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1. The spherical shape of a drop is due to _______ ?
Answer: Surface tension


*2.  Who is the present RBI Governor ?
Answer:   Urjit Patel


3. Earth is protected from Ultra voilet radiation by _______ ?
Answer: Ozone


4. If we move from equator to pole the value of acceleration due to gravity "g"_______ ?
Answer:  Increases


5. Capital of VeneZuela ?
Answer: Karakkas


6. Solid carbon dioxide is known as ______?
Answer: Dry ice


7.  VAT was first introduced in which country ?
Answer: France


8. Which instrument is used to measure blood pressure ?
Answer: Sphygmomano meter


9. How many coastal states are in India ?
Answer: 9


10. The country which lost the largest number of people in the 2nd world war ?
Answer: Japan


11. How many fundamental duties are laid in the constitution of India ?
Answer: 11

11 a. How many fundamental rights are recognized in the constitution of India ?
Answer: 6

12. Which is the Biggest Museum ?
Answer:  British Museum, London


13. Shora is the parliament of  _______?
Answer: Afghanistan


14. Who is the first person to get Param vir chakra ?
Answer: Major Somnath Sharma


15. Which is the largest fresh water lake in India ?
Answer: Wular Lake

15 a. Wular Lake is in which state?
Answer: Jammu and Kashmir

16. Which is the longest river in peninsular India ?
Answer: Godavari River

16 a. River godavari originates from ?
Answer: Brahmagiri Mountain


17. What is the full form of SIM ?
Answer: Subscriber Identity Module


18. Who is the founder of Van Mahotsav ?
Answer: K.M. Munshi


19. What is the full form of https ?
Answer:  Hypertext Transfer Protocol Secure



20. Where is Sardar Sarovar project situated ?
Answer: Gujarat


21. Which is the coldest planet in the solar system?
Answer: Neptune


22. Which is the Longest National Highway in India ?
Answer: NH 44 (old name NH 7)


23. Which is the smallest National Highway in India ?
Answer: NH 966B


24. How many bones are there in human skull ?
Answer: 22


25. Union public service commission  was established on ?
Answer: 1 October 1926


26. Kyoto protocol was adopted in which year ?
Answer: 11-Dec-1997

27. Kyoto protocol was came in to force from which year ?
Answer: 16-Feb-2005 

28.Kyoto is the city from which country?
Answer:japan 

29. Device used for measure radiation ?
Answer: geiger muller counter

Simple & Important GK Questions

30. Number of seats in Lok sabha?
Answer: 545 (543 elected+2 nominated)

31. Number of seats in Rajya  sabha?
Answer: 245 (233 elected+12 nominated) 

32. The second person who land on the moon?
Answer: Edwin Eugene Aldrin 

33. which country is known as land of white elephants?
Answer: Thailand

34. which country is known as land of cakes?
Answer: Scotland

35. which country is known as land of thousand lakes
Answer: Finland

36. which country is known as land of windmills
Answer: Netherland

37 . which country is known as land of lilies ?
Answer: Canada

38. Who are the founders of "Google"?
Answer: Larry Page, Sergey Brin

39. who is the author of  "Glimpses of World History" ?
Answer: Jawaharlal Nehru

40. who wrote the book "India Divided"?
Answer: Rajendra Prasad

*41. Who is the father of indian space program?
answer: Vikram Sarabhai

*42. Where is ISRO headquarters?
Answer: Bengaluru

*43.  Which team won first Twenty-20 worldcup at 2007?
Answer: India

*44.Intensity of light is measured by?

Answer: Lux meter

*45. Instrument used for recording sound underwaterAnswer: hydrophone

46. william harvey discovered blood circulation

47. What is full form of GSTAnswer: goods & service tax


48. gst first introduced in which country ?
Answer: france

49. solid carbon dioxide is dry ice

50. VAT first introduced in which country?
Answer: France

51. What is the fullform for VAT?
Answer: Value Added Tax

52. which is the highest civilian award in India?
Answer:Bharat Ratna

53. which is the highest mountain in world?
Answer: Mount everest

54. origami was originated from which country?
Answer: japan

55. Green planet in solar system?
Answer: Uranus 

*56. Which acid is known as  Muriatic acid?
Answer: Hydrochloric acid

*57. Which acid is known as Aqua fortis?
Answer: Nitric acid 

*58. Aqua regia is a mixture of?
Answer: Nitric acid and Hydrochloric acid

*58. What is the full form for "VoIP"?
Answer: Voice over internet protocol

*59. What is the full form for "LISP"?
Answer: Large scale integrated Circuit



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Random General Knowledge Questions and Answers


1. Gulf Stream Ocean Currents located in ?
Answer: Atlantic


2. Potassium is kept in ?
Answer: Kerosene


3.Which article of the Indian Constitution deals with the Right to Education ?
Answer: Article 21(a)


