UPSC:Most Important General knowledge questions with answers part 2

UPSC: MOST IMPORTANT GENERAL KNOWLEDGE QUESTIONS FOR UPSC

51) Which is called, City of Golden Temple?

= Amritsar 

52) Which is called, Blue Mountains?

= Nilgiri

53) Which is called, Hill Queen?

= Simla

54) Which is called, Land of Five Rivers?

= Punjab

55) Which is called, Pearl of the Orient?

= Goa

56) Which is called, God's Own Country?

= Kerala

57) Which is called, Pink City

= Jaipur 

58) Which is called, Queen of Arabian Sea?

=Cochin

59) Which is called, Switzerland of India?

=Kashmir

60) Which is called, Sorrow of Bengal?

= River Damodar

61) Which is called, Sorrow of China?

= River Huang He ( yellow river) 62) Which is called, Sugar Bowl of World?

= Cuba

63)Which is called, Rooftop of the World?

= Bolivia

64)Which is called, Land of Midnight Sun?

=Norway

65) Which is the Largest Continent?

= Asia

66)Which is the Largest Island?

= Greenland 

67) Which is the Largest Ocean?

= Pacific 

68) Which is the Largest Peninsula?

= Arabic 

69) Which is the Largest Freshwater Lake?

= lake superior

70)Which is the Largest Archipela?

= Indonesia

71) Which is the Largest Saltwater Lake

=Caspian

72) Which is the Largest Desert

= Sahara (Africa)

73) Which is the Largest Delta

= sunderbans (Bengal)

74) Which is the Largest River

= nile

75) Which is the Smallest Continent

= Australia

76) Which is the Highest Plateau

= pamir(Tibet)

77) Which is the Highest Mountain Peak

= Everest ( Nepal)

78) Father of civil Aviation in India

= J.R.D Tata

79) India’s first electric car

= Rava

80) What are Coast Guards

= an emergency service that rescues people in difficulties at sea and acts against smuggling

81) The paramilitary force of India setup to provide security to Industrial undertakings owned by the Government is →

= Central industrial Security Force (CISF)

82) From where was GSAT-1 launched

= Sriharikota

83) The first human-made objects to reach altitudes above 80 km is

= V-2s,a rocket

84) The slogan associated with French Revolution

=Liberty, Equality and Fraternity

85)In 1815 Napoleon was defeated in the battle of

= Waterloo

86) Whose period was known as the Golden Age of Rome?

= Augustus caerat 

87) Theking ruled in the period of French revolutionl

= Louis16th

88) The political party of Hitle

= National socialist party (Nazi)

89) Brown shirts were associated with

= Hitlar 

90) The political party of Mussolini

= Fascist party

91) Black shirts were associated with

= Mussolini 

92) Who organized 'Red Army'

= Trotsky

93) Pentagon is

= the defense department of USA

94) The movement of a plant part toward or away from a source of heat is called

= Thermotropism

95) The movement or growth of an organism or part of an organism in response to a chemical stimulus

= Chemotropism

95) Plant that will only grow in water or in a very moist environment

= Hydrophytes

96) Plant that needs moderate amounts of moisture for growth is known as

= Mesophytes 

97) Plant that can survive and grow in direct sunlight or that grows best in direct sunlight is called

= Heliphytes

98) Plant that is adapted to living through seasonal changes in heat, cold, dryness, or moisture, for example, by shedding leaves during a dry season is called

= Tropophyte

99) Green plant pigment used in photosynthesis is called

= Chlorophy11

100) What is responsible for yellow, orange, or red color in flowers and fruits

= Chromoplaste

101) The pigment found in plants that gives them their green color

= Chlorophy11

102) Nal Sarovar Bird Sanctuary is located in which state

= Gujarat 

103) Months in Hebrew calendar

= Shevat,Adar,Nisan,Iyar, Sivan,Tammuz,Av,Elul,Tishri,Heshvan,Kislev,Tevet

104) Elementary education covers children in the age group

= 6 to 14 years

105) The National song ‘Vande Mataram’ was composed by

= Bankim Chandra Chatterjee 

106) The National emblem was adopted by the Government of India in the year

= 26th January  1950

107) The design of the National Flag was adopted in the year

=22nd July 1947

108) The playing time of the full version of the National Anthem is approximately equal to

= 52 Sec

109) The first regular census in India was taken in the year

= 1881

110) First computer literate Panchayat in India is

= Vellanad(kerala state)

111) The longest highway in India runs from

= Varanasi to kanyakumari

112) Which Indian town has been selected as the first 'Eco Town' of India

= Panipat 

113) Which element helps in the flowering of plants

= Phosphorous 

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