IMPORTANT QUESTIONS

1. National Flag of India was presented to the nation on behalf of- The -
Women Of India
2. Where was the Indian National flag first unfurled- Red Fort, Delhi
3. When was the national song published in Anand Math written by
Bankim Chandra Chatterjee - 1882
4. Who rendered the English translation of the Indian National song- Sri
Aurobindo Ghosh
5. First Indian to receive Magsaysay Award- Vinobha Bhave (1958)
6. How many digits are there in the pin code- 6
7. How many digits are there in Aadhar Card- 12 Digits
8. Who became the first person to be given an Aadhaar identity number -
Ranjana Sonawane
9. India is divided into how many postal zones- 9 Postal zones.
10. The first foreigner to receive Bharat Ratna was- Khan Abdul Ghaffar
Khan
11. Who was called the lady with the lamp- Florence Nightingale
12. Full form of STD- Subscriber Trunk Dialling
13. Who became the first acting prime minister of India- Gulzari lal Nanda
14. Who was the first prime minister of India who did not face the
Parliament during his tenure- Chaudhary Charan Singh
15. Who was the first prime minister who had to resign from office-
Morarji Desai
16. Who was the first Indian women president of the Indian National
congress- SAROJINI NAIDU
17. Who was the first women president of Indian national congress- ANNIE
BESANT
18. Who was the first woman Chief Justice of a High Court in India- Leila
Seth
19. The political guru of Mahatma Gandhi was - Gopal Krishan Gokhale
20. How many known satellites does Jupiter have- 92
21. Who founded the political party Bharatiya Jana Sangh- Shyama prasad
Mukherji
22. Dr. A.P.J. Abdul Kalam, the President of India is the author of the
book - The wings of fire and IGNITED MINDS
23. The Magna Carta is - A historical document curbing the king's power
24. Which was Napolean's last battle in which he was captured and exiled
to Sri Helena- BATTLE OF WATERLOO
25. Bangladesh was created on - 26 March, 1971
26. Which Sultan of Delhi succeeded Qutub-ud-Din Aibak in 1211-
Illtutmish
27. Who started the Bhudan Yajna Movement- Vinobha Bhave
28. Who wrote the 'Ramayana'- Maharishi Valmiki
29. Who is said to be the father of Modern Olympics- Pierre de Coubertin
30. In which year were the modern Olympic Games revived at Athens-
1896 AD
31. Which of the following games is now included in Olympic Games -
Cricket
32."Citrus -Altias - Fortius' (Faster, Higher, Stronger) is the motto of -
Summer Olympic Games
33. Who among the following is associated with Civil Service reforms in
India- CORNWALLIS
34. Who is a famous painter - M.F Hussain
35. Bismillah Khan is a famous for- Shehnai
36. Ajanta, Ellora caves are in which state - AURANGABAD,
MAHARASHTRA
37. During whose reign did the Gandharva School of Art develop-
KANISHKA
38. Who gave the motto 'Back to the Vedas"- SWAMI DAYANAND
SARASWATI
39. Who was the first European to translate the Bhagwad Gita into
English - CHARLES WILKINS
40. Which was the first newspaper to be published in India- BENGAL
GAZETTE - 29 January 1780
41. Which queen enjoyed political power along with her husband- NOOR
JEHAN
42. Gayatri mantra is addressed to - GODDESS SAVITRI
43. Who was the first Sultan of Delhi to introduce the practice of 'Sijda"-
BALBAN
44. Who was known as the “Liberator of the Press"- LORD METCALFE
45. Megasthenes was the Ambassador of - Selucus Nicator
46. Ashoka, the Great conquered Kalinga in the year- 261 BC
47. The only planet in the solar system which rotates on its axis from East
to West is - VENUS
48. The latitude of a place situated on the equator is - 0 DEGREE
49. The terms Roaring Forties, Furious Fifties and Shrieking Sixties are
related
to the – Westerlies
50. Fenny is a cashew liquor commonly produced in - GOA
51. Which of the following is a serious pest of jute? - ANOMIS
52. The largest producer of fresh-water fish in India is - West Bengal
53. The Antarctic circle is the parallel of - latitude
54. A comet - has a tail always pointing away from the sun
55. Death Valley is located in - California
56. How much time is taken by the earth in turning through 1° longitude?-
4 minutes
57. Movement of the earth around the sun is called- revolution
58. Monsoon is caused by - a seasonal reversal of winds
59. Oasis is associated with - Desert
