PM Yashasvi Scholarship Important Bits | General Knowledge | Class 9th & 11th

PM Yashasvi Scholarship Most Important General Knowledge Multiple Choice Questions 9th and 11th Class

1. Which of the following is the capital of India?

A. Delhi

B. Mumbai

C. Chennai

D. Kolkata

Answer: A. Delhi

2. Who is the current Prime Minister of India?

A. Narendra Modi

B. Rahul Gandhi

C. Mamata Banerjee

D. Uddhav Thackeray

Answer: A. Narendra Modi

3. Which of the following is the national language of India?

A. Hindi   B. English

C. Tamil   D. Telugu

Answer: A. Hindi

4. Who is the President of India?

A. Ram Nath Kovind

B. Pranab Mukherjee

C. Pratibha Patil

D. Droupadi Murmu

Answer: D. Droupadi Murmu

5. What is the national flag of India called?

A. The Tricolour

B. The Ashoka Chakra

C. The Star and Crescent

D. The Vande Mataram

Answer:A. The Tricolour

6. What is the meaning of the word “yashasvi”?

A. Intelligent

B. Successful

C. Eloquent

D. Famous

Answer: B. Successful

7. What is the synonym of the word “scholarship”?

A. Grant

B. Fellowship

C. Award

D. Prize

Answer: A. Grant

8. Which one of the following is the national bird of India?

(A) Peacock

(B) Parrot

(C) Elephant

(D) Lion

Answer: (A) Peacock

9. Which one of the following is the highest mountain peak in India?

(A) Mount Everest

(B) Kanchenjunga

(C) Nanga Parbat

(D) Annapurna

Answer: (B) Kanchenjunga

10. Which one of the following is the national flower of India?

(A) Lotus

(B) Rose

(C) Jasmine

(D) Marigold

Answer: (A) Lotus

11. Which one of the following is the national sport of India?

(A) Cricket

(B) Hockey

(C) Kabaddi

(D) Football

Answer: (B) Hockey

12. Which one of the following is the national fruit of India?

(A) Mango

(B) Apple

(C) Banana

(D) Grapes

Answer: (A) Mango

13. Which one of the following is the national river of India?

(A) Ganga

(B) Yamuna

(C) Brahmaputra

(D) Narmada

Answer: (A) Ganga

14. Which one of the following is the first Indian woman to win the Nobel Prize?

(A) Malala Yousafzai

(B) Mother Teresa

(C) Indira Gandhi

(D) Arundhati Roy

Answer: (B) Mother Teresa

15. Which one of the following is the name of the first Indian satellite launched into space?

(A) Aryabhata           (B) Bhaskara

(C) INSAT                 (D) PSLV

Answer: (A) Aryabhata

16. Which one of the following is the name of the first Indian to win the Fields Medal?

(A) Manjul Bhargava

(B) Srinivasa Ramanujan

(C) Harish-Chandra

(D) C. N. R. Rao

Answer: (A) Manjul Bhargava

17. Which one of the following is the name of the first Indian to win the Oscar Award?

(A) Bhanu Athaiya  (B) Resul Pookutty

(C) A. R. Rahman   (D) Satyajit Ray

Answer: (A) Bhanu Athaiya

18. Which one of the following is the name of the first Indian to reach the summit of Mount Everest?

(A) Tenzing Norgay

(B) Edmund Hillary

(C) Bachendri Pal

(D) Premlata Agarwal

Answer: (A) Tenzing Norgay

19. Which one of the following is the name of the first Indian to win the Miss World pageant?

(A) Reita Faria

(B) Sushmita Sen

(C) Lara Dutta

(D) Priyanka Chopra

Answer: (A) Reita Faria

20. Which one of the following is the name of the first Indian to win the Formula One World Championship?

(A) Narain Karthikeyan

(B) Karun Chandhok

(C) Vijay Mallya

(D) Sachin Tendulkar

Answer: (A) Narain Karthikeyan

21. Which one of the following is the name of the first Indian to win the Nobel Prize in Physics?

(A) C. V. Raman

(B) S. Chandrasekhar

(C) Harish-Chandra

(D) M. S. Swaminathan

Answer: (A) C. V. Raman

22. Which one of the following is the name of the first Indian to win the Nobel Prize in Literature?

(A) Rabindranath Tagore

(B) J. R. Narayan

(C) V. S. Naipaul

(D) Arundhati Roy

Answer: (A) Rabindranath Tagore

23. Which one of the following is the name of the first Indian to win the Booker Prize?

(A) Salman Rushdie

(B) Arundhati Roy

(C) Vikram Seth

(D) Kiran Desai

Answer: (B) Arundhati Roy

24.  Which one of the following is the name of the first Indian to win the Grammy Award?

(A) A. R. Rahman

(B) Ravi Shankar

(C) Zakir Hussain

(D) Anoushka Shankar

Answer: (B) Ravi Shankar

25. Which one of the following is the name of the first Indian to win the Olympic gold medal?

(A) Abhinav Bindra

(B) P. V. Sindhu

(C) Mary Kom

(D) Leander Paes

Answer: (A) Abhinav Bindra

26. Which one of the following is the name of the first Indian to win the World Cup in cricket?

(A) Kapil Dev

(B) Sachin Tendulkar

(C) Sourav Ganguly

(D) MS Dhoni

Answer: (A) Kapil Dev

27. hich one of the following is the name of the first Indian to win the World Chess Championship?