4. Which is the soil formed due to intense leaching in areas of high temperature and rainfall ?
Answer: Laterite Soil


5. The general governor who organized police force in India ?
Answer: Lord Cornvallis


6. Which is the Chemical added to give particular smell to LPG ?
Answer: Ethyl Marcaptan (Ethanethiol)


7. HTTPS stand for _____ ?
Answer: Hypertext Transfer Protocol Secure


8. For refreshing which function key is used ?
Answer: F5


9. The working principle of Optical Fibre Cables ?
Answer: Total Internal Reflection



10. The Andes Mountain located in ?
Answer: South America


11. The name Indian National Congress first put forward by ?
Answer: Dadabhai Naroji


12. Lightening Conductor was discovered by ?
Answer: Benjamin Franklin

13. Swami Vivekananda delivered his famous Chicago speech on which date?
Answer: 11 September 1893

 14. which planet is called green planet?
Answer: uranus

15. which planet is known as red planet?
Answer: Mars

16. which planet is known as morning star?
Answer:venus

17. which planet is known as blue planet?
answer: earth

18. which planet is known as green planet in solar system ?
answer: Uranus

19. Which planet have rings?
Answer: Saturn


*20. Who is the author of the book "You got magic"?
Answer: Neel Madhav

Important Facts about Indian presidents

*21. India wins freedom is the autobiography of?
answer: Abdul kalam azad


*22.The president who led the first minority government in India?
answer: V P Singh


*22. The President of India who announced the emergency of 1975?
answer: Fakhruddin ali ahmed

*23.First Indian president who was born in 20th century?
Answer: Fakhrudin Ali ahmed

*24. The oldest president of India?
Answer: K R Narayan

*25.The youngest president of India?
Answer: Neelam sanjiv Reddy

*26. Who is the first chief minister of Andhra pradesh?
Answer:  Neelam sanjiv Reddy


 
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General knowledge quiz questions related to Supreme Court

Gk quiz questions related to Supreme Court of India



Present chief justice of India- Ranjan Gogoi

1. In which year Supreme Court of India came in to force ?
Answer: 1950 January 28


2. Who is the first chief Justice of India ?
Answer:  Harilal J Kania


3. Who is the 39th Chief Justice of India ?
Answer: Altamas Kabir



4. Which article in Indian Constitution gives the power of Writ jurisdiction to Supreme court ?
Answer: Article 32


5. Who appoints the judges of supreme court ?
Answer: President


*6. What is the monthly salary of chief Justice of Supreme court ?
Answer: 2.8 lakh (from 2018)


*7.  What is the monthly salary of judge of Supreme court ?
Answer: 2.5 Lakh(from 2018)


8. Who is the first female supreme court chief justice ?
answer: No female CJI yet


9. Who is the first female judge of supreme court ?
Answer: Fathima Beevi


*10. From Which country Indian Constitution Borrowed Supreme Court ?
Answer: America (USA)

11. What is the Motto of Supreme Court?
Answer: "Yato Dharmastato Jayaḥ"

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Did you know who is known as Thomas Alva Edison of India ?

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Confusing Gk Questions updated: Psc exam oriented

Confusing Facts  and Related knowledge bits

King of Fruits?
Answer: Mango

Queen of fruits?
Answer: Mangosteen 
 
1. Who is Known as 'Guru Dev' ?
Answer: Rabindranath Tagore

2. Who is known as 'Guruji' ?
Answer:Sadashiva Golkar


3. Who is known as 'Grand Old Lady of Indian Nationalism' ?
Answer: Anie Basent

4. Who is known as 'Mother of Indian National Movement' ?
Answer: Madam Bhikkaji Kama


5. Where is Tuberculosis Research Center Situated ?
Answer: Chennai

6. Where is National Tuberculosis Institute Situated ?
Answer: Bangalore


7. Who founded Indian Institute of Science ?
Answer: J.R.D Tata

8 .Who founded Indian Academy of Science ?
Answer: C.V Raman


9. Who is Known as Shahid-e-Azam ?
Answer: Bhagath Sing

10. Who is Known as Qaid-e-Azam ?
Answer: Muhammad Ali Jinna


11. Who founded 'Servants of India' ?
Answer: Gopal Krishna Gokhale

12. Who founded 'Servants of God' ?
Answer: Khan Abdul Gaffer Khan

13. What is the Full Form of 'I.O.A' ?
Answer: Indian Olympic Association

14. What is the Full Form of 'I.O.C' ?
Answer: International Olympic Committee

15. What is the full form for IUCN?
Answer: International union for Conservation of Nature

16. What is the name of atomic bomb detonated over Nagasaki?
Answer: Fatman(1945 august 9)

17. What is the name of atomic bomb detonated over Hiroshima?
Answer: Little  boy(1945 august 6)



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GK Questions for Defence(Army,Navy & AirForce) Exams, connected with National disaster management authority(NDMA)

National disaster management authority of India is chaired by?
 Answer: Prime Minister

National disaster management authority of India came into force on?
Answer: 2005 May 30

Where is the Headquarters of National disaster management authority of India?
Answer: NDMA Bhavan,New delhi

Where is Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel National Police Academy located?
 Answer: Hyderabad

Where is Lal Bahadur Shastri National Academy of Administration located?
Answer: Mussoorie, Uttarakhand

Where is Administrative Staff College of India located?
 Answer: Hyderabad , Telangana

