GK Questions and Answers, General Knowledge Quiz

Q. Which of the following ensures grass-root democracy in India?

1) Panchayati Raj
2) Inter- State Council
3) President
4) CAG

Q. Which of the following Directive principles of State Policy was based on Gandhian philosophy?

1) Organisation of Village Panchayats
2) Equal wage for equal labour
3) Protection of labourers
4) All of the above

Q. Who said that ''Parliamentary democracy means one individual and one vote''?

1) Jawaharlal Nehru
2) M. K. Gandhi
3) Dr. B. R. Ambedkar
4) Sardar Patel

Q. When a leather industry discharges its waste in the river causing water pollution the cost incurred on health hazards is called -

1) Implicit cost
2) Social cost
3) Private cost
4) Opportunity cost

Q. Which one of the following is a characteristic of oligopolistic industries?

1) Product differentiation
2) Homogeneous goods
3) Price rigidity
4) Price discrimination

Q. Which one of the following is not a direct determinant of demand?

1) Saving
2) Income
3) Price of the commodity
4) Taste

Q. A man makes his upward journey at a16 km/h and downward journey at 28 km/h. What is his average speed?

1) 32 kmph
2) 56 kmph
3) 22 kmph
4) None of these

Q. 'A' can do work in 20 days, 'B' in 15 days, and 'C' in 12 days. In how many days can 'A' finish the work if he is assisted by 'B' on one day and 'C' on the next alternately?

1) 14
2) 6
3) 8
4) None of these

Q. If 4Y - 24 < 8, then which of the following would not be the correct value of Y?

1) 6
2) 8
3) 7
4) None of these

Q. The father is 5 years older than the mother and the mother's age is thrice the daughter's age. The daughter is now 10 years old. What was the father's age when the daughter was born?

1) 20
2) 15
3) 25
4) None of these