G.K. Questions and Answers for Competitive Exams

1. Which Asian river is sometimes referred to as ‘The Road to Mandalay’ ?
Answer: Irrawaddy (Myanmar)

2. Where is the headquarters of the Transparency International ?
Answer: Berlin (Germany)

3. Which international organization was founded by Peter Eigen ?
Answer: Transparency International

4. Which is the world’s most saline lake ?
Answer: Lake Vanda (Antarctica)

5. A projectile launched at which degree angle has the greatest range ?
Answer: 45 degree angle

6. What is the unit of measurement of cotton ?
Answer: Bales

7. Which metal is added to fireworks to get the lilac colour ?
Answer: Potassium

8. Which acid is used to acidify foods and beverages such as various colas ?
Answer: Phosphoric Acid

9. What kind of creature is a ‘silverfish’ ?
Answer: Wingless insect

10. Which animal’s walking style is known as ‘Knuckle walking’ ?
Answer: Gorillas and Chimpanzees

11.Who discovered Microphone ?
Answer: Alexander Graham Bell

12. Myopia (Short sightedness) can be corrected by using a _______ lens ?
Answer: Concave

13. Hypermetropia (Long sightedness) can be corrected using a _________ ?
Answer: Convex lens

14. Erg is the unit of _____?
Answer: Work

15. Dyne is the unit of ______ ?
Answer: Force

16. Poise is the unit of _______ ?
Answer: Viscosity of fluid

17.Which cricketer has the nick name Haryana Hurricane ?
Answer: Kapil Dev

18. Who is the law Adviser of the central Government ?
Answer: Attorney General

19. Which is the acid present in tomato ?
Answer: Oxalic acid

20. Which disease is also known as Hansen's disease ?
Answer: Leprosy

21. Who gave the Pacific Ocean its name ?
Answer: Magellan

22.Which state has large number of cinema theater in India?
Answer: Andhara Pradesh

23. Who is known as Modern Bhoja ?
Answer: Krishnadeva Raya

24. Who started Shudhi Movement ?
Answer: Dayananda Saraswathy

25. Which Pakistan President signed the Tashkent Agreement ?
Answer: Ayub Khan

26. Which Substance is known as Philosopher's wool ?
Answer: Zinc Oxide

27. Which Vitamin helps in the absorption of Calcium ?
Answer: Vitamin D

28.Who discovered Rh Factor ?
Answer: Karl Landsteiner (the same person discovered Blood Group)

29. Who wrote the book Harmonies of World ?
Answer: Kepler

30. Where is the Headquarters of Amnesty International ?
Answer: London

31. Which is the shortest River in the world ?
Answer: Roe

32. The image formed on the Retina of the human eye is ________ ?
Answer: Real and inverted

33. Which country’s official currency is the ‘Renminbi’?
Answer: China.