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Simple but Important GK questions: All about Vitamins

Vitamins and Chemical Names


Vitamin A =>> Retinol

Vitamin B1 =>> Thiamine

Vitamin B3 =>> Niacin

Vitamin B5 =>> Pantothenic acid

Vitamin C =>> Ascorbic acid

Vitamin D =>> Calciferol

Vitamin E =>> Tocoferol

Vitamin K  =>>  Phylloquinone

Vitamin B2 =>> Riboflavin

Vitamin B7 =>> Biotin

Vitamin B9  =>>  Folic acid 

Vitamin B12  =>>  Cyanocobalamin




Frequently asked gk questions about Vitamins


1. The study of Vitamin is known as ?
Answer: Vitaminology


2. Which Vitamin is known as the anti-infective vitamin ?
Answer: Vitamin A


3. What is the source of Vitamin A in Leafy vegetables ?
Answer: Carotene

4. Which is the pigment giving yellow colour to Milk ?Answer: Carotene


5. Which is the Vitamin giving yellow colour to Milk ?
Answer: Vitamin B2 


 6. Unpolished rice is a rich source of which vitamin ?
Answer: Thiamine (Vitamin B1)


7. Which Vitamin is used for ELISA test (AIDS) ?
 Answer: Vitamin B7 (Biotin)


8. Which Vitamin contains Cobalt ?
Answer: Vitamin B12 (Cyanocobalamin)


9. Which Vitamin helps to heal wound ?
Answer: Vitamin C


10. Which Vitamin helps in blood clotting ?
Answer: Vitamin K


11. Which Vitamin helps immunity of body ?
Answer: Vitamin C


 12. Which is the first artificially synthesized Vitamin ?
Answer: Vitamin C

13 . Which Vitamin helps in the absorption of Calcium ? 
Answer: Vitamin D

14. Important natural source of vitamin D ? 
Answer: Sun Light

15. metal present in vitamin b12? 
Answer: cobalt



Vitamin deficiency diseases

1. Anaemia is caused by Deficiency of ?
Answer: Vitamin B12

2. Scurvy is caused by Deficiency of ?
Answer: Vitamin C

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General Knowledge Quiz: 1857 Rebellion / First War of Independence

All important General knowledge Quiz questions about First War of Indian Independence (Indian Rebellion of 1857 or The Sepoy Mutiny / Indian Mutiny)



1. Who was the first martyr of revolt of 1857?
Answer: Mangal Pandey

 *Notes: 
  a. Birth place of Mangal Pandey : Uttar Pradesh 
  b. where was mangal pandey hanged? : Barrackpore

2. Who was the Sargent shot dead by Mangal Pandey ?
Answer: Major Hudson

3. Who gave the name "First War of Indian Independence" to rebellion of 1857 ?
Answer: V.D Savarkar  (VD Savarkar airport is situated in Portblair)

4. Who wrote the book "The History of the War of Indian Independence" ?
Answer: V.D. Savarkar

* 5. Which British historian described the revolt of 1857 as Sepoy Mutiny ?
Answer: John Lawrence, Earl Stanley

6. What is the real name of Jhansi Rani Lakshmi Bai ?
Answer: Manikarnika

* 7. Who was the commander captured Jhansi ?
Answer: Hugh Rose


8. Who became the King of Delhi after Indian Rebellion of 1857 ?
Answer: Bahadur Shah II (the last Mughal emperor, exiled in Rangoon)


9. Who called 1857 Revolt as "neither first nor national war of Independence" ?
 Answer: R.C Majumdar

10. Who wrote the book 'Great rebellion' ?
Answer: Ashok Meta

*11. Sepoy Mutiny was started at which date?
Answer: 1857 may 10

*12. Sepoy Mutiny was started from which place?
Answer: meerut

Place and the leaders of Rebellion

Barakpore  =>>  Mangal Pandey

Delhi  =>>  Bahadur Shah II , Bhakth Khan

Kanpur  =>> Nana Sahib

Lucknow  =>>  Begum Hazrat Mahal

Gwalior  =>>  Tantya Tope

 Jhansi  =>>   Rani Lakshmi Bai

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GK and Current affairs 2020

1. Gnawa music is the traditional music of which country ?
Answer: Morocca
 
2.Newly appointed army chief?
Answer: Manoj Naravane


3 Who is the first chief of defence staff of india?
Answer: General Bipin Rawat

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Freedom fighter: Dadabhai Naoroji

