General Knowledge Objective Questions With Answer

1.    Which continent has the highest number of countries?
A.    Africa
B.    Europe
C.    Asia
D.    South America

Answer A.    Africa

2. Which of the following country was the host of First Asian Yoga Championship held recently?
(A)Thailand
(B)Cambodia
(C)Vietnam
(D)Laos

Answer- (A)Thailand

3- What is the name of science through which you can modify the characteristics of an organism by modifying its DNA?
A.    Chemistry
B.    Genetic Engineering
C.    Biology
D.    Organic Science

Answer B.    Genetic Engineering

4. Which among the following is India’s largest indigenous Research and Production nuclear reactor?
(A)Apsara
(B)Dhruva
(C)Kamini
(D)CIRUS

Answer B)Dhruva

5- What was the basis of the National Calendar of India?
A.    Gregorian Calenda
B.    Saka Era
C.    Moghul Era
D.    None of the above

Answer B.    Saka Era

6 – Which is the Indian state with the second highest literacy rate?
A.    Lakshadweep
B.    Goa
C.    Kerala
D.    Mizoram

Answer D.    Mizoram

7- . Christine Lagarde, who recently headed the G-20 meeting of Finance Ministers and Governors of central Banks is Finance Minister of which among the following countries?
(A)Australia
(B)France
(C)Italy
(D)Germany

Answer (B)France

8 – When was the first Nobel prize awarded?
A.    1890
B.    1896
C.    1901
D.    1969

Answer C.    1901

9 -  In which year, Imperial Records Department (IRD) was established, which is now known as National Archives of India?
(A)1889
(B)1891
(C)1896
(D)1899

Answer (B)1891

10. Which among the following sports is NOT a part of the London Olympics?
(A)Taekwondo
(B)Baseball
(C)Table Tennis
(D)Triathlon

Answer (B)Baseball

11. Who among the following has been defeated by Saina Nehwal, who has won the Swiss Open Grand Prix Gold title recently, becoming the First Indian to do so?
(A)Ji Hyun Sung
(B) Wang Lin
(C)Kamilla Rytter Juhl
(D)Shinta Mulia Sari

Answer (A)Ji Hyun Sung

12. Where is going to be established the Mahatma Gandhi Institute of Education for Peace and Sustainable Development (MGIEP) , the latest & first Category-I institute of UNECO in South Asia?
(A)New Delhi
(B)Ahamedabad
(C)Mumbai
(D)Pune

Answer (A)New Delhi

13. Anant Pai, better known as ‘Uncle Pai’ , who recently died was the creator of which among the following comic series?
(A)Chacha Chaudhary
(B)Amar Chitra Katha
(C)Chandamama
(D)Indrajaal

Answer (B)Amar Chitra Katha

14 – What is the World’s largest island?
A.    Japan
B.    Singapore
C.    Hawaii
D.    Greenland

Answer D.   Greenland