Test Your General Knowledge Online Practice Test

Test Your General Knowledge Online Practice Test
General Knowledge Practice Test
General Knowledge Exams Online Tests for India
1. Consider the following statements and select the correct answer using the code given below
Assertion (A) : Educated unemployment increases with high rate of economic growth
Reason (R) : It happens only when there is lack of professional education
Codes:
(A) Both A and R are correct and R is the correct explanation of A
(B) Both A and Rare correct but R is not the correct explanation of A
(C) A is true but R is false
(D) A is false but R is true

2. Consider according to Buddhism:
Assertion (A) : There is no rebirth.
Reason (R) : There is no soul.
Now select your answer from the following code :
Code :
(A) Both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of A
(B) Both A and R are true, but R is not the correct explanation of A
(C) A is true but R is false
(D) A is false but R is true

3. Which one of the following propounded that destiny determines
everything, man is powerless ?
(A) ]ainas
(B) Buddhists
(C) Ajivakas
(D) Mimansakas

4. Sheikh Nizamuddin Auliya was the disciple of :
(A) Sheikh Alauddin Sabir
(B) Khwaja Moinuddin Chisti
(C) Baba Farid
(D) Sheikh Ahmad Sirhindi

5. Which one of the following was `favoured by Nehru but not
favoured by Gandhiji ?
(A) Truth
(B) Non-violence
(C) Untouchability
(D) Heavy industrialisation

6. Consider :
Assertion (A) : Nehru had no regard for the Upanishads.
Reason (R) : His attitude was scientific.
Now select your answer from the following codes
Codes :
(A) Both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of A
(B) Both A and R are true but R is not the correct explanation of A
(C) A is true but R is false
(D) A is false but R is true

7, Ashtadhayi was written by ?
(A) Vedavyas
(B) Panini
(C) Shukadeva
(D) Balmiki

8. Adi Shankaracharya established four mathas. These mathas are
situated at:
(A) Sringeri, Dwarka, ]oshimath,Prayag
(B) Dwarka, joshirnath, Prayag,Kanchi
(C) Joshimath, Dwarka, Puri,Sringeri
(D) Puri, Sringeri, Dwarka,Varanasi

9. Who was the founder of ’Servants of India Society' ?
(A) Madan Mohan Malviya
(B) Sarojini Naidu
(C) Iustice Ranade
(D) Gopal Krishna Gokhale

10. The third Sangam was held at ?
(A) Arrikkamedu
(B) Ernakulam
(C) Madurai
(D) Tuticorin

11. Who among the following was the founder of the ’Satya
Shodhak Samaj’ ?
(A) Dr. B. R. Ambedkar
(B) Iyotiba Phule
(C) Narayan Guru
(D) Ramaswamy Naicker

12. Cotton for textile was first cultivated in ?
(A) Egypt
(B) Mesopotamia
(C) Central America
(D) India

13. Consider the following statements :
Assertion (A) : Muhammad Tughlaq’s scheme of token currency was a failure.
Reason (R) : Muhammad Tughlaq had no proper control over the issuance of coins.
Select the correct answer using the code given below :
Code :
(A) Both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of A
(B) Both A and R are true but R is not the correct explanation of A
(C) A is true but R is false
(D) A is false but R is true

14. By which name was Chanakya known in his childhood ?
(A) Aiwa
(B) Chanakya
(C) Vishnugupta
(D) Deogupta

15. Rock cut architecture in Harappan culture context has been found at :
(A) Kalibangan
(B) Dhaulabira
(C) Kotdiji
(D) Amri

16. Where was the first Madarsa set up by the British in India ?
(A) Madras
(B) Bombay
(C) Aligarh
(D) Calcutta

17. Who among the following Pakistani National was awarded the ’Bharat Ratna' by the Indian Government ?
(A) Liaqat Ali Khan
(B) M. A. Jinnah
(C) Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan
(D) Muhammad Iqbal

18. Consider the following statements and select the correct answer from the code given
below :
l. India’s population is characterised by a high growth rate.
2. With the current growth rate it is likely to overtake China in the near future.
3. Out of every six persons of the World one is an Indian.
4. About 40% of the lndia’s population is below the poverty line level.
Codes:
(a) 1, 2 and 3 are correct
(b) 2, 3 and 4 are correct
(c) l, 3 and 4 are correct
(d) l, 2 and 4 are correct

19. In the Uttar Pradesh and Madhya Pradesh States, the joint 'Rajghat River Valley Project' is launched on ?
(A) Ken river
(B) Son river
(C) Chambal river
(D) Betwa river

20. Which state in the country has the largest number of districts ?
(A) Madhya Pradesh
(B) Maharashtra
(C) Tamil Nadu
(D) Uttar Pradesh

21. Environment refers:
(A) As the natural world of land, water, air, plants and animals that exist around it
(B) To the sum total of conditions which surround man at a given point of time
(C) The interacting systems of physical, biological and cultural elements which are interlinked
(D) All the above

22. The cells which have the capacity to divide and differentiate into
any type of cells in the body are the focus of research of several serious diseases are ?
(A) Bud cells
(B) Red cells
(C) Mesangial cells
(D) Stem cells

23. Environmental degradation means:
(A) Overall lowering of environmental qualities
(B) Adverse changes brought in by human activities
(C) Ecological imbalance beca use of ecological diversity
(D) All the above

24. Which one of the following is known as ’Satellite Town' ?
(A) Moradabad
(B) Hyderabad
(C) Ghaziabad
(D) Ahmedabad

25. Which of the following rivers have almost the same point of
beginning ?
(A) Brahmaputra and Ganga
(B) Tapi and Beas
(C) Brahmaputra and Indus
(D) Indus and Ganga

ANSWERS:

1 A
2 D
3 C
4 C
5 D
6 D
7 B
8 C
9 D
10 C
11 B
12 D
13 A
14 C
15 B
16 D
17 C
18 A
19 D
20 D
21 D
22 D
23 D
24 D
25 C