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General Knowledge Questions Every Student Should Know, By Maheshwari Classes, , 1. Who is the Father of our Nation?, Answer: Mahatma Gandhi, 2. Who was the first President of India?, Answer: Dr. Rajendra Prasad, 3. Who is known as Father of Indian Constitution?, Answer: Dr. B. R. Ambedkar, 4. Which is the most sensitive organ in our body?, Answer: Skin, 5. Giddha is the folk dance of?, Answer: Punjab, 6. Who was the first Prime Minister of India?, Answer: Jawaharlal Nehru was the first Prime Minister of India., 7. Which is the heavier metal of these two? Gold or Silver?, Answer: Gold, 8. Who invented Computer?, Answer: Charles Babbage, 9. 1024 Kilobytes is equal to?, Answer: 1 Megabyte (MB), 10. Brain of computer is?, Answer: CPU, 11. India lies in which continent?, Answer: Asia, 12. Which country are the Giza Pyramids in?, Answer: The Giza Pyramids are in Egypt., 13. What city is the statue of liberty in?, Answer: The statue of liberty is in New York City
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14. How many Cricket world cups does India have?, Answer: India has two cricket world cups., 15. Martyrs’ Day is celebrated every year on?, Answer: 30th January, 16. Name the first 3 planets in our solar system?, Answer: The first 3 planets in our solar system are mercury, venus, and earth., , 17. Which is the longest river on the earth?, Answer: Nile, , 18. Gir National Park in Gujarat is famous for?, Answer: Lion, 19. Which animal has hump on its back?, Answer: Camel, 20. Name 3 root vegetables?, Answer: Beets, carrots, and radish are root vegetables., 21. Name the game which is played with bat, ball and wicket?, Answer: Cricket, 22. Smallest state of India is?, Answer: Goa, 23. Fastest animal on earth is?, Answer: Cheetah, 24. Which is the animal referred as the ship of the desert?, Answer: Camel, 25. Which plant grows in desert?, Answer: Cactus, 26. Highest dam of India is?, Answer: Tehri Dam
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27. The total distance around a figure is called its?, Answer: Perimeter, 28. A figure with 8 sides is called?, Answer: Octagon, , 29. What colour symbolises peace?, Answer: The colour white symbolises peace., 30. National Tree of India is?, Answer: Banyan tree, 31. Which flower is white in colour?, Answer: Jasmine, 32. Agra is situated on the bank of river?, Answer: Yamuna, 33. Baby of horse is called?, Answer: Colt, 34. National animal of India, Answer: Tiger, 35. Shape of Egg is?, Answer: Oval, 36. Most widely spoken language in the world is?, Answer: Mandarin (Chinese), 37. Which insect has colourful wings?, Answer: Butterfly, , 38. Who wrote Romeo and Juliet?, Answer: William Shakespeare wrote Romeo and Juliet., 39. Cry of lion is called?, Answer: Roar, 40. Name any reptile?
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Answer: A lizard is a reptile., 41. Cataract is the disease of?, Answer: Eyes, 42. Which organ purify our blood?, Answer: Kidney, 43. Who wrote the National Anthem – Jana Gana Mana?, Answer: Rabindra Nath Tagore, 44. How many colours are there in India’s National Flag?, Answer: Three, 45. Gateway of India is located at?, Answer: Mumbai, 46. Who was Albert Einstein?, Answer: Albert Einstein was a famous scientist., 47. What crop is famously grown in the region of Darjeeling?, Answer: The region of Darjeeling is known to grow Tea leaves., 48. Capital of Uttarakhand is?, Answer: Dehradun, 49. When do we celebrate our Independence Day?, Answer: 15th August, 50. Sun is a?, Answer: Star, 51. Which planet is nearest to Earth?, Answer: Venus, 52. We get solar energy from?, Answer: Sun, 53. What islands are a part of the country of India?, Answer: The Andaman and Nicobar Islands and Lakshadweep Islands belong to India., 54. Where does a dog live?, Answer: Kennel
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55. Which animal is called the ship of the desert?, Answer: Camel, 56. Goitre is caused due to the deficiency of?, Answer: Iodine, , 57. Who was George Washington?, Answer: George Washington was the first president of the United States of America., 58. Longest river in the world is?, Answer: Nile, 59. How many players are there in a cricket team?, Answer: 11, 60. Largest island in the world is?, Answer: Green Land, 61. Which president of the USA is responsible for the Emancipation Proclamation?, Answer: Abraham Lincoln is responsible for the Emancipation Proclamation., 62. LBW is related to which sports?, Answer: Cricket, 63. Young one of a cat is called?, Answer: Kitten, 64. Which African nation is famous for chocolate?, Answer: The nation of Ghana is world famous for chocolate., 65. Saina Nehwal is associated with which sports?, Answer: Badminton, , 66. How many days are there in a Leap year?, Answer: 366, 67. Olylmpics games are held after every?, Answer: 4 years, 68. How many sides are there in a pentagon?
