Basic Gk interview questions – page 4

The river which makes the World’s longest estuary is

1. The Gulf of Ob River
2. Yellow River
3. Lena River
4. Amazon River

Marble is a  _____

1. Plutonic rock
2. Metamorphic rock
3. Volcanic rock
4. Sedimentary rock

Indonesia is an archipelago comprising approximately _____  islands.

1. 10,000
2. 11,000
3. 17,508
4. 19,500

India Remembered is written by

1. Pamela Mountbatten
2. Stephen Hawking
3. Robert Dallek
4. JK Rowling

Endoscopy, a technique used to explore the stomach or other inner parts of the body is based on the phenomenon of

1. Total Internal Reflection
2. Interference
3. Polarization
4. Diffraction

The number of countries the tropic of Capricorn pass through the subcontinent of South America is

1. 4
2. 5
3. 6
4. 7

When national girl child day of India is observed?

1. 24th Jan
2. 14th Nov
3. 24th Oct
4. 25th Jan

The largest river of Europe Volga rises/originates from

1. Altai mountains
2. Baikal Mountains
3. Valdai Plateau
4. None of the above

The audio frequency range of a human ear is

1. 2 hertz to 20 hertz
2. 20 hertz to 200 hertz
3. 20 hertz to 20000 hertz
4. 200 hertz to 2000 hertz

With reference to Indian freedom struggle, which of the following was the lady representative of India at the second Round Table Conference?

1. Aruna Asaf Ali
2. Vijay Lakshmi Pandit
3. Sucheta Kirpalari 
4. Sarojini Naidu

The strait which separates North and South Islands of New Zealand is

1. Foveaus Strait 
2. Torres Strait
3. Cook Strait
4. Bass Strait

Helle Jhorning Schmidt has been elected first woman PM of

1. Canada
2. Denmark
3. Singapore
4. Brazil

Wangari Maathai, the Nobel Prize winner from Kenya is known for her contribution to which one of the following?

1. International Economics
2. Journalism
3. Child Development
4. Sustainable Development

Which one of the following is a major source of commercial energy in India?

1. Coal
2. Mineral Oil 
3. Natural Gas
4. Nuclear Energy

Why do not take part in the election of the President?

1. Elected members of Legislative Assemblies
2. Elected members of Legislative Councils
3. Elected members of Lok Sabha
4. Elected members of Rajya Sabha

The world’s longest bridge over water, Lake Pontchartrain causeway, is in

1. United States
2. Russia
3. China
4. Canada

How is Harold Pinter well known as

1. Nuclear scientist of the United Kingdom
2. Leading industrialist in telecommunication industry
3. Nobel Laureate in literature
4. Film director in Hollywood

The D-8 is an organization of eight ____ countries.

1. African
2. Asian
3. Developing
4. Developed

The headquarters of United Nations Environment programme (UNEP) is located in

1. Tokyo
2. Kenya
3. Washington
4. Moscow

Who among the following was the speaker of the Lok Sabha before he became the President of India?

1. R. Venkataraman
2. Shankar Dayal Sharma
3. Dr. Neelam Sanjiva Reddy
4. B.D. Jatti

Yellow Sea lies between

1. China and Korea
2. Norway and Sweden
3. England and France
4. America and Canada

Parliament passed Special Economic Zones Act in

1. 2004
2. 2005
3. 2006
4. 2008

The Chandra X Ray telescope is named after

1. Subramanyam Chandrasekhar
2. Prafulla Chandra Roy
3. Jagadish Chandra Bose
4. Chandrasekhar Venkatraman

Which portfolio was held by Dr Rajendra Prasad in the Interim Government formed in the year 1946?

1. Revenue
2. Food and agriculture
3. External Affairs and Commonwealth
4. Defence

Meghnad Saha is known for the contribution in which of the following fields?

1. Environmental Science
2. Medical Science
3. Physics
4. History

Daroga System in India was introduced by Lord Cornwallis is

1. 1770
2. 1780
3. 1785
4. 1792

Rajya Sabha has exclusive powers in the matter of

1. Authorising the Parliament to make laws on the subjects provided in the state list
2. Confirmation of Proclamation of emergency
3. Election of the vice President
4. Creation of new states

In world milk production , India ranks

1. First
2. Second
3. Third
4. Fourth

The real founder of Portuguese power in India was

1. Alfonso de Albuquerque
2. D.J. Castro
3. Francisco de Almeida
4. Vasco da Gama

The leaders of the Khilafat Movement were

1. Ali Brothers (Mohammad Ali and Shaukat Ali)
2. Motilal Nehru and C.R. Das
3. Gandhi and Annie Beasant
4. Maulana Azad and Sarojini Naidu