GENERAL KOWLEDGE-APRIL-2012
1.
How many spokes are there in our
National flag?
24
2.
Who was the first woman to receive
Nobel Prize?
Marie Curie
3.
Article 14 of Indian Constitution
refers to?
Equality before law.
4.
Human Rights day is observed on
December 10.
5.
Who was the ‘Brown Bomber’?
Joseph Louis Barrow
6.
The Great Wall
of China was built as a protection against?
The Huns
7.
The integration of Travancore and Cochin
states was in the year of
1949
8.
The first woman Deputy Chairperson
of Rajyasabha?
Violet Alva
9.
Where is the Agha Khan palace
situated?
Pune
10.
International Writers Organization
is in
London
11.
The First chairman of African
Fund?
Rajiv Gandhi.
12.
The year of Minto Morely reforms
1909
13.
Which is the branch of science
that deals with the study of insects?
Entomology
14.
The author of famous rhyme
“Twinkle Twinkle little star” is
Jane Taylor
15.
Who is the first woman to swim
across English Channel?
Arati Saha
16.
Vilayat Khan is a reputed player
of
Sitar
17.
Name the woman writer who got
Jnanapita award for the first time
Ashapoorna Devi
18.
Name of the Indian scientist who
developed artificial gene?
Hargovind Khurana
19.
Inside the body, blood does not
coagulate due to the presence of
Heparin
20.
The only one vein in human body
which carries pure blood is
Aorta
21.
Who is the author of the book
‘Autobiography of an Unknown Indian’?
Nirad.C.Chaudhary
22.
The first effective vaccine
against polio was prepared by
Jonas E Salk
23.
Asia’s first commercial
wind farm is installed in the state of
Gujarat
24.
Who is regarded as ‘The first
historical emperor of India’?
Chandra Gupta Maurya
25.
Judges of International court of
Justice was appointed for period of
9 years
26.
The world famous novelist Garcia
Marquez belongs to which country?
Columbia
27.
The original Buddhist religious
texts were written in the language
Pali
28.
The oldest mountains in India
according to geographical history are
Aravalli
29.
The first metal to be discovered
and used for making tools was?
Copper
30.
Name the place where Pakistan’s
nuclear plant is located?
Kahuta
31.
Kalidasa was associated in the
court of?
Chandra Gupta Vikramadithya
32.
Mansabdari system was introduced
by
Akbar
33.
Where did Mahatma Gandhi first
apply his technique of Satyagraha?
South
Africa
34.
The regular transmission of
Doordarshan started in the year
1965
35.
‘Pan Slav Movement’ was led in
Serbia
36.
Which city of India
is associated with Indian Standard Time?
Allahabad
37.
The first person to conduct heart
transplantation in India
Dr. Venugopal
Dr. Venugopal
In 1974 he established India's
first open heart surgery programme at AIIMS, and performed the first heart
transplant in 1994.
38.
Name the first Malayalam actor,
who received ‘Bharat Award’
P J Antony
39.
Who was the first Indian to be
elected to Britain’s
House of Commons?
Dadabhai Naoroji
40.
The system of Panchayat Raj was
first introduced in the state of
Rajasthan
41.
Silver jubilee is
25 years
42.
Fathom is the unit of
Depth
43.
The state bird of Kerala is
Hornbill
44.
Flag day is celebrated on
7th December
45.
‘My Truth’ is written by
Indira Gandhi
46.
‘The city of Sky
scrapers’ is
New York
47.
One gallon is
4.546 litres
48.
Currency of Bangladesh
is
Taka
49.
Jaspal Rana is associated with
Shooting
50.
The latitude of South Pole?
900
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