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Which place is called the Orchid Paradise in India?

Answer: Arunachal Pradesh

Where is the tower of silence situated in India?

Answer: Mumbai

What is Japan also known as?

Answer: The land of rising sun

Which is the tallest building in the world?


Answer: Burj Khalifa, Dubai

Which is the brightest planet in our solar system?


Answer: Venus

Who was the first president of America?


Answer: George Washington

Who invented the computer?

Answer: Charles Babbage invented the computer

How many bones are there in a human body?

Answer: 206

Which organ is responsible for filtering out foreign material, losing worn out cell and
producing white blood cell?
Answer: Spleen

What is the fear of crossing road called?


Answer: Agoraphobia

Who was the first Asian to be awarded the Nobel Prize?


Answer: Rabindranath Tagore

Which acid is found in an apple?


Answer: Malic acid

who was the inventor was the telescope?


Answer: Galileo Galilei

Which state in India has the maximum population?


Answer: Uttar Pradesh

Name the highest waterfall in the world


Answer: Angel falls

What is the full form of RAM?

Answer: Random Access Memory

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Name three countries, the river Brahmaputra flows through?
Answer: China, India and Bangladesh

Name the gas found in the most abundance in our planet’s atmosphere?

Answer: Nitrogen

Who was the first President of our country?

Answer: Rajendra Prasad

What is the height of the highest peak of the world, Mount Everest?

Answer: 8848 metres

Who is the Finance Minister of India?

Answer: Arun Jaitley

How many islands make up Lakshadweep?

Answer: 36

What is the full form of NEWS?


Answer: North East West South

What is the full form of AM and PM?

Answer: Ante Meridiem and After Midday

Who is the Vice President of India?


Answer: Venkaiah Naidu

Which planet is known as the blue planet of our solar system?

Answer: Earth

Which place in India is known as the tea garden?


Answer: Assam

Which is the largest animal on land?


Answer: African Elephant

Which is the smallest bird in the world?

Answer: Humming Bird

Name the highest mountain peak of India

Answer: Mount Kanchenjunga

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Which river is called the holy river in India?

Answer: Ganga

Which star nearest to our planet, Earth?

Answer: Sun

Milk, eggs and cheese are source of which mineral?

Answer: Calcium

Where is the Indian Military Academy located?

Answer: Dehradun

What is the order of the planets in the Solar System?

Answer: Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune

Who was the author of the famous book Ramcharitramans?

Answer: Tulsidas

What is 26th January celebrated as?

Answer: Republic day of India

Nobel Prize is awarded in whose memory?

Answer: Alfred Nobel

What is the ratio of width to the length of National Flag of India?

Answer: 2:3

who wrote the Mahabharata?

Answer: Ved Vyas

Gandhi Ji started the Dandi March in which year?

Answer: 1930

When is the World Food Day?

Answer: October 16th

Why are the leaves of a plant so important?

Answer: They produce food for the plant through photosynthesis

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Which country is largest in terms of population?

Answer: China

Who is considered the founder of Sikh religion?

Answer: Guru Nanak

Which is the largest delta?

Answer: Sundarbans in India and Bangladesh

Who gave the slogan Do or Die?

Answer: Mahatma Gandhi

What is distance between Earth and Sun?

Answer: 149.6 Million kms

Which is the longest mountain range in the world?

Answer: Andes in South America

What is the most spoken language in the world?

Answer: Mandarin or Chinese

Which is the highest plateau in the world?

Answer: Pamir Plateau in Tibet

Durand Cup is related to which sport?

Answer: Football

What is the full form of ISRO?

Answer: Indian Space Research Organisation

Which is the largest salt water lake in India?

Answer: Sambhar Lake in Rajasthan

When is the Red Cross day celebrated?

Answer: May 8th

Which planet is known as the Red Planet?

Answer: Mars

Who discovered the theory of relativity?

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Answer: Albert Einstein

Which country is known as the Land of Cakes?

Answer: Scotland

Where is Disney Land located?

Answer: California, United States of America

Name the country in the world to have no cinema theatres?

Answer: Saudi Arabia

What is the name of our galaxy?

Answer: Milk Mekhela also known as the Milky Way

What is the percentage of land on the floor of our planet?

Answer: 29 per cent

When is Earth Day celebrated?

Answer: April 22nd of each year

What is the full form of WHO?

Answer: World Health Organization

Which country is endowed with the biggest barrier reef?

Answer: Australia

Which is the coldest place or region on Earth?

Answer: East Antarctica

Name the biggest bird in the world

Answer: Ostrich

Who was the first Prime Minister of India?

Answer: Jawaharlal Nehru

Which place in our country sees the maximum rain?

