Latest 100 Important GK Questions with Answers and Explanations

Answer: B) 17

Each banknote has its amount written in 17 languages. on the obverse, the denomination is written in English and Hindi. On the reverse is a language panel that displays the denomination of the note in 15 of the 22 official languages of India.

Answer: D) Badruddin Tyabji

Badruddin Tyabji was an Indian lawyer and the first Muslim President of the Indian National Congress who served as the third President of the Indian National Congress in 1887. where the first president of the Indian National Congress was Womesh Chandra Banerjee.

Answer: C) Calcutta

The University of Calcutta is a public state university located in Kolkata (formerly known as Calcutta), West Bengal, India. It was established on 24 January 1857.

Answer: D) 10 Degree Channel

The Ten Degree Channel is a channel that separates the Andaman Islands and the Nicobar Islands from each other in the Bay of Bengal. The two sets of islands together form the Indian Union Territory of Andaman and Nicobar Islands.

Answer: A) Liver

The liver is the largest gland in the human body. It is also the largest organ in our body and can weigh up to 1.5 kg for a human adult.

Answer: C) Woolen textile

Punjab is also known by the name of ‘The land 0f five rivers’. Punjab is famous for its PHULKARI works done by hand. T-shirts, sports clothing, and sweaters or woolen clothes are the major in this category.

Answer: B) Venus

Venus is the “hottest planet even though Mercury is the closest planet to the Sun. The reason that Venus is hotter than Mercury is that it has an atmosphere made of carbon dioxide, it also has clouds of acid inside its atmosphere.

Answer: B) President

The Prime Minister is taken an oath by the President.

Answer: B) Carbon Dioxide

Soda Water is prepared by using carbon dioxide gas, this process is known as carbonation, which is a process that causes the water to become effervescent.

Answer: D) Gujarat

Gir Forest National Park is a wildlife sanctuary in Gujarat, western India. It was established to protect Asiatic lions and leopards.

Answer: A) the Ganges

Well the length of Indus River is 1,976 miles long, length of Brahmaputra River is about 1,800 miles long and length of Ganges River is 1,560 miles long but the Ganges River commonly known as Ganga is the largest river in India if we consider the total distance covered by a river within India because the distance covered by Indus and Brahmaputra are rivers within India are much shorter than the river Ganga.

Answer: B) Dr. Zakir Hussian

Dr. Zakir Husain Khan got the Bharat Ratna Award before becoming the president of India, He was the third President of India and the second Vice President of India. Husain was the country’s first Muslim president.

Answer: C) Sahara

The world’s largest desert is the Sahara desert. India’s largest desert is the Thar desert.

Answer: A) Airavata

Airavata is a mythological white elephant that carries the Hindu god Indra. Indra is the king of Heaven and he is the god of the heavens, lightning, thunder, storms, rains, and river flows.

Answer: D) Tropic of Cancer

The Tropic of Cancer is currently 23″26’13.2″ north of the Equator. The Tropic of Cancer is the line of latitude that passes through the middle of India. The 82°30′ East longitude is taken as the Standard Time Meridian of India, as it passes through the middle of India (Mirzapur in Uttar Pradesh).

Answer: C) Ocean depth

The Fathometer is an echo-sounding system for the measurement of water depth. The Richter Scale is used to measure the intensity of Earthquakes. A rain Gauge is used to measure rainfall. The Decibel Scale is used to measure sound intensity.

Answer: A) Modifier

Modifier keys include Alt, Ctrl, Shift, and the Windows key. Modifier keys are commonly used to enter keyboard shortcuts. Common modifier keys include Shift, Control, Alt, Command, Function, and Windows keys.

Answer: D) Northern and Eastern

India is situated north of the equator between 8°4′ to 37°6′ north latitude and 68°7′ to 97°25′ east longitude so India is located in Northern Hemisphere and eastern hemisphere.

Answer: D) Vishvamitra

Gayatri Mantra was created by Brahmarshi Vishvamitrat.

Answer: B) Hitler

Adolf Hitler was a German politician who was the leader of the Nazi Party. One of Hitler’s more popular slogans was ”One People, One Nation, One leader”.

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Answer: A) Montreal Protocol

Its aim is to protect the earth’s ozone layer by eliminating the use of ozone-depleting substances like CFC.

Answer: B)

Boric Acid is used for eye washing.

Answer: A) Vijay Goel

Vijay Goel is the author of the book ‘Bebak Baat’. The book was released by Vice-President M. Venkaiah Naidu.

Answer: C) Jan Koum

WhatsApp was founded by Jan Koum and Brian Acton in 2009. Both were former employees of Yahoo.

Answer: D) Jack Dorsey

Twitter is a news and social networking service type website. It was founded in March 2006 by Jack Dorsey, Noah Glass, Biz Stone, and Evan Williams. It was later launched in the month of July.

Answer: C) Ferric Chloride

The chemical formula is FeCl3. When it is dissolved in water Ferric Chloride undergoes hydrolysis and gives off heat in the exothermic process.

