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GK Questions for Interview
The term “MAC digits” is associated with the speed of which of the following?
A) sound
B) Ship
C) Aircraft
D) Spacecraft
Option c – Aircraft
Decibel is defined as
A) A musical device
B) A sound-producing tool
C) A unit for measuring sound intensity
D) A sound wavelength
Option c – A unit for measuring sound intensity
The audible sound frequency range is
A) Below 20 Hz
B) Above 20 Hz
C) Above 20,000 Hz
D) Between 20 Hz and 20,000 Hz
Option a – Below 20 Hz
Bats are able to fly in darkness because
A) They emit ultrasonic sounds
B) They produce infrasonic waves
C) They create audible sound waves
D) They are mostly active at night
Option a – They emit ultrasonic sounds
sound cannot travel through
A) Water
B) Air
C) Iron
D) Vacuum
Option d – Vacuum
The highest speed of sound occurs in
A) Air
B) Vacuum
C) Water
D) Steel
Option d – Steel
The approximate speed of sound in air is
A) 330 m/s
B) 220 m/s
C) 110 m/s
D) 232 m/s
Option a – 330 m/s
Who authored the book ‘Neither a Hawk Nor a Dove’?
A) Brion May
B) David J Eicher
C) Khurshid Mahmud Kasuri
D) Kapil Ishapuri
Option c – Khurshid Mahmud Kasuri
Who is the writer of ‘The Silent Cry’?
A) Haruki Murakami
B) Kenzaburo Oe
C) John Milton
D) Michael Madhusudan Dutta
Option b – Kenzaburo Oe
Who wrote ‘War and Peace’?
A) Rabindranath Tagore
B) Sarojini Naidu
C) Leo Tolstoy
D) Lenin
Option c – Leo Tolstoy
Which of the following is not written by Charles Dickens?
A) Oliver Twist
B) Pickwick Papers
C) Hard Times
D) Pride and Prejudice
Option d – Pride and Prejudice
‘India: A Million Mutinies Now’ was written by
A) VS Naipaul
B) Mulk Raj Anand
C) Nirad C Chaudhuri
D) Amitav Ghosh
Option a – VS Naipaul
‘A Bend in the River’ was written by
A) Chetan Bhagat
B) VS Naipaul
C) Kiran Desai
D) Anita Desai
Option b – VS Naipaul
Who wrote ‘Two Years, Eight Months and Twenty-Eight Nights’?
A) Ruskin Bond
B) Arvind Adiga
C) VS Naipaul
D) Salman Rushdie
Option d – Salman Rushdie
Which of the following books is not authored by Salman Rushdie?
A) An Area of Darkness
B) Shame
C) Midnight’s Children
D) The Satanic Verses
Option a – An Area of Darkness
Who is the author of ‘The Namesake’?
A) Kiran Desai
B) Chetan Bhagat
C) Arundhati Roy
D) Jhumpa Lahiri
Option d – Jhumpa Lahiri
Who wrote the book ‘The Lowland’?
A) Amandeep Sandhu
B) Vikram Seth
C) Chetan Bhagat
D) Jhumpa Lahiri
Option d – Jhumpa Lahiri
‘The Red Saree’ was written by
A) Mamata Banerjee
B) Javier Moro
C) Malala Yousafzai
D) Neel Mukherjee
Option b – Javier Moro
Who is the author of ‘Nineteen Eighty-Four’?
A) RK Narayan
B) Khushwant Singh
C) George Orwell
D) None of the above
Option c – George Orwell
Who wrote ‘The Sellout’?
A) Paul Beatty
B) Arvind Adiga
C) Eleanor Catton
D) Howard Jacobson
Option a – Paul Beatty
‘Life of Pi’ was written by
A) Yann Martel
B) Peter Carey
C) Ian McEwan
D) Paul Barker
Option a – Yann Martel
Who is the author of ‘Pride and Prejudice’?
A) Jane Austen
B) George Eliot
C) Leo Tolstoy
D) Charles Dickens
Option a – Jane Austen
‘A Passage to India’ was written by
A) Nirad C Chaudhuri
B) EM Forster
C) Thomas Hardy
D) Rabindranath Tagore
Option b – EM Forster
‘Mein Kampf’ is the autobiography of which leader?