Where is Indian Institute of Public Administration located?
Answer: New Delhi

Where is Indian Military Academy is located?
Answer: Dehradun

Where is  National Defence Academy (NDA) is located?
Answer: Pune, Maharashtra

Where is National Defence College is located?
Answer: New Delhi

Important GK Questions from Defence related Agencies

IB formed in which year?
Answer: 1947

IB stands for "Intelligence Bureau"

what is the full form for "CBI"?
 Answer: Central bureau of Investigation

CBI formed in which year?
Answer: 1963

What is the full form for "RAW"?
Answer: Research and analysis wing

RAW Founded in which year?
Answer: 1968

What is the full form for "NIA"?
Answer: National investigation agency

NIA Founded in which year?
Answer: 2009

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Top 10 General Knowledge Questions 2018

Selected Most Important 10 GK Questions asked in Kerala PSC 2018 Last Grade Servant (LGS) Exams

1.Who is the appointing authority of National Human rights commission?
Answer:President

2. Vande mataram was written in which language?
Answer: Sanskrit

3. Panna mines are known for?
Answer: Diamond

4. Panna mines are located in which state?
Answer: Madhya Pradesh

5. "All Indian Muslim league" was formed in which City?
Answer:Dhaka

6. Who is the leader of  Bardoli satyagraha?
Answer: sardhar Vallabhbhai Patel

7.Which is the Maratha newspaper by Bal gangadhar tilak?
Answer: Kesari

8. Who wrote the Novel "Durgesha Nandhini"?
Answer: Bangim chandra chaterji

9. Where is the Headquarters of "Inland waterways authority of India" ?
Answer: Noida

10."Flag code of India" came in to force from?
Answer: 2002 January 26

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Indian Defence General knowledge questions 2018

20 Important General Knowledge questions about Indian Defence


1. Who is known as the father of Indian army ?
Answer: Major Stringer Lawrence


2. Who is the first commander in chief of Indian Army ?
Answer: Major Stringer Lawrence 


3. 1st Indian to became Commander in Chief of Army?
Answer: Km kariyappa


4. Who is known as Kipper ?
Answer: Km Kariyappa


5. Who is the first commander in chief of Indian air force in Independent India ?
Answer: Thomas Walker Elmhirs 


6. Who is the first commander in chief of Indian Navy ?
Answer:  R D Kathari


7. Who is the commander in chief of Indian army when India got independence ?
Answer: Robert Lockhart


8. Which is India's first and only military base outside Indian territory ?
answer: Farkhor Air Base (Tajikistan)


9. Who is the first Field Marshal (highest rank in the Indian Army) of Independent India ?
Answer: Sam Manekshaw


10. In which year Indian air force established ?
Answer: 1932 October 8


11. Indian Army Day observed on ?
Answer: January 15


12. Indian Airforce Day observed on ?
answer: October 8


13. Indian Navy Day observed on ?
Answer: December 4


14. Which is the largest Cantonment (military area) in India ?
Answer: Bathinda (and in Asia also)

15. India's first Nuclear submarine?
Answer: INS Arihant

*16. Where is the Headquarters of Indian Army, Indian Navy and Indian Air force ?
Answer: New Delhi

Motto related to Indian Defence 

*17. What is the motto of Indian army?
Answer: Service Before Self

*18. What is the motto of Indian Navy?
Answer: Sham No Varunah(May the lord of the water be auspicious unto us)

*19. What is the motto of Indian Air Force?
Answer:Nabhah sprsham diptam

*20. First Aviation University in India?
Answer: Rajiv Gandhi National Aviation University

Some Defence related Expansions

CRPF - Central Reserve Police Force

RAF - Rapid Action Force

CISF - Central Industrial Security Force

BSF - Border  Security Force

ITBP - Indo Tibetan Border Police

NSG - National security Guard

RPF - Railway police Force




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Current Affairs Questions for competitive exams

current affairs Quick reference Questions for  psc, upsc, ssc,IBPS and Bank exams 

  Last updated on 29/12/2018 
 

Who is the Chief Guest of 2019 Republic Day celebrations?
Answer: Cyril Ramaphosa (South African President)


Recently appointed Prime minister of Srilanka?
Answer:  Ranil Wickremesinghe(from 2018 dec)

who is the winner of Jnanpith Award 2018?
Answer:Amitav Ghosh(Bengal)

*Who is the winner of Miss Universe 2018?
Answer: catriona gray (from Philippines)

*Who is the winner of Miss world 2018?
Answer: Vanessa Ponce

*What is the Nationality of Vanessa Ponce(Miss world 2018)?
Answer: Mexico(Miss Mexico 2018)

Who is the new Madhya pradesh Chief minister?
Answer: Kamal Nath(From 2018 Dec)

Who is the new Rajasthan Chief minister?Answer: Ashok Gelkot(From 2018 Dec)

Who is the new Chhattisgarh Chief minister?Answer: Bhupesh Baghel (From 2018 Dec)

Recently appointed Reserve bank(RBI) Governor?
Answer: Shaktikanta Das (from dec 2018)

2018 Men's Ballon d'or winner?

Answer: Luka Modric

What is the Nationality of  Luka Modric (2018 Ballon d'or)?

