SELECTED 100 GENERAL KNOWLEDGE QUESTIONS

1. Kumarakodi is the final resting place of : 
Kumaranasan

2. Number of teeth for Whales : 
No tooth

3. ‘’Palayamkodan’’ is a variety of : 
Plantain

4. Temple related to ‘’Velakali’’ : 
Ambalapuzha

5. The first Indian archer who stands first in the world :
Deepika Kumari

6. The first Indian to win the World Food Prize :
M. S. Swaminathan

7. The first unofficial opposition leader of the Lok Sabha :
A. K. Gopalan

8. The Malayalam daily, which stands second in circulation:
Mathrubhomi

9. The officially accepted distance for Marathon running
race is : 
26 miles 385 yards

10. The rocket launched by India to learn on Oceans:
Oceansat

11. The second oldest newspaper in Kerala : 
Malayala Manorama

12. The sports star called ‘’Plastic Girl’’ : 
Nadia Comaneci

13. What is known as White Gold : 
Platinum

14. AHARDS is related to the development of : 
Attappadi (Palakkad district)

15. The bird which is an incubating father : 
Ostrich

16. Father of Muhammed Ghazni : 
Sabuktagin

17. Founder of the city of Mahabalipuram : 
Narasimha Varman I

18. In which continent is Lake Victoria: 
Africa

19. In which state are Ellora Caves: 
Maharashtra

20. In which year Muslim League was formed :
1906

21. The place where the Ganga enters plains : 
Haridwar

22. The poet who spent his last days in Chittoor in Palakkad : 
Ezhuthachan

23. The Viceroy when Bengal faced famine in 1942 : 
Lord Wavell

24. When did Ganapathi Shastrikal discover all the 11 plays of Bhasa from Manalikkara Madom near Padmanabhapuram in Travancore : 
1909

25. Which country is known as ‘’Mini India in Africa’’ :
Mauritius

26. Which country is known as the ‘’Prison of Africa’’ : 
Equatorial Guinea

27. Which is the Epic written by Lord Ganesa as directed by Vyasan : 
Mahabharata

28. Which place corresponds to Krishkinta in Puranas :
Hampi

29. Who helped Kumaranasan to continue his studies in Bangalore and Kolkata : 
Dr.Palpu

30. Who was called ‘’Sree Bhattaraka’’: 
Chattampi Swamikal

31. Who was known as the ‘’Conscience keeper of Africa’’:
Julius Neyerere

32. Who wrote “Balakalaesam” : 
Pandit Karuppan

33. Who wrote Advaita Chinta Paddhathi : 
Chattampi Swamikal

34. Independent France was unified in AD 486 by : 
Clovis

35. Other name of Slave Dynasty : 
Ilbari dynasty

36. Rashtrakuta King who built Kailasa Temple at Ellora 
Krishana I

37. Real name of Munshi Pemchand : 
Dhanpath Rai

38. Sikh Guru killed by the Mughal emperor Aurangzeb : 
Tej Behadur

39. The continent where egg-laying mammals are seen :
Australia

40. The founder of Missionaries of Charity: 
Mother Teresa

41. The metal kept under Kerosene : 
Sodium, Potassium

42. Bhashaposhini is a publication of : 
Malayala Manorama

43. After meeting whom did Sree Narayana Guru compose
‘Municharya Panchakam’ : 
Ramana Maharshi

44. Bhagavat Gita is part of : 
Mahabharata 

45. Bhima is the character in : 
Mahabharata

46. In 1923 Andhra Bank was established in Machlipatnam by : 
Pattabhi Seetharamaiah

47. In Kerala Right to Service Act came into force on : 
1 November 2012

48. India and Nepal agreed to share the water of the rivers : 
Kosi and Gandhak

49. ‘’Kumaru’’ is the childhood name of : 
Kumaranasan

50. Lord Krishna was born in :
Mathura

51. Low-pressure belts near the equator: 
Doldrums

52. Madhya Pradesh Government established an Academy to commemorate the renowned writer of ancient India :
Kalidasa

53. The Mughal ruler when Ahmad Abdali attacked India :
Shah Alam II

54. The river that originates from Brahamagiri in Coorg (Karnataka): 
Kaveri

55. The river that originates from Triambak Village in Nasik in Maharashtra : 
Godavari

56. The seat of memory in the brain :
Cortex (Cerebrum)

57. Who wrote the epic ‘Aeneid’: 
Virgil

58. World Happiness Day : 
March 20

59. World Radio Day : 
February 13

60. ‘’Yorker’’ is a term related to the sport : 
Cricket

61. Who went to England in 1906 to study Barrister at Law with scholarship and formed Free India Society there :
V.D. Savarkar

62. “An Unfinished Dream” is the work of : 
Dr.Varghese Kurien

63. Dewan Kesava Pillai was conferred the title ‘’Raja’’ by Governor General : 
Lord Wellesley

64. Founder of ''Royal Asiatic Society of Bengal’’ : 
Warren Hastings

65. Founder of Twitter : 
Jack Dorsey

66. In India Labour laws were framed for the first time when the Viceroy was : 
Lord Ripon

67. In which year Perinadu Revolt took place: 
1915

68. Which is the oldest flower : 
Magnolia

69. Who is the youngest President of India : 
Neelam Sanjeeva Reddy

70. Which organ is affected by mumps: 
Salivary glands

71. ‘Dreams from My father’ is the autobiography of : 
Barak Obama

72. Who is called the father of Modern Medicine : 
Hippocrates

73. River Sabari is the tributary of : 
Godavari

74. Capital of Ganga Dynasty in Karnataka : 
Kolar

75. The bird that can dive to the deepest extent : 
Penguin

76. “Chirasmarana” by Niranjana is based on the strike :
Kayyur

77. A.G.Velayudan became a martyr while fighting against untouchability in connections against satyagraha held :
Paliyam

78. As per the Government of India Act of 1935, Burma was separated from India. The then Viceroy was : 
Lord Linlithgow

79. Capital of Afghanistan: 
Kabul

80. Dupleix was the Governor of the European power :
French

81. During their stay in exile, which Pandava disguised as ‘’Valalan’’, the cook : 
Bhima

82. The gestation period of a cow is : 
9 months

83. Hamas is related to : 
Palestine

84. In 1925 whom did Sree Narayana Guru declared as his successor : 
Bodhananda

85. In which district is Mullapperiyar dam: 
Idukki

86. Abraham Lincoln was killed at : 
Washington D.C.

87. The average weight of one kidney of man in grams : 
130

88. In which year Akbar put an end to the regency of Bairam Khan :
1560

89. In which year Malayalee Memorial was submitted to Sree Mulam Tirunal : 
1891

90. Novel authored by Vikram Seth in the poetry form: 
The Golden Gate

91. Who wrote the foreword for History of Indian National Congress by Pattabhi Seetharamaih: 
Rajendra Prasad

92. Renaissance leader who became a minister in Travancore- Kochi : 
Sahodaran Ayyappan

93. The most earthquake-prone country : 
Mexico

94. ‘Paschimodayam’ is published by : 
Herman Gundert

95. ‘Prithviraj raso’ is epic poem in Hindi on the bravery of :
Prithviraj Chauhan

96. ‘Saragrahi’ is a magazine launched by the Renaissance
leader : 
Brahamanda Siva Yogi

97. After 44 years, India won Olympic medal in Atlanta (1996) for the event :
Tennis

98. Among the Pancha Pandavas, who is the son of Indra :
Arjuna

99. Penicillin Factory at Maharashtra is at : 
Pimpri

100. The basic raga in Carnatic Music : 
Mayamalava Gaula