SELECTED 100 GENERAL KNOWLEDGE

1. The first Malayalee to become the Chairman of the National Agricultural Commission: 
M.S.Swaminathan

2. The first State in America : 
Delaver

3. The foreign language used in Puducherry : 

French

4. The gas formed in the as a result of Nuclear fusion in the sun: 
Helium

5. The great man whom Sree Narayana Guru met in 1916: 
Ramana Maharshi

6. The main religion of Nagaland : 
Christianity

7. The only railway junction in Kerala were lines from
four different directions meet (Palakkad, Kozhikode, Thrissur, Nilambur): 
Shornur

8. The capital of Andhra state formed in 1953 : 
Kurnool

9. The first actress to receive Oscar : 
Janet Gaynor

10. The first Dolby stereo film in Malayalam : 
Kalapani

11. The first Malayalam columnist: 
D.C.Kizhakkemuri


12. The first national award for the best actor was given to:
Uttam Kumar

13. The dance form which has incorporated Hindu -Muslim
cultures: 
Kathak

14. The famous temple of Viswanatha is in : 
Varanasi

15. The first Comptroller and Auditor General of India : 
V. Narahari Rao

16. The first Muslim to become the President of India : 
Dr. Zakir Hussein (1967)

17. The first oil tanker in India is named after the leader :
Motilal Nehru

18. The Governor-General during the Third Mysore War :
Lord Cornwallis

19. The renaissance leader connected with ‘’Muthukulam speech’’ in 1947 : 
Mannathu Padmanabhan

20. Which Governor General established Fort William College in 1800 : 
Lord Wellesley

21. Who gave ‘’Vidwan’’ title to Pandit Karuppan : 
Kerala Varma Valiya Koyi Thampuran

22. Who was the Viceroy when farmers strike at Bardoli district in Gujarat was held under the leadership of Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel : 
Lord Irwin

23. Anti dowry day : 
November 26

24. The process to produce Sulphur: 
Frasch Process

25. The Rajput Princess whom Akbar married : 
Jodhabai

26. What percent of the human body is water: 
65%

27. When compared to the mother planet the largest satellite is : 
Moon

28. Which is known as City of Winds : 
Chicago

29. Who built the Peacock throne: 
Shah Jahan

30. The longest cell in the human body : 
Neuron

31. Chief Warrior of Alauddin Khilji: 
Malik Kafur


32. Famous Diamond mine in Andhra Pradesh : 
Golconda

33. Forerunner of Akbar’s reforms : 
Sher Shah

34. The process to produce Nitric acid: 
Ostward Process

35. The process to produce Sulphuric acid: 
Lead Chamber Process

36. Where is the tomb of Sheik Salim Chisti whom Akbar worshipped : 
Fatehpur Sikri

37. Which river is known as ‘’Sorrow of Assam’’ :
Brahmaputra

38. Who wrote ‘’Ashtangahridayam’’ : 
Vagbhatan

39. Father of Indian Archeology : 
Alexander Cunningham

40. The ancestral house of Nehru family in Allahabad :
Anand Bhavan

41. Aurobindo Ghosh ended his revolutionary activities and assumed the life of a saint at : 
Puducherry

42. Chand Beevi and Malik Amber of Abyssinian race who fought against the Mughals belonged to : 

Ahmadnagar

43. During the British Regime the summer capital of Mumbai was : 
Mahabaleshwar

44. When the license of ‘Navasakhti’ was canceled ‘Prabodhini’ was launched by :
C. Kesavan

45. Which is known as the Island of sailors : 
Samoa

46. Who was known as the ‘’Fakir-e-Afghan’’ : 
Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan

47. Who wrote the novel Dharmaraja : 
C.V. Raman Pillai

48. Dhanwanthari Award is related to : 
Medicine

49. ‘Yanam’ part of Puducherry shares its boundary with :
Andhra Pradesh

50. Another name of petroleum: 
Gasoline

51. Bengal Lease Act was effected by : 
Lord Canning

52. God gave Ten Commandments to the founder of the religion : 
Jew (Judaism)

53. In which year Vaikom Maulavi Launched “Muslim” : 
1906

54. JIPMER in Puducherry is known for higher studies in :
Medicine

55. On criticizing the onslaught of British Soldiers against women which newspaper was banned: 
Mathrubhumi

56. The capital of Azerbaijan: 
Baku

57. The language in Mayyazhi, which is under Puducherry :
Malayalam

58. In which district is Parassinikadavu Muthappan temple:
Kannur

59. In which State is Amarnath Pilgrim center:
Jammu and Kashmir

60. In which year Mughal capital was shifted to Delhi from Agra : 
1646

61. Mecca, where Prophet Muhammad was born, is in : 

Saudi Arabia

62. Name the ruler of Magadha when Alexander attacked India : 
Mahapadmananda

63. The gas that usually causes an explosion in coal mines:
Methane

64. The average weight of the human liver : 
1359-1812 grams

65. The famous Buddhist center in Andhra Pradesh :
Nagarjunakonda

66. The first cricketer to complete 10000 runs in one-day matches : 
Sachin Tendulkar

67. The acid that is present in grapes : 
Tartaric acid

68. An animal that flies in the dark with the help of ultrasonic sound waves : 
Bat

69. Atacama desert is in the continent of : 
South America

70. Founder of Modern Turkey : 
Mustafa Kamaal Ataturk

71. In which district are the Edakkal caves: 
Wayanad

72. In which year Akbar abolished Jazia: 
1564

73. The old name of Amritsar : 
Ramdaspur

74. Recently discovered chemical compound for the treatment of cancer: 
Cisplatin

75. The religion founded by Akbar: 
Din Illahi (1582)

76. The coloring pigment in Ajanta are made of :
Minerals and herbs

77. The coloring pigment in human skin : 
Melanin

78. The event that is most influenced the thoughts Amartya Sen : 
Bengal Famine

79. The first ruler of Modern Travancore : 
Marthanda Varma

80. The last Hindu ruler of Delhi before Muslim rule : 
Prithviraj Chauhan

81. The Ocean that lies between Africa and America : 

Atlantic Ocean

82. The ore of which metal can be concentrated by hydraulic process: 
Tin

83. The organ that controls the body temperature of man :
Skin

84. The place famous for elephant cages: 
Konni

85. The ruler with the longest tenure in Modern Travancore: 
Dharmaraja

86. The smallest country in Africa: 
Seychelles

87. Through which region in Andhra Pradesh the 82 ½ degree latitude passes through: 
Kakinada

88. When did Faizi the poet and friend of Akbar die : 
1595

89. Which Indian Award carries the highest prize money : 
Gandhi Peace Prize

90. Who was known as ‘’Andhra Bhoja’’ : 
Krishnadevaraya

91. The body temperature of man is controlled by : 
Hypothalamus

92. Acoustics is a study on : 
Sound

93. An animal which breaths with the help of lungs and external gills : 
Frog

94. C. Balakrishnan, a Malayalee received Arjuna Award in 1965 for : 
Mountaineering

95. Collection of different maps : 
Atlas

96. The most abundant alkaline Earth metal in the Earth :
Calcium

97. The spice which stores food in its underground stem :

Turmeric

98. The woman who became the Congress President in 1933: 
Nelli Sen Gupta

99. Who authored ‘’Essays on Gita’’: 
Aurobindo Ghosh

100. Who was the Viceroy when the Govt of India Act 1935 was passed : 
Lord Wellington