General Knowledge – Question Bank

General Knowledge – Question Bank

1. Which actor played James Bond in only one film?
(a) Sean Connery (b) Pierce Brosnan (c) George Lazenby (d) Timothy Dalton

2. On whose novel the film ‘the Silence of the Lambs’ is based?
(a) Thomas Harris (b) Agatha Christie (c) Michael Crichton (d) David Baldacci

3. Who was the first Black actor to win an Oscar?
(a) Eddie Murphy (b) Wesley Snipes (c) Sidney Poitiers (d) Morgan Freeman

4. Who is regarded as ‘the Father of the Science Fiction’?
(a) Isaac Asimov (b) Jules Verne (c) Arthur C. Clarke (d) H.G. Wells

5. In which famous novel can we find the character ‘Cheshire Cat’?
(a) Tom Thumb (b) Lord of the Rings (c) Alice in Wonderland (d) The Manticore Secret

6. In first ever Cricket World Cup final, 5 batsmen of Australia got out in the same manner. How?
(a) Caught Behind (b) Stumped (c) Clean Bowled (d) Run Out

7. Which New Zealand cricketer made his debut as Captain?
(a) Martin Crowe (b) Jeremy Coney (c) Lee Jermon (d) Adam Parore

8. Which cricketer had bowled the underarm ball to deny New Zealand victory in a One Day International?
(a) Greg Chappell (b) Ian Chappell (c) Trevor Chappell (d) Steve Waugh

9. In which state of India ‘Rural Olympics’ happen every year?
(a) Himachal Pradesh (b) Punjab (c) Haryana (d) Uttar Pradesh

10. From which year the World Military Games have started?
(a) 1995 (b) 1998 (c) 2000 (d) 2003

11. Which of the following describes Triathlon correctly?
(a) Swimming – Cycling – Marathon (b) Cycling – Sprint – Hurdles
(c) Cycling – Swimming – Half Marathon (d) Marathon – Swimming - Cycling

12. Who became India’s second Grand Master in Chess after Vishwanathan Anand?
(a) Abhijit Kunte (b) Koneru Hampi (c) Pravin Thipsay (d) Dibyendu Barua

13. In Karate, the highest degree is Black Belt. What is the beginning level?
(a) Yellow Belt (b) White Belt (c) Green Belt (d) Blue Belt

14. In Olympic Swimming medley, in which order the swimmers swim?
(a) Butterfly – Breast Stroke – Back Stroke – Free Style
(b) Butterfly – Back Stroke – Breast Stroke – Free Style
(c) Free Style – Back Stroke – Breast Stroke – Butterfly
(d) Breast Stroke – Back Stroke – Free Style – Butterfly

15. Ethiopian athletes have dominated the long distance running scene. Who was the first Ethiopian athlete to have
won the Olympic Marathon Gold Medal?
(a) Emile Zetopec (b) Hale Gabresilassi (c) Usain Bolt (d) Abebe Bikila

16. Which economist has put forward the concept of ‘Creative Destruction?’
(a) Amartya Sen (b) Jean Dreze (c) Joseph Schumpeter (d) Herbert Spencer

17. The new Distress Alert Transmitter which will serve the Coast Guard to avoid terrorist attacks from sea is developed by -
(a) DRDO (b) Mahindra (c) CSIR (d) ISRO

18. Reliance Industries Ltd. bought NOCIL (National Organic Chemicals India Ltd.) from -
(a) The Aditya Birla Group (b) The Arvind Mafatlal Group
(c) The Godrej Group (e) The Tata Group

19. Who is regarded as the pioneer of Strategic Management?
(a) Igor Ansoff (b) Henry Mintzberg (c) Michael Porter (d) Jack Trout

20. A Hindi feature film called ‘Na Tum Jaano Na Hum’, starring Hrithik Roshan, Saif Ali Khan and Isha Deol was produced by -
(a) Subhiksha (b) Aditya Birla Group (c) Pantaloon (d) Levi Strauss

21. Which was the first India-centric brand that Hindustan Lever launched in 1928, when it started its operations in India?
(a) Lifebuoy (b) Surf (c) Dalda (d) Modern Bread

