General Knowledge Questions Answers for CGL

1. The World Consumer Rights Day is observed every day on : ---15^th March


2. Who is the author of the book ‘The Argumentative Indian ? --- Dr. Amartya Sen


3. With which tyre company is the ad line ‘Total Control’ associated with : --- J.K Tyre


4. Videsh Sanchar Nigam Ltd. (VSNL) was taken over by : ---Tata Group


5. Our country’s highest peace-time gallantry award is : --- Ashok Chakra


6. Which musical instrument does Amjad Ali Khan play ? --- Sarod


7. ‘Victor’ motorbike models have been launched by :   ---TVS Company


8. Most of the Indians belong to which racial stock ? ---Australoid


9. The boundary between Germany and Poland is called: ---Hinderberg Line


10. Which countries are separated by the 49^th parallel ? ---U.S.A.and Canada


11. Famous Kariba Dam is situated on the river: ---zambezi


12. The number of committees setup by the Constituent Assembly for framing the Constituent of India was: ---7


13. The Uttar Pradesh Govermment has instituted the Sangeet Ratna Award with a cash prize of Rs 5 lakh in memory of : ---UstadBismillah Khan


14. Pondicherry has been renamed as : ---Puducherry


15. Which University celebrated its 150^th Year Foundation Day in September,2006? ---University of Madras


16. Hornbill Festival is an International Film Festival held at :---Kohima(Nagaland)


17. Which State has become the first State in India to launch evening courts ?    ---Gujarat


18. The Indira Gandhi Prize forPeace Disarmamtent and development for 2006 was awarded to : ---Wangari Maathai


19. Who is known as ‘ Father of White Revolution ’in India ? ---V.Kurien


20. Centre of DNA finger printing is located at : ---Hyderabad


21. Sheikh Nizamuddin Auliya was the disciple of :      ---Baba Farid


22. Ashtadhayi was written by :     ---Panini


23. Which Indian Steel Company acquired UK based Anglo-Dutch steel makers Corus group? ---Tata Steel Company


24. The book ‘Falling Over Back –Wards’ is written by: ---Arun Shourie


25. Gandhi Peace Prize for 2006 was awared to : ---Shabana Azmi


26. What is ‘ Garib Rath’ ? ---The first AC train for the poor


27. Solar-B satellite to study the sun was launched by : ---Japan


28. ‘GLONASS’, is a space co-operation agreement between India and Russia. What does it stand for?--Global Navigational Satellite System


29. Which committee has recently submitted its report on ‘social, economic and educational status of the Muslim ? ---Sachchar Committee


30. Vyas Samman is given for excellence in the field of : ---Literature


31. Who has authored the book ‘Freedom from fear’ ? ---Aung San Suu Kyi


32. T he term ‘scissor Kick’ is associated with the game of : ---Football


33. Which periodical did Mahatma Gandhi publish during his stay in South Africa ? ---Indian Opinion


34. Who has been the only Lok Sabha Speaker to have become the President of India ? ---Neelam Sanjiv Reddy


35. With which dance from is Madhavi Mudgal  associated?    ---Odissi


36. Who is the author of the book ‘The City of Joy’?    ---Dominique Lapierre


37. Which country awarded Congressional Gold Medal to Dalai Lama, Tenzin Gyasto? ---U.S.A.


38. The headquarters of National Statisticat Commission is at : ---New Delhi


39. The final authority in India to approve the five year plan for the country vests in the : ---National Development Council


40. The city of Jaunpur was founded in the memory of : ---Mohammad-Bin-Tughluq


41. The subject matter of Upanishads is : ---Philosophy


42. Who presided over the inauguration session of the Constituent Assembly ?   ---Sachchidanand Sinha


43. ‘Cricket My Style’ is a book written by :  ---Kapil Dev


44. Which dynasty constructed the Ellora Kailash Temple ? ---Rashtrakuta


45. The Nagarjun Dam is located on the river : ---Krishna


46. Kerry Packer who is credited with the current version of one day cricket matches belonged to : ---Australia


47. ‘Global-500’ Awards are given for the achievement in : ---Protection of Environment


48. Kalyana Sona is a veriety of : ---Wheat


49. A minority educational institution named the ‘Maulana Mohammad Ali Jauhar University is being  established at :---Rampur (UP)


50. Who was the first Governor-General of Independent India ? --- Lord Mountbatten


51. ‘International Day against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking ’ is observed on : ---26^th  June


52. The Chancellor of Germany is : ---Ms.Angela Merkel


53. Who was the leader of revolt of 1857 in Rohikhand ? ---Khan Bhadur Khan


54. Sir Hugh Rose comment ‘ The best and the bravest of the military leaders of the rebels’ was about : ---Rani of Jhansi


55. Which famous political leader of Britain admitted that the Revolt of 1857 was a national revolt ? --- Benjamin Disraeli


56. The Kuka Revolt to overthrow the British rule was organized in : --- Punjab


57. Which socio-religious movement raised the slogan ‘India for Indians’ ? --- Arya Samaj


58. Who founded the ‘Servants of Society’ in 1905 at Pune ? ---Gopal Krishna Gokhale


59. Who made this remark about Cripp’s proposals ‘ It was a post dated cheque on a crashing bank ‘ ? --- M.K Gandhi


60. Nehru report is related to --- Motilal Nehru


61. The Viceroy who put forward the proposal for August offer in 1940 was : --- Linlithgow

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