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50 GK Question in English with Answers for Students

SAFTA stands for South Asian Free Trade

1. Area

2. Association

3. Agreement

4. Agency

Option 3 – Agreement

NRSA refers to ( 50 GK Question in English MCQ )

1. National Rural Service Agency

2. National Remote Sensing Agency

3. Non-Residents in South Africa

4. National Remote Sensing Area

Option 2 – National Remote Sensing Agency

The full form of DOS is

1. Disk Offset System

2. Direct Offset System

3. Disk Operating System

4. None of these

Option 3 – Disk Operating System

The term PIO stands for ( 50 GK Question in English MCQ )

1. People of Indian Origin

2. Pensioners of Indian Office

3. F’opulation of Indian Origin

4. Parents of Indian Origin

Option 1 – People of Indian Origin

NJC Stand for

1. National Judicial Committee

2. National Judicial Commission

3. National Judicial Conference

4. National Judicial Corporation

Option 2 – National Judicial Commission

HDI means ( 50 GK Question in English MCQ )

1. Human Development Index

2. Humanrights Direction Index

3. Hyderabad Development Information

4. None of the above

Option 1 – Human Development Index

Which of the following are correctly matched?

1. TRYSEM – Training of Rural Youth of Self employment

2. UAV – Unmanned Aerial Vehicle

3. UNI – United News India

4. All the above

Option 4 – All the above

VRS stands for ( 50 GK Question in English MCQ )

1. Voluntary Recruit School

2. Voluntary Retirement Scheme

3. V-Rays

4. Vegetarian Refreshment School

Option 2 – Voluntary Retirement Scheme

VAT refers to

1. Value Added Tax

2. Value Added Trust

3. Value Amount Total

4. None of the above

Option 1 – Value Added Tax

WiLL means

1. Wireless Loop Local

2. World anti-Labour Limited

3. World wide Local Loop

4. Wireless in Local Loop

Option 4 – Wireless in Local Loop

NABARD means ( 50 GK Question in English MCQ )

1. National Bank for Rural Development

2. National Agricultural Bank And Regional Bank

3. Non Agricultural Bank

4. National Bank for Agricultural and Rural Development

Option 4 – National Bank for Agricultural and Rural Development

NASDAQ refers to National Association of Securities Dealers Automated

1. Quod

2. Quotation

3. Quality

4. None of the above

Option 2 – Quotation

NASSCOM means?

1. National Association of Software and Service Companies

2. National Association of Security and Service Companies

3. National Association of Software and Security Companies

4. None of the above

Option 1 – National Association of Software and Service Companies

NSG stands for ( 50 GK Question in English MCQ )

1. Non-Security Guard

2. Nuclear Suppliers Group

3. Nuclear Super Grade

4. Nuclear Security Group

Option 2 – Nuclear Suppliers Group

OSCAR Refers to

1. Orbiting Satellite Carrying Amateur Radio

2. Academy of films

3. Organisation of Security and Research

4. None of the above

Option 1 – Orbiting Satellite Carrying Amateur Radio

PVC means ( 50 GK Question in English MCQ )

1. Pure Vinyl Carbon

2. Permanent Value Code

3. Poly Vitriol Chloride

4. Poly Vinyl Chloride

Option 4 – Poly Vinyl Chloride

Which of the following is wrongly matched?

1. RTI – Right to Information

2. RNA- Ribonucleic acid

3. RADAR – Radio Detecting And Ranging

4. ROM – Read One Memory

Option 4 – ROM – Read One Memory

SEZ refers to

1. Security Exchange Zone

2. Special Economic Zone

3. Super Economic Zone

4. Small Scale Exchange Zone

Option 2 – Special Economic Zone

SENSEX means ( 50 GK Question in English MCQ )

1. Sensitivity Index

2. Security Index

3. Stock Exchange

4. None of the above

Option 1 – Sensitivity Index

SEBI mean Securities and Exchange

1. Board of International

2. Bank of India

3. Board of India

4. Bank of International

Option 3 – Board of India

TRIPS stands for ( 50 GK Question in English MCQ )

1. Trade Related Intelligence Property Site

2. Trade Related Intellectual Property Rights

3. Tariff Rate of India Property Rights

4. None of the above

Option 2 – Trade Related Intellectual Property Rights

Who is known as the ‘King Maker’?

