“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

Miscellaneous GK Questions and Answers-11

1. The ‘Last Judgment ’  was painted by : 
Michelangelo

2 The Congress session which passed Quit India resolution in 1942 was held at : 
Bombay

3 The district in Kerala which stands first in producing electricity from water : 
Idukki

4 The popular novelist Arthur Kesler is a native of: 
Hungary

5 National river of Pakistan : 
Indus

6 In football, the distance between poles in the goal post is :
7.32 meters

7 The First Party Congress of the Communist Party of India was held in :
Mumbai

8 The maximum number of members from the States to Lok Sabha : 
530

9 The organization which is connected with  the list of World Heritage sites: 
UNESCO

10 Dewan who exiled Swadeshabhimani Ramakrishna Pillai: 
P. Rajagopalachari

11 In which state is Golconda diamond mines: 
Telangana

12 India Gate was designed by : 
Edwin Lutyens

13 When did China accept Sikkim as part of India : 
2004

14 Chilka Lake is known for the farming of : 
Prawns

15 Tiger Airways is in : 
Singapore

16 The Lake which is located at the lowest  altitude : 
Dead Sea

17 Gaja Gamini is a work by : 
M.F. Hussain

18 The first President of Kerala State Library Council:
Kadammanitta Ramakrishnan

19 Jalandhar is known for : 
Sports goods

20 When was the capital of Perumpadappu Swaroopam shifted from Thiruvanchikulam to Kochi : 
1405 A.D.

21 Which is known as Red planet : 
Mars

22 The busiest bridge in the world : 
Howrah (Kolkata)

23 The oldest King of Venad : 
Ayyanatikal Thiruvadikal

24 Kochi State Praja Mandalam came into being on:
16 Jan 1941

25 In terms of per cent the country with the largest population of Catholics is : 
Vatican

26 The first woman Mayor of India was in : 
Mumbai

27 Jahangir lived most of his life in : 
Lahore

28 ‘’Deuce’’ is related to the game of : 
Tennis

29 Name the terrestrial bird of prey, which is capable of flying : 
Secretary bird

30 Which is known as the ‘’Denim city of India’’ :
Ahmedabad

31 The first European power to settle in Sri Lanka : 
Portugal

32 The country which has the same Standard Time as that of India : 
Sri Lanka

33 Who approves the leader of any other party as the Leader of the Opposition: 
Speaker

34 Between 17 and 19 centuries Finland was under the control of : 
Sweden

35 The ruler who was a contemporary of Buddha and Mahavira :
Bimbisara

36 What per cent is India on Earth : 
0.57 %

37 For how long Mahatma Gandhi lived in Independent India : 
168 days

38 Founder of Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhakam :
M.G. Ramachandran

39 Article of the Constitution which deals with amendments :
368

40 The last foreign colony to be merged with India : 
Goa

41 The second-largest city in Pakistan : 
Lahore

42 The last  administrative unit added to India : 
Sikkim

43 Who submits the bill approved by the Assembly for the assent of the President: 
Governor

44 Continent subjected to reformation: 
Europe

45 Where is Agricultural Engineering College of Kerala located : 
Thavanoor

46 Which acid is also known as Muriatic acid: 
Hydrochloric acid

47 Which place is known as the Kasi of Kerala : 
Thirunelli

48 Dover strait separates England from : 
France

49 The Chairman of the Constituent Assembly :
Dr.Rajendra  Prasad

50 The treaty to put an end to the first Mysore War was signed at : 
Chennai 

51 An object in the outer space possessing the  highest gravitational force such that even light rays cannot emerge out of it :  
Blackhole

52 Who remarked that Jhansi Rani as the  brightest spot in the dark background: 
Jawaharlal Nehru

53 Who calculated the speed of light for the first time :
Roemer

54 Elephant festivals are  held in : 
Jaipur

55 The first Delhi Sultan who paid the salary of the soldiers in cash : 
Alauddin Khilji

56 The highest military honour in Bangladesh : 
Bir Sreshtho

57 The highest polluted city in the world : 
Tokyo

58 Amazon River flows through : 
Peru, Brazil and Columbia

59 Arthur Conan Doyle was born in : 
Scotland

60 The highest plateau in the world : 
Tibet

61 The state to launch the Lok Jumbish Project with the cooperation of the Swedish Government: 
Rajasthan

62 Wave theory of light was put forward by:
Christian Huygens

63 Founder of Mitramela :  
V.D. Savarkar

64 The king referred in Aihole inscription : 
Pulikesin II

65 Sandwich islands are in the : 
Atlantic Ocean

66 The smallest continent : 
Australia

67 The first feature film made by Dada Saheb Phalke was in the year : 
1913

68 Water from Siruvani dam in Kerala is supplied to Tamil Nadu for the irrigation of 
Coimbatore

69 The first country where Mercy Killing is legally approved in the whole territory: 
The Netherlands

70 Revathi Pattathanam were conducted by the Zamorins at the : 
Thali Temple

71 The Sikh Guru who created Gurmukhi script : 
Angad

72 The Headquarters of Bamboo corporation : 
Angamali

73 Natural radioactivity was discovered by : 
Henry Becquerel

74 When did Mahatma Gandhi reach Kerala for the first time : 
1920

75 International Poverty Study Center is  at : 
Brazil

76 The first Nano Technology study centre in India is at :
Bangalore

77 The ablest among the Peshwa rulers were: 
Baji Rao I

78 In which year Dayanand Saraswati established Arya Samaj: 
1875

79  “Ministry of State  Security “is the Secret Agency of :
China

80 Among the wild animals, the footprints of which animal resembles that of man : 
Bear

81 The animal which represents collapsing of the stock market :
Bear

82 Founder of Swatantra Party : 
C Rajagopalachari

83 The first Secretary-General of the United Nations :
Trygve Lie

84 Who was called as the  ‘’efficient hands of Mahatma’’:
Ali Brothers

85 Who was called as the ‘Spiritual Father of Indian National Movement’ : 
Swami Vivekananda

86 When did Mahatma Gandhi establish Phoenix settlement in Durban, South Africa : 
1904

87 The orbit of the geostationary satellites is at an altitude of : 
36000 km

88 Punjab plain is on the banks of  the river system: 
Indus

89 The first President to receive Bharat Ratna : 
Dr Rajendra Prasad

90 Palace of Nations is in : 
Geneva

91 The longest river in Pakistan : 
Sindhu

92 The major port of India located closest to  the equator:
Tuticorin

93 The Prime Minister  of Kochi who fought against the British : 
Paliath Achan

94 In which state is Dalhousie hill station: 
Himachal Pradesh

95 The district in Kerala which is the largest producer of coffee :
Wayanad

96 The special Congress session in 1920 which approved the Non-Cooperation Movement was held at : 
Kolkata

97 The Pigment which gives colour to the skin : 
Melanin

98 Kerala State Institute of Rural Development is at :
Kottarakkara

99 The bird which finds it prey with the help of olfactory senses : 
Kiwi

100 Headquarters of National Inland Water Transport Institute : 
Patna

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