INDIA COMMON GENERAL KNOWLEDGE

                   INDIA COMMON GENERAL KNOWLEDGE        

These points need to know all of Indian people,if any problem then comment below


1. The Finance Commission is constituted under article...... of the constitution of India.

A. 270

B. 280

C. 226

D. 245

Answer- B

2. Who built The Taj Mahal?

A. Shahjahan

B. Sher shah

C. Nadir shah

D. Jahangir

Answer- A

 👉 With how many countries does India establish its own land           borders

 Answer - 7

3. The Nalanda University was founded by-

A. Samudra Gupta

B. Chandra Gupta

C. Kumara Gupta

D. Harsh Vardhana

Answer- C

4. Bleaching powder is used in drinking water as a/an-

A. Coagulant

B. Disinfectant

C. Anticeptic

D. Antibiotic

Answer- B

5. The ph of lemon juice is expected to be-

A. Equal to 7

B. nothing can be predicted

C. more than 7

D. less than 7

Answer- D

 👉 What is the name of India's neighboring countries?

1. Pakistan
2. Afghanistan
3. Nepal
4. China
5. Bangladesh 
6. Bhutan
7. Myanmar 
8. Sri Lanka
9. Maldives.

6. Washing soda is also known as-

A. Sodium caloride

B. Calcium bicarbonate

C. Sodium carbonate

D. Phosphorus

Answer- C

7. Baking soda is also is known as-

A. Sodium Bicarbonate

B. Calcium Bicarbonate

C. Carbon Monoxide

D. Bromide

Answer- A

8. What is the ratio of RBC to WBC-

A. 1:600

B. 600:1

C. 1:900

D. 500:1

Answer- B

9. Which city is the Silicon valley of India?

A. Mumbai

B. Delhi

C. Hyderabad

D. Bengaluru

Answer- D

10. In which year Delhi became the capital of India?

A. 1911

B. 1912

C. 1910

D. 1905

Answer- A

 👉 On what date was India declared a republic.

:- 26 January 1950 

11. Which disease is caused by the bite of a mad dog?

A. Lukoderma

B. Hydrophobia

C. Hypertension

D. Arthritis

Answer- B

12. Which metal is used for generation of Nuclear Power?

A. Thorium

B. Uranium

C. Water

D. Fossils

Answer- B

13. By whom is the speaker of Lok Sabha elected?

A. All the members of Rajya Sabha

B. All the members of Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha

C. People of India

D. All the members of Lok Sabha

Answer- D

14. Which planet is known as the Earth’s twin?

A. Jupiter

B. Mars

C. Venus

D. Saturn

Answer- C

15. Which article is related to the special status of Jammu and Kashmir?

A. 270

B. 300

C. 110

D. 248

Answer- A

 👉 Who named India as Hindustan?

