GK Questions and Answers, General Knowledge Quiz

Q. Which one of the following statements is not correct?

1) An electric motor converts electrical energy into mechanical energy
2) An electric generator works on the principle of electromagnetic induction
3) The magnetic field at the center of a long circular coil carrying current will be parallel straight lines
4) A wire with green insulation is usually the live wire of an electric supply

Q. What is the correct sequence of resistivity of silver, nichrome, and glass at room temperature?

1) Silver < Nichrome < Glass
2) Glass < Nichrome < Silver
3) Silver < Glass < Nichrome
4) Nichrome < Silver < Glass

Q. At the time of short-circuit, the current in the circuit -

1) reduces substantially
2) does not change
3) increases heavily
4) keeps on fluctuating

Q. If the magnification produced by a lens is + 2, then the image is -

1) erect, virtual and smaller than the object
2) inverted, real and smaller than the object
3) erect, virtual and larger than the object
4) inverted, real, and larger than the object

Q. Which of the following has been declared as India's first 24 x 7 Solar Powered village?

1) Modhera (Gujarat)
2) Bhadla (Rajasthan)
3) Kamuthi (Tamil Nadu)
4) Veli (Kerala)

Q. Who among the following has been appointed India's New Attorney General?

1) Harish Salve
2) R. Venkataramani
3) S. Ganesh
4) K. V. Vishwanathan

Q. Hand axes, scrapers, cleavers, and choppers as old as 12,000 years have been found in the Archaeological Survey of India Excavation at -

1) Natham Medu (Tamil Nadu)
2) Atranjikhada (Uttar Pradesh)
3) Kalibangan (Rajasthan)
4) Dholavira (Gujarat)

Q. Which of the following pairs is/ are not correctly matched with respect to the Ambedkar circuit?

1) Deeksha Bhoomi - Nagpur
2) Janma Bhoomi - Mhow
3) Shiksha Bhoomi - Mumbai
4) Mahaparinirvan Bhoomi - Delhi

Q. Chandigarh airport has been named after -

1) Lala Lajpat Rai
2) Shaheed Bhagat Singh
3) Guru Nanak Dev
4) French architect Le Corbusier

Q. Bathukamma is a state festival of -

1) Karnataka
2) Tamil Nadu
3) Telangana
4) Maharashtra