Simple but Important GK questions: All about Vitamins

Some basic General knowledge about Vitamins and Vitamin deficiency diseases is frequently asked in previous PSC and UPSC Exams. Here we list the most important vitamin-related GK questions

Vitamins and Chemical Names


Vitamin A =>> Retinol

Vitamin B1 =>> Thiamine

Vitamin B3 =>> Niacin

Vitamin B5 =>> Pantothenic acid

Vitamin C =>> Ascorbic acid

Vitamin D =>> Calciferol

Vitamin E =>> Tocoferol

Vitamin K  =>>  Phylloquinone

Vitamin B2 =>> Riboflavin

Vitamin B7 =>> Biotin

Vitamin B9  =>>  Folic acid 

Vitamin B12  =>>  Cyanocobalamin




Frequently asked gk questions about Vitamins


1. The study of Vitamin is known as?
Answer: Vitaminology


2. Which Vitamin is known as an anti-infective vitamin?
Answer: Vitamin A


3. What is the source of Vitamin A in Leafy vegetables?
Answer: Carotene

4. Which pigment gives the yellow color to Milk?

Answer: Carotene


5. Which is Vitamin giving yellow color to Milk?
Answer: Vitamin B2 


 6. Unpolished rice is a rich source of which vitamin?
Answer: Thiamine (Vitamin B1)


7. Which Vitamin is used for ELISA test (AIDS)?
 Answer: Vitamin B7 (Biotin)


8. Which Vitamin contains Cobalt?
Answer: Vitamin B12 (Cyanocobalamin)


9. Which Vitamin helps to heal wounds?
Answer: Vitamin C


10. Which Vitamin helps in blood clotting?
Answer: Vitamin K


11. Which Vitamin helps the immunity of body?
Answer: Vitamin C


 12. Which is the first artificially synthesized Vitamin?
Answer: Vitamin C

13 . Which Vitamin helps in the absorption of Calcium? 
Answer: Vitamin D

14. Important natural source of vitamin D? 
Answer: Sun Light

15. the metal present in vitamin b12? 
Answer: cobalt



Vitamin deficiency diseases

1. Anaemia is caused by a Deficiency of?
Answer: Vitamin B12

2. Scurvy is caused by a Deficiency of?
Answer: Vitamin C 

3. Rickets is caused by a Deficiency of?

Answer: Vitamin D

4. lack of blood clotting is caused by which vitamin?

Answer: Vitamin K

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Indian Famous Personalities and Books: GK questions Quick Reference

Most famous personalities are noted by their Books. For GK aspirants recollecting books by important persons are must for winning the exams. Here we list some of the Indian Personalities and their famous books in one place for quick reference. 

1. Rabindranath Tagore's Important Books

Gitanjali
Gora
Ghare-Baire
Valmiki Pratibha
Dak Ghar
Chandalika
Visarjan
Raktakaravi
Cabuliwallah


2. Dadabhai Naroji's Important Books

Poverty and Un-British Rule in India
Condition of India
Poverty of India


3. Subhash Chandra Bose's Important Books
The Indian Struggle
An Alternative Leadership
Letters to Emily Schenkel
An Indian Pilgrim


4. Balagangadhar Tilak's Important Books

Gita Rahasya
The Arctic Home in the Vedas


5. Abdul Kalam Azad's Important Books

India Wins Freedom


6. Dr.S. Radhakrishnan's Important Books

The Hindu View Of Life
An idealist View Of LIfe
Indian Philosophy


7. C. Rajagopalachari's Important Books

The Nation's Voice
Reconciliation: Why and How
The Fatal Cart

* 8. Amartya Sen

 Poverty and Famines
 Development as Freedom


* 9. Bhagat Singh

Why I am an Atheist


* 10. Kiran Bedi

 It's always possible
 I Dare

11. Books by Sarojini Naidu 

Broken wing

The Golden Threshold

The Bird of Time

12. Indira Gandhi's Important Books

My Truth

Eternal India

13. Book written by Dr B.R. Ambedkar

The untouchables 

Buddha or Karl Marx

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GK questions about First and Famous Women :updated for GK exams

General knowledge Questions and Answers related to the First women (female or First lady of ) in India 

Questions Like "First women in India" are very much confusing to me. Some important gk questions about 'First ladies of India' is given below. Make sure you don't get confused.

A. Who is the First Female President of India?

Answer: Prathibha DeviSingh Patil

1. Who is the First Woman Governer of India?

Answer: Sarojini Naidu

Notes: 

• sarojini naidu's birthday is celebrated as national women's day in India on feb 13
•  sarojini naidu is the first women governor of India
• sarojini naidu is known as "Nightingale of India"
• important literary works are "Broken wing","The Golden Threshold","The Bird of Time"