(a) Mir Jumla

(b) Zulfikar Khan

(c) Chinkilich Khan

(d) Sayyid Bandhu

Option d – Sayyid Bandhu

During which period did the decline of the Syed brothers occur? ( 50 GK Question in English MCQ )

(a) Farrukhsiyar

(b) Rafi-ud-darj

(c) Muhammad Shah

(d) Shah Alam II

Option c – Muhammad Shah

Who was given the nickname “Colonel Clive’s donkey” or “jackal”?

(a) Siraj-ud-daula

(b) Mir Jafar

(c) Mir Qasim

(d) Najm-ud-daula

Option b – Mir Jafar

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Who ended the system of diarchy? ( 50 GK Question in English MCQ )

(a) Clive

(b) Hallwell

(c) Hastings

(d) Cornwallis

Option c – Hastings

The originator of the subsidiary treaty system in India was:

(a) Dupleix

(b) Lord Wellesley

(c) Lord Dalhousie

(d) None of the above

Option a – Dupleix

Which war marked the beginning of British dominance in India? ( 50 GK Question in English MCQ )

(a) Battle of Plassey

(b) Battle of Buxar

(c) Third Battle of Mysore

(d) Revolt of 1857

Option a – Battle of Plassey

In whose time was the first court established in Calcutta?

(a) Robert Clive

(b) Bensitart

(c) Berelst

(d) Warren Hastings

Option d – Warren Hastings

Tipu Sultan’s capital was:

(a) Srirangapatnam

(b) Mysore

(c) Bangalore

(d) Bhagyanagar

Option a – Srirangapatnam

Clive was made the Governor of Bengal: ( 50 GK Question in English MCQ )

(a) In 1756 AD

(b) In 1757 A.D

(c) in 1758 A.D

(d) In 1759 AD

Option c – in 1758 A.D

The first Governor General of India was:

(a) Warren Hastings

(b) Cornwallis

(c) William Bantik

(d) Lord Canning

Option c – William Bantik

Who was the most opposed to the British? ( 50 GK Question in English MCQ )

(a) Rajputs

(b) Mughals

(c) Sikhs

(d) Marathas

Option d – Marathas

Who introduced the ‘Khalas Panth’, a military sect of Sikhs?

(a) Har Kishan

(b) Hararam

(c) Govind Singh

(d) Teg Bahadur

Option c – Govind Singh

Where did Tipu Sultan die in 1799 AD?

(a) Mysore

(b) Coorg

(c) Srirangapatna

(d) Vandiwash

Option c – Srirangapatna

Under the Doctrine of Lapse, which Indian states were taken under British occupation?

(a) Jhansi, Nagpur and Travancore

(b) Jhansi, Nagpur and Satara

(c) Jhansi, Satara and Mysore

(d) Mysore, Satara and Bhavnagar

Option b – Jhansi, Nagpur and Satara

Who started the dual system of governance in Bengal in 1765 AD?

(a) Cornwallis

(b) Clive

(c) Ripon

(d) Dalhousie

Option b – Clive

The British Governor General who introduced the system of postal India was

(a) Lord Dalhousie

(b) Lord Wellesley

(c) Lord Akland

(d) Lord Batik

Option a – Lord Dalhousie

Who led the English army in the Battle of Plassey (1757)?

(a) Robert Bulaive

(b) Hector Monroe

(c) Warren Hastings

(d) None of the above

Option a – Robert Bulaive

Who led the British Army in the Battle of Buxar (1764)?

(a) Robert Clive

(b) Warren Hastings

(c) Hector Gunero

(d) Charles Eyre Code

Option c – Hector Gunero

How long did the diarchy rule of Bengal last?

(a) 1757 to 1767

(b) 1764 to 1793

(c) 1765 to 1772

(d) 1760 to 1793

Option c – 1765 to 1772

Who was the first Governor-General and Viceroy of India?

(a) Lord Hastings

(b) Lord Canning

(c) Lord Minto

(d) Lord Curzon

Option b – Lord Canning

What treaty did Tipu Sultan make with the British to stop the Third Anglo-Mysore War?

