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GK on The First

Q? : WORLDS FIRST WOMAN PRIME MINISTER
Answer: BANDARA NAIKE

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Q? : WORLDS FIRST CLONED DOG
Answer: SNUPPY

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Q? : WINNER OF FIRST WORLD CUP CRICKET
Answer: WEST INDIES

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Q? : WINNER OF FIRST INDIRA GANDHI AWARD
Answer: NELSON MANDELA

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Q? : WINNER OF FIRST EZHUTHACHAN PURASKAR
Answer: DR.SOORANAD KUNJAN PILLAI

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Q? : WHO WON THE FIRST WORLD CUP FOOTBALL
Answer: URUGUAY

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Q? : Who was the first woman President of Indian national Congress?
Answer: Annie Besant

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Q? : Who was the first Test centurion in Indian Cricket? 
Answer: Lala Amarnath 

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Q? : WHO WAS THE FIRST PRIME MINISTER OF INDIA
Answer: Jawaharlal Nehru

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Q? : WHO WAS THE FIRST PRESIDENT OF USA
Answer: George Washington

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Q? : WHO WAS THE FIRST PRESIDENT OF PAKISTAN
Answer: Muhammad Ali Jinnah

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Q? : Who was the first non congress prime minister of India? 
Answer: Morarji Desai 

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Q? : Who was the first Muslim lady to sit in the throne of Delhi ?
Answer: Sultana Razia Begum

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Q? : Who was the first Indian woman to scale the Mount Everest ? 
Answer: Bachhendri Pal

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Q? : WHO WAS THE FIRST INDIAN TO WIN NOBEL PRIZE?
Answer: Rabindranath Tagore

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Q? : WHO WAS THE FIRST INDIAN TO WIN NOBEL PRIZE?
Answer: Rabindranath Tagore

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Q? : Who was the first Indian selected to Indian Civil Services? 
Answer: Satyendranath Tagore

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Q? : Who was the first Chief Minister of Kerala? [ Q: VILLAGE EXTENSION OFFICER 2005]
Answer: E.M. Sankaran Namboodiripad

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Q? : Who was the first Chairman of the Planning Commission?-3
Answer: Jawahar Lal Nehru

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Q? : WHO WAS HIRALAL KANIA
Answer: FIRST CHIEF JUSTICE OF INDIA

Objective Questions on Nobel Prize

Q? : WHO WON THE NOBEL PRIZE FOR PHYSICS
Answer: C.V Raman

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Q? : Who won the Nobel Prize for peace for the year 2010 ?
Answer: Liu Xiaobo

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Q? : Who wins 2011 Nobel in literature ?
Answer: Tomas Transtromer

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Q? : Who was the Indian Origin scientist won the Nobel Prize for the year 2009 ?
Answer: Venkatraman Ramakrishnan

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Q? : WHO WAS THE FIRST INDIAN TO WIN NOBEL PRIZE?
Answer: Rabindranath Tagore

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Q? : WHO WAS THE FIRST INDIAN TO WIN NOBEL PRIZE?
Answer: Rabindranath Tagore

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Q? : Who was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize, 2009 ? [ SSC ]
Answer: Barack Obama

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Q? : Which award is known as 'Nobel Prize ' in Computer Science 
Answer: Turing Award

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Q? : The very first Nobel Prize in Literature was awarded in 1901 to the poet and philosopher Sully Prudhomm , He was a 
Answer: French

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Q? : The Scientist who won Nobel Prize for Chemistry in the year 2009 
Answer: Venkata Raman Ramakrishnan 

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Q? : The official website of Nobel Prize 
Answer: www.nobelprize.org

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Q? : The Nobel Peace Prize 2011 Winner Tawakkol Karman belongs to 
Answer: Yemen

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Q? : THE FIRST MUSLIM WOMAN TO RECEIVE NOBEL PRIZE
Answer: Shirin Ebadi

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Q? : The first Indian Women to get Nobel Prize? [ Junior Assistant 2009 ]
Answer: Mother Theresa

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Q? : THE FIRST INDIAN TO GET NOBEL PRIZE
Answer: Tagore

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Q? : THE COUNTRY THAT AWARDS NOBEL PRIZE IS
Answer: SWEDEN

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Q? : The 2011 Nobel Prize in Physics is awarded "for the discovery of the accelerating expansion of the Universe through observations of distant supernovae" 
Answer: Saul Perlmutter 

