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General Knowledge – Questions and Answers Part-24

4751. In which state is Golconda diamond mines: 
Telangana
4752. India Gate was designed by : 
Edwin Lutyens
4753. When did China accept Sikkim as part of India : 
2004
4754. Chilka Lake is known for the farming of : 
Prawns
4755. Tiger Airways is in : 
Singapore
4756. The Lake which is located at the lowest  altitude : 
Dead Sea
4757. Gaja Gamini is a work by : 
M.F. Hussain
4758. The first President of Kerala State Library Council:
Kadammanitta Ramakrishnan
4759. Jalandhar is known for : 
Sports goods
4760. When was the capital of Perumpadappu Swaroopam shifted from Thiruvanchikulam to Kochi : 
1405 A.D.
4761. Which is known as Red planet : 
Mars
4762. The busiest bridge in the world : 
Howrah (Kolkata)
4763 . The oldest King of Venad : 
Ayyanatikal Thiruvad
4764 . Kochi State Praja Mandalam came into being on:
16 Jan 1941
4765. In terms of per cent, the country with the largest population of Catholics is : 
Vatican
4766. The Sikh Guru who created Gurmukhi script : 
Angad
4767.The Headquarters of Bamboo corporation : 
Angamali
4768. Natural radioactivity was discovered by : 
Henry Becquerel
4769.When did Mahatma Gandhi reach Kerala for the first time : 
1920
4770. International Poverty Study Center is  at : 
Brazil
4771. The first Nano Technology study center in India is at :
Bangalore
4772. The ablest among the Peshwa rulers was : 
Baji Rao I
4773. In which year Dayanand Saraswati established Arya Samaj: 
1875
4774.  “Ministry of State  Security “is the Secret Agency of :
China
4775. Among the wild animals, the footprints of which animal resembles that of man : 
Bear
4776. The animal which represents collapsing of stock market :
Bear
4777. Founder of Swatantra Party : 
C Rajagopalachari
4778. The first Secretary-General of the United Nations :
Trygve Lie
4779. Who was called as the  ‘’efficient hands of Mahatma’’:
Ali Brothers
4780. Who was called as the ‘Spiritual father of Indian National Movement’ : 
Swami Vivekananda
4781. When did Mahatma Gandhi establish Phoenix settlement in Durban, South Africa : 
1904
4782. The orbit of the geostationary satellites are at an altitude of : 
36000 km
4783. Punjab plain is on the banks of  the river system: 
Indus
4784.The first President to receive Bharat Ratna : 
Dr Rajendra Prasad
4785. Palace of Nations is in : 
Geneva
4786.The longest river in Pakistan : 
Sindhu
4787. The major port of India located closest to  the equator:
Tuticorin
4788. The Prime Minister  of Kochi who fought against the British : 
Paliath Achan
4789. In which state is Dalhousie hill station: 
Himachal Pradesh
4790. The district in Kerala which is largest producer of coffee :
Wayanad
4791. The special Congress session in 1920 which approved the Non-Cooperation Movement was held at : 
Kolkata
4792.The Pigment which gives colour to the skin : 
Melanin
4793. Kerala State Institute of Rural Development is at :
Kottarakkara
4794. The bird which finds it prey with the help of olfactory senses : 
Kiwi
4795. Headquarters of National Inland Water Transport Institute : 
Patna
4796. Capital of Satavahanas : 
Pratishthan (on the banks of Godavari)
4797. The first Indian to receive Heuver Award :
Dr A P J Abdul Kalam
4798. Headquarters of Kerala State Co-operative Marketing Federation : 
Kozhikode
4799. Atmiya Sabha was established in 1814 by :
Raja Ram Mohan Roy
4800. The craters of which planet are named as Vyasa, Valmiki, Homer : 
Mercury
4801. The continent where the highest and the lowest regions on  the Earth surface are located : 
Asia

4802. The first Indian to receive Royalty for selling records :
Rabindranath Tagore
4803. As per the Islamic belief the Eden Garden is the present-day town of : 
Damascus
4804. The first tobacco-free city in India : 
Chandigarh
4805. Who planned Chandigarh city : 
Le Corbusier
4806. Where is Kerala Institute of Local Administration :
Mulankunnathukavu
4807. Which country is known as the land of Thousand Lakes: 
Finland
4808. Where is Kerala Drugs and Pharmaceuticals : 
Kalavur
4809. Asian country with the highest longevity : 
Japan (It is Andorra  in the World)
4810. Chatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Terminal is in : 
Mumbai
4811. Cambay in Gujarat is known for : 
Petroleum
4812.When was Swadeshabhimani exiled : 