Answer: Croatia

First women's Ballon d'Or winner?

Answer: Ada Hegerberg

Where is the venue for 2018 G20 summit?
Answer: Buenos aires, Argentina

Where is the venue for 2019 G20 summit?
Answer: Osaka, Japan

Who is the present Chief election commissioner?
Answer: Sunil arora(Appointed from 2018 dec 2)

Which country host the 2019 World Cup Cricket ?
Answer: England

Where is the venue for 2019 Fifa under 20 world cup ?
Answer: Poland

UN International year of indigenous languages?
Answer:2019

Where is the venue for 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup football?
Answer: France

Where is the venue for 2023 Cricket World Cup?
Answer: India

Where is the venue for 2019 G7 summit?
Answer: Biarritz, France

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2017 current affairs Quick reference Questions

Who is the winner of 2017 Mother Teresa Memorial award for social justice?
Answer: priyanka chopra 

Who is the miss universe 2017?

Answer:  Leigh Nel-Peters

Who is the present CAG(comptroller and auditor general of india)
Answer:Rajiv Mehrishi

Who is the winner of Miss world 2017 ?
Answer: Manushi chhillar from India

who is the winner of miss earth 2017?
Answer:  karen ibasco from Philippines

who is the winner of jnanpith award 2017?
Answer: Krishna sobti

 India government's project for relief to rohingya refugee?
answer:  operation insaniyat

who is the winner of 2017 formula1 championship?
Answer: Lewis Hamilton

Which country recently grant citizenship to humanoid robot "Sofia"?
Answer:Saudi Arabia

Which team won Asia cup hockey 2017?
Answer: India (Runner-up: malaysia)

which country won asia cup women's hockey 2017?
Answer: India


Who won 2017 Fifa Men's player of the year?
Answer: Cristiano Ronaldo

Who won 2017 Fifa Women's player of the year?
Answer: Lieke Martens

1.who is the chief guest of 2017 republic day parade?
Answer:   Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan(Abu Dhabi Crown Prince)

2. 2017 Australian open womens title winner?
Answer: Serena williams 

2.a. 2017 Wimbledon womens title winner?
Answer: Garbine Muguruza

3. 2017 Australian open mens title winner?
Answer: Roger federer

3.a. 2017 Wimbledon  mens title winner?
Answer: Roger federer

4. Who is the newly appointed secretary general of UNITED NATIONS (UN)?   

Answer: Antonio Guterres 

5. who is the winner of miss universe 2016?
Answer: Iris Mittenaere (France)

Current affairs new appointments 2017

6. Recently elected Uttar pradesh chief minister?
Answer: Yogi Adityanath 

7. Newly elected Goa Chief Minister ?
Answer: Manohar Parrikar  

8. Who is the present punjab Chief minister?
Answer:  Amarinder Singh

9.Recently elected uttarakhand chief minister?
Answer: Trivendra Singh Rawat

*10. Newly appointed Chief of Air staff 
Answer:   Birender Singh Dhanoa

*11. Recently appointed SEBI (Securities and Exchange Board of India) chairman?
Answer:  Ajay Tyagi

*12.Who is the present Supreme Court Chief Justice of India (appointed from jan-2017)?     
Answer: Dipak Misra

*13. Who is the chief of  Research and Analysis Wing (RAW) ?
Answer: Anil Dhasmana

*14.Who is the chief of Intelligence Bureau (IB)?
Answer: Rajiv Jain

*15. Who is the chief of CBI?
Answer: Alok Verma

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*16. winner of indian open badminton 2017 ?
Answer: P V Sindhu

*17. India's longest Bridge?
Dhola -sadiya bridge(Assam)





*18. First Indian who won asian squash title  ?
Answer: Joshna Chinappa

 *19. Who is the winner of "2017 World Snooker Championship" ?
Answer:  Mark Selby from England

*20. Recently elected French President?
Answer: Emmanuel Macron  

*21. winner of sultan azlan shah cup 2017?
Answer: Britain( Runner-up: Australia, Third place: India)

*22. who won 2017 phalke award ?Answer: Kasinathuni Viswanath 

*23. 2017 French open Mixed doubles winner?
 Answer: Rohan Bopanna(India) & Gabriela Dabrowski from canada

24.recently elected ireland prime minister?
Answer: Leo Varadkar 

25. Recently appointed chief election commissioner of india?
answer:  Achal Kumar Joti

26. who is the winner of 2017 man booker International prize ?
Answer: David Grossman (book: A Horse Walks Into a Bar) [translated by Jessica cohen]




  26 a. who is the winner of 2017 man booker prize(booker prize)?
   Answer: George saunders(book: lincoln in the bardo)

27. Which cricket team won 2017 champions trophy ?
Answer: Pakistan

28. 2017 womens ICC cricket worldcup winner?
Answer: England (defeated India)

29. Newly elected president of INDIA?
answer: Ram Nath Kovind 

30. Recently appointed Supreme Court Chief Justice of India?
Answer: Dipak Misra

31.where is the venue for 2024 Olympics?

