GENERAL KNOWLEDGE- Questions and Answers -20
3801. 'Dreams from My father' is the autobiography of:
Barak Obama
3802. Who is called the father of Modern Medicine :
Hippocrates
3803. River Sabari is the tributary of:
Godavari
3804. Capital. of Ganga Dynasty in Karnataka :
Kolar
3805. The bird that can dive to the deepest extent :
Penguin
3806. "Chirasmarana" by Niranjana is based on the strike :
Kayyur
3807. A.G.Ve\ayudan became a martyr while fighting against untouchability in connections against satyagraha held :
Paliyam
3808. As per the Government of India Act of 1935, Burma was separated from India. The then Viceroy was:
Lord Linlithgow
3809. Captial of Afghanistan:
Kabul
3810. Dupleix was the Governor of the European power :
French
3811. During their stay in exile, which Pandava disguised as "Valalan", the cook :
Shima
3812. The gestation period of a cow is :
9 months
3813. Hamas is related to :
Palestine
3814. In 1925 whom did Sree Narayana Guru declare as his successor:
Bodhananda
3815. In which district is Mullapperiyar dam:
Idukki
3816. Abraham Lincoln was killed at:
Washington D.C.
3817. The average weight of one kidney of man in grams :
130
3818. In which year Akbar put an end to the regency of Bairam Khan :
1560
3819. In which year Malayalee Memorial was submitted to Sree Mulam Tirunal :
1891
3820. Novel authored by Vikram Seth in the poetry form:
The Golden Gate
3821. Who wrote the foreword for History of Indian National Congress by Pattabhi Seetharamaih:
Rajendra Prasad
3822. Renaissance leader who became minister in Travancore-Kochi :
Sahodaran Ayyappan
3823. The most earthquake-prone country :
Mexico
3824. 'Paschimodayam' is published by :
Herman Gundert
3825. 'Prithviraj Raso' is an epic poem in Hindi on the bravery of :
Prithviraj Chauhan
3826. 'Saragrahi' is a magazine launched by the Renaissance leader :
Brahamanda Siva Yogi
3827. After 44 years, India won Olympic medal in Atlanta (1996) for the event :
Tennis
3828. Among the Pancha Pandavas, who is the son of Indra :
Arjuna
3829. Penicillin Factory at Maharashtra is at :
Pimpri
3830. The basic raga in Carnatic Music :
Mayamalava Gaula
3831. The first actress to become Chief Minister of an Indian state:
V.N. Janaki Ramachandran
3832. The first woman to conquer Mount Everest:
Junko Tabei
3833. The number of basic ragas in Carnatic music :
72
3834. Where is Air Force Academy located :
Hyderabad
3835. Where is the factory of Travancore Titanium:
Thiruvananthapuram
3836. Who designed the Prince of Wales Museum in Mumbai:
George Wittel
3837. Who is regarded as the father of Indian National Movement :
Surendranath Banerjee
3838. Who is regarded as the father of Modern Mysore :
M. Visvesvaraih
3839. Whose death anniversary is observed as anti-terrorism day :
Rajiv Gandhi
3840. The Governor-General who appointed the first Law Commission :
Lord William Bentinck
3841. The Governor-General who visited Allahabad to assess the Mahalvari Revenue system:
William Bentinck
3842. The largest Indo -Aryan language :
Hindi
3843. The organization which supervise Indian Telecommunication:
Telecom Regulatory Authority of India
3844. The Viceroy when the Indian Council Act came into being:
Lord Canning
3845. Tulasidas composed 'Ramcharitmanas' at the banks of:
Varanasi
3846. Which country is known as the Land of Geysers :
Iceland
3847. Who was the viceroy when Lala Lajpat Rai passed away on sustaining injury m police lathicharge :
Lord Irwin
3848. William Barton Yeasts who wrote the foreword to Rabindranath Tagore's English version of Gitanjali be longed to :
Ireland
3849. The Governor-General who introduced the Press Act of 1799:
Lord Wellesley
3850. The second Indian to confer with the World Food Prize :
Dr. Varghese Kurien
3851. Mary Robinson is the first woman President of which country :
Ireland
3852. Who passed the proposal for Non-Cooperation in the Congress session held in 1920 : C.R. Das
3853. Who is the oldest American President :
Donald Trump
3854. 'Malayalee' the political magazine was launched by :
C.Krishna Pillai,
3855. Shah Jahan built Taj Mahal in memory of :
Mumtaz Mahal
3856. Average weight in grams of brain of an adult man :
between 1300 and 1400
3857. Court poet of Muhammad Ghazni .;
Firdausi
3858. From where Mahatma Gandhi started Dandi March :