:- Mughals

16. Which gland is both exocrine and endocrine?

A. Pituitary gland

B. Thyroid gland

C. Pancreas

D. Small intestine

Answer- C

17. Which soil is best suited for cotton?

A. Red soil

B. Regur

C. Alluvial soil

D. Loam

Answer- B

18. Which state has the largest waste land area?

A. UP

B. Bihar

C. Jammu Kashmir

D. Punjab

Answer- C

19. Colour of the Urine is yellow because of-

A. Urochrome

B. Potassium

C. Endorphin

D. Insulin

Answer- A

20. Who has been called Napoleon of India?

A. Samudragupta

B. Chandragupta

C. Kumargupta

D. Harsha Vardhana

Answer- A

 👉 Which is the official national river of India

:- Ganga


21. Which is the largest river basin in India?

A. Godavari Basin

B. Narmada Basin

C. Yamuna Basin

D. Ganga Basin

Answer- D

22. Which river originates at Amarkantak?

A. Mahanadi

B. Godavari

C. Narmada

D. Krishna

Answer- C

23. Largest fresh water lake of the world is-

A. Lake Superior

B. Lake Michigan

C. Lake Malawi

D. Great Bear Lake

Answer- A

24. Which day is celebrated as Worls Environment Day?

A. 5th June

B. 8th June

C. 5th April

D. 21ST April

Answer- A

25. Which is a land locked sea?

A. Caribbean Sea

B. Aral Sea

C. Red Sea

D. South China Sea

Answer- B

26. Maximum strength of Rajya Sabha-

A. 260

B. 250

C. 210

D. 150

Answer- B

27. Who was the first chairman of Planning Commission?

A. Sardar vallabh bhai Patel

B. Rajender Prasad

C. Jwahar Lal Nehru

D. Moti Lal Nehru

Answer- C

28. Who was the first woman to scale the Mount Everest?

A. Bachhendri Pal

B. Arunima Sinha

C. Premlata Aggarwal

D. Malavath Purna

Answer- A

29. Who appoints the chairman of UPSC?

A. Chief Minister of India

B. President

C. Members of both the houses

D. Election Commissioner of India

Answer- B

30. Who pioneered Khilafat Movement?

A. Sayyed Brothers

B. Mahatama Gandhi

C. Ali Brothers

D. Maulana Azad

Answer- C

31. First general elections were held in which year?

A. 1921

B. 1942

C. 1950

D. 1951

Answer- D

32. Gobar gas contains mainly-

A. Methane

B. Ethane

C. Butane

D. Propane

Answer- A

33. Which gland is responsible for the secretion of Insulin?

A. Pancreas

B. Thyroid

C. Adrenal Gland

D. Pineal Gland

Answer- A

34. In which state was the Panchayati Raj first introduced?

A. Bihar

B. Rajasthan

C. Punjab

D. Haryana

Answer- B

35. Which is the warm ocean current?

A. Labrador current

B. Oyashio current

C. Canary current

D. Gulf Stream

Answer- D

36. Which country is the leading producer of Uranium?

A. Australia

B. Canada

C. USA

D. Japan

Answer- B

37. Arya Samaj was funded by-

A. Swami Dayanand Saraswati

B. Swami Vivekanand

C. Sachidanand

D. Swami Narayan

Answer- B

38. Which state has smallest land area?

A. Kerala

B. Madhya Pradesh

C. Goa

D. Assam

Answer- C

39. Which Governor General was associated with Doctrine of Lapse?

A. Lord Dalhousie

B. Lord Lytton

C. Lord Hastings

D. Lord Cornwallis

Answer- A

40. Who was the first Woman President of Congress?

A. Annie Besant

B. Sarojini Naidu

C. Usha Mehta

D. Madam Cama

Answer- A

41. Which animal breathes through the skin?

A. Snake

B. Frog

C. Tortoise

D. Dolphin

Answer- B

42. Who is called Father of Economics?

A. Aristotle

B. Einstein

C. Adam Smith

D. Geoffrey Chaucer

Answer- C

43. Which element is the highest conductor of electricity?

A. Gold

B. Copper

C. Steel

D. Silver

Answer- D

44. Who is known as Father of Indian Constitution?

A. B.R Ambedkar

B. Rabindernath Tagore

C. Sardar Vallabh Bhai Patel

D. Jawahar Lal Nehru

Answer- A

45. Which state has the largest coastline in India?

A. Andhra Pradesh

B. Gujrat

C. Tamil Nadu

D. Maharashtra

Answer- B

46. Who written the book “India of my dreams”?

A. Jawahar Lal Nehru

B. Lala Hardyal

C. Mahatma Gandhi

D. Bhagat Singh

Answer- C

47. World’s largest desert-

A. Great Basin Desert

B. Sahara Desert

C. Great Victoria Desert

D. Gobi Desert

Answer- B

48. What is the maximum gap between two sessions of a Parliament?

A. 8 months

B. 5 months

C. 6 months

D. 1 year

Answer- C

49. In which year Bengal was reunited?

A. 1912

B. 1911

C. 1909

D. 1905

Answer- B

50. Who was the first Indian to receive Nobel Prize?

A. Rabinder Nath Tagore

B. C.V Raman

C. Mother Teresa

D. Amartya Sen

Answer- A

SOME IMPORTANT GENERAL KNOWLEDGE OF INDIA

Mark Twain has stated that India is the cradle of human race. Here are 10 questions about India that every Indian should be familiar with:-

1. Where is the floating post office in India Located?

• Dal Lake, Srinagar.

