General Knowledge
General Knowledge - Part1
1) Which is the largest waterfall in the world?
Victoria falls located on the border between Zambia and Zimbabwe is on Zambezi river
2) Which is the largest non-polar desert in the world?
The Sahara desert in Africa
3) Which is the largest island?
Greenland
4) Which is world’s smallest country?
Vatican city
5) What is Anemometer?
It is a device used to measure wind speed and direction
6) Istanbul resides in which 2 continents?
Europe and Asia
7) Which is the world’s largest lake?
Caspian Sea
8) What is the study of insects called?
Entomology
9) Which instrument is measured to measure the humidity or water vapour?
Hygrometer
10) Where is Dead Sea located?
Between Israel and Jordan
11) Which country is “Land of Rising Sun”?
Japan
12) Which is the largest tropical rain forest?
Amazon
13) International days
| Day | Month | Details |
|---|---|---|
| 4 | February | World Cancer Day |
| 8 | March | International Women’s Day |
| 22 | March | World Water Day |
| 7 | April | World Health Day |
| 5 | June | World Environment Day |
| 11 | July | World Population Day |
| 12 | August | International Youth Day |
| 8 | September | International Literacy Day |
| 21 | September | International Day of Peace |
| 27 | September | World Tourism Day |
| 1 | October | World Habitat Day |
| 5 | October | World Teachers Day |
| 11 | October | International Day of the Girl Child |
| 16 | October | World Food Day |
| 24 | October | United Nations Day |
| 20 | November | Universal Children’s Day |
| 7 | December | International Civil Aviation Day |
| 10 | December | Human Rights Day |
14) Nobel Prize for Physics in 2021
Syukuro Manabe: For physical modelling of Earth’s climate quantifying variability and reliably predicting global warming
Klaus Hasselmann: For physical modelling of Earth’s climate quantifying variability and reliably predicting global warming
Giorgio Parisi: for the discovery of the interplay of disorder and fluctuations in physical systems from atomic to planetary scales
15) Nobel Prize for literature in 2021:
Abdulrazak Gurnah: for his uncompromising and compassionate penetration of the effects of colonialism and the fate of the refugee in the gulf between cultures and continents
16) Nobel Prize for Chemistry in 2021
Benjamin List: for the development of asymmetric organocatalysis
David W.C. MacMillan: for the development of asymmetric organocatalysis
17) Nobel Prize for Peace in 2021
Maria Ressa: for their efforts to safeguard freedom of expression, which is a precondition for democracy and lasting peace
Dmitry Andreyevich Muratov: for their efforts to safeguard freedom of expression, which is a precondition for democracy and lasting peace
18) Nobel Prize for Economics in 2021
David Card: for his empirical contributions to labour economics
Joshua D. Angrist: for their methodological contributions to the analysis of causal relationships
Guido W. Imbens: for their methodological contributions to the analysis of causal relationship
19) Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine in 2021
David Julius: for their discoveries of receptors for temperature and touch
Ardem Patapoutian: for their discoveries of receptors for temperature and touch
20) In how many categories Nobel Prizes are awarded?
6
21) Who started Nobel Prizes?
Alfred Nobel in 1895
22) Who presents the Nobel prizes?
Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences presents Nobel Prizes for Physics, Chemistry and Economic Sciences. Nobel Assembly at the Karolinska Institute presents for Physiology or Medicine. Swedish Academy presents for Literature and Norwegian Nobel Committee for peace.
23) When was United Nations founded?
24 Oct 1945
24) Where is the Head Quarters of United Nations?
New York
25) Who is the Secretary General of United Nations as of Oct 2021?
António Guterres. He took office 1 Jan 2017
26) Who is the first Secretary General of United Nations?
Trygve Lie. Took office 2 Feb 1946 (Gladwyn Jebb served as acting SG until then)
27) Which Organ of United Nations suspended operations on 1 November 1994, upon the independence of Palau, the last remaining UN trustee territory
The Trusteeship Council, Head Quartered at New York
28) What are the 5 organs of United Nations? Where is the Head Quarters?
The General Assembly, The Security Council, The Economic and Social Council, The Secretariat have their headquarters at New York. The The International Court of Justice has its headquarters at The Hague.
29) What is the line that separates Afghanistan and Pakistan
Durand Line
30) Who are the first persons to climb Mount Everest?
Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay in 1953
31) Who was the first space tourist?
Dennis Tito
32) What does “Corona” means in Corona Virus?
Crown
33) Which is the largest bird?
Ostrich
34) Which is the smallest bird?
Humming bird
35) What is the currency of Japan?
Japanese Yen
36) Which is the fastest animal?
Cheetah
37) Which is the tallest animal?
Giraffe
38) Which is the tallest building?
Burj Khalifa in Dubai. Its height is 828 meters
39) Which is the largest continent?
Asia
40) Which is the largest organ of human body?
Skin
41) Which is the smallest organ in human body?
The Pineal gland
42) Which is the largest gland in human body?
Liver
43) Which is the longest and strongest bone?
Femur (thigh bone)
44) Which is the shortest bone?
Stapes (it is in middle ear)
45) Which is the largest part of brain?
Cerebrum
46) What is outside layer of skin of human body called?
Epidermis
47) What are Vertebrae?
Bones of spine
48) Which Vitamin is good for eye?
Vitamin A
49) Which vitamin is good for immunity?
Vitamin C
50) Which Vitamin is necessary for blood clotting?
Vitamin K
51) Which Vitamins helps in absorption of calcium that is needed for bone health?
Vitamin D
52) Which mineral supports immunity?
Zinc
53) Which is the smallest continent?
Australia
54) Which is the largest Gulf?
Gulf of Mexico
55) Which is the smallest country?
Vatican City
56) Where is the Head Quarters of World Health Organization located?
Geneva, Switzerland
57) Where is the Head Quarters of UNICEF located?
New York, USA
58) Where is the Head Quarters of UNESCO located?
Paris, France
59) What is the full form of UNESCO?
United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization
60) Where is the Head Quarters of IMF (International Monetary Fund)?
Washington, USA
61) Where is the Head Quarters of International Court of Justice(ICJ) located?
The Hague, Netherlands
62) Where is the Head Quarters of International Atomic Energy Agency(IAEA) located?
Vienna, Austria
63) Where is the Head Quarters of International Civil Aviation Organization(ICAO) located?
Montreal, Canada
64) What is the national sport of USA?
Baseball
65) Who is author of Mein Kampf?
Adolf Hitler
66) Who wrote David Copperfield?
Charles Dickens
67) Who wrote Doctor’s Dilemma?
George Bernard Shaw
68) Who wrote Descent of Man?
Charles Darwin
69) Who wrote Ends and Means?
Aldous Huxley
70) When did USA get independence?
1776
71) Who is the father of western Medicine?
Hippocrates
72) What is Voltmeter?
It is used for measuring electric potential difference between two points in an electric circuit
73) What is an ohmmeter?
It is an electrical instrument that measures electrical resistance
74) Which is nearest star to the Sun?
Proxima Centauri
75) Which is the largest and deepest lake in the world?
Lake Baikal, Russia
76) What are G7 countries as of year 2021?
USA, UK, France, Germany, Canada, Italy and Japan