General Knowledge :Questions and Answers
for ibps and civil services exam
No. | General Knowledge Question | Answer |
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1 | The first Prime minister of Bangladesh was | Mujibur Rehman |
2 | The longest river in the world is the | Nile |
3 | The longest highway in the world is the | Trans-Canada |
4 | The longest highway in the world has a length of | About 8000 km |
5 | The highest mountain in the world is the | Mount Everest |
6 | The country that accounts for nearly one third of the total teak production of the world is | Myanmar |
7 | The biggest desert in the world is the | Sahara desert |
8 | The largest coffee growing country in the world is | Brazil |
9 | The country also known as "country of copper" is | Zambia |
10 | The name given to the border which separates Pakistan and Afghanistan is | Durand line |
11 | The river Volga flows out into the | Caspian sea |
12 | The coldest place on the earth is | Verkoyansk in Siberia |
13 | The country which ranks second in terms of land area is | Canada |
14 | The largest Island in the Mediterranean sea is | Sicily |
15 | The river Jordan flows out into the | Dead sea |
16 | The biggest delta in the world is the | Ganges Delta |
17 | The capital city that stands on the river Danube is | Belgrade |
18 | The Japanese call their country as | Nippon |
19 | The length of the English channel is | 564 kilometres |
20 | The world's oldest known city is | Damascus |
21 | The city which is also known as the City of Canals is | Venice |
22 | The country in which river Wangchu flows is | Myanmar |
23 | The biggest island of the world is | Greenland |
24 | The city which is the biggest centre for manufacture of automobiles in the world is | Detroit, USA |
25 | The country which is the largest producer of manganese in the world is | China & South Africa |
26 | The country which is the largest producer of rubber in the world is | Malaysia |
27 | The country which is the largest producer of tin in the world is | China |
28 | The river which carries maximum quantity of water into the sea is the | Amazon River |
29 | The city which was once called the `Forbidden City' was | Peking |
30 | The country called the Land of Rising Sun is | Japan |
31 | Mount Everest was named after | Sir George Everest |
32 | The volcano Vesuvius is located in | Italy |
33 | The country known as the Sugar Bowl of the world is | Cuba |
34 | The length of the Suez Canal is | 162.5 kilometers |
35 | The lowest point on earth is | The coastal area of Dead sea |
36 | The Gurkhas are the original inhabitants of | Nepal |
37 | The largest ocean of the world is the | Pacific ocean |
38 | The largest bell in the world is the | Tsar Kolkol at Kremlin, Moscow |
39 | The biggest stadium in the world is the | Strahov Stadium, Prague |
40 | The world's largest diamond producing country is | South Africa |
41 | Australia was discovered by | James Cook |
42 | The first Governor General of Pakistan is | Mohammed Ali Jinnah |
43 | Dublin is situated at the mouth of river | Liffey |
44 | The earlier name of New York city was | New Amsterdam |
45 | The Eiffel tower was built by | Alexander Eiffel |
46 | The Red Cross was founded by | Jean Henri Durant |
47 | The country which has highest population density is | Monaco |
48 | The national flower of Britain is | Rose |
49 | Niagara Falls was discovered by | Louis Hennepin |
50 | The national flower of Italy is | Lily |
51 | The national flower of China is | Narcissus |
52 | The permanent secretariat of the SAARC is located at | Kathmandu |
53 | The gateway to the Gulf of Iran is | Strait of Hormuz |
54 | The first Industrial Revolution took place in | England |
55 | World Environment Day is observed on | 5th June |
56 | The first Republican President of America was | Abraham Lincoln |
57 | The country famous for Samba dance is | Brazil |
58 | The name of Alexander's horse was | Beucephalus |
59 | Singapore was founded by | Sir Thomas Stamford Raffles |
60 | The famous British one-eyed Admiral was | Nelson |
61 | The earlier name of Sri Lanka was | Ceylon |
62 | The UNO was formed in the year | 1945 |
63 | UNO stands for | United Nations Organization |
64 | The independence day of South Korea is celebrated on | 15th August |
65 | 'Last Judgement' was the first painting of an Italian painter named | Michelangelo |
66 | Paradise Regained was written by | John Milton |
67 | The first President of Egypt was | Mohammed Nequib |
