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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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