Computer Related GK Questions from competitive exams

computer related  questions from PSC Exams

1. Who invented Laptop ?
Answer: Adam Osborne

2. Who is the first programmer
Answer: Ada Lovelace (Augusta Ada King-Noel)

3. The Information technology act was came in to existence from which year?
Anser: 2000

4. The inventor of www (World wide web) ?
answer: Tim Berner's lee

5. Computer Mouse was invented  by ?
Answer: Douglas Engelbart

6. Computer Mouse is which type of device(Input/output)?
Answer:  Input device

some other Input devices are - keyboard, scanner, joystick 

examples of Output devices: Printer, monitor, speakers, projector

7. What is the full form for USB ?
Answer: Universal serial bus

8.What is the purpose of BUS in computer?
Answer: BUS connects components of computer 

9. what is the full form for  RAM
Answer: Random access memory

10. what is the full form for  ROM
Answer: Read only memory

11*. Who is the father of computer science?
Answer: Alan turing

12*. Who is the father of computer ?
Answer: Charles Babbage

13*. Who is the founder of hotmail ?
 Answer: Sabeer Bhatia

14*. Device used for modulation and demodulation of signals?
Answer: modem 

 15.   Information technology act 2000 was came in to force from which date?
Answer: 17 october  2000

 Simple Computer linked Questions

*16. First electronic computer?
answer: ENIAC

*17. ENIAC stands for?
Answer: Electronic Numerical Integrator and Calculator


*18. Vacuum Tubes are used in which Generation of computers?
Answer: First Generation of computers


*19. Transistors are used in which Generation of computers?
Answer: Second Generation of computers


*20. IC chips are used in which Generation of computers?
Answer: Third Generation of computers

*21. Micro processors are used in which Generation of computers?
Answer: Fourth Generation of computers


 
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1. The spherical shape of a drop is due to _______ ?
Answer: Surface tension


*2.  Who is the present RBI Governor ?
Answer:   Urjit Patel


3. Earth is protected from Ultra voilet radiation by _______ ?
Answer: Ozone


4. If we move from equator to pole the value of acceleration due to gravity "g"_______ ?
Answer:  Increases


5. Capital of VeneZuela ?
Answer: Karakkas


6. Solid carbon dioxide is known as ______?
Answer: Dry ice


7.  VAT was first introduced in which country ?
Answer: France


8. Which instrument is used to measure blood pressure ?
Answer: Sphygmomano meter


9. How many coastal states are in India ?
Answer: 9


10. The country which lost the largest number of people in the 2nd world war ?
Answer: Japan


11. How many fundamental duties are laid in the constitution of India ?
Answer: 11

11 a. How many fundamental rights are recognized in the constitution of India ?
Answer: 6

