Basic GK Questions with Answers for Competitive Exams

General Knowledge Questions

Q.51 First president of India who died while in office- 

(A) Zakir Hussain

(B) Rajendra Prasad

(C) Jawahar Lal Nehru

(D) Sardar Patel

Q.52 The first British Viceroy of India-

(A) Lord Karen

(B) Lord Irvin

(C) Lord Cannon

(D) Lord Tom

Q.53 The longest Corridor in India? - 

(A) Rameswaram temple Corridor

(B) Meenakshi Temple

(C) Kanyakumari Temple

(D) Badri Nath Temple

Q.54 Who won the Nobel Prize for peace in the year 2014? – 

(A) Malala Yousafzai & Kailash Satyarthi

(B) Mother Teresa

(C) Pandit Jakir Hussain

(D) Abdul Kalam Azad

Q.55 The First women Airline pilot-

(A) Hema Devi

(B) Babita Savarkar

(C) Durga Banerjee

(D) Neha Sharma

Q.56 Father of the Indian space program? - 

(A) Rajesh Sharma

(B) Ashutosh Verma

(C) Vikram Sarabhai

(D) Mohan Pandey

Q.57 City of festivals? 

(A) Madurai

(B) Varanasi

(C) Jaipur

(D) Nagpur

Q.58 Study of insects is known as- 

(A) Astrology

(B) Emetology

(C) Entomology

(D) Geology

Q.59 Instrument is used to measure heat- 

(A) Calorimeter

(B) Barometer

(C) Lactometer

(D) Thermometer

Q.60 River Krishna is originated from- 

(A) the Eastern Ghats

(B) Northern Ghats

(C) the Western Ghats

(D) Southern Ghats