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100 Gk questions with answers in English
1). What was the real name of Gautam Buddha?
Ans: Siddhartha
2). The longest Railway Platform in India is ……………
Ans: Gorakhpur
3). How many windows are there on the outside walls of Hawa Mahal of Jaipur?
Ans: 953
4). Operation ‘Smiling Budhdha’ is associated with:
Ans: India’s first Nuclear test
5). Who among the following scientists Invented the Cotton Gin?
Ans: Eli Whiney
6). “Sandalwood” is the state tree of …………
Ans: Karnataka
7). Name of the first woman to become chief justice of a state High court in India.
Ans: Leila seth
8). Who was the first woman to be elected as the president of the Indian National Congress?
Ans: Annie Besant
9). Who invented Helicopter?
Ans: Sikorsky
10). When was the PIN Code (Postal Index Code) introduced in Indian?
Ans: 1972
11). What was the name of the first artificial satellite launched by India in 1975?
Ans: Aryabhatta
12). Red Data Book provides an account of –
Ans: Endangered plants & animals
13). When was the Eden Gardens Stadium, Kolkata established?
Ans: 1864
14). The system of budget was introduced in India during the viceroyalty of-
Ans: Canning
15). Name the longest Lake in India?
Ans: Vembanad Lake
16). Which is the largest ocean of the world?
Ans: Pacific Ocean
17). In India which city is also known as city of palaces?
Ans: Kolkata
18). Ajanta Caves in Maharashtra have rock-cut cave monuments of which religion?
Ans: Buddhism
19). In which year did India give shelter to Dalai Lama, the Tibetan spiritual Leader?
Ans: 1959
20). Ozone saves the biosphere by absorbing high energy radiations called……….
Ans: Ultraviolet Rays (UV)
21). In which year did Vasco Da Gama Land in Calicut (Kozikode)?
Ans: 1498
22). Which Country Launched the first artificial satellite sputnik-1?
Ans: USSR
23). Who invented “Coca-cola”?
Ans: Les Paul
24). Which is the largest Uranium Producing country in the world?
Ans: Kazakhstan
25). Who is the first law officer of the country?
Ans: Attorney General
26). Shimala is the capital of which Indian state?
Ans: Himachal Pradesh
27). Garo-Khasi range is located in which Indian state?
Ans: Meghalaya
28). Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus station was designed by………..
Ans: Frederick William stevens
29). Name the National bird of Bhutan.
Ans: Raven
30). Chandragupta (322-298 BC) was the ruler of which dynasty?
Ans: Maurya
31). About 70% of the sun is made up of…………
Ans: Hydrogen
32). Which state in India has the largest cover area of Forest?
Ans: Madhya Pradesh
33). What was the literacy rate of India as per the Census of 2011?
Ans: 74.0%
34). Which river in also called ‘Dihang’ in India?
Ans: Brahmaputra
35). Ganga is a result of confluence of rivers Bhagirathi and Alakananda ae which place?
Ans: Dev Prayag
36). Kapaleeswarar Temple in TamilNadu is dedicated to which Indian God?
Ans: Shiva
37). The largest Herbarium of India is located at-
Ans: Kolkata
38). The highest railway Station in India is located in the state of ……………
Ans: West Bengal
39). Which country is the largest producer of wheat?
Ans: China
40). Gandhiji started his famous Dandi march from :
Ans: Sabarmati Ashram
41). The biggest reserve of Thorium are in …………..
Ans: India
42). First National Park of India that was established in 1936 was named as-
Ans: Hailey National Park
43). India has how many states?
Ans: 28
44). Which is the largest union territory in India in terms of area?
Ans: Jammu and Kashmir
45). Squadron Leader is one of the ranks of the Indian………
Ans: Air Force
46). India’s Longest LPG pipeline in from Jamnagar to ………….
Ans: Loni (Uttar Pradesh)
47). Where is the headquarters of south Western Railway?
Ans: Hubli (Karnataka)
48). What is the shape of the Indian Ocean?
Ans: Almost Triangular
49). Which city in India is the Least populated according to the 2011 census?
Ans: Kapurthala
50). The Largest irrigation canal in India is ……….