12. Which is the Biggest Museum ?
Answer:  British Museum, London


13. Shora is the parliament of  _______?
Answer: Afghanistan


14. Who is the first person to get Param vir chakra ?
Answer: Major Somnath Sharma


15. Which is the largest fresh water lake in India ?
Answer: Wular Lake

15 a. Wular Lake is in which state?
Answer: Jammu and Kashmir

16. Which is the longest river in peninsular India ?
Answer: Godavari River

16 a. River godavari originates from ?
Answer: Brahmagiri Mountain


17. What is the full form of SIM ?
Answer: Subscriber Identity Module


18. Who is the founder of Van Mahotsav ?
Answer: K.M. Munshi


19. What is the full form of https ?
Answer:  Hypertext Transfer Protocol Secure



20. Where is Sardar Sarovar project situated ?
Answer: Gujarat


21. Which is the coldest planet in the solar system?
Answer: Neptune


22. Which is the Longest National Highway in India ?
Answer: NH 44 (old name NH 7)


23. Which is the smallest National Highway in India ?
Answer: NH 966B


24. How many bones are there in human skull ?
Answer: 22


25. Union public service commission  was established on ?
Answer: 1 October 1926


26. Kyoto protocol was adopted in which year ?
Answer: 11-Dec-1997

27. Kyoto protocol was came in to force from which year ?
Answer: 16-Feb-2005 

28.Kyoto is the city from which country?
Answer:japan 

29. Device used for measure radiation ?
Answer: geiger muller counter

Simple & Important GK Questions

30. Number of seats in Lok sabha?
Answer: 545 (543 elected+2 nominated)

31. Number of seats in Rajya  sabha?
Answer: 245 (233 elected+12 nominated) 

32. The second person who land on the moon?
Answer: Edwin Eugene Aldrin 

33. which country is known as land of white elephants?
Answer: Thailand

34. which country is known as land of cakes?
Answer: Scotland

35. which country is known as land of thousand lakes
Answer: Finland

36. which country is known as land of windmills
Answer: Netherland

37 . which country is known as land of lilies ?
Answer: Canada

38. Who are the founders of "Google"?
Answer: Larry Page, Sergey Brin

39. who is the author of  "Glimpses of World History" ?
Answer: Jawaharlal Nehru

40. who wrote the book "India Divided"?
Answer: Rajendra Prasad

*41. Who is the father of indian space program?
answer: Vikram Sarabhai

*42. Where is ISRO headquarters?
Answer: Bengaluru

*43.  Which team won first Twenty-20 worldcup at 2007?
Answer: India

*44.Intensity of light is measured by?

Answer: Lux meter

*45. Instrument used for recording sound underwaterAnswer: hydrophone

46. william harvey discovered blood circulation

47. What is full form of GSTAnswer: goods & service tax


48. gst first introduced in which country ?
Answer: france

49. solid carbon dioxide is dry ice

50. VAT first introduced in which country?
Answer: France

51. What is the fullform for VAT?
Answer: Value Added Tax

52. which is the highest civilian award in India?
Answer:Bharat Ratna

53. which is the highest mountain in world?
Answer: Mount everest

54. origami was originated from which country?
Answer: japan

55. Green planet in solar system?
Answer: Uranus 

*56. Which acid is known as  Muriatic acid?
Answer: Hydrochloric acid

*57. Which acid is known as Aqua fortis?
Answer: Nitric acid 

*58. Aqua regia is a mixture of?
Answer: Nitric acid and Hydrochloric acid

*58. What is the full form for "VoIP"?
Answer: Voice over internet protocol

*59. What is the full form for "LISP"?
Answer: Large scale integrated Circuit



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Random General Knowledge Questions and Answers


1. Gulf Stream Ocean Currents located in ?
Answer: Atlantic


2. Potassium is kept in ?
Answer: Kerosene


3.Which article of the Indian Constitution deals with the Right to Education ?
Answer: Article 21(a)


4. Which is the soil formed due to intense leaching in areas of high temperature and rainfall ?
Answer: Laterite Soil


5. The general governor who organized police force in India ?
Answer: Lord Cornvallis


6. Which is the Chemical added to give particular smell to LPG ?
Answer: Ethyl Marcaptan (Ethanethiol)


7. HTTPS stand for _____ ?
Answer: Hypertext Transfer Protocol Secure


8. For refreshing which function key is used ?
Answer: F5


9. The working principle of Optical Fibre Cables ?
Answer: Total Internal Reflection



10. The Andes Mountain located in ?
Answer: South America


11. The name Indian National Congress first put forward by ?
Answer: Dadabhai Naroji


12. Lightening Conductor was discovered by ?
Answer: Benjamin Franklin

13. Swami Vivekananda delivered his famous Chicago speech on which date?
Answer: 11 September 1893

 14. which planet is called green planet?
Answer: uranus

15. which planet is known as red planet?
Answer: Mars

16. which planet is known as morning star?
Answer:venus

17. which planet is known as blue planet?
answer: earth

18. which planet is known as green planet in solar system ?
answer: Uranus

19. Which planet have rings?
Answer: Saturn


*20. Who is the author of the book "You got magic"?
Answer: Neel Madhav

Important Facts about Indian presidents

*21. India wins freedom is the autobiography of?
answer: Abdul kalam azad


*22.The president who led the first minority government in India?
answer: V P Singh


*22. The President of India who announced the emergency of 1975?
answer: Fakhruddin ali ahmed

*23.First Indian president who was born in 20th century?
Answer: Fakhrudin Ali ahmed

*24. The oldest president of India?
Answer: K R Narayan

*25.The youngest president of India?
Answer: Neelam sanjiv Reddy

*26. Who is the first chief minister of Andhra pradesh?
Answer:  Neelam sanjiv Reddy


 
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रजिया सुल्तान

1.रजिया को सुल्तान के पद पर किसने बिठाया ?

 - तुर्की अमीरों ने

2. रजिया ‘सुल्तान’ के पद पर कब बैठी ?

 - 1236 ई.

3. रजिया किस प्रथा को त्याग कर पुरुषो की तरह चोगा (काबा) और टोपी पहनकर

   राजदरबार जाना शुरू किया ?

-    पर्दा प्रथा

4. प्रथम महिला तुर्क शासिका कौन थी ?

 - रजिया सुल्तान

5. रजिया ने किसे ‘अमीरे हाजिब’ बनाया ?