Important GK questions about Dadabhai Naoroji 

Studying the answers given below are so simple, don't forget to study the questions too


1. Who is the founder of East India Association ?
Answer: Dadabhai Naoroji 


2. Who is the father of Indian politics ?
Answer: Dadabhai Naoroji


3. Who is the father of Indian economics ?
Answer: Dadabhai Naoroji 


4. who are the founders of London Indian Society 
Answer: Dadabhai Naoroji and W.C. Bonnerjee


5. Who is the creator of Drain theory ?
Answer: Dadabhai Naoroji 


6. Who is the creator of Brain Drain theory ?
Answer: Dadabhai Naoroji 


7. Who is the first Indian elected to British parliament ?
Answer: Dadabhai Naoroji


8. Who coined the name Indian National Congress (INC) ?
Answer: Dadabhai Naoroji


9. Who used the word 'Swaraj' firstly ?
Answer: Dadabhai Naoroji


10. Who is the first Indian calculated the national Income ?
Answer: Dadabhai Naoroji


11. Who was the Second President of Indian National Congress ?
 Answer: Dadabhai Naoroji

12. Who has the nick name "Grand old man of India" ?

Answer: Dadabhai Naoroji

13. Who wrote the book "Poverty and Un-British Rule in India" ?

Answer: Dadabhai Naoroji

14. What is the name of news paper started by Dadabhai Naoroji ?

Answer: Voice of India

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GK questions from Committees and commissions related to important events

Mukherjee Commission is related to?
Answer: Inquiry about Death of Subhash Chandra Bose

Panchayati raj was created under the recommendations of which commission?
Answer: Balwantt Rai Mehta Committee

 RBI was established on recommendations of which commission?
Answer: Hiton Young commission

IRDA was established on recommendation of which committee ?
Answer: R N Malhothra

Gadgil committee is associated with?
Answer:Protection of Western Ghats

Central Vigilance Commission (CVC) was set up on recommendation of which committee?
Answer: K. Santhanam Committee

Sarkaria commission is related to?
answer: To study the problems connected with Centre- state

Commission appointed for Inquiry into the Conspiracy to Murder Mahatma Gandhi?
Answer: Justice Jivanlal Kapur Commission

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GK Quiz Questions Related to Swami Vivekananda - The Great Indian Philosopher

Important GK Questions Connected to Swami Vivekananda and Ramakrishna mission

What is the real name of Swami Vivekananda?
Answer: Narendra Dutta

Who was known as cyclonic Hindhu?
Answer:  Swami Vivekananda

Who is the founder of Ramakrishna mission?
answer: Swami Vivekananda

Which is the Headquarters of Ramakrishna mission?
Answer: Belur Math

Waht is the Motto of Ramakrishna mission?
Answer: Atmano Mokshartham Jagat Hitaya

Who raised the Slogan "Back to Gita" ?
Answer: Swami Vivekananda

The Birth day of Swami Vivekanada is celebrated as ?
Answer: National Youth Day(January 12)

Swami Vivekananda was born on ?
answer: 12 January 1863

Who wrote the book "Man the maker of his own Destiny"?
Answer: Swami Vivekananda

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GK for Gandhi Jayanti : Frequently asked questions About GANDHI

If you can answer these Important questions about Mahatma Gandhi, you will surely get 1 mark in IBPS , UPSC, Bank clerk like exams. So Start to learn from Gandhi

 
Gandhiji's visit to different states

Q. When did Gandhiji visit Kerala for the first time?
Answer: 1920

Q. In which year Mahatma Gandhi visited TamilNadu(Madras) for the first time ?
Answer:1896

Q. When did Gandhi visit Karnataka for the first time?
Answer: 1915

1. When did Gandhiji born?
Answer: in 1869 October 2


2. When did Gandhiji went to South Africa to practice law?
Answer: in 1893


3. Where did Gandhiji's first Satyagraha experimented?
Answer: South Africa in 1906, September to protest against the Asiatic Ordinance issued against the Indians in Transval


