Top 100+ GK Questions, GK Questions Answers

Question: Where is the national song of India Vande Mataram taken from?

Answer: The National Song of India is taken from the novel Anandamath by Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay in 1882.

Question: Who was the first woman chairman of UPSC?

Answer: Everyday Million Bathrooms

Question: By which constitutional amendment the minimum age to vote was raised to 18 years?

Answer: 61st Constitutional Amendment Act, 1989

Question: Where is Lake Titicaca located?

Answer: Peru and Bolivia

Question: Who was the first woman judge of the Supreme Court?

Answer: Meera Sahib Fatima Bibi

Question: On which river is the Tulbul Project situated?

Answer: Jhelum River

Question –: When and where was the first Indian postage stamp printed?

Answer – July 1854, Calcutta

Question –: Which lake is there in the world which keeps on changing into sweet and salt water after every twelve years?

Answer – Urotso Lake of Tibet

Question –: Where is the birth place of Dr. Bhimrao Ambedkar?

Answer –: Mhow (Madhya Pradesh)

Question –: In which state is Masinram, the place with the highest rainfall in India?

Answer – Meghalaya

Question –: When did the Constituent Assembly approve the design of the national flag?

Answer – July 22, 1947

Question –: From where was the famous Kohinoor diamond obtained?

Answer – From Golconda mine

Question –: Which region is called the Roof of the world?

Answer: Pamir plateau

Question –: Which Indian emperor died while playing polo?

Answer: Qutubchin ibak

Question: Who is known as Frontier Gandhi?

Answer: Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan

Question: Where is the headquarters of United Nations Children's Education Fund (UNICEF) located?

Answer: New York

Question: Who founded the Ramakrishna Mission?

Answer: Swami Vivekananda

Question: Which country is called the land of the rising sun?

Answer: Japan

Question: When was the Quit India Movement started?

Answer: 8 August 1942

Question: Who is the father of white revolution in India?

Answer: Dr. Verghese Kurien

Question: What is the minimum age to become a member of Lok Sabha?

Answer: 25 Years

Question: Which is the national aquatic animal of India?

Answer: Ganges Dolphin

Question: Which country won the first Cricket World Cup?

Answer: West Indies

Question: On the basis of which article the President's rule is imposed when the constitutional machinery fails in the states?

Answer: Article 356

Question: Under which article, the right to education for children between the ages of 6 and 14 has been considered as a fundamental right?

Answer: Article 21 (A)

Question: What was the name of the first spacecraft to land a man on the Moon?

Answer –: Apollo – 11

Question: Where is the headquarters of International Monetary Fund (IMF) located?

Answer: Washington D.C.

Question: Who discovered the rabies vaccine?

Answer: Louis Pasteur

Q: Where is Lake Superior located?

Answer: United States and Canada

Question: Who is called Napoleon of India?

Answer: Samudragupta

Question: By which virus is swine flu spread?

Answer –: H1N1

Question: Where is the World Health Organization located?

Answer: Geneva, Switzerland

Question: By what name is the India-Pakistan border line known?

Answer: Red Cliff Line

Question: When and where did India conduct the first nuclear test?

Answer – 14 May 1974 (Pokhran, Rajasthan)

Question: Which is the highest plateau in the world?

Answer: Tibet Plateau (Pamir Plateau)

Question: Which Indian leader is known as the Iron Man of India?

Answer: Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel

Question: Who is the constitutional head of India?

Answer: President

Question: Who was the first Indian woman to win a medal in Olympics?

Answer: Karnam Malleswari

Question: What is the minimum age to be elected as the President of India?

Answer: 35 Years

Question: What is the chemical formula of baking soda?

Answer: NaHCO₃

Question: Which ocean is also known as the thirsty ocean?

Answer: Atlantic Ocean

Question: Where is the savanna grassland located?

Answer: Africa

Question: Where is the Gobi desert located?

Answer: Mongolia

Question: Which animal is called the ship of the desert?

Answer: Camel

Question: Who wrote Satyarth Prakash?

Answer: Swami Dayanand Saraswati

Question: Who was the first person in the world to reach the North Pole?

Answer: Robert Peary (from USA)

Question: Which Fundamental Right was removed by the 44th Constitutional Amendment?

Answer: Right to Property

Question: What is the name of the country that invented paper?

Answer: China

Question: Who is called the father of Sanskrit grammar?

Answer: Maharishi Panini

Question: Who was the Chairman of the Drafting Committee of the Constituent Assembly of India?

Answer: Dr. Bhimrao Ambedkar

Question: Which is the deepest trough in the world?

Answer: Mariana Trench (in the Pacific Ocean)

Question: Who was the first Indian Army Chief of the Indian Army?