 - इख्तियारुद्दीन ऐतगीन

6. रजिया ने किसे ‘अमीर-ए-आखुर’ (घोड़े का सरदार) नियुक्त किया ?

 - जमालुद्दीन याकूत

7. रजिया ने ‘नायब-ए-ममलिकत’ किसे बनाया ?

 - जमालुद्दीन याकूत

8. रजिया को दिल्ली की गद्दी से किसने हटाया ?

 - तुर्क अमीरों ने

9. रजिया को दिल्ली की गद्दी से तुर्क अमीरों ने क्यों हटाया ?

 - किसी गैर तुर्क को सामंत बनाने के कारण

10. रजिया को गद्दी से हटाने के बाद दिल्ली की गद्दी पर किसे बिठाया गया ?

 - मुईजुद्दीन बहरामशाह को

11. गद्दी से हटाये जाने के बाद रजिया ने किससे निकाह किया ?

 - अल्तुनिया से

12. रजिया की हत्या कहाँ और किसने किया ?

 - कैथल के पास, हिन्दू डाकुओं ने

13. रजिया की हत्या कब हुई ?

 - 13 अक्तूबर, 1240 ई.

मुईजुद्दीन बहरामशाह

14. बहरामशाह ने सुल्तान के अधिकार को कम करने के लिए किस पद को बनाया ?

 - नाइब

15. बहरामशाह ने नाइब के पद पर सर्वप्रथम किसे बैठाया ?

 - मलिक इख्तियारुद्दीन

16. बहराम शाह की हत्या कब और किसने की ?

 - तुर्क सरदारों ने, मई, 1242 ई.

17. 1242 में तुर्क सरदारों ने किसे दिल्ली का सुल्तान बनाया ?

 - बहरामशाह के पौत्र (पोते) अलाउद्दीन मसूदशाह

18. किसने षड्यंत्र रचकर 1246 ई. में अलाउद्दीन को सुल्तान पद हटा दिया ?

 - बलबन ने

नासिरुद्दीन महमूद

19. बलबन ने अलाउद्दीन को हटाने के बाद दिल्ली का सुल्तान किसे बनाया ?

 - नासिरुद्दीन महमूद

20. कौन ऐसा अकेला सुल्तान था जो टोपियाँ सीकर अपना जीवन-निर्वाह करता था ?

 - नासिरुद्दीन महमूद

21. नासिरुद्दीन का विवाह कब हुआ ?

 - 1249 ई.

22. नासिरुद्दीन का विवाह किसके साथ हुआ था ?

 - बलबन के पुत्री के साथ

23. बलबन का वास्तविक नाम क्या था ?

 - बहाउद्दीन

24. बलबन किसका गुलाम था ?

 - इल्तुतमिश का

25. भारतीय इतिहास में ‘दरवेश राजा’ के नाम से किसे जाना जाता था ?

 - नासिरुद्दीन को

26. ‘उलुग खां’ की उपाधि नासिरुद्दीन ने किसे प्रदान किया ?

 - बलबन को

27. नासिरुद्दीन के शासनकाल में किस मंगोल आक्रमणकारी ने भारत पर आक्रमण किया था ?

 - हलाकू

28. तुर्कान-ए-चिहलगानी’ का विनाश किसने किया था ?

 - बलबन

29. नासिरुद्दीन की अकस्मात् मृत्यु कब हुई ?

 - 1266 ई.

30. नासिरुद्दीन का उत्तराधिकारी कौन बना ?

 - बलबन

General knowledge quiz questions related to Supreme Court

Gk quiz questions related to Supreme Court of India



Present chief justice of India- Ranjan Gogoi

1. In which year Supreme Court of India came in to force ?
Answer: 1950 January 28


2. Who is the first chief Justice of India ?
Answer:  Harilal J Kania


3. Who is the 39th Chief Justice of India ?
Answer: Altamas Kabir



4. Which article in Indian Constitution gives the power of Writ jurisdiction to Supreme court ?
Answer: Article 32


5. Who appoints the judges of supreme court ?
Answer: President


*6. What is the monthly salary of chief Justice of Supreme court ?
Answer: 2.8 lakh (from 2018)


*7.  What is the monthly salary of judge of Supreme court ?
Answer: 2.5 Lakh(from 2018)


8. Who is the first female supreme court chief justice ?
answer: No female CJI yet


9. Who is the first female judge of supreme court ?
Answer: Fathima Beevi


*10. From Which country Indian Constitution Borrowed Supreme Court ?
Answer: America (USA)

