GENERAL KNOWLEDGE- Questions and Answers -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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