General Knowledge (GK) Part 2 

General Knowledge, Important facts, Indian Noble Prize Winner, Scientific Instrument and their use, Important Abbreviations, 

S.No.	General Knowledge (GK)
1	How many years make a millennium	1000 Years
2	Country whose national game is chess	Russia
3	Scientist  who generate the first vaccine	Edward Jenner
4	Highest water fall in India	Jog Fall
5	World’s largest inland sea	Caspian Sea
6	Longest road in India	Grand Trunk Road
7	Scientist who discovered Penicillin	Alexander Flaming
8	Fruit which has its seeds on the  outside	Strawberry
9	Sport in which neither the spectator nor the participants know the score until the contest ends	Boxing
10	Widest water fall in the world	Kone falls on the Mekong river in Laos
11	Longest river flowing in England	Thames River
12	Country which has first passenger train service	England
13	Scientist who discovered Radium	Madam Curie
14	Writer of the book ‘War and Peace’	Leo Tolstoy
15	Country known as the sugar bowl of the world	Cuba
16	Dark Continent	Africa
17	Deepest ocean in the world	Pacific Ocean
18	Smallest organ in human body	Pineal Gland
19	Largest country in South America	Brazil
20	Number of Islands in Philippians	7107
21	World’s second largest Island group	Philippians
22	First Oscar award was presented	in 1929
23	Smallest flowering plant is	Wolffia globosa
24	Basic building block of protein is	Amino Acid
25	An electroscope is used	To detect charges on a body
26	Ammeter is used to measure	Electric current
27	Plant eating animals are called	Insectivorous
28	Penicillin is obtained from	Mould
29	Osteology is the study of	Bones
30	The study of heavenly body is called	Astronomy
31	The study of tissue is called	Histology
32	Calcium sulphate is commonly called	Plaster of Paris
33	Common name of Sodium Carbonate	Washing soda
34	Chemical name of chloroform is	Trichloromethane
35	Plant which lives in the dark	Scotophyte
36	Plant adapted to live in dry places	Xerophytes
37	Plants adapted for growth in water	Hydrophytes
38	Laser was invented by	Dr. Charles H. Townes
39	First human being to land on the Moon	Neil Armstrong
40	First Indian in space	Rakesh Sharma
41	Head quarter of ISRO is situated at	Bangalore
42	Vikram Sara Bhae Space Centre is located at	Thiruvanathpuram
43	National Science Centre is located at	New Delhi
44	Indian Institute of Horticulture Research centre  is located at	Bangalore
45	The first Indian Satellite was	Aryabhatta
46	The steam engine was invented by	James Watt
47	The system for writing by blind people was invented by	Louis Braille
48	The laws of floating bodies was invented by	Archimedes
49	Instrument used to measure the concentration of the salt water	Salinometer
50	The study of figure prints is called	Dactylographie
51	The Tangent Galvanometer is used to study the	Strength of Direct current
52	Dynamic is the study of	Movements of body
53	Zoology is the study	Animal Life
54	Botany is the study of	Plant Life
55	Psychology is the study of	Human Mind
56	The liquid used to protect the specimen of plants and animals	Formalin
57	Toxicology is the study of	Poisons
58	First Indian women in the space	Kalpana Chawla
59	Flowers are of different color due to the presence of	Anthocyanin
60	Sun’s rotation period is	25 days, 9 hours, 7 minutes
61	Time taken by Sun’s rays to reach the Earth	8 minutes
62	Most luminous object in the sky	Quasar
63	Biggest comment	Alpha Centauri
64	Indian Prime Minister at the age of 81 years	Moraji Desai
65	First film director to win a film fare award	Vimal Roy
66	Radioactivity was discovered by	Henry Becquerel
67	Metal used in storage batteries	Lead
68	Dynamo was invented by	Michael Faraday
69	Largest delta in the world is	Ganga Delta or Sunder ban Delta
70	Land of rising sun	Japan
71	The year in which UNO was founded	1945
72	The highest water fall in the world is	Salto Angel  Falls  in Venezuela
73	Safety pin was invented  by	Walter Hunt
74	First women Governor General of India	Sarojini Naidu
75	Ganga of South India	Godavari
76	Which two States have one capital	Punjab and Haryana
77	Which state have two capitals	Jammu and Kashmir
78	Longest river in the world(on the bases of length)	Nile
79	Longest river in the world(on the bases of volume)	Amazon in South America
80	Capital of United Kingdom	London
81	Elements can be cut with knife	Sodium and Potassium
82	First President of India	Dr. Rajendra Prashad
83	First Prime Minister of India	Pandit  Jwahar Lal Nehru
84	Number of continents in the world	Seven
85	Largest continent	Asia
86	Smallest continent	Australia
87	Largest plant without trunk and seed	Banana tree
88	Bird with best sense of smell	Kiwi
89	Smallest unit of life	cell
90	Author of the book "The Indians"	Khushwant Singh
91	Insect have 11 brains	Silkworm
92	First home minister of India	Sardar Ballabh Bhai Patel
93	Famous festival of Bengal	Durga Puja
94	State which has Mumbai as capital city till 1960	Gujarat
95	Most common element in our body	Oxygen
96	Material used in making shoe polish	Carbon Black
97	Oldest English daily Newspaper in India	The Times of India
98	Major item exported to India from UK	Industrial Machinery
99	Brightest star nearest to earth other than sun	Sirius
100	Largest bird sanctuary in India	Bharatpur

