QUESTIONS

Q: The 1911 Chinese revolution ended the rule of the

Ans: Manchus dynasty
Q: Who was the Roman Emperor when Jesus was born?
Ans: Augustus
Q: Where is the Cathedral of Notre Dame located?
Ans: Paris
Q: The fall of the Czar in Russia is known as
Ans: February Revolution
Q: In the year -, Victoria becomes queen of British empire.
Ans: 1837AD

Q: World War I commenced in

Ans: 1914

Q: In which year Bangladesh was formed as Separate Country?

Ans: 1971

Q: Who was the king during the french revolution

Ans: Louis XVI
Q: Which country first invented Gunpower in around 270 AD
Ans: Martin Luther

Q: Which Italian city is famous for its canals?

Ans: Venice

Q: Kathmandu is the capital city of which country?

Ans: Nepal

Q: New Delhi is the capital city of which country?

Ans: India
Q: Tokyo is the capital city of which country?
Ans: Japan

Q: London is the capital city of which country?

Ans: England
Q: What is arctic ocean depth
Ans: 5,450 m

Q: What is the average depth of the world’s oceans?

Ans: about 12,100 feet

Q: What animals live in the deepest part of the ocean?

Ans: Frilled Shark, Giant Spider Crab, Fangtooth Fish etc.
Q: What is the coldest ocean on Earth?
Ans: Atlantic
Q: Which is the saltiest ocean in the world?
Ans: Atlantic Ocean

Q: What is the name of the first satellite sent into space?

Ans: Sputnik
Q: What is the hottest planet in our solar system?
Ans: Venus
Q: what is area of USA
Ans: 9.834 million km²

Q: Which is the largest human cell?

Ans: Ovum

Q: What is longest cell

Ans: Nerve Cell

Q: What is number of muscles in human body?

Ans: 639
Q: Which is the smallest muscle in human body?
Ans: stapedius
Q: How many red blood cells are in the average human?
Ans: approximately 4.7 to 6.1 million cells
Q: How many times can you be a bone marrow donor?
Ans: once or twice in your lifetime
Q: What is the age limit to be a bone marrow donor?
Ans: 18 and 60
Question: International Courte of Justice located in which country?
Answer: The Hague, Netherlands.
Question: Which is the largest site of Indus CIvilization?
Answer: Mohenjodaro.
Question: Who among them is a recipient of Nobel Prize in Economics?
A. Rabindranath Tagore B. Kailash Sathyarthi C. Amartya Sen D. C. V.
Raman.
Answer: C (Amartya Sen).
Question: Name the parliament of Nepal.
Answer: Rashtriya Panchayat.
Question: Expand NITI in NITI Aayog?
Answer: National Institute for Transforming India.
Question: Red Flag is the Newspaper of which country? Choose the correct
option.
A. China B. Cuba C. Mexico D. Russia.
Answer: A.
Question: How many spokes are there in Ashoka Chakra?
Answer: 24
Question: CO is the chemical formula of which gas?
Answer: Carbon Monoxide.
Question: What is the SI unit of Volume?
Answer: Cubic Meter.
Question: Who discovered Neutron?
Answer: James Chadwick.
Question: When did Indian currency get a symbol?
Answer: On 15 July 2010.
Question: Who is the current Chief of Army Staff?
Answer: General Bipin Rawat.
Question: Who was the founder of “Naujawan Bharat Sabha”?
Answer: Shaheed Bhagat Singh.
Question: Who is called the Parrot of India?
Answer: Amir Khusrau.
Question: Who said, “Swaraj is my birthright and I will have it.”?
Answer: Bal Gangadhar Tilak.
Question: Battle of Haldighati was fought between ………….and…………?
Answer: Rana Pratap, Akbar.
Question: Kharif is a ……crop season?
Answer: Monsoon (Usually in June-July).
Question: Which is called the “Sorrow of Bihar”?
Answer: Koshi River.
Question: The “Garden of Five Senses” situated in which city? Choose the
correct option?
A. Chandigarh B. Panchkula C. New Delhi D. Faridabad.
Answer: C.
Question: Who is the current Prime Minister of Israel?
Answer: Benjamin Netanyahu.
Question: Which is called the Mecca of Cricket?
Answer: Lords.
Question: Where is Shwe Dragon Pagoda located?
Answer: Yangon (Myanmar).
Question: Which is the third largest continent on earth?
Answer: North America.
Question: Which country has won Football Worldcup for most number of
times?
Answer: Brazil.
Question: Mysore Pak is an Indian…….. Fill in the blank with the correct
option?
A. Snack B. Sweet C. Costume D. Weapon.
Answer: B (Sweet).
Question: Who wrote Ain-i-Akbari?
Answer: Abu’l-Fazl ibn Mubarak.
Question: Who has written the National Anthem of Bangladesh?
Answer: Rabindranath Tagore.
Question: Who wrote Natya Shastra?
Answer: Bharata Muni.
Question: Which country produces the highest number of movies annually?
Answer: India.
Question: Who is called the Father of Indian Cinema?
Answer: Dadasaheb Phalke.
Which is the oldest mountain range in India?
(a) Satpura Range
(b) Aravali Range
(c) Vindhya Range
(d) Pir Panjal Range
Ans: Aravali Range
Q: Which is the capital of the Union Territory of Dadra and Nagar Haveli?
(a) Panaji
(b) Dispur
(c) Silvassa
(d) None of These
Ans: Silvassa
Q: Badrianth Temple is in which state?
(a) Tamil Nadu
(b) Uttarakhand
(c) Himachal Pradesh
(d) Assam
ans:- Uttarakhand.

