STATIC GK

GENERAL KNOWLEDGE QUESTION AND ANSWERS

 

 

1. Which of the following is used to increase the anti-explosive quality of petrol?

(A) Tetraethyl lead

(B) Trimethyl lead

(C) Triethyl lead

(D) Tetramethyl lead 

2. Which particle is needed to continue the continuous process of uranium fission?

(A) Electron

(B) Proton

(C) Neutron

(D) Positron

3. What planet is closest to the Sun?

(A) Earth

(B) Mercury

(C) Mars

(D) Venus

4        What is the approximate height of a synchronous satellite above the surface of the earth?

(A) 36,000 km

(B) 30,000 km

(C) 42,000 km

(D) None of these

5. Which is the largest organ of the human body?

(A) Heart

(B) Brain

(C) Liver

(D) Kidney

6. WTO Where is the headquarters of?

(A) Doha

(B) Geneva

(C) Uruge

(D) New York

7. Which is the highest waterfall in India?

(A) Shimsha Falls

(B) Courtallam Falls

(C) Jog Falls

(D) Hogenakkal Falls

8. Which of the following countries are connected by ‘Palk Strait’?

(A) India and Sri Lanka

(B) North Korea and South Korea

(C) Pakistan and China

(D) Britain and France

9. The Penicillin is obtained from?

(A) Mold

(B) Algae

(C) Virus

(D) Bacteria

10. Which is the source of bile?

(A) Liver

(B) Gallbladder

(C) Bile duct

(D) Pancreas  

11. Classical dance Odissi is a product of which state?

(A) Andhra Pradesh

(B) Odisha

(C) Gujarat

(D) Rajasthan

12. Where are the functions of adding, comparing and matching done in a computer?

(A) CPU chip

(B) Floppy Disk

(C) Hard Disk

(D) Memory chip

13. Who was the first woman who swam across the seven major oceans?

(A) Chandini

(B) Bula Chowdhary

(C) Mridula Rajeev

(D) Priya Shanbhag

14. Who was the first to estimate the national income in India?

(A) Mahalanobis

(B) Dadabhai Naoroji

(C) V.K. R. V. Rao

(D) Sardar Patel

15. National income is made up of?

 

(A) by some money-generating activity

(B) by some laborious activity

(C) by some gainful activity

(D) by some productive activity

16. Which type of mirror is used in the headlights of vehicles?

(A) plane mirror

(B) concave mirror

(C) convex mirror

(D) parabolic mirror

17. Which metal is used to heat an electric iron?

 

(A) Copper

(B) Nichrome

(C) Zinc

(D) Tungsten

18. The coating of zinc on water pipes made of iron to protect it from corrosion is called?

(A) plating of zinc

(B) alloying

(C) Vulcanization

(D) accreditation

ANSWERS

1.  A
2. C
3. B
4. A
5. C
6. B
7. C
8. A
9. A
10. A
11. B
12. D
13. B
14. B
15. D
16. D
17. B
18. D