GK Question and Answer In English
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1. The famous ‘Gayatri Mantra’ has been taken from–
(A) Rigveda
(B) Samaveda
(C) Yajurveda
(D) Atharvaveda
2. Who was the founder of the Ramakrishna Mission ?
(A) Sri Ramakrishna
(B) Swami Shraddhananda
(C) Keshab Chandra
(D) Swami Vivekananda
3. Which city is also known as the “Big Apple”?
(A) New York, USA
(B) Canberra, Australia
(C) Madrid, Spain
(D) Lausanne, Switzerland
4. Upper limit prescribed for RTGS transaction is–
(A) Rs. 1 lac
(B) Rs. 2 lacs
(C) Rs. 5 lacs
(D) No upper limit is prescribed
5. When a bank returns a cheque unpaid, it is called–
(A) Payment of the cheque
(B) Drawing of the cheque
(C) Cancelling of the cheque
(D) Dishonour of the cheque
6. What is the currency of European Union ?
(A) Deutsche Mark
(B) Great Britain Pound (GBP)
(C) Euro
(D) Francs
7. Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty (CTBT) is associated with the ban on which of the following ?
(A) Ban on nuclear tests for developing arsenals
(B) Ban on terrorism
(C) Ban on certain organisations under UN Laws
(D) Ban on money laundering activities
8. The Pulitzer Prize is associated with which of the following?
(A) Journalism
(B) Olympic Garnes
(C) Environmental Protection
(D) Civil Aviation
9. Which one of the following actors was awarded the Dada Saheb Phalke Award at the 59th National Film Festival?
(A) Soumitra Chatterjee
(B) Ketan Mehta
(C) Shekhar Kapoor
(D) Mahesh Bhatt
10. Which is the only host team to win the ICC (50 over) Cricket World Cup?
(A) South Africa
(B) India
(C) Australia
(D) West Indies
11. Which one of the following books is written by an Indian Author?
(A) Five Point Someone
(B) Harry Potter
(C) Beautiful Mind
(D) Animal Farm
12. Who was the author of the book named Setbji?
(A) Shobha De
(B) Arundhati Roy
(C) Chetan Bhagat
(D) Salman Rushdie
13. The black hole theory was discovered by–—–
(A) Hargobind Khurana
(B) C. V. Raman
(C) S. Ramanujan
(D) S. Chandrashekhar
14. Who was affectionately known as the Grand Old Man of India ?
(A) Bal Gangadhar Tilak
(B) Dadabhai Naoroji
(C) Gopal Krishna Gokhale
(D) Mahatma Gandhi
15. Explicit + Implicit Costs =
(A) Private Costs
(B) Accounting Costs
(C) Economic Costs
(D) Social Costs
16. The objective of Sangam Yojna is–
(A) to make Ganga water pollution free.
(B) to make Sangam region of Allahabad more attractive for tourists.
(C) to unite various group of Hindus.
(D) to ensure welfare of handicapped.
17. Which of the following countries are favourably influenced by the trade winds?
(A) West Indies and Florida
(B) Malagasy and Brazil
(C) East Coast of Mexico, and Guyana
(D) All of these
18. Who is the writer of the International Bestseller ‘The White Tiger’?
(A) Aravind Adiga
(B) Paul Coelho
(C) Chetan Bhagat
(D) Salman Rushdie
19. Duncan Passage is located between–
(A) South and Little Andaman.
(B) Little and Great Nicobar.
(C) North and Middle Andaman.
(D) Middle and South Andaman.
20. The Operation Polo was associated with the annexation of which one of the following Princely States into Indian Union?
(A) Kashmir
(B) Junagadh
(C) Travancore
(D) Hyderabad
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