4. When was Gandhiji's first imprisonment?
Answer: 1908 at Johannesberg in South Africa


5. In which railway station where Gandhiji was humiliated and ousted ?
Answer: Peter Marits Burg Railway Station in SouthAfrica


6. When did Gandhiji started Tolstoy Farm (SouthAfrica)?
Answer: in 1910


7. Where did Gandhiji started the Phoenix Settlement ?
Answer: Durban in South Africa


8. What is the name of weakly started by Gandhiji in SouthAfrica?
Answer: Indian opinion (1904)


9. When did Gandhiji returned to India from South Africa ?
Answer: 9th January 1915.
January 9 is observed as Pravasi Bharatiya Divas


10. Where was Gandhiji’s first satyagraha in India?
Answer: It was for the right of Indigo workers in Champaran in 1917


11. Where was gandhiji’s first fast (Gandhiji’s second satyagraha in India)?
Answer: In Ahmadabad


12. Which causes Gandhiji to abandoned his title Kaiser-I-Hind?
Answer: Jallianwalabagh Massacre (1919)


13. Who started weeklies named Young India and Navjeevan?
Answer: Mahatma Gandhi


14. Which is the only Congress session presided over by Gandhiji?
Answer: Congress session at Belgaum in 1924


15. Who started All India Harijan Samaj in 1932?
Answer: Mahatma Gandhi


16. Where is Wardha Ashram situated?
Answer: In Maharashtra


17. When did Gandhiji started the weekly Harijan?
Answer: 1933


18. Gandhiji called Subhash Chandra Bose as _________?
Answer: Patriot


19. Who called Gandhiji as “Half naked Seditious Fakir”?
Answer: Winston Churchill


20. Who gave the name ‘Gurudev’ to Tagore?
Answer: Mahatma Gandhi


21. Who called Gandhiji as ‘Mahatma’?
Answer: Tagore


22. Who is political guru of Gandhiji ?
Answer: Gopal Krishna Gokhale


23. Who is considered as spiritual guru of Gandhiji?
Answer: Leo Tolstoy


24. When did Gandhiji assassinated?
Answer: 1948 January 30 by Nadhuram Vinayak Godse


25. What was called as 'Post Dated Cheque' by Gandhiji ?
Answer: Cripps's Mission (1942)


26. When did Gandhiji published 'Hind Swaraj' ?
Answer: In the year 1908


27. who gave Baba Amta the title 'Abhay Sadak' ?
Answer: Mahatma Gandhi


28. The period which is considered as 'Gandhian Era' in Indian Independence struggle ?
Answer: 1915 - 1948


29. Where was Gandhiji’s third satyagraha in India?
Answer:  kheda satyagraha


30. What is the real name of Gandhi's Autobiography ?
Answer: Satya na prayogo


31. What is the period that referred in Gandhi's Autobiography ?
Answer: 1869 - 1921


32. When did Autobiography of Gandhiji first published ?
Answer: 1927 (in Navajeevan)



33. In which language Gandhiji wrote his Autobiography ?
Answer: Gujarati


34.  Who translated Gandhi's autobiography into English ?
Answer:  Mahadev Desai


35. Who founded Satyagrah Sabha ?
Answer: Mahatma Gandhi


36. Who was the secretary of Mahatma Gandhi after the demise of Mahadev Desai ?
Answer: Pyarelal


37. What is the real name of Mira Behn, the disciple of Gandhiji ?
Answer: Madeleine Slade


38. Who compared Gandhi's Dandi March to the legendary journey of Sri Rama to Lanka ?
Answer: Motilal Nehru



* Persons having nick name as Gandhi


39. Who is known as Frontier Gandhi ?
Answer: Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan


40. Who is known as Bihar Gandhi ?
Answer: Dr. Rajendra Prasad


41. Who is known as Modern Gandhi ?
 Answer: Baba Amte


42. Who is known as Sri Lankan Gandhi ?
 Answer: A.T. Ariyaratne


43. Who is known as American Gandhi ?
Answer: Martin Luther King


44. Who is known as Burmese Gandhi ?
Answer: General Aung San


45. Who is known as African Gandhi ?
Answer:  Kenneth Kaunda


46. Who is known as South African Gandhi ?
Answer:  Nelson Mandela


47. Who is known as Kenya Gandhi ?
 Answer:  Jomo Kenyatta


48. Who is known as Indonesian Gandhi ?
Answer:  Ahmed Sukarno

Some of the Books about Gandhi.

