General Knowledge Quiz for APPSC / TSPSC / SSC and Other Competitive Exams

1. Which disease is caused by bacteria and spread though faecal matter by houseflies?

2. Who is the ex-officio Chairman of Rajya Sabha?

3. Which colloids are solvent loving colloids?

4. Among the Union Territories of India, which one has the largest size?

5. During which reign was the Purana Qila constructed?

6. Which Australian player was known as ‘Fruitfly’ amongst the rest of the team?

7. Which type of unemployment mostly found in India?

8. What is a glass sided tank, bowl in which aquatic animals live?

9. Where are Shevaroy Hills located?

10. By whom was the Sikh Khalsa founded?

11. Under which act was the Supreme Court set up?

12. The resistance of material increases with temperature. What is this?

13. Pravin Arnre and Vinod Kambli played for which province in South Africa?

14. Kodaikanal, the famous hill-station of South India, is situated on which hills?

15. On 13th April of which year Guru Gobind Singh established Khalsa?

16. The Olympic Museum was opened at which place?

17. The word “biodiversity” is a combination of which two words?

18. Which Judge of the Supreme Court was unsuccessfully sought to be impeached?

19. Which relates to the formation of the Himalayas?

20. The Maratha power reached its zenith during which Peshwaship?

Answers :

1. Typhoid

2. Vice-President

3. Lyophilic

4. Pondicherry

5. Sher Shah

6. Merv Hughes

7. Disguised

8. Aquarium

9. Tamil Nadu

10. Guru Gobind Singh

11. Regulating Act

12. Metal

13. Boland

14. Palni hills

15. 1699 16. Lausanne

17. Biology and diversity

18. Justice Ramaswami

19. Folding of the geosyncline

20. Balaji II

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