1910
4813. The four phases of life in the Vedic period :
Brahmacharya, Grihasthashram, Vanaprastha and Sanyasa
4814. African countries which existed independent during Colonialism : 
Ethiopia and Liberia
4815. Blood sample of which scientist is used to prepare the Gene map : 
James Watson
4816. Singapore is on the shore of : 
Pacific ocean
4817. Who wrote ‘Nirvriti Panchakam’ : 
Sree Narayana Guru
4818.Sufi Saint who established Chisti Order : 
Khwaja Moinuddin Chisti
4819. The spokesperson of the Cabinet in the Assembly: 
Chief Minister
4820. Founder of Kerala Congress : 
K.M. George
4821. Chief Election Commissioner is appointed  by the :
President
4822.River Indus merges with the : 
Indian Ocean
4823.World’s largest producer of Mango : 
India
4824. New Guinea is in which Ocean : 
Pacific Ocean
4825. New Deal Programme is presented by :
Franklin D Roosevelt
4826. World’s largest producer of dates : 
Iraq
4827. Continent which was the venue of the renaissance : 
Europe
4828. Keratin is a substance found in the : 
Skin
4829. Force of Gravity is maximum at the : 
Poles
4830. The six sections of Veda are : 
Shiksha, Niruktam, Vyakaranam, Kalppam, Chandass, and Jyothisham
4831. The Constituent Assembly was formed on   : 
6 December 1946
4832. Coronation of the kings of Cochin were held at :
Chitrakudam
4833. The National Park situated in the northernmost portion of the world : 
North East Green Land National Park
4834. Where is Assembly Museum in Kerala :
Thiruvananthapuram
4835.The most populated city in Pakistan : 
Karachi
4836. Lion Safari Park in Thiruvananthapuram is at : 
Neyyar Dam
4837. The second music  instrumentalist to be conferred with Bharat Ratna : 
Ustad Bismillah Khan
4838. Blue and Yellow when mixed would give : 
Green
4839. The insect without wings : 
Bed bug
4840. Revolutionary who became an atheist : 
Bhagat Singh
4841. Second Indian to pass Civil Service Examination:
Surendranath Banerjee
4842. Bills passed by the Assembly becomes law on appending the signature of : 
Governor
4843. Book authored by Sheik Sainudeen who declared War on the Portuguese: 
Tuhfatul Mujahideen
4844. Charminar in Hyderabad was built by :         
Muhammad Quli Qutb Shah
4845.The Military action that liberated Goa : 
Operation Vijay of 1961
4846.Budget in the Assembly is presented in the name of the: 
Governor
4847. Dr S Chandrasekhar was awarded Nobel Prize for the subject : 
Physics
4848. Where is Dun School : 
Dehradun
4849. The Portuguese Traveler who visited Vijayanagar after the Talikota War : 
Caesar Frederick
4850. The metal shows the poorest electrical conductivity:
Lead
4851.The ester with the smell of banana: 
Isoamyl acetate

4852. The only Jewish country in the world : 
Israel
4853. In which year Civil Disobedience was   launched : 
1930
4854. Subhas Chandra Bose was born in : 
Cuttack
4855. Capital of Chandela Kings : 
Khajuraho
4856. Who is advised by General Purpose Committee :
Speaker
4857. In which year Delhi Durbar was held : 
1911
4858. Samastha Kerala Sahodara Sangham was formed in 1917 by : 
K. Ayyappan
4859. Which medicine is known as ‘Wonder Drug’: 
Aspirin
4860. The four subsidiary companies under General Insurance: 
New India Assurance, Oriental Insurance, National Insurance and the United India Insurance
4861. Muhammadan Anglo-Oriental College was established by Sir Syed Ahmed Khan in: 
1875
4862. Who presided the first session of the AITUC held in 1920 : 
Lala Lajpat Rai
4863. The person who was sentenced to death along with Godse in the Mahatma Gandhi Assassination case :
Narayana Dattatraya  Apte
4864. In which year Common Wealth Games was started :
1930
4865. The first Indian to win the Ig  Nobel Prize for Peace :
Atal Bihari Vajpayee
4866. Where is Chor Minar: 
Delhi
4867. Who built Charminar : 
Alauddin Khilji
4868. The first Nehru Planetarium was established in 1954 at: 
Pune
4869. Title ‘Sikander-e-Sani’ was assumed by the Delhi Sultan: 
Alauddin Khilji
4870. The only Indian State where Special Marriage Act is not valid : 
Jammu and Kashmir
4871. Which Prime Minister  visited China after Nehru:   
Rajiv Gandhi
4872. The last Dewan of Kochi : 
C.P. Karunakara Menon
4873.The Sena dynasty ruled which part of India : 
Bengal
4874. Where is Hawa Mahal: 
Jaipur
4875. The Tennis Court Oath in connection with the French Revolution was in : 
