Quiz 224 | TNPSC Exam Generel Knowledge Questions and Answers

1.In which festival hard boiled eggs are used for decoration?

A. Halloween
B. Thanksgiving Day
C. Christmas
D. Easter



2.Where did Leo Tolstoy study languages and law but returned without degree?

A. St. Petersburg University
B. Moscow University
C. Kazan University
D. Tashkent University



3.Which city is served by the Veer Savarkar Airport ?

A. Nasik
B. Nagpur
C. Mumbai
D. Port Blair



4.’Kalaripayattu’ is the traditional martial art of which Indian state ?

A. Punjab
B. Manipur
C. Kerala
D. Jammu & Kashmir



5.To whom does the President of India address his resignation ?

A. Chief Justice of India
B. Prime Minister
C. Lok Sabha Speaker
D. Vice President



6.Which of the following city has having head quarters for two railway divisions?

A. Ranchi
B. New Delhi
C. Secunderabad
D. Kolkata



7.Wal Mart stores was founded in the year

A. 1969
B. 1962
C. 1965



8.Which Bollywood singer recorded a track with Spanish singer Enrique Iglesias?

A. Shreiya Ghoshal
B. Sunidhi Chauhan
C. Alka Yagnik
D. Kavita Krishnamurty



9.What is the direction of rotation of earth on its axis ?

A. East to West
B. West to East
C. North to South
D. South to North



10.Which co-founder of Infosys, wrote the book `Imagining India : Ideas for the New Century’ ?

A. N.R.Narayan Murthy
B. N.S.Raghavan
C. Nandan Nilekani
D. Kris Gopalakrishnan



11.H5N1 virus causing global pandemic influenza is -

A. Goat flu
B. Bird flu
C. Horse flu
D. Cow flu



12.What is the name of the CalTech seismologist who invented the scale used to measure the magnitude of earthquakes?

A. Charles Richter
B. Hiram Walker
C. Giuseppe Mercalli
D. Joshua Rumble



13.Tipu sultan was the ruler of

A. Hyderabad
B. Madurai
C. Mysore
D. Vijayanagar



14.The 17th ASEAN Summit was concluded on October 30, 2010 at which place?

A. Hanoi
B. Singapore
C. Manila
D. Kuala Lumpur



15.Which was the main language of the Aryans?

A. Hindi
B. Punjabi
C. Bengali
D. Sanskrit



16.The new car battery that is being tested by Toyota, Honda, Mahindra’s is branded as

A. Tata Electro
B. Tata Poweress
C. Tata Green



17.Sunil Bharti Mittal, the CMD of Bharti group (Airtel), started his career in business by making

A. Gas lighters
B. Cycle parts
C. Telephone cables



18.IMF is the result of—

A. Hawana Conference
B. Rome Conference
C. Brettonwood Conference



19.Who said "That's one small step for man,one giant leap for mankind"?

A. Edwin Aldrin
B. Edmund Hillary
C. Neil Armstrong



20.Which song and slogan did the Congress party use in the 2009 General Elections?

A. Jai ho
B. Ma Tujhe Salaam
C. Chak de! India