(A) Vishwanathan Anand

(B) Viswanathan Anand

(C) V. Anand

(D) V. Vishwanathan

Answer: (B) Viswanathan Anand

28. What is the capital city of France?

a) London   b) Paris

c) Rome     d) Berlin

Answer: b) Paris

29. Which planet is known as the “Red Planet”?

a) Venus   b) Mars

c) Jupiter  d) Saturn

Answer: b) Mars

30. Who is the author of the famous book “Harry Potter” series?

a) J.R.R. Tolkien

b) George R.R. Martin

c) J.K. Rowling

d) Stephen King

Answer: c) J.K. Rowling

31. What is the largest ocean on Earth?

a) Atlantic Ocean

b) Indian Ocean

c) Pacific Ocean

d) Arctic Ocean

Answer: c) Pacific Ocean

32. What is the national flower of India?

a) Rose

b) Tulip

c) Lotus

d) Sunflower

Answer: c) Lotus

33. Which famous scientist formulated the theory of relativity?

a) Isaac Newton

b) Albert Einstein

c) Nikola Tesla

d) Galileo Galilei

Answer: b) Albert Einstein

34. Who painted the Mona Lisa?

a) Vincent van Gogh

b) Pablo Picasso

c) Leonardo da Vinci

d) Claude Monet

Answer: c) Leonardo da Vinci

35. What is the largest organ in the human body?

a) Heart

b) Lungs

c) Liver

d) Skin

Answer: d) Skin

36. What is the currency of Japan?

a) Yen

b) Euro

c) Dollar

d) Pound

Answer: a) Yen

37. Who wrote the play “Romeo and Juliet”?

a) William Shakespeare

b) Charles Dickens

c) Jane Austen

d) Mark Twain

Answer: a) William Shakespeare

38. Which gas do plants absorb from the atmosphere during photosynthesis?

a) Nitrogen

b) Oxygen

c) Carbon dioxide

d) Hydrogen

Answer: c) Carbon dioxide

39. What is the largest mammal on Earth?

a) African Elephant

b) Blue Whale

c) Giraffe

d) Polar Bear

Answer: b) Blue Whale

40. Who was the first person to step on the Moon?

a) Yuri Gagarin

b) Neil Armstrong

c) Buzz Aldrin

d) John Glenn

Answer: b) Neil Armstrong

41. Which continent is known as the “Dark Continent”?

a) Africa

b) Asia

c) Antarctica

d) Australia

Answer: a) Africa

42. Who is the current Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (as of 2021)?

a) Theresa May

b) Boris Johnson

c) Angela Merkel

d) Emmanuel Macron

Answer: b) Boris Johnson

43. What is the chemical symbol for the element “Iron”?

a) Ir

b) Fe

c) Io

d) In

Answer: b) Fe

44. Which famous scientist is credited with discovering the law of gravity?

a) Isaac Newton

b) Albert Einstein

c) Galileo Galilei

d) Nikola Tesla

Answer: a) Isaac Newton

45. What is the largest landlocked country in the world?

a) Kazakhstan

b) Russia

c) Canada

d) China

Answer: a) Kazakhstan

46. What is the largest artery in the human body?

a) Aorta

b) Femoral artery

c) Pulmonary artery

d) Carotid artery

Answer: a) Aorta

47. Which famous scientist is known for the theory of evolution by natural selection?

a) Charles Darwin

b) Louis Pasteur

c) Marie Curie

d) Alexander Fleming

Answer: a) Charles Darwin

48. What is the currency of China?

a) Yuan

b) Rupee

c) Peso

d) Baht

Answer: a) Yuan

49. Who is the famous artist behind the painting “The Starry Night”?

a) Pablo Picasso