(a) Treaty of Mangalore

(b) Treaty of Srirangapatnam

(c) Treaty of Mysore

(d) Treaty of Bidanur

Option b – Treaty of Srirangapatnam

The Doctrine of Lapse was implemented by

(a) Lord Hastings

(b) Lord Canning

(c) William Batik

(d) Lord Dalhousie

Option d – Lord Dalhousie

Who led the British in the Battle of Vandiwash (1760)?

(a) Sir Eyrekut

(b) Thomas Smith

(c) Toms Row

(d) None of these

Option a – Sir Eyrekut

The Third War of Karnataka ended as a result of which Treaty?

(a) Treaty of A la Shapel

(b) Treaty of Godehu

(c) Treaty of Paris

(d) None of these

Option c – Treaty of Paris

Where is Hawa Mahal located?

(a) Bangalore

(b) Chhattisgarh

(c) Delhi

(d) Jaipur

Option d – Jaipur

Who among the following built the Astronomical Observatory in Delhi called ‘Jantar Mantar’?

(a) Akbar

(b) Shah Jahan

(c) Surajmal

(d) Jaisingh II

Option d – Jaisingh II

Which of the following is the oldest musical instrument?

(a) sitar

(b) tabla

(c) Sarod

(d) Veena

Option d – Veena

Who became the Governor General of Pondicherry after Duple?

(a) Godheu

(b) Francis Martin

(c) Redness

(d) None of these

Option a – Godheu

Which treaty ended the First Carnatic War?

(a) Treaty of A la Shapel

(b) Treaty of Godehu

(c) Treaty of Pondicherry

(d) Treaty of Paris

Option a – Treaty of A la Shapel

Ramnath Goenka Award is conferred in which field?

(a) Literature

(b) Scientific research

(c) Cinematic excellence

(d) Journalism

Option d – Journalism

Indira Gandhi Rajbhasha Puraskar is given by

(a) the Ministry of Culture

(b) the Ministry of Human Resource Development

(c) the Ministry of Home Affairs

(d) Cabinet Secretariat

Option c – the Ministry of Home Affairs

Which Indian journalist was honored with India’s Most Powerful Women in Media Award during the prestigious Confluence Excellence Award ceremony held in the British Parliament on 27th September 2019?

(a) Kalli Purie

(b) Sunetra Choudhury

(c) Sona Choudhary

(d) Anubha Bhonsle

Option a – Kalli Purie

Which of the following literary award only for Rajasthani writers?

(a) Bhasha Puraskar

(b) Bihari Puraskar

(c) Vachaspati Award

(d) Vyas Samman

Option b – Bihari Puraskar

What is the correct chronological order of conferring Bharat Ratna for the following persons? I. MS Subbulakshmi II. Amartya Sen III. APJ Abdul Kalam IV. Lata Mangeshkar Select the correct answer using the codes given below.

(a) I, II, III, IV

(b) III, I, II, IV

(c) II, I, IV, III

(d) IV, III, I, II

Option b – III, I, II, IV

Which is the highest literary prize given by the Government of India?

(a) Sahitya Akademi Award

(b) Kalidas Samman

(c) Saraswati Samman

(d) Jnanpith Award

Option d – Jnanpith Award

Who was honored with the 55th Jnanpith Award?

(a) Vikram Seth

(b) Anita Desai

(c) Kiran Desai

(d) Akkitham Achuthan Namboothiri

Option d – Akkitham Achuthan Namboothiri

Which of the following awards was instituted by Shanti Prasad Jain?

(a) Vyas Samman

(b) Shankar Samman

(c) Jnanpith Award

(d) Kabir Award

Option c – Jnanpith Award

Which one of the following publishers founded the Bharatiya Jnanpith trust to give the Jnanpith award to Indian writers?

(a) The Times of India Group

(b) The Hindustan Times Group

(c) The Hindu Group

(d) The Indian Express Group

Option d – The Indian Express Group

Who won the first Jnanpith Award?

(a) Dr KV Puttappa

(b) G Sankara Kurup

(c) Thakazhi Sivasankara Pillai

(d) MT Vasudevan Naair

Option b – G Sankara Kurup

Saraswati Samman is an annual award for outstanding prose or poetry literary works in which of the following Indian languages?

(a) Bodo, Dogri

(b) Kashmiri and Hindi

(c) All the languages in the 8th Schedule of the Constitution

(d) None of the above

Option c – All the languages in the 8th Schedule of the Constitution

Name the author who won the Sahitya Akademi Award 2019 for his book-An Era of Darkness : The British Empire in India.

