General Knowledge Mock Test - 16th July 2026

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100 Questions Mock Test

General Knowledge Mock Test (100 Questions)

1. International Olympic Day is observed on:
Correct Answer: June 23
2. IPL 2027 will expand to:
Correct Answer: 11 teams
3. IPL 2026 champions were:
Correct Answer: Royal Challengers Bengaluru
4. Gujarat became the state to implement UCC.
Correct Answer: Second
5. Election Commission of India (2026):
Correct Answer: Gyanesh Kumar
6. Nobel Prize in Literature 2025 was awarded to:
Correct Answer: Han Kang
7. Nobel Peace Prize 2025 was awarded to:
Correct Answer: Nihon Hidankyo
8. Best Picture winner at the 97th Academy Awards (Oscars 2026) was:
Correct Answer: Anora
9. Who is the Constitutional Head of India?
Correct Answer: President
10. What is the capital city of India?
Correct Answer: New Delhi
11. India occupies approximately what percentage of the total geographical area of the world?
Correct Answer: 2.4%
12. Which is the largest tribal community in India by population?
Correct Answer: Bhil
13. What is India's rank in the world in terms of geographical area?
Correct Answer: 7th
14. What is India's rank in the world by population?
Correct Answer: 1st
15. Which is the easternmost point of India?
Correct Answer: Kibithu (Arunachal Pradesh)
16. Which is the northernmost point of India?
Correct Answer: Indira Col
17. Which is the southernmost point of India?
Correct Answer: Indira Point
18. Which is the westernmost point of India?
Correct Answer: Guhar Moti (Gujarat)
19. Approximately how far is Indira Point from the Equator?
Correct Answer: 876 km
20. Indian Standard Time (IST) is based on which longitude?
Correct Answer: 82°30 East Longitude
21. The Standard Meridian of India passes through which city?
Correct Answer: Mirzapur
22. The 82°30' East Longitude passes through how many Indian states?
Correct Answer: Five
23. Indian Standard Time (IST) is ahead of Greenwich Mean Time (GMT) by:
Correct Answer: 5 hours 30 minutes
24. How many states are there in India?
Correct Answer: 28
25. How many Union Territories are there in India?
Correct Answer: 8
26. India's territorial waters extend up to:
Correct Answer: 12 nautical miles
27. One nautical mile is approximately equal to:
Correct Answer: 1.852 km
28. Which important imaginary line passes through the middle of India?
Correct Answer: Tropic of Cancer
29. The Tropic of Cancer passes through how many Indian states?
Correct Answer: Eight
30. Which place in India receives the highest average annual rainfall?
Correct Answer: Mawsynram
31. Which region of India receives the least annual rainfall?
Correct Answer: Thar Desert
32. Which is the oldest mountain range in India?
Correct Answer: Aravalli Range
33. Which is the youngest fold mountain range in India?
Correct Answer: Himalayas
34. When was the first synchronous and regular Census conducted in India?
Correct Answer: 1881
35. Which was the first Census conducted in Independent India?
Correct Answer: 1951 Census
36. What is a Census?
Correct Answer: The official process of collecting demographic, social, and economic information about every person in a country at a specific time
37. The study of population and its characteristics is known as:
Correct Answer: Demography
38. The Census being conducted during 2026-27 is which Census of India?
Correct Answer: 16th Census
39. The Census of 2026-27 is the Census since Independence.
Correct Answer: 8th
40. What is the official slogan of Census 2027?
Correct Answer: Our Census, Our Future
41. World Population Day is observed every year on:
Correct Answer: 11 July
42. In which year was the last all-India caste census before the current exercise conducted?
Correct Answer: 1931
43. According to the Census of 2011, what was the population of India?
Correct Answer: 1.21 billion
44. How many planets are there in the Solar System?
Correct Answer: 8
45. Which is the largest and most massive planet in the Solar System?
Correct Answer: Jupiter
46. Which is the smallest planet in the Solar System?
Correct Answer: Mercury
47. Which planet is closest to the Sun?
Correct Answer: Mercury
48. Which planet is farthest from the Sun?
Correct Answer: Neptune
49. Which planet comes closest to Earth during its orbit?