60. Name the two planets which appear as morning stars in the western
sky - Mercury and Venus
61. Summer Solstice occurs on- JUNE 21
62. Sun rises in the east and sets in the west due to – the rotation of the
earth on its own axis
63. The earth completes one rotation on its axis in - 23h 56 min 4.9 s
64. The planet nearest to the Earth is – Venus
65. The line joining the areas having the same rainfall is called – isohyte
66. Vernal Equinox occurs on - March 21
67. Where is the Sahara desert located- North Africa
68. Which country is called the 'Sugar Bowl of the World - CUBA
69. The earth rotates through 1° in 4 minutes
70. The earth's natural satellite is - Moon
71. Tropic of Cancer is located at - 23°27' north of the equator
72. The green colour of plants is due to the presence of – Chlorophyll
73. Dinosaur is a – reptile
74. Life span of an RBC is- 120 days
75. Deficiency of insulin causes- DIABETES
76. Unit of current is - Ampere
77. Laughing gas is- NITROUS OXIDE
78. The audible range of a normal human ear is- 20 to 20,000 HZ
79. Summer Solstice occurs on - 21 June
80. Which English poet died quite early? - John Keats
81. Who said, "A thing of beauty is a joy forever" - John Keats
82. Who painted 'Mona Lisa"- Leonardo da Vinci
83. Who was India's first deputy Prime Minister – Sardar Vallabh Bhai
Patel
84. The book 'Outsider' is authored by - SE Hinton
85. Which of the following book is authored by Vishnu Sharma –
Panchatantra
86. The World Literacy Day is observed on - September 8
87. States Reorganization Act, 1956 advocated - 14 States and 6 Union
Territories
88. Who were the three statesmen who formulated NAM - Nasser Tito
Nehru
89. Which Indian city was presented to the British as royal dowry -
Bombay
90. When was our National Anthem first sung and where - 27 December,
CALCUTTA
91. International woman’s day is celebrated on – 8 March
92. When was the declaration of rights drafted for American
independence-
1776
93. The Russian revolution took place in the year - 1917
94. Thomas cup is associated with - Badminton
95. First winter Olympic Games 1924 were held at – CHAMONIX, FRANCE
96. The Chinese method of treating disease by needle is called -
Acupuncture
97. The planning commission of India is an - Advisory body
98. December 10 is observed as - HUMAN RIGHTS DAY
99. Which is the mother state of Jharkhand - BIHAR
100. Which of the following countries is the largest importer of iron ore
from India - China
101. Who is the first woman voice air Marshal of India- P. Bandyopadhyay
102. Who is the author of MALAVIKAGNIMTRA - Kalidas
103. India wins freedom is the autobiography of - Maulana Abul Kalam
Azad
104. The author of Geet Govinda is - Jayadeva
105. “Knowledge is power” - Francis Bacon
106. Louis Fischer has written the biography of - Mahatma Gandhi
107. Good Friday is observe to commemorate the event of birth of Jesus
Christ
108. Linguistic reorganisation of states took place in- 1956
109. One religion and caste won gold for mankind. These words were
spoken by- Guru Nanak Dev Ji
110. India’s first indigenous animation film is- Hanuman
111. India has about- six lakh villages
112. Tirupati is in Andhra Pradesh
113. The largest continent of the world is - Asia
114. Which two continents from mirror images of each other - Africa and
South America
115. Tides in the sea are caused by - Effect of the moon
116. Light-year means distance travelled by light in one year
117. Which state is called as the sugar bowl of India - Uttar Pradesh
118. Who is called flying Sikh - Milkha Singh
119. Where is the famous Shore Temple located- Puri
120. Oncology is diagnosis and treatment of- Cancer
121. BBC means- British Broadcasting cooperation
122. Who is the author of Swami and friends - R. K. Narayan
123. When it is 5:30 PM in India what will time in London - 12 noon
124. Who was the first lady prime minister of world- SIRIMAVO
BANDARNAIKE
125. Dhanvantari’s name is associated with Indian medicine
126. Fa Hein was a Chinese traveller
127. Who is known as a little corporal - Napoleon Bonaparte
128. JB Priestley was well known - German scientist
129. The highest peak in India is - Kanchenjunga
130. Mc Mohan line demarcates India and China
131. Largest ocean of the world- Atlantic Ocean
