Important years gk questions

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Understanding key dates is essential for success in competitive exams. This collection includes frequently asked years, historic events, and Nobel Prize dates — ideal for exams like UPSC, SSC, Railway, Banking, and more.

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1. When did Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) start?
   Answer: 1992
2. When did SAF Games start?
   Answer: 1984
3. When was Greenpeace formed?
   Answer: 1971
4. When were the first Ancient Olympics held?
   Answer: 776 BC
5. When were the first Modern Olympics held?
   Answer: 1896
6. When was the Rapid Action Force (RAF) formed?
   Answer: 1992
7. When was the Dr. Ambedkar Foundation established?
   Answer: 1992
8. When was the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) formed?
   Answer: April 1, 1963
9. When was the first Battle of Tarain fought?
   Answer: 1191
10. When did Rabindranath Tagore win the Nobel Prize?
    Answer: 1913
11. When did C.V. Raman win the Nobel Prize?
    Answer: 1930
12. When did Har Gobind Khorana win the Nobel Prize?
    Answer: 1968
13. When did Mother Teresa win the Nobel Prize?
    Answer: 1979
14. When did Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar win the Nobel Prize?
    Answer: 1983
15. When did Amartya Sen win the Nobel Prize?
    Answer: 1998

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General knowledge bits : Confusing gk Questions

Confusing GK Questions – Part 3

Some GK questions which often confuse students. Don’t get yourself confused—review the facts clearly.

1. Who is the First president of Chinese republic?

Answer: Sun Yat-Sen

2. Who is the First Chairman of Chinese republic?

Answer: Mao Tse-tung

3. Which country has the oldest National Flag?

Answer: Denmark

4. Which country has the oldest national anthem?

Answer: Japan

5. Where is National Defense College situated?

Answer: New Delhi

6. Where is National Defense Academy situated?

Answer: Khadakwasla (Pune)

7. Where is Indian Military Academy situated?

Answer: Dehradun

8. Who was the first American president to win the Nobel Prize?

Answer: Theodore Roosevelt

9. Who was the first Russian president to win the Nobel Prize?

Answer: Mikhail Gorbachev

10. Which is the largest lake in the world?

Answer: Caspian Sea

11. Which is the largest freshwater lake in the world?

Answer: Lake Superior

12. Which place is known as the land of rising sun?

Answer: Japan

13. Which place is known as the land of setting sun?

Answer: (Still debated)

14. Which place is known as the land of midnight sun?

Answer: Norway

15. What is known as the heart and soul of the Indian Constitution?

Answer: Article 32

16. What is considered the necessary evil in the Constitution?

Answer: Article 22

17. Who discovered the Harappan site Lothal?

Answer: S.R. Rao

18. Who discovered the Harappan site Kalibangan?

Answer: A. Ghosh

19. Who translated Arthashastra into English?

Answer: R. Shamasastry

20. Who translated the Bhagavad Gita into English?

Answer: Charles Wilkins

21. Who translated Manusmriti into English?

Answer: William Jones

22. Who translated Gita Govinda into English?

Answer: William Jones

23. Who translated Abhijnana Shakuntalam into English?

Answer: William Jones

24. Which is the most abundant metal in the Earth’s surface?

Answer: Aluminum

25. Which is the most abundant metal in the Earth?

Answer: Iron

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latest gk questions about Mountains 2025

Explore a curated set of General Knowledge questions about mountains, including highest peaks, mountain ranges, sacred summits, and notable geographic features. These questions are ideal for quizzes, competitive exams, and school studies. Covering global and Indian geography, this list enhances awareness of mountain facts, famous passes, and important peaks across continents. Great for students and quiz enthusiasts.

Highest Mountains in all Continents



Which is the highest mountain in Australia ?
Answer: Mount Kosciuszko


Which is the Highest Mountain in Europe ?
Answer: Elbrus


Which is the Highest mountain in Asia ?
Answer: Everest


Which is the Highest mountain in South America ?
Answer: Aconcagua


Which is the Highest mountain in North America ?
Answer: Mount McKinley


Which is the Highest mountain in Antarctica ?
Answer: Vinson Massif


Which is the Highest mountain in Africa ?
Answer: Kilimanjaro

Which is the second highest mountain in the world?

Answer: K2 (Mount Godwin-Austen)

Which mountain is known as the "Savage Mountain"?

Answer: K2

Which mountain is sacred in Tibet and source of major rivers?