11. What is the Motto of Supreme Court?
Answer: "Yato Dharmastato Jayaḥ"

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Confusing Gk Questions updated: Psc exam oriented

Confusing Facts  and Related knowledge bits

King of Fruits?
Answer: Mango

Queen of fruits?
Answer: Mangosteen 
 
1. Who is Known as 'Guru Dev' ?
Answer: Rabindranath Tagore

2. Who is known as 'Guruji' ?
Answer:Sadashiva Golkar


3. Who is known as 'Grand Old Lady of Indian Nationalism' ?
Answer: Anie Basent

4. Who is known as 'Mother of Indian National Movement' ?
Answer: Madam Bhikkaji Kama


5. Where is Tuberculosis Research Center Situated ?
Answer: Chennai

6. Where is National Tuberculosis Institute Situated ?
Answer: Bangalore


7. Who founded Indian Institute of Science ?
Answer: J.R.D Tata

8 .Who founded Indian Academy of Science ?
Answer: C.V Raman


9. Who is Known as Shahid-e-Azam ?
Answer: Bhagath Sing

10. Who is Known as Qaid-e-Azam ?
Answer: Muhammad Ali Jinna


11. Who founded 'Servants of India' ?
Answer: Gopal Krishna Gokhale

12. Who founded 'Servants of God' ?
Answer: Khan Abdul Gaffer Khan

13. What is the Full Form of 'I.O.A' ?
Answer: Indian Olympic Association

14. What is the Full Form of 'I.O.C' ?
Answer: International Olympic Committee

15. What is the full form for IUCN?
Answer: International union for Conservation of Nature

16. What is the name of atomic bomb detonated over Nagasaki?
Answer: Fatman(1945 august 9)

17. What is the name of atomic bomb detonated over Hiroshima?
Answer: Little  boy(1945 august 6)



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Some Selected Important GK bits for all Competitive Exams



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


2. Who started Shudhi Movement ?
Answer: Dayananda Saraswathy


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


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


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


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



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


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

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


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


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



Colour of different lamps


Sodium Vapour lamp  =>>  Yellow

Hydrogen Vapour lamp  =>>  Blue

Nitrogen Vapour lamp  =>>  Red

Mercury Vapour lamp  =>>  White

Neon Vapour Lamp  =>>  Orange

Chlorine Vapour Lamp  =>>  Green


* 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. The term "virus" stands for?
Answer: Vital Information Resource under siege

*24. What is the expansion for "CRZ"?
answer: Coastal Regulation Zone

25. Who designed National flag of India?
answer: Pingali Venkayya

26. Total number of timezones?
answer: 24

27. rabies affects which part of the body?
answer:brain

28. How much is a baker's dozen?
answer: 13

29. The supreme court was started functioning from?
answer: 1950 january 28

30. The election comission of India was formed on ?
answer: 25th january 1950

31. World press freedom day is on?
answer: 3rd May

32. Which day is observed as the world youth skills day?
answer: July 15

Some GK Questions related to respiratory organs

33. Which is the Respiratory organ of spider?
Answer: Book Lungs

33. Which is the Respiratory organ of Plants?
Answer: Stomata

33. Which is the respiratory organ of Fish?
Answer: Gills

33. Which is the respiratory organ of Earth worm?
Answer: Skin

33. Which is the respiratory organ of insects ?
Answer: Trachea




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Important GK Questions for KIDS

Simple Gk Questions for kids, useful for quiz exams.Only selected Important Questions to improve Kids basic Gk knowledge.


simple 100 G K questions for kids



1. Which is the largest animal in the world ?
Answer: Blue whale


2. Which is the largest animal on land ?
Answer: African elephant


3. Which is the smallest bird ?
Answer: Humming Bird


4. Which is the largest fish in the world ?
Answer:  Whale shark


5. Which is the tallest animal on the earth ?
Answer: Giraffe


6. Which is the biggest bird in the world ?
Answer: Ostrich


7. Which is the biggest continent in the world ?
Answer: Asia


8. Which is the largest country (area) in the world ?
Answer: Russia
2nd place > Canada

*8 a. Which is the smallest country in the world ?
Answer: Vatican City


9. Which is the most spoken language in the world ?
Answer: Mandarin (Chinese )
2nd place > Spanish


10. Which is the largest island in the world ?
Answer: Greenland
2nd place > New Guinea


11.Which is the longest river in the world ?
Answer: Nile (Egypt )


