{"id":1209,"date":"2025-12-24T16:01:17","date_gmt":"2025-12-24T16:01:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/postaladda.com\/mcq\/?p=1209"},"modified":"2025-12-24T16:01:19","modified_gmt":"2025-12-24T16:01:19","slug":"general-knowledge-pa-sa-exam","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/postaladda.com\/mcq\/general-knowledge-pa-sa-exam\/","title":{"rendered":"General Knowledge : PA SA Exam"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>General Knowledge : PA SA Exam- Practice high-quality MCQs for the PA SA Exam covering key postal rules, procedures, and current schemes. Ideal for quick revision and accurate self-assessment based on the latest syllabus.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">1. The capital of India is:<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>a) Mumbai<br>b) New Delhi<br>c) Kolkata<br>d) Chennai<\/p>\n\n\n<button class=\"show-answer-btn\" onclick=\"pa_toggle_answer(this)\">Show Answer<\/button><div class=\"answer\">The correct answer is:  B<\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">2. Who is known as the &#8220;Father of the Nation&#8221; in India?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>a) Jawaharlal Nehru<br>b) Subhas Chandra Bose<br>c) Mahatma Gandhi<br>d) Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel<\/p>\n\n\n<button class=\"show-answer-btn\" onclick=\"pa_toggle_answer(this)\">Show Answer<\/button><div class=\"answer\">The correct answer is:  C<\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">3. The largest planet in our solar system is:<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>a) Mars<br>b) Earth<br>c) Jupiter<br>d) Saturn<\/p>\n\n\n<button class=\"show-answer-btn\" onclick=\"pa_toggle_answer(this)\">Show Answer<\/button><div class=\"answer\">The correct answer is:  C<\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">4. The first man to step on the Moon was:<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>a) Yuri Gagarin<br>b) Neil Armstrong<br>c) Buzz Aldrin<br>d) John Glenn<\/p>\n\n\n<button class=\"show-answer-btn\" onclick=\"pa_toggle_answer(this)\">Show Answer<\/button><div class=\"answer\">The correct answer is:  B<\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">5. The currency of Japan is:<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>a) Yen<br>b) Dollar<br>c) Rupee<br>d) Pound<\/p>\n\n\n<button class=\"show-answer-btn\" onclick=\"pa_toggle_answer(this)\">Show Answer<\/button><div class=\"answer\">The correct answer is:  A<\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">6. The longest river in the world is<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>a) Nile<br>b) Amazon<br>c) Ganges<br>d) Mississippi<\/p>\n\n\n<button class=\"show-answer-btn\" onclick=\"pa_toggle_answer(this)\">Show Answer<\/button><div class=\"answer\">The correct answer is:  A<\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">7. The Great Barrier Reef is located in:<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>a) Australia<br>b) Indonesia<br>c) India<br>d) Mexico<\/p>\n\n\n<button class=\"show-answer-btn\" onclick=\"pa_toggle_answer(this)\">Show Answer<\/button><div class=\"answer\">The correct answer is:  A<\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">8. The headquarters of the United Nations is situated in:<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>a) London<br>b) Paris<br>c) New York<br>d) Geneva<\/p>\n\n\n<button class=\"show-answer-btn\" onclick=\"pa_toggle_answer(this)\">Show Answer<\/button><div class=\"answer\">The correct answer is:  C<\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">9. The largest desert in the world is:<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>a) Sahara<br>b) Gobi<br>c) Kalahari<br>d) Antarctica<\/p>\n\n\n<button class=\"show-answer-btn\" onclick=\"pa_toggle_answer(this)\">Show Answer<\/button><div class=\"answer\">The correct answer is:  A<\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">10. The Indian national anthem was written by:<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>a) Rabindranath Tagore<br>b) Subhas Chandra Bose<br>c) Bankim Chandra Chatterjee<br>d) Mahatma Gandhi<\/p>\n\n\n<button class=\"show-answer-btn\" onclick=\"pa_toggle_answer(this)\">Show Answer<\/button><div class=\"answer\">The correct answer is:  A<\/div>\n\n\n\n<!--nextpage-->\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">11.The first President of the United States was:<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>a) Abraham Lincoln<br>b) George Washington<br>c) Thomas Jefferson<br>d) John Adams<\/p>\n\n\n<button class=\"show-answer-btn\" onclick=\"pa_toggle_answer(this)\">Show Answer<\/button><div class=\"answer\">The correct answer is:  B<\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">12. The atomic number of oxygen is:<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>a) 6<br>b) 7<br>c) 8<br>d) 9<\/p>\n\n\n<button class=\"show-answer-btn\" onclick=\"pa_toggle_answer(this)\">Show Answer<\/button><div class=\"answer\">The correct answer is:  C<\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">13.The currency of the United Kingdom is:<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>a) Dollar<br>b) Euro<br>c) Pound<br>d) Yen<\/p>\n\n\n<button class=\"show-answer-btn\" onclick=\"pa_toggle_answer(this)\">Show Answer<\/button><div class=\"answer\">The correct answer is:  C<\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">14. The longest railway network in the world is in:<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>a) China<br>b) Russia<br>c) India<br>d) United States<\/p>\n\n\n<button class=\"show-answer-btn\" onclick=\"pa_toggle_answer(this)\">Show Answer<\/button><div class=\"answer\">The correct answer is:  B<\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">15. The Taj Mahal is located in which city?