b) Vincent van Gogh

c) Leonardo da Vinci

d) Salvador Dali

Answer: b) Vincent van Gogh

50. What is the largest gland in the human body?

a) Liver

b) Pancreas

c) Kidney

d) Spleen

Answer: a) Liver

51. Which famous playwright wrote “Hamlet”?

a) William Shakespeare

b) Oscar Wilde

c) George Bernard Shaw

d) Tennessee Williams

Answer: a) William Shakespeare

52. What is the capital city of Australia?

a) Sydney

b) Melbourne

c) Canberra

d) Perth

Answer: c) Canberra

53. In which continent is the Sahara Desert located?

a) Africa

b) Asia

c) South America

d) Australia

Answer: a) Africa

54. Who invented the telephone?

a) Thomas Edison

b) Alexander Graham Bell

c) Nikola Tesla

d) Guglielmo Marconi

Answer: b) Alexander Graham Bell

55. Which famous document begins with the words “When in the course of human events…”?

a) The United States Constitution

b) The Magna Carta

c) The Declaration of Independence

d) The Bill of Rights

Answer: c) The Declaration of Independence

56. What is the capital city of Japan?

a) Beijing

b) Tokyo

c) Seoul

d) Bangkok

Answer: b) Tokyo

57. What is the largest species of penguin?

a) Emperor Penguin

b) King Penguin

c) Adélie Penguin

d) Gentoo Penguin

Answer: a) Emperor Penguin

58. Which natural disaster is measured using the Richter scale?

a) Hurricane

b) Earthquake

c) Tornado

d) Tsunami

Answer: b) Earthquake

59. Who is the famous author of “The Chronicles of Narnia” series?

a) J.R.R. Tolkien

b) C.S. Lewis

c) J.K. Rowling

d) Roald Dahl

Answer: b) C.S. Lewis

60. What is the world’s largest continent by land area?

a) Europe

b) South America

c) Asia

d) North America

Answer: c) Asia

61. Who painted the famous artwork “The Last Supper”?

a) Pablo Picasso

b) Leonardo da Vinci

c) Vincent van Gogh

d) Michelangelo

Answer: b) Leonardo da Vinci

62. What is the chemical symbol for water?

a) O2

b) H2O

c) CO2

d) NaCl

Answer: b) H2O

63. Which continent is known as the “Land of Kangaroos”?

a) South America

b) Africa

c) Australia

d) Europe

Answer: c) Australia

64. Who wrote the famous play “Macbeth”?

a) William Shakespeare

b) Anton Chekhov

c) Henrik Ibsen

d) Arthur Miller

Answer: a) William Shakespeare

65. What is the largest island in the world?

a) Greenland

b) Madagascar

c) Borneo

d) New Guinea

Answer: a) Greenland

66. Which planet is known as the “Morning Star” or “Evening Star”?

a) Mercury

b) Venus

c) Mars

d) Jupiter

Answer: b) Venus

67. What is the chemical symbol for gold?

a) Au

b) Ag

c) Fe

d) Cu

Answer: a) Au

68. Who was the first woman to fly solo across the Atlantic Ocean?

a) Amelia Earhart

b) Marie Curie

c) Rosa Parks

d) Florence Nightingale

Answer: a) Amelia Earhart

69. Which famous scientist is known for formulating the three laws of motion?

a) Isaac Newton

b) Albert Einstein

c) Galileo Galilei

d) Thomas Edison

Answer: a) Isaac Newton

70. What is the largest species of shark?

a) Great White Shark

b) Hammerhead Shark

c) Whale Shark

d) Tiger Shark

