1. Where is ‘Hindustan Organic Limited’ located?
Answer:- Maharashtra
2. Who is known as the ‘Father of Hindi Theatre’?
Answer :- Bharatendu Harishchandra
3. When did Hitler commit suicide?
Answer:- 30 April 1945
4. Who discovered hydrogen?
Answer :- Henry Cavendish
5. Which metal is found in chlorophyll?
Answer:- Magnesium
6. Which crop was most affected by the Green Revolution?
Answer:- Wheat
7. What is the main element that makes bones and teeth?
Answer:- Calcium
8. In which Indian state the Harappan site ‘Dholavira’ has been discovered?
Answer:- Gujarat
9. What was the main feature of the Harappan civilization
Answer:- Town planning system
10. Which is the only continent where Giraffes live?
Answer:- Africa
Basic GK Questions in English
11. In which year was the first industrial policy of independent India announced?
Answer :- 1948 AD
12. ‘Swang’ is a famous folk dance associated with which state?
Answer:- Haryana
13. ‘Swarna Kamal Award’ is given in which field?
Answer:- Cinema
14. Who was the first person to estimate national income?
Answer :- Dadabhai Naoroji
15. Who was the first woman governor of a state in independent India?
Answer :- Sarojini Naidu
16. Who was the first education minister of independent India?
Answer:- Abul Kalam Azad
17. When was the first budget of independent India presented?
Answer:- on 26 November 1947
18. Who was the first Governor General of independent Pakistan?
Answer:- Muhammad Ali Jinnah
19. Which Sikh Guru got the Golden Temple of Amritsar built?
Answer:- Guru Arjun Dev
20. Which is the brightest planet in Our solar system?
Answer:- Venus
21. How long does it take for the sunlight to reach the earth?
Answer:- 8 minutes 20 seconds
22. What is the percentage of hydrogen in the chemical mixture of the Sun?
Answer :- 75%
23. What is the estimated surface temperature of the Sun?
Answer :- 6000 °C
24. When is the maximum distance between the Sun and the Earth?
Answer :- 4th of July
25. What was the Celsius scale formerly called?
Answer :- Centigrade scale
26. ‘Sufi Silsila’ originally belonged to which religion?
Answer:- Islam
27. What is used in cooking LPG gas cylinders to make the gas smelly for safety?
Answer :- Ethyl mercaptan
28. In which year did Subhash Chandra Bose take over the command of the Azad Hind Fauj?
Answer:- in 1943 AD
29. Who is known as the ” Father of the White Revolution ” in India?
Answer :- Verghese Kurien
30. In which year was C.V. Raman awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics ?
Answer:- 1930
31. When was the first general election held in independent India?
Answer:- 1951
32. When was the first passenger train run in India?
Answer:- 1853
33. Who was the first person to be awarded The Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna Award?
Answer :- Vishwanathan Anand
Best GK Questions -2023
34. Who became the first woman president of the United Nations General Assembly?
Answer:- Vijaya Lakshmi Pandit
35. Who Was the first Miss Universe from India?
Answer :- Sushmita Sen
36. Who was the first Miss World from India?
Answer :- Reita Faria
37. When was the first telegraph line started in India?
Answer:- 1851
38. When was the PIN System first introduced in India?
Answer:-1972
39. Who was the first Indian to win an Oscar award ?
Answer :- Bhanu Athaiya
40. Who was the first woman to become a judge of the Supreme Court of India?
Answer :- Fathima Beevi
41. Who was the first and only woman Prime Minister of India ?
Answer:- Smt. Indira Gandhi
42. Who was the first woman governor of any Indian state?
Answer :- Sarojini Naidu
43. Who won the first Dadasaheb Phalke Award in 1969?
Answer :- Devika Rani
44. Jivraj Narayan Mehta was the first Chief Minister of India in which state?
Answer:- Gujarat
45. Which is the highest rank of the Indian Army?
Answer :- Field marshal
46. Who was the first Indian to become a member of the British parliament?
Answer :- Dadabhai Naoroji
47. Who Was the First Recipient of the Aadhaar Card ?
Answer :- Ranjana Sonawane
48. Who was the first female IAS officer in India?
Answer:- Anna Rajam Malhotra
49. Who is known as the Flying Sikh of India?
Answer :- Milkha Singh
50. Which was India’s first mission to the Moon?
Answer :- Chandrayaan – 1
51: Which river flowing in India is called Yarlung Tsangpo in Tibet?