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>a) New Delhi<br>b) Mumbai<br>c) Agra<br>d) Lucknow<\/p>\n\n\n<button class=\"show-answer-btn\" onclick=\"pa_toggle_answer(this)\">Show Answer<\/button><div class=\"answer\">The correct answer is:  C<\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">16.The speed of light in a vacuum is approximately:<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>a) 3 \u00d7 10\u2076 m\/s<br>b) 3 \u00d7 10\u2078 m\/s<br>c) 3 \u00d7 10\u2079 m\/s<br>d) 3 \u00d7 10\u00b9\u2070 m\/s<\/p>\n\n\n<button class=\"show-answer-btn\" onclick=\"pa_toggle_answer(this)\">Show Answer<\/button><div class=\"answer\">The correct answer is:  B<\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">17.The Battle of Plassey was fought in the year:<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>a) 1757<br>b) 1761<br>c) 1780<br>d) 1799<\/p>\n\n\n<button class=\"show-answer-btn\" onclick=\"pa_toggle_answer(this)\">Show Answer<\/button><div class=\"answer\">The correct answer is:  A<\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">18. The headquarters of the World Health Organization (WHO) is located in:<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>a) Paris<br>b) Geneva<br>c) New York<br>d) London<\/p>\n\n\n<button class=\"show-answer-btn\" onclick=\"pa_toggle_answer(this)\">Show Answer<\/button><div class=\"answer\">The correct answer is:  A<\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">19. The human heart has how many chambers?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>a) 2<br>b) 3<br>c) 4<br>d) 5<\/p>\n\n\n<button class=\"show-answer-btn\" onclick=\"pa_toggle_answer(this)\">Show Answer<\/button><div class=\"answer\">The correct answer is:  C<\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">20. The currency of the United States is:<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>a) Rupee<br>b) Pound<br>c) Dollar<br>d) Euro<\/p>\n\n\n<button class=\"show-answer-btn\" onclick=\"pa_toggle_answer(this)\">Show Answer<\/button><div class=\"answer\">The correct answer is:  C<\/div>\n\n\n\n<!--nextpage-->\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">21. The largest island in the world is:<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>a) Australia<br>b) Greenland<br>c) Borneo<br>d) Madagascar<\/p>\n\n\n<button class=\"show-answer-btn\" onclick=\"pa_toggle_answer(this)\">Show Answer<\/button><div class=\"answer\">The correct answer is:  B<\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">22. The chemical symbol for water is:<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>a) H2O<br>b) CO2<br>c) O2<br>d) H2<\/p>\n\n\n<button class=\"show-answer-btn\" onclick=\"pa_toggle_answer(this)\">Show Answer<\/button><div class=\"answer\">The correct answer is:  A<\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">23.The first Indian woman to win an Olympic medal was:<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>a) P.V. Sindhu<br>b) Mary Kom<br>c) Saina Nehwal<br>d) Karnam Malleswari<\/p>\n\n\n<button class=\"show-answer-btn\" onclick=\"pa_toggle_answer(this)\">Show Answer<\/button><div class=\"answer\">The correct answer is:  D<\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">24.The capital of France is:<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>a) Paris<br>b) Berlin<br>c) Rome<br>d) Madrid<\/p>\n\n\n<button class=\"show-answer-btn\" onclick=\"pa_toggle_answer(this)\">Show Answer<\/button><div class=\"answer\">The correct answer is:  A<\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">25. The currency of India is:<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>a) Rupee<br>b) Dollar<br>c) Peso<br>d) Yen<\/p>\n\n\n<button class=\"show-answer-btn\" onclick=\"pa_toggle_answer(this)\">Show Answer<\/button><div class=\"answer\">The correct answer is:  A<\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">26.The Battle of Waterloo was fought in the year:<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>a) 1812<br>b) 1815<br>c) 1820<br>d) 1825<\/p>\n\n\n<button class=\"show-answer-btn\" onclick=\"pa_toggle_answer(this)\">Show Answer<\/button><div class=\"answer\">The correct answer is:  B<\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">27. Who invented the telephone?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>a) Alexander Graham Bell<br>b) Thomas Edison<br>c) Nikola Tesla<br>d) Michael Faraday<\/p>\n\n\n<button class=\"show-answer-btn\" onclick=\"pa_toggle_answer(this)\">Show Answer<\/button><div class=\"answer\">The correct answer is:  A<\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">28. The tallest mountain in the world is:<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>a) K2<br>b) Kanchenjunga<br>c) Everest<br>d) Kilimanjaro<\/p>\n\n\n<button class=\"show-answer-btn\" onclick=\"pa_toggle_answer(this)\">Show Answer<\/button><div class=\"answer\">The correct answer is:  C<\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">29. Who wrote the Indian national song &#8220;Vande Mataram&#8221;?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>a) Rabindranath Tagore<br>b) Bankim Chandra Chatterjee<br>c) Subhas Chandra Bose<br>d) Lala Lajpat Rai<\/p>\n\n\n<button class=\"show-answer-btn\" onclick=\"pa_toggle_answer(this)\">Show Answer<\/button><div class=\"answer\">The correct answer is:  B<\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">30. 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