General Knowledge Questions and
Answers
Question (1) Who won the Best Footballer
2016 in the World?
Answer:- Cristiano Ronaldo.
Answer:- Cristiano Ronaldo.
Question (2) Who is the UN Secretary
General?
Answer:- Antonio Guterres.
Answer:- Antonio Guterres.
Question (3) What was ‘Word of the
Year-2016’ according to the Dictionary.com?
Answer:- Xenophobia.
Answer:- Xenophobia.
Question (4) NASA launched the ‘OSIRIS-REx’
Mission to collect samples from which asteroid?
Answer:- Asteroid Bennu.
Answer:- Asteroid Bennu.
Question (5) In Bihar, UNESCO has declared
which place as a World Heritage Site?
Answer:- Bihar’s ancient Nalanda University.
Answer:- Bihar’s ancient Nalanda University.
Question (6) How many satellites in a single
mission using PSLV C-34 launched in 2016?
Answer:- 20 satellites.
Answer:- 20 satellites.
Question (7) Reliance Jio has launched which
digital wallet service for peoples?
Answer:- JioMoney.
Answer:- JioMoney.
Question (8) Who has been appointed as Lt
Governor of Puducherry for 2 years?
Answer:- Kiran Bedi.
Answer:- Kiran Bedi.
Question (9) What do you mean by the Solar
Wind?
Answer:- This is happen when sun release the continuous flow of charged particles and which permeates the solar system.
Answer:- This is happen when sun release the continuous flow of charged particles and which permeates the solar system.
Question (10) Which is the second largest
moon in our solar system?
Answer:- Titan (Saturn moon) is the second largest moon in our solar system.
Answer:- Titan (Saturn moon) is the second largest moon in our solar system.
Question (11) Mostly which gases found of
the planet Jupiter?
Answer:- Hydrogen and Helium.
Answer:- Hydrogen and Helium.
Question (12) What are the name of Galilean
moons?
Answer:- Io, Europa, Ganymede, Callisto (moons of Jupiter).
Answer:- Io, Europa, Ganymede, Callisto (moons of Jupiter).
Question (13) Which galaxy is closest to our
galaxy?
Answer:- Andromeda galaxy.
Answer:- Andromeda galaxy.
Question (14) What is the age of Earth as
calculated?
Answer:- Age of Earth is 4.543 billion years.
Answer:- Age of Earth is 4.543 billion years.
Question (15) Which planet have the ‘Great
Red Spot’?
Answer:- Jupiter.
Answer:- Jupiter.
Question (16) What is the full form of NASA?
Answer:- The National Aeronautics and Space Administration.
Answer:- The National Aeronautics and Space Administration.
Question (17) What is the full form of ESA?
Answer:- European Space Agency.
Answer:- European Space Agency.
Question (18) Which service is used
for sending or receiving mail on the internet?
Answer:- Email.
Answer:- Email.
Question (19) The term known as the
electric meeting is what?
Answer:- Teleconferencing.
Answer:- Teleconferencing.
Question (20) What do you mean by IP
address?
Answer:- Internet protocol.
Answer:- Internet protocol.
Question (21) What do you mean by
modem?
Answer:- This is the combined device for modulation and demodulation.
Answer:- This is the combined device for modulation and demodulation.
Question (22) Who set up the dual system of
administration in Bengal?
Answer:- Robert Clive.
Answer:- Robert Clive.
Question (23) Who give the first call of
‘India for Indians’ for Swarajya?
Answer:- Dayanand Saraswati.
Answer:- Dayanand Saraswati.
Question (24) Who established a trading post
in 1612 at Gujarat?
Answer:- British.
Answer:- British.
Question (25) What was the year of
Regulating Act?
Answer:- In 1773.
Answer:- In 1773.
Question (26) Who was the Founder Father of Aligarh movement?
Answer:- Sir Syed Ahmed Khan.
Question (27) Who was the founder of Brahma Samaj?
Answer:- Raja Ram Mohan Roy.
Question (28) The Indian National Congress was formed in?
Answer:- 1885.
Question (29) Ruler of Mysore was whom?
Answer:- Hyder Ali.
Question (30) When British Indian Association was founded in India?
Answer:- October 29, 1851 at Calcutta.
Question (31) Who achived the discovery of ‘Vitamin C’?
Answer:- James Watson.
Question (32) Which gas is most popular as laughing gas?
Answer:- Nitrous oxide.
Question (33) To measure the Humidity in air, what instrument used?
Answer:- Hygrograph.
Question (34) What is the best source of Protein?
Answer:- Soyabean.
Question (35) What is the radiant energy of the sun is transmitted?
Answer:- Short waves.
Question (36) The Folded Earth book was written by?
Answer:- Anuradha Roy.
Question (37) Which rays is very helpful in Long distance photography?
Answer:- Infra Red rays.
Question (38) Name of vegetable which is also known as a flower?
Answer:- Broccoli.
Question (39) ‘Foundations of Biology’ concept given by whom?
Answer:- Jean Piaget.
Question (40) Which planet is commonly known as Dwarf Planet?
Answer:- Pluto.
Question (41) Name the suitable material for purify the water?
Answer:- Zeolites.
Question (42) Who wrote the ‘Man in the Iron Mask’?
Answer:- Alexander Dumas.
Question (43) Who discovered the radium?
Answer:- The Curies.
Question (44) What was the world’s first high level programming language in 1957?
Answer:- IBM FORTRAN.
Question (45) What weapon was invented by Ernest Swinton which used in 1916?
Answer:- Tank.
Question (46) King Zog ruled which of the country?
Answer:- Albania.
Question (47) What is the staple food of one third of the worlds total population?
