GENERAL KNOWLEDGE FOR COMPETITIVE
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GENERAL KNOWLEDGE JANUARY 2012
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1.
Who is the author of the book
“A Passage to India”?
E.M.Foster
2.
Which planet is known as
'Will-O-Wisp in the sky'?
Mercury
3.
First potable computer is?
Osborne-I
4.
Which Indian state is ‘T’ shaped?
Assam
5.
Land of the Golden Fleece
Australia
6.
Where is Central Rice Research
Institute situated?
Cuttack
7.
The mixture of Nitric acid and
Hydrochloric acid is
Aquaregia
8.
Who is popularly known as “Vaikkom
Hero”?
E.V.Ramaswami Naykar
9.
First Indian woman to lead
delegation to the United Nations?
Vijayalakshmi Pandit
10.
Acid present in the milk is
Lactic Acid
11.
PH value of blood is
7.4
12.
Bird man of India
Salim Ali
13.
Founder of Arya Samaj?
Swami Dayanand Saraswathy
14.
The year in which Panchayat Raj
was introduced in India
1959
15.
The World Environment Day is
observed on
June 5
16.
VAT(Value Added Tax) is firstly introduced in
France
17.
“Chalo Delhi”, who gave this
declaration?
Subash Chandra Bose
18.
Silver Revolution is related to
Egg
19.
Who is the first Governor General
of Pakistan?
Muhammad Ali Jinnah
20.
The Head quarters of UNIDO (United Nations Industrial Development Organization)?
Vienna
21.
The “Saka Era” is started in
AD 78
22.
Aga khan cup is associated with
Hockey
23.
Boundary line between India
and China
Mac Mohan Line
24.
Orange book is related to which
country?
Netherlands
25.
Vitamin B1 deficiency causes
Beriberi
26.
The nibble consists of -------
number of bits
4
27.
Mamankam was held once in
--------- year
12
28.
Who is first woman Loksabha
speaker in India?
Meera Kumar
29.
The leader of the Bardoli
satyagraha:
Sardar Vallabhai Patel
30.
The unit of pressure is:
Pascal
31.
Who appoints the chief justice and
other judges in the Supreme Court?
President
32.
The minimum age for appointment as
governor of a state is
35
33.
The Navy
Academy is situated in Kerala at
Ezhimala
34.
The author of the book “Wonder
that was India”
A.L.Basham
35.
Five year plans in India
are approved by
National Development Council
36.
Panchayat Raj has got
constitutional status with the ------------ Amendment Act
73
37.
The best conductor of electricity
is :
Silver
38.
Who is called Deshabandu?
C.R.Das
39.
Iberian Airlines is the official
airlines of
Spain
40.
Entomology is the study of :
Insects
41.
The largest shipyard in India
is :
Kochi
42.
Yakshagana is the popular folk art
of :
Karnataka
43.
The Thermal Power plant at Bokaro
is located in which state?
Jharkhand
44.
Sudden death is related to which
game?
Football
45.
Ellora caves are situated in
Maharashtra
46.
Quit India Movement was started in
1942
47.
First Indian went to the space
Rakesh Sharma
48.
The theory of Evolution was
formulated by
Charles Darwin
49.
India’s
first Atomic Reactor is installed at
Tharapur
50.
Which Indian city is called the
Silicon Valley of India?
Bangalore
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