Gk questions answers for all students and all competitive exams
1. Which river passes through the Tropic of Capricorn twice?
[A] Limpopo River
[B] Vaal River
[C] Zambezi River
[D] Niger River
Answer:- [A] Limpopo River
2. What is the highest density of water?
[A] 100°C
[B] 0°C
[C] 4°C
[D] 273 °C
Answer:- [C] 4°C
3. How many bits make up a byte?
[A] 1 bit
[B] 4 bit
[C] 8 bit
[D] 10 bit
Answer:- [C] 8 bit
4. Which river valley is called Ruhr of India?
[A] Godavari Valley
[B] Narmada Valley
[C] Damodar Valley
[D] Mahanadi valley
Answer:- [C] Damodar Valley
5. What is the national symbol of Italy?
[A] Garuda
[B] Lily
[C] White Lily
[D] White eagle
Answer:- [C] White Lily
6. Who was the oldest god of Tamils?
[A] Murugan
[B] Shiva
[C] Vishnu
[D] Mariamma Devi
Answer:- [A] Murugan
7. In which state the Tuju Pass located?
[A] Sikkim
[B] Manipur
[C] Arunachal Pradesh
[D] Uttarakhand
Answer:- [B] Manipur
8. Which river crosses the equator twice?
[A] Congo River
[B] Amazon River
[C] Niger River
[D] Nile River
Answer:- [A] Congo River
9. Which plateau is called Ruhr of India?
[A] Chota Nagpur Plateau
[B] Deccan Plateau
[C] Malwa Plateau
[D] None of these
Answer:- [A] Chota Nagpur Plateau
10. Who among the following was the father of Homeopathy?
[A] Domac
[B] Samuel Hahnemann
[C] Waksman
[D] Lewis
Answer:- [B] Samuel Hahnemann
11. What is the national animal of India?
[A] Cheetah
[B] Tiger
[C] Leopard
[D] Singh
Answer:- [B] Tiger
12. What was the national animal of India before the tiger?
[A] Deer
[B] Nilgai
[C] Rhinoceros
[D] Lion
Answer:- [D] Lion
13. How many lions are seen in the National Emblem of India?
[A] 4
[B] 3
[C] 2
[D] 5
Answer:- [B] 3
14. With what does the daily programs of All India Radio and Doordarshan begin?
[A] National Anthem
[B] National song
[C] Santoor playing
[D] Film tune
Answer:- [B] National song
15. What is the duration of singing the National Anthem of India?
[A] 52 seconds
[B] 60 seconds
[C] 65 seconds
[D] 70 seconds
Answer:- [A] 52 seconds
16. What is the color of Dharma Chakra in the middle of the National Flag of India?
[A] Dark blue
[B] Black
[C] Green
[D] Ocean blue
Answer:- [A] Dark blue
17. What is the national motto of India?
[A] Jai Hind
[B] Vande Mataram
[C] Jai Jawan Jai Kisan
[D] Satyameva Jayate
Answer:- [D] Satyameva Jayate
18. Which of the following is the highest honor of India?
[A] Ashoka Chakra
[B] Paramveer Chakra
[C] Bharat Ratna
[D] None of these
Answer:- [C] Bharat Ratna
19. What is the new name of Rajasthan Canal ?
[A] Indira Gandhi Canal
[B] Gandhi Canal
[C] Jawahar Canal
[D] Subhash Canal
Answer:- [A] Indira Gandhi Canal
20. According to the Mahabharata, who among the following was the brother of Dhritarashtra ?
[A] Dushasan
[B] Vidur
[C] Drupad
[D] Jayadratha
Answer:- [B] Vidur
21. Where is the Central Potato Research Center located ?
[A] Kanpur
[B] Bhopal
[C] Lucknow
[D] Shimla
Answer:- [D] Shimla
22. How many bones are there in the body of a new born baby?
[A] 206 bones
[B] 270 bones
[C] 211 bones
[D] 300 bones
Answer:- [D] 300 bones
23. In which state of India is the White Desert located?
[A] Gujarat
[B] Sikkim
[C] Jammu and Kashmir
[D] Tamil Nadu
Answer:- [A] Gujarat
24. When did the right to education become a fundamental right ?
