General Knowledge

1. In athletics, what is signaled by firing twice the starting gun?
Ans: A false start

2. With which sports item is the foul card of red and black card is associated?
Ans: Athletics

3. The famous Ansari. X Prize is associated with which field?
Ans: Space exploration

4. Which Belgian born Indian economist had conceptualized & drafted the first version of the National Rural Employment Guarantee Act?
Ans: Jean Dreze

5. In which European city is the World Diamond Centre situated?
Ans: Antwerp (Belgium)

6. Which place is affected by the local wind of 'Sundowner'?
Ans: California (USA)

7. Which country's ongoing wildfire is 'the Blue Cut'?
Ans: USA (California)

8. What is measured with the help of the Medvedev-Sponheuer-Karnik Scale?
Ans: Intensity of earthquake

9. Where is the headquarters of the Indian Institute of Tropical Meteorology (IITM)?
Ans: Pune

10. Which Indian State's highest peak is Mullayanagiri?
Ans: Karnataka

11. Which chemical has the nickname of 'the Butter of Zinc'?
Ans: Zinc Chloride

12. What is the cause of the disease 'Monday Morning Fever'?
Ans: Exposure to fumes

13. Which former World number-1 woman tennis player is the founder of the non-profit foundation 'Children for Tomorrow?
Ans: Steffie Graph

14. Which world famous scientist's biography is 'Subtle is the Lord'?
Ans: Albert Einstein

15. Which Indian mountain range's highest point is the Sad-Bhawna Shikhar?
Ans: The Vindhyas

16. In which Indian city is the Dumna Airport situated?
Ans: Jabalpur (Madhya Pradesh)

17. .The soldiers from which country became the first foreign military contingent to take part in India's Republic Day parades?
Ans: France

18. In which celestial body is the famous Hippalus Crater situated?
Ans: Moon

19. Which Australian city is situated near the famous Botany Bay?
Ans: Sydney

20. Which Christian movement was founded by William Booth in 1865?
Ans: The Salvation Army

21. 'A people that values its privileges above its principles soon loses both'- Whose words are these?
Ans: Dwight Eisenhower

22. In which year was India's Coal industry nationalized?
Ans: 1973

23. Which country's largest bank is the Bank Hapoalim (The Worker's Bank)?
Ans: Israel

24. Which chemical compound is the main constituent of the natural gas?
Ans: Methane

25. In the International System of Units, mole is the unit of _____? 
Ans: Amount of substance
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