Ahmedabad
3859. Full form of SMS :
Short Message Service
3860. Headquarters of African Union :
Addis Ababa
3861. In which year Mumtaz Mahal passed away :
1631
3862. Naval Academy in Kannur is at :
Ezhimala
3863. The only South Asian country which is a member of G 20 :
India
3864. Irom Chanu Sharmila is a native of :
Manipur
3865. Hero of the novel lndulekha:
Madhavan
3866. Queen of the mountain ranges of south India :
Ooty
3867. Nenthran and aeththan are species of :
Plantain
3868. Russia supplied the Submarine Nerpa to India. Now it is known as:
INS Chakra
3869. Name the Malayalee who represented Lok Sabha from North Mumbai in 1957:
V.K. Krishna Menon
3870. Sergei Bubka the sports legend in pole vault is a native of:
Ukraine
3871. Who was known as Amarajeevi":
Potti Sriramulu
3872. When Rabindranath Tagore visited Kerala Kumaranasan composed "Divyakokilam" which was recited by:
C. Keasvan
3873. The first floating ATM in the world was designed by:
SBI
3874. World Development Report is annually published by the:
World Bank
3875. Place in Kerala mentioned in "Mushaka Vamsam" :
Kolathunadu
3876. The animal which never gets hurt even if moves through sharp blade :
Snail
3877. The country which launched India's Aryabhatta to outer space :
U.S.S.R. (former)
3878. The first Marxist country in Africa :
Guinea
3879. The first person to confer the post of Honorary Group captain of Indian Air Force: Sachin Tendulkar
3880. The first women President in Africa :
Ellen Johnson Sirleaf
3881. The hot wind that blows from Africa and reaches Europe via the Mediterranean :
Sirocco
3882. The Indian state is surrounded by neighbouring countries on three sides :
Tripura
3883. The most famous Lodi Sultan :
Sikander Lodi
3884. The youngest Lok Sabha Speaker :
G.M.C. Balayogi
3885. The Viceroy who shifted the capital from Kolkata to Delhi:
Lord Hardinge 11
3886. The Viceroy who through Factory Act prevented child labour in 1881 :
Lord Ripon
3887. When Archeological Survey of India was formed the Viceroy was :
Lord Curzon
3888. Which gas has the least density:
Hydrogen
3889. Which Sikh ruler covered the tower of Amritsar temple with gold :
Raja Ranjit Singh
3890. Who called Mannathu Padmanabhan "Madan Mohan Malevya of Kerala":
Sardar K. M. Panicker
3891. Who is called the "Milkman of India" :
Dr Varghese Kurien.
3892. Who ruled England when Parliament was formed :
Henry I
3893. With the difference of opinion with the Congress leader ship, which leader with Motilal Nehru formed Swaraj Party on 1st January 1923:
C.R. Das
3894. In which year Sadhujana Paripalana Sangham became Pulaya Maha Sabha :
1938
3895. India's first railway factory established in Kolkata in 1950 is named after :
C.R. Das
3896. Internet Security Day :
February 6
3897. What is called the saviour of personal freedom :
Habeas Corpus
3898. What is produced through Mond Process:
Nickel
3899. Which organ is affected by Eczema:
Skin
3900. Who was known as the Socrates of Maharashtra :
Gopal Krishna Gokhale
3901. The largest lake in Africa :
Victoria
3902. The Indian State where the largest quantity of diamond is mined :
Madhya Pradesh
3903. The first Roman Catholic who became the President of America':
John F. Kennedy
3904. 'Deccan ulcer' which destroyed Aurangzeb :
Marathas
3905. "Emergency is the new era of discipline" who said this:
Vinobha bhave·
3206. 176. Aim of 'Antyodaya' Project:
Upliftment of the poorest of the poor
3907. Which country is called the "Switzerland of Central Asia":
Kyrgyzstan
3908. Which country is known as the "Land of Letter Box companies" :
Lichtenstein
3909. Which incident is also known as "Thonnoorarnand Lahala" in Travancore history:
Ooruttambalam revolt
3910. While in prison Nelson Mandela was given the number:
46664
3911. The first Indian State to permits the use of laptop and I pad in the Assembly:
Kerala
3912. Brihadeswara Temple is in :
Tanjavur
3913. Barthruhari caves are in :
Ujjain
3914. When Prince of Wales visited India in 1921, the Viceroy was :
Lord Reading
3915. Dead language included in the Blh Schedule of the Constitution :
Sanskrit
3916. Founder of Akhila Thiruvithamkur Muslim Mahajana Sabha :
Vakkom Abdul Khader Moulavi
3917. Who hailed Kumaranasan as "Viplavathinte Kavi" :
Thayat Sankaran .