2. Which gathering was visible from space/

• Kumbh Mela

3. Which is the wettest inhabited place in the world?

• Mawsynram in Meghalaya

4. Which is the highest cricket ground in the world?

• Chail Cricket ground, Himachal Pradesh

5. Which country detected water on the moon for the first time?

• India(CHANDRAYAN 1)

6. The science day in Switzerland is dedicated to which Indian ?

• Dr, A.P.J.Abdul Kalam

7. India has a spa for which animal?

• elephant

8. Which Indian was offered German citizenship?

• Dhyan Chand

Important Wars and Battles in Indian History

(Year War / Battle Outcome)

326 B.C. Battle of Hydaspas Porus loses to Alexander

261 B.C. Kalinga War Asoka wins but adapts Buddhism

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712 A.D. Invasion of Sind Mohammed-bin-Qasim invades from the west

1191 A.D. First Battle of Tarain Prithviraj Chauhan defeats Mohammed Ghori

1192 A.D. Second Battle of Tarain Ghori defeats Prithviraj Chauhan

1194 A.D. Battle of Chhandwar Ghori defeats Jaichandra of Kannauj

1526 A.D. First Battle of Panipat Babar defeats Ibrahim Lodhi

1527 A.D. Battle of Khanua Babar defeats Rana Sanga

1529 A.D. Battle of Ghaghara Babar defeats the Afghans

1539 A.D. Battle of Chausa Sher Shah Suri defeats Humayun

1540 A.D. Battle of Kannauj (or Bilgram) Sher Shah Suri defeats Humayun

1556 A.D. Second Battle of Panipat Bairam Khan (representing Akbar) defeats Hemu

1565 A.D.

Battle of Talikota (or

Banihatti)

Vijaynagar empire (represented by Sadasiva) loses against

an alliance formed by Ahmednagar, Bijapur, Golkonda and

Bidar

1576 A.D. Battle of Haldighati Akbar defeats Maharana Pratap

1615 A.D.

Mewar submitted to the

Mughals

Peace treaty signed between Jahangiri and Rana Amar

Singh of Mewar.

1649 A.D. Mughal-Safavid War Mughals lose Kandahar to Persia

1658 A.D.

Battle of Dharmatt and

Samugarh

Aurangzeb defeats Dara Shikoh

1665 A.D. Seige of Purandar Raja Jai Singh defeats Shivaji. Treaty of Purandar signed

1708 A.D. Battle of Khed Shahu defeats Tara Bai.

1737 A.D. Battle of Bhopal Baji Rao defeats Mohammed Shah.

1739 A.D. Battle of Karnal Nadir Shah defeats Mohammed Shah.

1757 A.D. Battle of Plassey Robert Cive defeats Siraj-ud-daula, the Nawab of Bengal

1760 A.D. Battle of Wandiwash English defeat the French

1761 A.D. Third Battle of Panipat Ahmed Shah Abdali defeats Marathas

1764 A.D. Battle of Buxar

Hector Munro defeats combined armies of Nawab Mir

Qasim of Bengal, Nawab Shuja-ud-daula of Awadh and

Mughal emperor Shah Alam

1767-69

A.D.

First Anglo Mysore War Hyder Ali defeats English forces

1766-69

A.D.

First Anglo Maratha War British defeated

1770 A.D. Battle of Udgir Marathas defeat the Nizam

1780-84

A.D.

Second Anglo Mysore War Hyder Ali dies. Treaty of Mangalore is signed

1789-92

A.D.

Third Anglo Mysore War Tipu Sultan defeated. Treaty of Serirangapatnam is signed.

1799 A.D. Fourth Anglo Mysore War Tipu Sultan is defeated and killed

1803-06

A.D.

Second Anglo Maratha War Marathas lose to the British

1817-19

A.D.

Third Anglo Maratha War Marathas lose to the British again

1824-26

A.D.

First Anglo Burmese War British win over Burmese.

1839-42 First Anglo Afghan War British defeat Afghan ruler Dost Mohammad

A.D.

1845-46

A.D.

First Anglo Sikh War Sikhs lose to the British

1848-49

A.D.

Second Anglo Sikh War Punjab annexed by the British

1852 A.D. Second Anglo Burmese War British win the war

1865 A.D. Third Angio Burmese War British win and Burma is annexed

1868-80

A.D.

Second Anglo Afghan War Treaty of Gandamak is signed

1919-21

A.D.

Third Anglo Afghan War Ended in an Artimice. Durand line established.