GK Questions And Answers For All Competitive Examinations | General Studies and GK preparation of SSC, NDA, CDS, UPSC, UPPSC and State PSC Examinations Set ➟ 5

GK Questions And Answers For All Competitive Examinations | 100 GK Questions And Answers For All Competitive Exams | General Studies and GK preparation of SSC, NDA, CDS, UPSC, UPPSC and State PSC Examinations Set ➟ 5

1. With which India’s progress has been reasonably satisfactory in connection?

Ans ➟ Growth of GNP

2. Critical criteria for the location of an aluminium plant in India are the availability of which things?

Ans ➟ Bauxite and electricity

3. From which place did the Aryans came to India?

Ans ➟ Central Asia

4. Sound become hazardous noise pollution at which level?

Ans ➟ Above 80 dB

5. Who is to conduct the elections to the Panchayats and Municipalities?

Ans ➟ State Election Commission

6. Which metal is extracted by thermal reduction process?

Ans ➟ Copper

7. Which Scale is used for recording weather condition?

Ans ➟ Centigrade

8. According to whom was persecutor of Buddhism?

Ans ➟ Divyavadana

9. In which city is the Global Automotive Research Centre being set up ?

Ans ➟ Chennai

10. Who produced the first automobile?

Ans ➟ Henry Ford

11. Which Animal is also known as ‘Portuguese man of war’?

Ans ➟ Physalia

12. Which chemically inactive gas present in atmosphere?

Ans ➟ Argon

13. To which region did Satavahanas belonged?

Ans ➟ Andhra region

14. A Municipal Corporation is set up in a city with how much population of not less than?

Ans ➟ 10 lakh

15. How many electrons will have a charge of one coulomb?

Ans ➟ 6.2 × 1018

16. Of the various ways of financing government’s investment expenditure, what is the least inflationary?

Ans ➟ Taxation

17. Which state leads in the production of maize?

Ans ➟ Punjab

18. Which rulers began the construction' of the famous Kailasa rock-cut temple at Ellora ?

Ans ➟ Krishna-I

19. What is the mean of Epigraphy?

Ans ➟ The study of inscriptions

20. Entamoeba histolytica is found in which part of man?

Ans ➟ Intestine

21. In which of the Five Year Plans, preference was given to the weaker sections of the society?

Ans ➟ Fifth

22. Which local wind is not characteristically hot and dry?

Ans ➟ Mistral

23. What was Tipu Sultan’s major interest in building ships?

Ans ➟ To promote trade and commerce

24. When is World Blind Day/World Sight Day observed?

Ans ➟ October 15

25. Cirrhosis is a disease that affects which organ?

Ans ➟ Liver

26. In which year did the Congress loose its monopoly of power in the States for the first time after the elections?

Ans ➟ 1967

27. Which predominantly acts as the agent of chemical erosion of soil?

Ans ➟ Underground water

28. In which movements Bande Mataram was adopted as a slogan for agitation?

Ans ➟ Partition of Bengal in 1905

29. What is the number of basic units in the International System of Units?

Ans ➟ 7

30. How many gold medals did P.T. Usha win in the 1986 Seoul Asian Games?

Ans ➟ 4

31. Upon which development the Second Five Year Plan laid mote stress?

Ans ➟ Industrialisation

32. Formation of pot holes in river beds is an example of thing?

Ans ➟ Corrosion

33. Who was founder of All India Harijan Sangha in 1932 ?

Ans ➟ M. K. Gandhi

34. Milk, cheese and eggs are the source of vitamins which vitamins?

Ans ➟ A and D

35. Which Directive Principle is based on Gandhian ideology?

Ans ➟ Promotion of cottage industries

36. Which type of glass can cut off ultraviolet rays?

Ans ➟ Crookes glass

37. Asia accounts for nearly how many percent of world population?

Ans ➟ 55

38. Who deciphered the Brahmi inscription of Ashoka first time?

Ans ➟ James Princep

39. India reached the final of the Davis Cup for the first time in which year?

Ans ➟ 1966

40. In which state is the Rajiv Gandhi National Institute of Youth Development located?

Ans ➟ Tamil Nadu

41. Which radiation emitted from the sun has highest wavelength?

Ans ➟ Micro waves

42. What is a person of mixed European and Indian blood in Latin America is called?

Ans ➟ Mestizo

43. The first Buddhist Council was held in which city?

Ans ➟ Rajgriha

44. When is World Environment Day, recognized by the UN observed?

Ans ➟ June 5

45. Michael Ferreira is associated with which game / sport?

Ans ➟ Billiards

46. Which major chemical compound found in human kidney stones?

Ans ➟ Calcium oxalate

47. Duncan Passage is located between which regions?

Ans ➟ South and Little Andaman

48. Which was the Mughal Emperor who prohibited the use of tobacoo?