(a) Ramchandra Guha

(b) Shashi Tharoor

(c) Romila Thapar

(d) Vikram Seth

Option b – Shashi Tharoor

Vyas Samman is a literary award in India awarded annually by

(a) Azim Premji Foundation

(b) Times Group

(c) KK Birla Foundation

(d) Ministry of Culture

Option c – KK Birla Foundation

First Bharat Ratna Award, initiated in 1954, was given to I. C Rajagopalachari II. Dr Radhakrishnan III. Dr CV Raman IV. Dr M Visvesvaraya Codes

(a) I and II

(b) I, II, and III

(c) I, II, and IV

(d) I, III, and IV

Option b – I, II, and III

Consider the following statements. I. Bharat Ratna is not awarded to dead persons like the Nobel Prize. II. Mahatma Gandhi received the Bharat Ratna Award more than once in Indian History. Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

(a) Only I

(b) Only II

(c) Both I and II

(d) Neither I nor II

Option d – Neither I nor II

Consider the following statements. I. Padma Shri is awarded to citizens of India to recognize their distinguished contribution in the fields of Arts, Education, Industry, Literature, Science, Sports, Medicine, Social Service, and Public Affairs. II. Padma Shri cannot be awarded to distinguished individuals who were not citizens of India. Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

(a) Only I

(b) Only II

(c) Both I and II

(d) Neither I nor II

Option a – Only I

Consider the following statements about ‘Param Vir Chakra’. I. It is the highest peacetime gallantry award. II. It is the replacement for the British Victoria Cross. III. It can be awarded to civilians. Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

(a) Only I

(b) Only II

(c) Both I and II

(d) Neither I nor II

Option b – Only II

Consider the following statements I. Morarji Ranchhodji Desai II. Gulzari Lal Nanda III. VV Giri IV. Lal Bahadur Shastri Which of the personalities given above are the recipients of Bharat Ratna?

(a) I, II and III

(b) I and IV

(c) II and III

(d) I, II, III and IV

Option d – I, II, III and IV

Which of the following city is known as the “Manchester of India”?

(a) Mumbai

(b) Coimbatore

(c) Kanpur

(d) Ahmedabad

Option d – Ahmedabad

Which city is famous for the production of oranges?

(a) Ratnagiri

(b) Darjeeling

(c) Nagpur

(d) Lucknow

Option c – Nagpur

Shriperumbudur is the birthplace of

(a) Shri Madhvacharya

(b) Shri Basavanna

(c) Shri Shankaracharya

(d) Shri Ramanujacharya

Option c – Shri Shankaracharya

Which of the following Indian city is known as the ‘City of Palaces’?

(a) Agra

(b) Hyderabad

(c) Mysore

(d) Chennai

Option c – Mysore

Mandi House is a

(a) Market in Delhi

(b) Name of Film

(c) News Agency

(d) None of these

Option d – None of these

Hauz-e-Sultani is a ………

(a) Minar

(b) Reservoir

(c) Mahal

(d) Masjid

Option b – Reservoir

The Central Institute of Buddhist studies is located in which city?

(a) Shimla

(b) Srinagar

(c) Dharamsala

(d) Leh

Option d – Leh

The Headquarters of the Southern Naval Command of the Indian Navy is located at which of the following places?

(a) Karwar

(b) Kochi

(c) Thiruvananthapuram

(d) Chennai

Option b – Kochi

The Headquarters of Central Inland Water Transport Corporation of India is located in

(a) Allahabad

(b) Kolkata

(c) Cochin

(d) Mumbai

Option b – Kolkata

The 14th Dalai Lama resides in ……

(a) Gangtok

(b) Dharamsala

(c) Kalimpong

(d) Shillong

Option b – Dharamsala

Which of the following States in India has a maximum number of UNESCO World Heritage Sites?

(a) Maharashtra

(b) Odisha

(c) Karnataka

(d) Tamil Nadu

Option a – Maharashtra

The Vijaynagar Advanced Landing Ground of the Indian Air Force, which was reopened recently is located in

(a) Jammu and Kashmir

(b) Arunachal Pradesh

(c) Karnataka

(d) Himachal Pradesh

Option b – Arunachal Pradesh

In the field of tourism, which one of the following Indian States is described as ‘One State Many Worlds?

