GK Quiz Questions with Answers Part - 1

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GK Quiz Questions with Answers. General knowledge questions useful for cometitive examinations contains Indian and World GK.

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1. How many years make a millennium?
Ans→ 1000 years.

2. Which country’s national game is chess?
Ans → Russia. (unofficial, but commonly stated)

3. Who generated the first vaccine?
Ans → Edward Jenner. (smallpox vaccine)

4. Which is the highest waterfall in India?
Ans → Kunchikal Waterfall (455m) in Karnataka.

5. Which is the world’s largest inland sea?
Ans → Caspian Sea.

6. Which is the longest road in India?
Ans → Grand Trunk Road. (one of the oldest and longest)

7. Who discovered Penicillin?
Ans → Alexander Fleming.

8. Which fruit has its seeds on the outside?
Ans → Strawberry.

9. In which sport neither the spectators nor the participants know the score until the contest ends?
Ans → Boxing.

10. Which is the widest waterfall in the world?
Ans → Khone Falls on the Mekong River in Laos.

11. Which is the longest river flowing in England?
Ans → Thames River.

12. Which country had the first passenger train service?
Ans → England.

13. Who discovered Radium?
Ans → Marie Curie and Pierre Curie

14. Who wrote the book War and Peace?
Ans → Leo Tolstoy.

15. Which country is known as the sugar bowl of the world?
Ans → Cuba.

16. Which continent is known as the Dark Continent?
Ans → Africa.

17. Which is the deepest ocean in the world?
Ans → Pacific Ocean.

18. Which is the smallest organ in the human body?
Ans → Pineal gland. (sometimes pituitary is mentioned, but pineal is acceptable)

19. Which is the largest country in South America?
Ans → Brazil.

20. How many islands are there in the Philippines?
Ans → 7641 (As per new data)

21. Which is the world’s second largest island group?
Ans → Philippines.

22. When was the first Oscar Award presented?
Ans → In 1929.

23. Which is the smallest flowering plant?
Ans → Wolffia globosa.

24. What is the basic building block of protein?
Ans → Amino acid.

25. What is an electroscope used for?
Ans → To detect charges on a body.

26. What does an ammeter measure?
Ans → Electric current.

27. What are carnivorous plants or animals that eat insects called?
Ans → Insectivorous.

28. Penicillin is obtained from what?
Ans → Mould. (Mould is a type of fungus, so all molds are fungi, but not all fungi are molds)

