GK Questions and Answers, General Knowledge Quiz

Q. The first education commission in Independent India is -

1) Secondary Education Commission
2) The Education Commission
3) University Education Commission
4) National Knowledge Commission

Q. University of the ancient period which has been declared by UNESCO as a heritage site is -
(a) Mithila
(b) Vallabhi
(c) Pushpagiri
(d) Takshashila
(e) Nalanda
Choose the correct answer from the options given below -

1) Only (a) and (b)
2) Only (b) and (c)
3) Only (c) and (d)
4) Only (d),and (e)

Q. Which of the following types of power plants provide electricity consistently running 24 hrs per day, 7 days a week?

1) Geothermal
2) Solar
3) Wind
4) Hydro

Q. In agricultural regions, ground-water can have significant concentrations of which pollutant?

1) Lead
2) Cadmium
3) Selenium
4) Nitrate

Q. How tall is a tree that is 6 meters shorter than a wall that is seven times higher than the trees?

1) 7 metres
2) 2 metres
3) 1.25 metres
4) 1 metre

Q. The satellite used for the transmission and telecast of SWAYAMPRABHA is called -

1) EDUSAT Satellite
2) GSAT-15 Satellite
3) GSAT-3 Satellite
4) SP-EDU-15 Satellite

Q. What is Ethernet?

1) A protocol used by many wired LAN's
2) A protocol used for address translation
3) A security protocol
4) A collision detection protocol

Q. If the selling price of ₹ 24 results in a discount of 20% on the list price, what selling price would result in a 30% discount on the list price?

1) 21
2) 27
3) 20
4) 18

Q. What is the World Wide Web (www)?

1) Collection of webpages stored on websites
2) Interconnected networks
3) Hypertext processor
4) Web browser

Q. What number comes next in this sequence?
6, 4, 2.5, 1.5, ?

1) 1
2) 0.5
3) - 0.5
4) -1