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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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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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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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1. Where is the headquarters of IOC (International Olympic Committee) ?
Answer: Switzerland (Lausanne)
2. Where is the headquarters of ICC (International Cricket Council) ?
Answer: Dubai3. Where is the headquarters of FIFA (Fédération Internationale de Football Association) ?
Answer: Switzerland (Zurich)

4. World postal day ?
Answer: October 95. Indian postal day ?
Answer: October 10

6. The Capital of Pakistan ?
Answer: Islamabad

7. The first capital of Pakistan ?
Answer: Karachi

8. Which river is known as Sorrow of Bengal ?
Answer: Damodar9. Which river is known as Sorrow of Bihar ?
Answer: Kosi River

10. Which river is known as Sorrow of Odisha ?
Answer: MahaNadi

11. Which river is known as Sorrow of China ?
Answer: Huang Ho

12. Who discovered Nitrogen gas?
Answer: Ernest Rutherford13. Who discovered Hydrogen gas?
Answer: Henry Cavendish

14. Who discovered Benzene ?
Answer: Michael Faraday


* 15. Who is the first American president to visit India ?
Answer: Eisenhower

* 16. Who is the first British prime minister to visit India ?
Answer: Harold Macmillan



* 17. Most number of news paper published in which state ?
Answer: Uttar Pradesh

* 18. State which publishing newspapers  in most languages in India ?
Answer: Odisha

* 19. Which is the Indian state that do not publishes news paper ?
Answer: Arunachal Pradesh

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1. Which day is observed as National Youth Day ?
Answer: January 12

2. Which day is observed as International Youth Day ?
Answer: August 12


3. Which day is observed as National Teachers' Day ?
Answer: September 5

4. Which day is observed as International Teachers' Day ?
Answer: October 5


5. Which day is observed as National Tourism Day ?
Answer: January 25

6. Which day is observed as International Tourism Day ?
Answer: September 27


7. Which day is observed as National Children's Day ?
Answer: November 14

8. Which day is observed as International Children's Day ?
Answer: June 1


9. Which day is observed as National Consumer Day ?
Answer: December 24

10. Which day is observed as International Consumer Day ?
Answer: March 15


11. Which day is observed as National Postal Day ?
Answer: October 10

12. Which day is observed as International Postal Day ?
Answer: October 9


13. Which day is observed as National Blood Donation Day ?
Answer: October 1

14. Which day is observed as World Blood Donors Day ?
Answer: June 14



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Confusing GK questions and answers

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Explore tricky and confusing general knowledge questions with answers, ideal for quiz lovers and exam preparation. Topics include science, history, geography, and unusual facts. Boost your IQ and test your brain with these fun and educational GK challenges.


1. Which is the deepest point in the Atlantic Ocean ?
Answer: Puerto Rico Trench

2. Which is the deepest point in the Indian Ocean ?
Answer: Diamantina Trench

3. Which is the deepest point in the Arctic Ocean ?
Answer: Eurasian Basin


4. Which is the first National park in the world ?
Answer: Yellowstone National Park
5. Which is the first National park in India ?
Answer: Jim Corbett National Park



6. Who is the first Indian Field marshal ?
Answer: Sam Manekshaw

7. Who is the first Indian Air Force Marshal ?
Answer: Arjan Singh

8. Who is the Second Indian Field marshal ?
Answer: km kariyapp



9. The study of Brain is known as ?
Answer: Phrenology

10. The Study of Kidney is known as ?
Answer: Nephrology



11. Which is the Longest Cave in the world ?
Answer: Mammoth Cave

12. Which is the Deepest Cave in the world ?
Answer: Krubera Cave



13. Who is known as Lokamanya ?
Answer: Bal Gangadhar Tilak

14. Who is known as Loknayak ?
Answer: Jayaprakash Narayanan



15. Who invented ECG ?
Answer: Einthoven

16. Who invented EEG ?
Answer: Hans Berger



* 17. Which state is known as the Egg bowl of India ?
Answer: Andhra Pradesh

* 18. Which place is known as the Egg bowl of India ?
Answer: Namakkal  in Tamil Nadu

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1. Who discovered the planet Neptune ?
Answer: Johann Galle

2. Who discovered the planet Uranus ?
Answer: William Herschel



3. What is the Chemical name of Caustic Lotion ?
Answer: Silver Nitrate

4. What is the Chemical name of Caustic Soda ?
Answer: Sodium Hydroxide

5. What is the Chemical name of Caustic Potash ?
Answer: Potassium Hydroxide

6. What is the Chemical name of Gypsum ?
Answer: Calcium Sulphate

7. What is the Chemical name of Plaster Of Paris ?
Answer: Calcium Sulphate

8. What is the Chemical name of Carborundum ?
Answer: Silicon Carbide



9. What is Silviculture ?
Answer: Forest Planting
10. What is Olericulture ?
Answer: Olericulture is the science of vegetable growing

11. What is Arboriculture ?
Answer: Cultivation of Tree

12. What is Viticulture ?
Answer: Cultivation of Grape


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