Answer:- Brahmaputra
52. Which Indian State is known as the Land of Five Rivers ‘?
Answer:- Punjab
53. Agra is Situated on the Bank of which River?
Answer :- Yamuna River
Answer:- Gulf of California
Answer:- Kolkatta ( West Bengal )
56: Which is the longest Railway Platform in the World?
57. Which is the Highest Mountain in the World?
Answer :- Mount Everest
58. Indian standard time (IST) is taken from which place of india ?
Answer:- Naini, near Allahabad.
59. Which is the oldest mountain range in India ?
Answer :- Aravalli Range
60. Which is the Smallest Country in Asia ?
Answer :- The Maldives
Best Gk Questions
61. Gir National park is located in which the State of India ?
Answer:- Gujarat
62. In which year Project Tiger was launched by The Government Of India ?
Answer:- 1973
63. Kanha National Park is located in Which State of India ?
Answer :- Madhya Pradesh
64. Kaziranga National Park is located in Which Indian State ?
Answer:- Assam
65. in which Indian State located Sunderban Tiger Reserve ?
Answer :- West Bengal
66. Mudumalai National Park is located in Which State of India ?
Answer :- Tamil Nadu
67. Who is the first National Park established in India ?
Answer:- Jim Corbett National Park is The India’s first national park was established in Year 1936. Jim Corbett National Park in Situated in the Indian State of Uttarakhand.
68. Which is the first biosphere reserve in India ?
Answer:- Nilgiri Biosphere Reserve, Tamil Nadu
69. Which is the Largest Dam in India ?
Answer:- Bhakra Nangal Dam, Himachal Pradesh
Bhakra Nangal Dam is a concrete gravity dam on the Sutlej River in Bhakra Village. This Dam is Situated in the Bilaspur district of Himachal Pradesh .
71. on Which River Sardar Sarovar Dam is Built ?
Answer :- narmada river
72. Which Rivers flows between Vindhya and Satpura Ranges ?
Answer :- Narmada River
73. Somnath Temple is situated on the Coast of which state of India ?
Answer:- Gujarat
74. Which Animal gives birth only once in Lifetime ?
Answer :- Female Octopus
75.Which animal has the highest Blood pressure in the world ?
Answer :- Giraffe
76. Which is the first Indian Institute of Technology ( IIT ) ?
Answer :- IIT Kharagpur
77. Where is the headquarters of the Life Insurance Corporation of India (LIC) ?
Answer :- Mumbai
78. Hypermetropia is corrected by using which type of lens?
Answer :- Convex lens.
79. Who became the first Person to get a Pilot license in India ?
Answer :- J. R. D. Tata
80. In Which Year Telecom Regulatory Authority of India ( TRAI ) established ?
Answer :- 1997
81. Who is known as the ‘ Father of the Indian nuclear programme ‘ ?
Answer :- Homi J. Bhabha
82. Which animal never drinks water in its entire life ?
Answer :- Kangaroo Rat
83. Which City is Called the fruit basket of India ?
Answer :- Himachal Pradesh
84. What is the Full Form of CID ?
Answer :- Crime Investigation Department
85. Where is the headquarters of the Reserve Bank of India located ?
Answer :- Mumbai
86. Where was the first Metro rail service introduced in India ?
Answer :- Kolkata
87. Which international organization was Created as a result of North Atlantic Treaty , 1949 ?
Answer :- NATO
88. The ” Tartar ” tribe in habitates which part of the World ?
Answer :- Siberia
89. What is the full form of OPEC ?
Answer :- Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries
90. which is the largest city of African Continent ?
Answer :- Cairo
91. Which is the largest state of India by Area ?
Answer :- Rajasthan
92. Which City of the United States , the Headquarters of Google are located ?
Answer :- Mountain View , California
93. What is the name of the first spacecraft that reach the Mars ?
Answer :- Viking – 1
94. What was the name of the spacecraft , that landed the first humans on moon ?
Answer :- Apollo 11
95. The famous Ganga Sagar Mela an annual fair is held in which state of India ?
Answer :- West Bengal
96. Name the gulf between India and Sri Lanka ?
Answer :- Gulf of Mannar
97. Which Indian State is known as Tea Garden of India ?
Answer :- Assam
98. Which is the most spoken language in the world?
Answer :- Mandarin Chinese
Name the gulf between India and Sri Lanka ?
Answer :- Gulf of Mannar
3. who was the first President of USA ?
Answer :- George Washington