Basic General Knowledge Questions and Answers Part-13

1. In Air Force, Air Commodore has one rank higher than
a) Air Vice-Marshal
b) Air Marshal
c) Group Captain
d) Squadron Leader

Answer: c

2. How much districts are there in Tamil Nadu?
a) 25
b) 28
c) 30
d) 33

Answer: d

3. How much districts are there in Meghalaya?
a) 5
b) 7
c) 9
d) 11

Answer: d

4. How many Dynes are there in 1 gram weight?
a) 250
b) 375
c) 981
d) 900

Answer: c

5. In big cities like Delhi, Kolkata, Mumbai, Chennai police is headed by a
a) Commissioner of Police
b) Inspector General of Police
c) Deputy Inspector General of Police
d) None of the above

Answer: a

6. Rajiv Gandhi, Prime Minister of India, was assassinated in
a) 1961
b) 1971
c) 1981
d) 1991

Answer: d

7. Pan - American Highway, north-west Alaska to Southernmost Chile is the worlds
a) longest road
b) busiest road
c) highest road
d) None of the above

Answer: a

8. Raja Rammohan Roy
a) was the founder of the Brahmo Samaj
b) advocated widow remarriage and woman's education
c) was a social reformer who tried to eradicate sati, purdah and child marriage
d) All of the above

Answer: d

9.South Indian temples have
a) tall towers with curving sides that taper at the top
b) gateway towers shaped like trapezoidal pyramids
c) Both A and B
d) None of the above

Answer: c

10. South Africa joined the Commonwealth as 51st member in.
a) May 1993
b) May 1994
c) May 1995
d)May 1996

Answer: b