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FREE Online GK Quiz – Test your General Knowledge for Govt Exams/ Jobs

FREE Online GK Quiz – Test your General Knowledge for Govt Exams/ Jobs

If are you appearing for any govt examination or competitive exam or govt/ bank job interview (sarkari naukri), General knowledge is an important section that is part of all their selection processes. Incase if it is SSC exam or IBPS bank exam, then you need to focus on this part more since the scores secured in GK section also determines your total score in that specific examination.

With a lot of news events happening in India daily, it is tough to follow every news item individually to prepare for GK section but it is easy to learn and remember them by attempting GK quiz. It is the reason why we are bringing out this ‘Online GK quiz‘ that will help you prepare for GK questions more effectively.

India is still recovering from the effects of the coronavirus pandemic and many of us are being forced to sit inside our houses due to lockdown. Let us use this time productively by preparing for such examinations because the new govt job notifications could be released soon.

The Online GK Quiz – Set 1

This online GK quiz is compiled from previous year questions that were asked in SSC exam, railway exams, bank exams etc., The questions are mostly related to India covering history, geography, sports, world affairs, popular people etc., This is not based on current affairs and therefore, static GK knowledge is more than enough to enough these questions. If your did not get the answers correctly, note it down so you remember them the next time.

The Online GK Quiz is useful for

Govt exam aspirants
Bank/ UPSC/ SSC exam preparing candidates
GK/ Current affairs enthusiasts
Quiz lovers

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General Knowledge Quiz - Test your general knowledge about India to prepare for various government competitive exams (based on previous year questions)

Instructions:

Number of questions: 40

Pass percentage: 50%

Time Limit: 20 minutes

Answers: Will be displayed, after completion of all questions.

1 / 40

Which key on the computer keyboard is used to open help menu?

1) F10

2) F1

3) F3

4) F5

2 / 40

Name the First women President of Indian National Congress (INC) post independence?

1) Sarojini Naidu

2) Annie Besant

3) Sonia Gandhi

4) Indira Gandhi

3 / 40

How many languages are written in Indian rupee note?

1) 15

2) 16

3) 18

4) 12

4 / 40

Who is the CEO of Google?

1) Robert Downey Jr

2) Sundar Pichai

3) Elon Musk

4) Tim Cook

5 / 40

What is the prime purpose of Ganga action plan?

1) To link all rivers with Ganga

2) To plant trees on ganga river

3) To prevent pollution across Ganga river.

4) To Purify Ganga River

6 / 40

What is the material used to make Indian currency notes?

1) Paper mache and Copper

2) Jute and Cotton rags

3) Cotton and Cotton rags

4) Paper Pulp

7 / 40

Thar desert is located in which state ?

1) New Delhi

2) Rajasthan

3) West Bengal

4) Madhya Pradesh

8 / 40

Paracetamol is analgesic or acryptic or both?

1) Acryptic

2) Both A & B

3) None of the above

4) Analgesic

9 / 40

What is the name of the first bank established in India?

1) Bank of Hindustan

2) State Bank of India

3) Indian Bank

4) Bharat Bank

10 / 40

What is the name of Chicken pox virus?

1) Adenovirus

2) Mycobacterium ulcerans

3) Varicella-zoster virus (VZV)

4) Chlamydiae trachomatis

11 / 40

The Yogini cult has its origin from which of the following states?

1) Tamil Nadu

2) Odisha

3) Karnataka

4) Andhra Pradesh

12 / 40

What is the study of cancer called?

1) Etiology

2) Pathology

3) Oncology

4) Epidemiology

13 / 40

What is Secularism?

1) The facility to move freely inside the country without any fear.

2) The ability of governments to provide food, water and shelter to all irrespective of age or religion

3) An ideology which provides people with the right to follow any religion or not to follow any.

4) The capacity of people to vote for whoever they choose

14 / 40

Name the 1st woman to win gold medal in Olympics Boxing?

