General Studies Questions [Mix & Previous Years MCQs]

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William Harvey, Alexander Fleming & Louis Pasteur are related to blood circulation, penicillin, vaccination respectively. Louis Pasteur is renowned for his discoveries of the principles of vaccination, microbial fermentation and pasteurization.

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The seasons in the northern and southern hemisphere are totally opposite. This is due to the tilted axis of the earth. India is in the northern hemisphere and when it has summer, Chile in southern hemisphere has the opposite season winter.

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Babur after defeating Ibrahim Lodi at Panipat in 1526 founded the Mughal Empire in India. The Mughal empire existed from 1526 to 1761.

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The penhold grip is used in the sport of table tennis. In table tennis, players can hold the racket in a variety of ways but the two most common grips are the penhold grip and the shakehand grip. The penhold grip gets its name from holding the racket similarly to how one would hold a pen or writing instrument. The racket is held mainly between the thumb and index finger.

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The birth name of Sher Shah Suri was Farid Khan. He was the founder of the Sur kingdom in India with its capital at Delhi.

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17 countries have hosted the World Cup with Brazil, France, Italy, Germany and Mexico have hosted the event twice.

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The Olympic flame was first introduced to the Winter Olympics at the 1936 Winter Olympics in Garmisch-Partenkirchen. The flame has been a part of the Summer Olympics ever since.

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The BCG vaccine is an injection given to children who have a higher risk of catching TB. The BCG vaccine helps your child’s immune system fight the germs that cause TB and helps stop them from getting serious TBdisease. It has to be given within 48 hours after the child is born.

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A software bug is an error, flaw, failure or fault in a computer program or system that causes it to produce an incorrect or unexpected result, or to behave in unintended ways.

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The most important function of the Parliament is to exercise control over the government.
1. The government is directly responsible to the Parliament for its acts of omission and commission. The government can be voted out of office by passing a vote of no confidence against the Prime Minister or the Ministry or any of its members.
2. The Members of Parliament can also move adjournment motions. An adjournment motion is tabled when there is an urgent matter that needs the immediate attention of the government. If admitted, a time a set aside from the normal business of the house for discussing the matters of urgent public importance.
3. The members can ask any question relating to the administration of the state and the ministers are obliged to answer them. In this way, they can keep a check on the functioning of the various departments under different ministers.
4. The Parliament can also hold the strings of the government tight by voting a cut in the annual budget.