49. Who wrote the book "The words of Gandhi" ?
Answer: Mahatma Gandhi

Other Books written by Gandhiji - 
"The Essential Gandhi" ,   "The Wit and Wisdom of Gandhi" ,      "The Penguin Gandhi reader","Gandhi on Islam",      "The Bhagavad Gita According to Gandhi",    "The book of Gandhi wisdom",       "Hind swaraj and other writings",           "The Way to God",    "For Pacifists"

50. Who is the write of  "Gandhi on Non-Violence" ?
Answer: Thomas Merton

51. "The Life Of Mahatma Gandhi" is written by?
Answer:Louis Fischer

52. who is the author of "Great Soul: Mahatma Gandhi and his Struggle with India"
Answer: Joseph Lelyveld


Miscellaneous Questions about Gandhiji

*53. Which Round table Conference was attended by gandhiji?
Answer: Second

*54. second round table conference was held at which year?
Answer: 1931 

*55. Which is the gandhiji's first political agitation in india ?
Answer: Champaran Satyagraha


 

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Frequent Chemistry GK Questions

Twenty percentage Questions in all Competitive exams are from Chemistry. We list the most important and frequent questions from Chemistry GK

The acids formed when fruits are subjected to fermentation?
Answer: acetic acid

The compound used in extinguishing the electric fire?
Answer: Carbon tetra chloride(also called Pyrin)



Major component in Nail polish remover?
Answer: Aceton

Cane Sugar is chemically known as?
Answer: Sucrose

The chemical name of Aspirin?
Answer: Acetylsalicylic acid

The structure of Benzene was founded by?
 Answer: Friedrich August Kekule

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National Wildlife Sanctuaries and National parks in India for GK exams

GK Questions from Principal Game sanctuaries, Bird Sanctuary and states are frequently asked questions for upsc, psc,bank clerk, RRB and ibps exams .



1. Gir National Park is situated in Gujarat

 *1a. Wild Ass Sanctuary is situated in Little Rann of Kutch, Gujarat

2. Sariska is situated in Alwar, Rajasthan

3. Ghana Bird Sanctuary is situated in Rajasthan

4. Darraha Wildlife Sanctuary is situated in Rajasthan

5. Mt. Abu Wildlife Sanctuary is situated in Rajasthan

6. Ranthambore Wildlife Sanctuary is situated in Rajasthan

7. Hazaribagh Wildlife Sanctuary is situated in Hazaribag, Jarkhand

8. Mudhumalai Wildlife Sanctuary is situated in Nilgiris, Tamil Nadu

9. Periyar Wildlife Sanctuary is situated in Idukki, Kottayam, Kerala

* 9a. Silent valley National park is situated in Nilgiri hills, Kerala

10. National Chambal (Gharial) Wildlife Sanctuary is situated in Etawah, Uttar Pradesh

11. Chandraprabha Wildlife Sanctuary is situated in Uttar Pradesh

12. Bankatna Wildlife Sanctuary is situated in Uttar Pradesh

 13. Nanda Devi Musk Deer Park is situated in Uttarakhand (included in UNESCO World Heritage List)

14. Corbett National Park is situated in Nainital, Uttarakahnd

15. Bondla Game Sanctuary is situated in Goa

16. Mollem Game Sanctuary is situated in Goa

17. Cottigao Wildlife Sanctuary is situated in Goa

18. Sunderbans National Park is situated in West Bengal (included in UNESCO World Heritage List)

19. Kaziranga Wildlife Sanctuary is situated in Assam (included in UNESCO World Heritage List)

20. Manas Wildlife Sanctuary is situated in Assam (included in UNESCO World Heritage List)

21. Dachigam Wildlife Sanctuary is in Srinagar, Jammu & Kashmir

22. Salim Ali National Park is situated in Jammu & Kashmir

 23. Nagarhole National Park (Rajiv Gandhi National Park) is situated in Karnataka

24. Bandipur National Park is situated in Karnataka

25. Kanha National Park is situated in Madhya Pradesh

26. Achanakmar Wildlife Sanctuary is situated in Chattisgarh

27. Gandhisagar Wildlife Sanctuary is situated in Madhya Pradesh

*Which is India's first national park ?Answer:  Jim Corbett National Park, Uttarakhand

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GK Related to Canals and international waterways

General knowledge questions related to canals and straits are common in PSC exams. Some important questions for your quick reference

Panama canal connects between ?