1) Claressa Shields

2) Nicola Adams

3) Mary Kom

4) Katie Taylor

15 / 40

What is MS Office?

1) Online Website

2) Painting Software

3) Programming Language

4) Application software

16 / 40

2023 cricket world cup to be hosted in which country?

1) Sri Lanka

2) India

3) West Indies

4) Pakistan

17 / 40

The National flag of India was originally designed by

1) L K Advani

2) Mahatma Gandhi

3) Pingali Venkaiyya

4) D Udaya Kumar

18 / 40

ASCII stands for?

1) Alphabetical System of Common Input Instructions

2) American Standard Code for Information Interchange

3) Alternate Standard for Computer Input Interchange

4) All Set Character Input Interchange

19 / 40

What is J & K East boundary?

1) Pakistan

2) China

3) Russia

4) Vietnam

20 / 40

The book ‘Wings of Fire’ was written by?

1) Jawaharlal Nehru

2) Mahatma Gandhi

3) Kiran Bedi

4) Dr. A.P.J. Abdul Kalam

21 / 40

The Young India Weekly Journal was started by ____________?

1) Manmohan Singh

2) Gandhi

3) Jawaharlal Nehru

4) Moraji Desai

22 / 40

Chemotherapy is used for the treatment of _____________

1) Cancer

2) H1N1

3) Measles

4) Rabies

23 / 40

Sachin tendulkar played his 1st test at which ground?

1) Pakistan

2) Bangladesh

3) Zimbabwe

4) South Africa

24 / 40

Which river is called Ganga of South India?

1) Narmada

2) Godavari

3) Sutlej

4) Tapti

25 / 40

What is the shortcut key to expand browser screen in web explorer

1) F11

2) F10

3) F7

4) F8

26 / 40

Who invented Audiophones in 1910?

1) Nathaniel Baldwin

2) Alexander Graham Bell

3) Galileo

4) Thomas Alva Edison

27 / 40

Which of the following state achieved 100% inclusion in PMJDY?

1) West bengal

2) Goa

3) Assam

4) Delhi

28 / 40

Who is the 15th Prime Minister of India?

1) H D Devagowda

2) P.V Narasima Rao

3) Narendra Modi

4) Manmohan Singh

29 / 40

The rupee symbol is designed in which language?

1) Devanagari

2) US

3) Indian

4) Roman

30 / 40

The commonwealth games were held for the first time in India in which year?

1) 2012

2) 2011

3) 2010

4) 2013

31 / 40

How much decibels can a human ear hear?

1) 70 - 150 DB

2) 70 - 110 DB

3) 60-120 DB

4) 80 - 120 DB

32 / 40

The capital of Arunachal Pradesh is _________?

1) Longding

2) Itanagar

3) Simla

4) Tawang

33 / 40

The LOC between India and Pakistan came into effect in which year?

1) 1971

2) 1972

3) 1970

4) 1975

34 / 40

The 1st Olympic Games were held in which country?

1) Paris

2) Rome

3) Athens, Greece

4) France

35 / 40

After the 9/11 tragedy, the World Trade Center was renamed to?

1) World Trade Center 2

2) One US Trade Center

3) Twin Towers

4) One World Trade Center

36 / 40

The members of Rajya Sabha are elected by?

1) Elected members of State Legislative Assemblies

2) Prime Minister

3) Chief Minister of each state

4) Governor of India

37 / 40

1 rupee note has the signature of?

1) RBI Governor

2) Finance Minister

3) Prime Minister

4) Finance Secretary

38 / 40

Bhagat Singh was executed in which year?

1) 1929

2) 1935

3) 1931

4) 1930

39 / 40

Money Transfer through mobile is called?

1) IMPS(Immediate Payment Service)

2) NEFT

3) EMI

4) RTGS

40 / 40

Jalikattu game is famous in which state?

1) Karnataka

2) Andhra Pradesh

3) Tamil Nadu

4) Punjab

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