General knowledge 1000+ MCQ with answer for DRDO

1. Which of the following is not the capital of a state ?
A. Lucknow
B. Chandigarh
C. Shimla
D. Samastipur
Answer : D

2. 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

3. Which of the following resources is renewable one?
A. Coal
B. Uranium
C. Natural Gas
D. Timber
Answer : D

4. Name the campaign launched by Union Minister of Water Resources, River Development and Ganga Rejunivetion Uma Bharti on 5 June 2015, aimed at turning one water stressed village in each district of the country into a water surplus village?
A. Jal Kranti Abhiyan
B. Jal Jyothi Karyakram
C. Jal Samridhi Yojana
D. None of these
Answer : A

5. 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

6. 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

7. Droupadi Murmu, the former Odisha Minister was recently appointed as the governor of?
A. Bihar
B. Karnataka
C. Jharkhand
D. Odisha
Answer : C

8. 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

9. Dasaradhi Rangacharya who passed away recently was a legendary writer in which language?
A. Kannada
B. Telugu
C. Marathi
D. Bengali
Answer : B

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

11. Hemant Sonawala who passed away recently was a pioneer in?
A. Business
B. Law
C. IT industry
D. RTI
Answer : C

12. Who among the following is a famous cine actor/actress ?
A. Kiran Desai
B. Vikram Chandra
C. Sonam Kapoor
D. V. V. S. Laxman
Answer : C

13. 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

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

15. 'Skill Route' is -
A. A song album
B. A novel
C. A land route for conducting trade and commarce in ancient period
D. A future film
Answer : C

16. Who recently won the CEAT Indian Cricketer of the Year award?
A. Murali Vijay
B. Ajinkya Rahane
C. Virat Kohli
D. Shikhar Dhawan
Answer : B

17. Which state has recently decided to observe 2015-16 as 'Year of Development'?
A. Kerala
B. Punjab
C. Maharashtra
D. West Bengal
Answer : B

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

19. Which of the following books is written by V. S. Naipaul ?
A. My Story
B. My Life
C. Sunny Days
D. A House for Mr. Bishwas
Answer : D

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

21. Islamabad is the capital of
A. Pakistan
B. Bangladesh
C. Iraq
D. Iran
Answer : A

22. The study of muscles?
A. Osteology
B. Cardiology
C. Myology
D. Trichology
Answer : C

23. Which angiosperm is vesselless?
A. Hydrilla
B. Trochodendro
C. Maize
D. Wheat
Answer : B

24. Which scheme is launched by the Govt. of India to make Indian Metros/Cities Slum free ?
A. Indira Awas Yojana
B. Rajiv Gandhi Awas Yojana
C. Kutir Jyoti
D. ASHA
Answer : B

25. Which of the following is a major Tea producing state in India ?
A. Uttar Pradesh
B. Bihar
C. Chhattisgarh
D. Assam
Answer : D

26. That the Rig-Vedic ary aha were a pastoral people Is borne out by the fact that
A. There are many references to the cow in the Rig Veda
B. Most of the wars were fought for the sake of cows
C. Gifts made to priests were usually cows and not land
D. All of the above
Answer : D

27. 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

28. Ameenah Gurib-Fakim was on 5 June 2015 sworn in as the first woman president of which country?
A. Sudan
B. Maldives
C. Mauritius
D. Greece
Answer : C

29. 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

30. National Institution of Nutrition is located at?
A. Hyderabad
B. Indore
C. Karnal
D. Bhopal
Answer : A

31. The 38th Summit of G-8 is being organised in which of the following countries in May 2012?
A. Canada
B. Germany
C. China
D. USA
Answer : D

32. 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

33. 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

34. Which of the following is the currency of China ?
A. Yen
B. Taka
C. Dollar
D. Yuan
Answer : D

35. 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

36. Which of the following days is observed as World Population Day every year?
A. 11th March
B. 11th July
C. 11th August
D. 10th January
Answer : B

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

38. Who was recently appointed as MD & CEO of Bharti AXA General?
A. Vivek Krishna
B. Deepak Iyer
C. Sunil Sood
D. Ratan Singh
Answer : B

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

40. 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

41. Who among the following is the Chief Minister of Rajasthan at present ?
A. Shri Ashok Gehlot
B. Smt. Vasundhara Raje Scindia
C. Shri Hari Dev Joshi
D. Shri Kamal Nath
Answer : A

42. Indias first green police station was inaugurated on the occasion of World Environment Day 2015 at?
A. Kozhikode
B. Jaipur
C. North Delhi
D. Darjeeling
Answer : C

43. In India, woman had never been a Chief Minister in the State of?
A. Rajasthan
B. Tamil Nadu
C. Maharashtra
D. Uttar Pradesh
Answer : C

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

45. Which of the following terms is used in the field of Economics ?
A. Atomic Number
B. Lenzs Law
C. Conservation of Energy
D. Devaluation
Answer : D

46. Who was the first child born after operative procedure?
A. Caesar
B. Huxley
C. William
D. Pasteur
Answer : A

47. Wimbledon Trophy is associated with the game of
A. Football
B. Hockey
C. Cricket
D. Lawn Tennis
Answer : D

48. Union Minister Ravi Shanker Prasad has officially launched India Posts first Android app recently named?
A. India Post
B. Post Shoppe
C. PostInfo
D. FingerPost
Answer : C

49. Which bank on 29 May 2015 launched an online customer acquisition solution through which one can apply for home, car, education and personal loans online?
A. HDFC
B. ICICI
C. SBI
D. Punjab National Bank
Answer : C