A) Hitler
B) Mussolini
C) Bismarck
D) Mazzini
Option a – Hitler
Who wrote ‘The Struggle is My Life’?
A) Nelson Mandela
B) Jawaharlal Nehru
C) Bal Gangadhar Tilak
D) George Washington
Option a – Nelson Mandela
‘Long Walk to Freedom’ was authored by
A) Sonia Gandhi
B) LK Advani
C) Nelson Mandela
D) Benazir Bhutto
Option c – Nelson Mandela
‘Freedom From Fear’ was written by
A) Benazir Bhutto
B) Corazon Aquino
C) Aung San Suu Kyi
D) Nayantara Sahgal
Option c – Aung San Suu Kyi
Who wrote the play ‘As You Like It’?
A) Leo Tolstoy
B) Mulk Raj Anand
C) George Bernard Shaw
D) William Shakespeare
Option d – William Shakespeare
Who is the author of ‘Origin of Species’?
A) Watson
B) Mandal
C) Charles Darwin
D) Hutchinson
Option c – Charles Darwin
Who wrote the play ‘Adhe-Adhure’?
A) Mohan Rakesh
B) Premchand
C) Nirala
D) Pant
Option a – Mohan Rakesh
Who wrote the autobiography ‘Amar Katha’ (1913)?
A) HD Deve Gowda
B) APJ Abdul Kalam
C) Ganesh Chandra Ghosh
D) Binodini Dasi
Option d – Binodini Dasi
Who is the author of the book ‘Soj-e-Vatan’?
A) Mahadevi Verma
B) Premchand
C) Sumitranandan Pant
D) Suryakant Tripathi Nirala
Option b – Premchand
Which of the following books was not written by Munshi Premchand?
A) Gaban
B) Godan
C) Guide
D) Mansarovar
Option c – Guide
Who wrote the play ‘Andhayug’?
A) Ramdhari Singh Dinkar
B) Mahaveer Prasad Dwivedi
C) Dharmveer Bharti
D) Mohan Rakesh
Option c – Dharmveer Bharti
Which book was written by Phanishwar Nath Renu?
A) Raag Darbari
B) Gunahon Ka Devta
C) Maila Aanchal
D) Andhayug
Option c – Maila Aanchal
Who wrote the poetry collection ‘Madhushala’?
A) Jai Shankar Prasad
B) Ramdhari Singh ‘Dinkar’
C) Mahadevi Verma
D) Harivansh Rai Bachchan
Option d – Harivansh Rai Bachchan
Which of the following is correctly matched?
I. PIK – Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research
II. NTCA – National Tiger Conservation Agency
III. UHV – Ultra High Voltage
A) Only I
B) I and III
C) Only II
D) I, II, and III
Option b – I and III
Which abbreviations are correct?
I. MODEM – Modulator Demodulator
II. MP – Member of Parliament
III. MPEG – motion Picture Experts Group
IV. MRCP – Member of the Royal College of Physicians
A) II and III
B) Only III
C) Only I
D) All of these
Option d – All of these
Which of the following are correctly abbreviated?
I. ICJ – International Court of Justice
II. ICMR – Indian Council of Medical Research
III. ICSI – Institute of Company Secretaries of India
IV. IDA – International Development Agency
A) All are correct
B) II and III
C) I, II, and III
D) None of these
Option a – All are correct
Which abbreviation is incorrect?
I. APECF – Asia Pacific Exchange and Cooperation Foundation
II. EGOM – Empowered Group of Ministers
III. NEERI – National Environmental Engineering Research Institute
IV. SRS – Sample Registration System
A) Only II
B) Only III
C) Only I
D) None of the above
Option d – None of the above
Which of the following are correctly matched?
I. IAEA – International Atomic energy Agency
II. IARI – Indian Agricultural Research Institute
III. IBRD – International Bank for Reconstruction and Development
A) I and II
B) II and III
C) I and III
D) All of the above
Option d – All of the above
Which are correctly matched?
I. DAC – Defence Acquisition Council
II. NPA – Non-Performing Asset
III. esic – Employees’ State Insurance Corporation
IV. GIAN – Global Initiative of Academic Networks
A) I and II
B) I, II, and III
C) II and III
D) All of these
Option d – All of these
Who wrote the book ‘Conquest of Self’?