Answer: Mount Kailash

Which mountain range is the longest in the world?

Answer: Andes Mountains

Which mountain is called the Matterhorn of the Himalayas?

Answer: Ama Dablam

What is the highest peak in the Alps?

Answer: Mont Blanc

In which country is Mount Fuji located?

Answer: Japan

Which is the highest mountain in the British Isles?

Answer: Ben Nevis

Which Indian state is home to Mount Kanchenjunga?

Answer: Sikkim

Which is the highest mountain in Antarctica?

Answer: Mount Vinson

What is the highest peak in the Western Ghats?

Answer: Anamudi

Which mountain range covers most of Nepal and Bhutan?

Answer: Himalayas

Which is the youngest mountain range in the world?

Answer: Himalayas

Which is the only continent without a major mountain range?

Answer: Australia

Which is the oldest mountain range in India?

Answer: Aravalli Range

Which mountain in Japan is an active volcano?

Answer: Mount Fuji

Which mountain range lies between the Black Sea and the Caspian Sea?

Answer: Caucasus Mountains

Which mountain peak is called the "Roof of Africa"?

Answer: Mount Kilimanjaro

What is the local name of Mount Everest in Nepal?

Answer: Sagarmatha

Which mountain range is known for the Alps, Carpathians, and Pyrenees?

Answer: European Mountain System

What is the name of the mountain pass between India and China in Arunachal Pradesh?

Answer: Bum La Pass

Which peak is the highest in the Andes Mountains?

Answer: Aconcagua

Which pass connects Leh to Srinagar?

Answer: Zoji La

Which mountain range forms the northern boundary of the Deccan Plateau?

Answer: Satpura Range

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Latest General knowledge questions on Astronomy

Important General knowledge Questions about the Planet Mercury


1. Which is the smallest planet ?
Answer: Mercury


2. Which is the Fastest Planet revolves around the Sun ?

Answer: Mercury


3. Which planet is the nearest to the Sun ?
Answer: Mercury


4. Which is the largest known crater in Mercury ?
Answer: Caloris Basin


5. Which Planet's name has the meaning 'Messenger of God' in Roman?
Answer: Mercury


6. How many Earth days are needed Mercury to orbits the Sun once ?
Answer: 88 days


7. Which planet was studied by Messenger Mission ?
Answer: Mercury


8. Which planets in the Solar system are devoid of natural satellites?

Answer: Mercury, Venus


9. Which was the first space craft to visit Mercury ?
Answer: Mariner-10



Important General knowledge Questions about the Planet Venus


1. Which is the Hottest planet in the solar system ?
Answer: Venus


2. Which are the Planets having no satellite ?
Answer: Venus , Mercury


3. Which is the Most Brightest Planet ?

Answer: Venus


4. Which planet has the name of a Roman Goddess of love ?
Answer: Venus


5. Which is the First spacecraft to soft-land on Venus ?
Answer: Venera 7 


6. Which Country started the Venera mission to study Venus ?
Answer: USSR (Russia)


* 7. What is the name of plateau seen on the planet Venus ?
Answer : Lakshmi Planum


* 8. Which planet's day is longer than its year ?
Answer: Venus

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Important gk questions about Stock Exchange

Explore key general knowledge questions on the stock exchange, ideal for bank clerk exams and competitive test preparation. Learn about BSE, NSE, IPOs, SEBI, Sensex, and financial terms like DEMAT and FII. This page offers concise Q&A format content, perfect for banking, SSC, and UPSC aspirants. Strengthen your finance and economy-related GK with questions based on actual exam patterns.

Stock Exchange Index and Country (location)

Nikkiei , Pix =>> Tokyo (Japan)

Kospa =>> Korea

Bove spa =>> Brazil

Nasadq =>> USA

Simex =>> Singapore

Hang Seng =>> Hong Kong

Mid Dax =>> Frankfort

FTSE =>> London


* Stock Exchange Related Questions

1. Which is the oldest Stock Exchange in Asia ?
Answer: Bombay Stock Exchange

2. What is the full-form of SENSEX ?
Answer: Sensitive Index

3. In which street did Bombay Stock Exchange situate ?
Answer: Dalal Street

4. When did National Stock Exchange of India (NSE) founded?
Answer: 1992 (in 1993 it become stock exchange)

5. When did SEBI (Securities and Exchange Board of India) formed ?
Answer: 1988 (Officialy started in 1992)

6. Which is the Worlds First Electronic Stock Exchange ?
Answer: NASDAQ (National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations)

