GENERAL KNOWLEDGE- Questions and Answers -21
4001. "Desire is the root of all miseries" who said this:
Sree Buddha
4002. Alauddin Bahman Shah chose his capital :
Gulbarga ·
4003. Awarmi League is the political party of which country.
- Bangladesh
4004. Birth place of Mahavira:
Kundagrama near Vaisali
4005. Chairman of Malabar Cancer Centre :
Chief Minister
4006.· Composer of the national anthem of U.S.A. :
Francis Scott Key
4007. "Leeds" is famous in among the sport :
Cricket
4008. Marble Rocks is in the river:
Narmada
4009. Non-metal with the highest density :
Iodine
4010. Pet name of Chattampi Swamikal :
Kunjan (real name Ayyappan)
4011. Shah Jahan bought the land from which Maharaja to build Taj Mahal :
Raja Jaising
4012. The basic living species :
Monera
4013. City of Sangli in Maharashtra is on the banks of the River :
Krishna
4014. The River that emerges from the Amarkantak mountain ranges in Madhya Pradesh :
Narmada
4015. The basic unit of quantity of molecule :
Mole
4016. 'Naalu Suvisheshnagal' is related .to the religion:
Christianity
4017. Travancore king who invited Thycaud AyyaAa to his palace:
Swati Tirunal
4018. When the British Parliament passed Pitts India Act in the Governor-General was :
Warren Hastings
4019. Headquarters of European Union:
Brussels
4020. Hindu ruler of Sind when Muhammad Bin Qasim attacked:
Dahir
4021. Major reform of Alauddin Khilji :
Market regulation
4022. Muhammad Bin T ughluq changed his capital in 1327 from Delhi to :
Daulatabad (Devagiri)
4023. Name the famous poet who lived in the court of Alauddin Khilji :
Amir Khusru
4024. Name port India lost during partition and subsequently India developed port Kandla:
Karachi
4025. Preamble of Indian Constitution was drafted by :
Jawaharlal Nehru
4026. The Chalukya king who assumed the title of "Avantinathan" :
Jayasimha Siddha Raja
4027. The first digital film in Malayalam :
Moonamathoral
4028. The first Indian to receive the French Chevalier Award :
Shivaji Ganesan
4029. The first Malayalam Bible was printed at:
Kottayam
4030. The first meeting of the Ali Indian Trade Union Congress was held in :
Mumbai
4031. The first printed book in Malayalam
Samkshepavedartham
4032. The first south Indian to conquer Mount Everest:
P.N.Ganesh
4033. The home of Rabindranath Tagore within the Viswabharati University :
Utharayan
4034. The metal mostly used in making idols:
Copper
4035. The State Award is given to the best farmer ·
Karshakothama
4036. Who proposed the theory that Aryans came from the Arctic :
Bal Gangadhar Tilak
4037. 23 Province of Muhammad Bin Tughluq:
Daulatabad
4038. Headquarters of the United Nations in Europe :
Geneva
4039. Headquarters of United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights :
Geneva
4040. " Preethi Bhojanam" in Kozhikode was organized by :
Vagbhadananda
4041. 'Nadhaputha' in Buddhist scriptures refer to:
Mahavira
4042. Biogas contains mostly :
Methane
4043. Booker Prize is given to the field of:
Literature
4044. Buddhism was propagated in Nepal by:
Padmasambhava
4045. Cricket player called "Baroda Express" :
Irfan Patan
4046. The foreword to Kumaranasan's 'Nalini' was by :
A.R.RaJa Raja Varma
4047. Headquarters of Dravidian University :
Kuppam
4048. Hundred years war lasted for how many years :
116
4049. In which year Pondicherry was renamed Puducherry:
2006
4050. In which year Thycaud Ayya was born :
1814
4051. Kallumala strike was led by :
Ayyankali
4052. Manager of Thycaud Residency who became a renaissance leader :
Thycaud Ayyaguru
4053. Pallava King Narasimhavarman conquered Vathapi and killed the Chalukya ruler:
Pulikesin II
4054. Son of Vayu among Pancha Pandavas :
Bhima
4055. Headquarters of United News of India :
New Delhi
4056. Morocco (Africa) traveller who visited India in 1333 during the reign of Muhammad Bin Tughluq :
Ibn Batuta
4057. Mughal ruler who passed away on praying to exchange his son's disease for his healthy body :
Babur
4058. Period of the reign of Alauddin Khilji :
1296-1314
4059. The Indian State where the largest quantity of food grains are produced :
Uttar Pradesh ·
4060. The only cantonment in Kerala:
Kannur
4061. The process related to the production of Sodium:
Down's Process
4062. To moan the death of whom, the Americans switched off all the lights all over America;
Thomas Alva Edison
4063·. When did the space age in India begin :
21 November 1963
4064. Which article of the Indian Constitution is called the 'Conscience of the Constitution' :
Article 19
