GK General Knowledge - Question Answer Quiz
Q 1. Which one of the following is not a Biosphere Reserve ?
1) Agaathy amalai
2) Nallambalai
3) Nilgiri
4) Panchmarhi
2) Nallambalai
3) Nilgiri
4) Panchmarhi
Answer - 2) Nallambalai
Q 2. Which one of the following is the correct sequence of the given hills starting from the north and going towards the south?
1) Nallambalai Hills - Nilgiri Hills - Javedi Hills - Anaimalai Hills
2) Anaimalai Hills - Javedi Hills - Nilgiri Hills - Nallambalai Hills
3) Nallambalai Hills-Javedi Hilts-Nilgiri Hills-Anaimalai Hills 1
4) Anaimalai Hills - Nilgiri Hills - Javedi Hills - Nallambalai Hills
1) Nallambalai Hills - Nilgiri Hills - Javedi Hills - Anaimalai Hills
2) Anaimalai Hills - Javedi Hills - Nilgiri Hills - Nallambalai Hills
3) Nallambalai Hills-Javedi Hilts-Nilgiri Hills-Anaimalai Hills 1
4) Anaimalai Hills - Nilgiri Hills - Javedi Hills - Nallambalai Hills
Answer - 3) Nallambalai Hills-Javedi Hilts-Nilgiri Hills-Anaimalai Hills
Q 3. Gandhi Sagar Dam is a part of which one of the following ?
1) Chambal Project
2) Kosi Project
3) Damodar Valley Project
4) Bhakra Nangal Project
1) Chambal Project
2) Kosi Project
3) Damodar Valley Project
4) Bhakra Nangal Project
Answer - 3) Damodar Valley Project
Q 4. Amongst the following Indian States which one has the minimum total forest cover ?
1) Sikkim
2) Goa
3) Haryana
4) Kerala
1) Sikkim
2) Goa
3) Haryana
4) Kerala
Answer - 3) Haryana
Q 5. What is the correct sequence of the rivers - Godavari, Mahanadi, Narmada and Tapi in the descending order of their lengths?
1) Godavari - Mahanadi -Narmada - Tapi
2) Godavari - Narmada -Mahanadi - Tapi
3) Narmada - Godavari - Tapi -Mahanadi
4) Narmada - Tapi - Godavari -Mahanadi
1) Godavari - Mahanadi -Narmada - Tapi
2) Godavari - Narmada -Mahanadi - Tapi
3) Narmada - Godavari - Tapi -Mahanadi
4) Narmada - Tapi - Godavari -Mahanadi
Answer - 2) Godavari - Narmada -Mahanadi - Tapi
Q 6. Which one among the following covers the highest percentage of forest area in the world?
1) Temperate Coniferous forests
2) Temperate Deciduous forests
3) Tropical Monsoon forests
4) Tropical Rain forests
1) Temperate Coniferous forests
2) Temperate Deciduous forests
3) Tropical Monsoon forests
4) Tropical Rain forests
Answer - 1) Temperate Coniferous forests
Q 7. Open stunted forests with bushes and small trees having long roots and sharp thorns or spines are commonly found in -
1) Eastern Odisha
2) North-Eastern Tamil Nadu
3) Siwaliks and Terai region
4) Western Andhra Pradesh
1) Eastern Odisha
2) North-Eastern Tamil Nadu
3) Siwaliks and Terai region
4) Western Andhra Pradesh
Answer - 4) Western Andhra Pradesh
Q 8. The correct sequence of the eastward flowing rivers of the peninsular India from, north to south is -
1) Subamarekha, Mahanadi, Godavari, Krishna, Pennar, Cauvery and Vagai
2) Subamarekha Mahanadi, Krishna, Godavari, Cauvery, Vagai and Pennar
3) Mahanadi, Subamarekha, Godavari, Krishna, Cauvery, Pennar and Vagai
4) Mahanadi, Subamarekha, Krishna, Godavari, Cauvery, Vagai and Pennar
1) Subamarekha, Mahanadi, Godavari, Krishna, Pennar, Cauvery and Vagai
2) Subamarekha Mahanadi, Krishna, Godavari, Cauvery, Vagai and Pennar
3) Mahanadi, Subamarekha, Godavari, Krishna, Cauvery, Pennar and Vagai
4) Mahanadi, Subamarekha, Krishna, Godavari, Cauvery, Vagai and Pennar
Answer - 1) Subamarekha, Mahanadi, Godavari, Krishna, Pennar, Cauvery and Vagai
Q 9. Of the total water on the Earth, fresh water reserves constitute approximately -
1) 70%
2) 2-7%
3) 10%
4) 8-9%
1) 70%
2) 2-7%
3) 10%
4) 8-9%
Answer - 2) 2-7%
Q 10. The soil of India's eastern and western coast is -
1) Alluvial
2) Black cotton
3) Red rocky
4) Laterite
1) Alluvial
2) Black cotton
3) Red rocky
4) Laterite
Answer - 4) Laterite
Q 11. Bhabar soil is made of coarse grains. It is found in -
1) the Chhota Nagpur plateau
2) the Rajasthan desert
3) coastal areas
4) the Piedmont plain along the Siwaliks
1) the Chhota Nagpur plateau
2) the Rajasthan desert
3) coastal areas
4) the Piedmont plain along the Siwaliks
Answer - 4) the Piedmont plain along the Siwaliks
Q 12. Red soil is commonly found in the states -
1) Punjab and Haryana
2) Himachal Pradesh and Jammu & Kashmir
3) Rajasthan and Gujarat
4) Tamil Nadu and Andhra Pradesh
1) Punjab and Haryana
2) Himachal Pradesh and Jammu & Kashmir
3) Rajasthan and Gujarat
4) Tamil Nadu and Andhra Pradesh
Answer - 4) Tamil Nadu and Andhra Pradesh
Q 13. Landslides occur due to the combined action of -
1) weathering and heavy rainfall
2) weathering, heavy rainfall and gravity
3) weathering and winds
4) gravity and rainfall
1) weathering and heavy rainfall
2) weathering, heavy rainfall and gravity
3) weathering and winds
4) gravity and rainfall
Answer - 4) gravity and rainfall
Q 14. The annual precipitation of an area is -
1) the total amount of rain per year, irrespective of snow, hail and sleet
2) the total actual amount of rain, snow, hail and sleet
3) all forms of precipitation converted to the quantity of liquid water
4) all forms of precipitation measured after conversion to equal quantity of ice
1) the total amount of rain per year, irrespective of snow, hail and sleet
2) the total actual amount of rain, snow, hail and sleet
3) all forms of precipitation converted to the quantity of liquid water
4) all forms of precipitation measured after conversion to equal quantity of ice
Answer - 3) all forms of precipitation converted to the quantity of liquid water
Q 15. The lowest temperature of air is recorded at -
1) midnight
2) just before sunrise
3) just after sunset
4) 2 a.m.