Answer: c) Whale Shark

71. What is the world’s longest river?

a) Amazon River

b) Nile River

c) Mississippi River

d) Yangtze River

Answer: b) Nile River

72. Who painted the famous artwork “Mona Lisa”?

a) Vincent van Gogh

b) Leonardo da Vinci

c) Pablo Picasso

d) Michelangelo

Answer: b) Leonardo da Vinci

73. Which gas makes up the majority of Earth’s atmosphere?

a) Nitrogen

b) Oxygen

c) Carbon dioxide

d) Hydrogen

Answer: a) Nitrogen

74. Who is the author of the “Lord of the Rings” trilogy?

a) J.R.R. Tolkien

b) George R.R. Martin

c) J.K. Rowling

d) Stephen King

Answer: a) J.R.R. Tolkien

75. What is the currency of Germany?

a) Euro

b) Pound

c) Yen

d) Dollar

Answer: a) Euro

76. Who wrote the famous novel “To Kill a Mockingbird”?

a) Harper Lee

b) Jane Austen

c) Mark Twain

d) Charles Dickens

Answer: a) Harper Lee

77. What is the chemical symbol for the element “Carbon”?

a) C

b) Ca

c) Co

d) Cu

Answer: a) C

78. Who is known as the “Father of the Indian Nation”?

a) Mahatma Gandhi

b) Jawaharlal Nehru

c) Subhash Chandra Bose

d) Bhagat Singh

Answer: a) Mahatma Gandhi

79. What is the largest desert in the world?

a) Sahara Desert

b) Gobi Desert

c) Arabian Desert

d) Kalahari Desert

Answer: a) Sahara Desert

80. Who discovered penicillin, the first antibiotic?

a) Alexander Fleming

b) Marie Curie

c) Louis Pasteur

d) Robert Koch

Answer: a) Alexander Fleming

81. Which planet in our solar system has the most prominent rings?

a) Saturn

b) Uranus

c) Jupiter

d) Neptune

Answer: a) Saturn

82. Which famous scientist developed the theory of general relativity?

a) Isaac Newton

b) Albert Einstein

c) Galileo Galilei

d) Nikola Tesla

Answer: b) Albert Einstein

83. What is the world’s largest coral reef system?

a) Great Barrier Reef

b) Belize Barrier Reef

c) Red Sea Coral Reef

d) Maldives Coral Reef

Answer: a) Great Barrier Reef

84. Who wrote the classic novel “Pride and Prejudice”?

a) Charles Dickens

b) Jane Austen

c) Emily Brontë

d) George Orwell

Answer: b) Jane Austen

85. What is the currency of Brazil?

a) Peso

b) Euro

c) Real

d) Rand

Answer: c) Real

86. Which famous artist painted the “Sistine Chapel Ceiling”?

a) Vincent van Gogh

b) Leonardo da Vinci

c) Michelangelo

d) Pablo Picasso

Answer: c) Michelangelo

87. What is the chemical symbol for the element “Oxygen”?

a) O

b) Ox

c) Xn

d) Oz

Answer: a) O

88. Who is the author of the famous novel “The Great Gatsby”?

a) Ernest Hemingway

b) F. Scott Fitzgerald

c) Mark Twain

d) William Shakespeare

Answer: b) F. Scott Fitzgerald

89. Which river is often referred to as the “River of Life” and is the longest river in India?

a) Ganges River

b) Yamuna River

c) Brahmaputra River

d) Indus River

Answer: a) Ganges River

90. What is the capital city of Canada?

a) Vancouver

b) Ottawa

c) Toronto

d) Montreal

Answer: b) Ottawa

91. Who is the famous author of the “Harry Potter” series?

a) J.R.R. Tolkien

b) J.K. Rowling

c) Roald Dahl

d) Enid Blyton