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	National game of India	Hockey
	Golden city of temple	Kanchipuram
	Rarest Element in the world	Astatine
	Country known as Nuclear free zone since 1984	New Zealand
	No. of national parks in India	89 National Parks
	No. of wildlife sanctuaries in India	490 wildlife sanctuaries
	Most ductile metal	Gold
	Initial Name of All India Radio	Indian Broadcasting Services
	Second Longest  River Bridge In India	Mahatma Gandhi Setu(5.75km)
	Longest Bridge in India	Dhola Sadiya Bridge (9.15km) it Connects   Assam with Arunachal Pradesh
	Largest Gland in our Body	Liver
	Largest desert in the world	Sahara Desert
	Largest desert in India	Thar Desert
	First Vice- President of India	Dr. Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan
	Scientist who got Noble prize for two times	Madam Curie
	All India Radio was established in	1936
	Currency of Greece	Euro
	Currency of Japan	Yen
	Currency of Canada	Canadian Dollar
	Currency of Pakistan	Pakistani Rupee
	Currency of Bangladesh	Taka
	Writer of the book Satyarth Prakash	Swami Dayanand Saraswati
	Distance of Mercury from Sun	58 Million Km
	No. of Medals won by India in Olympic 2004	1 Silver
	Lion of Punjab	Lala Lajpat Rai
	Force which held everything on the earth	Gravitational Force
	Speed of Light in vacuum	3 lakh km/sec
	Acid used in car batteries	Sulphuric Acid
	Instrument invented by Amir Khusro	Sitar
	Kagiranga National Park Situated in	Assam in India
	Largest fresh water lake in India	Whular lake in Kashmir
	Gas added in LPG  to detect its leakage	Ethyl Mercaptan
	According to Geographical History oldest mountain range in India	Aravali
	Year in which Periyar National Park Situated	In 1950
	Chairman of drafting committee of Indian constitution	Dr. B.R. Ambedkar
	Time period in which constitution was drafted	2 years, 11 months, 18 days
	Length of longest crocodile ever found	200 feet
	Jana Gana Mana was accepted as National Anthem	On 24 January, 1950
	Writer of the book “The Unhappy India”	Lala Lajpat Rai
	Smallest Union Territory of India	Chandigarh
	No. of players in Polo Game	4 Players
	No. of months have 31 days	7 days