Answer: General K.M. cariappa

Question: Who is called the father of history?

Answer: Herodotus

Question: Who invented the calculator?

Answer: Pascal

Question: Who is included in the electoral college for the election of the President?

Answer: Elected members of Rajya Sabha, Lok Sabha and State Legislative Assemblies

Question: Which ruler built the Gwalior Fort?

Answer: Surajsen

Question: Who invented email?

Answer: VA Shiva Ayyadurai (Indian American)

Question: Who was the founder of Tatvabodhini Sabha?

Answer: Debendranath Tagore

Question: Which continent is called the dark continent?

Answer: Continent of Africa

Question: What is a computer called in Hindi?

Answer: Computer

Question: Which is the longest mountain range in the world?

Answer: Andes ranges

Question - Which water treaty separates the continent of North America from the continent of Asia?

Answer: Bering Water Treaty

Question: What is the name of the Parliament of Russia?

Answer: Duma

Question: When and by whom was Bengal partitioned?

Answer: By Governor Lord Curzon in 1905 AD

Question: When was the Reserve Bank of India established?

Answer: 1st April 1935

Question: The language of the Preamble of India has been taken from the constitution of which country?

Answer: Australia

Question: Which is the largest bone of the human body?

Answer: Femur (thigh bone)

Question: Where did Mahatma Gandhi use Satyagraha for the first time in India?

Answer: Champaran (Bihar)

Question: Who is the author of Rajatarangini?

Answer: Kalhan

Question: Where is Loktak Lake situated?

Answer: Manipur

Question: Who is known as Punjab Kesari?

Answer: Lala Lajpat Rai

Question: Which gulf is situated between India and Sri Lanka?

Answer: Gulf of Mannar

Question: Where is the Pampas Meadow located?

Answer: Argentina

Question: Who invented dynamite?

Answer: Alfred Noble

Question: Where is Lipulekh pass located?

Answer: Uttarakhand

Question: Where was the capital of Avanti Mahajanapada?

Answer – Ujjain / Mahishmati

Question: Who invented the ATM?

Answer: John Shepherd Baron

Question: Who was the first Tirthankara of Jainism?

Answer: Rishabhdev

Question: Lai Haroba is the folk dance of which state?

Answer: Manipur

Question: Who gave the slogan of return to the Vedas?

Answer: Dayanand Saraswati

Question: What is called the powerhouse of the cell?

Answer: Mitochondria

Question: Which is the highest peak of South India?

Answer: Anaimudi Peak

Question: When did the Simon Commission arrive in India?

Answer: 3 February 1928

Question: Who is the first Indian woman to become Miss Universe?

Answer: Sushmita Sen

Question: Which is the largest river of peninsular India?

Answer: Godavari River

Question: Jnanpith Award is related to which field?

Answer: Literature

Question: Who discovered the Harappan Civilization?

Answer: Dayaram Sahni

Question: Where is Nathula Pass located?

Answer: Sikkim

Question: In 1782 AD, between whom was the treaty of Salbai done?

Answer: Between Mahadji Scindia and the British

Question: From which plant the malaria drug Kunin is obtained?

Answer: Cinchona

Question: Where is Lonar Lake located?

Answer: Maharashtra

Question: Which vitamin deficiency causes night blindness?

Answer: Vitamin A

Question: Where is Jim Corbett National Park located?

Answer: Uttarakhand

Question: When was the Sahitya Akademi, New Delhi established?

Answer: 1954 AD

Question: Where is the Palk Strait located?

Answer: Between India and Sri Lanka

Question: Where is Somnath Temple situated?

Answer: Gujarat

Question: Where is the Indian Meteorological Institute located?

Answer: New Delhi

Question: On the bank of which river Ayodhya is situated?

Answer: Saryu River

Question: Who propounded the Big Bang theory?

Answer: Georges Lemaitre

Question: What is isohaline related to?

Answer: Equal salinity

Question: Whose tomb is Shakti Sthal?

Answer: Indira Gandhi

Question: Who was the founder of Gupta dynasty?

Answer: Mr. Gupta

Question: What is the combined stream of the Ganges and Brahmaputra rivers in Bangladesh called?

Answer: Meghna River

Question: The Directive Principle of State Policy has been taken from the constitution of which country?

Answer: Ireland

Question: Balwant Rai Mehta Committee is related to?

Answer: Panchayati Raj System

Question: What is the name of the Parliament of Japan?

Answer: Diet

Question: What is Isobar related to?

Answer: Uniform atmospheric pressure

Question: Which player is known as the magician of hockey?

