General Knowledge Questions Bank

1) Which Union Ministry has received the ISO 9001:2008 certification recently?
Ans: Information and Broadcasting Ministry

2) The organisation 'Social Conference' was established by:   
Ans: M G Ranade

3) Who is known as the father of Internet?
Ans: Vint Cerf

4) Name the joint navel exercise held between India and France?
Ans: Vijay 2015

5) 'Omkareshwar Dam' is situated in:
Ans: Madhya Pradesh

6) Which hill station is called the 'Queen of Satpura’?
Ans: Pachmarhi

7) 'Bedia' tribes are found in which state?  
Ans: Jharkhand

8) 'Dhamali' is the dance form of which state?
Ans: Jammu & Kashmir

9) The Indus valley site 'Mitathal’’ is at:
Ans: Haryana

10) 'Mind positive, life positive' was written by:  
Ans: Joginder Singh

11) Who was the governor general during the first Anglo Maratha war?  
Ans: Warren Hastings

12) Which among the following is called a 'liquid non-metal'?
a) Mercury b) Bromine c) Iodine d) Sulphur
Ans: Bromine

13) Who was the first acting president of INC?
Ans: Hakkim Ajmal Khan

14) Navy's new base INS Sardar Patel is located at:
Ans: Porbandar

15) Who is the founder of Rock Gardens in Chandigarh?  
Ans: Nek Chand

16) Which is the neighbouring country close to Andaman Islands?
Ans: Myanmar

17) Agatti airport is located at:  
Ans: Lakshadweep

18) Which of the following award winning movie was inspired by the life of John Nash, the Nobel laureate mathematician who died recently?
a) Boyhood b) Cast Away c) The Imitation Game d) A Beautiful Mind
Ans: A Beautiful Mind

19) Gudi Padwa festival is celebrated in:  
Ans: Maharashtra

20) Economic growth refers to:
Ans: Continuous growth of per capita real income over a period of time in an economy

21) The biggest delta in the world is:
Ans: Ganges Delta

22) What is the aim of 'Rajiv Aawaz Yojana’?
Ans: Slum Free India

23) Members of Union Public Service Commission are appointed by:
Ans: President

24) Acetyl Salicylic acid is popularly known as:
Ans: Aspirin

25) What is known as White tar?
Ans: Naphthalene

26) Second artificial dement is:
Ans: Promethium

27) The loss of water in the form of water droplets is called:
Ans: Guttation

28) Which of the following writs of the High Court/Supreme Court is sought to get an order din authority quashed?
a) Habeas Corpus b) Mandamus c) Quo Warranto d) Certiorari
Ans: Quo Warranto

29) Which is the largest tiger reserve in India?
Ans: Nagarjunsagar-Srisailam

30) Which Mughal Emperor prohibited the use of tobacco?
Ans: Jahangir

31) Which state in India is the leading producer of Sulphur?
Ans: Tamil Nadu

32) Mohammadu Buhari took over as the president of?
Ans: Nigeria

33) In the case of the direct taxes, the payment liability and the ultimate burden of the tax lie upon:
Ans: The person on whom it has been imposed

34) What is the main duty of the Legislature?
Ans: Enacting laws

35) Chandragupta Maurya spent his last days at:
Ans: Sravanabelgola

36) Who Said, "A state is known by the rights that it maintains"?
Ans: Laski

37) Which of the following systems is based on the principle of surplus value?
a) IndiVidualism b) Idealism c) Communism d) Capitalism
Ans: Communism

38) The busiest ocean from the point of view of trade is:
Ans: Atlantic Ocean

39) A member of Liliaceae that shows reticulate venation is:
Ans: Aloe

40) Euphenics is:
Ans: Treatment of defective heredity through genetic engineering

41) Buddha attained nirvana in the year:
Ans: 483 BC

42) The First state to make voting compulsory in Local body election?
Ans: Gujarat

43) Which Asian country has the largest number of Nobel Laureates?
Ans: Japan

44) The famous Jain centre in South India is located at:
Ans: Sravanabelgola

45) The Asoka Inscriptions were engraved in which script?
Ans: Brahmi

46) Which lakes are called Honeymoon Lake?
Ans: Toba

47) International Yoga Day is observed on:
Ans: June 21

48) Commercially important cotton fibres are:
Ans: Epidermal hairs of seeds

49) Where did the Lady Irvin College started for women in 1926?
Ans: New Delhi

50) The total energy of an electron inside an atom is:
Ans: Less than zero 

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