GENERAL KNOWLEDGE QUESTION

No.	Question	Answer
01	The first multipurpose project in India is	Damodar Valley
02	The place in North East India which receives the highest annual rainfall is	Chirrapunji
03	The largest Indian river flowing into the Arabian Sea is	Narmada
04	Indian broadcasting was nationalised in	1930
05	The Indian forests are divided into how many regions	Eight
06	The place where Indian Standard time coinsides with local time is	Allahabad
07	The industry for which Vishakapatnam is famous for is	Ship Building
08	The state which is the largest producer of iron ore in India is	Karnataka
09	The longest railway platform in India measuring 836.63 mts. is located at	Kharagpur
10	The Indian state which is largest exporter of cashewnut is	Kerala
11	The main occupation of Indians is	Agriculture
12	Nagarjuna Sagar dam is built across the River	Krishna
13	Madras state was renamed as Tamilnadu in the year	1969
14	The main industry of Assam is	Tea Industry
15	The Indian state which has maximum number of districts is	Uttar pradesh
16	The length of Indian coastline is	7500 kms
17	The longest day in India is	21st June
18	The biggest museum in india is	Indian Museum,Calcutta
19	The source of river Indus is	Mount Kailash,Tibet
20	Kodaikanal, a famous holiday resort is located in	Tamilnadu
21	Bangalore city is also called the	Garden city
22	The only place in India where rock salt is found is in	Mandi,Himachal Pradesh
23	The Gandhi Sagar dam is constructed across the river	Chambal
24	The river that passes through the Thar desert is	Sindhu
25	Nagoor,a place in Tamilnadu,is famous for	Famous muslim shrine
26	The Hindustan Ship Yard is located at	Vishakapatnam
27	The Indian state that tops in the production of cocoa is	Kerala
28	The first major steel plant established in India was	Tata Iron & Steel Co,Jamshedpur
29	Crude oil is found in south Gujarat at	Ankleshwar
30	The first oil well drilled in India was at	Naharpong in Assam
31	Calcutta is situated on the banks of river	Hoogli
32	The largest opium growing state in India is	Uttar Pradesh
33	Hindustan Antibiotics Ltd,India's largest manufacturer of penicillin is located at	Pimpri
34	The former name of Arunachal Pradesh was	NEFA
35	Khajuraho temples are located at	Chattarput,M.P.
36	The Indian freedom fighter who turned into a famous spiritualist was	Aurobindo Ghosh
37	The king who installed a `Chain of Justice' outside his place was	Jehangir
38	The name of the mines in Rajasthas from where we get zinc is	Zawar
39	Singereni in Andhra Pradesh is famous for	Coal Mines
40	Amaravathi is located on the bank of river	Krishna
41	Agra was founded in the year	1506
42	Ajmer was founded by	Raja Ajay Dev Chauhan
43	The only Indian state where we find nickel ore is	Orissa
44	The Udaygiri caves were built by	Karavelu
45	The strength of Lok Sabha is	545 members
46	The National Museum of Natural History is located at	New Delhi
47	The Indian Prime Minister who nationalised the banks was	Mrs.Indira Gandhi
48	The birth date of Jawaharlal Nehru is	14th November 1889
49	The Environment protection Act came into effect in	1986
50	The capital city founded on the bank of river Gomathi is	Lucknow
51	The president of the Indian National congress at its first session held in 1885 was	Womesh Chandra Banerji
52	Bhaskara-II was a famous	Mathematician
53	The Bhopal Gas leak incident occured in	December 1984
54	The city that is called the city of golden Temple is	Amritsar
55	Traveller Hawkins visited India in the year	1608 AD
56	Mahadevi Varma won the Jnanpith for her book titled	Yama
57	The headquarters of Oil and Natural Gas Commission is located at	Dehradun
58	Satyartha Prakash'was written by	Swami Dayananda Saraswati
59	Emperor Akbar's Revenue Minister was	Todarmal
60	The elder brother of famous sitarist Ravishankar is	Uday Shankar,dancer
61	The first batsman to score a century in each of his first three tests is	Mohammed Azharuddin
62	The 10th Vice-President of India is	Krishan Kant
63	The first Chief of Indian Navy was	R.D.Katari
64	The longest road in India is the	Grand Trunk Road
65	The first modern college in India is the	Fort William college,Calcutta
66	The first purely Indian bank is the	Punjab National Bank
67	Lalit Kala Academy of India is situated at	New Delhi
68	The first Indian to win Oscar Award is	Bhanu Athaiya
69	Goa was liberated in the year	1961
70	Sharda Act was enacted to prevent	Child Marriage
71	National Science day is celebrated on	28th February
72	Jamnalal Bajaj Awards are given for	Constructive work
73	Rabindranath Tagore give up his knighthood because of the tragic incident of	Jallianwala Bagh massacre
