General Knowledge Quiz

1. Odometer is used to measure:

A) Speed of a vehicle
B) Distance traveled by a vehicle
C) Optical brightness
D) Intensity of odor

2. When was the first-ever Cricket World Cup held?

A) 1900
B) 1950
C) 1975
D) 2000

3. What type of computers are commonly used as client computers in a client-server system?

A) Mainframe
B) PDA
C) Microcomputer
D) Mini-Computer

4. Where was the first-ever Cricket World Cup held?

A) England
B) Sri Lanka
C) India
D) Pakistan

5. Who was the founder of Brahmo Samaj?

A) Raja Ram Mohan Roy
B) Swami Vivekananda
C) Dayanand Saraswati
D) Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar

6. In which year was the British Indian Association formed?

A) 1857
B) 1861
C) May 1866
D) 1870

7. The word “Science” is derived from the Latin word “Scientia,” which means:

A) Reasoning
B) None
C) Knowledge
D) Life

8. Who was the founder of Prarthana Samaj?

A) Dr. Atmaram Pandurang
B) Swami Dayanand
C) Keshab Chandra Sen
D) Ramakrishna Paramhansa

9. How wide is a cricket wicket?

A) 15 inches
B) 5 inches
C) 9 inches
D) 10 inches

10. A computer cannot boot without a(n) ____?

A) Loader
B) Compiler
C) Assembler
D) Operating System

11. Which of the following is not a waterborne disease?

A) Amoebiasis
B) Influenza
C) Typhoid
D) Cholera

12. Who was the first President of Anjuman Himayat Islam?

A) Khalifa Hamid-ud-Din
B) Syed Ameer Ali
C) Sir Syed Ahmed Khan
D) Maulana Shibli Nomani

13. Which statement best describes “Hackers”?

A) Break into other people’s computers
B) All have the same motive
C) May legally break into computers as long as they do not do any damage
D) Are people who are allergic to computers

14. Who was the founder of Arya Samaj?

A) Dayanand Saraswati
B) Raja Ram Mohan Roy
C) Swami Vivekananda
D) Keshab Chandra Sen

15. When was the Indian Council Act enforced?

A) 1853
B) 1861 and 1892
C) 1909
D) 1935

16. When a file is saved for the first time:

A) It only needs a name if it is not going to be printed
B) A copy is automatically printed
C) It must be given a name to identify it
D) It does not need a name

17. Where are data and programs stored when the processor uses them?

A) Program memory
B) Secondary memory
C) Main memory
D) Disk memory

18. 1 quintal is equal to how many kilograms?

A) 100 KG
B) 80 KG
C) 10 KG
D) 20 KG

19. P-waves is a term associated with ____?

A) Wind
B) River
C) Earthquakes
D) Ocean

20. Analytical solutions to quadratic equations were introduced by:

A) Isaac Newton
B) Al-Haitham
C) Pythagoras
D) Al-Khwarizmi

21. When was Islamia College Railway Road established?

A) 1908
B) 1906
C) 1907
D) 1905

22. Who was the founder of Deo-Samaj?

A) Sita Ram Agnihotri
B) Swami Dayanand
C) Raja Ram Mohan Roy
D) Keshab Chandra Sen

23. Name the branch of science which deals with the study of sound and sound waves?

A) Aetiology
B) Acoustics
C) Aerostatics
D) Aeronautics

24. Who was the founder of the Indian National Congress?

A) Allan Octavian Hume
B) Dadabhai Naoroji
C) Bal Gangadhar Tilak
D) Gopal Krishna Gokhale

25. Who formed the Indian Patriotic Association in 1888?

A) Sir Syed Ahmad Khan
B) Raja Ram Mohan Roy
C) Lala Lajpat Rai
D) Bipin Chandra Pal

26. Who was the founder of the Mohammedan Defense Association?

A) Sir Syed Ahmad Khan
B) Nawab Salimullah
C) Maulana Shibli Nomani
D) Aga Khan III

27. Chemically, fingernails are made up of ____?

A) Carbohydrates
B) Fats
C) Starch
D) Proteins

28. Example of non-numeric data is _____?

A) Bank Balance
B) Examination Score
C) Employee Address
D) All of these

29. Who is allowed to wear gloves while fielding in a cricket match?

A) Captain
B) None
C) Bowler
D) Wicket Keeper

30. The amount of vertical space between lines of text in a document is called _____?

A) Double Space
B) Single Space
C) Line-Spacing
D) Vertical Spacing

31. When was the Indian National Congress formed?

A) None
B) 1884
C) 1885
D) 1886

32. What is an embedded system?

A) The program which arrives by being wrapped in a box.
B) The computer which is part of a larger system or machine.
C) The computer and software system that control the machine.
D) The program which is a permanent part of the computer.

