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As we all know General Knowledge is one of the very important topic for any government exam.
Keeping in mind the same we have brought you the Important Questions and Answers on General
Knowledge. This will help you to remember different General Knowledge Questions which are
frequently asked in various exams.

Important General Knowledge Questions

Q1) Which is the highest dam in India?

A. Sardar Sarovar
B. Hirakud
C. Tehri
D. Nagarjuna Sagar

Answer: “C”

Q2) When is Pravasi Bharatiya Divas?

A. 9 January
B. 16 January
C. 28 January
D. 21 January

Answer: “A”

Q3) Where is the headquarters of the World Health Organization?

A. Geneva
B. Paris
C. London
D. New York

Answer: “A”

Q4) In which year was the first Nobel Prize awarded?

A. 1921
B. 1911
C. 1937
D. 1901

Answer: “D”
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Q5) In whose memory is the Nobel Prize awarded?

A. Emil Oscar Nobel

B. Alfred Nobel
C. Robert Nobel
D. Karl Nobel

Answer: “B”

Q6) Which of the following country is the world's largest tea exporter?

A. Sri Lanka
B. China
C. Kenya
D. India

Answer: “C”

Q7) How many members can be in Lok Sabha?

A. 550
B. 552
C. 557
D. 558

Answer: “B”

Q8) Pangong Lake is located in which of the following states?

A. Assam
B. Sikkim
C. Himachal Pradesh
D. Jammu and Kashmir

Answer: “D”

Q9) When is World Health Day?

A. 9 April
B. 12 April
C. 7 April
D. 21 April

Answer: “C”

Q10) On which date is Victory Day celebrated every year?

A. 16 December
B. 21 December
C. 4 December
D. 12 December

Answer: “A”
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Q11) In which state is the Kanha Tiger Reserve located?

A. Haryana
B. Rajasthan
C. Madhya Pradesh
D. Odisha

Answer: “C”

Q12) Which of the following states is the largest producer of bananas in India?

A. Assam
B. Andhra Pradesh
C. Karnataka
D. Tamil Nadu

Answer: “D”

Q13) Who among the following signed the Poona Pact with Mahatma Gandhi?

A. B R Ambedkar
B. Lala Lajpat Rai
C. Jawahar Lal Nehru
D. None of these

Answer: “A”

Q14) How many Indian states share their borders with Nepal?

A. 4
B. 5
C. 6
D. 8

Answer: “B”

Q15) Who chanted the slogan "Inquilab Zindabad"?

A. Lala Lajpat Rai

B. Hasrat Mohani
C. Bhagat Singh
D. Chandrasekhar Azad

Answer: “B”

Q16) Bull fighting is the national sport of which of the following country?

A. Spain
B. Thailand
C. France
D. Denmark

Answer: “A”
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Q17) Which of the following is a rich source of iron?

A. Grain
B. Green vegetables
C. Milk
D. Egg

Answer: “B”

Q18) Which of the following Chinese travellers visited India during Harshavardhana's reign?

A. Fa Hsien
B. Hassan Tsang
C. Niccolo Conti
D. Hiuen Tsang

Answer: “D”

Q19) Rajbari National Park is located in which Indian state?

A. Assam
B. West Bengal
C. Tripura
D. Mizoram

Answer: “C”

Q20) In which year, Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi was assassinated?

A. 1991
B. 1996
C. 1988
D. 1995

Answer: “A”

Q21) When was the Indian Space Research Organization formed?

A. 1985
B. 1972
C. 1969
D. 1976

Answer: “C”

Q22) The famous Vidyasagar Setu is located in which of the following cities?

A. Kolkata
B. Rishikesh
C. Chennai
D. Puri

Answer: “A”
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Q23) Raut Nacha folk dance is mainly performed by the tribal communities of which state?

A. Odisha
B. Rajasthan
C. Bihar
D. Chhattisgarh

Answer: “D”

Q24) How many members can be nominated by the President in Rajya Sabha and Lok Sabha?

A. 10 & 2
B. 12 & 2
C. 10 & 4
D. 12 & 4

Answer: “B”

Q25) In which of the following fields Nobel Prize is not presented?