Answer: C) 1915

Twitter is a news and social networking service type website. It was founded in March 2006 by Jack Dorsey, Noah Glass, Biz Stone, and Evan Williams. It was later launched in the month of July.

Answer: A) April 6, 1930

The Civil Disobedience Movement was launched on April 6, 1930, by Mahatma Gandhi after the successful completion of ‘Dandi March’.

Answer: D) Diamond

Diamond is an allotrope of carbon, where the carbon atoms are arranged in a variation of cubic structure.

Answer: B) 16-18

The respiratory rate for a healthy adult at rest is 12-18 breaths per minute.

Answer: A) Indian Statistical Institute, Kolkata

The first computer installed in India was at the Indian Statistical Institute (ISI), Kolkata in 1995. It was the first computer installed in Asia, outside Japan.

Answer: A)

The impeachment charges on the president can be initiated by either house of Parliament. These charges should be signed by one-fourth of the members of the House, and a 14-day notice should be given to the President.

Answer: D)

There is no bar on the number of times a person can hold the high office of the President of India.

Answer: A)

Fundamental Duties are taken from the USSR.

Answer: B)

PAC examines the three audit reports of GAG submitted to the President viz. audit report on appropriation accounts, an audit report on financial accounts, and the audit report on public undertakings. It submits its report to the Parliament.

Answer: B) Dr. B.R. Ambedkar

Dr. BR Ambedkar described the Direct principle of the State policy as a ‘novel feature’ of the Constitution.

Answer: C)

The total number of chromosomes in each human cell is 46 (23 pairs).

Answer: B)

The escape velocity on the surface of the earth is 11.2 km/s.

Answer: B)

Bauxite is the main ore of Aluminum.

Answer: D) Bal Gangadhar Tilak

Valentine Chirol called him by this name since he was the first who demanded complete Swarajya.

He joined Congress in 1890.

Answer: C) Shahid Afridi

Chris Gayle and Rashid Khan were also the torchbearers.

Answer: D) Aga Khan

Sir Sultan Muhammad Shah (Aga Khan III) was appointed as the 1st honorary president of the Muslim League.

Answer: B) Haryana

Panipat is located in Haryana. The Battle of Panipat was fought here.

Answer: A) Insulin

Insulin is an anti-diabetic drug.

Answer: A) CH3COOH

It is a colorless liquid with a strong and distinct pungent and sour smell.

Answer: B) Motherboard

RAM stands for Random Access Memory. It is located on the Mother Board. It is volatile in nature, which means data will be erased when the computer is switched off.

Answer: B) Transistors

The second-generation computers consisted of transistors.

Answer: D)

JPEG is an audio file extension and MPG is a video file extension.

Answer: A)

Mohenjo Daro also known as ‘Mound of Dead’ is an ancient city of the Indus Valley Civilization. It was discovered in 1922 by R. D. Banerji.

Answer: D) Laski

Answer: C) E. Sreedharan

Elattuvalapil Sreedharan is an Indian civil engineer and a retired IRS officer popularly known as the “Metro Man”.

Answer: C) Nepal

Sir Edmund Hillary and Sherpa Tenzing Norgay reached the 29,035-foot summit of Everest on May 29, 1953. They became the first people to stand atop the world’s highest mountain.

Answer: B) China

China ranks at the top followed by the USA. India ranks 3rd in egg production.

Answer: A) Geographic Grids

Geographic Grids- The system of imaginary arcs drawn in a grid pattern on the Earth’s surface. To locate a place on Earth’s surface, these human-created arcs, known as meridians and parallels play an important role.

Answer: B) Punjab National Bank

Oudh National Bank was managed by Indians but with limited liability. The bank started in 1881 at Faizabad but failed in 1958.
Punjab National Bank which started in 1895 in Lahore was the first to be fully managed by Indians.

Answer: A) Comparative Rating Index for Sovereigns

Answer: D) None of the Above

momentum(p) = mass × velocity

KE = (mv²)/2

Relationship between momentum and KE

K.E. = p²/2m or KE is directly proportional to p²

So, on Solving the above we get 21%

Answer: B) Transverse Waves

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Answer: C)

Diffraction is the slight bending of light as it passes around the edge of an obstacle or object.

Answer: A) Congo

The Congo River formerly known as the Zaire River has a total length of 4,370 km (2,715 mi). It is the only river that crosses the equator twice.

Answer: B) 16 September

The International Day for the Preservation of the Ozone Layer is celebrated on 16 September.

Answer: C) 5th

The main focus of the Fifth Five-Year Plan was on employment, poverty alleviation (Garibi Hatao), and justice.

Answer: D) Feuerbach

Answer: A) Deciduous Forests

Answer: D)

Guru Arjan Singh was executed by Jahangir because he had blessed Prince Khusro who had revolted against Jahangir.

Answer: B) 

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Answer: A) Jayadeva

Jayadeva was a Sanskrit poet during the 12th century. He is most known for his epic poem Gita Govinda which highlights the relationship of Krishna with the Gopis of Vrindavana, especially Radha.

Answer: B) Black

For the astronauts, there is no atmosphere, so there is no scattering of light.