A) Aurobindo Ghosh
B) Rabindranath Tagore
C) Mahatma Gandhi
D) S Radhakrishnan
Option c – Mahatma Gandhi
Who is the author of ‘My Experiments with Truth’?
A) Mahatma Gandhi
B) Michael Anderson
C) Winston Churchill
D) James Morris
Option a – Mahatma Gandhi
In which language did Mahatma Gandhi write his autobiography?
A) Gujarati
B) Marathi
C) Hindi
D) English
Option a – Gujarati
Which of these books was written by BR Ambedkar?
A) The Discovery of India
B) My Life
C) Buddha and Karl Marx
D) Hind Swaraj
Option c – Buddha and Karl Marx
Who wrote ‘Golden Threshold’ and ‘Broken Wings’?
A) Sarojini Naidu
B) Indira Priyadarshini
C) Kalpana Dutta
D) Lakshmi Sehgal
Option a – Sarojini Naidu
Who authored ‘My Journey: Transforming Dreams into Actions’?
A) Dr. APJ Abdul Kalam
B) JK Rowling
C) BR Ambedkar
D) Mani Shankar Aiyar
Option a – Dr. APJ Abdul Kalam
Which spiritual leader wrote ‘Gyanyog’, ‘Karmyog’, and ‘Rajyog’?
A) Swami Vivekananda
B) Ramakrishna Paramhansa
C) Raja Ram Mohan Roy
D) Mahadev Govind Ranade
Option a – Swami Vivekananda
Who is the author of ‘Gora’?
A) Phanishwar Nath Renu
B) Harivansh Rai Bachchan
C) Jaishankar Prasad
D) Rabindranath Tagore
Option d – Rabindranath Tagore
Who wrote the play ‘Post Office’?
A) Rabindranath Tagore
B) Mulk Raj Anand
C) Bankim Chandra Chatterjee
D) Vishnu Sharma
Option a – Rabindranath Tagore
Which of the following was written by Rabindranath Tagore?
A) Raktakarabi
B) Chidambara
C) Anandmath
D) Durgesh Nandini
Option a – Raktakarabi
Who authored ‘Ghare Baire’ (The Home and the World)?
A) Bankim Chandra Chatterjee
B) Devendranath Tagore
C) Rabindranath Tagore
D) Aurobindo Ghosh
Option c – Rabindranath Tagore
Which story was written by Rabindranath Tagore? ( GK Questions for Interview )
A) Unto This Last
B) Al Blagh
C) Aakash
D) Kabuliwala
Option d – Kabuliwala
Who is the writer of the famous book ‘Life Divine’?
A) Ravi Shankar
B) Swami Vivekananda
C) Radha Krishnan
D) Aurobindo Ghosh
Option d – Aurobindo Ghosh
Who wrote the book ‘Hind Swaraj’?
A) Bal Gangadhar Tilak
B) Mahatma Gandhi
C) Gopal Krishna Gokhale
D) MG Ranade
Option b – Mahatma Gandhi
In ITCZ, what does the letter C represent? ( GK Questions for Interview )
A) Circulation
B) Convergence
C) Constant
D) Convection
Option b – Convergence
What is the complete form of VVPAT?
A) Voter Verifiable Paper Audit Trail
B) Voter Varying Paper Accountant Trail
C) Voter Verified Paper Audit Trail
D) Voter Verifiable Paper Audit Tally
Option a – Voter Verifiable Paper Audit Trail
What does INTERPOL stand for?
A) International Police Organisation
B) International Public Organisation
C) Indian Police Organisation
D) Indian Police Officer
Option a – International Police Organisation
Which option correctly represents ILO? ( GK Questions for Interview )
A) International Law and Order
B) Inter-State Lawful Ordinance
C) Indian Legal Orientation
D) International Labour Organisation
Option d – International Labour Organisation
Which abbreviations are correctly matched?