Answer: b) J.K. Rowling

92. What is the currency of Russia?

a) Euro

b) Ruble

c) Pound

d) Dollar

Answer: b) Ruble

93. Which gas do humans inhale and exhale during the breathing process?

a) Oxygen

b) Nitrogen

c) Carbon dioxide

d) Hydrogen

Answer: c) Carbon dioxide

94. What is the largest species of bear in the world?

a) Grizzly Bear

b) Polar Bear

c) Black Bear

d) Panda Bear

Answer: b) Polar Bear

95. Who wrote the famous play “Hamlet”?

a) William Shakespeare

b) George Bernard Shaw

c) Oscar Wilde

d) Anton Chekhov

Answer: a) William Shakespeare

96. What is the chemical symbol for the element “Silver”?

a) Ag

b) Si

c) Au

d) Sr

Answer: a) Ag

97. What is the largest planet in our solar system?

a) Mars

b) Jupiter

c) Saturn

d) Uranus

Answer: b) Jupiter

98. Who is known as the “Father of Modern Physics”?

a) Isaac Newton

b) Galileo Galilei

c) Albert Einstein

d) Nikola Tesla

Answer: c) Albert Einstein

99. Which country is known as the “Land of the Rising Sun”?

a) China

b) Japan

c) South Korea

d) India

Answer: b) Japan

100. What is the chemical symbol for the element “Sodium”?

a) Na

b) So

c) Ne

d) N

Answer: a) Na

101. Who painted the famous artwork “The Persistence of Memory” featuring melting clocks?

a) Salvador Dali

b) Pablo Picasso

c) Vincent van Gogh

d) Leonardo da Vinci

Answer: a) Salvador Dali

102. Which famous scientist is known for the theory of “Natural Selection” in evolution?

a) Charles Darwin

b) Gregor Mendel

c) Louis Pasteur

d) Marie Curie

Answer: a) Charles Darwin

103. What is the currency of France?

a) Euro

b) Pound

c) Franc

d) Dollar

Answer: a) Euro

104. Which river is the longest in the world?

a) Nile River

b) Amazon River

c) Mississippi River

d) Yangtze River

Answer: a) Nile River

105. Who is the author of the famous play “Romeo and Juliet”?

a) William Shakespeare

b) Jane Austen

c) Charles Dickens

d) Mark Twain

Answer: a) William Shakespeare

106. What is the chemical symbol for the element “Helium”?

a) H

b) He

c) Hy

d) Ho

Answer: b) He

107. Which famous scientist is known for the theory of relativity and the equation “E=mc^2”?

a) Isaac Newton

b) Albert Einstein

c) Galileo Galilei

d) Marie Curie

Answer: b) Albert Einstein

108. What is the capital city of Spain?

a) Rome

b) Madrid

c) Paris

d) Berlin

Answer: b) Madrid

109. Who wrote the famous novel “1984”?

a) George Orwell

b) Aldous Huxley

c) Ray Bradbury

d) H.G. Wells

Answer: a) George Orwell

110. Which gas is essential for photosynthesis to occur in plants?

a) Oxygen

b) Nitrogen

c) Carbon dioxide

d) Helium

Answer: c) Carbon dioxide

111. What is the currency of Mexico?

a) Peso

b) Euro

c) Dollar

d) Yen

Answer: a) Peso

112. Who is the author of the famous play “The Crucible”?

a) Arthur Miller

b) William Shakespeare

c) Tennessee Williams

d) Anton Chekhov

Answer: a) Arthur Miller

113. What is the largest bone in the human body?

a) Femur

b) Humerus

c) Skull

d) Spine

Answer: a) Femur

