**** IMPORTANT GENERAL KNOWLEDGE ***

**** IMPORTANT GENERAL KNOWLEDGE ***

1) Who is India's first Woman Grand Master in Chess ?
- Koneru Humpy

2) During the Mughal period, which one of the following were the first to come to India as traders ?
- Portuguese

3) Who among the following Delhi Sultans is known for introducing market control
mechanism ?
- Alauddin Khalji

4) Which one of the following mountain peaks of the Himalayas is NOT in India ?
- Annapurna

5) The creator of Sherlock c was
- Arthur Conan Doyle

6) The Parliament of Afghanistan is
- Shora

7) India first took part of the Olympic Games in the year
- 1920

8) The largest coal producing state in India is
- Jharkhand

9) Days and Nights are equal throughout the globe when the sun is above
- Equator

10) Which one of the following was an associated state of India before becoming a full fledged state ?
- Sikkim

11) Railway is a subject on the
- Union list

12) How many times the President of India can seek re-election to his post ?
- Any number of times

14) Which of the following gases is used for
refrigeration ?
- Ammonia

15) Who is called the Flying Sikh of India ?
- Milkha Singh

16) Nobel Prizes are distributed annually at
- Stockholm

17) The first satellite to be sent into space was
- Sputnik

18) The book 'A wounded civilisation' was written by
- V. S. Naipaul

19) Ajanta paintings depict scenes from the
- Jatakas

20) The President rule of a state can be continued for a maximum period of
- 6 month.