12. Which is the largest desert in the world ?
Answer: Sahara Desert (Located at Africa)


13. Which is the largest bone in human body ?
Answer: Femur (thighbone)


14. What is the smallest bone in the human body ?
Answer: Stapes(Ear bone)


15. Which is the largest flower in the world ?
Answer: Rafflesia


16. Which is the largest ocean in the world ?
Answer: Pacific Ocean


17. Which is the largest plateau in the world ?
Answer: Tibetan Plateau


18. Which is the tallest waterfall in the world ?
Answer: Angel Falls

19. which is the first linguistic state in india?
Answer: Andhra Pradesh 

20. Which is the first biosphere reserve in india ?
Answer: Nilgiri Biosphere Reserve

21. Which is India's largest fresh water lake?
Answer: Wular Lake

22. Which is largest freshwater lake in the world?
Answer: Lake Superior

*23. Which place is known as tea garden of India
Answer: Assam 

*24. Who introduced cofee to India?
Answer: baba budan 

25.who discovered electric bulb?
Answer:Thomas alva edison

26. who discovered television?
Answer: Jhon L baird

26 a. who discovered radio ?
Answer: Marconi

27. Name the person who first circumnavigated earth?
Answer: Magellan

28. First ship circumnavigated earth?
Answer: Victoria

29.India's first super computer?
answer: param8000

30 who is known as father of Indian constitution ?
answer: Dr B.R.Ambedkar


31. who is the writer of "malgudi days"?
answer: R. K. Narayan

32.Which of the Indian state has the longest coast line?
Answer: Andra pradesh

33.The largest river in India?
Answer: Ganga

34. Which Indian state has a separate constitution ?
answer: Jammu and kashmir

35. who is the father of history?
Answer: Herodotus

36. Which is the lightest metal?
answer: Lithium

37. A male donkey is called?
Answer: Jack

38. A female donkey is called?
Answer: Jenny

39. Who is the first prime minister of India ?
Answer:Jawaharlal nehru

40. Who was the first president of India ?
Answer: Rajendra Presad

41. Father of Green Revolution?
Answer: M S Swaminathan

More General Knowledge simple quiz questions for Kids
42. The king of spices?
answer: pepper
 
43. The 29th state of India?
Answer: Telangana

44. Paleontology is the study of ?
Answer: Fossils
 
45.The Gland secretes Insulin?
Answer: Pancreas

46. The currency of UAE?
 Answer: Dirham

47. _____is the currency of sudan?
Answer:Pound
 
48. Which is the hardest substance available on earth?
answer: Diamond

49. which bank is called bankers bank of India?
Answer: RBI(Reserve Bank of India) 

50. which is the largest state of India?
Answer: Rajasthan 

Gk Questions collected for quiz exams

51. The biggest Private Commercial Bank?
 Answer: ICICI Bank

52. The father of local self Government?
Answer: Lord Rippon

53. The first Indian woman to go into space?
Answer: Kalpana Chawla

54.The vitamins which is not found in vegetables and fruits?
Answer: Vitamin D

55. Bleeding Gums or tooth loss is a symptom of disease?
Answer:Scurvy

56. Fastest land animal in the world?
answer: cheetah
 
57. Which is the largest cell in natural world?
Answer: ostrich eggs

58. Which instrument is used to measure Atmospheric pressure?
answer: Barometer

59. Human dead body is called?
answer: cadaver 

60. The state having a largest area of forest cover in India
Answer: Madhya padesh

61. Which is the smallest neighboring country of India?
Answer: Bhutan
 
62. Tsunami is a word in which language?
Answer: Japanese
 
63. Panama canal act as a link between which oceans?
Answer: Atlantic and pacific

64. Who discovered Penicillin in 1928?
answer: Alexander Fleming

65. The part of brain which help the body balance?
 answer: Cerebellum

66. Which of the state has the longest coastal line?
answer: Gujarat

67. The highest dam of India is ?
Answer: Tehri Dam

Basic General Knowledge questions that you should know

68. Which continent is known as Dark continent?
Answer:Africa

69. which is the largest continent?
answer: Asia

70. which is the smallest continent?
answer: Australia

71. Which is the southernmost point of india?
Answer: Indira point


72. Present Indian station at Antarctica?
Answer: Bharati

73. Present Indian station at arctic region?
Answer: Indarc

74. Kelvin scale is the unit of?
Answer: Temperature 

Some important Inventions related GK for kids

75. Who is the inventor of electricity?
Answer: Benjamin Franklin

76. Who is the inventor of electric Bulb?
Answer: Thomas Alva Edison

77. Who is the inventor of Television?
Answer: John Logie Baird

78. Who is the inventor of Barometer?
Answer: Evangelista Torricelli

79. Who is the inventor of Radio?
Answer: Marconi

80. Who is the inventor of Crescograph
Answer: Jagdish Chandra Bose
Note: Crescograph is used to measure growth in plants 

