1000+ General knowledge MCQ for CAT [Solved]

1. Which of the following schemes/programmes is launched to develop rural infrastrucrure in India?
A. MG National Rural Employment Guarantee Act
B. Bharat Nirman
C. Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana
D. Total Sanitation Campaign
Answer : B

2. When the expenditure of the government exceeds the revenue, the difference of balance between the two is called
A. Balance of payment
B. Deflation
C. Devaluation
D. Budget deficit
Answer : D

3. Who among the following has written the famous book "Malgudi Days"?
A. V.S. Naipaul
B. Deepak Chopra
C. R.K. Narayan
D. Rabindranath Tagore
Answer : C

4. Kolkata-born writer Neel Mukherjee recently won the UK's Encore Award for his novel?
A. Family Life
B. Life of Nagas
C. The Lives of Others
D. None of these
Answer : C

5. Which o f the following is an alloy ?
A. Gold
B. Copper
C. Brass
D. Thorium
Answer : C

6. Which club on 6 June 2015 won the UEFA Champions League title?
A. Real Madrid
B. Barcelona
C. Juventus
D. Bayern
Answer : B

7. Who has recently become the fourth Indian shooter to win a quota place for the 2016 Rio Olympics?
A. Jithu Rai
B. Gagan Narang
C. Ronjan Sodhi
D. Abhinav Bindra
Answer : D

8. Alastair Cook has recently surpassed whose record to become England's leading Test run scorer?
A. Graham Gooch
B. Nasser Hussain
C. Chris Lewis
D. Andrew Strauss
Answer : A

9. Trevor Bayliss was recently appointed as the new head coach of which country's cricket team?
A. Australia
B. England
C. South Africa
D. Sri Lanka
Answer : B

10. Who among the following is not a member of the Parliament at present ?
A. Smt. Sushma Swaraj
B. Shri Rahul Gandhi
C. Shri Sachin Piolet
D. Shri Anna Hazare
Answer : D

11. Cactus is referred to as
A. Mesophyte
B. Hydrophyte
C. Epiphyte
D. Xerophyte
Answer : D

12. Which state government recently launched Swachhata Saptapadi scheme in line with Swachh Bharat Abhiyan?
A. Rajasthan
B. Gujarat
C. Maharashtra
D. Punjab
Answer : C

13. Bangladesh has recently granted which Indian Insurance company to run its business in that country?
A. National Insurance
B. LIC
C. Oreintal Insurance
D. SBI Life Insurance
Answer : B

14. Which of the following is the Unit of work?
A. Ohm
B. Ampere
C. Coulomb
D. Joule
Answer : D

15. Ritcher Scale is used for measuring which of the following ?
A. Electric current
B. Intensity of Earthquakes
C. Temperature
D. Velocity of Sound
Answer : B

16. Which of the following is an organic rock?
A. Coal
B. Marble
C. Slate
D. Granite
Answer : A

17. Mr. Nicolas Sarkozy is the present President of
A. Italy
B. Germany
C. France
D. Russia
Answer : C

18. Which is not a member of OPEC ?
A. Libya
B. Iraq
C. Pakistan
D. Iran
Answer : C

19. Who was recently appointed as the next Cabinet secretary of the Union government?
A. Pradeep Kumar Sinha
B. Ajith Seth
C. Ajith Doval
D. Arun Kumar Singh
Answer : A

20. The Judges of the High Court are appointed by the :
A. Chief Minister
B. Gevernor
C. President
D. Prime Minister
Answer : B

21. Adolf Hitler was born in?
A. India
B. Germany
C. Austria
D. Russia
Answer : C

22. Who has recently won the Monaco Grand Prix Formula One (F1) World Championship title?
A. Lewis Hamilton
B. Nico Rosberg
C. Sebastain Vettel
D. Sergio Perez
Answer : B

23. Who among the following is not a member of the newly-constituted advisory panel by BCCI to guide the board in all matters related to the game?
A. Rahul Dravid
B. Sachin Tendulkar
C. Sourav Ganguly
D. VVS Laxman
Answer : A

24. Which of the following is a gas ?
A. Methane
B. Sodium
C. Lead
D. Phosphorous
Answer : A

25. Who among the following was recently appointed as the new chancellor of Nalanda University?
A. Mo Yan
B. George Yeo
C. Amartya Sen
D. Adunis
Answer : B

