Question on General Knowledge

1. Write the full form of :-

I. ADB Asian Development Bank

II. AIDS Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome
III. CAPS Compressed Air Petrol System
IV. CONCOR Container Corporation of India Limited
V. COFMOW Central Organisation For Modernisation of Workshops
VI. IRPSM Indian Railways Projects Sanctions & Management
VII. RSPB Railway Sports Promotion Board
VIII. SAARC southwest autism research & resource center
IX. IRCTC Indian Railway Catering and Tourism Corporation Limited
X. RITES Rail India Technical and Economic Service
XI. PCDO Periodical Demi Official Letter
XII. MACP Modified Assured Career Progress
XIII. LARGESS Liberalised Active Retirement Scheme for Guaranteed
Employment for Safety Staff
XIV. TWTC Thermit Welding Training Centre
XV. IRCON Indian Railway Construction Company Limited
XVI. UNESCO The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural
Organization
XVII. POIS Passenger Operating Information System
XVIII. FOIS Freight Operating Information System
XIX. KRCL Konkan Railway Corporation Limited
XX. PSAMS Private Siding Approval & Monitoring System
XXI. LRSBB Landmark Railway Structure - Buildings & Bridges
XXII. PMIS Project Management and Information System
XXIII. RORACS Rail-Road Crossing GAD Approval System
XXIV. PREM Participation of Railway Employee in Management
XXV. IRCEP Indian Railways Civil Engineering Portal
 XXVI. CRIS Centre for Railway Information Systems
XXVII. MRTS Mass Rapid Transit System
XXVIII. UNICEF United Nations Children's Fund
XXIX. FAQ Frequently Ask Question
XXX. TMS Track Management System
XXXI. ISRO Indian Space Research Organisation
XXXII. VSM Vishist Sewa Medal
XXXIII. AVSM Ati Vishist Sewa Medal
XXXIV. ASHA Accredited Social Health Activist
XXXV. BCCI Board of Control for Cricket in India
XXXVI. BHEL Bharat Heavy Electrical Limited
XXXVII. CBDT Central Board of Direct Taxes
XXXVIII. CCTV Closed Circuit Tele Vision
XXXIX. CRISIL Credit Rating Information Services of India Limited
XL. DPT Diptheria,Pertussis & Tetanus
XLI. ELSS Equity Link Saving Scheme
XLII. FSSAI Food Safety & Standard Authority of India
FICCI Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and
Industry
XLIII. HTML Hyper Test Markup Language
XLIV. ICICi Indutrial Credit and Investment Corporation of India
XLV. IFFCO Indian Farmers Fertilizers Corporation Limited
XLVI. IIT Indian Institute of Technology
XLVII. MNREGA Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act
XLVIII. PIL Public Interest Litigation
XLIX. SEBI Security and Exchange Board of India
L. TTE Travel ticket Examiner
2. Write date on which these are celebrating
I. Majdoor Divas 1st May
II. World Women’s Day 8th March
III. World Health Day 7th April
IV. World Aids Day
V. Human Rights Day 10th December
VI. World Environment Day 5th June
VII. United Nations Day 24th October
VIII. World Literacy Day 8th September
IX. World Tourism Day 27th September
X. World refugee Day 20th June
XI. World Food Day 16th October

3. Sobriquets
I. Pink City Jai pur
II. Sorrow of Bengal River Damodar
III. Spice Garden of India Kerala
IV. Blue Mountain Nilgiri Hills
V. City of Golden Temple Amritsar
VI. City of Places Kolkata
VII. Gate Way of India Mumbai
VIII. Land of Five Rivers Punjab
IX. Queen of the Arabian Sea Kochi
X. Venice of the East Kochi
XI. City of Garden Banglore
XII. City of Seven Hills Rome
XIII. Dark Continent Africa
XIV. Land of the Kangaroo Australia
XV. Land of Mid Night Sun Norway
XVI. Land of Rising Sun Japan
 XVII. Land of White Elephant Thailand
XVIII. Sikh Man of Europe Turkey

4. First In India
I. Actress to win Padmshri Award Nargis Dutt
II. Bharat Ratan Award C. Rajgopala chari, Dr. S.
Radhakrishanan, Dr. C.V. Raman 1954
III. First British Governer General of free India Lord Louis Mountbattan
IV. First Captain of Test Criket C.K. Naidu
V. First Century inTest Criket Lala Amarnath
VI. First Commander in Chief K.M.Kariappa
VII. First Deputy Prime Minister of India Vallabh Bhai Patel
VIII. First Elected President Dr. Rajindra Prasad
IX. First Home Minister of India Vallabh Bhai Patel
X. First Man to Swim Across English Channel Mihir Sen
XI. First Miss Universe Susmita Sen
XII. First Miss World Reita Faria
XIII. First Nobel Prize Winner Ravindra Naath Tagore
XIV. First Oscar Winner Bhanu Athaiya
XV. First Women Chief Minister Sucheta Kripalani
XVI. First Women Governor Sarojani Naidu
XVII. First Women Judge Of Supreme Court Meera Saheb Fatima Beebi
XVIII. First Women to climb Mount Everest Bachendri Pal
XIX. First Women to win Individual Olympic medal Karnam Malleswari
XX. First Women to go in space Dr. Kalpana Chawla