Answer: C) Rajasthan and Andhra Pradesh

Rajasthan in Nagaur district on 2 Oct 1959 became the 1st state to adopt the Panchayat Raj system followed by Andhra Pradesh.

Answer: D) Caricaxatin

The presence of carotene and xanthophyll pigments i.e., Caricaxanthin makes the papayas appear yellow in color.

Answer: B) Arundhati Roy

Arundhati Roy became the first woman to win the “Man Booker Prize” for her book “The God of Small Things” in the year 1997.

Answer: D) NADH

NADH- Nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide.

Nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide exists in two forms: an oxidized and reduced form, abbreviated as NADH+ and NADH respectively.

Answer: A) H2SO4

Sulphuric Acid (H2SO4) is present in the maximum amount.

Answer: B) Power

Power is the rate of doing work or the rate of transferring Energy.

Power= Work/Time
= (Force × displacement)/Time
= Force × (displacement/Time)
= Force × Velocity

Answer: B) One-third

One-third of the posts are reserved for women in the Panchayat Raj System.

Answer: D) Eucalyptus

Eucalyptus is commonly used in social forestry.

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Answer: C) Estuary

Answer: D) Child Marriage

The Child Marriage Restraint Act 1929 (also known as the Sarda Act) was passed on 28 September 1929 in the British India Legislature of India.

It fixed the age of marriage for girls at 14 years and boys at 18 years which was later amended to 18 for girls and 21 for boys.

Answer: B) Annie Besant

Annie Besant became the president in the year 1917 and was the first woman president of INC.
 
Sarojini Naidu was the first Indian woman president Indian National Congress.

Answer: C) Rajagirha

The First Buddhist Council was held around 400 BC under the patronage of King Ajatshatru with the monk Mahakasyapa presiding, at Rajagriha, in the Sattapani Cave.

The main idea was to preserve Buddha’s teachings (Sutta) and rules for disciples (Vinaya).

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Answer: A) Nilgiri Hills

The Eastern Ghats and the Western Ghats meet at the Nilgiri hills in Tamilnadu.

Answer: B) Foreign Contribution Regulation Act

Answer: A) India

India’s thorium reserves make up 25 percent of the global reserves.

Answer: D) the Netherlands

The Netherlands became the first country in the world formally to legalize euthanasia.

Answer: C) Oscar Carl Pistorius

Answer: A) Aedes

Aedes mosquitoes are the carriers of the Zika virus. Zika is the name that comes from the Zika forest of Uganda.

Answer: B) Sheikh Mubarak

He is known by his pen name Faizi. He was the author of the book Akbarnama.

Answer: D) Shiwaliks

The three main ranges of the Himalayas are- the Himadri (northernmost range), the Himachal (Lesser Himalaya), and the Shiwaliks (outermost Himalaya).

Answer: B) Kathmandu

Full-Form: South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation

Members- Its member states include Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, the Maldives, Nepal, Pakistan, and Sri Lanka.

It was founded on December 8, 1985, in Dhaka, Bangladesh.

Answer: A) Raja Rammohan Roy

He was the founder of Brahmo Samaj. He tirelessly fought against the social evils prevailing in the Indian society.

Answer: D) Article 21

Article 21 signifies and means that no member of the executive or government shall be entitled to interfere with the life and liberty of an individual unless supported by provisions of law.

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Answer: A) Temporal lobe

The adjacent areas in the superior, posterior, and lateral parts of the temporal lobes are involved in high-level auditory processing.

Answer: C) Radioactive waste

The Chornobyl disaster was a catastrophic nuclear accident that occurred on 26 April 1986 at the No. 4 nuclear reactor in the Chornobyl Nuclear Power Plant, near the city of Pripyat in the north of the Ukrainian SSR.

Answer: C) Inclusive growth

Answer: D) Earth

The planets whose orbit lies within the asteroid belt, i.e. Mercury, Venus, Earth, and Mars are called inner planets.

Answer: B) A rise in consumer incomes

Answer: A) Francisco-de-Almeida

Francisco de Almeida, the first Viceroy of the Portuguese possessions in India. He implemented the “Blue Water” policy to be powerful at the sea instead of building fortresses on Indian land.

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Answer: C) Satyajit Ray

The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences awarded Satyajit Ray an Honorary Oscar in 1992 for Lifetime Achievement.

Answer: A) The Agricultural sector

Answer: B) IBRD

The International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (IBRD) is an international financial institution that offers loans to middle-income developing countries. The IBRD is the first of five member institutions that compose the World Bank Group and is headquartered in Washington, D.C. in the United States.

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Answer: C) 29 July

The World Tiger Day is celebrated on 29th July. This day was founded in the year 2010 at St Petersburg Tiger Summit.

The scinetific name of tiger is “Panthera tigris”.

Answer: B) Humayun and  Sher Shah Suri

Sher Shah defeated Humanyun, the Mughal King in this battle. The battle was fought in the year 1539.

Answer: D) None of these

Amir Khusrau was the famous poet in the court of Allauddin Khilji. Some of his famous books are- Tughlaq-Nama, Nuh-Siphir, Khazain-ul-Futuh.