40 GK Questions Answers For all competitive exams
1. Which place was formerly known as Pragjyotishpur?
✓. Assam
✓. Meghalaya
✓. Tripura
✓. Manipur
2. Tuticorin port is located in which state?
✓. Tamil Nadu
✓. Andhra Pradesh
✓. Odisha
✓. West Bengal
3. Who was the first Election Commissioner of India?
✓. Dr. Nagendra Singh
✓. PK Sundaram
✓. Sukumar Sen
✓. None of them
4. Who was the first Speaker of Lok Sabha of India?
✓. Neelam Sanjeev Singh Reddy
✓. Sardar Hukum Singh
✓. N Agantasaranam
✓. G V Mavlankar
5. Who was the first caretaker Prime Minister of India?
✓. Guljarilal Nanda
✓. Indira Gandhi
✓. Charan Singh
✓. Rajiv Gandhi
6. Who was the first interim President of India?
✓. Vee Vee Giri
✓. Justice M Hedayetullah
✓. B D caste
✓. None of these
7. Mossad is the spy agency of which country?
✓. Iran
✓. South Africa
✓. France
✓. Israel
8. Which state in India is largest in area?
✓. Madhya Pradesh
✓. Maharashtra
✓. Uttar Pradesh
✓. Rajasthan
9. Where is 'Golden Gate Bridge' located?
✓. San Francisco
✓. New York
✓. Istanbul
✓. Beijing
10. What is the milk bucket of India?
✓. West Bengal
✓. Haryana
✓. Meghalaya
✓. Kerala
11. Which country other than India celebrates 15th August as Independence Day?
✓. South Korea
✓. Pakistan
✓. Sudan
✓. Can
12. What is the name of Gandhiji's tomb located in Delhi?
✓. Rajghat
✓. Vijayghat
✓. Shantiban
✓. Virabhoomi
13. In which year did the Right to Information Act come into effect?
✓. 2001
✓. 2005
✓. 2004
✓. 2002
14. When was the republic established in India?
✓. In 1947
✓. In 1948
✓. In the 1950s
✓. In 1952
15. The Vice President of India is the head of which of the following chambers?
✓. Lok Sabha
✓. Rajya Sabha
✓. Prime Minister
✓. Chief Justice of India
16. Who considers whether a bill is a money bill or not?
✓. The Speaker of the Lok Sabha
✓. Prime Minister
✓. The President
✓. Parliamentary Committees
17. Fundamental Duties were added to the Indian Constitution by which constitutional amendment?
✓. 42nd
✓. 43rd
✓. 44th
✓. 39th
18. When is the first session of the Constituent Assembly?
✓. On 9 December 1946
✓. 16 December 1947
✓. 26 December 1949
✓. 26 January 1950
19. Who signed the Constitution adopted by the Constituent Assembly as the President?
✓. Satchidananda Sinha
✓. Dr. Ambedkar
✓. Dr. Rajendra Prasad
✓. Jawaharlal Nehru
20. How many articles and schedules did the original constitution have?
✓. 400 Sections and 4 Schedules
✓. 300 Articles and 10 Schedules
✓. 350 Articles and 12 Schedules
✓. 395 Sections and 4 Schedules
21. Which canal connects the Mediterranean Sea and the Red Sea?
✓. The Corinthian Canal
✓. Grand Canal
✓. Suez Canal
✓. Panama Canal
22. Where is Almaty Dam located?
✓. Karnataka
✓. Himachal Pradesh
✓. Uttarakhand
✓. Tamil Nadu
23. Light years are –
✓. Distance between Sun and Earth
✓. Distance traveled in one light year
✓. Distance between Earth and Moon
✓. None of these
24. Where is Ennar Port located?
✓. Tamil Nadu
✓. Madhya Pradesh
✓. Karnataka
✓. Andhra Pradesh
25. Which of the following is the largest river in the world?
✓. Blue
✓. Mississippi-Missouri
✓. Amazon
✓. Yang-si-kiang
26. Where is Niagara Falls located?
✓. France
✓. Italy
✓. Sweden
✓. America
27. Where is the 'Hirakund' hydroelectric project located?
✓. Madhya Pradesh
✓. Orissa
✓. Uttar Pradesh
✓. Punjab
28. Where does the Maori tribe live?
✓. New Zealand
✓. Japan
✓. Canada
✓. Australia
29. Which is the outermost layer of the atmosphere?
✓. Ionosphere
✓. Exosphere
✓. The stratosphere
✓. troposphere
30. Which is the outermost layer of the Sun?
✓. Photosphere
✓. Corona
✓. Chromosphere
✓. Core
31. India's first laboratory at South Pole is - -
✓. Poorva
✓. Alliance
✓. Janhvi
✓. South Gangotri
32. Which is the largest lake in the world?
✓. Caspian Sea
✓. Manas Sarovar
✓. Superior
✓. Titicaca
33. Rivers Darkeshwar and Shilavati combined to form –
✓. Haldi
✓. Rupanarayana
✓. Kansavati
✓. Mayurakshi
34. Dhuadhar waterfall is located on which river?
✓. Kaveri
✓. Narmada
✓. Godavari
✓. Krishna
35. Which pass connects Srinagar and Jammu?
✓. Banihal
✓. Zozilla
✓. Nathula
✓. Bombadilla
36. Gautama Buddha's preaching event is known as what in Buddhism?
✓. Grand Invasion
✓. Verighosh
✓. Introducing Dharmachakra
✓. Eightfold Path
37. In which era did Gandhara art develop?
✓. During the Gupta period
✓. During the Pallava period
✓. During the Kushana period
✓. During the Maurya period
38. Who excavated Yamuna canal and Shatru canal?
✓. Muizuddin Mubarak Shah
✓. Jalaluddin Shah
✓. Feroze Shah Tughluq
✓. Alauddin Khilji
39. Who was the chief architect of Taj Mahal?
✓ . Master Isha
✓. Bebadal Khan
✓. Farooq Beg
✓. Shahjahan
40. When did Lord Curzon implement the Partition of Bengal proposal?
✓. October 11,1905 AD.
✓. 16th December,1911 AD.
✓. October 16, 1905 AD.
✓. November 14, 1905 AD.
