General Knowledge Question With Answers Competitive exams

1) The mountain building in Himalayas began
A. about 45 million years ago
B. when the continental plates of India and Eurasia converged on each other
C. both (a) and (b)
D. None of the above

Answer: C

2) Plants wilt due to excess of
A. transpiration
B. photosynthesis
C. absorption
D. None of these

Answer A.

3) The method that cannot be used for removing permanent hardness of water is
A. adding sodium carbonate
B. distillation
C. adding caustic soda
D. boiling

Answer: D.

4) For whom high heeled shoes were invented?
A. Cleopatra
B. Queen Elizabeth I
C. King Louis the XIV
D. King Charles II

Answer: C

5) When was the city Rome found by Romulus?
A. 753 BC
B. 604 BC
C. 660 BC
D. None of the above

Answer: A

6) The term yavanika meant
A. foreign goods
B. dancer
C. curtain
D. theater

Answer: C

7) Which of the following is used as a moderator in nuclear reactor?
A. Thorium
B. Graphite
C. Radium
D. Ordinary water

Answer: B

9) Bismillah Khan was associated with?
A. Sarod
B. Shehnai
C. Flute
D. Tabla

Answer: B
10) The members of Lok Sabha are
A. directly elected by the people
B. indirectly elected
C. nominated
D. partly elected and partly nominated

Answer: A.
11)Revenue of the state governments are raised from the following sources, except

A. entertainment tax
B. expenditure tax
C. agricultural income tax
D. land revenue

Answer: C

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