General Knowledge Quiz for APPSC / TSPSC Groups

1. Indian state with maximum neighbouring states?
1) Uttar Pradesh
2) Assam
3) Karnataka
4) Sikkim

2. First man in Space?
1) Yuri Gagarin
2) Allan Shepard
3) Rakesh Sharma
4) Dennis Tito

3. Who composed the famous patriotic song “Sare Jahamse Acha”?
1) Rabindranath Tagore
2) Bankim Chandra Chatterjee
3) Mohammed Iqbal
4) one of these

4. “Communist Manifesto” is written by
1) Lenin
2) Hitler
3) Karl Marx
4) None

5. Find the correct one?
A. Sarojini Naidu – Nightingale of lndia
B. Dadabhai Narorji – Grand Old Man of India
C. Abdul Gaffar Khan – Frontier Gandh
D. Lala Lajpat Rai – Punjab Kesari
1) Only A & B
2) Only B & C
3) All
4) None of these

6. Find the correct one
A. Bhilai Plant – Chhattisgarh
B. Durgapur Steel Plant – West Bengal
C. Rourkela Steel Plant – Orissa
D. Bokaro Steel Plant – Jharkhand
1) Only A & B
2) Only C & D
3) None of these
4) All

7. Which one of the following is not correctly matched?
1) Darjeeling – West Bengal
2) Mount Abu – Rajasthan
3) Kodaikanal – Tamil Nadu
4) Simla – Uttar Pradesh

8. Find the correct one? (NEWS PAPER & Establishment)
A. The Times of India 1838
B. The Hindu 1878
C. The Indian Express 1931
D. Hindustan Times 1924
1) Only A & B
2) Only C & D
3) All
4) None of these

9. Which of the following is passes through India?
1) Tropic of Cancer
2) Equator
3) Tropic of Capricorn
4) None

10. Find the wrong Pair? (Invention & Inventor)
1) Aeroplane orville and Wilbur Wright
2) Atom Bomb J. Rober Oppenheimer
3) Electric Lamp –Thomas Alva Edison
4) Telephone  – James Watt

11. What is the name of hobby of collecting postal stamps?
l) Philanthrophy
2) Numismatics
4) Philology
3) Philately

12. The first President of USA
1) Robert Walpole
2) Trygve Lie
3) George Washington
4) None of these

13. India’s third research station in Antarctica:
1) Dakshin Gangotri
2) Maitri
3) Bharti
4) Himadri

14. Find the wrong statement?
l) India’s area is 32,87,265 Sq-km.
2) India’s population is 121, 07, 26, 932
3) India’s Land Frontier is 15,200 km.
4) India’s Total Coast Line is 6100 km.

15. Find the wrong pair?
1) White House – Whasington D.C.
2) Elysee Palace – Paris.
3) Buckingham Palace – London.
4) Grand Kremlin Palace – Berlin

16. The capital cities of Chhattisgarh, Uttarakhand and Jharkhand?
1) Bilaspur, Dehradun & Raipur
2) Raipur, Nainital & Ranchi
3) Raipur, Dehradun & Ranchi
4) None of these

17. The largest district of India:

1) Mahe
2) Kutch
3) Thane
4) Dibang Valley

18. The edible part of Ginger is modified
1) root
2) leaf
3) stem
4) None of these

19. In India, inflation measured by the
1) CPI
2) WPI
3) HDI
4) None of these

20. Nobel Prize was not given for
1) Mathematics
2) Peace
3) Economics
4) Medicine

21. RDX is a/an….
1) Insecticide
2) Fertilizer
3) Explosives
4) None of these

22. Indira Gandhi became the Prime Minister of India In the year…..
1) 1964
2) 1966
3) 1977
4) None of these

23. Find the wrong pair? (Sports person & Sport)
l) Pankaj Advani Billiards & Snooker
2) Gagan Narang Shooting
3) Ravichandran Ashwin Badminton
4) Sahaj Grover Chess

24. The first recipients of Bharat Ratna (1954):
1) C. Rajagopalachari
2) Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan
3) C. V. Raman
4) All of the above

25. Find the wrong pair?(International Organisation & Establishment)
1) United Nations 24th October 1945
2) Food and Agriculture Organisation 16th October 1945
3) World Health Organisation 7th April 1948
4) World Trade Organisation lst January 1985

26. During Indian Freedom Struggle, which one of the following happened earliest?
1) Foundation of Muslim League
2) Establishment of Home League by Balagangadhar Tilak
3) Non Cooperation Movement
4) Dandi March Starts

27. Who among the following Governor Generals of India was called the “Make of Modern India”?
1) Lord Ripon
2) Lord Curzon
3) Lord Minto
4) Lord Dalhousie

28. Which of the following is Indirect Tax?
1) Excise Duty
2) Customs Duty
3) Service Tax
4) All of the above