22. Gecis, a BPO company changed its name to Genpact after getting acquired by -
(a) Infosys (b) GE (c) L & T Infotech (d) Westinghouse

23. A company called American Ferment, started in 1888, selling health food and other medical products is a big multinational now. What is its name now?
(a) Reckitt Benckiser (b) Johnson and Johnson (c) Kellogg’s (e) Sandoz

24. Viagra, the famous aphrodisiac is patented by –
(a) GlaxoSmithKline (b) Aventis (c) Roche (d) Pfizer

25. LOT is the name of an airline of –
(a) Belgium (b) Poland (c) Czech Republic (d) Slovakia

26. Which economist had developed the concept of National Income Measurement and its significance in Economic Development?
(a) Ragnar Nurkse (b) Amartya Sen (c) Simon Kuznets (d) John Maynard Keynes

27. Who played Batman against Jack Nicholson’s Joker?
(a) Val Kilmer (b) Michael Keaton (c) Tommy Lee Jones (d) Nicholas Cage

28. Which actor immortalized the role of Count Dracula?
(a) Omar Shariff (b) Gene Hackman (c) Anthony Hopkins (d) Christopher Lee

29. Which cricketer’s popularity was so much that his wedding was broadcast live on the government television
throughout the country?
(a) Clive Lloyd (b) Vivian Richards (c) Michael Holding (d) Malcolm Marshal

 30. Yitzhak Rabin, the Israeli Prime Minister was assassinated by –
(a) Yigal Amir (b) Eli Cohen (c) Zvi Ben Shaul (d) Avi Herzog
Answer: a

31. India asserted its exclusive rights on the mineral wealth found in the oceans and in the territorial waters by this
constitutional amendment –
(a) 40th (b) 41st (c) 44th (d) 74th

32. The poorest district in India – Malkangiri is in which state?
(a) Sikkim (b) West Bengal (c) Andhra Pradesh (d) Orissa

33. Which political party does Iran’s President Mahmoud Ahmadinijad represent?
(a) Islamic Society of Engineers (b) Alliance of Builders of Islamic Iran
(c) Constitutionalist Party of Iran (d) Islamic Iran Participation Front

34. What was the actual name of Nazi Party of Germany?
(a) National Socialist Party (b) National Socialist Workers’ and Peasants’ Party
(c) National Socialist Workers’ Party (d) National Socialist Peasants’ Party

35. Along with who did P. Chidambaram had established Tamil Maanila Congress, a breakaway faction of
Congress?
(a) Jayalalitha (b) N.T. Ramarao (c) M. Karunanidhi (d) G.K. Moopnar

36. Which of the following devices can reproduce the coloured image with minimum loss of hue?
(a) Digital Cameras (b) Motion Picture Cameras
(c) Broadcast Cameras (d) Manual Still Cameras

37. Which of the following has the highest storage density?
(a) Blu-Ray (b) Holographic Storage Device
(c) DVD (d) Pen Drives

38. Which aeroplane was the first to have a ‘Black Box’, a computer that keeps the record of all flight movements?
(a) Boeing 747 (b) Boeing 707
(c) Super Constellation DC -10 (d) Concorde

39. The process of fragmentation of DNA in Genetic Engineering is known as –
(a) Electrosynthesis (b) Electrophoresis (c) Electroanalysis (d) Electrolysis

40. What is ASIMO?
(a) An ‘intelligent’ Super Computer (b) An ‘intelligent’ Robot
(c) Robots used in Surgeries (d) Super Computers playing Chess
















Answer Key with Explanations
Q  A Q  A  Q    A  Q    A  Q    A
1. (c) 9. (b) 17. (d) 25. (b) 33. (b)
2. (a) 10. (a) 18. (b) 26. (c) 34. (c)
3. (c) 11. (a) 19. (a) 27. (b) 35. (d)
4. (b) 12. (c) 20. (c) 28. (d) 36. (b)
5. (c) 13. (b) 21. (c) 29. (b) 37. (b)
6. (d) 14. (b) 22. (b) 30. (a) 38. (b)
7. (c) 15. (d) 23. (b) 31. (a) 39. (b)
8. (c) 16. (c) 24. (d) 32. (d) 40. (a)