Wbcs Gk Question And Answer English Part- 1
Wbcs Gk Question And Answer English Part -1
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| Wbcs Gk Question And Answer English Part -1 |
Wbcs Gk Question And Answer English Part -1
1.With which does the power to extend or restrict the jurisdiction of the High Court rest?
Ans: With the Parliament
2. ‘Gobar gas’ contains mainly which gas?
Ans: Methane
3. Which is the biggest Public Sector undertaking in the country?
Ans: Railways
4. Which rocks is transformed into marble?
Ans: Limestone
5. Which ‘Englishmen was fellow of Gandhiji in South Africa?
Ans: Polak
6. By which number the quality of gasoline’ sample is determined?
Ans: By its octane number
7. Due to bite of mad dog the disease hydrophobia is caused by which virus?
Ans: Rabies virus
8. Who appoints the Chief Election Commissioner of India?
Ans: President
9. What is the principal reason for the formation of metamorphic rocks?
Ans: Extreme heat and pressure
10. Who said “I therefore want freedom immediately, this very night, before dawn if it can be had”?
Ans: Mahatma Gandhi
11. A temperature at which both the Fahrenheit and the centigrade scales have the same value?
Ans: -40°
12. With which is the ‘Tennis court oath’ associated?
Ans: French Revolution
13. Which is the tax that takes away a higher proportion of one’s income as the income rises?
Ans: Progressive tax
14. Where is the Sargasso sea located?
Ans: North Atlantic Ocean
15. Who com merited that Cripps Mission was a postdated cheque on a crashing bank?
Ans: Mahatma Gandhi
16. Medicine for epilepsy is obtain from which lichen?
Ans: Parmelia
17. Up to howmuch age can the Members of the Union Public Service Commission function?
Ans: 65 years
18. Which type of glass is used for making glass reinforced plastic?
Ans: Quartz glass
19. Which is the greatest known ocean depth (which lies in the Pacific Ocean)?
Ans: 11,033 m
20. At which one place did Mahatma Gandhi first start his Satyagraha in India?
Ans: Champaran
21. With which country is “Orange’ Revolution” associated?
Ans: Ukraine
22. With which field was Pandit Bhimsen Joshi associated?
Ans: Music’s
23. What percentage of water is lost during transpiration?
Ans: 99%
24. Which is the most populous city in the world?
Ans: Tokyo
25. By which ruler was the practice of military governorship first introduced in India?
Ans: Greeks
26. Which country has the briefest Constitution in the world?
Ans: USA
27. When temperature is gradually decreased, what is the specific heat of substance?
Ans: Decreased
28. What is the mean of Invisible Export?
Ans: Export Services
29. Which is the country with the highest density of population in Europe?
Ans: Netherlands
30. Bhakt Tukaram was a contemporary of which Mughal emperor?
Ans: Jahangir
31. Who was the first person to cross the Alps with army?
Ans: Hannibal
32. What is the loss of water in the form of water drops called?
Ans: Guttation
33. Who was made the Home Minister when Jawaharlal Nehru formed the Interim Government in 1946?
Ans: Sardar Patel
34. Which foreign country is closest to Andarnan Islands?
Ans: Myanmar
35. Who was called Zinda Pir (living saint) in Mughal India?
Ans: Aurangzeb
36. Which metal is non toxic in nature?
Ans: Gold
37. Which is the latest addition to the list of UNESCO’s world heritage sites in India?
Ans: Red Fort
38. Which committee was assigned to recommend reforms in the insurance sector?
Ans: Malhotra Committee
39. Which State shares boundaries with the maximum number of other States of India?
Ans: Assam
40. The first railway line in India was opened in which year?
Ans: 1853
41. What is Study of growth and development of embryo?
Ans: Embryology
42. What is the minimum permissible age for employment in any factory or mine?
Ans: 14 years
43. Angular separation between two colours of the spectrum depends upon which thing?
Ans: Angle of deviation
44. Which mountain range stretches from Gujarat in west to Delhi in the north?
Ans: Aravallis
45. In which nomad man started settling?
Ans: Neolithic Age
46. Where is the headquarter of International atomic Energy Agency is located?
Ans: Vienna
47. The book ‘Diplomatic Encounter’ has been written by which author?
Ans: Arundhati Roy
48. What is the Study of pulse and arterial blood pressure called?
Ans: Sphygmology
49. The Himalayas are formed of parallel fold ranges of which the oldest range?
Ans: The Great Himalayan Range
50. Rigveda is divided into 10 books. Which books are the oldest?
Ans: Second and seventh
51. Who is competent to prescribe conditions as for acquiring Indian citizenship?
Ans: Parliament
52. Which is the element that has the highest first ionization potential?
Ans: Nitrogen
53. During which Plan did prices show a decline?
Ans: First
54. Which state has the largest number of salt lakes in India?
Ans: Rajasthan
55. Who was the last of the 24th Jain Tirthankaras?
Ans: Mahavira
56. Who is the author of the book ‘The Rights of Man’?
Ans: Thomas Paine
57. What is considered as the easily digestable source of protein?
Ans: Soyabean
58. When the Vice-President acts as President he gets the emoluments of which post?
Ans: President
59. Which port especially developed for exporting iron ore to Japan?
Ans: Paradeep