114. Who was the first woman to win a Nobel Prize?

a) Marie Curie

b) Florence Nightingale

c) Rosalind Franklin

d) Amelia Earhart

Answer: a) Marie Curie

115. Which planet in our solar system has the most moons?

a) Mars

b) Saturn

c) Jupiter

d) Neptune

Answer: b) Saturn

116. What is the chemical symbol for the element “Potassium”?

a) K

b) P

c) Pt

d) Po

Answer: a) K

117. Which famous scientist is credited with discovering the laws of motion and the law of universal gravitation?

a) Isaac Newton

b) Albert Einstein

c) Galileo Galilei

d) Nikola Tesla

Answer: a) Isaac Newton

118. What is the capital city of Italy?

a) Paris   b) Rome

c) Madrid  d) London

Answer: b) Rome

119. Who wrote the famous play “A Midsummer Night’s Dream”?

a) William Shakespeare

b) George Bernard Shaw

c) Oscar Wilde

d) Anton Chekhov

Answer: a) William Shakespeare

120. What is the chemical symbol for the element “Hydrogen”?

a) He   b) H   c) Hy   d) Ho

Answer: b) H

121. Which country is known as the “Land of the Rising Sun”?

a) China  b) Japan

c) South Korea  d) India

Answer: b) Japan

122. Who was the first woman to fly solo nonstop across the Atlantic Ocean?

a) Amelia Earhart

b) Bessie Coleman

c) Valentina Tereshkova

d) Sally Ride

Answer: a) Amelia Earhart

123. What is the currency of South Africa?

a) Rand              b) Euro

c) Dollar             d) Yen

Answer: a) Rand

124. Which gas do plants release during the process of photosynthesis?

a) Oxygen

b) Nitrogen

c) Carbon dioxide

d) Hydrogen

Answer: a) Oxygen

125. Who is the author of the famous novel “The Catcher in the Rye”?

a) J.D. Salinger

b) F. Scott Fitzgerald

c) Ernest Hemingway

d) Harper Lee

Answer: a) J.D. Salinger

126. What is the largest species of penguin?

a) Emperor Penguin

b) King Penguin

c) Adélie Penguin

d) Gentoo Penguin

Answer: a) Emperor Penguin

127. Which famous scientist is known for his theory of evolution by natural selection?

a) Charles Darwin

b) Isaac Newton

c) Galileo Galilei

d) Albert Einstein

Answer: a) Charles Darwin

128. What is the capital city of China?

a) Tokyo

b) Beijing

c) Seoul

d) Shanghai

Answer: b) Beijing

129. Who wrote the famous play “Macbeth”?

a) William Shakespeare

b) George Bernard Shaw

c) Oscar Wilde

d) Anton Chekhov

Answer: a) William Shakespeare

130. What is the chemical symbol for the element “Carbon”?

a) Ca

b) C

c) Co

d) Cu

Answer: b) C

131. Which planet in our solar system is known as the “Red Planet”?

a) Venus

b) Mars

c) Jupiter

d) Saturn

Answer: b) Mars

132. Who is the author of the famous book “The Diary of a Young Girl”?

a) Anne Frank

b) Maya Angelou

c) Harper Lee

d) George Orwell

Answer: a) Anne Frank

133. What is the currency of South Korea?

a) Won

b) Yuan

c) Peso

d) Ringgit

Answer: a) Won

134. Which gas is the most abundant in Earth’s atmosphere?

a) Oxygen

b) Nitrogen

c) Carbon dioxide

d) Argon

Answer: b) Nitrogen

135. Who was the first person to orbit the Earth in space?

a) Yuri Gagarin

b) Neil Armstrong

