General Studies – Previous Year Question Quiz – 15 Questions with Answer
1. In which year was Communist Party of India – Marxist (CPIM) founded?
(a) 1885
(b) 1980
(c) 1984
(d) 1964 ✅
2. In 1528, __________ defeated the Rajputs at Chanderi.
(a) Humayun
(b) Akbar
(c) Jahangir
(d) Babur ✅
3. Which of the following was a leader of the Hindustan Socialist Republican Army founded in 1928?
(a) Khudiram Bose
(b) Bhagat Singh ✅
(c) Chandra Shekhar Azad
(d) Subhash Chandra Bose
4. The uppermost layer over the earth’s surface is called the
(a) Mantle
(b) Core
(c) Crust ✅
(d) Exosphere
5. The scientific name of human being is?
(a) Homo Nigrum
(b) Melongena Sapiens
(c) Homo Sapiens ✅
(d) Tigris Solanum
6. The body of all complex animals consists of only __________ basic types of tissue(s).
(a) 4000
(b) 400
(c) 40
(d) 4 ✅
7. The meter in a vehicle that calculates distance covered by the vehicle is called __________.
(a) Speedometer
(b) Odometer ✅
(c) Thermometer
(d) Kilometre
8. What is the SI unit of pressure?
(a) Newton
(b) Weber
(c) Pascal ✅
(d) Henry
9. Oxide of which of the following will turn red litmus blue?
(a) Magnesium ✅
(b) Phosphorus
(c) Sulphur
(d) Carbon
10. Which of the following are highly compressible?
(a) Solid
(b) Liquid
(c) Gas ✅
(d) Solid and Liquid
11. ___________ gases absorb long wave (infrared) radiation from the earth and emit it again towards the earth.
(a) Methane
(b) Greenhouse ✅
(c) Carbon dioxide
(d) Ozone
12. Who invented Bluetooth?
(a) Kirkpatrick Macmillan
(b) Benjamin Franklin
(c) Dr. Jaap Haartsen ✅
(d) Charles Babbage
13. Rukmini Devi Arundale was a reputed dancer and choreographer in which form of dancing?
(a) Opera
(b) Lavani
(c) Bharatnatyam ✅
(d) Dandiya
14. Bhutan does not share its border with which Indian state?
(a) West Bengal
(b) Sikkim
(c) Meghalaya ✅
(d) Arunachal Pradesh
15. Which Fundamental Right in the Indian Constitution prohibits trafficking, forced labour, and children working under 14 years of age?
(a) Right to Equality
(b) Right to Freedom
(c) Right against Exploitation ✅
(d) Right to Freedom of Religion