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Q? : The 2011 Nobel Prize in Chemistry is awarded to 
Answer: Dan Shechtman

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Q? : NOBEL PRIZE IN CHEMISTRY AND PHYSICS
Answer: MARIE CURIE

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Q? : NIGERIAN NOVELIST WHO WON THE DNOBEL PRIZE
Answer: Vol Soyinka

GK Questions Answered Today - 24/12/2011

2547 Q? : Vasco-da-Gama discovered sea- route to India and landed at Calicut in the year -3
Ans: 1498

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2546 Q? : Filler invaded India in the year 
Ans: 1398

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2545 Q? : Vijaynagar empire was founded in the year 
Ans: 1336

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2544 Q? : Ibn Batutah arrived in India in the year 
Ans: 1333

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2543 Q? : Ghiyas-ud-din Tughlug founded the Tughluq dynasty In India in the year 
Ans: 1320

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2542 Q? : First man Cosmonaut in space was 
Ans: Yuri Gagarin 

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2541 Q? : Frontier Gandhi was the nick name of 
Ans: Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan 

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2540 Q? : Fuehrer was the nick name of 
Ans: Hitler

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2539 Q? : Father of Indian Cinema is 
Ans: Dadasahib Phalke 

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2538 Q? : Yankee is the nick name of 
Ans: Inhabitants of the U.S.A

GK Questions Answered Today - 23/12/2011

2479 Q? : The year 1991 was observed in India as the year of -3
Ans: Tourism 

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2478 Q? : The United Nations declared 1993 as a year of the -3
Ans: indigenous people 

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2477 Q? : The birthday of which of the leader in India is observed as Children's day? -3
Ans: Jawaharlal Nehru 

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2476 Q? : Which day is observed as World No Smoking Day ? -3
Ans: 31st May 

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2475 Q? : The World Environment Day is celebrated on -3
Ans: June 5 

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2474 Q? : 'Teacher's Day' is observed on which of the date? -3
Ans: September 5 

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2473 Q? : Journalist Day was celebrated for the first time all over the country on -3
Ans: Oct 28, 1984 

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2472 Q? : National Maritime Day falls on -3
Ans: April 5 

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2471 Q? : The centenary of Mahatma Gandhi's arrival in South Africa was celebrated in -3
Ans: May 1993 

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2470 Q? : January 15 is celebrated as the -3
Ans: Army Day 

GK Questions Answered Today - 22/12/2011

2381 Q? : During the time of which Mughal Emperor did the English East India Company establish its first factory in India?-3
Ans: Jahangir

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2380 Q? : Which one of following sites of the Indus Valley Civilization had an ancient dockyard?-3
Ans: Lothal

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2379 Q? : Which of the following gods are worshiped in the sanctum of Badrinath and Kedarnath temples respectively?-3
Ans: Vishnu and Shiva

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2378 Q? : What is the name of the Fort built by the English in Kolkata?-3
Ans: Fort William

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2377 Q? : What was Chandragupta II also known as?-3
Ans: Vikramaditya

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2376 Q? : The writ of 'Habeas Corpus' is issued in the event of:-3
Ans: Wrongful Police Detention

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2375 Q? : Who was the Chola King who brought Ganga from North to South?-3
Ans: Rajendra Chola

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2374 Q? : Who amongst the following was the Last Guru of the Sikhs?-3
Ans: Guru Gobind Singh

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2373 Q? : The Rowlatt Act was passed to:-3
Ans: curtail the nationalist and revolutionary activities

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2372 Q? : Who was the first woman President of Indian national Congress?-3
Ans: Annie Besant


2371 Q? : Arabs were defeated in 738 A.D. by
Ans: Pratiharas

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2370 Q? : Which of the following reform movements was the first to be started in the 19th century?-3
Ans: Brahmo Samaj

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2369 Q? : The rules of Vijayanagar promoted-3
Ans: Tamil, Telugu and Sanskrit

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2368 Q? : The most advanced type of economic integration is --3
Ans: Economic union

GK Questions Answered Today - 21/12/2011

2367 Q? : Recently which island country decided to forge a day and shift to the time zone on its west?-3
Ans: Samoa

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2366 Q? : 2nd Africa - India Summit was recently held in --3
Ans: Ethiopia

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2365 Q? : During Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh's visit to Africa, India offered to Africa credit line worth --3
Ans: $5 billion

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2364 Q? : G-8 Summit was recently held in---3
Ans: Deuville

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2363 Q? : World's Least Developed Countries Summit was held in May 2011 in --3
Ans: Istanbul

