General Knowledge in ENGLISH

18 June, 2011

  Ø     Who was the first woman to win the Gyanpith Award ? 

Ans -  Ashapurna Devi

Ø     Which ruler is credited with the building of the Grand Trunk Road ? 

Ans - Sher Shah Suri

Ø     Which city is known as the ‘Manchester of South India ? 

Ans - Coimbatore

Ø     Which type of economy does India  have ? 

Ans - Mixed

Ø     Which one of the following polymeric materials is used for making bulletproof jackets ? 

Ans - Kevlar

Ø     What is the height of the Great Himalayas ? 

Ans - 8815 m ASL

Ø     The largest producer of milk in the world is ? 

Ans - INDIA

Ø     The widest spoken language is ? 

Ans - Chinese

Ø     Playing time of full version of the National Anthem is ? 

Ans -  52 Seconds

Ø     In India, the Value-Added Tax was introduced first of all in which State ?

Ans - Haryana

Ø     ‘IC chips’ for computers are usually made of ? 

Ans - Silicon

Ø     The drug most widely tried against AIDS virus is ? 

Ans - Zidovudine (azidothymidine) 

Ø     Cooking gas is a mixture of ? 

Ans - Butane and Propane

Ø     What is Catharsis ? 

Ans - Emotional release

Ø     The Great Divide in Indian population was in the year ? 

Ans - 1921

Ø     The Architect of India’s first Green Revolution is ? 

Ans - Dr. M.S. Swaminathan

Ø     Regional Rural Banks were established in ?

Ans - 1975

Ø     The Fourth State of matter is known as ? 

Ans - Plasma

Ø     Decibel is the unit used for  ? 

Ans - Intensity of  Sound

Ø     Who was the founder Director of the TIFR ? 

Ans - H. J. Bhabha

Ø     When was ISRO set up ? 

Ans - 1969

Ø     When was colour TV transmission introduced in INDIA ? 

Ans - 1982 

                                                                           Sonu Kumar