GK Questions: 100 General Knowledge Questions With Answers For Competitive Exams

General Knowledge Questions With Answers: Here are the list of GK questions with answers for competitive exam aspirants.

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GK has always been one of the most interesting subjects for students as it encourages them to enhance their knowledge and IQ and get to know about the various national and international events happening in the world. It also plays a major role in every student's life as it has been an important section in most of the entrance examinations. Students generally tend to devote more time in the preparation of Mathematics, English, Reasoning, and Aptitude and give less time for general knowledge questions which becomes a hurdle in clearing their competitive exam. Students are advised to keep reading about National and International events. Today we came up with some important General knowledge (GK) questions for competitive exams.

100 General Knowledge Questions With Answers

Question 1: Who is known as the father of Indian Prehistory?

Answer: Robert Bruce Foote

Question 2: What was the main occupation of Palaeolithic (Old Stone) people?

Answer: Hunting

Question 3: At which site, all the Paleolithic, Mesolithic, and Neolithic sites have been found in sequence?

Answer: Belan Valley

Question 4: The Gufkral prehistoric site is located in which state / Union Territory of India?

Answer: Jammu and Kashmir

Question 5: The oldest evidence in human history for the drilling of teeth in a living person was found in which culture?

Answer: Mehrgarh

Question 6: Who was the first Tirthankara in Jainism?

Answer: Rishabhanatha

Question 7: On the bank of which river, Mahavira attained Kaivalaya?

Answer: Rijupalika

Question 8: With which place, the twenty-third Jain Tirthankara was associated?

Answer: Varanasi

Question 9: In Pali texts, who is referred to as Nigantha Nataputta?

Answer: Mahavira

Question 10: Who was the 23rd Jain Tirthankara?

Answer: Parshvanath

Question 11: Which physician was sent by Bimbisara to treat Avanti King Pradyota?

Answer: Jivaka

Question 12: What was the other name of Bimbisara?

Answer: Shrenika

Question 13: Who was the last ruler of the Shisunaga dynasty?

Answer: Nandivardhan

Question 14: Which ruler is often described as ‘the first empire builder of Indian History’?

Answer: Mahapadmananda

Question 15: What was the main item of revenue during the Maurya Period?

Answer: Bhaga

Question 16: Who were the Sthanikas?

Answer: They collected taxes.

Question 17: What was the main source of income in the Mauryan administration?

Answer: Land revenue

Question 18: How much tax was paid by the peasants in the Mauryan administration?

Answer: One-sixth of the produce

Question 19: What is referred to as tax paid only in cash during the Mauryan period?

Answer: Hiranya

Question 20: Who was the creator of Ravanabadha?

Answer: Batsabhatti

Question 21: What was prevalent in the Indian Society before the Muslim conquest?

Answer: Slavery

Question 22: In medieval India, Solanki queen Naikidevi defeated which invader in the Battle of Kayadara?

Answer: Mohammad Ghori

Question 23: Who was the last belligerent against whom Mohammad Ghori had led a campaign?

Answer: Khokhars

Question 24: In which year did Mohd. Ghori attacked first in India on Multan?

Answer: 1175 A.D.

Question 25: Which state was one of the earliest to assert its independence from the Delhi sultanate?

Answer: Jaunpur

Question 26: Which sultan founded the city of Jaunpur?

Answer: Mohammad Bin Tughlaq

Question 27: Who founded the independent Jaunpur Sultanate?

Answer: Khwajah - i - Jahan Malik Sarwar

Question 28: Which was the single biggest item of import to the Vijayanagar empire?

Answer: Horses

Question 29: Which ruler earned the title of Purvapaschima Samudradhishavara?

Answer: Harihara I

Question 30: During the reign of Devaraya II, which famous temple was built in the Vijaynagar empire?

Answer: Hazura

Question 31: Indian Police is governed through which act?

Answer: Police Act of 1861

Question 32: Foujdari Thanas was established in which year?

Answer: 1775

Question 33: The Foujdari system was abolished in which year?

Answer: 1781

Question 34: Which Governor-General took the administration of criminal justice out of the hands of the Deputy Governor?

Answer: Lord Cornwallis

Question 35: At which place, the Green Pamphlet was issued by Mahatma Gandhi?

Answer: Rajkot

Question 36: In which year, Sabarmati Ashram was established by Mahatma Gandhi?

Answer: 1917

Question 37: Who was nominated as the first Satyagrahi by Mahatma Gandhi for the Individual Satyagraha of 1940?

Answer: Vinoba Bhave

Question 38: Which book was authored by Mahatma Gandhi?

Answer: Hind Swaraj

Question 39: What marks Mahatma Gandhi’s first fast unto death?

Answer: Ahmedabad Mill Strike

Question 40: The ‘Tebhega’ movement of 1946 is associated with which state of India?

Answer: West Bengal

Question 41: All India Kisan Sabha which was the first peasants organization of India was constituted in which year?

Answer: 1936

Question 42: After the Permanent Settlement of Bengal in 1793, Santhals relocated their settlement in which place?

Answer: Near Rajmahal Hill

Question 43: The Santhals used to call the outsiders by which name?

Answer: Diku

Question 44: Which article of the Indian Constitution provides for the Vice-President of India?

Answer: Article 63

Question 45: What is the minimum age prescribed by the Constitution of India for a candidate to be elected as Vice president of India?

Answer: 35 years

Question 46: Who make the electoral college for the election of the Vice President of India?

Answer: Members of Parliament

Question 47: Who held the office of Vice President of India for two consecutive terms?