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81. Which was the first linguistic state in independent India?
Answer: Andhra Pradesh

82. largest diamond in the world?
 Answer: Cullinan

83. Former Indian Prime minister who received both Bharath Ratna and Nishan-E-pakistan?
Answer: Morarji Desai

84. Who is the father of computer science?
Answer: Alan Turing

85. Which is world's first coin?
Answer: Lydian coin

86. Uri dam is constructed across the river?
Answer: Jhalam

87. Which is the lightest metal?
Answer: Lithium

89. Which is the  smallest desert in the world?
Answer: Carcross Desert, canada
 
90. Who is the chairman of Rajya sabha?
Answer: The Vice President

91. Who is the chairman of Niti aayog?
Answer: The Prime minister of India 

Newly updated GK Questions for Children

92. Who is the first women prime minister of India ?
Answer: Indira Gandhi

93. Who was the first women president of India ?
Answer: Pratibha Devisingh Patil

94.The state which is known as "Sugar bowl of India"?
Answer: Uttar Pradesh

95. The instrument used to measure Blood pressure?
Answer: Sphygmomanometer

96. Super computer was invented by?
Answer: Seymour Cray

97.What is the Expansion for LED?
Answer: Light emitting Diode

98. The largest Democracy in the world?
Answer: India

99.The longest written Constitution in the world?
Answer: Indian constitution

100. Metal used to make the filaments of bulbs?
Answer: Tungsten

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Most important Defence related GK Questions for PSC Exams

GK Questions for Defence(Army,Navy & AirForce) Exams, connected with National disaster management authority(NDMA)

National disaster management authority of India is chaired by?
 Answer: Prime Minister

National disaster management authority of India came into force on?
Answer: 2005 May 30

Where is the Headquarters of National disaster management authority of India?
Answer: NDMA Bhavan,New delhi

Where is Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel National Police Academy located?
 Answer: Hyderabad

Where is Lal Bahadur Shastri National Academy of Administration located?
Answer: Mussoorie, Uttarakhand

Where is Administrative Staff College of India located?
 Answer: Hyderabad , Telangana

Where is Indian Institute of Public Administration located?
Answer: New Delhi

Where is Indian Military Academy is located?
Answer: Dehradun

Where is  National Defence Academy (NDA) is located?
Answer: Pune, Maharashtra

Where is National Defence College is located?
Answer: New Delhi

Important GK Questions from Defence related Agencies

IB formed in which year?
Answer: 1947

IB stands for "Intelligence Bureau"

what is the full form for "CBI"?
 Answer: Central bureau of Investigation

CBI formed in which year?
Answer: 1963

What is the full form for "RAW"?
Answer: Research and analysis wing

RAW Founded in which year?
Answer: 1968

What is the full form for "NIA"?
Answer: National investigation agency

NIA Founded in which year?
Answer: 2009

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Top 10 General Knowledge Questions 2018

Selected Most Important 10 GK Questions asked in Kerala PSC 2018 Last Grade Servant (LGS) Exams

1.Who is the appointing authority of National Human rights commission?
Answer:President

2. Vande mataram was written in which language?
Answer: Sanskrit

3. Panna mines are known for?
Answer: Diamond

4. Panna mines are located in which state?
Answer: Madhya Pradesh

5. "All Indian Muslim league" was formed in which City?
Answer:Dhaka

6. Who is the leader of  Bardoli satyagraha?
Answer: sardhar Vallabhbhai Patel

7.Which is the Maratha newspaper by Bal gangadhar tilak?
Answer: Kesari

8. Who wrote the Novel "Durgesha Nandhini"?
Answer: Bangim chandra chaterji

9. Where is the Headquarters of "Inland waterways authority of India" ?
Answer: Noida

10."Flag code of India" came in to force from?
Answer: 2002 January 26

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Indian Defence General knowledge questions 2018

