1. Who was the first woman president of any country in the world?
Ans: Maria Estela Peran
Sol: Other important GK
- 1st Woman PM of a country - S Bhandarnayaka
- 1st woman president of UN General Assembly - Vijaya Lakshmi Pandit
2. Which is the first country to make a constitution?
Ans: USA
Sol:
- 1st country to ban capital punishment - Venezuela
- 1st country to impose carbon tax - New Zealand
- 1st country to give voting right to woman - New Zealand
- 1st country to implement family planning - India
3. Which is the 1st Spaceship landed on Mars?
Ans: Viking - I
4. Male is the capital of which country?
Ans: Maldives
Sol:
- USA - Washington DC
- Sri Lanka - Colombo
- China - Beijing
- Canada - Ottawa
5. Vientiane is the capital city of which country?
Ans: Laos
6. Name the capital of Uganda?
Ans: Kampala
7. What does "Satyameva Jayate" means?
Ans; Truth alone trumphs
Ans; Truth alone trumphs
8. Anna Karenina is the famous work of?
Ans: Leo Tolstoy
Sol:
- Social Harmony - Narendra Modi
- Anand Math, Vish Vriksha - Bankim Chandra Chatterjee
- Arms and the man, Caesar and Cleopatra, Doctor's Dilemma - George Bernard Shaw
- Jungle book, Light that Failed - Rudyard Kipling
9. Headquarter of World Health Organization (WHO) is situated at?
Ans: Geneva
10. The panchatantra fables are thought to be composed by ?
Ans: Vishnu Sharma
11. The Indian recipient of Noble Peace Prize was?
Ans: Mother Terasa
Sol:
- First man to win Noble Prize for Physics - WC Rontgen
- 1st man to win Noble prize for Chemistry - JH Varit Hoff
- 1st man to win Noble prize for Economics - Jan Tinbergen and Ragnar Frisch
- 1st man to win Noble prize for Peace - henry Dunant and Frederic Passy
12. Which Award is considered the most prestigious awards in cinema world?
Ans: Oscar Award
Sol: Awards and their fields
- Noble prize - Pioneering in achievements in the field of Physics, Chemistry, Medicine, Peace, Literature and Economics
- Pulitzer prize - Accomplishements in Journalism, Literature and Music
- Oscar - The prize is given in 108 categories in the field of cinema
- Grammy Award - Contribution in the field of Music Industry
13. Who is the first Indian to fly a plane?
Ans: JRD Tata
14. Who was the first Indian to travel in space?
Ans: Rakesh Sharma
15. Who was the first woman of India to win Olympic medal?
Ans: Karnam Malleshwari
16. Meghdoot was written by?
Ans: Kalidasa
Sol: Some important books and its authors
- Raghuvamsa, Ritu Samhara, Shakuntala - Kalidas
- Ram Charita Manas, Vinay patrika - Tulsidas
- War and Peace, Anna Karenina - Leo Tolstoy
17. Which boxer is nick named "The Real Deal"?
Ans: Evander Holyfield
18. Which Indian won the 2014 Novel prize for peace?
Ans: Kailash Satyarthi
19. Who is the first non-Indian who has conferred "Bharat Ratna"?
Ans: Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan
20. From where was Mangalyaan launched?
Ans: Sriharikota
21. Which of the following is a surface to Air Missile?
Ans: Trishul
Sol: Astra was the Air to Air missile
22. When was national calendar adopted?
Ans: 22nd March, 1957
23. When did India join the United Nations?
Ans: 1945
24. The International Court of Justice sites in ?
Ans: The Hague
25. Earth summit was sponsored by ?
Ans: UNCED
26. Which of the following is the headquarter of the World Bank?
Ans: Washington
Sol: Some of World Organizations and their headquarters
- WHO (World Health Organization - Geneva
- UNESCO (United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization) - Paris
- UNICEF (United Nation International Children's Emergency Fund) - Newyork
27. Where was paper invented?
Ans: China
28. Which of the following is the currency of Thailand?
Ans: Baht
Sol: Some important Currencies
- Pound is the currency of UK, Lebon, Egypt, Sudan, Syria
- Peso - Mexico, Argentina, Chile, Cuba, Columbia, Philiphines, Urugway
- Dinar - Libya, Jordan, Tunisia, Bahrain, Iraq, Serbia, Kuwait, Algeria
- Japan - Yen
- China - Yuan
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