Correct Answer: Venus
50. Which are Earth's neighboring planets?
Correct Answer: Venus and Mars
51. What is the natural satellite of Earth?
Correct Answer: Moon
52. Which is the nearest star to Earth?
Correct Answer: The Sun
53. Which star is nearest to the Sun?
Correct Answer: Proxima Centauri
54. Which is the hottest planet in the Solar System?
Correct Answer: Venus
55. Which is the coldest planet in the Solar System?
Correct Answer: Uranus
56. Which planet has the largest number of known natural satellites?
Correct Answer: Saturn
57. Which planets have no natural satellites?
Correct Answer: Mercury and Venus
58. Which planet is known as the Red Planet?
Correct Answer: Mars
59. Which planet is popularly known as the Green Planet in many GK books?
Correct Answer: Uranus
60. Which is the largest natural satellite in the Solar System?
Correct Answer: Ganymede
61. Phobos and Deimos are the natural satellites of:
Correct Answer: Mars
62. Which is the largest moon of Saturn?
Correct Answer: Titan
63. Who first observed the rings of Saturn through a telescope?
Correct Answer: Galileo Galilei
64. The approximate temperature at the core of the Sun is:
Correct Answer: 15 million °C
65. The approximate surface temperature of the Sun is:
Correct Answer: 5,500°C
66. Light from the Sun reaches Earth in about:
Correct Answer: 8 minutes 20 seconds
67. Moonlight reaches Earth in approximately:
Correct Answer: 1.3 seconds
68. The primary source of the Sun's energy is:
Correct Answer: Nuclear fusion
69. The Asteroid Belt is located between:
Correct Answer: Mars and Jupiter
70. The Moon completes one revolution around the Earth in approximately:
Correct Answer: 27.3 days
71. The Earth completes one revolution around the Sun in:
Correct Answer: 365 days 6 hours
72. Who is known as the Father of the Indian Space Programme?
Correct Answer: Vikram Sarabhai
73. When was the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) established?
Correct Answer: 1969
74. Where is the headquarters of ISRO located?
Correct Answer: Bengaluru (Bangalore)
75. Which animal was the first to travel into outer space?
Correct Answer: Dog (Laika)
76. Who was the first human to travel into space?
Correct Answer: Yuri Gagarin
77. Who was the first Indian to travel into space?
Correct Answer: Rakesh Sharma
78. Who was the first Indian-born woman to go into space?
Correct Answer: Kalpana Chawla
79. Which Indian-origin woman has spent the longest cumulative time in space?
Correct Answer: Sunita Williams
80. Which was the world's first unmanned artificial satellite?
Correct Answer: Sputnik 1
81. Which was the first spacecraft to successfully land on the Moon?
Correct Answer: Luna 9
82. Who was the first person to set foot on the Moon?
Correct Answer: Neil Armstrong
83. Which mission first landed humans on the Moon?
Correct Answer: Apollo 11
84. Which spacecraft was the first to successfully land on Mars?
Correct Answer: Viking 1
85. What was the name of India's first artificial satellite?
Correct Answer: Aryabhata
86. What does the abbreviation "LEO" stand for in space science?
Correct Answer: Low Earth Orbit
87. Low Earth Orbit (LEO) generally extends up to an altitude of approximately:
Correct Answer: 2,000 km
88. Which of the following satellites was launched by India in 1975?
Correct Answer: Aryabhata
89. Rakesh Sharma flew to space aboard which spacecraft?
Correct Answer: Soyuz T-11
90. Which organization is responsible for India's civilian space programme?
Correct Answer: ISRO
91. Kalpana Chawla flew on which space agency's missions?
Correct Answer: NASA
92. The First Battle of Tarain was fought in:
Correct Answer: 1191 CE
93. The Second Battle of Tarain took place in:
Correct Answer: 1192 CE
94. The Slave (Mamluk) Dynasty in India was established in:
Correct Answer: 1206 CE
95. Vasco da Gama arrived in India in:
Correct Answer: 1498 CE
96. The First Battle of Panipat was fought in:
Correct Answer: 1526 CE
97. The Second Battle of Panipat took place in:
Correct Answer: 1556 CE
98. The Third Battle of Panipat was fought in:
Correct Answer: 1761 CE
99. The Battle of Haldighati was fought in:
Correct Answer: 1576 CE
100. Emperor Akbar introduced the Din-i Ilahi in:
Correct Answer: 1582 CE

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