Railway, SSC, UPSC Important General Knowledge MCQ

Total Questions: 565

51) Who discovered penicillin?

a) Alexander Fleming

b) Marie Curie

c) Albert Einstein

d) Isaac Newton

52) What is the chemical formula of Carbon Dioxide?

a) CO

b) CO2

c) C2O

d) O2

53) Which Mughal emperor built the Red Fort?

a) Babur

b) Akbar

c) Jahangir

d) Shah Jahan

54) Which ocean is the largest in the world?

a) Atlantic Ocean

b) Indian Ocean

c) Pacific Ocean

d) Arctic Ocean

55) Who is the Chairman of the ISRO (2024)?

a) K. Sivan

b) G. Madhavan Nair

c) A S Kiran Kumar

d) S. Somanath

56) Which country hosted the 2020 Olympic Games?

a) USA

b) China

c) Japan

d) UK

57) Which planet is closest to the Sun?

a) Earth

b) Venus

c) Mercury

d) Mars

58) Who gave the slogan 'Inquilab Zindabad'?

a) Mahatma Gandhi

b) Subhas Chandra Bose

c) Bhagat Singh

d) Jawaharlal Nehru

59) Which monument is known as the 'Iron Lady of Paris'?

a) Louvre

b) Eiffel Tower

c) Notre Dame

d) Arc de Triomphe

60) Who is the current Prime Minister of India (2024)?

a) Narendra Modi

b) Rahul Gandhi

c) Arvind Kejriwal

d) Yogi Adityanath

61) Which state is the leading producer of coffee in India?

a) Tamil Nadu

b) Karnataka

c) Kerala

d) Andhra Pradesh

62) Which river is called the 'Ganga of the South'?

a) Cauvery

b) Godavari

c) Krishna

d) Narmada

63) Which of the following is a renewable resource?

a) Coal

b) Petroleum

c) Wind

d) Natural Gas

64) Who won the first Nobel Prize in Physics?

a) Marie Curie

b) Albert Einstein

c) Wilhelm Röntgen

d) Isaac Newton

65) Which Indian city is famous for its diamond industry?

a) Surat

b) Mumbai

c) Jaipur

d) Kolkata

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

a) CV Raman

b) Amartya Sen

c) Rabindranath Tagore

d) Hargobind Khorana

67) The book 'Gitanjali' is written by?

a) Bankim Chandra Chatterjee

b) Jawaharlal Nehru

c) Rabindranath Tagore

d) Sarojini Naidu

68) Which is the longest railway platform in India?

a) Howrah

b) Gorakhpur

c) Kharagpur

d) Chennai Central

69) Which country launched the first artificial satellite?

a) USA

b) China

c) Russia

d) India

70) What is the largest island in the world?

a) Madagascar

b) Greenland

c) Australia

d) Borneo

71) The Earth's largest ice sheet is found in?

a) Greenland

b) Arctic

c) Antarctica

d) Alaska

72) Which instrument is used to measure temperature?

a) Barometer

b) Anemometer

c) Thermometer

d) Hydrometer

73) The Indian national flag was designed by?

a) Jawaharlal Nehru

b) Mahatma Gandhi

c) Sarojini Naidu

d) Pingali Venkayya

74) Which river flows through Paris?

a) Danube

b) Thames

c) Seine

d) Amazon

75) What is the scientific study of insects called?

a) Botany

b) Zoology

c) Entomology

d) Geology

76) Who was the first woman to go to space?

a) Valentina Tereshkova

b) Kalpana Chawla

c) Sally Ride

d) Yuri Gagarin

77) Which Indian state is the largest producer of wheat?

a) Punjab

b) Madhya Pradesh

c) Haryana

d) Uttar Pradesh

78) The national flower of India is?

a) Rose

b) Lily

c) Lotus

d) Sunflower

79) Which organ of the body is affected by Hepatitis?

a) Heart

b) Lungs

c) Liver

d) Brain

80) What is the largest democracy in the world?

a) China

b) USA

c) Russia

d) India

81) Who was the first female Prime Minister of India?

a) Pratibha Patil

b) Indira Gandhi

c) Sarojini Naidu

d) Sushma Swaraj

82) The Konark Temple is located in which state?

a) Bihar

b) Odisha

c) West Bengal

d) Madhya Pradesh

83) Who is the current Vice President of India (2024)?

a) M. Venkaiah Naidu

b) Jagdip Dhankhar

c) Anandiben Patel

d) Najma Heptulla

84) The headquarters of NATO is located in?

a) Paris

b) London

c) Brussels

d) New York

85) Which Indian sportsperson is known as the 'Flying Sikh'?

a) Milkha Singh

b) PT Usha

c) Kapil Dev

d) Dhyan Chand

86) Which city is known as the 'Manchester of India'?

a) Mumbai

b) Surat

c) Ahmedabad

d) Chennai

87) The largest dam in India is?

a) Bhakra Nangal

b) Tehri

c) Damodar

d) Indira Sagar

88) The famous dance form 'Bharatanatyam' originated in which state?

a) Karnataka

b) Tamil Nadu

c) Andhra Pradesh

d) Kerala

89) Who was the first Indian astronaut to go to space?

a) Rakesh Sharma

b) Kalpana Chawla

c) Sunita Williams

d) Yuri Gagarin

90) Which river is called the 'Lifeline of Madhya Pradesh'?

a) Yamuna

b) Narmada

c) Godavari

d) Krishna

91) Which metal is the best conductor of electricity?

a) Copper

b) Aluminum

c) Silver

d) Gold

92) Who was the first woman to become the Chief Minister of an Indian state?

a) Jayalalithaa

b) Sushma Swaraj

c) Sucheta Kriplani

d) Indira Gandhi

93) Which is the oldest mountain range in India?

a) Himalayas

b) Aravalli

c) Western Ghats

d) Eastern Ghats

94) Who wrote the Indian national anthem?

a) Bankim Chandra Chatterjee

b) Sarojini Naidu

c) Rabindranath Tagore

d) Subhas Chandra Bose

95) The ozone layer in the atmosphere protects us from?

a) Infrared Rays

b) Visible Light

c) Ultraviolet Rays

d) Microwaves

96) Which city is known as the 'City of Lakes'?

a) Udaipur

b) Bhopal

c) Srinagar

d) Jaipur

97) Who was the first Indian to receive a Nobel Prize in Physics?

a) APJ Abdul Kalam

b) Srinivasa Ramanujan

c) Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar

d) CV Raman

98) What is the most spoken language in the world?

a) Mandarin

b) English

c) Hindi

d) Spanish

99) Which of the following is an artificial ecosystem?

a) Forest

b) Pond

c) Aquarium

d) Desert

100) Who gave the title of 'Mahatma' to Gandhi?

a) Subhas Chandra Bose

b) Rabindranath Tagore

c) Sardar Patel

d) Jawaharlal Nehru

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