Answer: Paris

31.where is the venue for 2028 Olympics?

Answer: los angeles

32.recently elected , first women president of Singapore ?
Answer: Halimah Yacob

33.winner of Denmark open 2017 badminton series, 2017 Indonesian super series badminton,2017 Australian super series badminton
 Answer: Srikanth Kidambi

34. 2017 Asia cup hockey winner?
Answer:India


 Nobel prize 2017 winners

a. 2017 Nobel Prize in Physics
Answer:Rainer Weiss, Barry C. Barish, Kip S. Thorne

b. 2017 Nobel Prize in Chemistry
 Answer: Jacques Dubochet, Joachim Frank, Richard Henderson

c.  2017 Nobel prize in medicine?
Answer: jeffrey C. Hall, Michael Rosbash, Michael W. Young

 d. 2017  Nobel Prize in Literature
Answer:  Kazuo Ishiguro

e. 2017 Nobel Peace Prize
Answer: International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons (ICAN)

f. 2017 Economics Nobel prize
Answer: Richard H. Thaler

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RRB Frequently Asked Questions: Railway zones

Indian Railway zones and Headquarters for Quick Reference

Northern Railway =>> Delhi

Eastern Railway =>> Kolkata

Southern Railway =>> Chennai
 
Western Railway =>> Mumbai

Central Railway =>> Mumbai

North Eastern Railway =>> Gorakhpur

North East Frontier Railway =>> Maligaon, Guwahati

South Eastern Railway =>> Kolkata

South Central Railway =>> Secunderabad

South Western Railway =>> Hubli

North Western Railway =>> Jaipur

West Central Railway =>> Jabalpur

North Central Railway =>> Alahabad

South East Central Railway =>> Bilaspur

East Coast Railway =>> bhuvaneshvar

East Central Railway =>> Bhuvaneshwar


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Official Residence of Countries: Gk questions 2019

Residence of presidents and prime ministers in countries 

The Official Residence of Indian president =>> Rashtrapati Bhavan

The Official Residence of Prime Minister of Canada =>> 24 Sussex Drive

The President House of Bangladesh =>> Bangabhaban

The Official Residence of President of Kyrgyzstan =>> White House

The Official Residence of President of United States =>> White House

The Official Residence of President of South Korea =>> Blue House

The Official Residence of President of Pakistan =>> Aiwan-e-Sadr

The Official Residence of Thailand =>> Chitralada Palace

The Official Residence of Prime Minister of Sri Lanka =>> Temple Trees



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Important Straits: Frequently asked Gk questions

Most Important straits and its location (Which separates some countries)

1. Palk Strait =>> Between India and Sri Lanka

2. Duncan Passage =>> South Andaman and Little Andaman

3. Ten Degree Channel =>> Little Andaman and Nicobar

4. English Channel =>> Between England and France

5. Florida Strait =>> Cuba and USA

6. Berring Strait =>> Russia and USA

7. Bass Strait =>> Between Australia and Tasmania

8. Strait of Gibralter =>> Between Spain and Morocco

9. Strait of Malaca =>> Between Malasiya and Sumatra (It also connects Indian Ocean and Pacific Ocean)

10. Barents Strait =>> Between Scandinavian countries and Artic Ocean

11. Dover Strait =>> separates Great Britain from France

12. Bosphorus Strait =>> Divides Europe from Asia

13. Strait of Magellan =>> Connects Atlantic Ocean and Pacific Ocean

14. Davis Strait =>> between Greenland and Canada

15. Drake Passage =>> Separates South America and Antarctica

*16. Strait of Hormuz =>> Connects Persian Gulf and the Gulf of Oman

*17. Bali  strait =>> separating Java and Bali 

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General knowledge Questions for competitive Exams: Viceroy

Events and Acts which associated with Viceroy / Governor general


Lord Dalhousie =>> Railway started in India, Post and Telegraph, Doctrine of Lapse

Lord William Bentick =>> Abolition of Sati, English Eduction in India, Simon Commission

Lord Wellesley =>> Subsidary Alliance

Lord linlithgow =>> Quit India Movement, Cripps Mission (1942)

Lord Rippon =>> Local Self Government, Factory Act, Repeal of Vernacular Press Act

Lord Lytton =>> Vernacular Press Act, Arms Act

Lord Munro =>> Ryotwari

Lord Curzon =>> Partition of Bengal

Lord Mountbatten =>> Partition of India, Indian independence Act (1947),


* Who is known as Babur of British India ?
Answer: Robert Clive

* Which Governor General Started Permanent Settlement tax in Bengal ?
Answer: Cornwallis

* Who is the Viceroy of India during Quit India Movement ?
Answer: Linlithgow

* Who is known as Father of Indian Civil Service ?
Answer: Cornwallis

* Who is the last Governor general of Free India ?
Answer: C. Rajagopalachari

* Who is known as Akbar of British India ?
Answer: Wellesley

*Who gave Gandhiji Title of Kesar-e-Hind?
Answer: Lord Hardinge

*British governor general who prepared the fist census of India? 
Answer: Lord Mayo

*Who was the Viceroy of India at the time of the formation Of Indian national congress?
Answer: Lord Dufferin

*The general governor who organized police force in India ?
Answer: Lord Cornvallis 

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Did you know who built the Brihadeswara Temple ?