Answer:- Rice.
Question (48) Who was the first man into space?
Answer:- Yuri Gagarin.
Question (49) What is the IMF description?
Answer:- International Monetary Fund.
Question (50) Which car company makes the Celica?
Answer:- Toyota.
Question (51) Who discovered first the blood circulation?
Answer:- William Harvey.
Question (52) Who won an Oscar for best supporting actor in Spartacus 1960?
Answer:- Peter Ustinov.
Question (53) Why pendulum clocks of slow in the summers?
Answer:- The length of the pendulum increases for summers.
Question (54) In 1885 who was the President of Congress?
Answer:- W.C.Barinerji.
Question (55) National Right Day is observe on?
Answer:- 10th December.
Question (56) Goal of extension education is what?
Answer:- To promote scientific outlook.
Question (57) For how many years is Sheep able to breed?
Answer:- 10 years.
Question (58)
Where was the venue of Olympic 2014?
Answer:- Athens.
Answer:- Athens.
Question (59)
Where and when was World Meteorological Organization established?
Answer:- Geneva – 1978.
Answer:- Geneva – 1978.
Question (60)
The Indian Home Rule Society in London, was started by whom?
Answer:- Shyamji Krishna Verma.
Question (61) In eye donation which part of donor’s eye is utilized?Answer:- Shyamji Krishna Verma.
Answer:- Cornea.
Question (62) The Indian Constitution provides for the appointment of adhoc judges in the?
Answer:- Supreme Court.
Question (63) Which city hosted the 1980 Olympic Games?
Answer:- Moscow.
Question (64) At which US nuclear plant did a nuclear accident occur in 1979?
Answer:- Three Mile Island.
Question (65) Which is the world’s largest dry desert?
Answer:- Sahara.
Question (66) Which is the world’s second largest desert?
Answer:- Australian.
Question (67) In which athletics event did Bob Beamon hold the world record for 23 years?
Answer:- Long jump.
Question (68) What is the best conductor of electricity?
Answer:- Salt water.
Question (69) What is the average salinity of sea water?
Answer:- 3.5%.
Question (70) What is the function of heavy water in a nuclear reactor?
Answer:- Slow down the speed of neutrons.
Question (71) Who laid the foundation of nuclear science in the country?
Answer:- Homi J. Bhabha.
Question (72) The filament of an electric bulb is made of which metal?
Answer:- Tungsten.
Question (73) Which part of the cell is essential for protein synthesis?
Answer:- Ribosomes.
Question (74) Which is purest form of iron?
Answer:- Wrought iron.
Question (75) The Government of India has decided to declare river as ‘National River’?
Answer:- Ganga.
Question (76)
Who was a contemporary of Alexander, the Great?
Answer:- Chandragupt Maurya.
Answer:- Chandragupt Maurya.
Question (77)
By whom was the first republic of the world established in Vaishali?
Answer:- Lichhavi.
Answer:- Lichhavi.
Question (78)
Which was the most famous educational centre during the period of Mauryan age?
Answer:- Taxila.
Answer:- Taxila.
Question (79)
In which state was the Nalanda University located in India?
Answer:- Bihar.
Answer:- Bihar.
Question (80)
Which Veda contains an account of magical charms and spells?
Answer:- Atharvaveda.
Answer:- Atharvaveda.
Question (81)
By which was Yavanika (Curtain) introduced in Indian theatre?
Answer:- Greeks.
Answer:- Greeks.
Question (82)
Which is called ‘The Bible of Tamil Land’?
Answer:- Kural.
Answer:- Kural.
Question (83)
Samudragupta has been given the title of ‘Indian Napolean’ by which historian?
Answer:- V. A. Smith.
Answer:- V. A. Smith.
Question (84)
In which century did the famous Chinese pilgrim Fahien visit India?
Answer:- 5th century AD.
Answer:- 5th century AD.
Question (85)
Who was the last ruler of the Tughlaq dynasty of the Delhi Sultanate?
Answer:- Mahmud Shah Tughlaq.
Answer:- Mahmud Shah Tughlaq.
Question (86)
Who founded four mathas in the four comers of India?
Answer:- Shankaracharya.
Answer:- Shankaracharya.
Question (87)
Bhakt Tukaram was a contemporary of which Mughal emperor?
Answer:- Jahangir.
Answer:- Jahangir.
Question (88)
Who was the most radia of the Bhakti Saints?
Answer:- Kabir.
Answer:- Kabir.
Question (89)
Which region of India was ruled by Sultan Zainul Abidin?
Answer:- Kashmir.
Answer:- Kashmir.
Question (90)
Kirchhoff’s voltage law is based on the law of conservation of which thing?
Answer:- Energy.
Question (91) Two electron beams are traveling parallel to each
other. What will be their reactions?Answer:- Energy.
Answer:- Repel each other.
Question (92) Why is energy is continuously generated in the sun?
Answer:- Due to nuclear fusion.
Question (93) For electroplating a spoon, it is placed in the voltameter at which postion?
Answer:- The position of cathode.
Question (94) Which rays will deflect in electric field?
Answer:- Cathode rays.
Question (95) The refractive index of a given piece of transparent quartz is greatest for which light?
Answer:- Violet light.
Question (96) The absorption of radio waves by the atmosphere depends on which thing?
Answer:- Their frequency.
Question (97) Which asset can be mortgaged?
Answer:- Land and Building.
Question (98) Credit Cards are known by which another name?
Answer:- Plastic money.
Question (99) What is the name of cheque when a bank returns unpaid?
Answer:- Dishonor of the cheque.
Question (100) What is the mean of NEFT?
Answer:- National Electronic Funds Transfer system.
