General Knowledge

Q:Which Country sold 'Alaska' to America in 1867?
Russia.
Q:Who was the 1st scientist to use a computer language for his computer?
Konrad Zuse.

Organisation- Member Countries:
UNO- 193
WTO- 153
EU- 27
SAARC- 8
G20- 23
G8- 8+1
BRICS- 5
OPEC- 12
ASEAN- 10
NATO-28
NAM-120







Q:Who has been honoured with the Vyas Samman-2010?
Vishwanath Prasad(Hindi).
*Kapil Dev launched India's 1st Internet Radio Channel on Cricket.


Q:Who is the 1st woman in India to receive Ashok Chakra?
Kamalesh Kumari.
*Which plant is known as Bio-Diesel plant?
Jatropha.
**Donate Blood*


Q:Who scripted Gandhiji's favourite Song 'Vaishnav Jan to...'?
Narsinh mehta
*Central Food Technological Research Institute situated in:
Mysore.


Strongest muscle in the body is the tongue
Coconut is the largest seed in the World
Everyone is colourblind at birth
Dolphins sleep with 1 eye

Q:Who scripted Gandhiji's favourite Song 'Vaishnav Jan to...'?
Narsinh mehta
*Central Food Technological Research Institute situated in:
Mysore.


Q:Among Hyderabad, Bhopal, Lucknow& Banglore which city is located most east Ward?
Lucknow.
*Silver Chloride is also known as 'Horn Silver'.


RBI NEW RATES(Sept):
Bank Rate=6%.
CRR=6%.
SLR=24%.
Repo Rate=8.25%
Reverse Repo Rate=7.25%.
Base Rate=9.5-10.75%.
Savings Bank Rate=4%


Q:Which place is known as 'Land of Flying Fish'?
Barbados
Q:'Meneetu' is a lake under a lake.Where is it located?
Canada
*CMD of NMDC-
MS.Rana



Q:Which state's CM has announced laptop for students securing 50% marks?
Assam
*Global Water Summit:
2010-Kansas City
2011-Berlin
2012-Rome.



*"Great Soul: Mahatma Gandhi &His struggle with India" written by:
Joseph Leyveld
*Aga Khan Palace in Pune
*BharatBhawan-Bhopal



Race Course Road, the official residence of Indian Prime Minister is commonly Known as?
Panchavati
*National Innovation Council Head:
SamPitroda


Q:The Regulation-XVII, passed by the british govt was related to?
Abolition of Sati.
*Suger in blood&urine is tested with:
Bendict's Solution.


Q:Who won silver medal in the Archery World Cup final held in Istanbul?
Deepika Kumari.
*Chairman of IPL: Rajeev Shukla.




Q:Which mughal king coronated(Pattbhisheka) twice?
Aurangazeb.
*The World's most active volcano is:
Cotopaxi (South America).


Q:Recently, Which country has given women the right to vote and run in municipal elections?
Saudi Arabia
*India's 1st woman Jawan-Shanti Tigga.


Org-Foundr:
Mitramela-VD Savarkar,1904
AbhinavBharat-Genesh Savarkar
Anusilan Samiti of Deccan-PulinDas
Young Italy movmnt-Surendranath Benerji

Q:China Successfully launched its 1st unmanned space laboratory. What is the Name of this laboratory?
Tiangong-1
*Axis Bank was earlier UTI Bank


Banks-Taglines:
Andhra Bank-For all ur needs
Canara-Together we can
IDBI-Banking for all
Indian Bank-Ur Tech frndly Bank
UCO-Honours ur trust


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General questions related to geography

When are days and nights equal throughout the globe?
- When sun is above the equator

What is the latitude of  South Pole?
- 90 degree

On globe, the latitude and longitude intersect at what angle?
- 90 degrees

From where the longest circle which can be drawn from earth's surface will pass?
- Will pass through Equator

What will be the difference in longitudes between two places if heir time difference is 2 hours and 20 minutes?
- 35 degree

What happens when a ship crosses Date line from west to east?
- It loses one day

Which is the great circle on earth's surface?
- The equator

Which countries are located on the Greenwich Meridian?
Algeria, Guinea, Iceland

Greenwich mean time (GMT) is the standard time of which country?
- U.K

On which part of earth days and nights are of equal length always?
- Equator

Why the International Date Line makes slight deviation from 180 degree meridian?
- To divide Pacific Ocean in two halves

One degree of longitude on equator is equal to what distance?
- 69 miles

What is equal to latitude of a place?
- Angle between the horizon and the equator

In how many time zones is U.S.A divided?
- 5

Latitude and longitude are at what angle to each other?
- Perpendicular to each other

What is the difference in time between two places 1 degree longitude apart?
- 4 minutes

How many lines are there in latitude and longitude?
- Latitude includes 180 lines and longitude has 360 lines because longitude connects  North Pole to South Pole and latitude is divided from east to west.

 What reference is taken to know the local time of a place?
- Longitudinal position

 In how many time zones is the World divided?
- 24

What is the time difference between IST and GMT?
- 5 hours 30 minutes

Watches of a country is set according to what time?
- Standard time of the country
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India Fact Sheet GENERAL KNOWLEDGE

Which is our National song?
- Vande Mataram

Who composed our National song?
- Bankim Chandra Chatterji

What is our National Anthem?
- Jana Gana Mana

Who wrote our National Anthem?
- Rabindra Nath Tagore

How many stanza's of Jana Gana Mana song were adopted as National Anthem?
- Only the first stanza

Who composed the famous song 'Sare Jahan Se Accha'?
- Mohammad Iqbal

From where are the words 'Satyameva  Jayate' taken?
- Mundak Upanishad

How many spokes are there in our national emblem  'Ashoka Chakra'?
- 24

In which year was the National Anthem first sung?
-1911

What is the ratio of width of our National Flag to its length?
- 2:4

Our Indian National Calender is based on which era?
- Saka era

When was the design of our National Flag  adopted by the Constituent of India?
- July, 1947

What was adopted from the Maurya dynasty in the emblem of government of India?
- Four lions

Our Indian Constitution closely follows the Constitutional system of which country?
- U.K

When was the Constituent Assembly that framed Constitution for  Independent India set up?
- 1949

Who was the chairman of Constituent Assembly?
- Dr. Rajendra Prasad

When India became a Sovereign, democratic republic?
- Jan 26, 1950

Who is known as the Father of the Indian Constitution?
- Dr. B.R. Ambedkar

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