1) midnight
2) just before sunrise
3) just after sunset
4) 2 a.m.
Answer - 2) just before sunrise
Q 16. What unit of solar energy does the earth intercept?
1) 2,200 millionth
2) 2,000 millionth
3) 2,100 millionth
4) 2,300 millionth
1) 2,200 millionth
2) 2,000 millionth
3) 2,100 millionth
4) 2,300 millionth
Answer - 2) 2,000 millionth
Q 17. The largest peninsular river is -
1) Mahanadi
2) Godavari
3) Krishna
4) Cauvery
1) Mahanadi
2) Godavari
3) Krishna
4) Cauvery
Answer - 2) Godavari
Q 18. Assertion (A): Godavari is often referred to as Dakshin Ganga' or 'Vridha Ganga.'
Reason (R): Godavari's size and extent is large.
1) (A) and (R) are correct and (R) explains (A)
2) (A) and (R) are correct but (R) does not explain (A)
3) (A)is true but (R) is incorrect 13.
4) (A) and (R) ai ,*e incorrect
Reason (R): Godavari's size and extent is large.
1) (A) and (R) are correct and (R) explains (A)
2) (A) and (R) are correct but (R) does not explain (A)
3) (A)is true but (R) is incorrect 13.
4) (A) and (R) ai ,*e incorrect
Answer - 1) (A) and (R) are correct and (R) explains (A)
Q 19. Which of the following is not a tributary of the Krishna?
1) Tungabhadra
2) Malaprabha
3) Ghataprabha
4) Amravati
1) Tungabhadra
2) Malaprabha
3) Ghataprabha
4) Amravati
Answer - 4) Amravati
Q 20. Most rivers flowing west from the Western Ghats do not form deltas because of -
1) lack of eroded material
2) the high gradient
3) lack of vegetation-free area
4) low velocity
1) lack of eroded material
2) the high gradient
3) lack of vegetation-free area
4) low velocity
Answer - 2) the high gradient
Q 21. Which of the following is wrongly matched in rivers and the States served by them?
1) Krishna - Maharashtra, Karnataka and Andhra Pradesh
2) Godavari - Maharashtra, Madhya Pradesh, Karnataka, Odisha and Andhra Pradesh
3) Mahanadi - Madhya Pradesh, Odisha, Bihar and Maharashtra
4) Narmada - Madhya Pradesh and Maharashtra
1) Krishna - Maharashtra, Karnataka and Andhra Pradesh
2) Godavari - Maharashtra, Madhya Pradesh, Karnataka, Odisha and Andhra Pradesh
3) Mahanadi - Madhya Pradesh, Odisha, Bihar and Maharashtra
4) Narmada - Madhya Pradesh and Maharashtra
Answer - 4) Narmada - Madhya Pradesh and Maharashtra
Q 22. The right Ganga tributaries of the Plain do not include -
1) Alaknanda
2) Yamuna
3) Son
4) Tons
1) Alaknanda
2) Yamuna
3) Son
4) Tons
Answer - 1) Alaknanda
Q 23. Tochi, Gilgit and Hunza are tributaries of -
1) Ganga
2) Indus
3) Brahmaputra
4) Yamuna
1) Ganga
2) Indus
3) Brahmaputra
4) Yamuna
Answer - 2) Indus
Q 24. Who among the following has spot the No. 1 rank in "Forbes World's Most Powerful Leader" list?
1) Narendra Modi
2) Vladimir Putin
3) Donald Trump
4) Xi Jinping
1) Narendra Modi
2) Vladimir Putin
3) Donald Trump
4) Xi Jinping
Answer - 4) Xi Jinping
Q 25. Revised statutory framework for monetary policy is effective from -
1) January 1, 2017
2) August 5, 2016
3) April 1, 2017
4) July 1, 2017
1) January 1, 2017
2) August 5, 2016
3) April 1, 2017
4) July 1, 2017
Answer - 2) August 5, 2016
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