General Knowledge Question Answer: GK Questions and Answers

General Knowledge Questions, Quiz for Competitive Exams, Important MCQs for GK

Q. Which of the following statements about the river Brahmaputra is INCORRECT?
1) It rises in Tibet.
2) It flows eastwards parallel to the Himalayas.
3) Most of its course lies outside India.
4) It enters India in Arunachal Pradesh where it is called the Dibang

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Q. Which of the following is the only Indian spinner to take six wickets in Women’s One Day International Cricket?
1) Poonam Yadav
2) Deepti Sharma
3) Shafali Verma
4) Smriti Mandhana

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Q. Which of the following folk songs and dances was inscribed on the UNESCO Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity in 2010?
1) Gair
2) Chari
3) Kalbelia
4) Bhavai

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Q. Plants release water into the air by the process of ____________.
1) photoperiodism
2) transpiration
3) photosynthesis
4) tropism

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Q. The first printed edition of the Ramcharitmanas by Tulsidas was published from __________ in 1810.
1) Delhi
2) Calcutta/Kolkata
3) Madras/Chennai
4) Bombay/Mumbai

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Q. As per Section 2 of the Antiquities and Art Treasures Act, 1972, Antiquities’ include ‘any manuscript, record or other documents which is of scientific, historical, literary or aesthetic value and which has existed for not less than _________ years’.
1) 125
2) 150
3) 50
4) 75

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Q. The human shoulder joint is an example of a ________ joint.
1) fixed
2) pivotal
3) hinge
4) ball and socket

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Q. The Khalji Dynasty ruled over Delhi from ____________.
1) 1290 to 1320
2) 1206 to 1290
3) 1320 to 1414
4) 1414 to 1451

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Q. Burning of coal is a _________ reaction.
1) displacement
2) decomposition
3) combination
4) double displacement

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Q. Fundamental Duties of citizens were added to the Constitution of India in the year -
1) 1976
2) 1983
3) 1967
4) 1951

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