G K Practice Set 3 Which gas is known as the "Greenhouse Gas"? Oxygen Carbon Dioxide Helium Nitrogen Who was the first Indian to win the Nobel Peace Prize? Rabindranath Tagore C. V. Raman Mother Teresa Amartya Sen Which planet is called the "Evening Star"? Mars Venus Mercury Jupiter Who invented the World Wide Web (WWW)? Bill Gates Tim Berners-Lee Steve Jobs Charles Babbage The Indian Parliament consists of how many houses? One Two Three Four Who is known as the "Iron Man of India"? Subhash Chandra Bose Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel Jawaharlal Nehru Bhagat Singh Which planet has the largest number of moons? Earth Saturn Jupiter Uranus The currency of South Korea is: Won Yuan Yen Dollar Which organ is called the "control center" of the human body? Heart Brain Lungs Liver Who wrote "Gitanjali"? Bankim Chandra Chatterjee Rabindranath Tagore Sarojini Naidu Swami Vivekananda The United Nations (UN) was founded in which year? 1920 1945 1950 1965 Which gas is used by plants for photosynthesis? Oxygen Carbon Dioxide Nitrogen Hydrogen Who gave the slogan "Jai Jawan, Jai Kisan"? Indira Gandhi Lal Bahadur Shastri Mahatma Gandhi Bal Gangadhar Tilak Which city is famous as the "Tea Garden of India"? Kolkata Darjeeling Shimla Dehradun Which is the smallest ocean in the world? Indian Ocean Arctic Ocean Atlantic Ocean Pacific Ocean Which festival is celebrated by Sikhs as the foundation day of Khalsa? Baisakhi Lohri Gurpurab Diwali Who discovered electricity through lightning experiments? Albert Einstein Benjamin Franklin Isaac Newton Nikola Tesla Which is the largest island in the world? Madagascar Borneo Iceland Greenland The Tropic of Cancer passes through how many Indian states? 6 10 8 12 The first Indian cricket player to score 100 international centuries was: Virat Kohli Sunil Gavaskar Sachin Tendulkar M. S. Dhoni Which Mughal ruler was called "Zinda Pir"? Akbar Babur Aurangzeb Jahangir Which Indian state is famous for "Kathakali" dance? Tamil Nadu Kerala Karnataka Andhra Pradesh Who is known as the "Father of Genetics"? Charles Darwin James Watson Louis Pasteur Gregor Mendel The International Court of Justice is located in: Geneva The Hague Paris New York Which Indian state is known as the "Land of Forests"? Jharkhand Chhattisgarh Arunachal Pradesh Madhya Pradesh Who was the first woman to climb Mount Everest? Bachendri Pal Junko Tabei Kalpana Chawla Santosh Yadav What is the chemical symbol for Silver? Au Ag Si S Which planet rotates on its side? Neptune Uranus Venus Mars Who invented the printing press? Johannes Gutenberg Galileo Galilei Thomas Edison Alexander Bell What is the national motto of India? Jai Hind Inquilab Zindabad Satyameva Jayate Vande Mataram Which bird can mimic the human voice? Crow Parrot Owl Pigeon Who founded the Indian National Army (INA)? Lala Lajpat Rai Bhagat Singh Sardar Patel Subhash Chandra Bose Which is the hardest natural substance on Earth? Steel Iron Diamond Gold Who was the first Indian woman to win a gold medal at the Asian Games (athletics)? P. T. Usha Kamaljit Sandhu Hima Das Sania Mirza Which gas is used to fill balloons? Hydrogen Helium Oxygen Carbon Dioxide Which organ pumps blood in the human body? Brain Lungs Heart Kidney Which Indian monument is also known as the "Symbol of Love"? Qutub Minar Taj Mahal Red Fort India Gate Who was the first Governor-General of independent India? Rajendra Prasad Warren Hastings C. Rajagopalachari Lord Mountbatten Which is the fastest bird in the world? Eagle Falcon Peregrine Falcon Ostrich Which Indian state is famous for "Bihu" dance? Sikkim Assam Manipur West Bengal What is the study of earthquakes called? Geology Geography Astrology Seismology Who discovered the circulation of blood in the human body? William Harvey Robert Koch Edward Jenner Louis Pasteur Which state has the largest population in India (as per Census 2011)? Maharashtra Uttar Pradesh Bihar West Bengal Who was known as "Netaji"? Subhash Chandra Bose Bhagat Singh Chandrashekhar Azad Mahatma Gandhi Which river is known as "Dakshin Ganga"? Krishna Cauvery Godavari Mahanadi What is the currency of Russia? Ruble Yen Pound Peso Washington, D.C. is the capital of which country? Canada USA Mexico Brazil Which Mughal emperor built the Red Fort in Delhi? Akbar Humayun Aurangzeb Shah Jahan The largest planetarium in India is located in: Kolkata New Delhi Hyderabad Mumbai Which is the smallest country in the world? Monaco Vatican City San Marino Liechtenstein Ready to send