Frequently Asked General Knowledge Questions

Commonly asked General Knowledge Questions

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Frequently asked GK questions in government / competitive exams 

General Knowledge Questions

1) Which is the highest literary award of the world?
Answer : Booker Prize

2) Which among the sources of energy tapped in India has shown the largest growth till the Eighth plan?
Answer : Thermal

3)Which is the sacred text of Hinduism?
Answer : The Vedas, The Bhagavad Gita, The epics of the Mahabharata and the Ramayana

4)When was table tennis introduced in Olympics?
Answer : 1988 at Seoul

5)Which Bank has the maximum number of branches?
Answer : State Bank of India  ( SBI )

6)Which is the state with largest urban population?
Answer : Maharashtra

7)Which agency related to the United Nation was in existence before the Second World War?
Answer : International Labor Organisation

8)Which are the member countries of the commonwealth?
Answer : Australia, Tonga, UK and Zimbabwe,Nigeria, Pakistan, India, Jamaica and Singapore, Mauritius, Maldives, Ghana, Bangladesh

9)Which missile is designed to defend large installation like oil-fields etc. against enemy air attacks?
Answer : Akash

10)Which are the important minerals found in manipur?

Answer : Sillimanite, nickel, petroleum

11)  Who is India's first Woman Grand Master in Chess ?
Answer :  Koneru Humpy

12) During the Mughal period, which one of the following were the first to come to India as traders ?
Answer : Portuguese

13) Who among the following Delhi Sultans is known for introducing market control mechanism ?
Answer : Alauddin Khalji

14) Which one of the following mountain peaks of the Himalayas is NOT in India ?
Answer :   Annapurna

15) The creator of Sherlock Holmes' was
Answer :  Arthur Conan Doyle

16) The Parliament of Afghanistan is
Answer :  Shora

17) India first took part of the Olympic Games in the year
Answer :  1920

18) The largest coal producing state in India is
Answer : Jharkhand

19) Days and Nights are equal throughout the globe when the sun is above
Answer : - Equator

20) Which one of the following was an associated state of India before becoming a full fledged state ?
Answer :  - Sikkim

21) Railway is a subject on the
Answer : - Union list

22)  How many times the President of India can seek re-election to his post ?
Answer :  - Any number of times

23) Olympics 2012 held at London was the?
ANSWER :- 30th

24) Which of the following gases is used for refrigeration ?
Answer :  - Ammonia

25) Who is called the Flying Sikh of India ?
Answer :  - Milkha Singh

26) Nobel Prizes are distributed annually at
Answer : - Stockholm

27) The first satellite to be sent into space was
Answer : - Sputnik

28) The book 'A wounded civilisation' was written by
Answer : - V. S. Naipaul

29)  Ajanta paintings depict scenes from the
Answer : - Jatakas

30) The President rule of a state can be continued for a maximum period of
Answer : -  6 month

31) The representative of the crown came to be called as 'viceroy' instead of 'governor general' from the period .....?
ANSWER :-  1858

 32) The 'Vernacular Press Act' was passed in India during the period of _____
ANSWER :- Lord Lytton

 33) Lord Curzon became the viceroy of India after ____
ANSWER :- Loed Elgin -II

34) The non-cooperation movement was accepted by the congress party in its ____ session.
ANSWER :- Nagpur

 35) The river known as 'Sorrow of Bihar' is ___
ANSWER :- Kosi

 36) The man named as 'Father of Indian archaeology' is ___
ANSWER :- Alexander Cunningham

 37) The mountain ranges in the eastern part of India forming its boundary with Myanmar are collectively called as?
ANSWER :- Purvachal

 38) Which one of the following lakes is a salt water lake?
ANSWER :- Sambhar

 39) The first population census was taken in India in the year?
ANSWER :- 1872

 40) The country which has higher average population density than India is ____?
ANSWER :- Bangladesh

 41) In which district of Kerala, Edakkal is situated?
ANSWER :- Wayanad

42) The rights of minorities to establish and administer educational institutions in guaranteed in the ?
ANSWER :- Article 30

43) The statement "Eternal Vigilance is the Price of liberty" means:
ANSWER :- People should be conscious of their rights

 44) The assets of a dead man without heir or will undertaken by the state is called ?
ANSWER :- Escheats

 45) The Principle of Rule of Law implies?
ANSWER :- All should be treated as equals

 46) Who among the following formulated 'People's Plan'?
ANSWER :- M.N.Roy

 47) Which of the following is not established by the constitution of India?
ANSWER :- Planning Commission

 48) Parliamentary Committee on Subordinate Legislation came into existence in ?
ANSWER :- 1969

 49) Judicial Review Power of the Supreme Court relates to ?
ANSWER :- Constitutional Validity of law

 50) The minimum age required to be eligible to contest Presidential election in India is ?
ANSWER :- 35 Years

 51) The National Human Rights Commission was established in ?
ANSWER :- 1993

 52) "Optical Phenomenon" in the fringe pattern of CD is:
ANSWER :- Interference

 53) The Weakest force among the following?
ANSWER :- Gravitational

 54) Exchange Particle in Quark-Quark Interaction?
ANSWER :- Gluon

 55) Special Theory of Relatively was proposed in ?
ANSWER :- 1905

 56) IRADIAN is ?
ANSWER :- 57.3

 57) For liquids, both Cofficient of Viscosity and Surface Tension ?
ANSWER :- Decreases with increase in temperature

 58) Fraction of volume of ice seen outside when immersed in water?
ANSWER :- 10.5%

 59. Celsius and Fahrenheit show the same temperature at ?
ANSWER :-  -40

 60) ____ occurs when source of light approach an observer?
ANSWER :- Blue Shift

 61) Which colour indicate Highest Temperature?
ANSWER :- Dull Red

 62) The country that declared the year 2013 as National Year of Rice?
ANSWER :- Philippines

 63) The chairman of the joint parliamentary committee on the 2G scam?
ANSWER :- P.C.Chacko

 64) The first Aadhaar number holder Ranjana Sadasiv Sonawne belongs to ?
ANSWER :- Maharastra

 65) The legless amphibian reported from Meghalaya by a Malayalee Scientist ?
ANSWER :- Chikilidae

 66) Arogyakeralam award instituted by the Government of Kerala is given to ?
ANSWER :- Local Bodies

 67) The director of the film Celluloid?
ANSWER :- Kamal

 68) India's 100th successful space mission was on ?
ANSWER :-  9th September 2012

 69) Name the first private person of India who was given 'Z' security cover by the Union Government?
ANSWER :- Mukesh Ambani

70) 'Saraswati Samman' 2012 was awarded to poet Sugathakumari for her work?
ANSWER : Manalezhuthu


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