“The Knowledge Library”

Knowledge for All, without Barriers…

An Initiative by: Kausik Chakraborty.

“The Knowledge Library”

Knowledge for All, without Barriers……….
An Initiative by: Kausik Chakraborty.

The Knowledge Library

General Knowledge Questions & Answers

Q1. Which is the coldest location in the earth?
Answer: East Antarctica

Q2. Which is the highest peak in India?
Answer: Kangchenjunga

Q3. The second highest peak in India?
Answer: Nanda Devi

Q4. Which is the continent with the most number of countries?
Answer: Africa

Q5. Which is the country with the most people?

Answer: China

Q6. Which is the fastest animal on land?
Answer: Cheetah

Q7. Which is the first biosphere reserve in India?
Answer: Nilgiri Biopshere Reserve.

Q8. Which is the first element on the periodic table of elements?
Answer: Hydrogen.

Q9. Which is the largest state of India?

Answer: Rajasthan.

Q10. Which is the hardest substance available on earth?
Answer: Diamond.

Q11. The national river of India?
Answer: Ganga.

Q12. Which is the hottest continent on Earth?

Answer: Africa

Q13. Which is the national fruit of India?
Answer: Mango.

Q14. Which is the national flower of India?
Answer: Lotus.

Q15. Which is the instrument used to measure blood pressure?
Answer: Sphygmomanometer

Q16. Which is the largest ‘Democracy’ country in the world?
Answer: India

Q17. Which animal is known as the ‘Ship of the Desert”?
Answer: Camel

Q18. Which is the largest animal in the world?
Answer: Blue whale

Q19. Which is the largest bone in the human body?

Answer: Femur, Also Known As The Thighbone

Q20. Which animal is known as the king of the jungle?
Answer: Lion

Q21. Name the National bird of India?
Answer: The Peacock

Q22. Which is the largest continent in the world?
Answer: Asia

Q23. Which is the largest country in the world (By area)?
Answer: Russia

Q24. Who is known as the Father of the Indian Constitution?
Answer: Dr. B.R. Ambedkar.

Q25. Which is the national tree of India?
Answer: Banyan tree.

Q26. Which is the largest freshwater lake in India?
Answer: wular Lake

Q27. Which is the largest ocean in the world?

Answer: Pacific Ocean

Q28. Who is known as the Father of the Nation?
Answer: Mahatma Gandhi.

Q29. Which countries are separated by the Radcliffe Line?
Answer: India and Pakistan

Q30. Which is the largest plateau in the world?
Answer: Tibetan Plateau

Q31. Which is the longest river in India?
Answer: Ganga.

Q32. Where does the Narmada river originate from?
Answer: Amarkantak

Q33. What is the imaginary line that divides India into almost two parts known as?
Answer: Tropic of cancer.

Q34. Which is the longest river in the world?
Answer: Nile

Q35. Which is the most common non-contagious disease in the world?
Answer: Tooth Decay

Q36. Which is the most sensitive organ in our body?
Answer: Skin

Q37. Which is the most widely spoken native and non-native language in the world?
Answer: English

Q38. Which is the most widely spoken native language in the world?
Answer: Mandarin Chinese

Q39. Which is the nearest star to the earth?
Answer: Sun

Q40. Which is the principal source of energy for earth?
Answer: The Sun

Q41. Which is the capital of India?
Answer: New Delhi.

Q42. Which is the smallest bone in the human body?
Answer: Stapes (Ear Bone)

Q43. What is the National song of India?
Answer: Vande Mataram.

Q44. Name the National game of India?
Answer: Hockey

Q45. Name the National Reptile of India?
Answer: King Cobra

Q46. Which is the smallest continent in the world?
Answer: Australia

Q47. Which is the tallest animal on the earth?
Answer: Giraffes

Q48. Which is the tallest mountain in the world?
Answer: Mount Everest

Q49. Which is the world’s largest flower?
Answer: Rafflesia arnoldii

Q50. Which language is used by the computer to process data?
Answer: binary language

Q51. Which month of the year has the least number of days?
Answer: February

Q52. Which place is known as the roof of the world?
Answer: Tibetan Plateau

Q53. Which planet is known as the Red Planet?
Answer: Mars

Q54. Which planet is the coldest planet in our solar system?
Answer: Uranus

Q55. Which river is called the sorrow of Bihar ?
Answer: The Kosi River

Q56. Which state has taken up Sanskrit as an official language?
Answer: Uttarakhand

Q57. Which state is the biggest in the US?
Answer: Alaska

Q58. Which was the first country to use paper money?
Answer: China

Q59. Which is the popular name for the Indian islands on the Arabian Sea?
Answer: Lakshadweep Islands.

Q60. Who discovered electricity?
Answer: Benjamin Franklin

Q61. Which is the oldest mountain range in India?
Answer: Aravali Mountains.

Q62. What does ‘Archipelago’ mean?
Answer: group of islands.

Q63. Which pass links Srinagar to Leh?
Answer: Zoji La Pass.

Q64. Where is Lake Loktak situated?
Answer: Manipur.

Q65. Who discovered Penicillin in 1928?
Answer: Alexander Fleming

Q66. Who discovered the theory of relativity?
Answer: Albert Einstein

Q67. Who gave the slogan Do or Die?
Answer: Mahatma Gandhi

Q68. Who invented the Computer?
Answer: Charles Babbage

Q69. Who invented the telephone?
Answer: Alexander Graham Bell

Q70. Who is considered the founder of the Sikh religion?
Answer: Guru Nanak

Q71. Who is the first woman to go to space?
Answer: Valentina Tereshkova

Q72. Who is the founder of Microsoft?
Answer: Bill Gates

Q73. Who is the inventor of Radio?
Answer: Guglielmo Marconi

Q74. Who is the inventor of the electric bulb?
Answer: Thomas Edison

Q75. Who is the world’s fastest land animal?
Answer: Cheetah

Q76. Who is the world’s largest land animal?
Answer: Elephants

Q77. Who painted the Mona Lisa painting?
Answer: Leonardo da Vinci

Q78. Who was India’s longest serving Prime Minister?
Answer: Jawaharlal Nehru

Q79. Who was known as the Indian Napoleon?
Answer: Samudra Gupta

Q80. Who was the first American president?
Answer: George Washington

Q81. Who was the first female Governor of an Indian State?
Answer: Sarojini Naidu

Q82. Who was the first Indian to go to space?
Answer: Rakesh Sharma

Q83. Who was the first Indian to have won the Nobel Prize?
Answer: Rabindranath Tagore

Q84. Which place receives the highest rainfall in the world?
Answer: Mawsynram.

Q85. Which place never gets the vertical rays of the Sun?
Answer: Srinagar

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