4065. Which is called the City of Pearls :
Tuticorin
4066. Who composed "Twinkle Twinkle Little Star":
Ann Taylor & Jane Taylor
4067. Who drafted the declaration of American independence:
Thomas Jefferson
4068. Who presides over Lok Sabha/Assembly :
Speaker
4069. 'War to men is like motherhood to women' who said this:
Mussolini
4070. "International Peace is the dream of a coward " who said this :
Mussolini
4071. "Communal Award" was declared when the Viceroy was :
Lord Wellington
4072. "Love thy neighbour like you" who said this :
Jesus Christ
4073. A Name the Viceroy who cancelled the partition of Bengal in 1911:
Lord Hardinge II
4074. New Testament is related to:
Christianity
4075. Number of alphabets in Egyptian alphabet :
24
4076. Phalke Ratna Award is related to :
Film
4077. Pula is a currency of :
Venezuela
4078. Raja Ram Mohun Roy Library Foundation is in :
Kolkata
4079. Religion in Philippines and East Timor :
Christianity
4080. The Viceroy who withdrew the British soldiers from Afghanistan and later established friendly contacts with them:
Lord Rippon
4081. Nasik is on the banks of the river :
Godavari
4082. "The price of greatness is responsibility" who said this: ·
Sir Winston Churchill
4083. "Where wealth accumulates men decay" who said this :
Oliver Goldsmith
4084. Coconut fronds become yellow due to the deficiency of:
Nitrogen
4085. Headquarters of M.G.University :
Priyadarshini Hills, Athirambuzha
4086. Jazia and Jagir were implemented by :
Firoz Shah Tughluq
4087. Madhavacharyar proposed :
Dvaita Philosophy
4088. National Institute for Unani Medicine is in :
Bangalore
4089. The oldest mountain ranges in the world :
Aravalli
4090. Time required for the light to travel between the Earth and the Moon :
1.3 seconds
4091. Which city is known as white city:
Belgrade
4092. Who has the right to issue an ordinance, when the Legislative Assembly is not in session:
Governor
4093. Who wrote "Madhyamika Sutram":
Nagarjuna
4094. National Anthem of which country has verses in five languages :
South Africa
4095. Ammanur Madhava Chakyar is related to :
Kutiyattom
4096. In which ocean is the Maldives :
Indian Ocean
4097. ln which year Marthanda Varma conquered vadakkumkur:
1750
4098. Manchester is known for :
Textiles
4099. The right to form a new state is vested with :
Parliament
4100. The second of Pancha Pandava :
Bhima
4101. Tomb of Noor Jahan is on the banks :
River Ravi
4102. Viceroy during Pune Pact :
Lord Wellington
4103. What is Newseum :
Newspaper Museum
4104. When did Vakkom Abdul Khader Moulavi die :
1932
4105. When district committees for KPCC were formed as per the decision of Nagpur Congress Session:
1921
4106. Which country is known as "Celtic Tiger" :
Ireland
4107. Which organ consumes 20% of Oxygen taken in:
Brain
4108. Who launched the publication 'Pashtun' :
Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan
4109. Who was known as "Badshah Khan" :
Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan
4110. Who wrote the book tiffed 'The diary of a young girl' :
Ann Franc
4111. 'Patkai' Mountain ranges separate India from :
Myanmar
4112. Constitution empowers whom to control the rules related to civil rights:
Parliament
4113. When did Pandit Karuppan form "Vala Samudaya Parishkarani Sabha" :
1910
4114. National Labour Institute is named after :
V.V. Giri
4115. Rate of heartbeat in man is :
72 per minute
4116. The Executive power of the Union Government is vested with the President as per which Article of the Constitution:
Article 53
4117. The first Matayatee with Indian citizenship to receive Magsaysay Award :
Varghese Kurien (One Malayalee with Malaysian citizenship got the award earlier)
4118. The process related to the production of Hydrogen:
Bosch Process ·
4119. When was Bengaf Partition repealed :
1911
4120. When was Peacock declared national bird :
1963
4121. Which city is called the land of Masks :
Venice
4122. Who appoints officials in All India Services :
President
4123. Who was a Member of Indian Parliament for 50 years :
N.G. Ranga
4124. Who was entrusted to renovate Nalanda University :
Amartya Sen
4125. The first prose in Malayalam :
Bhashakautaleeyam
4126. In Andhra Pradesh, Rocket Launching Station is at :
Sriharikota
4127. In Which state is Mao Hill Station:
Manipur
4128. In which State is Mayurakshi Project:
West Bengal
4129. International Year of Literacy
1990
4130. Major tribes in Andhra and Odisha :
Chenchu
4131. Maoris tribes are in :
New Zealand
4132. Maruti Udyog Limited is in:
Gurgaon.
