G.K. QUESTIONS

1. Who wrote the song “Saare jahan se acha” ? Answer: Muhammad Iqbal 2. Who give music to the song “Saare jahan se acha” ? Answer andit Ravi Shankar 3. Which is the world soldest news agency? Answer :AFP (Agence France Press) 4. What is the chemical name of Tear Gas ? Answer:Chloro acetophenone 5. Which is the only hobby recognized by the United Nations? Answer:Ham Radio 6. What is the national flower of Pakistan? Answer:Jasmine 7. What is the scientific name of Cockroach? Answer eriplaneta americana 8. What is the unit of luminous intensity? Answer :Candela 9. Who is the winner of 2013 Us open men’s title ? Answer:Andy Murray 10. Who is the winner of 2013 Us open women’s title ? Answer:Serena Williams 11. Which famous writer is known as Father of Snow Golf? Answer: Rudyard Kipling 12. How many Schedules are there in the Indian Constitution? Answer:12 13. Which planet is known as Red planet? Answer:Mars 14. Which European countries are separated by Market Reef? Answer:Finland and Sweden 15. Who is the author of Panchtantra? Answer:Vishnu Sharma 16. Which is the coldest planet in solar system ? Answer:Neptune 17. The Rourkela Steel Plant in Odisha was built with the collaboration of _____ ? Answer:Germany 18. The Durgapur Steel Plant in West Bengal was built with the collaboration of _____ ? Answer:Britain 19. The Bhilai Steel Plant inChattisgarh was built with the collaboration of _____ ? Answer:Russia 20. Who is the first and only Muslim lady ever to rule the throne of Delhi ? Answer: Razia Sultana 21.Who composed the national anthem of Bangladesh (Amar sona bangla)? Answer: Rabindranath Tagore 22. Who wrote the book Planned economy for India? Answer:M. Visvesvaraya (He is known as father of Indian planning, his birthday September 15 is observed as Engineer’s Day in India ) 23. Which is the oldest sports in the world? Answer:Archery( It is the national sports of Bhutan) 24. What is the normal duration of Hockey game? Answer: 70 Minutes 25. Which Minor Rock Edict of Asoka describes the conquest of Kalinga by Asoka ? Answer: No.XIII (13) 26. Who is the author of Joy of Numbers? Answer :Shakuntala Devi 27. Who is the creator of the painting The Potato Eaters? Answer:Vincent van Gogh 28 .Folketing is the parliament of which country ? answer:Denmark * 29. What s the chemical name of Lime stone? Answer:Calcium Carbonate *30. Who is the last CM of united Andhra pradesh? ~Jipu