General knowledge for 2019 exams - National & International awards

 Selected general knowledge questions related to national and international awards.Rare Questions expected for upsc , psc and postal exams

GK Questions from Jnanpith award winners

2015 Jnanpith winner Raghuveer Chaudhari is a popular writer in______________ language?
Answer: Gujarati

2016 Jnanpith winner Shankha Ghosh is a popular writer in______________ language?
Answer: Bengali

who is the winner of Jnanpith award 2017?
Answer: Krishna sobti(writer in Hindi language)

Who is the first winner of Jnanpith award?
Answer: G. Sankara Kurup (writer in Malayalam language)

Jnanpith award was instituted in the year?
Answer: 1965

More GK Questions from National  awards

The Dronacharya award for sports coaches was instituted in the year?
answer: 1985
  
Bharat Ratna was instituted in the year?
Answer: 1954 

Padma Vibhushan was instituted in the year?
Answer: 1954 

who designed  param veer chakra?
Answer: Savitri Khanolkar


who designed National flag of India?
Answer: pingali venkaya


who designed fifa world cup trophy ?
Answer:  Silvio Gazzaniga


Who designed national emblem of India?
Answer: Dinanath Bhargava


Param Veer Chakra, bharat Ratna, Padma Vibushan, Padma Bhushan, and Padma Shri are produced from?
Answer: alipore Mint, Kolkata

India's highest civilian award, Bharat ratna have design of which leaf?
Answer:  Peepal leaf

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Important facts about Mughal Empire: 2019 Exams GK

Mughal Empire is also known as Timurid Empire because of its relation with Timurid Empire. The period of the Mughal empire is known as Second Classical Age. They ruled India from 1526 to 1857. Only six are Considered great. They are Babur, Humayun, Akbar, Jahangir, Shah Jahan, Aurangazeb.

Important GK Questions About Babur

1. Who was the founder of the Mughal Empire?

Answer: Babur

2. When was First Battle of Panipat ?

Answer: 1526 April 21

3.Who defeated Ibrahim Lodhi in the First Battle of panipat?

Answer: Babur

4. Who defeated Mewar of Rana Sangha in the Battle of Khanwa ?

Answer: Babur (in 1527 {ie battle of panipat+1 year} )

5. Who fought against Babur in the Battle of Chanderi ?

Answer: Medini Rai of Malwa (in 1528 {ie battle of khanwa + 1 year} )

6. Who fought against Babur in the Battle of Ghaghra ?

Answer: Muhammed Lodhi (in 1529 {ie battle of chanderi + 1 year} )

7. When did Babur died ?

Answer: In 1530 (ie battle of ghagra + 1 year)

8. Where is the Tomb of Babur situated?

Answer: Kabul

*9.Who wrote the book The last Mughal?
Answer: William Dalrymple

*10. The Mughal emperor who introduced 'Jharoka Darsan'?
Answer: Akbar
 

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Indian Histroy GK Questions 2019

Some Important General knowledge questions about Indian History


1. When did Gandhiji arrived on India from South Africa ?
Answer: 1915 January 9 


2. Who is the leader of Mahad Satyagrah ?
answer: Dr B.R Ambedkar


3. Who is the leader of Bardoli Satyagraha ?
Answer:  Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel


4. Jallianwala Bagh massacre was in the year ?
 answer: 1919 April 13


5. What does the word Veda mean?
Answer: Knowledge



 

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Computer GK Questions

Important Computer Gk Questions for Kids

General Knowledge questions about Computer and Information Technology for Kids


1. What is the name of Encyclopedia started by Google ?
Answer: Knol


2. Who is the Father of super computer ?
Answer: Seymour Cray


3. Who is the father of Indian Super Computer ?
 Answer: Vijay Bhatkar


4. Which is the India's First Super Computer ?
Answer: PARAM 8000


5. Which is worlds Fastest super Computer ?
Answer:  Titan (IBM Sequoia is now in second place)


6. Which Company is known as Big Blue ?
Answer: IBM


7. Who is the first computer programmer ?
Answer: Ada King


8. Who built Mechanical analog computer ?
Answer: Lord Kelvin


9. Who wrote the book Business @ the speed of thought ?
Answer: Bill Gates


10. Who is the Father of Cellular Phone ?
Answer: Martin Cooper


11. What is the full form of CAD ?
Answer: Computer Aided Design


* 12. Where is the first Cyber Police Station in India ?
Answer: Bangalore


* 13. Where is the first Cyber Police Station in kerala ?
Answer:  Pattom (Thiruvananthapuram)


* 14. Where is the first Cyber Police Station in Asia ?
Answer: Singapore


* 15. Where is the first Cyber Post office in India ?
Answer: Chennai 

*16. OTP in Credit card transaction means?
 Answer: One time password

*17. What is the full form for RTEGS?
Answer: Real Time Gross Settlement

*18. What is the full form for NEFT?
Answer: National Electronic Funds Transfer



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General Knowledge questions for 2019 Bank exams

Important questions about Reserve Bank of India: frequently asked questions in Bank Clerk, Bank PO exams.