4133. Marx and Angels published Communist Manifesto in 848 at :
Brussels
4134. Official Airlines of the.American vice President:.
Air Force Two
4135. Palm Sunday is observed by :
Christians
4136. Petalite is the ore of which metal:
Lithium
4137. Propounder of "14 point formula" :
Muhammad Ali Jinnah
4138. Rashtakuta king who built Jain Narayan Temple at Pattadakkal:
Amoghavarsha
4139. Seethi Haji, the Speaker of Kerala Assembly who passed away while in power belonged to the Polltical party :
Muslim League
4140. The first country in the western hemisphere where Marxist Government came to power:
Guyana
4141. The first Malayalee to become the Chairman of National Agricuitural Commission M.S.Swaminathan
4142. The first State in America :
Delaver
4143. The foreign language used in Puducherry :
French
4144. The· gas formed in the as a result of Nuclear fusion in the sun:
Helium
4145. The great man whom Sree Narayana Guru met in 1916 :
Ramana Maharshi ·
4146. The main religion of Nagaland :
Christianity
4147. The only railway junction in Kerala where lines from four different directions meet (Palakkad, Kozhikode, Thrissur, Nilambur):
Shornur
4148. The capital of Andhra state formed in 1953 :
Kurnool
4149. The first actress to receive Oscar :
Janet Gaynor
4150. The first dolby stereo film in Malayalam :
Kalapani
4151. The first Malayalam columnist:
D.C.Kizhakkemuri
4152. The first national award for the best actor was given to :
Uttam Kumar
4153. The dance form which has incorporated Hindu -Muslim cultures:
Kathak
4154. The famous temple of Viswanatha is in :
Varanasi
4155. The first Comptroller and Auditor General of India :
V. Narahari Rao
4156. The first Muslim to become the President of lndia:
Dr. Zakir Hussein ( 1967)
4157. The first oil tanker in India is named after the leader :
Motilal Nehru
4158. The Governor-General during the third Mysore War :
lord Cornwallis
4159. The renaissance leader connected with "Muthukulam speech" in 1947 :
Mannathu Padmanabhan
4160. Which Governor General established Fort William College in 1800 :
Lord Wellesley
4161. Who gave "Vidwan" title to Pandit Karuppan :
Kerala Varma Valiya Koyi Thampuran
4162. Who was the Viceroy when farmers strike at Bardoli district in Gujarat was held under the leadership of Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel :
Lord Irwin
4163. Anti dowry day :
November 26
4164. The process to produce Sulphur:
Frasch Process
4165. The Rajput Princess whom Akbar married:
Jodhabai
4166. What percent of human body is water:
65°/o
4167. When compared to the mother planet the largest satellite is :
Moon
4168. Which is known as City of Winds :
Chicago
4169. Who built the Peacock throne:
Shah Jahan
4170. The longest cell in the human body :
Neuron
4171. Chief Warrior of Alauddin Khilji:
Malik Kafur
4172. Famous Diamond mine in Andhra Pradesh :
Golconda
4173. Forerunner of Akbar's reforms :
Sher Shah
4174. The process to produce Nitric acid:
Ostwald Process
4175. The process to produce Sulphuric acid:
Lead Chamber Process
4176. Where is the tomb of Sheik Salim Chisti whom Akbar worshipped :
Fatehpur Sikri -
4177. Which river is known 'as "Sorrow of Assam" :
Brahmaputra
4178. Who wrote "Ashtangahridayam" :
Vagbhatan
4179. Father of Indian Archeology :
Alexander Cunningham
4180. The ancestral house of Nehru family in Allahabad :
Anand Bhavan
4181. Aurobindo Ghosh ended his revolutionary activities and assumed the life of a saint at :
Puducherry
4182. Chand Beevi and Malik Amber of the Abyssinian race who fought against the Mughals belonged to :
Ahmadnagar
4183. During the British Regime the summer capital of Mumbai was :
Mahabaleshwar
4184. When the license of 'Navasakhti' was cancelled 'Prabodhini' was launched by :
C. Kesavan
4185. Which is known as the Island of sailors :
Samoa
4186. Who was known as the "Fakir-e-Afghan" :
Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan
4187. Who wrote the novel Dharmaraja:
C.V. Raman Pillai
4188. Dhanwanthari Award is related to :
Medicine
4189. 'Yanam' part of Puducherry shares its boundary with :
Andhra Pradesh
4190. Another name of petroleum:
Gasoline