I. ASEAN – Association of South East Asian Nations
II. APEC – Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation
A) Only II
B) I and II
C) Both I and II
D) None of these
Option c – Both I and II
Which abbreviation is incorrect? ( GK Questions for Interview )
I. GATE – Graduate Aptitude test in Engineering
II. GATS – General Agreement on Trade and Services
III. GDP – Gross Domestic Purchase
IV. GSM – Global System for Mobile Communications
A) Only I
B) Only II
C) Only III
D) All of these
Option c – Only III
Which abbreviations are correctly matched?
I. NASSCOM – National Association of Software and Services Companies
II. OBC – Other Backward Classes
III. OCR – Optical Character Recognition
IV. PAN – Permanent Account Number
A) I and II
B) II and III
C) Only I
D) I, II, III, and IV
Option d – I, II, III, and IV
Which abbreviations are correct? ( GK Questions for Interview )
I. cbse – Central Board of Secondary Education
II. CCEA – Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs
III. CCS – Cabinet Committee on Security
IV. NASSCOM – National Association of Software and Service Companies
A) I and II
B) II and III
C) None of these
D) All of these
Option d – All of these
Which UN organisations are wrongly expanded?
I. UNEP – United Nations Educational Programme
II. UNESCO – United Nations Economic Society and Cultural Organisation
III. UNFPA – United Nations Fund for Population Activities
IV. UNHCR – United Nations High Commission for Refugees
A) I and II
B) II and III
C) III and IV
D) I and IV
Option a – I and II
What is the full form of IUCN?
A) International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources
B) Indian Union and Committee of Nature
C) International Union for Conservation of Nature
D) Indian Union and Committee of Nature and Natural Resources
Option c – International Union for Conservation of Nature
What do AM and PM represent in time?
A) After Meridiem and Post Meridiem
B) Ante Meridiem and Post Meridiem
C) Ante Meridian and Post Meridian
D) After Meridian and Post Meridian
Option c – Ante Meridian and Post Meridian
What is the full form of BCCI? ( GK Questions for Interview )
A) Bank of Credit and Commerce International
B) Bank of Commerce and Cooperation International
C) Bank of Central Cooperation International
D) None of the above
Option a – Bank of Credit and Commerce International
In the UDAN scheme by the Civil Aviation Ministry, what does ‘A’ stand for?
A) Aastha
B) Aam
C) Air
D) Aviation
Option b – Aam
What does SWIFT stand for?
A) Society for Worldwide Telecommunications
B) Society for Worldwide Interbank Financial Telecommunications
C) Society for Worldwide International Financial Transfers
D) Society for Worldwide Interbrain Fiscal Transactions
Option b – Society for Worldwide Interbank Financial Telecommunications
What is the full form of SDR? ( GK Questions for Interview )
A) Significant Drawing Rights
B) Special Drawing Rights
C) Soft Drawing Rights
D) Small Drawing Rights
Option b – Special Drawing Rights
What does SIDBI stand for?
A) Small Innovations Development Bankers Institute
B) Small Industries Developmental Bankers Institute
C) Small Industries Development Bank of India
D) Small Industrial Designed Bank of India
Option c – Small Industries Development Bank of India
In UNICEF, what does ‘C’ stand for?
A) Chancellor
B) Charter
C) Council
D) Children
Option d – Children
What is the meaning of USP? ( GK Questions for Interview )
A) United Selling Proposition
B) Unique Service Proposition
C) Unique Selling Proposition
D) None of the above
Option c – Unique Selling Proposition
What is the full form of CTBT?
A) Comprehensive test Ban Treaty
B) Common test for Bank Tellers
C) Computerised Topography and Biotechnology
D) Common Trading and Business Terminal
Option a – Comprehensive test Ban Treaty
What does NITI Aayog stand for? ( GK Questions for Interview )
A) National Institution for Transforming India
B) National Investment for Transforming India
C) National Institution of Transparent India
D) National Institution for Turning India
Option a – National Institution for Transforming India
PPP is often mentioned in project construction. What does it mean?
A) Public Private Placement
B) Public Private Partnership
C) Public Private Pickup
D) Public Private Policy
Option b – Public Private Partnership
What is the meaning of RTGS? ( GK Questions for Interview )
A) Real Time Gross Settlement
B) Real Time General Settlement
C) Run Time Gross Settlement
D) Regular Time General Settlement
Option a – Real Time Gross Settlement
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