Objective General Knowledge Quiz for APPSC / TSPSC


1.  A hollow sphere of copper is positively charged,  Then what will the electric field be inside the sphere? 

2. How many States of the U.S.A. are not attached to its mainland? 

3. What was the decentralisation system recommended?

4. Which are the oldest mountains in India according to geographical history? 

5. Who was last Mughal emperor to sit on the peacock throne? 

6. Which Bacteria is found in the intestine of human? 

7. Which language is not recognised in the 8th Schedule though it is an official language of a State? 

8. What is the mixture of carbon monoxide and nitrogen called? 

9. Which is the river with highest tidal bore in India? 

10. From which ruler did Albuquerque capture Goa? 

11. Which train/railway passes through Germany, France, Austria, Hungary and Romania? 

12.  Which biologist, proposed that life is originated in water,? 

13. When chlorophyll absorbs light, what does it gets excited and emits? 

14. Which is a land-locked sea? 

15. Which European were the last to come- to pre-independence India as traders? 

16. Who has the final power to maintain order within the House of People ? 

17. In our houses we get 220  V A. C  What does the value 220 represent? 

18. Bouncing of cheques has become an offence. What is the punishment for the same? 

19. Which would be most suited for an area which has only two months of scanty rainfall in a year? 

20. Who was the first Muslim President of Indian National Congress?

21. Mallika Sarabhi is associated with which field? 

22. After respiration the conversion of energy is mainly in which form of? 

23. Who fixes the salaries and the allowances of the Speaker of Lok Sabha? 

24. Which crop is grown in India mainly by dry farming? 

25. Who was the first Englishman to preside over a Congress session ? 

26. What is formed when white phosphorus is heated at 540 K in the absence of air? 

27.  When did Economic Community of Central African States came into existence? 

28. In which year, some more commercial banks in addition to the first lot of 141 were nationalised in India? 

29. The mapping of which part of earthis most difficult? 

30. Which Urdu poets was invited, to the Second and Third Round Table Conference? 

31.  What is the connecting link between Annelida and Mollusca? 

32. Howmnay subjects are in the Concurrent List? 

33.  A small weight is put on the pressure cooker. It increases the pressure of the steam.  Why? 

34.  Which is the second most abundant metal in the earth’s crust? 

35. Which first movement was launched against the British in India? 

36.  When did East African Development Bank come into force? 

37. Who has directed the film ‘Sardar’? 

38. What is also known as green protozo? 

39. The tropopause occurs at the equator at a height of howmany kilometers? 

40.  Who was the British Prime Minister at the time of the Second Round  Table Conference?

Answers :  
1. Zero  

2.  Two 

3. Balwant Rai Mehta 

4. Aravallis 

5. Muhammad Shah 

6. Escherichia coli 

7. English  

8. Producer gas  

9. Hoogli 

10. Bijapur 

11. Orient Express 

12.  Thales 

13. Electrons 

14. Aral Sea 

15. French

16. Speaker 

17. Effective voltage 

18. 6 months imprisonment 

19. Pulse 

20. Badruddin  Tyyabji

21.  Classical dance 

22. ATP 

23.  Parliament  

24.  Millet  

25. George Yule 

26. Red phosphorus 

27. 1983 

28. 1980 

29. Interior of the earth  

30. Muhammad Iqbal 

31. Neopalina 

32. 47 subjects 

33. Area of contact is small 

34. Aluminium 

35. Swadeshi Movement 

36. 1967 

37. Ketan Mehta 

38. Euglena 

39. 17 km  

40. Ramsay Macdonald