33. The study of the creation of the universe is called:

A) Astronomy
B) Geophysics
C) Geology
D) Cosmogony

34. Who was the founder of Ramakrishna Mission?

A) Swami Vivekananda
B) Raja Ram Mohan Roy
C) Ramakrishna Paramhansa
D) Keshab Chandra Sen

35. Which of the following is responsible for the largest amount of oxygen on Earth?

A) Trees
B) None of these
C) Algae
D) Peat bogs

36. When did the Hindi-Urdu Controversy start?

A) 1865
B) 1866
C) 1867
D) 1864

37. When was Anjuman Himayat Islam established?

A) 1882
B) 1884
C) 1886
D) 1885

38. The average kinetic energy of the molecules of a body determines?

A) Internal Energy
B) Heat
C) None of these
D) Temperature

39. Majlis Khadam-e-Kaba was established in?

A) 1911
B) 1913
C) 1909
D) 1915

40. Who was the first Pakistani leader to visit China?

A) Hussain Shaheed Suhrawardy
B) Zulfikar Ali Bhutto
C) Liaquat Ali Khan
D) Ayub Khan

41. Which metal is added to steel to make it stainless steel?

A) Chromium
B) Carbon
C) Aluminium
D) Copper

42. When was the Mohammedan Educational Conference formed?

A) 1866
B) 1865
C) 1867
D) 1863

43. ____ represents raw facts, whereas _____ is data made meaningful.

A) Records, bytes
B) Data, information
C) Information, bits
D) Information, reporting

44. Junk e-mail is also called:

A) Spool
B) Sniffer
C) Script
D) Spam

45. In which cricket stadium was the first One Day International match played?

A) The Oval
B) Eden Gardens
C) Melbourne Cricket Ground
D) Lord’s

46. “COTTON” is grown on _____?

A) Red Soil
B) Regur Soil
C) Black Soil
D) Alluvial Soil

47. Which of the following gases do plants and trees give out during photosynthesis?

A) Hydrogen
B) Nitrogen
C) Oxygen
D) Carbon dioxide

48. An altimeter is used to measure:

A) Direction of waves
B) Alternative Current
C) Altitude
D) None

49. On which disease did Robert Koch work?

A) Malaria
B) Cholera
C) Tuberculosis
D) Diabetes

50. Which one of the following fuels causes the least environmental pollution?

A) Kerosene
B) Hydrogen
C) Coal
D) Diesel

51. When did Lord Mountbatten arrive in Delhi as the new Viceroy of India?

A) Feb 22, 1947
B) Mar 22, 1947
C) Apr 22, 1947
D) May 22, 1947

52. The “Gateway of Invaders” is?

A) Khyber Pass
B) Karachi
C) Lahore
D) None

53. Tipu Sultan wrote a letter to which government to help him against British rule in India?

A) Germany
B) France
C) Turkey
D) Iran

54. Who ordered the excavation of Mohenjo-Daro in 1922?

A) Sir John Marshall
B) Sir Robert Peary
C) Robert Clive
D) Lord Lytton

55. Which slave king is buried in Lahore?

A) Ibrahim Lodi
B) Ghiyas al-Din Balban
C) Iltutmish
D) Qutb-ud-din Aibak

56. What does the word “Pakistan” mean?

A) Holy Land
B) Deserts
C) Meadows
D) Natural Beauty

57. The nation celebrated which birth anniversary of Liaquat Ali Khan on October 1, 2017?

A) 119
B) 120
C) 121
D) 122

58. The most abundant element in the universe is:

A) Hydrogen
B) Oxygen
C) Carbon Dioxide
D) Nitrogen

59. The substance that increases the rate of a chemical reaction is called:

A) Metal
B) Catalyst
C) Alloy
D) Enzymes