General knowledge 1000+ MCQ with answer for SBI Clerk

1. Which of the following is also used to make sugar/jaggery ?
A. Date palm
B. Apple
C. Mango
D. Banana
Answer : A

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

3. LPG stands for :
A. Liquified Pressurised Gas
B. Liquified Petroleum Gas
C. Low Pressured Gas
D. Low Petroleum Gas
Answer : B

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

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

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

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

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

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

10. Sunda Trench is in?
A. Indian Ocean
B. Pacific Ocean
C. Atlantic Ocean
D. Gulf of Mexico
Answer : A

11. The process of improving the quality of rubber by heating it with sulphur is called?
A. Vulcanization
B. Acceleration
C. Galvinization
D. Sulphonation
Answer : A

12. Indian and which country on 6 June 2015 signed a historic land boundary agreement settling a 41 year old boundary dispute?
A. Bhutan
B. Nepal
C. Bangladesh
D. China
Answer : C

13. Famous Ajanta Caves are in which state ?
A. Maharashtra
B. Gujarat
C. Rajasthan
D. Orissa
Answer : A

14. Which of the following is the capital of Manipur ?
A. Shillong
B. Guwahati
C. Tejpur
D. Imphal
Answer : D

15. National Consumer day observed every year on _____?
A. 24th January
B. 10th November
C. 24th December
D. 21st December
Answer : C

16. Who among the following is the winner of Pulitzer Prize for Literature in 2011 ?
A. Bob Dylan
B. Hank Williams
C. Janathan Dee
D. Jennifer Egan
Answer : D

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

18. Which club recently won record 4th Europa League trophy?
A. Sevilla
B. Chelsea
C. Tottanham
D. Liverpool
Answer : A

19. How many neck canal cells are found in the archegonium of a fern?
A. One
B. Two
C. Three
D. Four
Answer : A

20. 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

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

22. Which of the following awards is given for contribution in the field of literature ?
A. Kirti Chakra
B. Jamnalal Bajaj Award
C. S. S. Bhatnagar Award
D. Saraswati Samman
Answer : D

23. Who among the following is the Secretary of State (Foreign Minister) of USA at present?
A. Mr. Barak Obama
B. Mr. Jean Claude
C. Mrs. Hillary Clinton
D. Mr. David Cameron
Answer : C

24. IRCTC stands for :
A. Indian Railway Catering & Travel Corporation
B. Indian Railway Cargo & Travel Corporation
C. Indian Railway Catering & Tourism Corporation
D. Indian Railway Cleaning & Tourism Corporation
Answer : C

25. 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

26. Who was on 29 May 2015 appointed as the Director General (news) in Doordarshan?
A. Geeta Anandalakshmi
B. Akshay Rout
C. Manjul Bhargava
D. Veena Jain
Answer : D

27. Who among the following was recently conferred 'Friends of Bangladesh Liberation War Award', for his outstanding support for the countrys independence from Pakistan in 1971?
A. Morarji Desai
B. Atal Bihari Vajpayee
C. P. V. Narasimha Rao
D. Indira Gandhi
Answer : B

28. Who among the following is the Chief Election Commissioner of India at present?
A. Shri Navin Chawla
B. Shri S.V. Quraishi
C. Shri Ajit Seth
D. None of these
Answer : D

29. The Kheda Sathyagraha of Gandhiji was in?
A. 1917
B. 1918
C. 1919
D. 1920
Answer : B

30. Supreme Court has recently restricted the use of photographs of political leaders and government functionaries in government advertisements. As per the latest order central government advertisements cannot include the photographs of?
A. Chief Minister's
B. President
C. Prime Minister
D. Chief Justice of India
Answer : A

31. 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

32. Which of the following is a method of irrigation used in many countries ?
A. Sprinkler
B. Budding
C. Cropping
D. Fatterning
Answer : A

33. 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

34. 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

35. Famous Hawa Mahal is located in
A. Lucknow
B. Udaipur
C. Jaipur
D. Bangalore
Answer : C

36. Name the NRI scientist from the United States who has recently created a single molecule device that can be used for nano-scale devices?
A. Venkataraman Ramakrishnan
B. Latha Venkataraman
C. Vidyut Agarwal
D. Raja Rajeswari
Answer : B

37. 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

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

39. 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

40. Name the documentary based on music maestro AR Rahman's life which was screened at the White House recently?
A. Salam Rahman
B. Music with life
C. Jai Ho
D. With Music 24X7
Answer : C

41. Who among the following is all set to become India's first transgender college principal?
A. Manabi Bandhopadhyay
B. Gayathri Chaudhary
C. Shekhar Suri
D. None of these
Answer : A

42. Who among the following is a famous cartoonist ?
A. Barkha Dutt
B. Saeed Naqvi
C. Prabhu Chawla
D. R. K. Laxman
Answer : D

43. 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

44. 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

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

46. Who is a famous author of Indian origin and writes in English ?
A. Shobha De
B. M. S. Dhoni
C. Shahid Kapoor
D. Shreya Ghosal
Answer : A

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

48. Jayalalithaa recently sworn in as the Chief Minister of which state?
A. Kerala
B. Karnataka
C. Arunachal Pradesh
D. Tamil Nadu
Answer : D

49. Which of the following is a very popular name in the field of literature ?
A. Shahrukh Khan
B. Abhishek Bachchan
C. Sania Mirza
D. Chetan Bhagat
Answer : D