Ans: Indira Gandhi canal
51). Vikramshila University was Founded by-
Ans: Dharmapala
52). Who raised the slogan “Swaraj is my birth right and I shall have it”?
Ans: Bal Gangadhar Tilak
53). Which superfast train has AC Coach having Braille signals? :
Ans: Purushottam Express
54). Where is the Rumi Darwaza located?
Ans: Lucknow
55). Which state has the longest coastline?
Ans: Gujarat
56). Sami Vivekananda championed the supremacy of Vedantic philosophy in the Chicago (USA) conference of World Religions held in the year……….
Ans: 1893
57). Which of these railway stations is a World Heritage site? :
Ans: Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus
58). The Indus Waters Treaty Was signed between India and Pakistan on ………
Ans: 19th September 1960
59). The supreme court of India was established on:
Ans: 26 January 1950
60). The natural habitat of Rhinoceros in India is-
Ans: Kaziranga
61). The world ‘Satyameva Jayate’ on the state emblem has been taken from which Upanishad?
Ans: Mundaka
62). Raja Ravi Varma was a great Painter of which of the following?
Ans: Kerala
63). Mahatma Gandhi Was born in which year?
Ans: 1869 (2 October)
64). Which Country has the most coal Reserves?
Ans: USA
65). On which lake is the world’s only floating post office situated?
Ans: Dal lake (J&K)
66). Majuli, the largest river island in the world is located in………….
Ans: Assam
67). Which of the following is the longest river in India?
Ans: Ganga
68). Article 21A of the constitution of India provides Right to………….
Ans: Education
69). Daringbadi hill station is located in the Indian state of……………
Ans: Odisha
70). A Gold lion passant holding a sword in its right fire paw, is the national symbol of……………
Ans: Sri Lanka
71). When did Bangladesh get independence from Pakistan?
Ans: 1971
72). A young ………… is called a joey.
Ans: Kangaroo
73). In the context of India’s space research, ‘Vyom mitra’ is the name of:
Ans: An Indian robot
74). The Tata Iron and steel company (TISCO) was established by Dorabji Tata in :
Ans: 1907
75). In India, the project tiger was started in …………
Ans: 1973
77). Burma became Independent sovereign republic in the year……….
Ans: 1948
78). Where is the Jai Hind bridge located in India?
Ans: Kolkata
79). In which of the following years was the first rocket launched in India?
Ans: 1963
80). Where in India will you find India’s largest tulip garden?
Ans: Shrinagar
81). The country which tops in the production of cocoa is ……………
Ans: Ivory coast
82). The Centre of a cyclone is a clam area. It is called the ………… of the storm.
Ans: Eye
83). The driest Location on Earth is in which country?
Ans: Chile
84). Name the only sea in the world that does NOT have a land Boundary.
Ans: Sargasso Sea
85). Which country has the most time zones in the world?
Ans: France
86). Which device is used to measure the depth of ocean?
Ans: Fathometer
87). Who invented Universal Standard Time?
Ans: Sandford Fleming
88). To scale mount Everest, Mountaineers need to go to…………
Ans: Nepal
89). What fraction of Earth’s diameter is the diameter of the moon? :
Ans: 1/4
90). Which city of India is Known as ‘The Athens of The East’?
Ans: Madurai
91). The longest river of peninsular India is …………
Ans: Godavari
92). River Sutlej enters India through which pass?
Ans: Shipkila
93). Manas Tiger Reserve in which state?
Ans: Assam
94). What is the name of the first crude oil pipeline constructed in India?
Ans: Naharkatia-Nunmati-Barauni Pipeline
95). Which place is said to be the Manchester of South India?
Ans: Coimbatore
96). The first cure oil refinery of India was set up at-
Ans: Digboi
97). What is the sex ratio of Kerala as per census 2011?
Ans: 1084
98). Whose reign in Indian History is called the Golden Age of India?
Ans: Gupta Empire
99). Odisha’s World famous Konark Sun Temple was built by………….
Ans: Narasimhadeva
100). Who is referred to as ‘Frontier Gandhi’?
Ans: Khan Abdul Gaffar Khan
101). In which year was the first Round Table Conference held in London?
Ans: 1930
102). World War 2 started in the year?
Ans: 1939
103). What is the retirement age of the prime minister of India?
Ans: No limit
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