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General Knowledge Questions and Answers for Competitive Exams
1) What is a poltergeist?
Answer: A knocking ghost.
2) What is the correct meaning of bland?
Answer: Dull and uninteresting.
3) Whose detective is Father Brown?
Answer: Agatha Christie.
4) If you are holding your opponent in a half nelson what kind of combat are you in?
Answer: Wrestling.
5) What is the meaning of misapprehend?
Answer: Misunderstand.
6) How many spokes are there in “Asoka Chakra” of Indian National flag?
Answer: 24.
7) Which country buried their unknown soldier at Arc de Triomphe?
Answer: France.
8) In which city of China is the Tiananmen Square situated?
Answer: Beijing.
9) When Nader Shah invaded India?
Answer: In 1739.
10) What is the expansion of NAM?
Answer: Non-Aligned Movement.
11) When Ireland became free?
Answer: 1921.
12) Who became the Prime Minister in Soviet Union, after the death of Stalin?
Answer: Malenkov.
13) The Mauryas established and patronized an art centre at on near?
Answer: Chunar.
14) If you stood in Donegall square and on one side were the City Hall, which Irish City would you be in?
Answer: Belfast.
15) Name an Indian festival once in twelve years:
Answer: Kumbh Mela.
General Knowledge Questions and Answers for Competitive Exams Part 2
16) In which Indian City can you visit the Qutb Minar, the tall minaret built by the slave king Qutb al-Din Aibak?
Answer: Delhi.
17) The tallest sky scrapper in the world is in the USA. Name it:
Answer: The Sears Tower, Chicago.
18) In which country Trincomalee Port is situated?
Answer: East Coast of Sri Lanka.
19) What does the Cenotaph in White Hall, London, commemorate?
Answer: The ‘Glorious Dead’ of the world wars.
20) Upon completion in 1931, it was called the “All-India War Memorial Arch”. How do we know it today?
Answer: India Gate.
21) Which country would you be in if you bought takeaway snacks and vegetables from boats of the floating market?
Answer: Thailand.
22) Which road in Chelsea, London, has most of the leading fashion shops?
Answer: King’s Road.
23) The Flea Market along the river Seine in Paris is famous for bargain purchases. On which bank of the river Seine does it lie?
Answer: Left Bank.
24) Which commercial centre in New Delhi is the city’s biggest and busiest and was built by the British?
Answer: Connaught place.
25) Which country is famous for watches that you can buy at bargain rates because all watch prices are controlled?
Answer: Switzerland.
26) Which Australian city would you be in if you were shopping at Bourke Street Mall and Collins street?
Answer: Melbourne.
27) The Rialto Bridge in this Italian city is lined on both sides with famous shops. Name the city:
Answer: Venice.
28) Which country would you be in if you were shopping in Sharjah’s Central Souq on the banks of the Khalid Lagoon?
Answer: U.A.E.
29) The biggest department stores of this Chinese city lie along the Nanking Road. Which is this city?
Answer: Shanghai.
30) Where was the first Indian Military Academy opened?
Answer: Quetta.
General Knowledge Questions and Answers for Competitive Exams Part 3 (Questions 31-50)
31) Among Florence’s famous sights is the Ponte Vecchio with its famous shops. What’s special these shops?
Answer: The shops date from the 14th century.
32) Name Tokyo’s most famous shopping and entertainment district which lies in the centre of the city:
Answer: The Ginza.
33) Alexanderplatz is the main shopping area of this city in Germany. Name it:
Answer: Berlin.
34) Which Sri Lankan city would you be in if you were shopping at the colorful market of Pettah?
Answer: Colombo.
35) In which countries would you shop using Escudos?
Answer: Portugal and Chile.
36) Which metropolitan city would you be in if you were shopping at Linking Road and Fashion Street?
Answer: Mumbai.
37) What country would you be in if you paid 40 Krone for some porcelain?
Answer: Denmark.
38) Tlaquepaque, in Mexico, is famous for its native:
Answer: Leather.
39) In which Canadian city can you shop at huge department stores along St. Catherine Street?
Answer: Ottawa.
40) Oporto, the capital of Northern Portugal, is the trading centre for the famous:
Answer: Leather.
41) The earthy impurities present in the ore are called what?
Answer: Gangue.
42) Many sandy beaches are particularly prone to erosion as a result of:
Answer: Tides.
43) What is the remuneration paid to the operative staff whose output cannot be measured?
Answer: Salary.
44) An example of sliding friction is:
Answer: Writing in pencil.
45) Which type intruders allows to listen to the Cryptogram and inject its own message to the receivers?
Answer: Active intruders.
46) Which school near Elgin was attended by the Duke of Edinburgh and Prince Charles ?
Answer: Gordonstoun School.
47) Which is Microwaves band?
Answer: Above 2 Ghz.
48) What name is given to an atomic particle carrying a negative charge?
Answer: Electron.
49) Theoretically the best cross-section for a lined canal is:
Answer: Semi-circular.
50) How many Confederate states were there during the U.S. Civil War?
Answer: 11.