c) Buzz Aldrin

d) John Glenn

Answer: a) Yuri Gagarin

136. What is the chemical symbol for the element “Calcium”?

a) C   b) Ca

c) Co  d) Cu

Answer: b) Ca

137. Which famous scientist is known for discovering the law of gravity when an apple fell from a tree?

a) Isaac Newton

b) Albert Einstein

c) Galileo Galilei

d) Marie Curie

Answer: a) Isaac Newton

138. What is the capital city of Brazil?

a) Rio de Janeiro

b) Brasília

c) Sao Paulo

d) Buenos Aires

Answer: b) Brasília

139. Who wrote the famous play “Hamlet”?

a) William Shakespeare

b) George Bernard Shaw

c) Oscar Wilde

d) Anton Chekhov

Answer: a) William Shakespeare

140. What is the chemical symbol for the element “Sulfur”?

a) S

b) Su

c) So

d) Sl

Answer: a) S

141. Which planet in our solar system is known as the “Giant with Rings”?

a) Jupiter

b) Saturn

c) Uranus

d) Neptune

Answer: b) Saturn

142. Who is the author of the famous book “The Hobbit”?

a) J.R.R. Tolkien

b) C.S. Lewis

c) J.K. Rowling

d) George Orwell

Answer: a) J.R.R. Tolkien

143. What is the currency of Russia?

a) Euro

b) Ruble

c) Pound

d) Dollar

Answer: b) Ruble

144. Which gas is essential for respiration in animals?

a) Oxygen

b) Nitrogen

c) Carbon dioxide

d) Hydrogen

Answer: a) Oxygen

145. Who was the first woman to win a Nobel Prize?

a) Marie Curie

b) Florence Nightingale

c) Rosalind Franklin

d) Amelia Earhart

Answer: a) Marie Curie

146. What is the chemical symbol for the element “Iron”?

a) Ir

b) I

c) Fe

d) In

Answer: c) Fe

147. 1. Which one of the following river flows between Vindhyan and Satpura ranges?

(a) Narmada    (b) Mahanadi

(c) Son     (d) Netravati

Answer: a) Narmada

148. The metal whose salts are sensitive to light is?

(a) Zinc   (b) Silver

(c) Copper    (d) Aluminum

Answer: B. Silver

149. The hottest planet in the solar system?

(a) Mercury  (b) Venus

(c) Mars   (d) Jupiter

Answer: B. Venus

150. Where was the electricity supply first introduced in India –

(a) Mumbai

(b) Dehradun

(c) Darjeeling

(d) Chennai

Answer: (c) Darjeeling

151. Which is the largest coffee-producing state of India?

A. Kerala

B. Tamil Nadu

C. Karnataka

D. Arunachal Pradesh

Ans: C

152. Which state has the largest area?

A. Maharashtra

B. Madhya Pradesh

C. Uttar Pradesh

D. Rajasthan

Ans: D

153. Which state has the largest population?

A. Uttar Pradesh

B. Maharastra

C. Bihar

D. Andra Pradesh

Ans: A

154. In what state is Elephant Falls located?

A. Mizoram                 B. Orissa

C. Manipur                  D. Meghalaya

Ans: D

155. What is the place where books are kept called?

a) Zoo   b) Library

c) Garden    d) Museum

Ans: B. Library

156. How many digits are there in Mathematics?

a) Hundred   b) Thousand

c) Billion       d) Infinite

Ans: D. Infinite

157. Who is the first Prime Minister of India?

a) P.J. Abdul Kalaam

b) Jawaharlal Nehru

c) Indira Gandhi

d) Narendra Modi

Ans: B. Jawaharlal Nehru

158. What is the value of Pie?

a) 3.14

b) 916

c) 13

d) 34

Ans: A. 3.14 (22/7)

