General Knowledge Quiz on India with Answers

 General Knowledge Questions with Answers in English

1. Highly Scientific development and management of pastoral farming is a feature of which country?

Ans:-Denmark & Holland

 

4. Brahmaputra River when it flows out of India into Bangladesh is called as ________?

Ans:-Jamuna River

 

5. Which sites gives an evidence of maritime trade in harappan era?

Ans:-Lothal

 

7. Which is best example of Vijaynagar Art?

Ans:-Hampi

 

10. Lord Wavell was the Viceroy of India at which of the following events?

Ans:-Cabinet Mission Plan

 

12. Which was a unit of Mughal Empire for the purpose of Administration and Revenue Collection?

Ans:-Subahs

 

15. Evidence of a game which was very similar to chess was found at which sites at Indus valley

civilization?

Ans:-Lothal

 

18. Satyagriha was started by Gandhi ji in 1919 to protest against the _____________?

Ans:-Rowlett Act

 

19. Dandi March was from the ____________?

Ans:-Sabarmati Ashram to Dandi

 

21. Geet Govinda which is a work by Jaidev is in which language?

Ans:-Sanskrit

 

22. In 1818 Brahmo Samaj founder Rammohun Roy wrote a dissertation on meaning and importance of __?

Ans:-Gayatri Mantra

 

24. What was used normally in the construction of Roya Houses during Mauryan period?

Ans:-Wood

 

26. Who has recently launched India's first super car club?

Ans:-(B)Gautam Singhania

 

27. India and which country recently held talks on ways to enhance bilateral economic ties and a

Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement (CEPA) between the two countries which is in the final stage of negotiations?

Ans:-South Korea

 

29. Lord Jagannath is related to which place?

Ans:-Puri

 

31. Recently Botanical Survey of India (BSI)'s was renamed as _______?

Ans:-Acharya Jagadish Chandra Bose Botanical Garden

 

32. Which state Govt has recently decided to levy 'Road Protection Tax', a new tax on vehicle owners to provide immediate relief to those sustain injuries and families of those killed in road accidents?

Ans:-Tamil Nadu

 

33. Sri Lanka has recently assured to implement the proposal which would be an advance on the ___________ to the island nation's Constitution designed to devolve considerable power to the provinces.

Ans:-13th Amendment

 

36. What was Rate of growth at factor cost at 1999- 2000 prices (per cent) of Agriculture, forestry & fishing in 2008-09?

Ans:-1.6%

 

37. What was the growth in percentage of six core industries comprising crude oil, petroleum refinery products, coal, electricity, cement and finished steel (carbon) in 2008-09?

Ans:-2.9%

 

41. As per the Railway Budget how many stations to be developed as model railway stations?

Ans:-375

 

42. As per the Union Railway Budget 2009, how stations have been identified for religious and tourism importance?

Ans:-49

 

43. How many new non-stop AC Duronto trains, which will connect all metros were announced in the Railway Budget 2009 ?

Ans:-12

 

44. What are the constituents of outer surface of Sun?

Ans:-Hydrogen 74% , Helium 24% and other elements 2% by mass

 

45. Sun often appears as yellow when seen from the surface of the Earth because of atmospheric scattering.What is the reason behind this?

Ans:-the preferential scattering of shorter wavelength light that removes enough violet and blue light

 

46. On equator, the Sun shines _______?

Ans:-twice in a year

 

47. We often read about third world in newspapers. Which best describes third world ?

Ans:-The underdeveloped countries and developing countries

 

49. Uranus takes how much time to revolve around Sun?

Ans:-84 years

  General Knowledge Questions with Answers in English

50. Which country has a flag with a pointed red maple leaf?

Ans:-Canada

 

51. Which terms denote a vertical wall of water moving upstream in a river?

Ans:-tidal bore

 

52. King Abdul Asia International Airport is located at __________?

Ans:-Jeddah

 

53. Which is a best statement which gives a reason that Kalahari Desert is because of ?

Ans:-it receives only land winds

 

54. Titan is the largest moon of _________?

Ans:-Saturn

 

55. Triton is a moon of which planets?

Ans:-Neptune

 

56. The two months which show the phenomenon of Equinox are ?

Ans:-March & September

 

57. Which among the following term denotes the transport of some property of the atmosphere or ocean, such as heat, humidity or salinity?