3918. Childhood name of Ayya Vaikundar :
Muthukutti
3919. The capital of Bahamas:
Nassau
3920. The culprit of the 2008 Mumbai terrorist attack who was sentenced to death :
Ajmal Kasab
3921. America became free on :
4 July 1776
3922. Autob1ography of Mahatma Gandhi was first published in :
Navjeevan ·
3923. Gulbarga was renamed by Alauddin Bahaman Shah as:
Ahsanabad
3924. In which year Vietnam War was ended :
1973
3925. In which year William Hawkins reached the Court of Jahangir :
1608
3926. Krishnadevaraya was born in which dynasty of Vijayanagara :
Tuluva
3927. Main port at Karnataka :
Mangalore
3928. "Mission of Life Museum' is established in honour of:
A.P.J . Abdul Kalam
3929. Muloor Memorial in at :
Elavumthitta
3930. Oil seeps through wicks because of :
Capillary action
3931. Prince Muazzam, who succeeded Aurangzeb ascended throne in the name of :
Bahadur Shah I
3932. Ratnakara was maiden name of :
Valmiki
3933. Strait between America and Cuba:
Florida
3934. The American President who was elected four times:
Franklin D. Roosevelt
3935. The country, which has the lengthiest national anthem:
Greece
3936. The famous Buddhist Centre at Maharastra :
Amaravati
3937. The river that connects the capital cities of Vienna, Belgrade, Budapest, Bratislava: Danube
3938. Union Territory which shares boundaries with three states :
Puducherry
3939. What is known as an Emergency hormone :
Adrenalin
3940. Which state is called the Playground of America :
California
3941. Bom Jesus Basilica where the mortal remains of St.Xavier is kept:
Panaji
3942. The main festival of Maharastra :
Ganesh Chaturthi
3943. The city is regarded as the capital of Western classical music :
Vienna
3944. The Committee which recommended the formation of NABARD:
Sivaraman Committee
3945. The concept of "Keala Dalit" was put forward by :
Poikayil Appachan
3946. The first Indian Document in the Memory Book of UNESCO :
Rig Veda
3947. The first test-tube baby in South India :
Kamala Ratnam (1990).
3948. King Elara who conquered Sri Lanka in the 2nd century BC and ruled for 50 years belong to which dynasty:
Chola
3949. The lightest bone in the human body:
Stapes
3950. The only edible orchid :
Vanilla
3951. The sea with least depth :
Azov Sea
3952. When did Kumaranasan become the President of SNDP :
1923
3953. Which country is called the "land of blue sky":
Mongolia
3954. Which country is called the" Pearl of Persian Gulf':
Bahrain
3955. Who calculated the height of Mount Everest for the first time:
George Everest
3956. Alexander Pushkin was born in :
Russia
3957. Bird that Swims the best :
Penguin
3958. Hill station where Malayalee Temple is located :
Yercaud
3959. Jnanpit Award-winner who served as the Vice Chancellor of the M.G. University :
U.R. Anathamurthy
3960. Prince Mausam who succeeded Aurangzeb ascended the throne in the name of :
Bahadur Shah I
3961. Residence of Amitabh Bachchan 'Pratheeksha' is in :
Mumbai
3962. Strait between America and Russia :
Bering Strait
3963. The final resting place of Maharaja Ranjit Singh is at :
Lahore
3964. The first person to confer Honorary citizenship of U.S.A {1963):
Sir Winston Churchill
3965. The only city, which is the Headquarters of three administrative units of Indian Union:
Chandigarh
3966. The President to vote in the Assembly election :
A.P.J.Abdul Kalam
3967. The South American country which is the longest country in the world while comparing to its breadth :
Chile
3968. When Alexander attacked India the ruler of Taxilla was :
Ambhi
3969. When did Aurangzeb give permission to the East India Company to trade in Bengal:
1667
3970. Which award ls known as the British Oscar :
BAFTA
3971. Bhagavat Gita i:s composed in :
Sanskrit
3972. Who is called the King of Devas in Indian mythology:
Indra
3973. The metal was discovered by Humphrey. Dewey in 1808 :
Calcium
3974. The headquarters of Gurukul Kangri University established by Swami Shradananda in 1902 is at:
Haridwar
3975. Portuguese West Africa is now known as :
Angola
3976; Jain Scholar Jinasena was the advisor of :
Amoghavarsha
3977. Which place is called the Mecca for fighter planes :
Jamnagar
3978. Famous writer known as Beypore Sultan:
Vaikom Muhammad Basheer
3979. The third longest river in Kerala :
Pamba
3980. Working Principle of Transformer :
Mutual induction
3981. Leader of Narmada Bachavo Andolan :
Medha Patkar
3982. NATPAC is related to :
Transport
3983. The Viceroy when the Constituent Assembly was formed:
Lord Wavell (6 December 1946)
3984. Brindavan where Lord Krishna spent his childhood is in:
Mathura
3985. Viceroy 'when Criminal Procedure Code was implemented :
Lord Canning
3986. Who wrote Jeevakarunya Nirupanam :
Chattampi Swamikal
3987. Proofreader of Mangalodayam who became a renaissance leader :
V. T. Bhattathirippad
3988. Where the first press was established in Kerala to print Malayalam :
Kottayam ·
3999. "To Err is Human. But only intelligent people learn from mistakes" who said this:
Sir Winston Churchill
4000. 'Malayalam belongs to the linguistic family :
Dravidian
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