74	The Chief minister of a state who was awarded the Bharat Ratna was	M.G.Ramachandran
75	Baba Amte's real name is	Muralidhar Devidas Amte
76	Mihirsen,India's famous long distance swimmer,was by profession	An Advocate
77	Dr.Pramod Karan Sethi is famous for the	Jaipur foot
78	Rabindranath Tagore was born at	Jorasanko,Calcutta
79	The name of the school started by Rabindranath Tagore was	Shanti Niketan
80	Neyveli Thermal Power Station is located in	Tamil Nadu
81	The earlier name of Assam was	Kamrup
82	Sir C.V.Raman was born at	Thirunavannikaval
83	The Indian Academy of Science was founded by	C.V.Raman
84	The Indian Academy of Science is located at	Bangalore
85	All India Institute of Medical Science is located at	New Delhi
86	Atomic Energy Commission is located at	Mumbai
87	Cement Research Institute of India is located at	Balabhgarh
88	Space Applications Centre is located at	Ahmedabad
89	Jog falls is located at	Jog,Karnataka
90	Jawaharlal Nehru died in the year	1964
91	Aurangzeb died in the year	1707
92	Khan Abdul Gaffar Khan died in the year	Frontier Gandhi
93	Rabindranath Tagore died in the year	1941
94	Mahatma Gandhi died in the year	1948
95	Zakir Hussein died in the year	1969
96	Raja Ram Mohan Roy died in the year	1833
97	India's second Prime Minister was	Gulzarilal Nanda
98	The first Law Minister of Independent India was	Dr.B.R.Ambedkar
99	Jawaharlal Nehru's biography "With No Regrets"was written by	Krishan Hathisingh
100	India's first test tube baby was born in	June 1986
101	The leader whose death was announced in the Lok Sabha before his actual death was	Jayaprakash Narayan
102	The Gold mines located in Andhra Pradesh are	Ramagiri Gold Fields,Ananthapur district
103	The Homeguards were organised in India in the year	1962
104	Ankleshwar oil field is located in	Gujarat
105	The Indian Prime Minister who wrote the book `Nature Cure'was	Morarji Desai
106	Burma seperated from India in the year	1937
107	`Sea Bird'project is located at	Karwar
108	The name of the artificial harbour along the west coast India is	Kandla
109	The first medical college was established in India at	Calcutta
110	Jawaharlal Nehru's mother's name was	Swaroop Rani
111	The pin code was introduced in India in the year	1972
112	In his last years,Ambedkar converted to	Buddhism
113	Gandhiji's mother's name was	Putli Bai
114	Gandhiji was born on	2nd October 1869
115	Khushwant Singh is a famous	Journalist
116	The film actor who became the chiefminister of Andhra Pradesh was	N.T.Rama Rao
117	Satyajit Ray was awarded the Bharat Ratna in the year	1992
118	Central Research Institute is located at	Kasauli
119	The movie Raja Harishchandra was released in the year	1913
120	The first Indian Prime Minister to resign from office was	Morarji Desai
121	The largest railway bridge in India is	Sone Bridge,Bihar
122	The largest dome in India is the	Gol Gumbaz,Bijapur
123	Air Force Day is celebrated on	October 8
124	Indian Military Academy is located at	Dehradun
125	The postal department was set up in India in the year	1854
126	Army day is celebrated on	21st Century
127	Navy day is celebrated on	4th December
128	The national flower of India is	Lotus
129	NABARD was established in the year	1982
130	Koradi Thermal power Station is located at	Maharashtra
131	PTI stands for	Press Trust of India
132	Rail Coach Factory is located at	Kapurthala
133	The construction of India was adopted on	26-11-1949
134	The construction of India became effective on	26-1-1950
135	`Mrinalini'was written by	Bankim chandra Chatterjee
136	Bhagat Singh was hanged in the year	1931
137	Sheik Abdulla was popularly known as	Sher-e-Kashmir
138	Goa attained statehood on	30 May 1987
139	Gujarat attained statehood on	1 May 1960
140	Haryana attained statehood on	1 November 1966
141	The capital of Haryana is	Chandigarh
142	Panipat is popularly known as	Weaver City
143	Dal lake is located in	Jammu and Kashmir
144	Madhya Pradesh attained statehood on	November 1956
145	The capital of Madhya Pradesh is	Bhopal
146	Manipur attained statehood on	21st January 1972
147	The capital of Manipur is	Imphal
148	Meghalaya attained statehood on	21st January 1972
149	The capital of Meghalaya is	Shillong
150	Meghalaya state was carved out of	Assam
151	Mizoram attained statehood on	20th February 1987
152	The capital of Mizoram is	Aizawl
153	Before attaining statehood,Mizoram was one of the districts of	Assam
154	Nagaland attained statehood on	1 December 1963
155	The capital of Nagaland is	Kohima
156	Orissa was earlier known as	Kalinga
157	The capital of Orissa is	Bhubaneshwar