1. When did Reserve Bank of India (RBI) formed?
Answer: 1935 april 1


2. When did Reserve Bank of India (RBI) Nationalised ?
Answer: 1949


3. Where was the first Headquarters of Reserve Bank of India (RBI) ?
Answer: Kolkata


4. When did the Headquarters of Reserve Bank of India (RBI) moved to Mumbai ?
Answer: 1937


5. Who was the First Reserve Bank of India (RBI) Governor ?
Answer: Sir Osborne Smith


6. Who was the first Indian RBI Governor ?
Answer: C.D.Deshmukh


7. Which Commission recommended the formation of Reserve Bank of India (RBI) ?
Answer: Hilton Young Commission (Royal commission)


8. Which is the central bank in India ?
Answer: RBI


* 9. Which bank is known as Banker's Bank ?
Answer: Reserve Bank of India (RBI)


* 10. Who is the present Governor of RBI ?
Answer:Urjit Patel


* 11. Who introduced the Banking Ombudsman Scheme ?
Answer: Reserve Bank of India

*12. who signs notes other than One rupee?
Answer: Reserve bank governor

*13. Who signs One rupee notes?
Answer: Finance Secretary

*14.Banking ombudsman was introduced in india from which year?
Answer: 1995

*15. Where is the Headquarters of Reserve bank of India?
Answer: Mumbai


*16. ________Regulates the money circulation in India?
Answer: RBI

*17. Banking regulation act was came to exist from which year?
Answer: 1949


*18. Mahatma Gandhi Series Notes are introduced by RBI from which year?
Answer: 1996


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SPORTS GK Questions 2018 : Sports Items

2018 Sports related GK Questions related to sports Items

Important Persons Associated with Sports Tournaments

Pankaj Advani is a sports person associated with?
Answer: Snooker

Abhinav Bindra is associated with which Sports Item?
Answer: Shooting

Jitu Rai is a sports person associated with?
Answer: Shooting

Rahi Sarnobat is associated with which Sports Item?
Answer: Shooting

Heena Sidhu is a sports person associated with?
Answer: Shooting


Sushil Kumar is a sports person associated with?
Answer: Wrestling

Bajrang Punia is associated with which Sports Item?
Answer: wrestling

Ankita Raina is a sports person associated with?
Answer: Tennis

Rohan Bopanna is a sports person associated with?
Answer: Tennis

Dipika Pallikal is a sports person associated with?
Answer: squash

Important Sports Tournaments

Thomas cup and Uber cup are related to which sports item?
Answer: Badminton

Saff cup is associated with which sports item?
Answer: Football

Santosh Trophy is associated with which sports item?
Answer: Football

Vijay Hazare Trophy is related to which sports item ?
Answer: Cricket

Ranji Trophy  is related to which sports item ?
Answer: Cricket

sultan johor cup is related to which sports item?
Answer: Hockey

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Latest Current affairs 2018 : New Vietnam president

2018 current affairs bits and GK Questions for Railway psc, upsc, ssc, bank and Postal exams

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Who is the Recently Appointed Vietnam president?
Answer: Nguyen Phu Trọng

Who is the Recently Elected president of Brazil?
Answer: Jair Bolsonaro

Which is the tallest statue in the world  ?
answer: Statue of Unity(Recently inaugurated by Prime minister Narendra modi , located at Gujarat)

Who is the winner of Miss earth 2018?
answer: Nguyen Phuong Khanh of Vietnam

India's first National rail and transportation University will be set up at?answer: vadodara

Who is the winner of 2018 Man booker prize ?
Answer: Anna Burns for her Novel "Milkman" 

Who is the new chairman of National Scheduled Tribes Commission?Answer: Nandakumar sai
 


2018 Nobel prize winners



The Nobel prize for peace is awarded by ?
Answer: The Norwegian Nobel Committee


Who are the winner of 2018 Nobel Peace Prize ?
Answer:  Dennis Mukwege and Nadia Murad

Who are the winner of 2018 Nobel for Economics?
Answer: William D. Nordhaus and Paul M. Romer

2018 chemistry Nobel prize winner?
Answer: Frances H. Arnold , George P. Smith and Sir Gregory P. Winter


2018 Physics Nobel prize winner?
Answer: Arthur Ashkin,Gerard mourou and Donna Strickland

2018 chemistry nobel prize winner?
Answer: Frances H. Arnold, George P. Smith and Gregory P. Winter

Winner of 2018Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine ?
Answer: James P. Allison and Tasuku Honjo
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2018 Appointments to key positions

1.Who is the present Chinese  president ?
answer: Xi jinping

2. who is  the new president of cuba?
Answer:Miguel Díaz-Canel

3. Who is the new chairman of ISRO(Indian space research organisation)?
Answer: K. Sivan 

4. Who is the chief election commissioner of India(CEC) ?
Answer: Om Prakash Rawat

5. Who is the new prime minister of Pakistan?

answer: Imran khan

6.Who is the Recently appointed chief justice of Supreme court?
Answer: Ranjan Gogoi (Take Charge On 2018 Oct 3)