Q: The place in India receiving the lowest rainfall is?

(a) Jodhpur
(b) Jaipur
(c) Leh
(d) Srinagar
Ans: Leh

Q: Macmohan Line demarcates the boundary between which countries?

(a) USA and Canda
(b) Nepal and India
(c) India and China
(d) India and Myanmar
Ans: India and China
Q: Where is the volcanic mountain, Mount St. Helens located?
(a) Canada
(b) England
(c) USA
(d) France
Ans: USA
Q: According to the Census 2001, which one of the following Indian states has the maximum
population in India after Uttar Pradesh?
(a) Andhra Pradesh
(b) Tamil Nadu
(c) Maharashtra
(d) Bihar
Ans: Maharashtra
Q: Where is the National Stock Exchange
(a) Chennai
(b) Mumbai
(c) New Delhi
(d) Kolkata
Ans: Mumbai
Q: The capital of the kingdom of Maharaja Ranjit Singh ji Was-
(a) Shimla
(b) Dehradun
(c) Lahore
(d) Amritsar
Ans: Lahore
Q: Babar entered India for the first time through-
(a) Bihar
(b) Punjab
(c) West Bengal
(d) Assam
Ans: Punjab
Q: The Indus Valley houses were built of ?
(a)Mahe
(b)Karaikal
(c)Pondicherry
(d)none of these
Ans: Pondicherry
Q: The last Mughal Emperor was ?
(a)Bahadur Shah
(b)Humayun
(c)Aurangzeb
(d)Bahadur Shah
Ans: Bahadur Shah
Q: Chand-Bibi was the ruler of ?
(a) Delhi
(b)Ahmednagar
(c)Bijapur
(d)Satara
Ans: Ahmednagar
Q: Who was the Indian Napoleon
(a) Samudra Gupta
(b)kanda Gupta
(c)Samudra Gupta
(d) None of These
Ans: Samudra Gupta
Q: first (1st) “Governor general” of india
(a)Lord william bentinck
(a)Lord amherst
(a)Rovert Clive
(a) None of these
Ans: Lord william bentinck
Q: Goa was captured by portuguese
(a) 1410 ad
(b) 1620 ad
(c) 1510 ad
(d) 1310 ad
Ans: 1510 ad
Q: Who was the first woman prisedent of indian national congress?
(a) Kamala Nehru
(b) Sarojini Naidu
(c) Annie Besant
(d) None of these
Ans: Annie Besant
Q: Pushkalavati was the capital of which of the following ancient Kingdoms?
(a) Magadha
(b) Kashi
(c) Gandhara
(d) Nond of These
Ans: Gandhara
Question: Which princely state resembled ‘Ramarajya’ according to Gandhi?
Ans: Mysor
Question: What was the year of the ‘Battle of Buxar’?
Ans: 1764.
Question: In November 1781, Sir Eyre Coote defeated whom?
Ans: Hyder Ali at Porto Nova.
Question: Which Viceroy of British India introduced Ilbert Bill in 1883?
Ans: Lord Rippon
Question: Who among the following was propounder of the Madhyamika Philosophy?
Ans: Nagarjuna
Question: Who called Sree Narayana Guru as ‘The Second Buddha’?
Ans: G. Sankara Kurup.
Question: Who started the Sharda Sadan in Bombay?
Ans: Ramabai Saraswati.
Question: Which of the following Rigvedic deities represented Storm?
Ans: Maruts
Question: The place Dharanikota in South India is related to which ancient dynasty?
Ans: Satavahana
Question: The title ‘Punjab Kesari’ was conferred on
Ans: Lala Lajpat Rai
Question: Indian Constitution was amended for the first time in
Ans: 1951
Question: The concept of eight fold path forms the theme of
Ans: Dharma Chakara Pravartana Sutta
Question: The Battle of Plassey was fought in
Ans: 1757
Question: Tripitakas are sacred books of
Ans: Buddhists
Question: During the freedom struggle, Aruna Asaf Ali was a major woman organizer of
underground activity in
Ans: Quit India Movement
Question: Vidhushaka, a common character in Sanskrit drama is ___?