Answer: Mawsynram in Meghalaya

Which state in India has the maximum and minimum literacy rate?

Answer: Kerela and Bihar respectively

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Questions: which is the longest animal in the world?
Answer: Pythons and Anacondas

Questions: which is the tallest animal in the world?


Answer: Giraffe

Questions: Who invented the computer?


Answer: Charles Babbage

Questions: who wrote discovery of india?


Answer: Jawaharlal Nehru

Questions: who wrote ramayana


Answer: Valmiki

Questions: Who is the author of Mahabharata?


Answer: Maharshi Vedavyasa

Questions: who won the first t20 world cup?


Answer: India

Questions: who won the first cricket world cup?


Answer: West Indies

General Knowledge Questions Class 4

Questions: How many times did India win the World Cup?
Answer: two times

Questions: who won the first arjuna award in badminton?


Answer: Nandu Natekar in 1961

Questions: who won the first Bharat Ratna in politician ?


Answer: C. Rajagopalachari

Questions: how many colors in rainbow?


Answer: seven colors

Questions: how many colors in indian flag?


Answer: Three colors

Q: what is the Length of alimentary canal


Ans: Approximately 8 meters

Q: How many bones make up our whole skeleton?


Ans: 206

Q: Which type of blood cells help our bodies to fight infection?


Ans: White blood cells

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Q: Where is the smallest bone in our body located?
Ans: Ear

Q: Which organ filters out foreign material, eliminates worn out blood cells and produces
white blood cells?
Ans: Spleen

Q: (True or False) Your heart is a muscle that pumps blood through your body.
Ans: TRUE

Q: What moves your bones?


Ans: muscles

Q: what is the smallest bones in the human body are found in the
Ans: Ear

Q: What is the largest organ in the human body


Ans: Skin

Q: what is strongest musscle in human body


Ans: Thigh

Q: what is largest W.B.C. in humman body


Ans: Monocyte

Q: The unit of hardware, which an operator uses to monitor computer processing, is the
Ans: Console

Q: What is Full Form of RAM


Ans: Random Access Memore

Q: what is full form of CPU


Ans: Central Process Unit

Q: What is Full form of BMP?


Ans: Bit Map Picture

Q: What are Main Memory of Computer?


Ans: Ram and ROM

Q: What is Computer?
Ans: Electronic Machine

Q: What is Monitor of a computer is a?


Ans: Output device

Q: One KB is equal to?


Ans: 1024 bytes

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Q: what are Maximum digits in Binary number system
Ans: Two

Q: How many oceans are there in the world?


Ans: 7

Q: Which is the largest ocean in the world?


Ans: Pacific

When ancient Olympic games first held ?


Q:
Ans: 776 BC

Q: What is The average time interval between successive high tide and low tide
Ans: 6 hours and 12 minutes

Q: From origin to delta, the Brahmputra traverses?


Ans: China, India, Bangladesh

Q: what is the most abundant gas in the earth’s atmosphere?


Ans: Nitrogen

Q: what is th Capital of Belgium


Ans: Brussels

Q: Where is mount Everest Located?


Ans: Nepal

Q: Where is the Somnath temple located?


Ans: Gujarat

Q: largest-plateau in the world ?


Ans: Tibetan Plateau

Q: tallest-waterfall in the world ?


Ans: Angel Falls

Q: smallest-country in the world ?


Ans: Vatican City

Q: most-spoken language in the world ?


Ans: Mandarin

Q: largest -island in the world ?


Ans: Greenland

Q: largest-desert in the world ?


