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Saturday 3 May 2014

Some Indian GK Questions



Who was the first Minister of Communication of India?
Answer: C.R.K Kidwai

Which is the Website of India Post?
Answer: Indiapost.gov. in

Expand the abbreviation G.P.O?
Answer: General Post Office

Shantivan is the Samadhi place of:
Answer: Jawaharlal Nehru

Central Food Technological Research Institute is at:
Answer: Mysore

‘Straight from the heart’ is the autobiography of:
Answer: Kapil Dev

The Red Fort in Delhi was built by:
Answer: Shahjahan

International Literacy Day is observed on:
Answer: September 8

The Leader who is known as the ‘Grand Old Man of India’?
Answer: Dadabhai Naoroji

The author of the book ‘Gandhi His Life And Thought’?
Answer: J.B. Kripalani

The first Indian who got the Nobel Prize for physics?
Answer: Dr. C.V. Raman

The first Chief Election Commissioner of India?
Answer: Sukumar Sen

First official census conducted in India on?
Answer: 1872

First woman chief election commissioner of India?
Answer: V.S. Ramadevi

Indian state with the largest area under forest is:
Answer: Madhya Pradesh

Largest Zoo in India is at:
Answer: Calcutta

Gir Forest in India is in:
Answer: Gujarat

Which is known as the “Heart and Soul” of the Indian Constitution?
Answer: Right to constitutional remedy

The person who gave the call “Dilli Chalo”:
Answer: Subhash Chandra Bose

The first Indian postage was released in:
Answer: 1854

The river which originates in the Gupta ganga hills of Orissa:
Answer: Baitarani

The river which originates Kulu hills near Rohtang pass:
Answer: Beas

The river which originates near the Chemayungdung glacier near mansarovar lake:
Answer: Brahmaputra

Which river originates near Lahul in Himachal Pradesh?
Answer: Chenab

The river which originates from thriambak hills:
Answer: Godavari

Which state has the largest mangrove forest area?
Answer: West Bengal

Which state has the second largest mangrove forest area?
Answer: Gujarat

Which state has the least forest area?
Answer: Punjab

Which state has the least percentage of forest area?
Answer: Punjab

The headquarters of the Forest Survey of India:
Answer: Dehra Dun

The only crator lake in India:
Answer: Lonar

In which state is Lonar lake?
Answer: Maharashtra

Nalsarovar lake is in the state of:
Answer: Gujarat

The saltiest lake in India:
Answer: Sambhar

In which state is Sambhar lake?
Answer: Rajastan

Kasiranga national park in Assam is famous for:
Answer: One horned Rhino

 Keolodeo national park is in the state of:
Answer: Rajastan

 In which state is Elephanta caves?
Answer: Maharashtra

Important Information for all exams


  1. President of Confederation of Indian Industries (CII): S Gopalakrishnan
  2. Director General of Confederation of Indian Industries (CII): Chandrajeet Banerjee
  3. President of Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce & Industries (FICCI): Siddhartha Birla
  4. President of National Association of Software and Service Companies (NASSCOM): R. Chandrashekhar
  5. Chairman of National Association of Software and Service Companies (NASSCOM): R. Chandrasekaran
  6. Chairman of National School of Drama: Ratan Thiyam
  7. Director General of Council of Scientific & Industrial Research: Dr. T. Ramasami (Additional Charge)
  8. Director of Indian Agriculture Research Institute(IARI): Dr. Hari Shankar Gupta
  9. Chairman of Life Insurance Corporation of India: S.K Roy
  10. Chairman cum Managing Director of (CMD) of General Insurance Corporation of India (GIC): Shri P J Joseph
  11. Chairman of Insurance Regulatory & Development Authority (IRDA): T S Vijayan
  12. Chairman of National Bank for Agricultural and Rural Development (NABARD): H K Bhanwala
  13. Chairman of University Grants Commission (UGC): Prof. Ved Prakash
  14. Chairman of Press Trust of India (PTI): K N Shanth Kumar

Types of Cheque


1. Order Cheque: A cheque which is payable to a particular person or his order is called an order cheque.

2. Bearer Cheque:  A cheque which is payable to a person whosoever bears, is called bearer cheque.

3. Blank Cheque: A cheque on which the drawer puts his signature and leaves all other columns blank is called a blank cheque.

4. Stale Cheque: The cheque which is more than six months old is a stale cheque.

5. Multilated Cheque: If a cheque is torn into two or more pieces, it is termed as mutilated cheque.

6. Post Dated Cheque: If a cheque bears a date later than the date of issue, it is termed as post dated cheque.

7. Open Cheque: A cheque which has not been crossed is called an open cheque. Even if a cheque is crossed and subsequently the drawer has cancelled the crossing at the request of the payee and affixes his full signature with the words “crossing cancelled pay cash”, it becomes an open cheque.

8. Crossed Cheque: A cheque which carries too parallel transverse lines across the face of the cheque with or without the words “I and co”, is said to be crossed.

9. Gift Cheques: Gift cheques are used for offering presentations on occasions like birthday, weddings and such other situations. It is available in various denominations.

10. Traveller’s Cheques: It is an instrument issued by a bank for remittance of money from one place to another.

Wednesday 30 April 2014