2. Who is the First Female Prime minister of India?

Answer: Indira Gandhi

3. Who is the first Woman Chief Minister of India?

Answer: Sucheta Kriplani

4. Who is the First Woman Minister of India?

Answer: Vijayalakshmi Pandit

5. Who is the First Woman Central Minister of India?

Answer: Rajkumari Amrit Kaur

6. Who is the First Woman Speaker of India?

Answer: Meira Kumar

7. Who is the First Woman Speaker of a State Assembly?

Answer: Shano Devi

8. The First Indian Woman who Swam across English channel?

Answer: Arti Saha

9. The First Indian Woman who Swam across Gibraltar Strait?

Answer: Arti Pradhan

10. Who is the First Miss World from India?

Answer: Reetha Faria

11. Who is the First Miss Universe from India?

Answer: Susmitha sen

12. Who is the first Miss India?

Answer: Pramila Esther Abraham


13. Who is the first woman IPS?
Answer: Kiran Bedi


14. Who was the first woman IAS?
Answer: Anna Malhotra


15. Who was the first Woman High court Judge?
Answer:  Anna Chandy


16. Who was the first female Chief Justice of High court?
Answer:  Leila Seth


17. Who was the first Lady Magistrate?
Answer: Omana Kunjamma

18. Who is the first woman to become the Chief Election Commissioner of India ?
Answer: V.S. Ramadevi

19. Who is the first Indian woman to win Nobel Prize?
Answer: Mother Teresa


20. Who is the first woman to win Bharat Ratna?
Answer: Indira Gandhi

*20a. First women musician to get Bharat Ratna?
Answer: M S Subbulakshmi 

*21. Who is the First Indian woman to win a Medal in Olympics? 
Answer: Karnam Malleswari  

*22. Who is the first women president of India? 
Answer: Pratibha Patil 

*23. The first Indian woman who reached space?
Answer:  Kalpana Chawla

*24. First women Nominated to Rajyasabha?
Answer: Rukmini Devi Arundale 

*25. First women, to win Dadhasaheb phalke award?
answer: Devika Rani Roerich

*26. The first women president of INC(Indian national congress)
Answer: Annie Besent 

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Basic Gk Questions for KIDS Updated

Most important simple GK questions for Kids under the age of 7 years. It enhances the basic knowledge about India and the world.

*Please don't try to teach them all in a day.

1. Who is the father of the Indian nation?
Answer: Mahatma Gandhi

1a. Who is the Prime Minister of India?
answer: Narendra Modi

2. Who is the president of India?
Answer: Droupadi Murmu

2a. Who is known as the First Citizen of India?
Answer: President of India

3. Who is the vice president of India?
Answer: Jagdeep Dhankhar

4. What is the National Emblem of India?
Answer: Lion Capital of Ashoka

5. what is the National motto of India?
Answer: Satyameva Jayate

6. What is the National anthem of India?
Answer: Jana Gana Mana

7. Who wrote National Anthem?
Answer: Rabindranath Tagore

8. What is the National song of India?
Answer: Vande Mataram

9. Who wrote the National song of India?
Answer: Bankim Chandra Chatterjee

10. What is the Capital of India?
Answer: New Delhi

11. How many colors are there in The National flag of India?
Answer: Three ( Saffron, White, and Green)

12. What is the color of 'Ashoka chakra'?
Answer: Navy Blue

13. How many lines are there in Ashoka Chakra?
Answer: 24

14. how many states are there in India?
Answer: 28

15. how many union territories are there in India?
Answer: 8

16. who gave the title the father of the nation to Mahatma Gandhi?

Answer: Subhas Chandra Bose

17. What is the National animal of India?

Answer: The Royal Bengal Tiger

 18. What is the National bird of India?

Answer: The Indian peacock 

 18. What is the National aquatic animal of India ?

Answer: The Ganges river dolphin

19. Who is the First President of India? 

Answer: Rajendra Prasad 

20. Who is the First Prime Minister of India? 

Answer: Jawahar Lal Nehru 

21. Who is the First Vice President of India? 

Answer: Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan

22. First person who reached the moon?

Answer: Neil Armstrong

23. First person who reached mount Everest?

Answer: Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay

24. First person who reached the north pole?

Answer: Robert E. Peary

25. First person who reached the south pole?

Answer: Roald Amundsen

26. India got independence on?

Answer: 15th August 1947

27. Republic Day of India is celebrated on?

Answer: January 26th

28. In which year India became a republic?

 Answer: 1950 January 26th

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Last updated on  2023 July

Republic Day Related Gk quiz Questions 2023

Republic and Independence day related GK Questions are frequent in competitive exams. Here we list some of them for your quick reference.

India became a republic on which day?
Answer: 1950 January 26

Who is the chief Guest of 74th Republic day parade (2023)?
Answer: Abdel Fattah al-Sisi (President  of Egypt)

Who was the chief guest of India's first Republic Day celebrations? 
Answer: Sukarno(Indonesian President)

The 74th Republic day of India will celebrate on?
Answer: 2023 January 26

Republic day parade is held at?
Answer: Rajpath, Newdelhi

Chief guests of India's 2022 Republic Day Celebrations? 
Answer: Heads of Central Asian countries (Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, and Uzbekistan)

Who was the president of Indian national congress at the time of independence?

Answer: J B Kripalani

Important GK Questions about Mahatma Gandhi

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Important GK Questions about Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru

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National Sports and Games : General Knowledge Questions Updated

Sports-related GK Questions are unavoidable in gk exams. Some  National sports of countries are listed here for competitive exams and quick reference.

Which country has sumo wrestling as a National game?

Answer: Japan

Which countries have Kabadi as a National game?

Answer: Nepal, Bangladesh

Which country has Golf as a National game?

Answer: Scotland

  USA =>> Baseball 

 

* Canada =>> Ice Hockey

India, Pakistan =>> Hockey 

* Indonesia, Malaysia =>> Badminton 

* China =>> Table Tennis 

* Scotland =>> Rugby 

  Australia =>> Cricket

England =>> Cricket

 

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