General Knowledge Quiz Questions with Answers

No.	Question	Answer
01	The first Prime minister of Bangladesh was	Mujibur Rehman
02	The longest river in the world is the	Nile
03	The longest highway in the world is the	Trans-Canada
04	The longest highway in the world has a length of	About 8000 km
05	The highest mountain in the world is the	Everest
06	The country that accounts for nearly one third of the total teak production of the world is	Myanmar
07	The biggest desert in the world is the	Sahara desert
08	The largest coffee growing country in the world is	Brazil
09	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	Capsian 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	Sunderbans
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	USA
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	Malaysia
28	The river which carries maximum quantity of water into the sea is the	Mississippi
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 Eifel tower was built by	Alexander Eiffel
46	The Red Cross was founded by	Jean Henri Durant
47	The country which has the greatest 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 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 Banku is situated in	Azerbaijan
83	John F Kennedy was assassinated by	Lee Harry Oswald
84	The largest river in France is	Lore
85	The Queen of England who married her brother-in-law was	Catherine of Aragon
86	The first negro 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

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Important Days New

 

January 9	NRI Day
January 10	World Laughter Day
January 12	National Youth Day
January 15	Army Day
January 26	India's Republic Day, International Customs Day
January 30	Martyrs' Day; World Leprosy Eradication Day
2nd Sunday of February	World Marriage Day
February 24	Central Excise Day
February 28	National Science Day
Second Monday March	Commonwealth Day
March 8	International Women's Day; Intl. literacy Day
March 15	World Disabled Day; World Consumer Rights Day
March 18	Ordnance Factories Day (India)
March 21	World Forestry Day; International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination
March 22	World Day for Water
March 23	World Meteorological Day
March 24	World TB Day
April 5	International Day for Mine Awareness; National Maritime Day
April 7	World Health Day
April 17	World Haemophilia Day
April 18	World Heritage Day
April 21	Secretaries' Day
April 22	Earth Day
April 23	World Book and Copyright Day
May 1	Workers' Day (International Labour Day)
May 3	Press Freedom Day; World Asthma Day
May 2nd Sunday	Mother's Day
May 4	Coal Miners' Day
May 8	World Red Cross Day
May 9	World Thalassaemia Day
May 11	National Technology Day
May 12	World Hypertension Day; International Nurses Day
May 15	International Day of the Family
May 17	World Telecommunication Day
May 24	Commonwealth Day
May 31	Anti-tobacco Day
June 4	International Day of Innocent Children Victims of Aggression
June 5	World Environment Day
June 3rd Sunday	Father's Day
June 14	World Blood Donor Day
June 26	International Day against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking
July 1	Doctor's Day
July 6	World Zoonoses Day
July 11	World Population Day
August 3	Internatioal Friendship Day
August 6	Hiroshima Day
August 8	World Senior Citizen's Day
August 9	Quit India Day, Nagasaki Day
August 15	Indian Independence Day
August 18	IntI. Day of the World's Indigenous Peoples
August 19	Photography Day
August 29	National Sports Day
September 2	Coconut Day
September 5	Teachers' Day; Sanskrit Day
September 8	World Literacy Day (UNESCO)
September 15	Engineers' Day
September 16	World Ozone Day
September 21	Alzheimer's Day; Day for Peace & Non-violence (UN)
September 22	Rose Day (Welfare of cancer patients)
September 26	Day of the Deaf
September 27	World Tourism Day
October 1	International Day for the Elderly
October 2	Gandhi Jayanthi
October 3	World Habitat Day
October 4	World Animal Welfare Day
October 8	Indian Air Force Day
October 9	World Post Office Day
October 10	National Post Day
October 2nd Thursday	World Sight Day
October 13	UN International Day for Natural Disaster Reduction
October 14	World Standards Day
October 15	World White Cane Day (guiding the blind)
October 16	World Food Day
October 24	UN Day; World Development Information Day
October 30	World Thrift Day
November 9	Legal Services Day
November 14	Children's Day; Diabetes Day
November 17	National Epilepsy Day
November 20	Africa Industrialisation Day
November 29	International Day of Solidarity with Palestinian People
December 1	World AIDS Day
December 3	World Day of the Handicapped
December 4	Indian Navy Day
December 7	Indian Armed Forces Flag Day
December 10	Human Rights Day; IntI. Children's Day of Broadcasting
December 18	Minorities Rights Day (India)
December 23	Kisan Divas (Farmer's Day) (India)

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Important Days (365 Days)

Important Days (365 Days)

January
01 - New Year Day
Road Safety Week
11 - APSRTC Establishment Day
12 - National Youth Day
13 - World Laughter Day
15 - Army Day
21 - Manipur Day
Meghalaya Day
Tripura Day
23 - Desh Prem Divas
25 - Himachal Pradesh Day
26 - Indian Republic Day
Jammu & Kashmir Day
International Customs Day
30 - Martyr's Day
Sarvodaya Day

February
14 - Valentines Day
24 - Central Excise Day
28 - National Science Day

March
08 - Mothers Day
13 - No Smoking Day
15 - World Disabled Day
17 - St. Patricks Day
21 - International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination
22 - World Water Day
23 - World Meteorological Day
27 - World Stage ArtistsDay
31 - Financial Year Ending

April
01 - Fools Day
05 - National Maritime Day
07 - World Health Day
18 - World Heritage Day
22 - World Earth Day
23 - Easter Day
24 - World Lab Animals Day
25 - National Administrative Professionals Day

