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Wednesday 21 May 2014

GK Questions and answers for all Competitive Examinations



1. The Akali movement was formed in:
Answer: 1920
2. Who started the paper ‘Leader’?
Answer: Madan Mohan Malavya
3. Name the official organ of the Swaraj Party:
Answer: Hindustan Times
4. The college section and Gurukula Section were the divisions of:
Answer: Aryasamaj
5. The whitley commission on Labour was setup in:
Answer: 1929
6. Name the leader of the Revolt of 1857 who fled to Nepal?
Answer: Nanasaheb
7. Who is called as ‘Periyor’?
Answer: E.V Ramaswami Naicker
8. The Irwin Declaration was in:
Answer: 1929
9. The instruments or grants of adoption given to Hindu and Muslim princess after the Revolt of 1857 were called as:
Answer: Sanads
10. Name the author of the book “Thepeasantry in Bengal”?
Answer: R.C Dutt
11. The policy of the English East India company in Bengal during the Double Government was known as:
Answer: Masked system
12. Who was forced to leave the Indian National Congress following the notorious Gurukula incident of Tirunelvelley?
Answer: E.V Ramaswami Naicker
13. Who made the August Declaration of 1917?
Answer: Edwin Montague
14. When did Tilak declare “Swaraj is my birth right, and I shall have it”?
Answer: 1916
15. When did Gandhiji serve a ’11 point Ultimatum’ on the British Government?
Answer: Before starting the civil disobedience movement.
16. Name the revolutionary terrorist who ended his days as a Ramakrishna mission swami.
Answer: Jatindranath Bandopadhyay
17. Name the first session of Indian National Congress in which Jawaharlal Nehru participated:
Answer: Bankipore (1912)
18. Who started Ganesh and Shivaji festivals for anti-British propaganda?
Answer: Bala Gangadhara Tilak
19. Muhammadali Jinnah drafted the 14 points against:
Answer: Nehru Report
20. Which considered as the parental home of Bhagavatism?
Answer: Mathura
21. Who is called as the ‘Paragon of Vedantist’?
Answer: Swami Vivekananda
22. Which is considered as ‘Dravida Veda’?
Answer: Thevaram
23. Name the European power who built the first Carmelite church in Kerala.
Answer: The Dutch
24. The outsiders who settled down in tribal areas were called as:
Answer: Diku

25. The number of schedules to the Constitution of India:
Answer: 12
1st schedule - Names of states and UT
2nd schedule - Salaries of constitutional authorities
3rd schedule - Forms of oaths
4th schedule - Representation to the state in parliament
5th schedule - Special protection to schedule tribes and areas
6th schedule - Special protection of tribal people
7th schedule - Division of power between central and state govt.
8th schedule - Recognized languages
9th schedule - Land reforms act
10th schedule- Anti defection
11th schedule - Functions of panchayat raj
12th schedule - Functions of urban local govt
26. Atacama desert is in:
Answer: Chile
27. The first Prime Minister of Pakistan:
Answer: Liaquat Ali Khan
28. The Author of “1857 The Great Rebellion”:
Answer: Asoka Mehta
29. How many times National Emergency declared so far?
Answer: Twice
30. Right to property is a:
Answer: Legal right
31. Who waged a war of destruction and plunder against India 17 times between 1000 and 1025 A.D?
Answer: Muhammad of Ghazni
32. The first council of Buddhist monks was convened at:
Answer: Rajagaha
33. The major bird sanctuary in Kerala:
Answer: Thattekad
34. What is the equatorial diameter of Earth?
Answer: 12,754 km
35. Who destroyed Nalanda University in 1202?
Answer: Muhammad Bakhtiyar Khilji
36. The first month of National Calendar (Saka era):
Answer: Chaitra
37. The first country built nuclear power station:
Answer: Russia
38. The birth place of the famous classic painter Raja Ravi Varma:
Answer: Kilimanoor
39. One Megawatt is:
Answer: 1000000 watts
40. Itanagar is the capital of:
Answer: Arunachal Pradesh
41. The headquarters of Asian Development Bank (ADB) are located in:
Answer: Manila

42. The Secretary General of the Lok Sabha is appointed by:
Answer. The Speaker of the Lok Sabha
43. The Author of ‘Snakes and Ladders’ is:
Answer. Gita Mehta
44. The first Indian satellite ‘Aryabhata’ was launched in the year:
Answer. 1975
45. The first World Cup Football tournament was held in:
Answer. Uruguay
46. The rear view mirror used in vehicles is:
Answer. Convex
47. Which country is known as ‘Land of Thousand Lakes’?
Answer. Finland
48. The free operating system Linux was developed by:
Answer. Linus Torwalds
49. New York City is on the bank of the river.
Answer. Hudson
50. How many vertebrae are there in a giraffe’s neck?
Answer. 7
51. Who is the founder of the Khilji dynasty?
Answer. Jalaludheen Khilji
52. When did television transmission begin in India?
Answer. 1959
53. The first battle of Panipat was in:
Answer. 1526
54. India Gate was earlier known as:
Answer. All India War Memorial
55. Vitamin B2 is also known as:
Answer. Riboflavin
56. The capital of Nigeria is:
Answer. Abuja
57. Mesopotamia is now known as:
Answer. Iraq