Common General Knowledge Questions

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Common General Knowledge Questions

No.-1. Auditory nerve is a:

Answer: Eighth cranial nerve.

No.-2. The ancient Egyptians’ script which means “sacred writing”:

Answer: Hieroglyphic.

No.-3. Who formed the base of the feudal society?

Answer: The serfs.

No.-4. The unification of Germany was undertaken by:

Answer: Otto von Bismarck.

No.-5. The country that launched the first manmade satellite named Sputnik I:

Answer: U.S.S.R (4th October 1957).

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No.-6. The ruler of Rome who was first to recognise two kinds of citizens in the country as Plebeians and the Patricians:

Answer: Servius.

No.-7. Who were the member countries of the Triple Entente?

Answer: Britain, France and Russia.

No.-8. What was the relationship between Charles II and James II of Great Britain?

Answer: They were brothers.

No.-9. Which ocean surrounds the North Pole?

Answer: Arctic Ocean.

No.-10. The people of the Asiatic Steppes are known as?

Answer: Kyrgyz.

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No.-11. The oldest functioning hotel in Asia?

Answer: The Great Eastern Hotel, Calcutta.

No.-12. What are the two major industrial cities in northern Italy?

Answer: Milan and Turin.

No.-13. Which northern Nigeria city is the centre on which the major caravan routes converge?

Answer: Kano.

No.-14. Which is the biggest French territory in the Caribbean?

Answer: Guadeloupe.

No.-15. Which port does Bolivia use in Chile?

Answer: Arica.

No.-16. Which crop is under the largest acreage in Australia?

Answer: Wheat.

No.-17. On the Andes mountain creatures, which one is famous for its wool?

Answer: Alpaca.

No.-18. ‘The Strategy of Economic Development’ is the work of:

Answer: Albert O. Hirschman.

No.-19. Where is the head quarters of Space Application Centre?

Answer: Ahmedabad.

No.-20. What is the autobiography of Sophia Loren named?

Answer: Sophia, Living and Loving.

No.-21. Where is the head quarters of the UNO?

Answer: In New York.

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No.-22. The Peace Prize is awarded in:

Answer: Oslo, Norway.

No.-23. Which Olympics 10000 m ended in the three medals being won by athletes from the same country?

Answer: 1936, Finland.

No.-24. What is the Venue of The FA Cup Final since 1923?

Answer: London’s Wembley Stadium.

No.-25. When in position on top of the stumps, the bails should project by:

Answer: 0.75 inch.

No.-26. Which player won three Wimbledon titles in his first attempt, but never played there again?

Answer: Bobby Riggs (1939).

No.-27. Bees cannot distinguish one colour, which?

Answer: Yellow.

No.-28. What did the Hebrews that moved to Babylon think when they saw the remaining of Ziggurats?

Answer: They took it for the Tower of Babel.

No.-29. Name the plant which spreads over a large area:

Answer: Banyan tree (Ficus benghalensis).

No.-30. Which country is the biggest producer of manganese?

Answer: India.

No.-31. Name the organisation where the whole task of top level management is divided into a number of functions according to the nature of work involved:

Answer: Functional organisation.

No.-32. In public key systems one key may be publically known and other must be kept:

Answer: Secret.

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No.-33. Which is High Frequencies (HF) band?

Answer: 3-30 Mhz.

No.-34. Platforms built for ship to come close to the shore are known as:

Answer: Wharves.

No.-35. How many phases are there for man’s interaction with his environment?

Answer: Three.

No.-36. What kind of geometrical reflecting surface would concentrate parallel rays to one point?

Answer: Paraboloid.

No.-37. Which waves are used in Sonography?

Answer: Ultrasonic.

No.-38. In which year Sirius crossed the Atlantic Ocean?

Answer: 1838.

No.-39. Who introduced the Petrarchan sonnet form (octave and sestet) into English?

Answer: Wyatt and Surrey.

No.-40. Is it true or false to say there is no loss of fuel when internal combustion engine is not running?

Answer: True.

No.-41. What are the main contributions of Buddhism?

Answer: Sacrifice, the independence of the religion.

No.-42. Who wrote, “Some books are to be tasted, others to be swallowed, and some few are to be chewed and digested”?

Answer: Francis Bacon.

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No.-43. What was the title of Brecht’s adaptation of the Beggar’s opera, which included the song ‘Mack the Knife’?

Answer: The Threepenny.

No.-44. Neptune was the Roman King of the oceans but the Greeks had another name for him. What was it?

Answer: Poseidon.

No.-45. Who promised America – “This nation under God shall have a new birth of freedom, and government of the people, by the people, for the people shall not perish from this earth”?

Answer: Abraham Lincoln.

No.-46. What do you mean by East Australian current?

Answer: The warm ocean current flowing along the eastern coast of Australia.

No.-47. Émile Durkheim classified societies according to their:

Answer: Volume and density.

No.-48. With which religion is the town of Bethlehem associated?

Answer: Christianity.

No.-49. What are collateral loans?

Answer: Loans secured by collateral security.

No.-50. Who began work on an electric telegraph in 1830’s?

Answer: Samuel F. B. Morse.

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