Some confusing GK questions and answers

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Some confusing GK questions and answers



1. Which species of hibiscus is extensively used in paper making?
Answer: Kenaf

2. Which is the easternmost country of the world?
Answer: Kiribati

3. Who is the author of ‘Himalayan Blunder’?
Answer: Brig. J P Dalvi

4. Name the Pakistani economist who was behind the preparation of the first Human Development Report Published by UNDP?
Answer: Mahbub-ul-Huq

5. Who did the first scientific attempt to calculate the national income of India in 1931-32?
Answer: Dr. VK Rao

6. Name the ‘Waterman of India’, whose pioneering efforts in water harvesting and community based water management have led to the revival of five rivers in Rajasthan?
Answer: Rajendra Singh

7. What is Fluosol, which is milky in colour?
Answer: Artificial Blood substitute

8. Which legendary Indian wrestler is nicknamed ‘Pocket Dynamo’?
Answer: K.D Jadhav

9. Which Indian Mathematician is called as “The Euclid of India”?
Answer: Bhaskaracharya

10. The central point of India is located near the city …………….?
Answer: Nagpur

11. The Chrysanthemum Throne is the throne of the Emperor of …………….?
Answer: Japan

12. Which spiritual leader’s throne is the Lion Throne?
Answer: Dalai Lama

13. Which world famous throne was decorated by the Kuh-i-Nur diamond?
Answer: Takht-e Tavus (The Peacock Throne)

14. Who is the longest served Pope of the Roman Catholics?
Answer: Pius IX

15. Which religion’s holiest day of the year is known as ‘Yom Kippur’?
Answer: Judaism

16. Which is the oldest poem in the English language?
Answer: Ans. Beowulf

17. Which country owns the maximum number of nuclear war heads?
Answer: Russia

18. The highest military honour in the United Kingdom is known as …………?
Answer: Victoria Cross

19. Which country issued the largest coin in the world?
Answer: Sweden

20. The first cheque was issued on 22 April 1659 in …………..?
Answer: London

21. Who was the first to invent the credit cards?
Answer: Frank X McNamara (USA)

22. Which bank was the operators of the world’s first ATM, began operation on 27 June 1967 at London?
Answer: Barclays Bank

23. Which is the only gem of the world made of a single element?
Answer: Diamond

24. Name the volcanic rock best known for sometimes containing diamonds?
Answer: Kimberlite

25. Which element is used to coat the photocopying drum of Xerox machine?
Answer: Selenium

26. Which acid is present in coals?
Answer: Phosphoric Acid

27. Who translated Edwin Arnold’s ‘Light of Asia’ into Malayalam?
Answer: Nalappad Narayana Menon

28. Which Indian River’s name in Sanskrit literally means ‘The Giver of Pleasure’?
Answer: Narmada

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