132. Radcliffe line demarcates India and Pakistan
133. Sirharikota is famous for satellite launching station
134. Ghana bird sanctuary is located at - Assam
135. Roof of world is - PAMIRS
136. Nilgiri hills are known as blue Mountain
137. Where is the holy land of world located- Vatican City
138. Jaipur is called pink city
139. Which country is called as land of rising Sun - JAPAN
140. Willy Willy relates to to cyclone near Australia
141. Doctrine of lapse was introduced by - Lord Dalhousie
142. Who is known as Napoleon of India - Samudra Gupta
143. Which of the following is known as land of white elephants –
Thailand
144. FAUNA refers to the animal life of region or geological period
145. Equinox means days and nights are equal
146. Sikkim is the smallest state
147. The fourth Buddhist council was held at Kashmir
148. Kadambari was written by Bana
149. In 1930 Mahatma Gandhi started civil disobedience movement from
Sabarmati
150. Charka was a court physician of Kanishka
151. CHACHNANA is the famous work on history of Sind
152. The title Devnam Priya was given to- Ashoka
153. Largest number of Harrapan sites found in post independent India in -
Gujarat
154. The largest gulf in the world is gulf of Mexico
155. The lowest point on the land in the world is dead Sea, Jordan, Israel
156. The water has maximum density at 4°C
157. The metal used in storage of battery is LEAD
158. Clotting of blood does not occur inside blood vessels due to presence
of HEPARIN
159. The book, crime and punishment is written by Fyodor Dostoevsky
160. Who was written the song, Sare Jahan Se Achha- Iqbal
161. Name the writer of my experiments with truth - Mahatma Gandhi
162. The book autobiography of an unknown Indian has been written by
Nirad C. Chaudhuri
163. In jaundice, which organ is mainly affected- LIVER
164. The ozone layer blocks UV radiation
165. In human males, puberty is attained at the age of 13 to 14 years
166. The carbohydrate reserves of plants is starch
167. Oxygen released during photosynthesis comes from water
168. Chewing tobacco may cause - Oral cancer
169. Intake of alcohol reduces alertness
170. Who was the first Indian to raise national flag? Madame Cama
171. The coin rupia was first issued by Sher Shah
172. Gayatri mantra is contained in Rigveda
173. GANGA in Bangladesh is known as Padma
174. Largest diamond mine are found in South Africa
175. In human number of spinal nerves is 31 pair
176. What is laughing gas - Nitrous oxide
177. Centre for the regulating body temperature is- hypothalamus
178. Which one is the male hormone- Testosterone
179. Orology is the study of mountains
180. Galvanometer measures - electric current
181. Unit of current is ampere
182. Decimal system was introduced by - ARYABHATTA
183. Deficiency of protein causes KWASHIORKAR
184. The maximum percentage in atmosphere is of - Nitrogen
185. Rickets is a disease caused due to deficiency of vitamin D
186. Which, among the following is an astronomical unit of distance- light
year
187. DNA refers to deoxyribonucleic acid
188. Radiocarbon dating is used to determine age of - archaeological
objects
189. Credit of starting space research in India goes to - Vikram Sarabhai
190. Sudden fall in level of mercury in a barrow meter indicates - stormy
weather
191. Milky Way is a galaxy which includes the sun
192. Star nearest to the Earth is - Proxima century
193. Hailey comet appears once in - 76 years
194. First person to travel in space - Yuri Gagarin
195. The first session of INC was held under the presidentship of - WC
Bannerjee
196. Who among the following was the first Indian woman to go into
space - Dr. Kalpana Chawla
197. Brass is an alloy of copper and zinc
198. Malaria can be caused by bite of which mosquito- Female Anopheles
199. Respiration and energy production in a cell is carried out by-
mitochondria
200. Fa Hein came into India during the reign of - Harshvardhan
201. The second battle of Panipat was fought during the reign of- Akbar
202. Who among the following scholar was the 1st to visit India- Fa hein
203. The phrase the light of Asia is applied to – Buddha
204. Kalidasa lived during the reign of Chandragupta II
205. Aarya Samaj was started by - Swami Dayanand Saraswati
206. The theory of economic drain of wealth was propounded by