20 Important General Knowledge questions about Indian Defence


1. Who is known as the father of Indian army ?
Answer: Major Stringer Lawrence


2. Who is the first commander in chief of Indian Army ?
Answer: Major Stringer Lawrence 


3. 1st Indian to became Commander in Chief of Army?
Answer: Km kariyappa


4. Who is known as Kipper ?
Answer: Km Kariyappa


5. Who is the first commander in chief of Indian air force in Independent India ?
Answer: Thomas Walker Elmhirs 


6. Who is the first commander in chief of Indian Navy ?
Answer:  R D Kathari


7. Who is the commander in chief of Indian army when India got independence ?
Answer: Robert Lockhart


8. Which is India's first and only military base outside Indian territory ?
answer: Farkhor Air Base (Tajikistan)


9. Who is the first Field Marshal (highest rank in the Indian Army) of Independent India ?
Answer: Sam Manekshaw


10. In which year Indian air force established ?
Answer: 1932 October 8


11. Indian Army Day observed on ?
Answer: January 15


12. Indian Airforce Day observed on ?
answer: October 8


13. Indian Navy Day observed on ?
Answer: December 4


14. Which is the largest Cantonment (military area) in India ?
Answer: Bathinda (and in Asia also)

15. India's first Nuclear submarine?
Answer: INS Arihant

*16. Where is the Headquarters of Indian Army, Indian Navy and Indian Air force ?
Answer: New Delhi

Motto related to Indian Defence 

*17. What is the motto of Indian army?
Answer: Service Before Self

*18. What is the motto of Indian Navy?
Answer: Sham No Varunah(May the lord of the water be auspicious unto us)

*19. What is the motto of Indian Air Force?
Answer:Nabhah sprsham diptam

*20. First Aviation University in India?
Answer: Rajiv Gandhi National Aviation University

Some Defence related Expansions

CRPF - Central Reserve Police Force

RAF - Rapid Action Force

CISF - Central Industrial Security Force

BSF - Border  Security Force

ITBP - Indo Tibetan Border Police

NSG - National security Guard

RPF - Railway police Force




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Current Affairs Questions for competitive exams

current affairs Quick reference Questions for  psc, upsc, ssc,IBPS and Bank exams 

  Last updated on 29/12/2018 
 

Who is the Chief Guest of 2019 Republic Day celebrations?
Answer: Cyril Ramaphosa (South African President)


Recently appointed Prime minister of Srilanka?
Answer:  Ranil Wickremesinghe(from 2018 dec)

who is the winner of Jnanpith Award 2018?
Answer:Amitav Ghosh(Bengal)

*Who is the winner of Miss Universe 2018?
Answer: catriona gray (from Philippines)

*Who is the winner of Miss world 2018?
Answer: Vanessa Ponce

*What is the Nationality of Vanessa Ponce(Miss world 2018)?
Answer: Mexico(Miss Mexico 2018)

Who is the new Madhya pradesh Chief minister?
Answer: Kamal Nath(From 2018 Dec)

Who is the new Rajasthan Chief minister?Answer: Ashok Gelkot(From 2018 Dec)

Who is the new Chhattisgarh Chief minister?Answer: Bhupesh Baghel (From 2018 Dec)

Recently appointed Reserve bank(RBI) Governor?
Answer: Shaktikanta Das (from dec 2018)

2018 Men's Ballon d'or winner?

Answer: Luka Modric

What is the Nationality of  Luka Modric (2018 Ballon d'or)?

Answer: Croatia

First women's Ballon d'Or winner?

Answer: Ada Hegerberg

Where is the venue for 2018 G20 summit?
Answer: Buenos aires, Argentina

Where is the venue for 2019 G20 summit?
Answer: Osaka, Japan

Who is the present Chief election commissioner?
Answer: Sunil arora(Appointed from 2018 dec 2)

Which country host the 2019 World Cup Cricket ?
Answer: England

Where is the venue for 2019 Fifa under 20 world cup ?
Answer: Poland

UN International year of indigenous languages?
Answer:2019

Where is the venue for 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup football?
Answer: France

Where is the venue for 2023 Cricket World Cup?
Answer: India

Where is the venue for 2019 G7 summit?
Answer: Biarritz, France

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2017 current affairs Quick reference Questions

Who is the winner of 2017 Mother Teresa Memorial award for social justice?
Answer: priyanka chopra 

Who is the miss universe 2017?