Answer : Atlantic Ocean and Pacific Ocean

Suez Canal connects between ?

Answer: Mediterranean Sea and Red Sea

Strait of Magellan linking which oceans?

Answer: Atlantic and Pacific oceans

English Channel separates which countries?

Answer: France and England

English Channel connects between ?

Answer: North Sea and Atlantic Ocean

Strait of Gibraltar connects between ?

Answer: Atlantic Ocean and Mediterranean Sea

Strait of Gibraltar separates which continent?

Answer: Europe and Africa

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GK Important days :Frequent questions

National voters day is celebrated on?
Answer:  25 January


World radio day is celebrated on ?
Answer: February 13

which day is celebrated as world day of social justice
Answer: February 20

world Tuberculosis day is observed on?
answer: march 24

World Environment Day is celebrated on ?
Answer: June 5

World Alzheimer's Day is celebrated on?
Answer: 21 September

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Basic gk Questions for kids about India : 2019

Simple GK Quiz Questions for KIDS

Which is the Largest state in India?
Answer: Rajasthan

Which is the Smallest state in India?
Answer: Goa

Which is the longest Dam in India?
Answer: Hirakud

Which is the Highest Dam in India?
Answer: Tehri Dam

Which Indian state have longest coastline?
Answer: Gujarat

The longest river in India?
Answer: Ganga

Indian State with lowest coastline?
Answer: Goa

Largest district In India?
Answer: Kutch

Smallest district in India?
Answer: Mahe

Largest Union Territory of India?
Answer: Andaman & Nicobar Island

Smallest Union Territory of India?
Answer: Lakshadweep

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Latest GK and Current affairs 2019

2019 Important current affairs GK Questions and General awareness Questions for all Competitive exams

Dan David prize 2019 winner?
Answer: Sanjay Subrahmanyam from India

Which country is the 30th member of NATO?
Answer: Macedonia

New chairman of African union?
Answer: Abdel Fattah el-Sisi

Who is the chairman of UPSC?
Answer: Arvind Saxena

Recently appointed Chief Information Commissioner  (CIC)
Answer:Sudhir Bhargava

Who is the present chief of CBI?
Answer: Rishi Kumar Shukla


Who was re elected as president of Nigeria?
Answer: Muhammadu Buhari

Sampriti 2019 was the joint military exercise between India and ________?
Answer: Bangladesh

Who is the recently appointed Palestine prime minister?
Answer: Mohammad Shtayyeh

Which countries are affected by Cyclone "Idai" ?
Answer: Mozambique, Zimbabwe, and Malawi

2019 Sports Related Current Affairs

Who is the winner of Laureus Award for Sportsman of the Year?
Answer: Novak Djokovic

Who is the winner of Laureus Award for Sportswoman of the Year?
Answer: Simone Biles from United states

Simone Biles is related to which sports item?
Answer: Gymnastics

Who is the winner of 2019 Australian Open Men's singles?
Answer: Novak Djokovic from serbia

Who is the winner of 2019 Australian Open Women's singles?
Answer: Naomi Osaka from japan

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Simple and Funny GK Questions for Kids

The organism which has red sweat?
Answer: Hippopotamus

which male animal give birth to child?
Answer: Sea Horse

Who is the author of Novel "Harry Potter"?
Answer:  J. K. Rowling

Who is the author of book "The adventures of robin hood" ?
Answer:  Howard Pyle
Red Data Book is prepared by ?
Answer: IUCN

What is the full form for IUCN?
Answer: International Union for Conservation of Nature

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Computer Related GK Questions from competitive exams

Computer related GK Questions are common in all exams, here is some computer related  questions from PSC Exams