7.Who is the Newly elected president of Russia?
Answer: Vladimir putin

8. Who is the Recently elected Pakistan President?
Answer: Arif Alvi  

9.Who is the Present National Commission for Woman, Chairperson ?
Answer: Rekha sharma


 Sports Events Related Current affairs 2018



1. Who is the winner of 2018 Fifa worldcup ?
answer: France


2.Who is the winner of 2018 Fifa worldcup Golden boot ?
answer:  Harry Kane (England)


3. Who is the winner of 2018 Fifa worldcup Golden ball ?
Answer: Luka Modric (croatia)

4.Where was the venue for  Fifa worldcup 2018?
Answer: Russia

5.what's the mascot of 2018 Fifa worldcup?
Answer:Zabivaka(wolf)

6. Who is the winner of german grand prix 2018?

answer: marc marquez

7. where is the venue for 2018 Asian games ?

Answer: Jakarta-Palembang(Indonesia) 

8. What is the motto of 2018 Asian games?

Answer: Energy of Asia

9. What is the mascot of 2018 Asian games?

Answer: Bhin Bhin, Kaka, and Atung

10. Who won santhosh trophy 2018?
Answer: kerala 

11. Saff cup is associated with which sports item?
Answer: Football

12.who is the winner of under 19 cricket world cup? 
Answer:India

13.Which country won 2018 hopman cup?
Answer: Switzerland

14.Where is the 21st commonwealth games venue?
Answer: gold coast,Australia

14.what is the motto of  2018 commonwealth games
answer: Share the Dream

16.What is the mascot of 2018 commonwealth games
Answer: Borobi

17. Where is the venue for 2018 saff cup(South asian football federation )?
Answer: Bangladesh

18. Which country won 2018 saff  cup?
Answer: Maldives

19.Which team won sultan azlan shah cup 2018 ?
Answer: Australia

20.Where was the venue for sultan azlan shah cup 2018?
Answer: Beijing(China)

21.Who is the winner of 2018 Asia cup cricket tournament?
Answer: India

22.Where is the venue for 2018 Asia cup cricket tournament?
Answer: UAE

23.First Indian women to win a gold medal in a world track event?
Answer: Hima das

24. 2018 Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna award winner
Answer: Virat Kohli, Saikhom Mirabai Chanu

2018 Grand slam winners

1. Who is the winner of 2018 US Open women's titles  ?
Answer: Naomi Osaka (Japan)

2. Who is the winner of 2018 US Open men's titles  ?
Answer: Novak Djokovic

3.Who is the Winner of Australian Open 2018 men's title
 answer:Roger Federer

4.who is the Winner of Australian Open 2018 women's title
answer: Caroline Wozniacki

5. Who is the winner of 2018 french open men's title ?
answer:Rafel nadal

6.Who is the winner of 2018 french open women's title?
answer: Simona Halep

7.Who is the winner of 2018 Wimbledon Men's title ?

answer: Novak Djokovic

8.Who is the winner of 2018 Wimbledon Women's title ?

answer: Angelique Kerber

Current affairs related to 2018 Prize Winners

1. Name the Indian who won 2018 Fields medel?

Answer: Akshay  venkatesh

2. Who is the winner of 2018 Man Booker International Prize ?
Answer: Olga Tokarczuk and Jennifer Croft

3. Who is the winner of 2018 miss India ?
Answer: Anukreethy Vas

4. who is the winner of 2017 Dadasaheb  phalke award?
answer:Vinod khanna

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 Miscellaneous Current affairs 2018

1. Which organisation won UN's champions of earth  prize?

answer: Cochin international airport LTD(cial)

2. where is the venue for 2019 cricket worldcup ?

answer:England 

3. where is the venue for 2020 Olympics ?

answer:Tokyo

4. where is the venue for 10th BRICS summit?

answer: South africa

5. who is the chairman of 14th finance commission chairman?

answer: y v reddy

6. Who won the Best actress in National Film awards 2018?
Answer: Sreedevi
 
7. Which country was hit by jebi storm?
Answer: Japan

8. where is the venue for men's hockey world cup 2018?
Answer :Bhubaneswar(India)

9. where is the first floating nuclear power plant situated?
Answer: Russia

10. who is the present railway minister of india ?
Answer: Piyush goyal

11.Kishanganga Hydroelectric Plant is located at which state?
Answer: Jammu& Kashmir

12. UN International year of indigenous languages?
Answer:2019

13.Which country  introduced currency "Petro"?
Answer: Venezuela 

14. which country was affected by florence storm?
Answer: United sates of America 

15. Which country was hit by storm called Mangkhut ?
Answer: philippines 

16. Recently elected Maldives president?
Answer: Ibrahim solih

17. 2019 Fifa under 20 world cup will be held in?
Answer: Poland  

18. where was the venue for 2018 FIFA Under 20 Women's World Cup ?
Answer: France

19. who is the newly appointed Solicitor General ?
Answer: Tushar Mehta



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