May
01 - Gujarat Statehood Day
International Labour Day
Maharastra Statehood Day
03 - International Sun Day
World Asthma Day
World Press Freedom Day
04 - Coal Miner's Day
05 - World Athletics Day
07 - National Institute of Sports Founder's Day
08 - World Red Cross Day
11 - National Resurgence Day
Technology Day
12 - International Nurses Day
Mothers Day
13 - International Criminal Court Day
National Solidarity Day
15 - International Day of Families
16 - Sikkim Day
17 - World Telecommunications Day
20 - World Metrology Day
21 - Anti Terrorism Day
22 - International Day for Biological Diversity
24 - Commonwealth Day
28 - Official Language Day
Telugu People's Self-respect Day
30 - Goa Statehood Day
31 - World No-Tobacco Day

June
01 - International Children's Day
03 - World Naturist Day
04 - International Day for Innocent Children Victims of Aggression
05 - World Environment Day
16 - Father's Day
21 - Hugging Day
World Music Day
23 - International Olympic Day
Rath Yatra
26 - International Anti - Drugs Day
International Day against Drug Abuse and illicit Trafficking
27 - World Diabetes Day


July
01 - Architecture Day
Doctor's Day
International Jokes Day
Vana Mahotsav Week 1-7
02 - World Sports Journalists Day
04 - Free 4th of July
06 - World Zonnosis Day
07 - International day of Co-Operatives
11 - World Population Day
20 - Man Walks on the Moon
26 - Kargil Vijay Divas

August
01 - World Breast-feeding Week
03 - Liberation Day
05 - Friendship Day
06 - Hiroshima Day
09 - August Kranti Divas
International day of the world'sIndigenous People
International day of Solidarity with the strugleof Women in South Africa
Nagasaki Day
10 - Dengue Prevention Day
12 - International Youth Day
Librarians Day
13 - Left Hander's Day
15 - Indian Independence Day
West Bengal Day
19 - World Photography Day
20 - World Mosquito Day
24 - Kolkata's Birth Day
Sanskrit Day
26 - Women's Equality Day
29 - National Sports Day
Telugu Language Day

September
01 - Nutrition Week 1-7
04 - Minority Welfare Day
05 - Teachers Day
08 - World Literacy Day
10 - Haryana Statehood Day
Punjab Statehood Day
14 - Hindi Day
15 - Engineers Day
16 - International Day of the Preservation of the Ozone Layer
18 - International Day of Peace
21 - Biosphere Day
World Alzheimer's Day
22 - Girl Child Week 22-26
24 - Girl Child Day
World Heart Day
26 - CSIR Foundation Day
27 - World Tourism Day
28 - Gunners Day

October
01 - International Music Day
International Day for Older Persons
National Voluntary Blood Donation Day
World Habitat Day(1st Monday)
02 - Gandhi Jayanthi
Human Rights Protection Day
Prisoner's Day
World Ostony Day
World Wide Life Week (2-8)
03 - World Animal Day
04 - International Mental Health Health Week (4-10)
World Space Week(4-10)
08 - Air Force Day
Rapid Action Force Raising Day
09 - National Postal Week(9-14)
World Postal Day
10 - World Disaster Reduction Day (2nd Wednes Day)
World Mental Health Day
12 - World Sight Day
13 - World Arthritis Day
14 - World Standards Day
15 - World White Cane Day
16 - World Anaesthesiologists Day
World Food Day
17 - International Day for the Eradication of Poverty
21 - Global Iodine Deficiency Disorders Day
Police Commemoration Day
24 - Disarmament Week(24-30)
United Nations Day
27 - Infantry Day
30 - World Thrift Day
31 - Halloween Day
National Integration Day

November
01 - Andhra Pradesh Formation Day
Haryana, Karnataka, Kerala, Madhya Pradesh, Punjab States Formation Day
05 - International Week of Science & Peace (5-11)
09 - Legal Services Day
Uttaranchal State Formation Day
10 - Forest Martyrs Day
11 - Armistice Day
Education Day
12 - National Broadcasting Day
14 - Cooperative Week
National Book Week
National Land Resources Conservation Week (14-20)
National Library Week
Universal Children's Day
World Diabetes Day
15 - Jharkhand State Formation Day
New Born Week (15-21)
Thanks Giving Day
16 - International Day for Tolerance
Pharmacy Week (16-22)
National Press Day
17 - National Day for the Deaf
18 - Territorial Army Day
19 - National Integration Day
World Heritage Week (19-25)
20 - Africa Industrialization Day
21 - World Fisheries Day
World Hello Day
World Television Day
25 - Flag Day
International Day against Violence against Women
26 - National Law Day

December
01 - Border Security Force (BSF) Raising Day
Nagaland Day
World AIDS Day
02 -International Day for Abolition of Slavery (UNO)
03 - International Day of Disabled Persons
World Conservation Day
04 - Chemical Disaster Prevention Day
Navy Day
05 - International Volunteers Day
06 - Armed Forces Day
Civil Defence Day
07 - International Civil Aviation Day
08 - Handicrafts week (8-15)
Home Guards Raising Day
Submarine Day
09 - National Immunization Day
10 - Human Rights Day
International Childrens Day of Broadcasting
11 - UNICEF Day
12 - Assam Rifles Raising Day
14 - National Energy Conservation Day
16 - Vijay Divas
17 - Pensioner's Day
18 - International Migrants Day
Minorities Rights Day
22 - Mathematics Day
23 - Kisan Day
24 - National Consumer Day
25 - X-Mas Day
26 - Boxing Day
28 - Central Reserve Police Force Anniversary
29 - International Day for Biological Diversity

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