Expected GK Questions for upcoming exams in 2012 ( GK Quiz - 200)

1. In which city The book ‘Anne Frank: The Diary of a Young Girl’ set its backdrop?
[A]London
[B]Berlin
[C]Paris
[D]Amsterdam


2. On the banks of which river The Oxford University stands?
[A]Thames
[B]Seine
[C]Rhine
[D]Missisippi


3. What is the ancient name of Patna city?
[A]Pataliputra
[B]Kannauj
[C]Kausambhi
[D]Kapilavastu


4. When did Vasco-da-Gama come to India?
[A]1442
[B]1948
[C]1498
[D]1398


5. What was the name of the General who gave firing order in Jallianwala Bagh?
[A]Tegart
[B]Cornwallis
[C]Simpson
[D]O. Dwyer


6. Gandhiji started satyagrah in 1919 to protest against________?
[A]Rowlett Act
[B]Salt Law
[C]Act of 1909
[D]Jallianwala Bagh Massacre


7. What company the Britishers formed when they came to India as traders?
[A]Indo- British Company
[B]The Great Britain Company
[C]Eastern India Company
[D]East India Company


8. Where was Mahatma Gandhi born?
[A]Wardha
[B]Porbander
[C]Sabarmati
[D]Ahmadabad


9. Who gave the slogan ‘you give me blood I will give you freedom’?
[A]Bhagat Singh
[B]Chandra Shekhar Azad
[C]Subhash Chandra Bose
[D]Bal Gangadhar Tilak


10. In which state is the Jawahar Tunnel located?
[A]Himachal Pradesh
[B]Uttarakhand
[C]Goa
[D]Jammu and Kashmir


11. Where did the dance Mohiniattam develop?
[A]Manipur
[B]Kerala
[C]Karnataka
[D]Tamil Nadu


12. Who invented the steam Engine?
[A]James Watt
[B]James Joule
[C]New Commen
[D]Isaac Newton


13. Who invented the telephone?
[A]Thomas Alva Edison
[B]Galileo
[C]Alexander Graham Bell
[D]G Marconi


14. Where is Netaji Subhash National Institute of Sports located?
[A]Kolkata
[B]New Delhi
[C]JHANSI
[D]Patiala


15. What should be the minimum age for a person who wants to contest election for membership of Gram Panchayat?
[A]18 years
[B]19 years
[C]21 years
[D]25 years