[A] April 2004
[B] April 2008
[C] April 2010
[D] April 2012
Answer:- [C] April 2010
25. Mount Everest is located in ?
[A] India
[B] Nepal
[C] Tibet
[D] China
Answer:- [B] Nepal
26. Who among the following said for the first time that the earth is round?
[A] Aristotle
[B] Strabo
[C] Copernicus
[D] None of these
Answer:- [A] Aristotle
27. When is Pravasi Bharatiya Divas celebrated?
[A] 8 January
[B] 9 January
[C] 10 January
[D] 11 January
Answer:- [B] 9 January
28. Who founded Fatehpur Sikri ?
[A] Akbar
[B] Babur
[C] Shah Jahan
[D] Sikandar Lodi
Answer:- [A] Akbar
29. Which gas is mostly found in cow dung?
[A] Acetylene
[B] Methane
[C] Ethane
[D] Propane
Answer:- [B] Methane
30. Haridwar is situated on the bank of which river?
[A] Yamuna
[B] Sutlej
[C] Chambal
[D] Ganga
Answer:- [D] Ganga
31. What causes the smell of onion and garlic?
[A] Lithium
[B] Chlorine
[C] Potassium
[D] Sodium
Answer:- [C] Potassium
32. Deficiency of which vitamin leads to loss of fertility?
[A] Vitamin C
[B] Vitamin D
[C] Vitamin K
[D] Vitamin E
Answer:- [D] Vitamin E
33. How many teeth develop twice in a human life time?
[A] 32 teeth
[B] 20 teeth
[C] 12 teeth
[D] 4 teeth
Answer:- [B] 20 teeth
34. Who discovered the lift?
[A] Graves Otis
[B] Baird
[C] Edison
[D] Torcelli
Answer:- [A] Graves Otis
35. Which is the oldest railway station in the world?
[A] Victoria
[B] Osaka
[C] Leningrad
[D] Liverpool
Answer:- [D] Liverpool
36. Where did the first living being originate?
[A] On earth
[B] In water
[C] in the air
[D] On some other planet
Answer:- [B] In water
37. On which date the partition of India was announced?
[A] 3 June 1947
[B] 24 March 1947
[C] 26 January 1950
[D] 15 August 1947
Answer:- [A] 3 June 1947
38. Who was the second president of Congress?
[A] George Yule
[B] Badruddin Tyabji
[C] Dada Bhai Naoroji
[D] Vyomesh Chandra Banerjee
Answer:- [C] Dada Bhai Naoroji
39. Who appoints the Secretary General of the Lok Sabha?
[A] Vice President
[B] Chairman
[C] President
[D] Speaker
Answer:- [D] Speaker
40. Where is the Madhya Pradesh High Court located?
[A] Bhopal
[B] Indore
[C] Gwalior
[D] Jabalpur
Answer:- [D] Jabalpur
41. Where is the High Court of Kerala situated?
[A] Kottayam
[B] Kochi
[C] Ernakulam
Answer:- [C] Ernakulam
42. Silver fiber revolution is related to which of the following?
[A] Leather
[B] Oil seeds
[C] Jute
[D] Cotton
Answer:- [D] Cotton
43. When did the Miss World award start?
[A] In 1951
[B] In 1952
[C] In 1953
[D] In 1954
Answer:- [A] In 1951
44. Who got the first Bharat Ratna award?
[A] Jawaharlal Nehru
[B] Govind Ballabh Pant
[C] B C Rai
[D] CV Raman
Answer:- [D] CV Raman
45. What is the expanded form of RBI?
[A] Rural Bank of India
[B] Reserve Bank of India
[C] Registrar of banks in India
[D] Rural bank institute
Answer:- [B] Reserve Bank of India
46. What is meant by DVD?
[A] dynamic versatile disc
[B] digital versatile disc
[C] dynamic video disc
[D] digital video disc
Answer:- [B] digital versatile disc
47. In which year did India win its first Olympic gold in the game of Hockey?
[A] In 1960
[B] In 1952
[C] In 1948
[D] In 1956
Answer:- [C] In 1948
48. In which year was the Indian Super League started?
[A] 2013
[B] 2012
[C] 2015
[D] 2014
Answer:- [A] 2013