Answer: Major Dhyan Chand

Question: Who was the founder of Sankhya philosophy?

Answer: Maharishi Kapil

Question: What is the chemical name of Vitamin A?

Answer: Retinol

Question –: Bhopal gas accident happened due to the leakage of which gas?

Answer –: Methyl isocyanate

Question – Which gland of the human body is called the master gland?

Answer – Pituitary gland

Question – Which state is called the land of five rivers?

Answer – Punjab

Question – Which is the first talkie film of India?

Answer: Alam Ara

Question –: What is the reactor scale used to measure?

Answer: Earthquake intensity

 

Question –: In which state of India is the Kangchenjunga mountain peak located?

Answer – Sikkim

Question –: Who was the founder of the Servants of India Society?

Answer – Gopal Krishna Gokhale

Question – What are the three gems of Buddhism?

Answer – Buddha, Dhamma, Sangha

Question – Which is the first river valley project of independent India?

Answer – Damodar River Valley Project

Question: Which is the longest river in the world?

Answer – Nile River

Question –: Which temperature is the same in both Centigrade and Fahrenheit?

Answer – :- 40 degree

Question –: When was the Constitution of India implemented?

Answer: 26 January 1950

Question – What is the life span of human red blood cells?

Answer –: 120 days

Question – Which disease is caused by the deficiency of Vitamin B?

Answer – Beri-Beri

Question: What is the largest unit of measurement of distance?

Answer –: Parsec

Question: When did the First World War start?

Answer –: 1914

Question: Who was the first Indian to go to space?

Answer – Rakesh Sharma

Question –: When did the Jallianwala Bagh massacre take place?

Answer –: 13 April 1919

Question –: In which state are the Ajanta caves located?

Answer –: Maharashtra

Question –: On which river is the Bhakra Nangal Project situated?

Answer – Sutlej River

Question –: In which state is the Hirakud Dam located?

Answer –: Orissa

Question – Who was the first Governor General of independent India?

Answer –: C. Rajagopalachari

Question – Who invented the telephone?

Answer – Alexander Graham Bell

Question –: When did Mahatma Gandhi establish Sabarmati Ashram?

Answer –: 1916

Question –: When and where did the Chauri Chaura incident happen?

Answer –: On 4 February 1922 AD in Chauri Chaura town, Gorakhpur, Uttar Pradesh

Question –: When and where did the Moplah movement take place?

Answer –: 1921, Malabar, Kerala

Question: Who founded the Swaraj Dal?

Answer – Motilal Nehru and Chittaranjan Das

Question –: When and between whom was the Lucknow Pact signed?

Answer –: Between the Congress and the Muslim League in December 1916 AD.

Question –: Who was the first Indian woman president of the Indian National Congress?

Answer – Sarojini Naidu

Question –: When did the Dandi Yatra start?

Answer –: 12 March 1930

Question –: When was the Gandhi Irwin Pact done?

Answer –: 5 March 1931

Question: Who first called Mahatma Gandhi the Father of the Nation?

Answer – Subhash Chandra Bose

Question –: Under which plan was the partition between India and Pakistan done?

Answer – Mountbatten plan

Question – Which is the largest gland in the human body?

Answer: Liver

Question –: Who was the first Indian woman to go into space?

Answer – Kalpana Chawla

Question –: Who is the author of the book Ainne Akbari?

Answer: Abul Fazl

Question – Which is the largest state of India in area?

Answer – : Rajasthan

Question – Which acid is found in citrus fruits?

Answer –: Citric Acid

Question – Which is the oldest mountain range of India?

Answer – Aravalli mountain range

Question: Who is called the father of zoology?

Answer: Aristotle

Question – Who built the Agra Fort?

Answer: Akbar

Question – Whose birthday is celebrated as Sports Day?

Answer – Major Dhyan Chand

Question –: When is World Environment Day celebrated?

Answer – : 5th June

Question –: When did Champaran Satyagraha take place?

Answer –: April 19, 1917

Question –: On whose advice the President can dissolve the Lok Sabha before the expiry of its term?

Answer – Prime Minister

Question –: Who built the Stupa of Sanchi?

Answer – Emperor Ashoka

Question –: During whose reign did the famous Chinese traveler Fahien visit India?

Answer – Chandragupta II

Question –: Night blindness is caused by the deficiency of which vitamin?

Answer – Vitamin A

Question –: Pongal is the festival of which state?

Answer – Tamil Nadu

Question –: In which state Hornbill festival is celebrated?

Answer –: Nagaland

Question –: How many heart beats per minute in a healthy person?

Answer –: 72 times

Question: How many chambers are there in human heart?

Answer –: 4

Question –: What is the change in human blood pressure while running?

