G.K History (150) for UPSC-TRB-TNPSC-CTET-TNTET-SSC-RAILWAY

SL NO	QUESTION	ANSWER
1	Which was the first India satellite to go into orbit?	Aryabhatta
2	Which region is culturally closer to India but ethnically closer to China?	South-East Asia
3	Which countries have achieved a negative growth rate of population?0 65292	Australia, Canada and Sweden
4	Where were the war criminals of the II World War put to trial?	Peitersburg
5	Ali Akbar plays which musical instrument?	Sarod
6	In which cotu does World's highest urban density of population occurs?	Tokyo
7	Where is Port Blair situated?	South Andaman
8	Who amongst the following is the anther of the Book "The Folded Earth"?	Anuradha Roy
9	Pollination takes place with the help of bird, what is called?	Ornithophily
10	The United Nations declared 2014 as the International Year of which thing?	Crystallography
11	Which satellite is used in ship-to-shore and shore-to-shore and shore-to-ship communication?72	Marisat
12	Which state has the largest net irrigated area?	Tamil Nadu
13	When is International Youth Day, recognized by the UN observed?	12-Aug
14	The name Kunjarani Devi is associated with which gaem?	Weight lifting
15	By whom was word Adivasi was used for the first time to refer to the tribal people?	Thakkar Bappa
16	The greatest development in the Kushana period was in which field?	Art
17	Who is the first Indian woman to win an Asian Games gold in 400m run?	Kamaljit Sandhu
18	Which of the following awards was conferred on Mrs. Kiran Bedi?	Magsaysay
19	What is the main source of fund for the National Highway Authority of India?	Cess
20	Who is the first non-Indian to receive the Bharat Ratna?	Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan
21	By whom was Neutron discovered?	Chadwick
22	Which is the first Indian woman to reach Olympic finals in individual track events?	P. T. Usha
23	Which city will never get the vertical rays of the Sun?	Srinagar
24	Silent valley having rare plant and animal is located in which state?	Kerala
25	In terms of area, India is which largest country of the world?	Seventh
26	India won the last Hockey Olympic Gold in which year?	1980, Moscow
27	Who was the first Defence Minister of India?	N. Gopalaswami Ayyangar
28	Which metal was first discovered by man?	Copper
29	Which rulers held a religious assembly at Prayag every five years?	Harshavardhana
30	Which activity occupies the largest area of the world?	Pastoral herding
31	Which was the first scholar, who read Ashokan edicts?	James Princep
32	Who was the only Indian woman who became President of WHO? 65292	Raj Kumari Amrit Kaur
33	Which is an example of Mauryan art?	Bull capital, Rampurva
34	Which country is well known for diamond cutting industry?	Belgium
35	At the instance of which rular was the Kallashanath Temple at Ellora excavated?72 0	Krishna I
36	Which is the first geostationary telecommunication satellite of India?	APPLE
37	Which country are World's leading producer of fertilizers?	U.S.A.-Russia
38	Where is the temple of Angkorvat?	In Cambodia
39	If the angle between two plane mirrors is 60°; then how many number of image will be formed?	5
40	Bulo C. Rani was associated with which field?	Motion picture
41	Maoris are the inhabitants of which counrty?	New Zealand
42	Who is called the 'Father of Economics'?	Adam Smith
43	The indigenous people living in Fiji and Papua New Guinea belong to which group?	Melanesian group
44	Pakistan which rejoined the Commonwealth, had pulled itself out it in which year?	1972
45	Which movement in plant induced by external stimuli?	Paratonic movement
46	Which Indian state is known as 'Land of Five Rivers'?	Punjab
47	Who is the author of the book colours of the rainbow?	Ranjita Biswas
48	Which rivers joins Ganga at Allahabad?	Yamuna
49	Who was the leader of Poona Sarvajanik Sabha founded in 1870?	Justice Ranade
50	Finance Commission consists of howmany members?	A Chairman and three other members