7. Which Stock Exchange has the nick name "Big Board" ?
Answer: New York Stock Exchange  (NYSE)

8. Which Stock Exchange is situated in Wall Street ?
Answer: New York Stock Exchange (NYSE)

09. What is the full form of BSE?

Bombay Stock Exchange

10. Where is the headquarters of SEBI located?

Mumbai

11. What does NSE stand for?

National Stock Exchange

12. What is the main index of BSE?

Sensex

13. What is the main index of NSE?

Nifty 50

14. Who regulates the stock market in India?

SEBI – Securities and Exchange Board of India

15. What is the full form of IPO?

Initial Public Offering

16. What does FII stand for?

Foreign Institutional Investor

17. What is the full form of DEMAT?

Dematerialized Account

18. What is book building in IPOs?

A process of price discovery used during public offerings.

19. Who was the first woman chairperson of SEBI?

Madhabi Puri Buch

20. What is meant by 'listing' in the stock exchange?

When a company's shares are officially quoted and traded on an exchange.

21. What is Sensex derived from?

Sensitive Index – a weighted index of 30 top companies on BSE.

22. What is Nifty 50?

Index of the top 50 companies listed on the National Stock Exchange.

23. What is dividend?

Portion of profits distributed to shareholders.

24. What is equity?

Ownership in a company through shares.

25. What does P/E Ratio stand for?

Price to Earnings Ratio – used to value a company.

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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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Important GK Questions for KIDS - Quiz Questions

Simple Gk Questions for kids, useful for quiz exams.Only selected Important Questions to improve Kids basic Gk knowledge.

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11 Simple GK Questions for Kids related to INDIA

  

1. Name the first satellite launched by INDIA?
Answer: Aryabhata

 

2. Which is the first Indian film?
Answer: Raja Harishchandra

 

3. which is the National motto of INDIA?
Answer: Satyameva Jayate 

4. which is the National aquatic animal of INDIA?
Answer: River Dolphin

 

5. which is the first linguistic state in INDIA?
Answer: Andhra Pradesh 

 

6.Which is the first biosphere reserve in INDIA ?
Answer: Nilgiri Biosphere Reserve 

 

7. What is the National anthem of INDIA? 

Answer: Jana Gana Mana

8.which is the National flower of INDIA?

Answer: Lotus

9. which is the National animal of INDIA?

Answer: Tiger

10. which is the National bird of INDIA? 

Answer: Peacock

11. which is the National tree of INDIA?

Answer: Banyan(Indian Fig)

 

simple 100 G K questions for kids 

1. Which is the largest animal in the world ?
Answer: Blue whale


2. Which is the largest animal on land ?
Answer: African elephant


3. Which is the smallest bird ?
Answer: Humming Bird


4. Which is the largest fish in the world ?
Answer:  Whale shark


5. Which is the tallest animal on the earth ?
Answer: Giraffe


6. Which is the biggest bird in the world ?
Answer: Ostrich


7. Which is the biggest continent in the world ?
Answer: Asia


8. Which is the largest country (area) in the world ?
Answer: Russia
2nd place > Canada

*8 a. Which is the smallest country in the world ?
Answer: Vatican City


9. Which is the most spoken language in the world ?
Answer: Mandarin (Chinese )
2nd place > Spanish


10. Which is the largest island in the world ?
Answer: Greenland
2nd place > New Guinea


11.Which is the longest river in the world ?
Answer: Nile (Egypt )