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Answer: 5, 69. What is King Arthur’s sword called?, Answer: King Arthur’s sword was called Excalibur., 70. A place where bees are kept is called?, Answer: Aviary, 71. Which is the biggest sea animal?, Answer: Dolphin, 72. Who is the founder of Microsoft?, Answer: Bill Gates is the founder of Microsoft., 73. Who discovered Penicillin?, Answer: Alexander Flemming, 74. Who was popularly known as Netaji?, Answer: Subhash Chandra Bose, 75. Which country does the company Sony come from?, Answer: Sony comes from the nation of Japan., 76. Scientific study of birds is called?, Answer: Ornithology, 77. Who is the author of the book – Broken Wing?, Answer: Sarojini Naidu, 78. Largest desert in the world is?, Answer: Sahara desert, 79. In which direction does the sun rise?, Answer: The sun rises from the east., 80. Kuchipudi is the dance form of which state?, Answer: Andhra Pradesh, 81. Who was Margaret Thatcher?, Answer: Margaret Thatcher was a former Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, 82. United Nation (UN) day is celebrated on?, Answer: 24th October
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83. In which season we wear warm clothes?, Answer: Winter, 84. Which bird can not fly?, Answer: Ostrich, 85. We should cross the road when the traffic light is?, Answer: Green, 86. Place where animals and birds are kept?, Answer: Zoo, 87. In which festival we play with colours?, Answer: Holi, 88. Which fruit gives us oil?, Answer: Coconut, 89. Which jungle is the most dense in the world?, Answer: The Amazon is the densest jungle in the world., 90. The national song, Answer: Vande Mataram, 91. The national bird is, Answer: Peacock, 92. The national fruit is, Answer: Mango, 93. National Education Day, Answer: 11 Nov., 94. Children’s Day, Answer: 14 Nov., 95. Teacher’s Day, Answer: 5 September, 96. Which place is known as tea garden of India, Answer: Assam, 97. Which is the smallest bird ?, Answer: Humming Bird
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98. Which is the largest ocean in the world ?, Answer: Pacific Ocean, 99. Which is India’s largest fresh water lake?, Answer: Wular Lake, 100. Which is the tallest waterfall in the world ?, Answer: Angel Falls, 101. What does UPS stand for?, Answer: Uninterrupted Power Supply, 102. Name the four metropolitan cities of India, Answer: Mumbai, Chennai, Kolkata, Delhi, 103. Name the birthplace of Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose, Answer: Cuttack in Odisha, 104. What is the boiling point of water?, Answer: 100 degree is the boiling point of water., 105. Narendra Modi was the Chief Minister of which states?, Answer: Gujarat, 106. Which state has taken up Sanskrit as an official language?, Answer: Uttarakhand, 107. Name the first female Indian Astronaut, Answer: Kalpana Chawla, 108. Who was the first Indian to go to space?, Answer: Rakesh Sharma, 109. Who was India’s longest serving Prime Minister?, Answer: Jawaharlal Nehru, 110. Which is the smallest continent?, Answer: Australia, 111. Who invented the telephone?, Answer: Alexander Graham Bell, 112. Which acid is found in lemon?
