General knowledge | 50 questions | Part 2 | For All Competitive exam's

 

1. My music my life is the autobiography ?

• Pandit Ravi Shankar

2. Madhubani is famous folk painting which state ?

• Bihar

3. First newspaper to be published in India ?

• Bengal gazette 1780

4. Biggest public sector undertaking in India ?

• Railways

5. Which country is orange Revolution associated ?

• Ukraine

6. Most populous city in the world ?

• Tokyo

7. First railway line in India was opened in which year ?

• 1853

8. Tapovan and vishnugarh hydraulic power project located ?

• Uttarakhand

9. When was the Madras state renamed Tamil Nadu ?

• 14 January 1969

10. Who was the first Indian woman president of Indian National Congress ?

• Sarojini Naidu

11. Which book is entitled as Bible of communism ?

• Das kapital

12. Largest landlocked country ?

• Kazakhstan

13. Satyajit Ray associated which field ?

• Film direction

14. Who was known as Indian Shakespeare ?

• Kalidas

15. Queens berry rule in which game ?

• Boxing

16. Davis cup associated ?

• Tennis

17. Who was the first Indian to be honoured with the lifetime achievement Oscar award ?

• Satyajit Ray

18. Who was the first woman to climb mount Everest ?

• Junko tabei

19. When did man first land on moon ?

• 1969

20. Which year Asian games were held in Delhi ?

• 1951

21. Who was the first Asian to have received the Nobel prize ?

• Rabindranath Tagore

22. Who is the author of book "My Country My Life" ?

• Lal Krishna advani

23. Kamarupa is the old name of which state ?

• Assam  

24. Who was the first woman film star nominated to Rajya Sabha ?

• Nargis dutt

25. In which year Delhi become the capital of India ?

• 1911

26. Headquarter of World Trade Organisation ?

• Geneva

27. Which year "Indian Space Research Organisation" founded ?

• 15 August 1969

28. Who was the first Indian to swim across the "English channel" ?

• Mihir Sen

29. Who was the first Indian woman to across the "English channel" ?

• Arati Saha

30. The term Butterfly Stroke is associated with which game ?

• Swimming

31. Which state highest number of sugar mills ?

• Uttar Pradesh

32. First successful vaccine against viral disease of smallpox discovered by ?

• Edward Jenner

33. What is the Normal temperature of human body on fahrenheit scale ?

• 98.6 Fahrenheit

34. Where did first ODI match was played in India ?

• Ahmedabad

35. The first European to reach in India for trade ?

• Portuguese

36. "Palghat" join which two state ?

• Kerala and tamilnadu

37. The Winter Olympic came into being in which year ?

• 1924

38. "SAARC"  C stand for ?

• Corporation

39. Who the inventor of "World Wide Web" ?

• Tim berners Lee

40. Where was the first iron and steel industry of India established ?

• Jamshedpur

41. Who was the first Indian to receive the "Magsaysay award" ?

• Aacharya vinoba bhave

42. Where Portuguese culture found in India ?

• Eastern Goa

43. "SIMBEX" annual joint military exercise between ?

• India and Singapore

44. The description of administration of pataliputra in which book ?

• Indica

45. Dhyan Chand name associated with which game ?

• Hockey

46. "Meghnad Saha" award is given for outstanding contribution in which field ?

• Science

47. International Human Rights Day ?

• 10th December

48. The autobiography "Living History"  ?

• Hillary Clinton

49. Mallika sarabhai associated with field ?

• Classical dance

50. Swami vivekananda birthday observed in India ?

• National youth Day