12. Which is the largest desert in the world ?
Answer: Sahara Desert (Located at Africa)


13. Which is the largest bone in human body ?
Answer: Femur (thighbone)


14. What is the smallest bone in the human body ?
Answer: Stapes(Ear bone)


15. Which is the largest flower in the world ?
Answer: Rafflesia


16. Which is the largest ocean in the world ?
Answer: Pacific Ocean


17. Which is the largest plateau in the world ?
Answer: Tibetan Plateau


18. Which is the tallest waterfall in the world ?
Answer: Angel Falls

19. which is the Smallest landlocked country in the world?
Answer: Vatican City 

20. Which is the Largest landlocked country in the world?
Answer: Kazakhstan

21. Which is India's largest fresh water lake?
Answer: Wular Lake

22. Which is largest freshwater lake in the world?
Answer: Lake Superior

*23. Which place is known as tea garden of India
Answer: Assam 

*24. Who introduced cofee to India?
Answer: baba budan 

25.who discovered electric bulb?
Answer:Thomas alva edison

26. who discovered television?
Answer: Jhon L baird

26 a. who discovered radio ?
Answer: Marconi

27. Name the person who first circumnavigated earth?
Answer: Magellan

28. First ship circumnavigated earth?
Answer: Victoria

29.India's first super computer?
answer: param8000

30 who is known as father of Indian constitution ?
answer: Dr B.R.Ambedkar


31. who is the writer of "malgudi days"?
answer: R. K. Narayan

32.Which of the Indian state has the longest coast line?
Answer: Gujarat 

33.The largest river in India?
Answer: Ganga

34. Which Indian state has a separate constitution ?
answer: Jammu and kashmir

35. who is the father of history?
Answer: Herodotus

36. Which is the lightest metal?
answer: Lithium

37. A male donkey is called?
Answer: Jack

38. A female donkey is called?
Answer: Jenny

39. Who is the first prime minister of India ?
Answer:Jawaharlal nehru

40. Who was the first president of India ?
Answer: Rajendra Presad

41. Father of Green Revolution?
Answer: M S Swaminathan

More General Knowledge simple quiz questions for Kids
42. The king of spices?
answer: pepper
 
43. The 29th state of India?
Answer: Telangana

44. Paleontology is the study of ?
Answer: Fossils
 
45.The Gland secretes Insulin?
Answer: Pancreas

46. The currency of UAE?
 Answer: Dirham

47. _____is the currency of sudan?
Answer:Pound
 
48. Which is the hardest substance available on earth?
answer: Diamond

49. which bank is called bankers bank of India?
Answer: RBI(Reserve Bank of India) 

50. which is the largest state of India?
Answer: Rajasthan 

Gk Questions collected for quiz exams

51. The biggest Private Commercial Bank?
 Answer: ICICI Bank

52. The father of local self Government?
Answer: Lord Rippon

53. The first Indian woman to go into space?
Answer: Kalpana Chawla

54.The vitamins which is not found in vegetables and fruits?
Answer: Vitamin D

55. Bleeding Gums or tooth loss is a symptom of disease?
Answer:Scurvy

56. Fastest land animal in the world?
answer: cheetah
 
57. Which is the largest cell in natural world?
Answer: ostrich eggs

58. Which instrument is used to measure Atmospheric pressure?
answer: Barometer

59. Human dead body is called?
answer: cadaver 

60. The state having a largest area of forest cover in India
Answer: Madhya padesh

61. Which is the smallest neighboring country of India?
Answer: Bhutan
 
62. Tsunami is a word in which language?
Answer: Japanese
 
63. Panama canal act as a link between which oceans?
Answer: Atlantic and pacific

64. Who discovered Penicillin in 1928?
answer: Alexander Fleming

65. The part of brain which help the body balance?
 answer: Cerebellum

66. Which of the state has the longest coastal line?
answer: Gujarat

67. The highest dam of India is ?
Answer: Tehri Dam

Basic General Knowledge questions that you should know

68. Which continent is known as Dark continent?
Answer:Africa

69. which is the largest continent?
answer: Asia

70. which is the smallest continent?
answer: Australia

71. Which is the southernmost point of india?
Answer: Indira point


72. Present Indian station at Antarctica?
Answer: Bharati

73. Present Indian station at arctic region?
Answer: Indarc

74. Kelvin scale is the unit of?
Answer: Temperature 

Some important Inventions related GK for kids

75. Who is the inventor of electricity?
Answer: Benjamin Franklin

76. Who is the inventor of electric Bulb?
Answer: Thomas Alva Edison

77. Who is the inventor of Television?
Answer: John Logie Baird

78. Who is the inventor of Barometer?
Answer: Evangelista Torricelli

79. Who is the inventor of Radio?
Answer: Marconi

80. Who is the inventor of Crescograph
Answer: Jagdish Chandra Bose
Note: Crescograph is used to measure growth in plants 