20 June 1789
4876. Which is known as the School City of India: 
Dehradun
4877. Swami Vivekananda made his Chicago Addresses in connection with the World Parliament of Religions in :
1893
4878. The youngest Nobel Prize winner : 
Malala Yousafzai
4879. Who represented the largest number of  constituencies in Kerala : 
M.V.Raghavan
4880. The longest river in North East India : 
Brahmaputra
4881.Shimla Agreement was signed by : 
Indira Gandhi
4882.The motto of French Revolution : 
Liberty, Equality and Fraternity
4883. Nanak (1469-1539) the first Guru of Sikhs was born in: 
Talwandi
4884. The most violent volcanic eruption : 
Krakatoa
4885. Water on hydrolysis gives : 
Hydrogen and Oxygen
4886. During British regime the Parliament was known as the: 
Central Legislative Assembly
4887.Which country won the World Cup Football for the largest number of times : 
Brazil
4888. Which artist represented Pigeon /Dove as the symbol of Peace : 
Picasso
4889. The largest producer of Silk in India : 
Karnataka
4890. The main river of Chhattisgarh : 
Mahanadi
4891.The largest river that flows through the rift valley :
Narmada
4892. Malayalee who became the Defence Minister after V.K. Krishna Menon : 
A.K. Antony
4893. Who was known as Lokhitwadi:
Gopal Hari Deshmukh
4894. Gayatri Mantram is a part of : 
RigVeda
4895. In which State is Kanchipuram known for silk saris: 
Tamil Nadu
4896. Who led the Indian Independence  League in Japan :
Rash Behari Bose
4897. The five basic things of Sikhs : 
Kesh, Kangha, Kacha, Kara , Kripan
4898. The first president of the Kerala Khilafat Committee :
Kunjikkoya Thangal
4899. The scientific name of lion :  
Panthera  leo
4900.The average length of the backbone of man: 
3.3 feet
4901. Simlipal National Park is in : 
Odisha

4902. Ancient name of Rajasthan : 
Matsya
4903. Shqiperi is presently known as : 
Albania
4904. The port located in the Bay of Khambhat: 
Surat
4905. When did Travancore accept the English supremacy :
1795
4906. The bird that can swim underwater : 
Penguin
4907.Former name of Kerala Kalamandalam : 
Kerala Arts Academy
4908.President of Congress during Quit India Movement :
Maulana Abul Kalam Azad
4909.The national flag which country is a square : 
Switzerland
4910. Headquarters of Kerala Wood Industries : 
Nilampur
4911. Nobel Prizes except for Peace is conferred at : 
Sweden
4912.In Sayyid Dynasty who succeeded Khizr Khan : 
Mubarak Shah
4913. Headquarters of Kerala Agricultural University :
Mannuthy
4914. The second largest city in Tamil Nadu : 
Coimbatore
4915. In which year the first English School in Thalassery started functioning : 
1858
4916. In which year English Factory was established in Thalassery : 
1695
4917. Tahrir Square is in :
Egypt
4918. Thiruchirapally is on the banks of : 
Kaveri
4919. In which year the last Mamankam was held :  
1755
4920. The theory of population explosion was put forward by : 
Malthus
4921. Metal known Tamram in Sanskrit : 
Copper
4922. Kollam Era began during the reign of : 
Rajasekhara Varma
4923. Guru of Hariharan and Bukka : 
Vidyaranya
4924. Membership number of Montenegro in United Nations :
192
4925.In which year World Trade Organization came into being:
1995
4926. The colour of the flag of United Nations: 
Blue
4927.Thar Express runs between : 
Munabha Bhavo  and Khokhrapar
4928. The coldest region on the earth : 
Verkhoyansk.
4929.Headquarters of the High Court of Gujarat : 
Ahmedabad
4930.In which year Work of M.C.road was completed  : 
1877
4931.Old name of Ghana : 
Gold Coast
4932. President elected without opposition : 
Neelam Sanjeeva Reddy
4933. The first woman member of Cochin Legislative Assembly: 
Thottakkad Madhavi Amma
4934. The first woman to receive Ezhuthachan Award :
Balamaniamma (1995)
4935. The Malwa ruler was defeated by Akbar in 1581 :
Bas Bahadur
4936. ICC Award for the world’s best cricketer is named after:
Garry Sobers
4937. Founder of Sunga dynasty : 
Pushyamitra Sunga
4938. The first Ezhuthachan Puraskaram was given to:
Sooranad Kunjan Pillai(1993)
4939. Akbar passed away on:  
17 October 1605
4940. The civilization which used the art of writing : 
Sumerian
4941. Study of poison: 
Toxicology
4942. Pen name of M.P. Bhattathiripad : 
Premji
4943.The theme of Sangam works : 
War, Romance
4944. Mount Everest is named after George Everest who was: 
the Surveyor-General of India.