159. What is the position of Earth in our Solar system?

a) First

b) Second

c) Third

d) Fourth

Ans: C. Third

160. Which is the biggest continent?

a)Asia

b) Africa

c) Australia

d) Europe

Ans:  A. Asia

161. How many wonders do we have in the world?

a) Six

b) Seven

c) Eight

d) Nine

Ans: B. Seven

162. Who found the concept of “Gravitation” for the first time?

a) Albert Einstein     b) Charles Darwin

c) Issac Newton      d) V. Raman

Ans: C. Issac Newton

163. When is UN day celebrated?

a) October 21    b) June 24

c) October 24    d) June 21

Ans: C. October 24

164. Which planet is known as “The Blue Planet”?

a) Mercury   b) Venus

c) Uranus    d) Earth

Ans: D. Earth

165. What is the driver of a Train called?

a) Pilot

b) Train Driver

c) Locopilot

d) Captain

Ans: C. Locopilot

166. What is the full form of RBI?

a) Reputed Bank of India

b) Reserve Bank of India

c) Recovery Bank of India

d) Reduced Bank of India

Ans: B. Reserve Bank of India

167. What is the “Fear of Darkness” called?

a) Nyctophobia

b) Ablutophobia

c) Ophidiophobia

d) Arachnophobia

Ans: A. Nyctophobia

168. Who discovered Aeroplane?

a) Wright Brothers

b) Steve Waugh

c) Albert Einstein

d) Stephen Hawking

Ans: A. Wright Brothers

169. What causes Anemia?

a) By the deficiency of Iron

b) By the deficiency of Iodine

c) By the deficiency of Vitamin D

d) By the deficiency Calcium

Ans: A. By the deficiency of Iron

170. What do you call a type of shape that has five sides?

Answer: Pentagon

171. Who discovered electricity?

Answer: Benjamin Franklin

172. Which is the most widely spoken language in the world?

Answer: Mandarin (Chinese)

173. Which two parts of the body continue to grow for your entire life?

Answer: Nose and Ears

174. The largest ‘Democracy’ in the world?

Answer: India

175. Who is the inventor of Television?

Answer: John Logie Baird

176. Which is the largest plateau in the world?

Answer: Tibetan Plateau

177. Which is the instrument used to measure Blood pressure?

Answer: Sphygmomanometer

178. What color symbolizes peace?

Answer: Blue

179. Who is the founder of Microsoft?

Answer: Bill Gates

180. During which year did World War I begin?

Answer: 1914

181. How many Cricket world cups does India have?

Answer: 2

182. Global warming is caused by the excess of which type of gas?

Answer: Carbon dioxide

183. How many cards are there in a complete pack of cards?

Answer: 52

184. What is the name of the biggest rain forest in the world?

Answer: The Amazon

185. Which African nation is famous for chocolate?

Answer: Ghana

186. What makes up (approx.) 80% of our brain’s volume?

Answer: Water

187. Which instrument is used for measuring wind speed?

Answer: Anemometer

188. ‘Stars and Stripes’ is the nickname of the flag of which country?

Answer: United States of America

189. Which language is used by the computer to process data?

Answer: Binary language

190. What covers approximately 71% of the Earth’s surface: Land or water?

Answer: Water

191. Which is the hardest substance available on earth?

Answer: Diamond

192. Which is the biggest desert in the world?

Answer: Sahara desert

193. Which country gifted The Statue of Liberty to the United States?

Answer: France

194. What is the name of the Greek God of music?

Answer: Apollo

195. What does the “SIM” in the SIM card stand for?

Answer: Subscriber Identity Module

196. Which is the first element on the periodic table of elements?

Answer: Hydrogen

197. Which is the longest written Constitution in the world?

Answer: India

198. What is the largest joint in the human body?

Answer: Knee

199. Which is the smallest bone in the human body?

Answer: Stapes (Ear bone)

200. Which instrument is used to measure Atmospheric Pressure?

Answer: Barometer

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