More simple General Knowledge questions for Kids from comments

81. Which was the first linguistic state in independent India?
Answer: Andhra Pradesh

82. largest diamond in the world?
 Answer: Cullinan

83. Former Indian Prime minister who received both Bharath Ratna and Nishan-E-pakistan?
Answer: Morarji Desai

84. Who is the father of computer science?
Answer: Alan Turing

85. Which is world's first coin?
Answer: Lydian coin

86. Uri dam is constructed across the river?
Answer: Jhalam

87. Which is the lightest metal?
Answer: Lithium

89. Which is the  smallest desert in the world?
Answer: Carcross Desert, canada
 
90. Who is the chairman of Rajya sabha?
Answer: The Vice President

91. Who is the chairman of Niti aayog?
Answer: The Prime minister of India 

Newly updated GK Questions for Children

92. Who is the first women prime minister of India ?
Answer: Indira Gandhi

93. Who was the first women president of India ?
Answer: Pratibha Devisingh Patil

94.The state which is known as "Sugar bowl of India"?
Answer: Uttar Pradesh

95. The instrument used to measure Blood pressure?
Answer: Sphygmomanometer

96. Super computer was invented by?
Answer: Seymour Cray

97.What is the Expansion for LED?
Answer: Light emitting Diode

98. The largest Democracy in the world?
Answer: India

99.The longest written Constitution in the world?
Answer: Indian constitution

100. Metal used to make the filaments of bulbs?
Answer: Tungsten

 

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Important general knowledge questions about Akbar 2025

Akbar the Great: The Mughal Emperor

Akbar, the third Mughal emperor of India, is renowned for his exceptional leadership, military conquests, and cultural achievements. His reign, marked by tolerance, integration, and innovation, had a lasting impact on Indian history.

Key Achievements

1. Administrative Reforms: Akbar introduced the Mansabdari system, a ranking system for nobles, and the Zabti system, a revenue collection system.

2. Religious Tolerance: Akbar's policy of Sulh-i-Kul promoted religious harmony and understanding among diverse communities.

3. Cultural Patronage: Akbar's court attracted famous artists, musicians, and writers, including Tansen and Abul Fazl.

4. Architectural Marvels: Akbar built Fatehpur Sikri, a magnificent city that showcases Mughal architecture.

Important Figures

1. Bairam Khan: Akbar's guardian and regent during his early reign.

2. Tansen: Famous court musician and one of the Navaratnas.

3. Abul Fazl: Historian and writer who authored the Akbarnama.

Legacy

Akbar's legacy is defined by his visionary leadership, cultural achievements, and policies that promoted unity and tolerance.

1. Who is the father of Akbar ?
answer: Humayun

2. When was Second Battle of Panipat ?
answer: in the year 1556

3. Who is defeated in the Second Battle of Panipat ?
answer: Hemu is defeated by Akbar

4. Who abolished the religious tax Jaziya ?
answer: Akbar (in the year1564)

5. When did Akbar captured Gujarat ?
answer: In the year 1572

6. Who built the city Fathepur Sikri (City of Victory) ?
answer: Akbar

7. What was the early name of Fathepur Sikri ?
answer: City of Sikri

8. Who built Buland Darwaza ?
answer: Akbar (Buland Darwaza is the gate way of Fathepur Sikri)

9. Where is Ibadatkhana situated ?
answer: It is a prayer house in Fathepur Sikri ,constructed by Akbar

10. Who is the First English man to reach India ?
answer: Ralph Fitch (during Akbar's reign), he is known as pioneer English man or torch bearer English man

11. What is the name of religion founded by Akbar ?
answer: Din ilahi (It means Divine Faith)

12. What is the name of calender started by Akbar ?
answer: ilahi Calendar

13. In which battle Akbar defeated Maharana Pratap of Mewar ?
answer: Battle of Haldighat (In the year 1576)

14. Where is Haldighat mountain pass is situated ?
answer: Haldighat mountain pass is situated in the Aravally hills in Rajasthan.

15. Who was the Mughal Empire when the English East India Company was being founded in1600 December 31 ?
answer: Akbar

16. Where is the tomb of Akbar situated ?
answer: Sikandra near Agra

17. What is the name of Akbar's military system ?
answer: Mansabdari system

18. Who was Akbar's revenue minister ?
answer: Raja Todarmal

19. Which Mughal empire built Agra fort ?
answer: Akbar

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Gandhiji's visit to different states

Q. When did Gandhiji visit Kerala for the first time?
Answer: 1920

Q. In which year Mahatma Gandhi visited TamilNadu(Madras) for the first time ?
Answer:1896

Q. When did Gandhi visit Karnataka for the first time?
Answer: 1915

1. When did Gandhiji born?
Answer: in 1869 October 2


2. When did Gandhiji went to South Africa to practice law?
Answer: in 1893


3. Where did Gandhiji's first Satyagraha experimented?
Answer: South Africa in 1906, September to protest against the Asiatic Ordinance issued against the Indians in Transval