Ans:-Advection

 

59. Gypsum, Chalk & Limestone are examples of _?

Ans:-Sedimentary Rocks

 

60. Tugela is an example of __________?

Ans:-Waterfall

 

61. Ob river flows in the region?

Ans:-Asia, Russia

 

62. What was the old name of Cape Kennedy ?

Ans:-Cape Canaveral

 

63. Which country was earlier known as Formosa?

Ans:-Taiwan

 

64. Humayun Nama was written by which author?

Ans:-Gulbadan Beghum

 

65. Which Rajput Rulers took the advantage of Growing weakness of the Mughal Empire after the death of Aurangzeb ?

Ans:-Sawai Jai Singh

 

68. Hazi Ibrahim Sarhindi is known to be a Persian Writer during the reign of Akbar who translated the Sanskrit work in Persian?

Ans:-Atharva Veda

 

70. Moti Masjid was built in Red Fort by which Mughal Emperor?

Ans:-Aurangazeb

 

72. What was the main responsibility of Mir Bakshi during the Mughal Era?

Ans:-military department

 

73. Who forbade the inscription of kalma on Coins?

Ans:-Aurangzeb

 

74. For administrative conveniences Shershah divided the kingdom into divisions which were called as Sarkars. Sarkars were further divided in parganas. What was the number of Sarkars?

Ans:-47

 

75. Which battles helped Shershah to establish Suri Dynasty ?

Ans:-Battle of Chausa 1539

 

76. Who was the first Indian Ruler who could bring Kabul and Kandhar under Indian Empire only after Kushanas?

Babur

 

78. In 1659 Aurangzeb defeated Dara and took the second coronation to be titled as _________?

Ans:-Aalamgir

 

81. Which place in Bihar is related to birth of Shershah Suri ?

Ans:-Sasaram

 

82. Fort of Allahabad was built by ________?

Ans:-Akbar

 

86. Which is Upper House?

Ans:-Rajya Sabha

 

87. A bill becomes an act when __________?

Ans:-It is passed by the original house after making suggested amendments by the other house and the President given his / her assent to it

 

88. Which amendment of the constitution is related to reorganization of states on a linguistic basis?

Ans:-Seventh Amendment 1956

 

89. The territories of Goa, Daman & Diu were incorporated in the Indian Constitution by which

amendment bill?

Ans:-Twelfth Amendment 1962

 

90. In which state EVM machines were first used?

Ans:-Kerala

 

91. The maximum number of candidates an EVM machine can support is _______?

Ans:-64

 

92. Which party of India has more or less the same symbol as that of Republican Party of USA?

Ans:-Bahujan Samaj party

 

93. If a member absents himself from parliament for ____days without permission of the house , his / her seat may be declared vacant?

Ans:-60 days

 

94. A government has to resign if the no confidence motion is passed in __________?

Ans:-Only Lok Sabha

 

95. Normally there are how many sessions of the parliament ?

Ans:-3(Budget,Monsoon,&Winter)

 

96. What is the minimum number of the judges to decide an issue involving the interpretation of the constitution or any presidential reference?

Ans:-5

 

98. When the body's immune system cells destroy the insulin producing beta cells of the pancreas is termed as ________?

Ans:-Type 1 diabetes

 

99. Athlete's Foot or Tinia Pedis is caused by?

Ans:-Fungi

 

101. Out of Diphtheria, Whooping cough, Typhoid , Diarrhea & Malaria which is not caused by bacteria?

Ans:-Malaria

 

102. The 2009 flu pandemic is a global outbreak of a new strain of influenza A virus subtype H1N1 which is a mutation of four known virus strains of influenza A virus subtype H1N1. This disease typically spreads by ___________?

Ans:-from coughs and sneezes or by touching contaminated surfaces and then touching the nose or mouth

 

104. Schizophrenia is an example of _________?

Ans:-Mental Illness

 

105. Hepatitis A which is the most common cause of jaundice in young people is an infection of liver by ________?

Ans:-Virus

 

107. The WHO has declared the world free of which disease?

Ans:-Small Pox

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