Answer: Increases.

Question – Who does the work of blood bank in the human body?

Answer –: Please

Question – What is the chemical name of common salt?

Answer –: NaCl

Question: Which is the purest form of carbon?

Answer – Diamond

Question – What is the reason for red color in blood?

Answer – Hemoglobin

Question – What is the important component of hemoglobin?

Answer – Red blood cells (RBC)

Question: Who gave the slogan of do or die?

Answer: Mahatma Gandhi

Question – How many members are nominated by the President in the Rajya Sabha?

Answer –: 12 members

Question – Who was the author of Harshacharita?

Answer: Banabhatta

Question –: Malayalam is the language of which state?

Answer –: Kerala

Question –: When was the first census conducted in India?

Answer –: In the tenure of Lord Mayo in 1872

Question – Where was the first session of the Indian National Congress held?

Answer –: In Mumbai (1885 AD)

Question –: Where is the headquarters of the United Nations Human Rights Commission located?

Answer –: Geneva

Question – In which vitamin cobalt is found?

Answer – In Vitamin B12

Question –: When is National Science Day celebrated?

Answer – 28 February

Question – What is the chemical name of laughing gas?

Answer – Nitrous Oxide (N2O)

Question – What is the duration of singing the national anthem?

Answer –: 52 seconds

Question –: Who built the Brihadeshwara Temple of Tanjore?

Answer: Chola ruler Rajaraja Chola first

Question: Who was the first woman to climb Mount Everest twice?

Answer – Santosh Yadav

Question –: By whom was the Brahmo Samaj founded?

Answer – Raja Rammohun Roy

Question –: Who invented the television?

Answer – John Logie Baird

Question – Who is the Supreme Commander of the Armed Forces in India?

Answer – President

Question – Which Sikh Guru is considered the founder of Sikhism?

Answer – Guru Nanak

Question –: Who was the first woman ruler of India?

Answer – Razia Sultan

Question: With whose help does the fish breathe?

Answer: With the help of gills

Question: Who gave the slogan of Inquilab Zindabad?

Answer: Bhagat Singh

Question –: Pongal is the festival of which state?

Answer – Tamil Nadu

Question –: Giddha and Bhangra are folk dances of which state?

Answer – Punjab

Question –: When and where did the Jallianwala Bagh massacre take place?

Answer –: 1919 AD Amritsar

Question –: Which party was founded by Subhash Chandra Bose after leaving the Congress in 1939?

Answer – : Forward Block

Question – Who is known as Punjab Kesari?

Answer – Lala Lajpat Rai

Question –: Who first gave his sacrifice in the rebellion of 1857 AD?

Answer: Mangal Pandey

Question: Who was the first woman governor of India?

Answer – Sarojini Naidu

Question – What was the original name of Swami Dayanand Saraswati?

Answer – Moolshankar

Question –: Who gave the slogan of loto towards Vedas?

Answer – Dayanand Saraswati

Question –: Who founded the Ramakrishna Mission?

Answer – Swami Vivekananda

Question –: When did Vasco da Gama come to India?

Answer –: 1498 AD

Question –: Where was Vasco da Gama from?

Answer –: Portugal

Question – Where is Hawa Mahal situated?

Answer –: Jaipur

Question – Where did Lord Buddha attain enlightenment?

Answer –: Bodhgaya

Question – Who founded Arya Samaj?

Answer: Swami Dayanand

Question – What is the script of Punjabi language?

Answer – Gurmukhi

Question – Which is the southernmost edge of the mainland of India?

Answer – Kanyakumari

Question – In which state the sun first rises in India?

Answer – Arunachal Pradesh

Question – Which great man is called Iron Man?

Answer – Sardar Patel

Question – Which great man is called Netaji?

Answer – Subhash Chandra Bose

Question –: Insulin is used in the treatment of which disease?

Answer: Diabetes

Question –: Bihu is the famous festival of which state?

Answer –: Assam

Question – What was the childhood name of Gautam Buddha?

Answer – Siddhartha

Question – Who is the author of Mahabharata?

Answer –: Maharishi Ved Vyas

Question –: Who wrote the book called Arthashastra?

Answer – Chanakya (Kautilya)

Question – Which is the main festival of Sikhs?

Answer –: crutches

Question – What is the name of the tomb of Lal Bahadar Shastri in Delhi?

Answer – Vijay Ghat

Question – Who gave the slogan of Jai Jawan, Jai Kisan?

Answer – Lal Bahadar Shastri

Question – Which vitamin is found in abundance in Amla?

Answer – Vitamin C

Question – Who was the first Governor General of India?

Answer – William Bentinck