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2362 Q? : 18th ASEAN Summit was recently held in --3
Ans: Jakarta

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2361 Q? : Norman Anil Kumar Browne is the Chief of --3
Ans: Air Force

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2360 Q? : The New Cabinet Secretary of India is --3
Ans: Ajit Kumar Seth

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2359 Q? : Who has been awarded Man Booker International Prize for the year 2010?
Ans: Philip Roth

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2358 Q? : Which movie won the prestigious Palme d'Or award in 64th Cannes Film Festival?-3
Ans: The Tree of Life

Five Year Plans : India : GK

2251 Q? : The highest body which approves the Five-Year Plan is the :
Ans: National Development Council

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2250 Q? : Planning Commission is :
Ans: Advisory body

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2249 Q? : . Removal of poverty was the fore-most objective of which of the following five year plans?-3
Ans: Sixth

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2248 Q? : The First Five-year plan covered the period 
Ans: 1951-56

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2247 Q? : The National Development Council was set up in :
Ans: 1951

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2246 Q? : The National Development Council was set up in :
Ans: 1951


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GK Questions Answered

2140 Q? : What is the minimum strength of a State Legislative Assembly 
Ans: 60

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2139 Q? : Who was the first Indian selected to Indian Civil Services? 
Ans: Satyendranath Tagore

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2138 Q? : ‘Mark’ is the currency of ?
Ans: Germany

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2137 Q? : The currency of Russia is 
Ans: Rouble 

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2136 Q? : Author of the book ‘Lottery Vivadam Mattoru Choothattom’ is 
Ans: Dr. Thomas Isaac

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2135 Q? : The person who ordered Jallianwala Bagh Massacre 
Ans: General Dyer 

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2134 Q? : The chemical name of Baking Soda is
Ans: Sodium bicarbonate

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2133 Q? : The Scientist who won Nobel Prize for Chemistry in the year 2009 
Ans: Venkata Raman Ramakrishnan 

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2132 Q? : Who is the director of the film ' Monsoon Wedding', which won the Golden Lion award for the best film in the Venice film festival?
Ans: Meera Nair

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2131 Q? : In which of the following districts is Bekal Fort situated?
Ans: Kasargode

General English

He always .................. his work on time:

(A) has complete

(B) complete

(C) complete

(D) will complete

She is very beautiful, ...............

(A) Isn't it ?

(B) Isn't she ?

(C) Is she ?

(D) Is it ?

He hasn’t got ............... manners.

(A) a little

(B) little

(C) any

(D) some

Choose the apt word showing the meaning of the italicized word in the sentence:Lincoln put an end to slavery in America.

(A) established

(B) introduced

(C) abolished

(D) banned

The adjective form of simplfy is:

(A) simple

(B) simplicity

(C) simply

(D) simpleton

Tom is very clever.......... physics and mathematics

(A) about

(B) at

(C) of

(D) by

One who has suddenly risen to wealth and importance:

(A) burglar

(B) upstart

(C) amateur

(D) stole

Poor people hardly get loans from nationalised banks, ........................?

(A) don’t they

(B) didn’t they

(C) do they

(D) did they

Opposite of the word ‘confident’:

(A) secret

(B) public

(C) optional

(D) diffident

Please stop................, you are disturbing the others in the library

(A) talk

(B) talks

(C) have talk

(D) talking

I asked the porter where ...............

(A) was the ticket counter

(B) the ticket counter was

(C) the ticket counter were

(D) is the ticket counter

Inspite of repeated failure he did not give ...... his attempt.

(A) about

(B) on

(C) down

(D) up

I ........ my examination yesterday.

(A) write

(B) was writing

(C) wrote

(D) had written

‘Brevity’ means:

(A) conciseness

(B) lengthy

(C) consignment

(D) None of these

There is not ----- with me.

(A) many luggages

(B) a lot of luggages

(C) some luggages

(D) much luggage

The correctly spelt word is:

(A) simultneous

(B) saimultaneous

(C) simultaneous

(D) simultanios

‘Immediate’ means:

(A) distant

(B) remote

(C) near

(D) sudden

Choose the correct preposition
This loss of human lives canbe ascribed.............. two main causes

(A) on

(B) with

(C) to

(D) at

I have been waiting for him .............. morning.

(A) since

(B) in

(C) at

(D) about

––––– stitch in time saves nine.

(A) the

(B) a

(C) a few

(D) the few