GK Question Set No -9

1.Who was the first Acting Secretary General of United Nations ? 
Answer :-Gladwyn Jebb

2. What are the most accurate time and frequency standards known ?
Answer :- Atomic Clock  

3.Which city hosts the famous Corcovado mountain ?
Answer :-Rio de Janeiro (Brazil)


4. Which city is known as ‘The Land of Drizzle and Sampa’ ?
Answer :-Sao Paulo (Brazil)

5. Which multinational bank has the tagline of ‘The World’s Local Bank’ ?
Answer :- HSBC

6.What is the official goal of the World Bank ?
Answer :-Reduction of Poverty

7. What is the present day name of the British Honduras ?
Answer :-Belize  

8. Which national leader’s autobiography is ‘Pathik’ ?
Answer :-N.V. Gadgil

9. Who holds the record for being the longest serving cabinet minister in India ?
Answer :- Jagjivan Ram

10. Which national leader’s birth anniversary is observed as ‘Samatha Diwas’ ?
Answer :-Jagjivan Ram

11.Name the Keralite who was the first Chairman of the State Bank of India ?
Answer :-John Mathai

12.Where is the headquarters of the Allahabad Bank ?
Answer :-Kolkata

13.Which is the oldest joint stock bank in India ?
Answer :- Allahabad Bank

14.The Cooum River flows through which city ?
Answer :-Chennai

15.Vickers Test is done to measure the _____ of the materials ?
Answer :- Hardness

16.The Burton Process is used to produce ______ ?
Answer :-Diesel

17.Which satellite of Jupiter is the most geologically active object in the Solar System ?
Answer :- l0

 

18.The crater chains of which satellite are named after rivers in Norse mythology ?
Answer :-Callisto (Jupiter)

19.Who discovered the infrared radiation ?
Answer :-William Herschel

20.Which river has reference in both Rigveda and Zend Avesta ?
Answer :-Indus

21.Which type of clouds are producing tornadoes ?
Answer :-Cumulonimbus  

22.Which type of creature is ‘Mourning Cloak’ ?
Answer :-Butterfly

23.Which country’s national animal is Okapi ?
Answer :-Democratic Republic of Congo

24. Which state in India’s largest manufacture of passenger cars and two wheelers ?
Answer :-Haryana

25.Which American state has the nickname of ‘The Garden State’ ?
Answer :-New Jersey 

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