29. What is osteology the study of?
Ans → Bones.

30. What is the study of heavenly bodies called?
Ans → Astronomy.

31. What is the study of tissues called?
Ans → Histology.

32. What is calcium sulphate commonly called?
Ans → Plaster of Paris.

33. What is the common name of sodium carbonate?
Ans → Washing soda.

34. What is the chemical name of chloroform?
Ans → Trichloromethane.

35. Which plant lives in the dark?
Ans → Scotophyte.

36. Which plants are adapted to live in dry places?
Ans → Xerophytes.

37. Which plants are adapted to live in water?
Ans → Hydrophytes.

38. Who invented the laser?
Ans → Theodore H. Maiman

39. Who was the first human being to land on the Moon?
Ans → Neil Armstrong.

40. Who was the first Indian in space?
Ans → Rakesh Sharma. (In 1984)

41. Where is the headquarter of ISRO situated?
Ans → Bangalore.

42. Where is the Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre located?
Ans → Thiruvananthapuram.

43. Where is the National Science Centre located?
Ans → New Delhi.

44. Where is the Indian Institute of Horticulture Research Centre located?
Ans → Bangalore.

45. What was the name of the first Indian satellite?
Ans → Aryabhatta.

46. Who invented the steam engine?
Ans → James Watt.

47. Who invented the system of writing for blind people?
Ans → Louis Braille.

48. Who discovered the laws of floating bodies?
Ans → Archimedes.

49. Which instrument is used to measure the concentration of salt in water?
Ans → Salinometer.

50. What is the study of fingerprints called?
Ans → Dactylography.

51. What is a tangent galvanometer used to study?
Ans → Strength of direct current.

52. What does dynamics study?
Ans → Movements of the body.

53. What does zoology study?
Ans → Animal life.

54. What does botany study?
Ans → Plant life.

55. What does psychology study?
Ans → Human mind.

56. Which liquid is used to preserve specimens of plants and animals?
Ans → Formalin.

57. What does toxicology study?
Ans → Poisons.

58. Who was the first Indian woman in space?
Ans → Kalpana Chawla.

59. Flowers have different colours due to the presence of which pigment?
Ans → Anthocyanin.

60. What is the Sun’s rotation period?
Ans → 25 days, 9 hours, 7 minutes.

61. How much time do Sun’s rays take to reach the Earth?
Ans → 8 minutes. (8 minutes 20 seconds, 8 minutes acceptable)

62. Which is the most luminous object in the universe?
Ans → Quasar.

Quasars are the most luminous objects in the universe, shining trillions of times brighter than our Sun.

63. Which is the biggest comet?
Ans → Comet Hale–Bopp

64. Who was the Indian Prime Minister at the age of 81 years?
Ans → Morarji Desai.

65. Who was the first film director to win a Filmfare Award?
Ans → Bimal Roy.

66. Who discovered radioactivity?
Ans → Henry Becquerel.

67. Which metal is used in storage batteries?
Ans → Lead.

68. Who invented the dynamo?
Ans → Michael Faraday.

69. Which is the largest delta in the world?
Ans → Ganga Delta or Sunderban Delta.

70. Which country is called the Land of the Rising Sun?
Ans → Japan.

71. In which year was the UNO founded?
Ans → 1945.

72. Which is the highest waterfall in the world?
Ans → Salto Angel Falls in Venezuela.

73. Who invented the safety pin?
Ans → Walter Hunt.

74. Who was the first woman Governor  of India?
Ans → Sarojini Naidu was the first woman Governor (of U.P.).

75. Which river is called the Ganga of South India?
Ans → Godavari.

76. Which two states have one capital?
Ans → Punjab and Haryana.

77. Which state has two capitals?
Ans → Jammu and Kashmir.

78. Which is the longest river in the world (by length)?
Ans → Nile.

79. Which is the largest river in the world (by volume)?
Ans → Amazon in South America.

80. What is the capital of the United Kingdom?
Ans → London.

81. Which elements can be cut with a knife?
Ans → Sodium and Potassium.

82. Who was the first President of India?
Ans → Dr. Rajendra Prasad.

83. Who was the first Prime Minister of India?
Ans → Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru.

84. How many continents are there in the world?
Ans → Seven.

85. Which is the largest continent?
Ans → Asia.

86. Which is the smallest continent?
Ans → Australia.

87. Which is the largest plant without trunk and seed?
Ans → Banana tree. (technically a herb)

88. Which bird has the best sense of smell?
Ans → Kiwi.

89. Which is the smallest unit of life?
Ans → Cell.

90. Who is the author of the book The Indians?
Ans → Khushwant Singh.

91. Name the largest mountain range in the world?
Ans→ Andes Mountains in South America. 

The Andes stretch about 7,000 kilometers along the western coast of South America, passing through seven countries — Venezuela, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia, Chile, and Argentina. It is also the longest continental mountain range in the world.

92. Who was the first Home Minister of India?
Ans → Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel.

93. Which is the famous festival of Bengal?
Ans → Durga Puja.

94. Who was the first and last Indian Governor-General of India .
Ans→ Chakravarti Rajagopalachari (also known as C. Rajagopalachari)

95. Which is the most common element in our body?
Ans → Oxygen.

96. Which material is used in making shoe polish?
Ans → Carbon black.

97. Which is the oldest English daily newspaper in India?
Ans → The Times of India.

98. What is the major item exported to India from the UK?
Ans → Machinery and engineering goods.

99. Which is the brightest star nearest to Earth other than the Sun?
Ans → Sirius.

100. Which is the largest bird sanctuary in India?
Ans → Bharatpur in Rajasthan.

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