Online General Knowledge Quiz
1. Which of the following diseases is not caused by bacteria ?
(A) Tuberculosis
(B) Typhoid
(C) Measles
(D) Leprosy
2. Which of the following diseases is caused by virus ?
(A) Diphtheria
(B) Tetanus
(C) Syphilis
(D) Influenza
3. Pituitary gland is present :
(A) Below the brain
(B) Above the brain
(C) Inside the brain
(D) Nowhere near the brain
4. Vitamin necessary to prevent prolonged bleeding is :
(A) Vitamin A
(B) Vitamin D
(C) Vitamin K
(D) Vitamin E
5. According to Huxley, ‘‘the physical basis of life’’ is :
(A) Ectoplasm
(B) Endoplasm
(C) Protoplasm
(D) Nucleoplasm
6. Which of the following chemicals is used in the making of photographic films ?
(A) Sodium chloride
(B) Silver bromide
(C) Aluminium hydroxide
(D) None of the above
7. Whose signature is found on one rupee note in India ?
(A) Governor, Reserve Bank of India
(B) Finance Secretary, Ministry of Finance Government of India
(C) Finance Minister, Govt. of India
(D) President of India
8. Panchayat Raj under 73rd Constitutional system came into force in :
(A) 1991
(B) 1993
(C) 1992
(D) 1994
9. Which film bagged the Best Film of the 10th International Indian Film Academy Awards distributed in June 2009 ?
(A) Tare Zameen Par
(B) Jodha Akbar
(C) Gazani
(D) Akasa Kusum
10. The Pravasi Bhartiya Sammelan was held on January 7–9, 2010 at :
(A) Bangalore
(B) Hyderabad
(C) New Delhi
(D) Mumbai
11. Who said, “Fools rush in where angels fear to tread ?’’
(A) The Bible
(B) John Milton
(C) Alexander Pope
(D) Dr. Samuel Johnson
12. James Bond is a character created by :
(A) Ian Fleming
(B) P.G. Wode House
(C) Perry Mason
(D) Erl Stanley Gardener
13. The famous work of Leo Tolstoy is :
(A) The Merchant of Venice
(B) Illiad
(C) War and Peace
(D) Great Expectations
14. “I have not become His Majesty’s First Minister to preside over the liquidation of the British Empire.” Who said it ?
(A) Clement Attlee
(B) Winston Churchill
(C) Chamberlain
(D) Anthony Eden
15. In which year was English recommended as the medium of instruction for higher education in India by Lord Macaulay ?
(A) 1835
(B) 1833
(C) 1858
(D) 1821
16. If the lens in eye becomes opaque, the disease is called :
(A) Myopia
(B) Astigmatism
(C) Glaucoma
(D) Cataract
17. Which one of the following writs is issued by the court in case of illegal detention of a person ?
(A) Quo Warranto
(B) Mandamus
(C) Habeas Corpus
(D) Certiorari
18. Nobel Prize for Medicine 2009 was awarded to :
(A) Elizabeth H. Blackburn
(B) Carol W. Greider
(C) Jack W. Szostak
(D) All of the above
19. The Manas Wild Life sanctuary is located in the state of :
(A) Gujarat
(B) Madhya Pradesh
(C) Uttar Pradesh
(D) Assam
20. The Reserve Bank of India appointed a sixmember Committee to set out the framework for fuller capital account, convertibility (CAC) on March 20, 2006. The committee was headed by :
(A) Mr. Kishore Chandra Deo
(B) Ms. Syeda Hameed
(C) Mr. Ratan Jata
(D) Mr. S. S. Tarapore
