General Knowledge Pointers - 28

● By whom was first women’s university in India was founded?

Answer :- Dhondo Keshave Karve,

● Why was the capital of the British Indian Empire was shifted from Calcutta to Delhi?

Answer :- Calcutta was the hotbed of revolutionaries,

● During which movement was Mahatma added before Gandhiji’s name?

Answer :- Champaran satyagraha,

● Which first Indian leader to undergo imprisonment in 1882?

Answer :- Vijiaraghavachari,

● From which Union were M. C. Setalvad, B. N. Rao and Alladi Krishnaswamy Iyer distinguished?

Answer :- Madras Labour Union,

● At which congress session did Dadabhai Naoroji announce that Swaraj was the goal of India’s political efforts?

Answer :- 1906 Calcutta session,

● By whom was the slogan Inquilab Zinda bad first raised?

Answer :- Bhagat Singh,

● Who said I therefore want freedom immediately, this very night, before dawn if it can be had”?

Answer :- Mahatma Gandhi,

● Ancient Monuments Preservation Act was passed during which Viceroyality?

Answer :- Curzon,

● What are the birth and death years of Dr. B. R. Ambedkar?

Answer :- 1891, 1956,

● Who was elected as the President of All-India Khilafat Conference when it met at Delhi in 1919?

Answer :- Mahatma Gandhi,

● Who was called by the British rulers as the leader of Indian unrest?

Answer :- Bal Gangadhar Tilak,

● Which were the people who joined Mahatma Gandhi during the Champaran struggle?

Answer :- Rajendra Prasad and Anugraha Narayan Sinha,

● In which year was the All-India Trade Union Congress formed in Bombay?

Answer :- 1920,

● Who was involved in the Alipore Bomb case?

Answer :- Aurobindo Ghosh,

● On whom was the title Punjab Kesari was conferred?

Answer :- Lala Lajpat Rai,

● Mahatma Gandhi’s first attempt at leading an All India struggle was his call for a Satyagraha against which act?

Answer :- Rowlatt Act,

● In March 1925, who was elected as the President of the Central Legislative Assembly?

Answer :- Vithalbhai Patel,

● In which year did Mahatma Gandhi return to India, leaving South Africa for ever?

Answer :- 1915,

● Who attended all the three Round Table Conferences?

Answer :- B. R. Ambedkar,

● Who founded the Banaras Hindu University?

Answer :- Madan Mohan Malviya,

● What was the most important feature of the Government of India Act of 1919?

Answer :- Introduction of Dyarchy,

● The Champaran Satyagraha was started by Mahatma Gandhi in which year?

Answer :- 1917,

● Where was the session of Muslim League held when the resolution demanding the creation of Pakistan was passed?

Answer :- Lahore,

● Who was the first woman President of the Indian National Congress?

Answer :- Annie Besant,

● Who was the founder of the Muslim League in India?

Answer :- Nawab Salimulla,

● With which case was Ram Prasad Bismil was associated?

Answer :- Kakori Conspiracy Case,

● The Chauri-Chaura incident(during Non-Cooperation Movement) relate which case?

Answer :- The burning of a police post by a mob,


● If the President wants to resign from office, he may do so by writing to whom?

Answer :- Vice-President,

● For whose removal Parliament’s resolution is not needed?

Answer :- Judge of Supreme Court,

● What does the power of judicial review ensure?

Answer :- The constitutionality of laws,

● Ministers in a State get salaries, by whom is it as determined?

Answer :- State Legislature,

● Who is the highest Law Officer of a State?

Answer :- Advocate General,

● A Municipal Corporation is set up in a city with how much population of not less than?

Answer :- 10 lakh,

● Which is used as a coolant in nuclear reactors?

Answer :- Liquid sodium,

● Which is the second most abundant metal in the earth’s crust?

Answer :- Iron,

● Which plant is used for green manuring in India?

Answer :- Sunhemp,

● Optic fibres are mainly used for which purpose?

Answer :- Communication,

● Which is the lightest gas?

Answer :- Hydrogen,

● What is the Mendel’s principles of inheritance?

Answer :- Sexual reproduction,

● How is the frequency of ultrasound wave typically?

Answer :- Above 20,000 kHz,

● Which is the largest flower in the world ?

Answer :- Rafflesia,

● Who received Nobel Prize twice for the same subject?

Answer :- Marie Curie,

● What are Carbon, diamond and graphite together called?

Answer :- Allotropes,

● What is the approximate velocity of light per second?

Answer :- 3 × 108 m,

● Which metal was first discovered by man?

Answer :- Copper,

● Which nutrients are most likely to be affected by food processing and storage?

Answer :- Vitamins,

● By whom was the quantum theory first enunciated?

Answer :- By Max Planck,

● Food wrapped in newspaper is likely to get contaminated with which desease?

Answer :- Lead,

● The wavelength of X-rays is of the order of howmany angstrom?

Answer :- 1 Angstrom,

● Which isotope of uranium capable of sustaining chain reactions?

Answer :- U-235,

● What is Hepatitis-B, which affects liver?

Answer :- Virus,

● Which polymer is widely used for making bullet proof material?

Answer :- Polyethylene,

● Which is the essential element in all organic compounds?

Answer :- Carbon,

● Which vitamin is essential for poor bone and teeth formation?

Answer :- Vitamin D,