4945. The largest Peninsula in the world : 
Arabia
4946. The planet which reflects maximum solar rays falling on it : 
Venus
4947. The third-largest planet in the solar system : 
Uranus
4948.The only Muslim dynasty in Kerala : 
Arakkal
4949. The second UNITED NATIONS General Secretary to win Nobel Prize for Peace : 
Kofi Annan
4950.Name the jail where Mahatma Gandhi was imprisoned followed by Quit India Movement:  
Agha Khan Palace
4951.In which State is Siachen Glacier: 
Jammu and Kashmir

4952.The movement of earth around the Sun is : 
Revolution
4953. The rocket used to launch Apollo 11 which carried men to Moon : 
Saturn 5
4954. The train that connects Jammu and Kanyakumari :
Himasagar
4955. The first city in Kerala where public transport was introduced: 
Thiruvananthapuram.
4956. In which state is Vidisha, the capital of Sunga dynasty :
Madhya Pradesh
4957. Founder of Cochin State Congress : 
T.K. Nair
4958.The smallest species of cow in the world : 
Vechur Cow
4959. Girinagar inscriptions are on the reforms of :
Rudradaman
4960.The first Delhi Sultanate who visited the tomb of Moinuddin Chisti :
Muhammad Bin Tughluq
4961. The National Anthem of which country has music but no lyrics : 
Spain
4962. The continent without grasslands : 
Antarctica
4963. The first Chief Minister of Kerala to become the Union Minister : 
A.K. Antony
4964. The only mental health centre in Kerala where Ayurveda treatment is administered: Kottakkal
4965. The Headquarters of Kerala Inland Navigation Corporation : 
Kochi
4966. The first Odakkuzhal Award was given to :
Vennikulam Gopala Kurup
4967. Among the recipient of Bharat Ratna  Awardees, the first person who was born outside India : 
Mother Teresa
4968. Van Mahotsav is held in the month of : 
July
4969.  ‘Brihaspathi’ as per Indian concept is the planet : 
Jupiter
4970. The first leader to discuss on the poverty line in the pre-independent India :
Dadabhai Naoroji
4971. Kudumbasree was launched in : 
Kerala
4972.Capital of Siraj ud-Daulah :  
Murshidabad
4973. The first woman Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu : 
Janaki Ramachandran
4974.Founder of Kottakkal Arya Vaidya Sala : 
Vaidyaratnam P.S.Warrier
4975. Principle of Charvaka Religion: 
‘Lokayatha darshananam’
4976. Which fuel has the highest calorific value: 
Hydrogen
4977. Founder of Ramanattam : 
Kottarakkara Thampuran
4978. In which year the first Congress session in which Mahatma Gandhi participated was held : 
1901 at Kolkata
4979. Penname of K. Ramakrishna Pilla while contributing for Kerala Darpanam, Kerala Patrika and Malayalee :
Keralan
4980.The leader who played a significant role in the formation of Kochi Praja Mandalam: 
V.R.Krishnan Ezhuthachan
4981. Solar heat reaches the earth by : 
Radiation
4982. Sutrapitaka deals with : 
Principles of Buddha
4983 Quality agro products are given the seal of : 
Agmark
4984. The largest archipelago in the world : 
Indonesia
4985.The Prime Minister  who gave the status of Associate State to Sikkim as per 35th  Amendment and by 36th Amendment was given the status of a State : 
Indira Gandhi
4986. Which Congress session decided to hand over leadership to the young generation: 
Lahore
4987. Golconda and Bijapur were surrendered to the Mughal dynasty during the reign of : 
Aurangzeb.
4988. The first National leader to attack on Salt law: 
Gopal Krishna Gokhale
4989. High Court Judge submits resignation to : 
President
4990. The conqueror who had the lineage of Timor paternally and Genghis Khan maternally: Babur.
4991.Horse of Buddha : 
Kanthaka
4992. ‘Mahabinishkramana’ in Buddha Scriptures refers to: 
Buddha’s sacrifice
4993.Which is called QuickSilver: 
Mercury
4994. Who was called the Heroine of Quit India Movement:
Aruna Asaf Ali
4995. Headquarters of Zamorins : 
Kozhikode
4996. The famous wildlife sanctuary in Gujarat : 
Gir
4997. The first Muslim ruler in India who proved his efficiency in Civil Administration: 
Sher Shah
4998. How many times the length of our National Flags is to its width : 
One and half times
4999. Venue of Salt Satyagraha in Kerala : 
Payyannur
5000. Governor-General who banned Sati : 
William Bentinck
      

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