(a) Assam

(b) West Bengal

(c) Karnataka

(d) Rajasthan

Option c – Karnataka

The 15th Pravasi Bharatiya Divas, 2019 was held in

(a) New Delhi

(b) Gandhi Nagar

(c) Prayagraj

(d) Varanasi

Option d – Varanasi

Which one of the following states of India is surrounded by Bangladesh on three sides?

(a) Mizoram

(b) Meghalaya

(c) Tripura

(d) Paschim Banga

Option b – Meghalaya

The first fertilizer plant in India was established in

(a) Trombay

(b) Nangal

(c) Alwaye

(d) Sindri

Option d – Sindri

In which of the following city, the first women’s post office in the country has been established in March 2013?

(a) Mumbai

(b) Kolkata

(c) New Delhi

(d) Chennai

Option c – New Delhi

India’s first cooperative university is located in

(a) Sivasagar, Assam

(b) Imphal, Manipur

(c) Asansol, Paschim Banga

(d) Puri, Odisha

Option a – Sivasagar, Assam

The chenani-Nashri tunnel project will be India’s longest road tunnel and is located in

(a) Himachal Pradesh

(b) Jammu and Kashmir

(c) Uttarakhand

(d) Punjab

Option b – Jammu and Kashmir

India’s first solar pond Bhuj Solar Pond project is being constructed in the States of

(a) Rajasthan

(b) Maharashtra

(c) Gujarat

(d) Andhra Pradesh

Option c – Gujarat

Which of the following governments decides to set up Asia’s first rice technology park?

(a) Tamil Nadu

(b) Karnataka

(c) Kerala

(d) Andhra Pradesh

Option b – Karnataka

In which of the following places the Bio-technology Park is located in Uttar Pradesh?

(a) Kanpur

(b) Ghaziabad

(c) Noida

(d) Lucknow

Option d – Lucknow

Which religious place is situated on the confluence of Mand and Mahanadi?

(a) Mundeshwari Devi

(b) Angar Moti

(c) Chandrahasini Devi

(d) Mahamaya

Option c – Chandrahasini Devi

In which one of the following States of India is the Pemayangtse Monastery situated?

(a) Nagaland

(b) Himachal Pradesh

(c) Sikkim

(d) Arunachal Pradesh

Option c – Sikkim

In which state is the famous Tawang Monastery located?

(a) Arunachal Pradesh

(b) Jammu and Kashmir

(c) Himachal Pradesh

(d) Sikkim

Option a – Arunachal Pradesh

In which one of the following States is the Madhavpur mela celebrated?

(a) Gujarat

(b) Madhya Pradesh

(c) Uttar Pradesh

(d) Bihar

Option a – Gujarat

Stepwell Rani-ki-Vav was approved as a World Heritage Site by UNESCO recently. It is located in

(a) Rajasthan

(b) Gujarat

(c) Madhya Pradesh

(d) Maharashtra

Option b – Gujarat

Asia’s largest wholesale spice market is located in ……..

(a) Kolkata

(b) Bengaluru

(c) Ahmedabad

(d) Delhi

Option d – Delhi

In which state has the Khadi and Village Industries Commission (KVIC) opened the first silk processing plant?

(a) Maharashtra

(b) Tamil Nadu

(c) Karnataka

(d) Gujarat

Option d – Gujarat

Which of the following is not a twin city in India?

(a) Ahmedabad and Gandhinagar

(b) Hubli and Dharwad

(c) Thrissur and Thiruvalla

(d) Cuttack and Bhubaneswar

Option c – Thrissur and Thiruvalla

The biggest museum in the country depicting the story of the development of human civilization and also known as Indira Gandhi Manav Sangrahalaya is situated in

(a) Bhopal

(b) New Delhi

(c) Mumbai

(d) Ahmedabad

Option a – Bhopal

Which city of India is known as ‘The Athens of the East’?

(a) Allahabad

(b) Patna

(c) Madurai

(d) Kochi

Option c – Madurai

Where is the world’s first Partition Museum located?

(a) New Delhi

(b) Lahore

(c) Amritsar

(d) Islamabad

Option c – Amritsar

Jai Prakash Narayan Museum of Socialism is situated in

(a) New Delhi

(b) Lucknow

(c) Vadodara

(d) Amritsar

Option b – Lucknow

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