4. When was Gandhiji's first imprisonment?
Answer: 1908 at Johannesberg in South Africa


5. In which railway station where Gandhiji was humiliated and ousted ?
Answer: Peter Marits Burg Railway Station in SouthAfrica


6. When did Gandhiji started Tolstoy Farm (SouthAfrica)?
Answer: in 1910


7. Where did Gandhiji started the Phoenix Settlement ?
Answer: Durban in South Africa


8. What is the name of weakly started by Gandhiji in SouthAfrica?
Answer: Indian opinion (1904)


9. When did Gandhiji returned to India from South Africa ?
Answer: 9th January 1915.
January 9 is observed as Pravasi Bharatiya Divas


10. Where was Gandhiji’s first satyagraha in India?
Answer: It was for the right of Indigo workers in Champaran in 1917


11. Where was gandhiji’s first fast (Gandhiji’s second satyagraha in India)?
Answer: In Ahmadabad


12. Which causes Gandhiji to abandoned his title Kaiser-I-Hind?
Answer: Jallianwalabagh Massacre (1919)


13. Who started weeklies named Young India and Navjeevan?
Answer: Mahatma Gandhi


14. Which is the only Congress session presided over by Gandhiji?
Answer: Congress session at Belgaum in 1924


15. Who started All India Harijan Samaj in 1932?
Answer: Mahatma Gandhi


16. Where is Wardha Ashram situated?
Answer: In Maharashtra


17. When did Gandhiji started the weekly Harijan?
Answer: 1933


18. Gandhiji called Subhash Chandra Bose as _________?
Answer: Patriot


19. Who called Gandhiji as “Half naked Seditious Fakir”?
Answer: Winston Churchill


20. Who gave the name ‘Gurudev’ to Tagore?
Answer: Mahatma Gandhi


21. Who called Gandhiji as ‘Mahatma’?
Answer: Tagore


22. Who is political guru of Gandhiji ?
Answer: Gopal Krishna Gokhale


23. Who is considered as spiritual guru of Gandhiji?
Answer: Leo Tolstoy


24. When did Gandhiji assassinated?
Answer: 1948 January 30 by Nadhuram Vinayak Godse


25. What was called as 'Post Dated Cheque' by Gandhiji ?
Answer: Cripps's Mission (1942)


26. When did Gandhiji published 'Hind Swaraj' ?
Answer: In the year 1908


27. who gave Baba Amta the title 'Abhay Sadak' ?
Answer: Mahatma Gandhi


28. The period which is considered as 'Gandhian Era' in Indian Independence struggle ?
Answer: 1915 - 1948


29. Where was Gandhiji’s third satyagraha in India?
Answer:  kheda satyagraha


30. What is the real name of Gandhi's Autobiography ?
Answer: Satya na prayogo


31. What is the period that referred in Gandhi's Autobiography ?
Answer: 1869 - 1921


32. When did Autobiography of Gandhiji first published ?
Answer: 1927 (in Navajeevan)



33. In which language Gandhiji wrote his Autobiography ?
Answer: Gujarati


34.  Who translated Gandhi's autobiography into English ?
Answer:  Mahadev Desai


35. Who founded Satyagrah Sabha ?
Answer: Mahatma Gandhi


36. Who was the secretary of Mahatma Gandhi after the demise of Mahadev Desai ?
Answer: Pyarelal


37. What is the real name of Mira Behn, the disciple of Gandhiji ?
Answer: Madeleine Slade


38. Who compared Gandhi's Dandi March to the legendary journey of Sri Rama to Lanka ?
Answer: Motilal Nehru



* Persons having nick name as Gandhi


39. Who is known as Frontier Gandhi ?
Answer: Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan


40. Who is known as Bihar Gandhi ?
Answer: Dr. Rajendra Prasad


41. Who is known as Modern Gandhi ?
 Answer: Baba Amte


42. Who is known as Sri Lankan Gandhi ?
 Answer: A.T. Ariyaratne


43. Who is known as American Gandhi ?
Answer: Martin Luther King


44. Who is known as Burmese Gandhi ?
Answer: General Aung San


45. Who is known as African Gandhi ?
Answer:  Kenneth Kaunda


46. Who is known as South African Gandhi ?
Answer:  Nelson Mandela


47. Who is known as Kenya Gandhi ?
 Answer:  Jomo Kenyatta


48. Who is known as Indonesian Gandhi ?
Answer:  Ahmed Sukarno

Some of the Books about Gandhi.