1. Who invented Laptop ?
Answer: Adam Osborne

2. Who is the first programmer
Answer: Ada Lovelace (Augusta Ada King-Noel)

3. The Information technology act was came in to existence from which year?
Anser: 2000

4. The inventor of www (World wide web) ?
answer: Tim Berner's lee

5. Computer Mouse was invented  by ?
Answer: Douglas Engelbart

6. Computer Mouse is which type of device(Input/output)?
Answer:  Input device

some other Input devices are - keyboard, scanner, joystick 

examples of Output devices: Printer, monitor, speakers, projector

7. What is the full form for USB ?
Answer: Universal serial bus

8.What is the purpose of BUS in computer?
Answer: BUS connects components of computer 

9. what is the full form for  RAM
Answer: Random access memory

10. what is the full form for  ROM
Answer: Read only memory

11*. Who is the father of computer science?
Answer: Alan turing

12*. Who is the father of computer ?
Answer: Charles Babbage

13*. Who is the founder of hotmail ?
 Answer: Sabeer Bhatia

14*. Device used for modulation and demodulation of signals?
Answer: modem 

 15.   Information technology act 2000 was came in to force from which date?
Answer: 17 october  2000

 Simple Computer linked Questions

*16. First electronic computer?
answer: ENIAC

*17. ENIAC stands for?
Answer: Electronic Numerical Integrator and Calculator





*18. Vacuum Tubes are used in which Generation of computers?
Answer: First Generation of computers


*19. Transistors are used in which Generation of computers?
Answer: Second Generation of computers


*20. IC chips are used in which Generation of computers?
Answer: Third Generation of computers

*21. Micro processors are used in which Generation of computers?
Answer: Fourth Generation of computers


 
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Simple General Knowledge questions and answers : updated

Gk Questions taken from our Online GK service


Retrieving gk questions from online gk box is very difficult, so we are posting some selected important gk questions from the Gk box. These gk questions are shared by our Online visitors.

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1. The spherical shape of a drop is due to _______ ?
Answer: Surface tension


*2.  Who is the present RBI Governor ?
Answer:   Urjit Patel


3. Earth is protected from Ultra voilet radiation by _______ ?
Answer: Ozone


4. If we move from equator to pole the value of acceleration due to gravity "g"_______ ?
Answer:  Increases


5. Capital of VeneZuela ?
Answer: Karakkas


6. Solid carbon dioxide is known as ______?
Answer: Dry ice


7.  VAT was first introduced in which country ?
Answer: France


8. Which instrument is used to measure blood pressure ?
Answer: Sphygmomano meter


9. How many coastal states are in India ?
Answer: 9


10. The country which lost the largest number of people in the 2nd world war ?
Answer: Japan


11. How many fundamental duties are laid in the constitution of India ?
Answer: 11

11 a. How many fundamental rights are recognized in the constitution of India ?
Answer: 6