26. Government on 13 May 2015 approved a ___% stake sale in the country's biggest refiner and fuel retailer, Indian Oil Corp., (IOC)?
A. 15%
B. 26%
C. 5%
D. 10%
Answer : D

27. Which country recently celebrated its Republic Day on 2 June 2015?
A. Singapore
B. Italy
C. France
D. South Korea
Answer : B

28. Which one of the following pairs is not correctly matched?
A. Hevea Tree Brazil
B. Sumatra Storm Malaysia
C. Kajan River Borneo
D. Dekke Toba fish Brazil
Answer : D

29. Medha Patkar is famous for her contribution to -
A. Women's Movement
B. Narmada Bachao Movement
C. Chipko Movement
D. Human Rights Movements
Answer : B

30. Who was recently appointed as Managing Director (MD) of Indias home appliances maker Whirlpool?
A. Sunil Sood
B. Vijay Mayaram
C. Anirudh Khelkar
D. Sunil DSouza
Answer : D

31. Which of the following is not an agricultural product ?
A. Tea
B. Jowar
C. Urad
D. Calcium
Answer : D

32. Which one of the following pairs is not correctly matched?
A. Hevea Tree Brazil
B. Sumatra Storm Malaysia
C. Kajan River Borneo
D. Dekke Toba fish Brazil
Answer : D

33. Who among the following is the Minister of Foreign Affairs in Union Cabinet at present ?
A. Shri S. M. Krishna
B. Shri P. Chidambaram
C. Shri Pranab Mukherjee
D. Shri Kamal Nath
Answer : A

34. Which of the following is a Member of G-8 ?
A. India
B. Pakistan
C. Afghanistan
D. Italy
Answer : D

35. Name the only person to get Nobel Prize after getting Bharat Ratna?
A. Nelson Mandela
B. Amartya Sen
C. Dalai Lama
D. Barack Obama
Answer : A

36. Myrmecology is study of?
A. Insects
B. Ants
C. Crustaceans
D. Arthropods
Answer : B

37. Sensex is the Sensitive Index of
A. Kolkata Stock Exchange
B. Bombay Stock Exchange
C. Beijing Stock Exchange
D. London Stock Exchange
Answer : B

38. Which of the following combinations of the States and their Chief Ministers (at present) is not correct?
A. Uttar Pradesh Akhilesh Yadav
B. Rajasthan Ashok Gehlot
C. Himachal Pradesh Shanta Kumar
D. West Bengal Mamata Banerjee
Answer : C

39. Which of the following is a Horticulture product ?
A. Sugarcane
B. Wheat
C. Rose
D. Jatropha
Answer : D

40. J. P. Rajkhowa was recently sworn in as the Governor of which state?
A. Mizoram
B. Sikkim
C. Arunachal Pradesh
D. Assam
Answer : C

41. What does the letter A denote in the term VAT, the name of a tax levied by the Govt. of India ?
A. Added
B. Applied
C. Attached
D. Attracted
Answer : A

42. India shares the longest boundary line with which of the following countries?
A. Bangladesh
B. Pakistan
C. Afganistan
D. China
Answer : A

43. Which cup/trophy is associated with the game of cricket ?
A. DCM Cup
B. Ranji Trophy
C. Nehru Gold Cup
D. Merdeka Cup
Answer : B

44. Which country was the host country for the World Environment Day (WED) 2015?
A. Brazil
B. Italy
C. China
D. Australia
Answer : B

45. Doctrine of Lapse was introduced by the Governor General -
A. Lord Dalhousie
B. Lord Cornowallis
C. Lord William Bentinck
D. Lord Wellesly
Answer : A

46. Likud Party is a political organization in?
A. Israel
B. Germany
C. France
D. Belgium
Answer : A

47. Which vein brings clean blood from the lungs into the heart?
A. Pulmonary Vein
B. Renal Vein
C. Hepatic Vein
D. Vena Cava
Answer : A

48. Cactus is referred to as
A. Hydrophyte
B. Mesophyte
C. Xerophyte
D. Epiphyte
Answer : C

49. Which of the following rivers does not flow in India ?
A. Beas
B. Satluj
C. Ganga
D. Amazon
Answer : D

50. On which date, The Indian Army day is celebrated?
A. 21st January
B. 15th January
C. 11th February
D. 19th March
Answer : B