49. Who wrote the book "The words of Gandhi" ?
Answer: Mahatma Gandhi

Other Books written by Gandhiji - 
"The Essential Gandhi" ,   "The Wit and Wisdom of Gandhi" ,      "The Penguin Gandhi reader","Gandhi on Islam",      "The Bhagavad Gita According to Gandhi",    "The book of Gandhi wisdom",       "Hind swaraj and other writings",           "The Way to God",    "For Pacifists"

50. Who is the write of  "Gandhi on Non-Violence" ?
Answer: Thomas Merton

51. "The Life Of Mahatma Gandhi" is written by?
Answer:Louis Fischer

52. who is the author of "Great Soul: Mahatma Gandhi and his Struggle with India"
Answer: Joseph Lelyveld


Miscellaneous Questions about Gandhiji

*53. Which Round table Conference was attended by gandhiji?
Answer: Second

*54. second round table conference was held at which year?
Answer: 1931 

*55. Which is the gandhiji's first political agitation in india ?
Answer: Champaran Satyagraha



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1.  Which country is newly added to BRICS?
Answer: Indonesia

2. Where is the National children Science Congress 2025?
Bhopal

3. Which country will be hosting BRICS 2025?
Brazil

4. Which country will host BRICS 2026?

5. What is India's rank in Henley Passport Index 2025?
85

6. Which country has 1 st rank in Henley Passport 2025?
Singapore

 
7. What is India's rank in Happiness index?
118

8.  Which country has 1 st rank in Happiness index?
Finland

9.  Who is current world chess champion 2025?
Gukesh Dommaraju

10. Which historic mission took Shubhanshu Shukla to the ISS?

 Axiom Mission 4 (Ax-4)

11. Which organization launched the Ax-4 mission?

→ Axiom Space (with SpaceX Falcon 9 and Crew Dragon)

12. When did the Ax-4 mission launch?

25 June 2025

13. What is the name of the spacecraft that carried Shubhanshu Shukla to space?

Crew Dragon “Grace”

14. Who was the commander of the Ax-4 mission?

Peggy Whitson (NASA veteran astronaut)

15. How many years after Rakesh Sharma did India send another astronaut into space?

→ 41 years (Rakesh Sharma in 1984)

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Hungary =>> National Assembly

Iraq =>> National Assembly

China =>> National People's Congress

Nepal =>> National Panchayat

Russia =>> Duma

Iran =>> Majlis

Maldives =>> Majlis

Iceland =>> Althing (Oldest Parliament)

Srilanka =>> National State

Afghanistan =>> Shora 

Israel =>> Knesset 

Denmark =>> Folketing

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Australia =>> Parliament (House of Representatives and Senate)

Germany =>> Bundestag (lower house) and Bundesrat (upper house)

Japan  =>> National Diet (House of Representatives and House of Councillors)

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    Top positions in India

*Who is the President of India?

Answer: Droupadi Murmu

 

*Who is the Vice President of India?

Answer: Jagdeep Dhankhar

1. Who is the Present Attorney General   of India=>>  R. Venkataramani (from Oct 2022)

2. Who is the Present Solicitor General of India =>> Tushar Mehta

3. Who is the Present Comptroller and Auditor General(CAG) of India =>> K Sanjay Murthy
 

4. Who is the Present Chief of Army Staff  India =>> General Upendra Dwivedi


5. Who is the Present Chief of Air staff India  =>> Air Marshal Amar Preet Singh

6. Who is the Present Chief of Naval Staff  =>> 
Admiral Dinesh K Tripathi

7. Who is the Present  Chief Election Commissioner  =>> Gyanesh Kumar



8. Who is the Present  National Human Rights Commission, Chairman  =>>  Justice V Ramasubramanian


9. Who is the Present National Commission for Women, Chairperson  =>> Vijaya Kishore Rahatkar

10. Present  Chief Information Commissioner  (CIC) =>> Heeralal Samariya

11. Who is the present (16th) Finance Commission, Chairman  =>> Dr. Arvind Panagariya


12. Who is the Present  ISRO, chairman  =>> V. Narayanan


13. Who is the present SEBI chairman (Securities and Exchange Board of India) =>> 
Tuhin Kanta Pandey 

 14. Who is the present Supreme Court Chief Justice of India?

Answer:  Justice Bhushan Ramkrishna Gavai ( may 2025)

