GK,GEOGRAPHY&HISTORY

GK,GEOGRAPHY&HISTORY

1. Who lives in Buckingham Palace in London? Queen Elizabeth II

2 Where was Homi Bhabha, the nuclear Scientist born? Bombay

3 Which country started the ancient Olympic games? Greeks

4. Which is the largest Gulf? Gulf of Mexico

5. Which is the largest country in terms of area? Soviet Union

6. Who discovered the Polio Vaccine? Dr.Jonak Salk

7. Who was given the title of Desert fox? Field Marshal Erwin Rommel

8. Who invented shorthand? Issac Pitman

9. 1952 A.D. is an important year in British History why? King George VI

10 By the side of which city does the river Ottawa flow? Montreal

11. Which is the land of five rivers in India? Punjab

12. Which is the lowest mountain range in the world? Bhieuna Bhaile

13. Which country is called the Land of Morning Calm? Korea

14. Which city is called the city of Sky scrapers? New York

15. What is defined as the locus of a point moving so that its distance from a fixed point and fixed line are equal? Parabola

16. What is the principal export of Jamaica? Sugar

17. Glimpses of World History is a collection of letters written by Jawaharlal Nehru. To whom were these letters written? Indira Gandhi

18. Where did Gautama Buddha attain Nirvana? Kushi Nagar

19. Which organs of flowering plants take in water? Roots

20. Where was Alaxander the Great born, where did his death occur & where was he burried? Europe (Macedonia) Babylonia (Asia) & Alexanderia (Egypt)

21. Is there any age restriction to donate one's Eyes? No

22. September 3rd is related to the second world war what is its significance? Britain & Germany went to war

23. Is it true that snakes have eyelids? No
24. To what animal family does the dog belong? Wolf & Jackel

25. By what name is the Parliament of Algeria called? National Popular Assembly

26. Where do investors sell second hand shares? Stock Exchange

27. Who established four 'Mutts' in four corners of India? Adi Shankaracharya

28. Which Mughal Emperor was regarded as 'Zinda Pir'? Aurangazeb

29. Rabindranath Tagore gave up his knighthood because of which incident? Jalianwalabagh tragedy

30. Where is the sea of Tranquility located? On the Moon