GK Questions and Answers, General Knowledge Quiz
Q. Select the option that expresses the given sentence in indirect speech.
"Read the instructions before you start making the dish," Deepa's mother said to her.
1) Deepa's mother told to her to read the instructions before you start making the dish
2) Deepa's mother told her to read the instructions before you had made the dish
3) Deepa's mother said her to read the instructions before she start making the dish
4) Deepa's mother told her to read the instructions before she started making the dish
Q. Select the most appropriate option to fill in the blank.
The door ..................... in the strong wind.
1) slammed
2) hooted
3) sizzled
4) slapped
Q. Select the most appropriate synonym of the given word.
Yield (n)
1) Plantation
2) Garden
3) Orchard
4) Harvest
Q. Select the option that expresses the given sentence in passive voice.
Colse all the windows.
1) Can you close all the windows
2) Let all the windows be closed
3) Will you close all the windows
4) All the windows be closed
Q. Select the most appropriate ANTONYM of the given word.
Pompous
1) Humble
2) Flaunting
3) Boastful
4) Showy
Q. Atul purchased bread costing Rs. 20 and gave a 100 rupee note to the shopkeeper. The shopkeeper gave the balance money in coins of Rs. 2, Rs. 5, and Rs. 10. If these coins are in the ratio 5: 4:1, how many Rs. 5 coins did the shopkeeper give?
1) 6
2) 5
3) 4
4) 8
Q. A shopkeeper marks his goods 30% higher than the cost price and allows a discount of 10% on the marked price. In order to earn 6.5% more profit, what discount percent should he allow on the marked price?
1) 4
2) 5.5
3) 6
4) 5
Q. The average of eleven numbers is 56. The average of the first three numbers is 52 and that of the next five numbers is 60. The 9th and 10th numbers are 3 and 1 more than the 11th number respectively. What is the average of the 9th and 11th numbers?
1) 53.5
2) 54
3) 52.5
4) 52
Q. A trade bought 640 kg of rice. He sold a part of rice at a 20% profit and the rest at a 5% loss. He earned a profit of 15% in the entire transaction. What is the quantity (in kg) of rice that he sold at a 5% loss?
1) 154
2) 256
3) 128
4) 132
Q. Two equal sums were lent on simple interest at 6% and 10% per annum respectively. The first sum was recovered two years later than the second sum and the amount in each case was Rs. 1105. What was the sum (in Rs) lent in each scheme?
1) 850
2) 936
3) 891
4) 900