158	The main airport of Orissa is located at	Bhubaneshwar
159	Rajasthan attained statehood in the year	1958
160	The capital of Rajasthan is	Jaipur
161	The capital of Sikkim is	Gangtok
162	India's highest peak is the	Kanchenjunga
163	Mount Abu, a famous hill station is located at	Rajasthan
164	The main attraction of Mount Abu are the	Dilwara Jain Temples
165	Hussain Sagar Lake is located at	Hyderabad
166	The Samadhi of Gandhiji is known as	Rajghat
167	The Samadhi of Gandhiji is located on the bank of river	Yamuna
168	The largest state in India is	Madhya Pradesh
169	The highest TV tower in India is located at	New Delhi
170	The most literate state in India is	Kerala
171	Golconda Fort is located near	Hyderabad
172	Gateway of India is located at	Mumbai
173	Buland Darwaza is located at	Fatehpur Sikri
174	Badrinath is located at	Uttar Pradesh
175	Elephanta Caves are located on an island near	Mumbai
176	Ajanta caves are located near	Aurangabad
177	Humayu's tomb is located at	New Delhi
178	Jantar Mantar is located in	New Delhi
179	Jantar Mantar is an	Observatory
180	Jantar Mantar was constructed by	Maharaja Jai Singh II
181	Mughal Gardens is located at	New Delhi
182	Qutb-Minar is located at	New Delhi
183	Rashtrapati Bhawan was built by	Edwin Lutyens
184	The samadhi of Indira Gandhi is known as	Shakti Sthal
185	The Tower of Victory is located at	Chittoor
186	Victoria Memorial is located at	Calcutta
187	The highest airfield of India is the	Chushul airfield,Ladakh
188	The largest lake of India is the	Wular lake,Kashmir
189	The largest Zoo of India is the	Zoological Garden,Calcutta
190	The most populated state of India is	Uttar Pradesh
191	Central Bureau of Investigation was formed in	1963
192	BSF stands for	Border Security Force
193	ITBP stands for	Indo-Tibetan Border Police
194	The actual name of Mother Teresa was	Agnes Gonxha Bejaxhiu
195	A programme launched by Chandrababu Naidu,Chief minister of Andhra Pradesh, to clean the city of Hyderabad was named	Janmabhoomi
196	Vajpayee Government was sworn in for the second time on	19 march, 1998
197	Miss World 1997 contest was held at	Seychelles
198	The Miss World 1997 title was won by	Diana Hayden
199	The Miss World 1996 Contest was held at	Bangalore
200	Mother Teresa died on	5 September 1997
201	Bill Gates visited India in	March 1997
202	The Carnatic volalist who won the Bharat Ratna Award was	M.S.Subbulakshmi
203	The first musician to get the Bharat Ratna	M.S.Subbulakshmi
204	Kerala attained statehood on	1st November 1956
205	Sahar airport is located at	Mumbai
206	Dum Dum airport is located at	Calcutta
207	The first ever railway train travelled from	Bombay-Thane
208	The only Indian metro railway system is at	Calcutta
209	Air India was formed in	1946
210	Indian Airlines was formed in	1953
211	Indira Gandhi airport is located at	Delhi
212	Meenambakkam airport is located at	Chennai
213	The Export-Import Bank of India is also known as	EXIM Bank
214	The Navy Academy is located at	Cochin
215	In 1983,Bharat Ratna was posthumously awarded to	Acharya Vinoba Bhave
216	Mrs.Indira Gandhi was assassinated on	31-10-1984
217	Mr.Rajiv Gandhi was assassinated on	21-5-1991
218	The strength of Rajya Sabha is	250
219	The supreme commander of Army,Navy and Airforce is the	President
220	The Chairman of the Lok Sabha is the	Speaker
221	Pong dam is located in	Punjab
222	The fastest train in India is the	Shatabdi Express
223	The oldest refinery in India is the	Digboi refinery
224	The largest refinery of India is the	IOC Refinery at Koyah,Gujarat
225	The Bhakra dam is built across the River	Sutlej
226	The first General Elections were held in India in the year	1952
227	The first engineering college established in India is the	Thompson college,Roorkee
228	The first library established in India is the	William Carey library,Serampore
229	The oldest english daily newspaper of India is	The Times of India
230	The largest post office in India is the	GPO,Mumbai
231	The largest prison in India is the	Tihar Central Jail,Delhi
232	The first Indian state formed on linguistic basis after Independence was	Andhra Pradesh
233	The largest cave temple in India is	Ellora
234	The only diamond producing area in India is	Panna Diamond Belt,M.P.
235	The biggest public sector bank in India is the	State Bank of India
236	The oldest tree in India is the	Monus Serrata at Joshimutt
237	Reserve Bank of India was established in	1935
238	The first Education Minister of free India was	Maulana Abul Kalam Azad
239	Gandhiji was assassinated by	Nathuram Godse
240	Who is known as the Father of Indian industry	Jamshedji Tata
241	VDIS was launched on	July 1, 1997