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Answer: Citric Acid, 113. What is India’s form of Governance?, Answer: Democracy, 114. How many states does India have?, Answer: 29, 115. Who was the first Indian Woman to climb Mount Everest?, Answer: Bachendri Pal, 116. ‘Madhubani’, a style of folk paintings, is popular in which of the following states in India?, Answer: Bihar, 117. Australia lies between which two oceans?, Answer: The Indian Ocean and Pacific Ocean, 118. Name the 14th President of India, Answer: Ram Nath Kovind, 119. Which Indian woman was the first to win the Nobel Prize?, Answer: Mother Teresa, 120. Who was the inventor of the light bulb?, Answer: Thomas Edison, 121. Who is the Finance Minister of India?, Answer: Arun Jaitley, 122. What is the national game of USA?, Answer: Baseball, 123. What is the full form of NEWS?, Answer: North East West South, 124. What is the full form of AM and PM?, Answer: Ante Meridiem and After Midday, 125. Who is the Vice President of India?, Answer: Venkaiah Naidu, 126. Name the lightest gas, Answer: Hydrogen
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127. Who wrote Panchatantra?, Answer: Vishnu Sharma, 128. Who was the first Indian to have won the Nobel Prize?, Answer: Rabindranath Tagore, 129. Name the region that has the oldest rocks, Answer: Aravalli, 130. Name the highest mountain peak of India, Answer: Mount Kanchenjunga, 131. Entomology is the science that studies, Answer: Insect, 132. How many layers are there in Earth’s atmosphere?, Answer: 5, 133. Name the biggest planet in our solar system, Answer: Jupiter, 134. Which is the largest plateau in the world?, Answer: Tibetan Plateau, 135. What is the order of the planets in the Solar System?, Answer: Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune, 136. Who invented the Television?, Answer: John Logie Baird, 137. Where is the Ajanta caves situated?, Answer: Maharashtra, 138. What is the name of India and Pakistan’s border?, Answer: Radcliffe Line, 139. What is the ratio of width to the length of National Flag of India?, Answer: 2:3, 140. Which gas commonly known as laughing gas, Answer: Nitrous oxide, 141. Gandhi Ji started the Dandi March in which year?, Answer: 1930
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142. What is the study of Universe known as?, Answer: Cosmology, 143. Why are the leaves of a plant so important?, Answer: They produce food for the plant through photosynthesis, 144. The famous Ganga Sagar Mela an annual fair is held in which state of India?, Answer: West Bengal, 145. Who is considered the founder of the Sikh religion?, Answer: Guru Nanak, 146. Who was known as the Indian Napoleon?, Answer: Samudragupta, 147. Who gave the slogan Do or Die?, Answer: Mahatma Gandhi, 148. What is the distance between Earth and Sun?, Answer: 149.6 Million km, 149. Which is the largest country in the world based on the area?, Answer: Russia, 150. What is the most spoken language in the world?, Answer: Mandarin or Chinese, 151. Which is the longest river in the world?, Answer: Nile, 152. Which is the largest bone in the human body?, Answer: Femur, also known as the thighbone, 153. Which is the first biosphere reserve in India?, Answer: Nilgiri Biosphere Reserve, 154. Which is the largest freshwater lake in India?, Answer: Wular Lake, 155. What is the full form of HTTP?, Answer: Hypertext Transfer Protocol, 156. Which planet is known as the Red Planet?
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Answer: Mars, 157. Place these shapes in order of how many sides they have—square, triangle, octagon, and, hexagon?, Answer: Triangle, square, hexagon, octagon, 158. Who discovered the theory of relativity?, Answer: Albert Einstein, 159. When is Hindi Diwas celebrated?, Answer: September 14th of every year, 160. What is the script for Hindi language?, Answer: Devanagari, 161. Who was the most sought-after social reformer after the end of Sati?, Answer: Raja Ram Mohan Roy, 162. What is the name of our galaxy?, Answer: Milk Mekhela also known as the Milky Way, 163. What is the percentage of water on the floor of our planet?, Answer: 71 percent, 164. When is Earth Day celebrated?, Answer: April 22nd of each year, 165. Which is the longest and shortest river in India?, Answer: Brahmaputra and Tapi, respectively., 166. Name the metals known to the people of Indus Valley Civilisation?, Answer: Copper, bronze, silver and gold, 167. Who was the first female Governor of an Indian State?, Answer: Sarojini Naidu, 168. Jhum cultivation is a method of cultivation which is used to be practised in which state?, Answer: Nagaland, 169. Which planet is the coldest planet in our solar system?, Answer: Neptune, 170. Who was the first Muslim lady to rule the Delhi Throne?, Answer: Razia Sultana
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171. Where will you find the largest museum of India?, Answer: Chennai
