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Friday, 4 September 2015

General Knowledge Question With Answers Competitive exams


1) The mountain building in Himalayas began
A. about 45 million years ago
B. when the continental plates of India and Eurasia converged on each other
C. both (a) and (b)
D. None of the above
Answer: C
2) Plants wilt due to excess of
A. transpiration
B. photosynthesis
C. absorption
D. None of these
Answer A.
3) The method that cannot be used for removing permanent hardness of water is
A. adding sodium carbonate
B. distillation
C. adding caustic soda
D. boiling
Answer: D.
4) For whom high heeled shoes were invented?
A. Cleopatra
B. Queen Elizabeth I
C. King Louis the XIV
D. King Charles II
Answer: C
5) When was the city Rome found by Romulus?
A. 753 BC
B. 604 BC
C. 660 BC
D. None of the above
Answer: A
6) The term yavanika meant
A. foreign goods
B. dancer
C. curtain
D. theater
Answer: C
7) Which of the following is used as a moderator in nuclear reactor?
A. Thorium
B. Graphite
C. Radium
D. Ordinary water
Answer: B
9) Bismillah Khan was associated with?
A. Sarod
B. Shehnai
C. Flute
D. Tabla
Answer: B
10) The members of Lok Sabha are
A. directly elected by the people
B. indirectly elected
C. nominated
D. partly elected and partly nominated
Answer: A.
11)Revenue of the state governments are raised from the following sources, except
A. entertainment tax
B. expenditure tax
C. agricultural income tax
D. land revenue
Answer: C


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Some important GK bits for all competitive exams


1. Who is known as Modern Bhoja ?
Answer: Krishnadeva Raya
2. Who started Shudhi Movement ?
Answer: Dayananda Saraswathy
3. Which Pakistan President signed the Tashkent Agreement ?
Answer: Ayub Khan
4. Which Substance is known as Philosopher's wool ?
Answer: Zinc Oxide
5. Which Vitamin helps in the absorption of Calcium ?
Answer: Vitamin D
6.Who discovered Rh Factor ?
Answer: Karl Landsteiner (the same person discovered Blood Group)
7. Who wrote the book Harmonies of World ?
Answer: Kepler
8. Where is the Headquarters of Amnesty International ?
Answer: London
9. Which is the shortest River in the world ?
Answer: Roe
10. The image formed on the Retina of the human eye is ________ ?
Answer: Real and inverted
11.Who discovered Microphone ?
Answer: Alexander Graham Bell
12. Myopia (Short sightedness) can be corrected by using a _______ lens ?
Answer: Concave
13. Hypermetropia (Long sightedness) can be corrected using a _________ ?
Answer: Convex lens
14. Erg is the unit of _____?
Answer: Work
15. Dyne is the unit of ______ ?
Answer: Force
16. Poise is the unit of _______ ?
Answer: Viscosity of fluid
17.Which cricketer has the nick name Haryana Hurricane ?
Answer: Kapil Dev
18. Who is the law Adviser of the central Government ?
Answer: Attorney General
19. Which is the acid present in tomato ?
Answer: Oxalic acid
20. Which disease is also known as Hansen's disease ?
Answer: Leprosy
* 21. Who gave the Pacific Ocean its name ?
Answer: Magellan
* 22.Which state has large number of cinema theater in India?
Answer: Andhara Pradesh
23. Which is the oldest sports in the world ?
Answer: Archery ( It is the national sports of Bhutan)
24. What is the normal duration of Hockey game ?
Answer: 70 Minuets
25. Which Minor Rock Edict of Asoka describes the conquest of Kalinga by Asoka ?
Answer: No. XIII (13)
26. Who is the author of Joy of Numbers ?
Answer: Shakuntala Devi
27. Who is the creator of the painting The Potato Eaters ?
Answer: Vincent van Gogh
28. Folketing is the parliament of which country ?
answer: Denmark
29. What s the chemical name of Lime stone ?
Answer: Calcium Carbonate
30. Zero degree centigrade equal to _________ degree Fahrenheit ?
Answer: 32
31. Who wrote the song "Sare jahan se acha" ?
Answer: Muhammad Iqbal
32. Who give music to the song "Sare jahan se acha" ?
Answer: Pandit Ravi Shankar
33. Which is the worlds oldest news agency ?
Answer: AFP (Agence France Presse)
34. What is the chemical name of Tear Gas ?
Answer: Chloroacetophenone
35. Which is the only hobby recognized by the United Nations ?
Answer: Ham Radio
36. What is the national flower of Pakistan ?
Answer: Jasmine
37. What is the scientific name of Cockroach ?
Answer: Periplaneta americana
38. What is the unit of luminous intensity ?
Answer: Candela
39. Who is the winner of 2012 Us open men's title ?
Answer: Andy Murray
40. Who is the winner of 2012 Us open women's title ?
Answer: Serena Williams
41. Which famous writer is known as Father of Snow Golf ?
Answer: Rudyard Kipling
42. How many Schedules are there in the Indian Constitution ?
Answer: 12
43. Which planet is known as Red planet ?
Answer: Mars
44. Which European countries are separated by Market Reef ?
Answer: Finland and Sweden
45. Who is the author of Panchtantra ?
Answer: Vishnu Sharma
46. Which is the coldest planet in solar system ?
Answer: Neptune
47. The Rourkela Steel Plant in Odisha was built with the collaboration of _____ ?
Answer: Germany
48. The Durgapur Steel Plant in West Bengal was built with the collaboration of _____ ?
Answer: Britain
49. The Bhilai Steel Plant in Chattisgarh was built with the collaboration of _____ ?
Answer: Russia
50. Who is the first and only Muslim lady ever to rule the throne of Delhi ?
Answer: Razia Sultana
51. Who composed the national anthem of Bangladesh (Amar sona bangla) ?
Answer: Rabindranath Tagore
52. Who wrote the book Planned economy for India ?
Answer: M. Visvesvaraya (He is known as father of Indian planning, his birthday September 15 is observed as Engineer's Day in India )
53. Who was the first martyr of revolt of 1857?
Answer: Mangal Pandey
54.Who was the Sargent shot dead by Mangal Pandey ?
Answer: Major Hudson
55.Who gave the name "First War of Indian Independence" to rebellion of 1857 ?
Answer: V.D Savarkar (VD Savarkar airport is situated in Portblair)
56. Who wrote the book "Indian War of Independence" ?
Answer: V.D. Savarkar
57. Which British historian described the revolt of 1857 as Sepoy Mutiny ?
Answer: John Lawrence, Earl Stanley
58.What is the real name of Jhansi Rani Lakshmi Bai ?
Answer: Manikarnika
59.Who was the commander captured Jhansi ?
Answer: Hugh Rose
60. Who became the King of Delhi after Indian Rebellion of 1857 ?
Answer: Bahadur Shah II (the last Mughal emperor, exiled in Rangoon)


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