General Knowledge Capsule 2015

1. Which is the main protein found in egg white? 
Ans: Ovalbumin 

2. Which Asian country's national tree is the Mango Tree? 

Ans: Bangladesh

3. Which fruit's most popular variety is 'Tommy Atkins'? 

Ans: Mango

4. Which is the largest Science City in the Indian subcontinent? 

Ans: Kolkata Science City

5. Where is the headquarters of the National Council of Science Museums? Ans: Kolkata

6. Which institution is publishing the multi-volume series of books named 'the People of India'? 

Ans: Anthropological Survey of India

7. Which British Queen was popularly known as 'the Grandmother of Europe'? 

Ans: Queen Victoria

8. Which famous martial arts were created in 1882 by Jigoro Kano? 

Ans: Judo

9. Which insecticide is also known in the names of 'Carbophos & Mercaptothion'? 

Ans: Malathion

10. Name the merchant captain of English East India Company who coined the term 'Cyclone' for tropical storms & also authored the book 'the Sailor's Horn-book for the Law of Storms'? 
Ans: Henry Piddington 

11. Which disease is known as the human form of mad cow disease? 

Ans: Creutzfeldt Jakob Disease (CJD)

12. In the world of cookery, what is meant by 'Minestrone'? 

Ans: A thick soup (Italian)

13. Which type of forest has the maximum area of coverage in Kerala? 

Ans: Tropical Moist Deciduous

14. Which nutrient is essential for the drought tolerance of plants? 

Ans: Potassium

15. Which crop is affected by the fungal disease of 'tikka'? 

Ans: Groundnut

16. Which Prime Minister of India introduced the 'Operation Black Board' project? 

Ans: Rajiv Gandhi

17. Which famous scientist's autobiography is 'My Inventions'? 

Ans: Nikola Tesla

18. Which Indian state receives the highest rainfall? 

Ans: Meghalaya

19. What is the name of the multilateral development bank operated by the BRICS states? 

Ans: The New Development Bank (NDB)

20. Who was the author of the famous work, 'Sixty two Years of fighting Hunger? 

Ans: Norman Borlaugh

21. What is the full form of the numeric commercial book identifier ISBN?

Ans: The International Standard Book Number

22. In which year was the National Mission on Libraries India launched? 

Ans: February 3, 2014

23. Which Indian city has the nickname of 'Mini Mumbai'? 

Ans: Indore (Madhya Pradesh)

24. Who is popularly known as 'the Lady of Pakistan'? 

Ans: Fatima Jinnah

25. Which renowned Indian jurist's autobiography is 'Roses in December'? Ans: M C Chagla

26. The only instance of a caste count in post independent India was in 1968. Which state conducted this survey?

Ans: Kerala

27. Which is India's first domestically built guided missile destroyer?

Ans: INS Kolkata

28. Who was the Registrar General and Commissioner of 2001 Census? 

Ans: C Chandramauli

29. In which year was the Central Vigilance Commission set up?

Ans: 1964

30. Which country is affected by the katabatic wind nicknamed 'the Barber'?

Ans: New Zealand 

31. The energy band gap is maximum in which type of materials?

Ans: Insulators

32. What is known as 'Acrophobia?

Ans: Fear of High places.

33. Who among the following writers took part directly in the freedom struggle and congress activities from North Kerala?

      a) Vidwan P. Kelu Nair (b) Pazhassi Raja (c) Moidu Moulavi (d) Sardar KM.Panikar

Ans: Vidwan P. Kelu Nair

34. Which among the following poem was written in the back ground of Malabar riot?

      (a) Umakeralam (b) Keralaganam (c) Daivadasakam (d) Durava

Ans: Durava

35. Name the king of Thiruvithamcore who made the Temple Entry Proclamation?

Ans: Chithira Thirunal Balarama Varma

36. In which year 'The Malayalies Memorial' was made?

Ans: 1891

37. Which of the event celebrated in India, Once in twelve Years?

Ans: Kumbha mela

38. Which day was celebrated as International yoga Day?

Ans: June 21

39. Various centers of ISRO are functioning various states including Kerala Name the centre functioning in Kerala?

       (a) VSSC (b) BARC (c) SLC (d) SIET

Ans: VSSC

40. We observe an international day on December 10, name the day?

Ans: Human Rights Day

41. Who is the first Asian who was awarded Nobel Prize for Physics?

Ans: C.V.Raman

42. Name the language to which the maximum number of books from other language are translated.

      (a) English (b) Arabic (c) German (d) French

Ans: German  

43. The song 'Vandematharam..." is included in a novel. Name the novel.

Ans: Anandamattim

44. In which year last Lok Sabha electionwas conducted?

Ans: 1914

45. In which list of the constitution, Education is placed?

Ans: Concurrent list

46. In the year 2009, the Central Government introduced an important Act - Which was the act?

Ans: Right to Education Act