Gk questions for competitive exams
1. Who is the first person to get Param vir chakra ?
Answer: Major Somnath Sharma
2. River godavari originates from?
Answer: Brahmagiri Mountain
3. Who is the founder of Van Mahotsav ?
Answer: K.M. Munshi
4. What is the full form of https?
Answer: Hypertext Transfer Protocol Secure
5. Where is Sardar Sarovar project situated ?
Answer: Gujarat
6. Which is the Longest National Highway in India?
Answer: NH 44 (old name NH 7)
7. Which is the smallest National Highway in India?
Answer: NH 966B
8. How many bones are there in human skull ?
Answer: 22 bone
9. Union public service commission was established on ?
Answer: 1 October 1926
10. Union public service commission was established on ?
Answer: 1 October 1926
11. Kyoto protocol was adopted in which year?
Answer: 11-Dec-1997
12. Kyoto protocol was came in to force from which year?
Answer: 16-Feb-2005
13. Kyoto is the city from which country?
Answer : japan
13. Which Device used for measure radiation ?
Answer : geiger muller counter
15. How many number of seats in Lok sabha?
Answer: 545 (543 elected +2 nominated)
16. The second person who land on the moon?
Answer : Edwin Eugene Aldrin
17. Which country is known as land of white elephants?
Answer : Thailand
18. Which country is known as land of cakes?
Answer : Scotland
19. Which country is known as land of thousand lakes?
Answer: Finland
20. Which country is known as land of windmills?
Answer: Netherland
21. Which country is known as land of lilies?
Answer : Canada
22. Who are the founders of "Google"?
Answer: Larry Page, Sergey Brin
23. Who is the author of "Glimpses of World History"?
Answer: Jawaharlal Nehru
24. who wrote the book "India Divided"?
Answer : Rajendra Prasad
25. Who is the father of indian space program?
Answer: Vikram Sarabhai
26. Where is ISRO headquarters?
Answer: Bengaluru
27. Which team won first Twenty-20 worldcup at 2007?
Answer: India
28. Intensity of light is measured by?
Answer: Lux meter
29. Instrument used for recording sound underwater?
Answer : hydrophone
30. Who discovered blood circulation?
Answer: William Harvey
31. What is full form of GST?
Answer: goods & service tax
32. GST first introduced in which country?
Answer: france
33. VAT first introduced in which country?
Answer: France
34. What is the full form for VAT?
Answer: Value Added Tax
35. which is the highest civilian award in India?
Answer : Bharat Ratna
36. Which is the Green planet in solar system?
Answer : Uranus
37. Which acid is known as Muriatic acid?
Answer: Hydrochloric acid
38. Which acid is known as Aqua fortis?
Answer: Nitric acid
39. Aqua regia is a mixture of?
Answer: Nitric acid and Hydrochloric acid
40. What is the full form for "VolP"?
Answer: Voice over internet protocol
41. What is the full form of "LISP"?
Answer: Large scale integrated Circuit
42. What does UPS stand for?
Answer: Uninterruptible Power Supply
43. Name the four metropolitan cities of India?
Answer: Mumbai, Chennai, Kolkata, Delhi
44. Name the birthplace of Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose?
Answer : Cuttack in Odisha
45. What is the boiling point of water?
Answer: 100 degree
46. Narendra Modi was the Chief Minister of which states?
Answer: Gujarat
47. Which state has taken up Sanskrit as an official language?
Answer: Uttarakhand.