    

15. Who is the chief of Research and Analysis Wing (RAW) ?

Answer: Ravi Sinha

16. Who is the chief of Intelligence Bureau (IB)?
Answer: Tapan kumar Deka

17. Who is the chief of CBI?

Answer: praveen sood

18. Who is the present TRAI ( Telecom Regulatory Authority of India) Chairman?
Answer:  Anil Kumar Lahoti

19. who is the present Central Vigilance Commissioner(CVC) ?

Answer:   Praveen Kumar Srivastava 

20. who is the present Permanent Representative of India to the United Nations  ?

Answer:  Parvathaneni Harish

21 . Who is the present  Chairman of the Competition Commission of India (CCI)?
Answer:  Smt. Ravneet Kaur

22. Vice Chairman of NITI Aayog  ( National Institution for Transforming India)
Answer :Suman Bery

 

 22 A. Chairman of NITI Aayog ( National Institution for Transforming India)
Answer: Narendra Modi (Prime Minister of India)


23. Who is the chief Executive officer of NITI Aayog
  Answer: BVR Subrahmanyam

24. Who is the present Reserve Bank of India Governor?
Answer:  Sanjay Malhotra

25. Who is the present chairman of the Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority of India(IRDAI)?
Answer: Debasish Panda 

26. Who is the present chairman of the Press Council of India?
Answer: Justice Ranjana Prakash Desai

27 . Chief of National Investigation Agency

Answer:  Sadanand Vasant

28. Chairman of National Technical Research Organization (NTRO) ?
Answer Rajesh Arya

29. who is the present national Security Advisor of India?

 Answer: Ajit Doval

30* who is the present vice Chairman of the National Commission for Scheduled Castes ?
Answer: Kishor Makwana

31* Who is the chairman of the National Scheduled Tribes Commission?
 Answer: Anter singh Arya

 
32*. Who is the chairman of UPSC?
 Answer: Ajay kumar

33. Who is the present Chairman of the Rajya Sabha?

    Answer: Jagdeep Dhankhar(Vice President of India)

34. Who is the present Lok Sabha speaker?
  Answer: Om Birla

 

35. who is the chairman of the SSC (Staff selection commission)?

  Answer:  S. Gopalakrishnan

 

36. who is the chairman of UGC(university grants commission)?

Answer: Vineet Joshi **

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1. Who is the president of the World Meteorological Organization?
Answer: Abdulla Al Mandous(from UAE)

 2. Who is the Secretary-General of the World Meteorological Organization (first female Secretary-General )?

Answer:  Celeste Saulo(from Argentina) 

2a. Who is the President of the World Meteorological Organization 

Answer: Abdulla Al Mandous,

 3. Who is the secretary general of ASEAN?
Answer: Kao Kim Hourn


4. Who is the Director-General of UNESCO?
Answer: Audrey Azoulay


5. Who is the Secretary General of NATO?
Answer:  Mark Rutte


6. Who is the President of the European Council?
Answer:  António Costa

7. Who is the head of the African Union Commission?
answer: Mahmoud Ali Youssouf


 8. Who is the  Executive Director of UN Women?
Answer: Sima Sami Bahous(Jordan)


9. Who is the Head of the World Health Organization?
Answer: Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus


10. Who is the Managing Director of IMF?
Answer: Dr. Kristalina Georgieva


11. Who is the President of the World Bank?
Answer: Ajay Banga
 

12. Who is the  Secretary-General of the United Nations?
Answer:António Guterres


13. Who is the  Secretary General of Interpol?

Answer:  Valdecy Urquiza


13 b. who is the  President of Interpol?
Answer: Ahmed Naser Al-Raisi

14. Who is the present FIFA president?
Answer: Gianni Infantino


15. Who is the chairman of the African union?
Answer: João Lourenço

16. Who is the current Director-General of the World Trade Organization (WTO)?

Answer: Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala

17. Who is the President of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC)?

Answer: Mirjana Spoljaric

18. Who is the Director-General of the International Labour Organization (ILO)?

Answer: Gilbert Houngbo

19. Who is the President of the International Olympic Committee (IOC)?

Answer: Kirsty Coventry ( taking over in June 2025)

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