Ans ➟ Aurangzeb

49. By whom was collective responsibility of the Cabinet introduced in India?

Ans ➟ Constitution of India

50. Aluminium surface are often ‘anodized’. This means deposition of a layer of which oxide?

Ans ➟ Zinc oxide

51. In which year was Railway Budget in India separated from general budget?

Ans ➟ 1924 - 25

52. Which is the highest mountain peak in India?

Ans ➟ Mt. K2

53. Who streamlined the Maratha administration after Shambhaji?

Ans ➟ Raja Ram

54. Kamlesh Mehta has distinguished hems elf in which game / sport?

Ans ➟ Table Tennis

55. Ultimate environmental hazard to mankind, why?

Ans ➟ Due to Nuclear pollution

56. If a Minister of a State wants to resign, to whom he should address the letter of resignation?

Ans ➟ Chief Minister

57. Which crop are grown mainly in the irrigated areas during Zaid ?

Ans ➟ Moong and Urad

58. How were the ritualistic precepts attached to the hymns of the Vedas known?

Ans ➟ Brahmanas

59. The ozone layer in the atmosphere is at a height of about how many k.m.?

Ans ➟ 50 km

60. Rajiv Gandhi National Flying Institute is has been established in which State?

Ans ➟ Maharashtra

61. Which was the only President of India who elected unopposed?

Ans ➟ Neelam Sanjiva Reddy

62. Which is not plantation crop ?

Ans ➟ Sugarcane

63. Who laid the foundation of Rashtrakuta Empire ?

Ans ➟ Dantidurga

64. Which synthetic fibre is known as artificial silk?

Ans ➟ Rayon

65. In the UN, how many territories were placed under the trusteeship system?

Ans ➟ 11

66. By which band is Monetary policy regulated?

Ans ➟ Central Bank

67. If a solar eclipse occurs when the moon is quite far from the earth, how would be the eclipse?

Ans ➟ Likely to be annular

68. During the Mughal period which trader first came to India?

Ans ➟ Portuguese

69. Reduced leaves and sunken stomata are the main feature of which thing?

Ans ➟ Xerophytes

70. When the Vice-President officiates as President, whose salary does he draw?

Ans ➟ President

71. Which quantity remains constant in a step-down transformer?

Ans ➟ Power

72. What is the approximate equatorial circumference of the earth?

Ans ➟ 40,000 Km

73. Sher Shah died while fighting in which war?

Ans ➟ Kalinjar

74. Where is the headquarter of the International Court of Justice?

Ans ➟ The Hague

75. When is World Intellectual Property Day, recognized by the UN is observed?

Ans ➟ April 26

76. What ratio of forest area needed for ecologycal balance in India?

Ans ➟ 33.3%

77. Which forces is most powerful in determining movement of wind including its velocity?

Ans ➟ Pressure gradient force

78. The First Anglo-Burmese War was concluded by a treaty Which is that?

Ans ➟ Treaty of Yandaboo

79. In which year were the first general elections in India held?

Ans ➟ 1951

80. All acids contain which element?

Ans ➟ Hydrogen

81. BMD testing is done to diagnose which disease?

Ans ➟ Osteoporosis

82. Which are the regions with the highest and lowest densities respectively?

Ans ➟ Europe and Oceania

83. With whose reign is the Gandhara school of art associated?

Ans ➟ Kanishka

84. Which Directive Principle of State Policy has NOT been implemented so far?

Ans ➟ Uniform civil code for the citizens

85. If you swim one km, how many miles do you swim?

Ans ➟ 0.62

86. Which tax is levied by the Union and collected and appropriated by the States?

Ans ➟ Stamp Duties

87. Which is the juction point of the Eastern Ghats and Western Ghats of India ?

Ans ➟ Nilgiri Hills

88. Revenue system during Akbar’s reign was in the hands of which person?

Ans ➟ Todarmal

89. Who is the President of the Council of Scientific and Industrial Research?

Ans ➟ Prime Minister of India

90. Golden rice has the highest quantity of which vitamin?

Ans ➟ Vitamin A

91. When did the first linguistic State of Andhra come into existence?

Ans ➟ October 1, 1953

92. The highest peak of the Himalayas in India is in which state?

Ans ➟ Sikkim

93. Which Upanishads were translated into Persian by Dara Shikh?

Ans ➟ Sirr-i-Akbar

94. Which is called philosopher’s wool?

Ans ➟ Zinc oxide

95. Which is the highest mountain peak in India?

Ans ➟ K2

96. Which is not a direct tax?

Ans ➟ Tax on entertainment

97. Ankaleshwar in India is known for the production of which state?

Ans ➟ Assam

98. In which culture is the earliest evidence of silver in India found?

Ans ➟ Harappan Culture

99. Which test helps in diagnosis maleria?

Ans ➟ Blood

100. From which fund are the salaries of the Judges of the Supreme Court drawn?

Ans ➟ Consolidated Fund.