India Gk Quiz

India Gk Quiz
India General Knowledge Quiz
India Quiz - General Knowledge Quiz on India

1. Which of the following is the accepted definition of Black Money?
(A) It is illegal income
(B) It is secret and undisclosed income
(C) It is the income which cannot be justified
(D)It is the income on which tax has been evaded

Ans:-D


2. India’s Nuclear Command Authority (NCA) is headed by—
(A) Prime Minister
(B) President
(C) Chief of Strategic Forces Command
(D) National Security Advisor

Ans:-A


3. What are ‘Diamond Parks’?
(A) They are national parks located on hill stations in India and developed by Central Ministry of Environment
(B) They are places where petroleum refineries are located
(C) They are industrial centre being developed for encouraging the manufacturing and export of diamonds, synthetic gems and jewellery
(D) They are places where big power projects are located

Ans:-D


4. Who is known as the ‘Father of e-mail’?
(A) Bill Gates
(B) Timothy Bill
(C) Lincoln Geltisberg
(D) Ray Tomlinson

Ans:-C

5. The 2004 Olympic Games were held at—
(A) Busan
(B) Bangkok
(C) Athens
(D) Sydney.

Ans:-C

6. Which of the following is not correctly matched?
(A) Sachin Tendulkar - Cricket
(B) Bhai Chung Bhutia - Football
(C) Dhanraj Pillay - Badminton
(D) Mahesh Bhupathi - Tennis

Ans:-C


7. ‘Yuan’ is the currency of—
(A) China
(B) Singapore
(C) South Korea
(D) Poland

Ans:-C


8. SAARC has its permanent Secretariat at—
(A) Kathmandu
(B) Delhi
(C) Dacca
(D) Islamabad

Ans:-A


9. Who was bestowed all the following awards?
1. Nobel Prize
2. Bharat Ratna
3. Magsaysay
(A) Jawahar Lal Nehru
(B) C.V.Raman
(C) Rabindra Nath Tagore
(D) Mother Teresa

Ans:-C

10. Which of the following African countries is the member of Commonwealth without being a part of former British Empire?
(A) Kenya
(B) Mozambique
(C) Uganda
(D) Zimbabwe

Ans:-B


11. The W.T.O. Headquarters are located at—
(A) Geneva
(B) New York
(C) Paris
(D) Seattle

Ans:-A


12. ‘Ankleshwari’ is place in—
(A) Bihar where oil refinery has been built
(B) Madhya Pradesh known for fertilizer plant
(C) Orissa, universally known for temples
(D) Gujarat where oil has been found recently

Ans:-D


13.. The 2007 Cricket World Cup was held in—
(A) Australia
(B) England
(C) New Zealand
(D) West Indies

Ans:-D


14. Who among the following is the world’s first woman cosmonaut?
(A) Bachendri Pal
(B) Junko Tabei
(C) Valentena Tereshkova
(D) Sally Ride

Ans:-C


15. Who was the 1st woman among the following to become the Prime Minister of a country in the world?
(A)Benazir Bhutto
(B)Indira Gandhi
(C)Margaret Thatcher
(D)Sirimavo Bhandarnaike

Ans:-D


16. The name of the Chicago Physician who wants to clone a human, is—
(A) Carl Feldbaum
(B) David Heed
(C) Dr. Friedman
(D) Dr. Richard Seed

Ans:-D


17. The controversial film ‘FIRE’ was directed by—
(A) Ketan Mehta
(B) Deepa Mehta
(C) Mahesh Bhatt
(D) Meera Nair

Ans:-B


18. The recommendation for uniform rates of sales-tax by all the States was made by—
(A) 10th Finance Commission
(B) Ministry of Finance Govt. of India
(C) Indian Planning Commission
(D) Chelliah Committee

Ans:-D


19. The sick industrial unit in India is one which—
(A) Has incurred cash losses during the current and preceding five financial years
(B) Has accumulated losses equal to or more than its net worth
(C) Has failed to repay three consecutive loan instalments
(D) All the three above

Ans:-D


20. The largest item of expenditure in the current account of the Central Government budget is—
(A) Defence expenditure
(B) Subsidies
(C) Interest payments
(D) Expenditure on social services

Ans:-C


21. Which of the following items is the highest foreign exchange earner in India?
(A) Software
(B) Gems and Jewellery
(C) Tea
(D) Cotton Textiles

Ans:-A


22. ‘Hydrocarbon Vision 2025’ is associated with—
(A) Storage o Petroleum Products
(B) Euro-I & Euro-II vehicles
(C) Green-Houses effect
(D) None of the above

Ans:-B


23. Which among the following organisations are responsible for canalising exports and imports of India?
I. Mineral and Metal Trading Corporation
II. Exim Bank
III. State Trading Corporation
IV. Food Corporation of India.
Select the correct answer from the code given below—
Code:
(A) I, II, III and IV
(B) II and IV
(C) I and III
(D) II, III and IV

Ans:-A




24 Which one of the following is not a function of the Reserve Bank of India?
(A) Issue of notes
(B) Banker’s Bank
(C) Government Bank
(D) Accepting deposits from the public

Ans:-D


25. The maximum tax revenue is received by the Government of India from—
(A) Corporate tax
(B) Income-tax
(C) Union Excise Duty
(D) Import duty

Ans:-C