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The document contains a series of questions and answers covering various geographical, historical, and scientific facts. Key topics include the coldest location on Earth, highest peaks in India, largest countries and continents, and notable figures in history. It serves as a quick reference for trivia and general knowledge.
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Q1.
Which is the coldest
location in the earth? Answer: East Antarctica Q2. Which is the highest peak in India? Answer: Mount Everest. Q3. The second highest peak in India? Answer: Mount K2.
Q4. Which is the continent
with the most number of countries? Answer: Africa
Q5. Which is the country
with the most people? Answer: China Q6. Which is the fastest animal on land? Answer: Cheetah Q7. Which is the first biosphere reserve in India? Answer: NilgiriBiopshere Reserve. Q8. Which is the first element on the periodic table of elements? Answer: Hydrogen.
Q9. Which is the largest
state of India? Answer: Rajasthan. Q10. Which is the hardest substance available on earth? Answer: Diamond. Q11. The national river of India? Answer: Ganga. Q12. Which is the hottest continent on Earth? Answer: Africa
Q13. Which is the national
fruit of India? Answer: Mango. Q14. Which is the national flower of India? Answer: Lotus. Q15. Which is the instrument used to measure blood pressure? Answer: Sphygmomanom eter Q16. Which is the largest ‘Democracy’ country in the world? Answer: India
Q17. Which animal is
known as the ‘Ship of the Desert”? Answer: Camel
Q18. Which is the largest
animal in the world? Answer: Blue whale Q19. Which is the largest bone in the human body? Answer: Femur, Also Known As The Thighbone Q20. Which animal is known as the king of the jungle? Answer: Lion Q21. Name the National bird of India? Answer: The Peacock
Q22. Which is the largest
continent in the world? Answer: Asia Q23. Which is the largest country in the world (By area)? Answer: Russia Q24. Who is known as the Father of the Indian Constitution? Answer: Dr. B.R. Ambedkar. Q25. Which is the national tree of India? Answer: Banyan tree.
Q26. Which is the largest
freshwater lake in India? Answer: wular Lake (Largest lake in india is vembanad lake.)
Q27. Which is the largest
ocean in the world? Answer: Pacific Ocean Q28. Who is known as the Father of the Nation? Answer: Mahatma Gandhi. Q29. Which countries are separated by the Radcliffe Line? Answer: India and Pakistan Q30. Which is the largest plateau in the world? Answer: Tibetan Plateau
Q31. Which is the longest
river in India? Answer: Ganga. Q32. Where does the Narmada river originate from? Answer: Amarkantak Q33. What is the imaginary line that divides India into almost two parts known as? Answer: Tropic of cancer. Q34. Which is the longest river in the world? Answer: Nile
Q35. Which is the most
common non-contagious disease in the world? Answer: Tooth Decay
Q36. Which is the most
sensitive organ in our body? Answer: Skin Q37. Which is the most widely spoken native and non-native language in the world? Answer: English Q38. Which is the most widely spoken native language in the world? Answer: Mandarin Chinese Q39. Which is the nearest star to the earth? Answer: Sun
Q40. Which is the principal
source of energy for earth? Answer: The Sun Q41. Which is the capital of India? Answer: New Delhi. Q42. Which is the smallest bone in the human body? Answer: Stapes (Ear Bone) Q43. What is the National song of India? Answer: VandeMataram.
Q44. Name the National
game of India? Answer: Q45. Name the National Reptile of India? Answer: King Cobra Q46. Which is the smallest continent in the world? Answer: Australia
Q47. Which is the tallest
animal on the earth? Answer: Giraffes Q48. Which is the tallest mountain in the world? Answer: Mount Everest Q49. Which is the world’s largest flower? Answer: Rafflesiaarnoldii
Q50. Which language is
used by the computer to process data? Answer: binary language
Q51. Which month of the
year has the least number of days? Answer: February Q52. Which place is known as the roof of the world? Answer: Tibetan Plateau Q53. Which planet is known as the Red Planet? Answer: Mars
Q54. Which planet is the
coldest planet in our solar system? Answer: Uranus
Q55. Which river is called
the sorrow of Bihar ? Answer: The Kosi River Q56. Which state has taken up Sanskrit as an official language? Answer: Uttarakhand Q57. Which state is the biggest in the US? Answer: Alaska
Q58. Which was the first
country to use paper money? Answer: China
Q59. Which is the popular
name for the Indian islands on the Arabian Sea? Answer: Lakshadweep Islands.
Q60. Who discovered
electricity? Answer: Benjamin Franklin Q61. Which is the oldest mountain range in India? Answer: Aravali Mountains. Q62. What does ‘Archipelago’ mean? Answer: group of islands.
Q63. Which pass links
Srinagar to Leh? Answer: Zoji La Pass. Q64. Where is Lake Loktak situated? Answer: Manipur. Q65. Who discovered Penicillin in 1928? Answer: Alexander Fleming Q66. Who discovered the theory of relativity? Answer: Albert Einstein
Q67. Who gave the slogan
Do or Die? Answer: Mahatma Gandhi
Q68. Who invented the
Computer? Answer: Charles Babbage Q69. Who invented the telephone? Answer: Alexander Graham Bell Q70. Who is considered the founder of the Sikh religion? Answer: Guru Nanak
Q71. Who is the first
woman to go to space? Answer: Valentina Tereshkova
Q72. Who is the founder of
Microsoft? Answer: Bill Gates Q73. Who is the inventor of Radio? Answer: Guglielmo Marconi Q74. Who is the inventor of the electric bulb? Answer: Thomas Edison
Q75. Who is the world’s
fastest land animal? Answer: Cheetah Q76. Who is the world’s largest land animal? Answer: Elephants Q77. Who painted the Mona Lisa painting? Answer: Leonardo da Vinci
Q78. Who was India’s
longest serving Prime Minister? Answer: Jawaharlal Nehru
Q79. Who was known as
the Indian Napoleon? Answer: Samudra Gupta Q80. Who was the first American president? Answer: George Washington Q81. Who was the first female Governor of an Indian State? Answer: Sarojini Naidu Q82. Who was the first Indian to go to space? Answer: Rakesh Sharma
Q83. Who was the first
Indian to have won the Nobel Prize? Answer: Rabindranath Tagore
Q84. Which place receives
the highest rainfall in the world? Answer: Mawsynram. Q85. Which place never gets the vertical rays of the Sun? Answer: Srinagar