25 Important GK
Question & Answers
1.Who was the first Indian to win All England Open Badminton
Championships Singles title?
A)
P.
Gopichand
B)
Prakash
padukone
C)
Saina
nehwal
D)
P
V sindu
Answer:- B
2. Who was the first recipient of Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna
Award ?
A)
Vishwanathan
Anand
B)
Sachin
Tendukar
C)
Dhyan
chand
D)
Kapil
dev
Answer:-A
3. Which of the following is called the "Gateway to the
Pacific" ?
A)
Suez
Canal
B)
New
York
C)
Tokyo
D)
Panama
canal
Answer:- D
4. A valley with steep, parallel walls along the fault lines,
formed by the subsidence of a part of earth's crust is known as
A)
Rift
valley
B)
Drift
valley
C)
Hanging
valley
D)
gorge
Answer:- A
5. Which planet is called drift planet?
A)
Mars
B)
Pluto
C)
Mercury
D)
Venus
Answer:- B
A non-satellite body fulfilling only the first two of these
criteria is classified as a "dwarf planet"
6. The world's largest lake is?
A)
Vitoria
lake
B)
Superior
lake
C)
Caspian
Sea
D)
Huron
lake
Answer:- C
Caspian Sea, Azerbaijan-Russia-Kazakhstan-Turkmenistan-Iran
(salt water) 152,239 sq mi
8. The outermost layer of Sun is called?
A)
Photosphere
B)
Crust
C)
Core
D)
chromosphere
Answer:-A
The outer layer of the sun is called the photosphere.
The part you can see during a solar eclipse is the corona. The outer layer of
the sun is called the photosphere.
9. Who was the founder of the Nanda dynasty?
A)
Mahapadma
Nanda
B)
Ajatasatru
C)
Bimbisara
D)
Dhanananda
Answer:- A
Mahapadma Nanda. The Nanda dynasty originated
from the region of Magadha in ancient India during the 4th century BCE and
lasted between 345–321 BCE.
10.What is the capital of turkey?
A)
Istanbul
B)
Ankara
C)
Jerusalem
D)
Byzantine.
Answer:- B
In 1923, Ankara was selected as Turkey's capital
to distance the new, secular republic from its Ottoman history.
11.What is the first capital of Pakistan after independence?
A)
Lahore
B)
Islamabad
C)
Karachi
D)
Rawalpindi
Answer:-C
Islamabad officially became the capital of Pakistan on 14
August 1967, exactly 20 years after the country's independence. Previously,
Rawalpindi was the capital, designated in 1958. The first capital of
Pakistan was the coastal city of Karachi.
12.
How much population is living below poverty line in India ?
A)Approx.
20%
B)Approx.
25%
C)Approx.
29%
D)Approx.
30%
Answer:-
D
India
accounted for the largest number of people living below international poverty
line in 2013, with 30 per cent of its population under the $1.90-a- day poverty
measure, the World Bank said.
13.Which
is the only country in the world to have a non rectangular national flag?
A)Nepal
B)Bhutan
C)Brunei
D)China
Answer:-
A
The
national flag of Nepal is the world's only non-quadrilateral national flag. The
flag is a simplified combination of two single pennons, known as a double
pennon
14. Ornithophobia is
the fear of_________.
A)Birds
B)Conservations
C)Buildings
D)Cockroach's
Answer:-
A
Ornithophobia is a
type of specific phobia, an abnormal, irrational fear of birds. It
is perhaps the least common of all phobias. Ornithophobia is
usually caused by an intense negative experience from your past.
15.When
sun is shining vertically over tropic of Capricorn.
A)Days
and night are equal over the entire globe
B)Night
are longer then days in the southern hemisphere
C)Nights
are equal to 24 hours over the arctic circle
D)Days
and night are of 12 hour duration over Antarctica circle
Answer:-C
The
Arctic and Antarctic Circles are located at ±66.5 degrees latitude. Note that
66.5 + 23.5 equals 90 degrees. This means that on December 21, when the Sun is
directly over the Tropic of Capricorn at noon, it will not be visible from the
Arctic Circle.
16.Who
was the first player to play 100 consecutive test match's including his debut
test ?
A)ABD
Villiers
B)Alistair
cook
C)Brendon
McCullum
D)Rahul
Dravid
Answer:-
C
Players
who have played 100 or more consecutive Tests from debut. Brendon McCullum has
become the first to achieve this feat. He made his Test debut on March 10, 2004
against South Africa in Hamilton and appeared for the 100th time in Tests for
New Zealand in this match. Four players have played 100 or more consecutive
Tests, but none, before McCullum,
from their debuts.
17.
Who is author of “The Indian Struggle 1920-1942”?
A) Subhash
Chandra bose
B) Dadabhai Naoroji
C) Maulana Abul Kalam Azad
D) Neelam Sanjeeva
Reddy
Answer:
A
The
Indian Struggle, 1920–1942 is a two-part book by the Indian nationalist leader Netaji Subhash
Chandra Bose that covers the 1920–1942 history of the Indian independence
movement to end British imperial rule over India.
18.
Who had become the longest serving chief minister in India?
A) Pawan
Kumar Chamling
B) Manik Sarkar
C) Jyotirindira Basu
D) Karunanidhi
Answer:-A
•Pawan
Kumar Chamling
(Sikkim) - 23 years 4 months 20 days
•Jyotirindira Basu
(West Bengal) - 23 years 4 months 17 days
•Manik Sarkar
(Tripura) - 19 years 11 months 28 days
•Karunanidhi (Tamilnadu) -
18 years 9 months 23 days
•
20.
How many Indian states have bicameral legislature?
A) 8
B) 9
C) 6
D) 7
Answer:- D
The
Constitution of India had
the provision of establishing bicameral
legislatures in more populous states of the country. Present states such as
Bihar, UP, Maharashtra, Karnataka, AP, Telangana and
J & K were slated to have two houses. However I feel that Legislative
Councils are an unnecessary adjunct.
21.
How many sessions of the Lok Sabha take
place in a Year
A) 1
B) 2
C) 3
D) 4
Answer:-
C
Normally
three Sessions of the Lok Sabha are
held in a year, viz.,
BudgetSession-February-May
MonsoonSession-July-August
Winter Session - November - December
MonsoonSession-July-August
Winter Session - November - December
22.
The Constitution of India borrowed the scheme of Indian Federation from
the Constitution of
A)UK
B)USA
C)Australia
D)Canada
Answer:-
D
23.
Which was the ancient port of Indus Civilization ?
A)
Harappa
B) Lothal
C) Dholavira
D) Surkotada
Answer:-B
24.
When did Vasco-da-Gama come to India ?
A)
1492
B)
1494
C)
1496
D)
1498
Answer:-D
The
fleet arrived in Kappadu near
Kozhikode (Calicut), in Malabar Coast (present day Kerala state of India), on
20 May 1498
25.
When was Burma separated from India
A)
1936
B)
1937
C)
1938
D)
1939
Answer:-B
Burma
was separated from India in the year 1937 by the British Government. Burma
was formed as an independent country then and was named as Myanmar.
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