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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