50 Questions of General Knowledge

1. Cinnabar is an ore of mercury.
2. Who invented E-mail? - Shiva Ayyadurai
3. What is the unit of Relative Density? - No Unit
4. How much metre in 1 Nanometer? - 10^-9m
5. In which Indian state Bodo Tribes live? - Assam
6. In which state Kanha National Parks located ? - Madhya Pradesh
7. What is the full form of  BOD5? - 5-Day Biochemical Oxygen Demand
8. Where Bibi ka Makbara located? - In Aurangabad built by Azam Shah
9. Depth of Ocean - Bathymetry
10. Which planet is the Hottest Planet? - Venus
11. What is Theory of Relativity? - Speed of light within a vaccum is the same.
12. When first Battle of Panipat happened? - In 1526 between Babur and Lodi.
13. Where Hollywood is Located? - In Los Angeles
14. Who discovered Venn Diagram? - John Venn
15. What study in Mycology? - Study of Fungi
16. Alexander defeat Porus in Battle of Hydaspes in 326B.C.
17. Article 343 - Official Languages of the union
18. Cellulose made of Bacteria & Algae.
19. What is the name of glowing part of the Sun? - Chromosphere 
20. Who was the first Bollywood star in Times Magazine? - Parveen Babi
21. Who was the king of Poras? - Paurava
22. When Olympic Day celebrated? - 23 June
23. Who was the first Indian Ruler who established the supremacy of Indian Navy in the Arabian Sea? -Rajendra I
24. Who introduced Permanent Revenue Settlement of Bengal?- Lord Cornwallis
25. Who was the father of extremist movement of India? - Bal Gangadhar Tilak
26. Largest Irrigation Canal in India- Yamuna
27. Largest Fresh Water Lake in the World by area - Lake Superiar(USA/Canada border)
28. Largest Fresh Water Lake in the World by volume - Lake Baikal ,Serbia
29. Who built Gol Gumbaj? - Built by Mohd. Adil Shah in Bajipur,Karnataka
30. Who discovered Yahoo? - Terry Yang , David Filo
31. Who discovered the first Hand Glider ? - Leonardo Vinci
32. When World Population Day occur? - 11 July
33. when RBI was established? -  1934
34. Durand Cup - Football
35. What is the Ratio of width of National Flag to its length? - 2:3
36. Where Badrinath located? - Bank of River of  Alaknanda
37. Which is the largest Country in the world by Geographical Area? - Russia 
38. Where Bhavani Sagar Dam located? - Tamil Nadu,India 
39. In which ocean Bermuda Triangle located?  - Atlantic Ocean
40. Where Indravati National Park located - Dantewada, Chattisgarh
41. The Indian Constitution provides the country with three categories of civil services,namely - All India, Central and State Services.
42. Why a person can jump higher on the moon's surface than on the earth? -  because the acceleration due to gravity in moon is smaller than that on the earth.
43. What is the purpose of choke in a Fluorescent lamp? - to increase the current flow.
44. The apparent weight of a man in a lift is less than the real weight when the lift is going down with uniform speed.
45. Where National Police Academy is located? - Hyderabad.
46. Catalytic Converters are generally made from transition metals.
47. In the case of deadlock between the two houses of the Parliament, the joint sitting is presided over by the speaker of lok sabha.
48. What is Amnesty International? - A Human Rights Organisation.
49. In a Database Management System (DBMS), the content and location of the data is defined by the meta data.
50. Rotation of crops is essential for increasing fertility of the soil.