68 | The first man to reach North Pole was | Rear Admiral Robert E. Peary |
69 | The most famous painting of Pablo Picasso was | Guermica |
70 | The primary producer of newsprint in the world is | Canada |
71 | The first explorer to reach the South Pole was | Cap. Ronald Amundson |
72 | The person who is called the father of modern Italy is | G.Garibaldi |
73 | World literacy day is celebrated on | 8th September |
74 | The founder of modern Germany is | Bismarck |
75 | The country known as the land of the midnight sun is | Norway |
76 | The place known as the Roof of the world is | Tibet |
77 | The founder of the Chinese Republic was | San Yat Sen |
78 | The first Pakistani to receive the Nobel Prize was | Abdul Salam |
79 | The first woman Prime Minister of Britain was | Margaret Thatcher |
80 | The first Secretary General of the UNO was | Trygve Lie |
81 | The sculptor of the statue of Liberty was | Frederick Auguste Bartholdi |
82 | The port of Baku is situated in | Azerbaijan |
83 | John F Kennedy was assassinated by | Lee Harvey Oswald |
84 | The largest river in France is | Loire |
85 | The Queen of England who married her brother-in-law was | Catherine of Aragon |
86 | The first black person to be awarded the Nobel Peace Prize was | Ralph Johnson Bunche |
87 | The first British University to admit women for degree courses was | London University |
88 | The principal export of Jamaica is | Sugar |
89 | New York is popularly known as the city of | Skyscrapers |
90 | Madagascar is popularly known as the Island of | Cloves |
91 | The country known as the Land of White Elephant is | Thailand |
92 | The country known as the Land of Morning Calm is | Korea |
93 | The country known as the Land of Thunderbolts is | Bhutan |
94 | The highest waterfalls in the world is the | Salto Angel Falls, Venezuela |
95 | The largest library in the world is the | United States Library of Congress, Washington DC |
96 | The author of Harry Potter Books is | JK Rowling |
97 | Nickname of New York city is | Big Apple |
98 | What do you call a group of sheep? | A Flock of Sheep |
99 | In which sport do players take long and short corners? | Hockey |
100 | Who was the youngest President of the USA? | Theodore Roosevelt |
101 | How many legs do butterflies have? | 6 Legs & 2 Pair of Wings |
102 | Who invented the Nintendo Wii? | Kashi Kabushiki |
103 | What year does the Nintendo Wii come out? | Late 2006 |
104 | Who invented the Light Bulb? | Humphry Davy |
105 | Who invented the washing machine? | James King |
106 | Who invented the first electric washing machine? | Alva Fisher |
107 | Who invented the safety pin? | Walter Hunt |
108 | Who invented the Vacuum Cleaner? | Hubert Booth |
109 | Who won the Football World Cup in 2006? | Italy |
110 | Which country hosted the Football World Cup in 2006? | Germany |
110 | Who is the new Prime Minister of the United Kingdom? | David Cameron |
111 | Who won Men's Singles title in French Open 2010? | Rafael Nadal (Spain) |
112 | Who won Women's Singles title in French Open 2010? | Francesca Schiavone (Italy) |
113 | Who won Men's Doubles title in French Open 2010? | Daniel Nestor (Canada) & Nenad Zimonjic (Serbia) |
114 | Who won Women's Doubles title in French Open 2010? | Serena & Venus Williams (USA) |
115 | What is the longest word in English in which each letter is used at least two times? | Unprosperousness |
116 | What is the most popular breed of dog? | Retrievers |
117 | Who is the CEO of search company Google? | Eric Schmidt |
118 | Who is Miss USA 2010? | Rima Fakih |
119 | Which country won the Thomas Cup title for Badminton in 2010? | China |
120 | Who was the first Indian to join the Indian Civil Services? | Satyendranath Tagore |
121 | Who was the first woman Governor of India? | Sarojini Naidu |
122 | Which two countries have signed the Nuclear Swap deal with Iran? | Brazil and Turkey |
123 | Who won the Madrid Masters men's tournament in 2010? | Rafael Nadal |
124 | Who is CEO of Yahoo? | Carol Bartz |
125 | Who is the first man to climb Mount Everest without oxygen? | Phu Dorji |
126 | How many words can you make from a five letter word by shuffling the places of each alphabet? | 120 |
127 | Speed of computer mouse is measured in which unit? | Mickey |
128 | Who topped Forbes list of 'Billionaire Universities' in 2010? | Harvard University |
129 | Barack Obama's birthday is on which date? | August 4, 1961 |
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