General Knowledge Pointers - 40

 

● Who is the expounder of yoga philosophy?

Answer :- Patanjali,

● Where are the Relics of Buddha preserved?

Answer :- In Stupa,

● Which was not a kingdom in ancient India?

Answer :- Hampi,

● Which edicts mentions the personal name of Ashoka?

Answer :- Maski,

● From when Saka era started?

Answer :- 78 A.D.,

● Who has been called the Napoleon of India?

Answer :- Samudragupta,

● Timur invaded India during which reign?

Answer :- Nasiruddin Mehmud,

● By whom was the Bhakti Movement first organised?

Answer :- Ramananda,

● By whom was Din-i-Ilahi was accepted?

Answer :- Birbal,

● From which ruler did Albuquerque capture Goa?

Answer :- Bijapur,

● Who was the leader of the Young Bengal Movement?

Answer :- Henry Vivian Derozio,

● Who led Vaikom Satyagraha in 1924?

Answer :- K. P. Kesava Menon,

● With which period do we associate the megaliths?

Answer :- Neolithic,

● How many hymns does the Rigveda consists?

Answer :- 1028,

● To whom is the phrase The Light of Asia applied?

Answer :- Buddha,

● Who was not a contemporary of the Other three?

Answer :- Milinda,

● Who authored the Tamil epic Silappadikaram?

Answer :- Ilango,

● To whom the Yavanas refer?

Answer :- Greeks,

● By whom was Panchatantra written?

Answer :- Vishnu Sharma,

● In which field did Indians in ancient time learn a lot from the Greeks?

Answer :- Music,

● Whose disciple was kabir?

Answer :- Ramananda,

● What was the court language of Mughals?

Answer :- Persian,

● Who gave the town Masulipatnam to the French?

Answer :- Salabat Jang,

● Who is known as the Grand Old Man of India?

Answer :- Dadabhai Naoroji,

● Which first Indian leader to undergo imprisonment in 1882?

Answer :- C. Vijiaraghavachari,

● In which year was the Indus Valley Civilisation discovered?

Answer :- 1921,

● To which veda does Ayurveda owe its origin?

Answer :- Yajurveda,

● Which religion got spread in different parts of Asia?

Answer :- Buddhism,

● Which ancient Mahajanapadas was located on the bank of Yamuna ?

Answer :- Vatsa,

● Which historical source attributed to Megasthenese?

Answer :- Indica,

● In which region of India was the Firdausi order of Sufism popular?

Answer :- Bihar,

● Which Mughalemperor gave land for the construction of the Golden Temple at Amritsar?

Answer :- Akbar,

● Which Mughal emperor’s tomb is outside India?

Answer :- Jahangir,

● Who established the earliest Surat factories?

Answer :- English,

 

● The Ghadar party formed in the USA was determined to start a revolt in India. Which provinces did the party choose to begin its armed revolt ?

Answer :- Punjab,

● The ruins of the Vijayanagara at Hampi were brought to light in 1800 by –

Answer :- Colonel Colin Mackenzie,

● By which name was Kanyakumari formerly known?

Answer :- Cape Comorin,

● Which awards is given for excellence in the field of Literature?

Answer :- Saraswati Samman,

● Cloves are obtained from which parts of the plant?

Answer :- Dried flower buds,

● Oncogenes are associated with –

Answer :- cancer,

● Who synthesized the DNA in vitro?

Answer :- Arthur Kornberg,

● What was the fissionable material used in the bombs dropped at Nagasaki (Japan) in the year 1945?

Answer :- Plutonium,

● The scientist who first discovered that the earth revolves round the sun was –

Answer :- Copernicus,

● Cosmic rays–

Answer :- can be charged as well as uncharged,

● Which elements is found in all organic compounds?

Answer :- Carbon,

● Which can cause cancer as well as cure it depending upon its intensity and use?

Answer :- Ionized radiation,

● The total volume of blood in a normal adult human being is –

Answer :- 5-6 litres,

● Typhoid and cholera are typical examples of –

Answer :- waterborne diseases,

● Energy is stored in liver and muscles in the form of –

Answer :- Glycogen,

● Who discovered bacteria?

Answer :- Leeuwenhoek,

● The reason of large-scale diversity among the organisms is –

Answer :- Adaptation,

● What is vermiculture?

Answer :- The science of raising worms,

● The smallest organism,capable of autonomous growth and reproductionis –

Answer :- Mycoplasma,

● The first human heart transplant was performed in –

Answer :- South Africa,

● The average blood flow through kidneys per minute is –

Answer :- 1200 cc,

● A plant bud is –

Answer :- An embryonic shoot,