General Science Basic Questions

1. Which Viceroy undertook the restoration of Taj Mahal?
Ans: Curzon

2. Who was the Viceroy of India when Queen Victoria was declared as the Empress of India?
Ans: Lytton (1877)


3. Who was the British Viceroy at the time of the First Round Table Conference?
Ans: Irwin

4. Who was the only person to become the Governor General of India twice?
Ans: Cornwallis

5. Sadhujana Paripalana Sangham was organized in the pattern of which organisation?
Ans: SNDP

6. Which Organisation of Kerala was founded in the lines of the Servants of India Society?
Ans: NSS

7. Who was the British Viceroy at the time of the Jallianwalla Bagh massacre?
Ans: Chelmsford

8. Who was the first foreigner to become the President of Indian National Congress?
Ans: Alfred Webb

9. Which leader of the national movement wrote 'the Arctic Home in the Vedas'?
Ans: Bal Gangadhar Thilak

10. Which national leader was born at Mecca?
Ans: Abul Kalam Azad

11. Who is known as 'the Mother of Indian Nationalism'?
Ans: Madam Bhikaji Cama

12. ‘The Tower of Selene' is related with which religion?
Ans: Zoroastrianism

13. Which was the largest Princely state at the time of India independence?  
Ans: Hyderabad

14. Which state's popular folk dance drama is 'Jatra'?
Ans: West Bengal

15. Who was the first woman Governor of south India?
Ans: Sarada Mukherji

16. In which state is the Jorhat National Park?
Ans: Assam

17. Which Union Territory of India got the state hood in 1985?
Ans: Arunachal Pradesh

18. Which state was sold to America by Russia in 1867?
Ans: Alaska

19. Which country's national sports is Kabadi?
Ans: Bangladesh

20. Which is the last formed municipal corporation in Kerala?
Ans: Kannur

21. Which year was observed as the Sports Year by the Government of Kerala?
Ans: 2010

22. Name the single cell green algae which is used for producing Oxygen in the Spacecrafts?
Ans: Chlorella

23. Which is the only company in India authorised to produce the inedible ink, which is used in the elections to prevent people from voting more than once?
Ans: Mysore Paints and Varnish Limited

24. Name the Travancore King who received the Kaiser-I-Hind Medal of the British Monarch?
Ans: Ayilliam Thirunal Balarama Varma

25. Who sang Vante Mataram on 15th August 1947, in the Independence Session of the Constituent Assembly?
Ans: Sucheta Kripalani

26. Name the musical instrument which is used both in Hindustani and Karnatic Music?
Ans: Thamburu

27. The term 'Chinaman' is associated with which game?
Ans: Cricket

28. The color of the blood of the animals belonging to which group is blue?
Ans: Molluscs

29. Which Malayalam film won the prestigious British Film Institute Award in 1981?
Ans: Elippathayam

30. Where in India is Flame of Freedom (Swathantrya Jyothi) lit?
Ans: The Cellular Jail in Andamans

31. Who was the first sport sperson to receive Padma Vibhushan, India's second highest civilian Award in 2007?
Ans: Viswanathan Anand

32. Name the renaissance leader of Kerala, who met with tragic death in police lathicharge on the hundredth day of the Paliyam Satyagraha?
Ans: AG Velayudhan

33. Which national leader died due to the lathicharge injuries suffered while leading protest against Simon Commission?
Ans: Lala Lajpat Rai

34. What is often called as 'the Silent Ambassadors of Nations'?
Ans: Postal Stamps

35. In which raga did the most famous Malayalam lullabi 'Omanathinkal Kidavo' is set?
Ans: Neelambari

36. Which was the first Indian language to get the Classical Language status?
Ans: Tamil

37. Which is the only hobby to be recognised by the United Nations Organisation?
Ans: Ham Radio

38. Who is known as the 'father of Indian family planning'?
Ans: RD Karve

39. Who was the first high commissioner Of India to Britain?
Ans: VK Krishna Menon

40. Name the acid in which the glass dissolves?
Ans: Hydrofluoric Acid

41. Which is the longest Act to be passed by the Indian Parliament?  
Ans: The Companies Act (1956)
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