4191. Bengal Lease Act was affected by:
Lord Canning
4192. God gave Ten Commandments to the founder of the religion :
Jew (Judaism)
4193. In which year Aiko Maulavi Launched "Muslim":
1906
4194. JIPMER in Puducherry is known for higher studies in :
Medicine
4195. On criticizing the onslaught of British Soldiers against women which newspaper was banned:
Mathrubhumi
4196. The capital of Azerbaijan:
Baku
4197. The language in Mayyazhi, which is under Puducherry:
Malayalam
4198. In which district is Parassinikadavu Muthappan temple:
Kannur
4199. In which State is Amarnath Pilgrim centre:
Jammu and Kashmir
4200. In which year Mughal capital was shifted to Delhi from Agra:
1646
4201. Mecca, where Prophet Muhammad was born, is in :
Saudi Arabia
4202. Name the ruler of Magadha when Alexander attacked India :
Mahapadmananda
4203. The gas that usually causes an explosion in coal mines:
Methane
4204. The average weight of the human liver:
1359 - 1812 grams
4205. The famous Buddhist centre in Andhra Pradesh :
Nagarjunakonda
4206. The first cricketer to complete 10000 runs in one-day matches :
Sachin Tendulkar
4207. The acid that is present in grapes :
Tartaric acid
4208. Animal that flies in the dark with the help of ultrasonic sound waves :
Bat
4209. Atacama desert is in the continent of :
South America
4210. Founder of Modem Turkey:
Mustafa Kamaal Ataturk
4211. In which district are the Edakkal caves:
Wayanad
4212. In which year Akbar abolished Jazia:
1564
4213. Old name of Amritsar :
Ramdaspur
4214. Recently discovered chemical compound for the treatment of cancer:
Cisplatin
4215. Religion founded by Akbar:
Din Illahi ( 1582)
4216. The colouring pigment in Ajanta are made of :
Minerals and herbs
4217. The colouring pigment in human skin :
Melanin
4218. The event that is most influenced the thoughts Amartya Sen :
Bengal Famine
4219. The first ruler of Modern Travancore:
Marthanda Varma
4220. The last Hindu ruler of Delhi before Muslim rule :
Prithviraj Chauhan
4221. The Ocean that lies between Africa and America :
Atlantic Ocean
4222. The ore of which metal can be concentrated by hydraulic process:
Tin
4223. The organ that controls the body temperature of man :
Skin
4224. The place famous for elephant cages:
Konni
4225. The ruler with the longest tenure in Modern Travancore:
Dharmaraja
4226. The smallest country in Africa:
Seychelles
4227. Through which region in Andhra Pradesh the 82¹⁄₂ degree longitude pass through Kakinada
4228. When did Faizi the poet and friend of Akbar die :
1595
4229. Which Indian Award carries the highest prize money :
Gandhi Peace Prize
4230. Who was known as "Andhra Bhola" :
Krishnadevaraya
4231. The body temperature of man is controlled by :
Hypothalamus
4232. Acoustics is a study on :
Sound
4233. Animal which breaths with the help of lungs and external gills :
Frog
4234. Balakrishnan, a Malayalee received Arjuna Award in1965 for :
Mountaineering
4235. Collection of different maps :
Atlas
4236. The most abundant alkaline Earth metal in the Earth:.
Calcium
4237. The spice which stores food in its underground stem :
Turmeric
4238. The woman who became the Congress President in 1933 :
Nelli Sen Gupta
4239. Who authored "Essays on Gita":
Aurobindo Ghosh
4240. Who was the Viceroy when Govt of India Act 1935 was passed :
Lord Wellington
4241. Nataraja Guru is the son of the renaissance leader :
Dr Palpu
4242 The renaissance leader who formed ‘’Karshaka Sangham” in Malabar :
Vagbhatananda
4243 The minimum age for marriage of boys and girls were made 14 and 18 respectively by the Sarada Act of in 1929 when the Viceroy was :
Lord Irwin
4244 Ancient Hayakstan is present day :
Armenia
4245 Chattampi Swamikal learned ‘’Hatayoga’’ from :
Thycaud Ayya
4246 Father of organ transplantation :
Joseph Edward Murray
4247 Headquarters of Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited :
Bangalore
4248 In which year Indian Air Transport was nationalized :
1953
4249 Deacon’s Process is related to the production of:
Chlorine
4250 Farmers added calcium oxide in the soil to :
Reduce its acidic nature
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