Dadabhai Naoroji
207. Father of Indian Renaissance is- Raja Ram Mohan Roy
208. Two nations theory was given by - Muhammad Ali Jinnah
209. The last governor general of India was - Lord Mountbatten
210. Who won the following Said Do or Die - Mahatma Gandhi
211. When did Alexander invade India- 326 BC
212. Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru was born in - 14th November, 1889
213. Who was the first woman ruler of India - Razia Sultan
214. Origin of music is found in the - SAMAVEDA
215. ARTILLERY was used for the first time in India by Babur
216. The title of governor general was changed to that of viceroy in the
year 1858 AD
217. Longest river in Asia is – Yangtze
218. The land of morning calm refers to - South Korea
219. Which of the following reverse crosses the equator twice - The Congo
220. The Mount Everest is located in which country - Nepal
221. which is the worlds largest mountain range- The Andes
222. The largest island in the world is Greenland
223. Who discovered the sea route to India Vasco da Gama in 1498
224. Riyal is the currency of Saudi Arabia
225. The term Third World refers to the under developed and developing
countries.
226. The kangaroo is the national emblem of Australia
227. The SHORE is the Parliament of Iran
228. The Parliament of Japan is called DIET
229. REUTERS is the news agency of UK
230. The currency of Indonesia is RUPIAH
231. The deepest lake in the world is the Baikal Lake
232. The fourth state means the press
233. The Sick man of Europe is called Turkey
234. Which former president has got two consecutive terms in the office -
Dr Rajendra Prasad
235. Who was the founder of INC- AO HUME
236. The first telegraph line was introduced by Lord Dalhousie in 1853
between Calcutta and Agra
237. The Booker prize is awarded in which field - Literature
238. Insulin is concerned with the metabolism of - Sugar
239. Which of the following organelle is known as powerhouse of the cell.
Mitochondria.
240. The most abundant noble gas present in the air is- argon
241. Fermentation of milk to form curd happens due to LACTOBACILLUS
242. The KRITI STAMBHA at Chitthor was built by Rana Kumbha
243. The least populous state in the union of India is - Sikkim
244. Which state in India is the highest producer of sugar cane - Uttar
Pradesh
245. The youngest mountain range in the world is - Himalayas
246. Malaria affects the SPLEEN
247. Which of the planet is known as the earth’s twin - Venus
248. Which acid is used in lead storage battery- Sulphuric acid
249. Amir Khusro was the famous poet in the time of- Alauddin Khilji
250. The word Satyamev Jayate has been taken from- Mundka Upanishad
251. Who can be called as the father of local self government in the India-
Lord Rippon
252. Siraj Ud Daula was defeated in the - battle of Plassey
253. Which battle led to the establishment of Mughal empire in India - The
first battle of Panipat
254. Industrial revolution first began in - England
255. The international date line is represented by 180 Meridian
256. The tropic of cancer is in- Northern latitude
257. Harshvardhana’s capital was Kannauj
258. The battle of hydespas between Alexander the great and porous,
took place in 326 BC
259. The battle of Tarain were Fought between - Mohammed Ghori and
Prithviraj
260. The Adi Granth was compiled by Guru Arjun Dev
261. The Swiss canal joins which of the following two seas- The red Sea
and Mediterranean
262. The Mahabalipuram Temple in Tamil Nadu was built during the reign
of which of the following dynasties- Pallava Dynasty
263. Ibn battuta - the famous Arab traveller was in the court of
Mohammad Tughlaq.
264. The All India Muslim League was founded by Nawab SalliMulla Khan
265. Zero was invented by Arya Bhatta
266. Otto von Bismarck is popularly known as the man of blood and iron.
267. The first navigator to the sail around the world was- Marco Polo
268. Where is Indian military Academy- Dehradun
269. The first international telephone line in India was between - London
and Mumbai
270. Which country did chess originate - India
271. Which country has the oldest national flag in the world- Denmark
272. Brahmaputra river in bangladesh is known as Jamuna
273. In nepal mount Everest is called SAGARMATHA