Ans: Brahmana
Question: What metals were known to the people of Indus valley civilisation?
Ans: Copper, bronze, silver, gold but not iron
Question: Who was the founder of Yoga philosophy?
Ans: Patanjali
Question: During whose reign Mahayana sect of Buddhism came into existence?
Ans: Kanishka
Question: Which Ashokan pillar edict provides a list of animals and birds killing of which was
prohibited?
Ans: Pillar edict-V
Question: In the Maurya empire, who was the superintendent of Ports ?
Ans: Karmantika
Question: Which among the following was the royal emblem of Chera Kingdom?
Ans: Bow
Question: The Vedic deity Indra was the Goddess of
Ans: rain and thunder
Question: The title given by the British Government to Mahatma Gandhi which he surrendered
during the non-cooperation movement was
Ans: Kaiser-e-Hind
Question: Indian National Congress formed in 1885 during the Governor –General ship of?-
Ans: Lord Dufferin.
Question: The first session of Indian National Congress was held under the presidentship of?
Ans: W.C.Banerjee.
Question: “Vanar Sena” which participated in freedom struggle of India was led by?
Ans: – Indira Gandhi.
Question: Gandhiji became the president of Indian National Congress in?
Ans: 1924 at the Belgaum session of Indian National Congress.
Question: At which place did the British Government arrest Gandhiji for sedition for the first
time?
Ans: Ahmedabad
Question: Who was the first woman Governor of an Indian State ?
Ans. Sarojini Naidu
Question: Which of the following is not correctly matched ?
Ans. M.F. Hussain–Tabla
Question: The concept of ‘Din-e-Elahi’ was founded by which king ?
Ans. Akbar
Question: Who was the first Indian lady to preside over the Congress ?
Ans. Annie Besant
Question: Who wrote the book ‘India Wins Freedom’ ?
Ans. Maulana Abul Kalam Azad
Question: In India agriculture of jute is maximum on which Delta area ?
Ans. Ganga
Question: The most discussed Tehri Dam Project is located in which of the following States ?
Ans. Uttarakhand
Question: Which is the largest fresh water lake in the world?
(a) Chilika Lake
(b) Lake Baikal
(c) Lake Titicaca
(d) None of these
Answer: Lake Baikal
Question: Which is the largest freshwater lake in the UK?
(a) Chilika Lake
(b) Loch Morar
(c) Lake Titicaca
(d) None of these
Answer: Loch Morar

Question: What is the largest island in the UK?

(a) Lewis with Harris
(b) Great Britain
(c) Isle of Skye
(d) None of these
Answer: Great Britain

Question: what is area of Great Britain?

(a) 2,179.0
(b) 1,656.3
(c) 216,777
(d) None of these
Answer: 216,777

Question: Which is the largest freshwater lake in the USA?

(a) Lake Superior
(b) Lake Huron
(c) Lake Titicaca
(d) Lake Michigan
Answer: Lake Superior

Question: What is the deepest lake in the United States?

(a) Chilika Lake
(b) Lake Tahoe
(c) Crater Lake
(d) None of these
Answer: Crater Lake

Question: What is Maximum depth (feet) of Crater Lake?

(a) 1,486
(b) 1,943
(c) 1,332
(d) None of these
Answer: 1,943

Question: Lake Baikal is located in ?

(a) USA
(b) Canada
(c) India
(d) Russia
Answer: Russia

Question: Which is the largest lake in the Japan?

(a) Biwa
(b) Kawaguchi
(c) Mashū
(d) None of these
Answer: Biwa