General Knowledge Mini Practice Test for IB Exams

General Knowledge Practice Test for IB Exams

You should focus on General Knowledge section which are very important for the upcoming IB, Railway exams. Read important articles for your exams and solve the General Knowledge MCQ/Quiz from Achiever's Rule to perform well in exam. You may download the available PDFs. 
Q1.Who was the writer of "My Experiment With Truth" ?

A]Jawaharlal Nehru
B]Motilal Nehru
C]Mahatma Gandhi
D]APJ Abdul Kalam
E]None of them

Q2.Who was the first woman to climb Mount Everest ?

A]Marie Jose perec
B]Junko Tabei
C]Florence Griffith Joyner
D]Jackie Joyner Kersee
E]Anshu Jamsenpa

Q3.Which of the following countries is not a member of ASEAN ?
A]Vietnam
B]Cambodia
C]India
D]Singapore
E]Laos

Q4.Toda Tribes are associated with which of the following states ?
A]Tamilnadu
B]Orissa
C]Chhattisgarh
D]Keral
E]Jharkhand

Q5.Which of the following Sanctuary is well-known for elephants ?
A]Gir
B]Kanha
C]Periyar
D]Kajiranga
E]None of these

Q6.In which year the East India Association was set up ?
A]1885
B]1866
C]1857
D]1836
E]None of these

Q7.Who was the Viceroy of India when the Quit India Resolution was passed ?
A]Lord Wavel
B]Lord Minto
C]Lord Linlithgow
D]Lord Mountbatten
E]None of them

Q8.Which layer of atmosphere is also known as Ozonosphere ?
A]Troposphere
B]Mesosphere
C]Exosphere
D]Stratosphere
E]None of these

Q9."The Emerald of the Equator" is the nickname of which country ?
A]Peru
B]Cambodia
C]Philippines
D]Israel
E]Nepal

Q10.Which of the following was a well known king of Slave Dynasty ?
A]Mohammad Lodi
B]Muhammad-Bin-Tughlaq
C]Rajia Sultana
D]Balban
E]Shershah

Q11.Which state is matched correctly with respect to the thermal power project ?
A]Talcher-Andhra Pradesh
B]Ramagundam-Tamilnadu
C]Kawas-Gujrat
D]Korba-Uttar Pradesh
E]None of these

Q12.Which of the following rivers does not originate from Indian territory ?
A]Ravi
B]Chenab
C]Mahanadi
D]Luni
E]Brahmaputra

Q13.Which of the following is the longest river of the peninsular India ?
A]Narmada
B]Mahanadi
C]Godavari
D]Cauvery
E]Krishna

Q14.Which of the following is used to make catalytic converters ?
A]Carbon
B]Transition metals
C]Alkaline metals
D]Hydrogen
E]None of these

Q15.What is the reason behind the lighting of mercury and sodium street lamps ?
A]Atomic Emission
B]Electron Absorption
C]Electron Emission
D]Atomic Absorption
E]None of these

Answer with Explanation

Explanation 1. Mahatma Gandhi was the writer of "My Experiment With Truth". It was the autobiography of Gandhiji and covered his life from the early childhood to 1921.

Explanation 2. Junko Tabei was the first woman to climb Mount Everest. She was a Japanese mountaineer who climbed the highest peaks of every continent.

Explanation 3. India is not a member of ASEAN(Association of SouthEast Asian Nations). It was founded in 1967 with five member countries i.e Indonesia, Philippines, Malaysia, Singapore and Thailand.

Explanation 4. Toda Tribes are associated with Tamilnadu state. This tribe live in the isolated Nilgiri plateau in the hill area of Tamilnadu. Their economy was based on Buffalo and traded the dairy products.

Explanation 5. Periyar Sanctuary Sanctuary is well-known for elephants. Periyar Tiger Reserve is in the mountainous Western Ghats of Kerala of southern India. The sanctuary is well-known for the significant elephant population.

Explanation 6. The East India Association was set up in 1866. It was established by Dadabhai Nauroji in London. It was a prominent predecessor organizations of INC.

Explanation 7. Lord Linlithgow was the Viceroy of India when the Quit India Resolution was passed. The Colonial administrator and agriculturalist served as Viceroy of India and the Governor-General from 1936 to 1943.

Explanation 8. The second layer of atmosphere, Stratosphere is also known as Ozonosphere. It contains the ozone layer that is the part of the atmosphere of earth containing high concentrations of the gas.

Explanation 9. "The Emerald of the Equator" is the nickname of Philippines. It is one of the Southeast Asian countries in Western Pacific ocean, comprising approximately 7,000 islands.

Explanation 10. Ghiyas ud Din Balban was a well known king of Slave Dynasty. He was the ninth sultan of Slave dynasty of Delhi and was the heir of Shamsi Sultan.

Explanation 11. NTPC of Kawas is located in Surat district of Gujarat. This power plant is a gas based power plants of the NTPC.

Explanation 12. Brahmaputra river is a main river in Asia and it originates from Himalayas of Tibet. It is also known as Tsangpo in Tibet.

Explanation 13. Godavari is the longest river of the peninsular India. It is the 2nd longest river of India after Ganges. It originates from Triambakeshwar of Maharashtra.

Explanation 14. Transition Metals are used to make catalytic converters. It is the emissions control device which converts the toxic gases to less toxic pollutants.

Explanation 15. mercury and sodium street lamps light up due to the atomic emission. It is the method of chemical analysis which uses intensity of the light that is emitted from flame, plasma etc.