Answer: Dr. S Radhakrishnan

Question 48: Where is the Forest Research Institute located?

Answer: Dehradun

Question 49: The Indian Council of Forestry Research and Education (ICFRE) has how many research institutes?

Answer: 9

Question 50: Where is the headquarters of the Indian Council of Forestry Research and Education (ICFRE)?

Answer: Dehradun

Question 51: The Air (Prevention and Control of Pollution) Act was enacted in which year?

Answer: 1981

Question 52: A barchan is an example of

Answer: A Dune

Question 53: What is the name of the mountain range in central Asia, where Russia, China, Mongolia and Kazakhstan come together?

Answer: Altai Mountains

Question 54: Arete, Cirque, Groove, Moraines, Flood planes etc are the landforms associated with?

Answer: Erosion Activity

Question 55: The “Quick Sand” will be found at?

Answer: Riverbanks, near lakes or in marshes

Question 56: Larsemann Hills region is located in?

Answer: Antarctica

Question 57: Which is India's largest salt-producing state?

Answer: Gujarat

Question 58: Which state is the sole producer of agate, chalk, and perlite in India?

Answer: Gujarat

Question 59: Which state is India's largest Bauxite producer?

Answer: Odisha

Question 60: India's first Uranium Mine is located at which place?

Answer: Jadugauda

Question 61: Which security force is the Central Armed Police Forces (CAPF) of India?

Answer: Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF)

Question 62: The Indian Navy Day (IND) is celebrated on which date?

Answer: December 4

Question 63: In context with the Defense of India, Advanced Technology Vessel (ATV) Projects is related to?

Answer: Nuclear Capable Submarines

Question 64: Soviet aircraft carrier Admiral Gorshkov, has been rechristened in India as?

Answer: INS Vikramaditya

Question 65: What is being procured by India for its armed forces, under the Project-75 India (P-75I) Programme?

Answer: Submarines

Question 66: “International Biodiversity Day” is celebrated on:

Answer: 22 May

Question 67: National Broadcasting Day (NBD) is celebrated on which date in India?

Answer: July 23

Question 68: National Doctors Day (NDD) is celebrated on which date in India?

Answer: July 1

Question 69: The Civil Services Day (CSD) is celebrated on which day in India?

Answer: April 21

Question 70: The National Deworming Day (NDD) is celebrated on which date in India?

Answer: February 10

Question 71: First state in India to launch a policy to establish Special Agriculture Zones (SAZs):

Answer: Uttarakhand

Question 72: In the abbreviation APEDA, what does P stand for?

Answer: Processed Food Products

Question 73: International Rubber Study Group is located at?

Answer: Singapore

Question 74: Which body procures, distributes, exports and imports agricultural commodities?

Answer: NAFED

Question 75: Which Ministry has adopted the goal of "Haat to Hypermarket" as the overarching objective of the Rural Business Hubs (RBH)?

Answer: Ministry of Panchayati Raj

Question 76: Bobbili veena, also known as Saraswathi Veena or the Ekanda Veena, is a large plucked string instrument used in Carnatic classical music. It is made from which tree?

Answer: Jackwood

Question 77: Thumri Singer Girija Devi belongs to which Gharana?

Answer: Banaras Gharana

Question 78: Who is considered to be the originator of the khayal and tarana styles of Hindustani Classical Music?

Answer: Amir Khusro

Question 79: Pandit Jasraj belongs to which Gharana?

Answer: Mew

Question 80: The terms Udara, Mudara and Tara are related to what as per the ancient Indian texts?

Answer: Music

Question 81: NetBIOS was introduced in 1983 by which company as an improvement to the standard BIOS used by Windows-based computers?

Answer: SyteK Inc.

Question 82: Which company had developed the software development process framework called "Rational Unified Process" or RUP?

Answer: IBM

Question 83: A hybrid computer is the one which exhibits the features of?

Answer: Both Analog and Digital Computer

Question 84: For what, the term Knowledge Based Information processing System is being used in recent times?

Answer: Fifth Generation Computers

Question 85: Which generation of computers is associated with artificial intelligence?

Answer: Fifth

Question 86: Chillai Kalan, sometimes seen in the news, is related to?

Answer: Harshest Period of Winter in Kashmir

Question 87: Reserved Forests are notified under which section of the Indian Forest Act, 1927?

Answer: Section 20

Question 88: The Ramsar convention is related to?

Answer: Conservation of Wetlands

Question 89: In which of the following plants, can one find Leghemoglobin?

Answer: Soyabean

Question 90: In which category, Nepenthes khasiana or Indian Pitcher Plant can be placed?

Answer: Insectivorous

Question 91: Chlorophyll absorbs which of the wavelength of the Sun light?

Answer: Red and Blue

Question 92: Which is a micronutrient that helps in the nitrogen metabolism of plants?

Answer: Molybdenum

Question 93: Which are the most and the least electronegative elements in the periodic table?

Answer: Fluorine and Caesium

Question 94: What does not increase when we move from left to right along a period in the periodic table?

Answer: Reducing Power

Question 95: Which elements are generally found in the free state?

Answer: Group 11 elements

Question 96: What represents viscosity?

Answer: Resistance to fluid motion

Question 97: What is the SI unit of viscosity?

Answer: Poiseuille

Question 98: Which of these fluids has the highest viscosity among water, honey, blood and air?

Answer: Honey

Question 99: What happens to the viscosity of a liquid with an increase in temperature?

Answer: It decreases

Question 100: What do we call the maximum velocity of a fluid in a tube for which the flow remains streamlined?

Answer: Critical Velocity