Answer:  Leigh Nel-Peters

Who is the present CAG(comptroller and auditor general of india)
Answer:Rajiv Mehrishi

Who is the winner of Miss world 2017 ?
Answer: Manushi chhillar from India

who is the winner of miss earth 2017?
Answer:  karen ibasco from Philippines

who is the winner of jnanpith award 2017?
Answer: Krishna sobti

 India government's project for relief to rohingya refugee?
answer:  operation insaniyat

who is the winner of 2017 formula1 championship?
Answer: Lewis Hamilton

Which country recently grant citizenship to humanoid robot "Sofia"?
Answer:Saudi Arabia

Which team won Asia cup hockey 2017?
Answer: India (Runner-up: malaysia)

which country won asia cup women's hockey 2017?
Answer: India


Who won 2017 Fifa Men's player of the year?
Answer: Cristiano Ronaldo

Who won 2017 Fifa Women's player of the year?
Answer: Lieke Martens

1.who is the chief guest of 2017 republic day parade?
Answer:   Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan(Abu Dhabi Crown Prince)

2. 2017 Australian open womens title winner?
Answer: Serena williams 

2.a. 2017 Wimbledon womens title winner?
Answer: Garbine Muguruza

3. 2017 Australian open mens title winner?
Answer: Roger federer

3.a. 2017 Wimbledon  mens title winner?
Answer: Roger federer

4. Who is the newly appointed secretary general of UNITED NATIONS (UN)?   

Answer: Antonio Guterres 

5. who is the winner of miss universe 2016?
Answer: Iris Mittenaere (France)

Current affairs new appointments 2017

6. Recently elected Uttar pradesh chief minister?
Answer: Yogi Adityanath 

7. Newly elected Goa Chief Minister ?
Answer: Manohar Parrikar  

8. Who is the present punjab Chief minister?
Answer:  Amarinder Singh

9.Recently elected uttarakhand chief minister?
Answer: Trivendra Singh Rawat

*10. Newly appointed Chief of Air staff 
Answer:   Birender Singh Dhanoa

*11. Recently appointed SEBI (Securities and Exchange Board of India) chairman?
Answer:  Ajay Tyagi

*12.Who is the present Supreme Court Chief Justice of India (appointed from jan-2017)?     
Answer: Dipak Misra

*13. Who is the chief of  Research and Analysis Wing (RAW) ?
Answer: Anil Dhasmana

*14.Who is the chief of Intelligence Bureau (IB)?
Answer: Rajiv Jain

*15. Who is the chief of CBI?
Answer: Alok Verma

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*16. winner of indian open badminton 2017 ?
Answer: P V Sindhu

*17. India's longest Bridge?
Dhola -sadiya bridge(Assam)





*18. First Indian who won asian squash title  ?
Answer: Joshna Chinappa

 *19. Who is the winner of "2017 World Snooker Championship" ?
Answer:  Mark Selby from England

*20. Recently elected French President?
Answer: Emmanuel Macron  

*21. winner of sultan azlan shah cup 2017?
Answer: Britain( Runner-up: Australia, Third place: India)

*22. who won 2017 phalke award ?Answer: Kasinathuni Viswanath 

*23. 2017 French open Mixed doubles winner?
 Answer: Rohan Bopanna(India) & Gabriela Dabrowski from canada

24.recently elected ireland prime minister?
Answer: Leo Varadkar 

25. Recently appointed chief election commissioner of india?
answer:  Achal Kumar Joti

26. who is the winner of 2017 man booker International prize ?
Answer: David Grossman (book: A Horse Walks Into a Bar) [translated by Jessica cohen]




  26 a. who is the winner of 2017 man booker prize(booker prize)?
   Answer: George saunders(book: lincoln in the bardo)

27. Which cricket team won 2017 champions trophy ?
Answer: Pakistan

28. 2017 womens ICC cricket worldcup winner?
Answer: England (defeated India)

29. Newly elected president of INDIA?
answer: Ram Nath Kovind 

30. Recently appointed Supreme Court Chief Justice of India?
Answer: Dipak Misra

31.where is the venue for 2024 Olympics?

Answer: Paris

31.where is the venue for 2028 Olympics?

Answer: los angeles

32.recently elected , first women president of Singapore ?
Answer: Halimah Yacob

33.winner of Denmark open 2017 badminton series, 2017 Indonesian super series badminton,2017 Australian super series badminton
 Answer: Srikanth Kidambi

34. 2017 Asia cup hockey winner?
Answer:India


 Nobel prize 2017 winners

a. 2017 Nobel Prize in Physics
Answer:Rainer Weiss, Barry C. Barish, Kip S. Thorne

b. 2017 Nobel Prize in Chemistry
 Answer: Jacques Dubochet, Joachim Frank, Richard Henderson

c.  2017 Nobel prize in medicine?
Answer: jeffrey C. Hall, Michael Rosbash, Michael W. Young

 d. 2017  Nobel Prize in Literature
Answer:  Kazuo Ishiguro

e. 2017 Nobel Peace Prize
Answer: International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons (ICAN)

f. 2017 Economics Nobel prize
Answer: Richard H. Thaler

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