A. Physiology or medicine
B. Physics
C. Mathematics
D. Chemistry

Answer: “C”

Q26) In which year the capital of India was shifted from Calcutta to Delhi?

A. 1920
B. 1911
C. 1921
D. 1932

Answer: “B”

Q27) Who among the following wrote the patriotic song 'Saare Jahan Se Achcha'?

A. Muhammad Iqbal
B. Rabindranath Tagore
C. Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay
D. None of these

Answer: “A”

Q28) Who among the following was the son of Chandragupta Maurya?

A. Ashok
B. Chandragupta II
C. Bindusara
D. Chanakya

Answer: “C”
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Q29) Kala Ghoda Arts Festival is related to which of the following city?

A. Kolkata
B. Bengaluru
C. Chennai
D. Mumbai

Answer: “D”

Q30) Where is the Forest Research Institute located?

A. Dehradun
B. Kanpur
C. Raipur
D. Jamshedpur

Answer: “A”

Q31) Which is the longest irrigation canal in India?

A. Yamuna Canal
B. Indira Gandhi Canal
C. Connie canal
D. Agra Canal

Answer: “B”

Q32) Who among the following built the Agra Fort?

A. Jahangir
B. Shahjahan
C. Humayun
D. Akbar

Answer: “D”

Q33) Who among the following is known as 'Mother of Indian Revolution'?

A. Rani Lakshmi Bai

B. Sarojini Naidu
C. Bhikaji Rustom Cama
D. None of these

Answer: “C”

Q34) Who introduced the Gurmukhi script and introduced it to all Sikhs?

A. Guru Angad Dev

B. Guru govind singh
C. Guru Arjan
D. Guru Hargobind

Answer: “A”
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Q35) Which of the following was India's first indigenously made color film?

A. Mughal-e-Azam
B. Kisan Kanya
C. Bandini
D. Wish

Answer: “B”

Q36) In which of the following states is the Almaty Dam located?

A. Kerala
B. Karnataka
C. Uttarakhand
D. Assam

Answer: “B”

Q37) Which is the most abundant metal in the human body?

A. Calcium
B. Zinc
C. iron
D. Lead

Answer: “A”

Q38) How many members of Rajya Sabha are nominated by the President of India?

A. 8
B. 10
C. 12
D. 14

Answer: “C”

Q39) Who was the first Indian to receive the Man Booker Award?

A. Arundhati Roy
B. Salman Rushdie
C. VS Naipul
D. Kiran Desai

Answer: “A”

Q40) How many players are there in a volleyball team?

A. 4
B. 5
C. 8
D. 6

Answer: “D”
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Q41) In which state is the Kuno Wildlife Sanctuary located?

A. Rajasthan
B. West Bengal
C. Madhya Pradesh
D. Andhra Pradesh

Answer: “C”

Q42) How many states of India share their border with Bhutan?

A. 2
B. 3
C. 6
D. 4

Answer: “D”

Q43) Yakshagana folk dance is associated with which Indian state?

A. Odisha
B. Karnataka
C. Tamil nadu
D. Arunachal Pradesh

Answer: “B”

Q44) Who was the first person from India to win the Nobel Prize?

A. Rabindranath Tagore
B. C V Raman
C. Abhijeet Banerjee
D. Amartya Sen

Answer: “A”

Q45) Where is the National Research Centre for Women in Agriculture located?

A. Bhopal
B. Kanpur
C. Bhubaneswar
D. Kolkata

Answer: “C”

Q46) Rickets is caused by deficiency of which of the following vitamins?

A. Vitamin A
B. Vitamin C
C. Vitamin B
D. Vitamin D

Answer: “D”
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Q47) Which of the following diseases spreads due to floods?

A. Cholera
B. Typhoid
C. Malaria
D. Dengue

Answer: “A”

Q48) Where is the Indian Institute of Corporate Affairs located?

A. Gurugram
B. Noida
C. new Delhi
D. Mumbai

Answer: “A”

Q49) How many members of Lok Sabha are elected by the President?

A. 4
B. 6
C. 2
D. 3

Answer: “C”

Q50) October Revolution is related to which country?

A. Bangladesh
B. Bhutan
C. Sri Lanka
D. Russia

Answer: “D”

Q51) Which of the following is considered the oldest Veda?