5. Books And Authors

I. A Mid Summer Night Dreams William Shakespeare

II. Adventure of Sherlock homes Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
 III. Akbar Nama Abul Fazal
IV. Dev Das Sharad Chandra Chatterjee
V. Discovery of India Jawahar Lal Nehru
VI. Arthshahtra Kautilya
VII. Constitution of India Dr. B.R.Ambedkar
VIII. PanchaTantra Vishnu Sharma
IX. A Tale of two city Charles DICKENS
X. Gullivar Travels Jonathan Swift
XI. Adventure of Robenson CRUSOE Daniel DAFOE
XII. Godaan Munshi Prem Chand
XIII. Alice in Wonder Land Lewis Carroll
XIV. Kadambari Bana Bhatt
XV. The jungle Book Rudyard KIPLING
XVI. Shakuntalam Kalidas

6. Miscellaneous

I. Which is the famous English News paper circulated in India

(a) Punjab Kesari
(b) The Times of India
(c) Hindustan Times
(d) Economics Times

2. Which is the famous Hindi News paper circulated in India

(a) Navbharat Times

(b) Punjab Kesari
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(e) Amar Ujala
3. Commonwealth Games is the second largest sports festival in the world

4. C N Tower is the tallest tower in the world

5. Buckingam Palace is the residence of Queen of England
6. Aryabhatta was the first satellite that humans sent into space
7. Columbia was the first US space shuttle
8. Ustad Bismillah Khan a classical shahnai maestro received Bharat Ratna
Award in 2001
9. Dr A PJ Abdul Kalam a great Indian scientist received Bharat Ratna
Award in 1997.
10. Kota (Rajasthan) is situated on river side of Chambal river.
11. Trichirapalli is situated on river side of Kaveri river
12. Thar is the biggest desert in India.
13. Where the world cup football was played in 2010.
(a) South Africa
(b) Spain
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(d) America
14. Who won the world cup football in 2006.
(a) South Africa
(b) Spain
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(d) Italy
15. When was the first IPL was played.
(a) 2013
(b) 2012
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(d) 2011
16. Who won the world Cricket championship of T-20 in year 2012.
(a) South Africa
(b) West Indies
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(d) Pakistan
 17. Well known Acchan Maharaj associated with.
(a) Bharatnatyam
(b) Kathak
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(d) Kucchipudi
18. How many player played in Net Ball
(a) 7
(b) 6
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(d) 5
19. Write the name of our Prime Minister
Ans :- Shri Narendra Bhai Modi
20. Write the name of our President
Ans :- Horn able Sh. Pranab Mukerjee
21. Write the name of our Rail Minister ?
Ans :- Sh Suresh Prabhu
22. Write the number of MP in our Parliament ?
Ans :- 545
23. When was the first train run in India.
Ans :- 16.04.1853
24. In which section the first was run in India ?
Ans :- Between Bombay to Thane
25. Write the name of Chief Justice of India now ?
Ans :- Sh. Jagdish Singh Khehar
26. Write the name of the Governor of RBI now ?
Ans :- Urjit Patel
27. Write the name of Head of SBI ?
Ans :- Smt Arundhati Roy
28. Write the name of the person land in Moon first & when ?
Ans :- Neil Armstrong in 1969
29. Write the name of Chief of Army Staff ?
Ans :- General Dalvir Singh Suhaag
30. Write the name of LG of Delhi ?
Ans :- Sh. Anil Baijal
31. Write the name of Governor of Uttar Pradesh ?
Ans :- Sh Ram Naik
32. Write the name of Governor of Uttarakhand ?
Ans :- Sh. K.K. Paul
33. Write the name of Chief of Naval Staff ?
Ans :- Admiral Sunil Lanba
34. Write the name of Chief of Air Staff ?
Ans :- Air Chief Marshal Birender Singh Dhanoa
35. Write the name of Head of ISRO ?
Ans :- Sh. A.S. Kiran Kumar
36. Write the name of Defense Minister of India ?
Ans : - Sh. Raj Nath Singh
37. Name the world largest lake ?
Ans :- Superior Lake in canada
38. Name the finance Minister of India ?
Ans :- Sh. Arun Jetley
39. Name the world largest Bridge ?
Ans :- Danyang–Kunshan Grand Bridge in China
40. Write the name of Head of NASA ?
Ans :- Charles Franke Bolden
41. Write the name of Member Engineering of Indian Railway ?
Ans :- Sh. A. K. Mittal
42. Write the name of General Manager of Northern Railway ?
Ans :- Sh R.K Kulshreshtha
43. Name the longest River in the world ?
Ans :- Nile River
44. Name the most poisoness snake in the world ?
 Ans :- Inland taipan
45. Name the highest Mountain in the world ?
Ans :- Mount Everest
46. In which field Sh. Sudhir Tailang associated with ?
Ans ;- Cartoon
47. Smt Bindhya Basini Devi associated with ?
Ans :- Folk Art
48. Sh. Bhimsen joshi associated with ?
Ans :- Classical music
49. On which river’s bank Allahabad city is situated ?
Ans :- Ganga, Jamuna & Invisible Saraswati river bank
50. Sh. Anna Hazare is a ?
Ans :- Social Worker
51. Baba Ramdev is associated with ?
Ans :- Yoga
52. Ashok Chakradhar is associated with ?
Ans :- Comic poet
53. P. T. Usha associated with ?
Ans :- Athletics
54. Sania Mirza associated with ?
Ans :- Lawn tennis
55. Ms. P.V. Sandhu associated with ?
Ans :- Badminton