluva dynasties were associated with?
1) Kashmir
2) Bengal
3) Warangal
4) Vijayanagara 


20. Corey Anderson is a cricketer from which of the following countries?
1) Australia
2) England
3) New Zealand 

4) South Africa


21. What J. B. Dunlop had invented?
A) Pneumatic rubber tire
B) Automobile wheel rim
C) Rubber boot
D) Model airplanes


22. Who among the following were contemporaries of Kanishka?
A) Kamban, Banabhatta, Ashvagosha
B) Nagarjuna, Ashvagosha, Vasumitra
C) Ashvagosha, Kalidas, Banabhatta
D) Kalidas, Kamban, Vasumitra


23. The chief component of the cell wall of the majority of fungi is .......
A) pectin
B) chitin
C) lignin
D) cellulose


24. The first enzyme to be purified and crystallised was ........
A) Urease 
B) Diastase
C) Insulin
D) Zymase


30. What is the currency of Germany?
1) Pound
2) Krone
3) Euro 
4) Franc