Academic General Knowledge Questions and Answers – Degree Level

The first woman to get Nobel Prize:
(a) Bertha Von Suttner (b) Marie Curie (c) Selma Lagerlof (d) Pearl S Buck
Answer: (b)

The second to become Secretary General of United Nations:
(a) Dag Hammarskjold (b) Trygve Lie (c) U Thant (d) Kurt Waldheim
Answer: (a)

National Sports day is observed on August 29. It is the birthday of:
(a) Major Dhyan Chand (b) Lala Amarnath (c) Vivekananda (d) K.Jadhav
Answer: (a)

“I have nothing to offer but blood, toil, tears and sweat” – Who said this?
(a) Subhas Chandra Bose (b) Napoleon (c) Winston Churchill (d) Gandhiji
Answer: (c)

The founder of Kolkata:
(a) Fracis Martin (b) Francis Dey (c) Job Charnok (d) Robert Clive
Answer: (c)

The author of ‘Manimekhalai’:
(a) Nagarjuna (b) Tholkappiar (c) Sattanar (d) Atula
Answer: (c)

Who discovered steam engine?
(a) James Watt (b) Daimler (c) Chrystler (d) Benz
Answer: (a)

Who was called ‘African Gandhi’?
(a) Kenneth Kaunda (b) Nelson Mandela (c) Julius Nyerere (d) Patrice Lumumba
Answer: (a)

King of Metals:
(a) Iron (b) Silver (c) Arsenic (d) Gold
Answer: (d)

Land of Marble:
(a) Italy (b) Canada (c) Norway (d) Japan
Answer: (a)

The venue of the first Winter Olympics:
(a) Chamonix (b) St.Moritz (c) St.Placid (d) Oslo
Answer: (a)

The first World War commenced in:
(a) 1912 (b) 1918 (c) 1917 (d) 1914
Answer: (d)

Lexicography is related to:
(a) Map making (b) Law making (c) Dictionary (d) None of these
Answer: (c)

Water boils at ……Kelvin.
(a) 96 (b) 100 (c) 273 (d) 373
Answer: (d)

Frequency of sound is measured in:
(a) Coloumb (b) Hertz (c) Decibel (d) Dyne
Answer: (b)

The full form of ‘PDF’:
(a) Printable Document Formatting (b) Portable Document Formatting (c) Page Document Format (d) Printable Document Form
Answer: (b)

Water has maximum density at …. degree Celsius:
(a) 0 (b) 4 (c) 25 (d) 100
Answer: (b)

The main fuel that provided energy during the Industrial Revolution:
(a) Diesel (b) Petrol (c) Coal (d) Peat
Answer: (c)

The alloy used to make pendulum of clocks:
(a) Invar (b) Alnico (c) Electrum (d) Amalgam
Answer: (a)

The botanical name of Pipal tree (national tree of India):
(a) Ficus religiosum (b) Ficus bengalensis (c) Cassia fistula (d) Azadirachta indica
Answer: (b)

Who is regarded as the father of ‘Green Revolution in the world’?
(a) Norman E Borlaug (b) MS Swaminathan (c) William Gaud (d) None of these
Answer: (a)

The slowest fish:
(a) Sail fish (b) Mackerel (c) Seahorse (d) Tuna
Answer: (c)

Which organ helps the birds to sing?
(a) Tongue (b) Beak (c) Syrinx (d) Nose
Answer: (c)

The smallest planet:
(a) Earth (b) Venus (c) Mars (d) Mercury
Answer: (d)

The time taken by earth to complete one rotation:
(a) 23 hours 40 minutes 56 seconds
(b) 24 hours 56 minutes 4.091 seconds
(c) 23 hours 56 minutes 4.091 seconds
(d) 23 hours 46 minutes 40 seconds
Answer: (c)

In which continent is Atlas mountain?
(a) Asia (b) North America (c) South America (d) Africa
Answer: (d)

In which state is Naina Devi Temple?
(a) Haryana (b) Jammu Kashmir (c) Gujarat (d) Himachal Pradesh
Answer: (b)

The sugar bowl of the world:
(a) Portugal (b) India (c) Jamaica (d) Cuba
Answer: (d)

Lenin passed away in:
(a) 1924 (b) 1928 (c) 1930 (d) 1948
Answer: (a)

The national calendar of India is based on …..Era:
(a) Kollam Era (b) Gregorian (c) Saka (d) Hijra
Answer: (c)

The smallest district in India:
(a) Yanam (b) Alappuzha (c) Chennai (d) Mahe
Answer: (d)

The first state formed on linguistic basis in 1953:
(a) Andhra (b) Rajasthan (c) Karnataka (d) Tamil Nadu
Answer: (a)

Gurgaon, where the factory of Maruti Udyog Limited is situated, is in the state of:
(a) Haryana (b) Punjab (c) Assam (d) West Bengal
Answer: (a)

The first Insurance company in India:
(a) Oriental Life Insurance Company (b) Bombay Mutual Life Assurance Society (c) National Insurance Company (d) United Insurance Company
Answer: (a)

Tamasha is a dance form in:
(a) Maharashtra (b) Kerala (c) Karnataka (d) Orissa
Answer: (a)

Which city was known as Kusumpur, Pushpapura, Azimabad in different periods?
(a) Patna (b) Delhi (c) Kolkata (d) Bhopal
Answer: (a)

Arthasastra is a book on:
(a) Philosophy (b) Statecraft (c) Astronomy (d) Geography
Answer: (b)

Who was known as ‘Madurai Konda Chola’?
(a) Vijyalaya (b) Rajendra (c) Rajaraja (d) Parantaka
Answer: (d)

Name the Governor General who was called ‘Akbar of British India’?
(a) Wellesley (b) Curzon (c) William Bentick (d) Dufferin
Answer: (a)

The incident which compelled Gandhiji to repeal non-cooperation movement?
(a) Wagon tragedy (b) Jallianwallabagh Massacre (c) Chauri-Chaura incident (d) Champaran satyagraha
Answer: (c)

The Prime Minister of India when SAARC was formed in December 1985:
(a) Rajeev Gandhi (b) Indira Gandhi (c) V.P. Singh (d) None of these
Answer: (a)

The Act which introduced diarchy or dual government for the first time:
(a) Govt. of India Act, 1919 (b) Govt. of India Act, 1935 (c) Indian Council Act, 1909 (d) Indian Council Act, 1892
Answer: (a)

The tenure of member of Rajya Sabha is …… years.
(a) 4 (b) 5 (c) 6 (d) Permanent
Answer: (c)

Which Article of the Constitution deals with Amendment procedure?
(a) 360 (b) 370 (c) 368 (d) 356
Answer: (c)

The name ‘Exide’ is related to:
(a) Tyres (b) Battery (c) Mobile phone (d) Computer
Answer: (b)

On which date did the first ministry come into power?
(a) 5th April, 1957 (b) 16th March, 1957 (c) 28th February, 1957 (d) 31st July, 1959
Answer: (a)

Only leader to become Deputy Chief Minister of Kerala twice:
(a) R Sankar (b) Awkkaderkutty Naha (c) C H Muhammad Koya (d) None of these
Answer: (c)

In which river is the Dharmadom island situated?
(a) Periyar (b) Chaliyar (c) Kabani (d) Anchrakkandy
Answer: (d)

Which district in Kerala has the largest number of National Parks:
(a) Wayanad (b) Palakkad (c) Ernakulam (d) Idukky
Answer: (d)

The first minister in the history of Kerala to fail in by-election:
(a) K.Muraleedharan (b) MV Raghavan (c) R.Balakrishna Pillai (d) None of these
Answer: (a)