12. Which is the Biggest Museum ?
Answer:  British Museum, London


13. Shora is the parliament of  _______?
Answer: Afghanistan


14. Who is the first person to get Param vir chakra ?
Answer: Major Somnath Sharma


15. Which is the largest fresh water lake in India ?
Answer: Wular Lake

15 a. Wular Lake is in which state?
Answer: Jammu and Kashmir

16. Which is the longest river in peninsular India ?
Answer: Godavari River

16 a. River godavari originates from ?
Answer: Brahmagiri Mountain


17. What is the full form of SIM ?
Answer: Subscriber Identity Module


18. Who is the founder of Van Mahotsav ?
Answer: K.M. Munshi


19. What is the full form of https ?
Answer:  Hypertext Transfer Protocol Secure



20. Where is Sardar Sarovar project situated ?
Answer: Gujarat


21. Which is the coldest planet in the solar system?
Answer: Neptune


22. Which is the Longest National Highway in India ?
Answer: NH 44 (old name NH 7)


23. Which is the smallest National Highway in India ?
Answer: NH 966B


24. How many bones are there in human skull ?
Answer: 22


25. Union public service commission  was established on ?
Answer: 1 October 1926


26. Kyoto protocol was adopted in which year ?
Answer: 11-Dec-1997

27. Kyoto protocol was came in to force from which year ?
Answer: 16-Feb-2005 

28.Kyoto is the city from which country?
Answer:japan 

29. Device used for measure radiation ?
Answer: geiger muller counter

Simple & Important GK Questions

30. Number of seats in Lok sabha?
Answer: 545 (543 elected+2 nominated)

31. Number of seats in Rajya  sabha?
Answer: 245 (233 elected+12 nominated) 

32. The second person who land on the moon?
Answer: Edwin Eugene Aldrin 

33. which country is known as land of white elephants?
Answer: Thailand

34. which country is known as land of cakes?
Answer: Scotland

35. which country is known as land of thousand lakes
Answer: Finland

36. which country is known as land of windmills
Answer: Netherland

37 . which country is known as land of lilies ?
Answer: Canada

38. Who are the founders of "Google"?
Answer: Larry Page, Sergey Brin

39. who is the author of  "Glimpses of World History" ?
Answer: Jawaharlal Nehru

40. who wrote the book "India Divided"?
Answer: Rajendra Prasad

*41. Who is the father of indian space program?
answer: Vikram Sarabhai

*42. Where is ISRO headquarters?
Answer: Bengaluru

*43.  Which team won first Twenty-20 worldcup at 2007?
Answer: India

*44.Intensity of light is measured by?

Answer: Lux meter

*45. Instrument used for recording sound underwaterAnswer: hydrophone

46. william harvey discovered blood circulation

47. What is full form of GSTAnswer: goods & service tax


48. gst first introduced in which country ?
Answer: france

49. solid carbon dioxide is dry ice

50. VAT first introduced in which country?
Answer: France

51. What is the fullform for VAT?
Answer: Value Added Tax

52. which is the highest civilian award in India?
Answer:Bharat Ratna

53. which is the highest mountain in world?
Answer: Mount everest

54. origami was originated from which country?
Answer: japan

55. Green planet in solar system?
Answer: Uranus 

*56. Which acid is known as  Muriatic acid?
Answer: Hydrochloric acid

*57. Which acid is known as Aqua fortis?
Answer: Nitric acid 

*58. Aqua regia is a mixture of?
Answer: Nitric acid and Hydrochloric acid

*58. What is the full form for "VoIP"?
Answer: Voice over internet protocol

*59. What is the full form for "LISP"?
Answer: Large scale integrated Circuit



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General knowledge quiz questions related to Supreme Court

Gk quiz questions related to Supreme Court of India



Present chief justice of India- Ranjan Gogoi

1. In which year Supreme Court of India came in to force ?
Answer: 1950 January 28


2. Who is the first chief Justice of India ?
Answer:  Harilal J Kania


3. Who is the 39th Chief Justice of India ?
Answer: Altamas Kabir



4. Which article in Indian Constitution gives the power of Writ jurisdiction to Supreme court ?
Answer: Article 32


5. Who appoints the judges of supreme court ?
Answer: President


*6. What is the monthly salary of chief Justice of Supreme court ?
Answer: 2.8 lakh (from 2018)


*7.  What is the monthly salary of judge of Supreme court ?
Answer: 2.5 Lakh(from 2018)


8. Who is the first female supreme court chief justice ?
answer: No female CJI yet


9. Who is the first female judge of supreme court ?
Answer: Fathima Beevi


*10. From Which country Indian Constitution Borrowed Supreme Court ?
Answer: America (USA)

11. What is the Motto of Supreme Court?
Answer: "Yato Dharmastato Jayaḥ"

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GK Questions for Defence(Army,Navy & AirForce) Exams, connected with National disaster management authority(NDMA)

National disaster management authority of India is chaired by?
 Answer: Prime Minister

National disaster management authority of India came in to force from?
Answer: 2005 May 30

Where is the Headquarters of National disaster management authority of India?
Answer: NDMA Bhavan,New delhi

Where is Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel National Police Academy located?
 Answer: Hyderabad

Where is Lal Bahadur Shastri National Academy of Administration located?
Answer: Mussoorie, Uttarakhand

Where is Administrative Staff College of India located?
 Answer: Hyderabad , Telangana

Where is Indian Institute of Public Administration located?
Answer: New Delhi

Where is Indian Military Academy is located?
Answer: Dehradun

Where is  National Defence Academy (NDA) is located?
Answer: Pune, Maharashtra

Where is National Defence College is located?
Answer: New Delhi


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