Ans: Sahara Desert

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1. Which is the highest local bodies at the district level – Zilla Parishad
2. Who is the Chief Executive Officer of the Mandal Parishad – MPDO
3. Gol Gumbaz is at – Bijapur
4. The famous dance Kathakali is related to which state – Kerala
5. Who is the first Citizen of Municipal Corporation – Mayor
6. Which is the lowest unit of Local Government – Gram Panchayat
7. What is the ratio of the length and breadth of the Indian National Flag – 3:2
8. Assam’s popular dance is – Bihu
9. The Popular folk dance Garba is related to which state – Gujarat
10. Who was the founder of Sikh Religion – Guru Nanak
11. The Largest Airport ‘King Khalid International Airport’ is at – Riyadh (Saudi Arabia)
12. The Study about the Animals – Zoology
13. The Study about Plants – Botony
14. The Study of Birds and their Habits is called – Ornithology
15. The Subject which study about Human Mind – Psychology
16. The Subject which deals about Genes – Genetics
17. The Subject which deals about Environment – Ecology
18. The study of forecasting weather is called – Meteorology
19. The study about the Society and its Problems is – Sociology
20. The study of Stars – Astrology
21. Dadasaheb award is given in the field of – Cinema
22. Gnanapeeta award is given in the field of – Literature
23. Which is the highest Civilian award in India – Bharata Ratna
24. Arjuna award is given to the field of – Games and Sports
25. Dronacharya awards are given to the – Coach
26. Borlag awards are given to the field of – Agriculture
27. Narmada Project flows in – Madhya Pradesh
28. Bhakra Nangal Project is Constructed in – Punjab
29. Pochampad Project Constructed over – Godavari River
30. Almatti Project was Constructed over the river – Krishna
31. Chambal Project was Constructed in which states – M.P and Rajasthan
32. Farakka Barrage is in – West -Bengal
33. London is situated on the bank of the river – Thames
34. New York is situated on the bank of the river – Hudson
35. Berlin is situated on the bank of river – Spree
36. The Longest Church is ST. Peter’s Church located in – Rome
37. The biggest University is State University of New York located in – USA
38. The longest river is NILE river which covers the distance of – 6696 KM
39. The longest day is – June 21st
40. The Shortest day is – December, 22nd
41. The deepest lake is Baikal is in – Siberia
42. Hanging Gardens are at – Babylon
43. The statue of Zeus at Olympia – Greece
44. The Land of Kangaroos’ is called – Australia
45. The Temple of Artemis at Ephesus is located in which country – Turkey
46. Which City is Called the Land of Midnight Sun – Norway
47. Which City is Called the Land of Thousand Lakes – Finland
48. Which Country is Called the Play Ground of Europe – Switzerland
49. Which Country is Called the Land of Morning Sun – Japan
50. Which Country is Called the Land of White Elephants – Thailand

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1. Who wrote the song "Sare jahan se acha" ?
Answer: Muhammad Iqbal

2. Who give music to the song "Sare jahan se acha" ?


Answer: Pandit Ravi Shankar

3. Which is the worlds oldest news agency ?


Answer: AFP (Agence France Presse)

4. What is the chemical name of Tear Gas ?


Answer: Chloroacetophenone

5. Which is the only hobby recognized by the United Nations ?


Answer: Ham Radio

6. What is the national flower of Pakistan ?


Answer: Jasmine

7. What is the scientific name of Cockroach ?


Answer: Periplaneta americana

8. What is the unit of luminous intensity ?


Answer: Candela

9. What is the unit of pressure?


Answer: Pascal

10. What is the unit of magnetic field?


Answer: Tesla

10 a. What is the unit of power ?


Answer:watt

11. Which famous writer is known as Father of Snow Golf ?


Answer: Rudyard Kipling

12. How many Schedules are there in the Indian Constitution ?


Answer: 12

13. Which planet is known as Red planet ?


Answer: Mars

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14. Which European countries are separated by Market Reef ?
Answer: Finland and Sweden

15. Who is the author of Panchtantra ?


Answer: Vishnu Sharma

16. Which is the coldest planet in solar system ?


Answer: Neptune

17. The Rourkela Steel Plant in Odisha was built with the collaboration of _____ ?
Answer: Germany

18. The Durgapur Steel Plant in West Bengal was built with the collaboration of _____ ?
Answer: Britain

19. The Bhilai Steel Plant in Chattisgarh was built with the collaboration of _____ ?
Answer: Russia

20. Who is the first and only Muslim lady ever to rule the throne of Delhi ?
Answer: Razia Sultana

21. Who composed the national anthem of Bangladesh (Amar sona bangla) ?
Answer: Rabindranath Tagore

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22. Who wrote the book Planned economy for India ?
Answer: M. Visvesvaraya (He is known as father of Indian planning, his birthday September
15 is observed as Engineer's Day in India )

23. Which is the oldest sports in the world ?


Answer: Archery ( It is the national sports of Bhutan)

24. What is the normal duration of Hockey game ?


Answer: 70 Minuets

25. Which Minor Rock Edict of Asoka describes the conquest of Kalinga by Asoka ?
Answer: No. XIII (13)

26. Who is the author of Joy of Numbers ?


Answer: Shakuntala Devi

27. Who is the creator of the painting The Potato Eaters ?


Answer: Vincent van Gogh

28. Folketing is the parliament of which country ?


answer: Denmark

29. What s the chemical name of Lime stone ?


Answer: Calcium Carbonate

30. Zero degree centigrade equal to _________ degree Fahrenheit ?


Answer: 32

31. Zero Kelvin in Kelvin scale is equal to ____________degree Celsius in Celsius scale ?
Answer: -273.5 Degree Celsius

*32. Contact process is used for the production of?


answer: sulphuric acid

*33. What is known as white vitriol?


answer: Zinc sulphate

*34.Total number of latitudes?


Answer:181

*35.Total number of longitude?


answer: 360

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