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
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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
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