GK Quiz

1. What is the number of squares on a chess board?
[Category: India GK]
[A]64
[B]72
[C]152
[D]204


2. Which city's name was changed to Petrograd and Leningrad
[Category: India GK]
[A]Moscow
[B]Kiev
[C]Tashkent
[D]St.Petersburg


3. Which city was the summer capital of India during British rule?
[Category: India GK]
[A]Nainital
[B]Ooty
[C]Simla
[D]Darjeeling


4. Which country's postal stamps have the name Helvetia?
[Category: India GK]
[A]Finland
[B]Iceland
[C]Switzerland
[D]Swaziland


5. Scientists in their study of the ______________ region of the Himalayas revealed that the glaciers of the region were stable and is expanding at the time when the glaciers across the world are melting.
[Category: India GK]
[A]Azad Kashmir
[B]Karakoram
[C]Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
[D]Northern


6. The book titled Final Test: Exit Sachin Tendulkar authored by which writer-journalist?
[Category: India GK]
[A]Dilip D’Souza
[B]Jhumpa Lahiri
[C]Kiran Desai
[D]Amitav Ghosh


7. Which state of USA was once part of Russia?
[Category: India GK]
[A]Alaska
[B]Florida
[C]California
[D]Louisiana


8. Who is competent to prescribe conditions as for acquiring Indian Citizenship?
[Category: India GK]
[A]President
[B]Parliament
[C]State Legislatures
[D]Prime Minister


9. The constitution of India provides a ________________________________.
[Category: India GK]
[A]Presidential form of government
[B]Cabinet system of government
[C]Parliamentary system
[D]Bicameral system of government


10. Whom does the Constitution confer special responsibility for the enforcement of fundamental rights?
[Category: India GK]
[A]Supreme Court
[B]Parliament
[C]State Legislature
[D]President