A. Yajur veda
B. Rigveda
C. Atharvaveda
D. None of these

Answer: “B”

Q52) In which state is Indravati National Park located?

A. Rajasthan
B. Madhya Pradesh
C. Chhattisgarh
D. Jharkhand

Answer: “C”
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Q53) Which of the following was the first artificial satellite of India?

A. Aryabhata
B. Rohini
C. Bhaskar
D. Inset

Answer: “A”

Q54) In which language was the Bhagavad Gita originally written?

A. Hindi
B. Konkani
C. Malayalam
D. Sanskrit

Answer: “D”

Q55) In which year did Rabindranath Tagore get knighthood?

A. 1917
B. 1915
C. 1921
D. 1919

Answer: “B”

Q56) In which state is the Brahmagiri Wildlife Sanctuary located?

A. Rajasthan
B. Assam
C. Karnataka
D. West Bengal

Answer: “C”

Q57) In which country does India export iron ore?

A. Japan
B. Russia
C. China
D. Sri Lanka

Answer: “A”

Q58) In which of the following states India's first defence university has been established?

A. Himachal Pradesh
B. Haryana
C. Uttarakhand
D. Maharashtra

Answer: “B”
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Q59) When is International Yoga Day celebrated?

A. 22 April
B. March 21
C. 24 March
D. 21 June

Answer: “D”

Q60) Which of the following was the capital of the Maurya Empire?

A. Patliputra
B. Hyderabad
C. Mysore
D. Delhi

Answer: “A”

Q61) Who was known as "Punjab Kesari" during India's freedom struggle?

A. Bal Gangadhar Tilak

B. Gopal Krishna Gokhale
C. Lala Lajpat Rai
D. Bhagat Singh

Answer: “C”

Q62) Vyas Samman is given in which of the following fields?

A. Literature
B. music
C. Dance
D. Mathematics

Answer: “A”

Q63) Which of the following is the major cause of acid rain?

A. nitrogen dioxide
B. Carbon monoxide
C. Carbon dioxide
D. Hydrogen sulfate

Answer: “A”

Q64) In which of the following fields is the Murtidevi Award given?

A. Art
B. Literature
C. Dance
D. Painting

Answer: “B”
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Q65) In which state is the Satpura National Park located?

A. Rajasthan
B. Chhattisgarh
C. Madhya Pradesh
D. Jharkhand

Answer: “C”

Q66) Which of the following is India's largest oil refinery?

A. Kochi Refinery
B. Dibobi Refinery
C. Barmer Refinery
D. Jamnagar Refinery

Answer: “D”

Q67) Who among the following is considered the founder of 'Servants of India Society'?

A. Gopal Krishna Gokhale

B. Keshab Chandra Sen
C. Anand Mohan Bose
D. M. G. Ranade

Answer: “A”

Q68) During the Quit India Movement, which operation was conducted by the British to arrest the
Indian leaders?

A. Operation Rubicon
B. Operation Thunderbolt
C. Operation Hadgen
D. Operation Render Paste

Answer: “B”

Q69) When was the national anthem "Jan Gun Man" sung for the first time?

A. December 1911
B. January 1911
C. December 1913
D. January 1913

Answer: “A”

Q70) In which country was the Azad Hind Fauj established?

A. India
B. Russia
C. Germany
D. Singapore

Answer: “D”
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Q71) In which city will India's first National Police Museum be established?

A. Chennai
B. Kolkata
C. Delhi
D. Nagpur

Answer: “C”

Q72) When was the Sabarmati Ashram established by Mahatma Gandhi?

A. 1910
B. 1912
C. 1914
D. 1915

Answer: “D”

Q73) On which of the following dates Bhagat Singh was hanged?

A. March 23, 1931

B. April 23, 1931
C. 3. March 19, 1934
D. 4. April 19, 1934

Answer: “A”

Q74) In which state is the Manas National Park located?

A. Rajasthan
B. Haryana
C. Assam
D. West Bengal

Answer: “C”

Q75) Which of the following South Asian countries was never taken by any European power?

A. Laos
B. Vietnam
C. Burma
D. Thailand

Answer: “D”
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