GK Questions for PA/SA Exam 2014- Part 2

Here is the Part-2 of GK. Click Here to see Part-1. 

Q1  The  first  Indian  woman  to win  an  Olympic  medal?-  Karnam Malleswari

Q2 Who  became  Indian  Prime  minister  at  the age of  81?- Morarji  Desai

Q3   The  first Indian  to receive  the Magsaysay  Award?- Vinoba Bhave

Q4 In   what  capacity  did  Vasco  de  Gama  come to India  in  1524?- Portuguese  Viceroy  of  India

Q5  In  X-rays   what  did    “  X”  mean? Unknown  

Q6 The  year  Nobel  Prizes  were  first  awarded ?- 1901

Q7 Oscar  awards  are  awarded  in how many  different  categories?- 24

Q8  The  year  USA became  independent  from Britian?- 1783

Q9  World’s First  credit card?- Diners   Club  Card

Q10  What  is  C-DOT?- Centre  for  Development  of  Telematics

Q11  India’s  Largest  mineral  Resources?- Coal

Q12  The  Indian  state with  the  longest  coastline?- Gujarat

Q13 Second  largest  human  organ?- Liver

Q14  Alpha  and  Omega  means?- The  beginning  and  end

Q15  The  first Indian  scientist  to  receive Bharat  Ratna?- C V   Raman

Q16  How many  women  participated  in  1896  olympics?- None

Q17  The  official  language  of  Brazil  is?- Portuguese

Q18  Permanent   members  of  UN  Security   council?-  China  France  , Russia ,  UK , USA

Q19  The  ruler  of Kashmir  who  signed  the state’s accession  to  India in 1947?- Maharaja  Hari  singh

Q20   Recording  industry ‘s   most  prestigious  awards?- Grammy  Awards

Q21  Which  Indian  state was known as  Magadha  in ancient  times?- Bihar

Q22   Who  composed  India’s national  song  “  Vande Maataram?- Bankim  Chandra  Chatterjee

Q23  India's Longest  Beach?- Maraine  Beach  , Chennai

Q24 The  first  Asain  woman  to  swim  the  English  Channel?- Arati  saha

Q25  The  first  women  chief justice  of a High  Court  in India?- Justice  Leila  Seth

Q26  The Oldest  university  in  UK?- Oxford

Q27   When  was Coca  Cola   banned  in  India?- 1977

Q28 The  first  woman  Chief Election  Commissioner  of  India?- V  S  Remadevi

Q29  Electricity  flows  from  -----------  to  ------------? -Negative  to  Positive

Q30  The  full   name of  world Bank? - International  Bank  for  Reconstruction and development

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