40+ Basic General Knowledge Questions

40+ Basic General Knowledge Questions 

i) Who is the Defence Minister of India?  

Ans: Rajnath Singh

ii) Which game is known as the Gentleman's game?  

Ans: Cricket

iii) How many rings are there in Olympic Symbol?  

Ans: 5 rings

iv) Which sport is called as the King of Sports?  

Ans: Football

v) Which country is famous for ice hockey?  

Ans: Canada

vi) How many players are there in a football team?  

Ans: 11 players on the field per team

vii) Which sport is associated with WWE?  

Ans: Professional Wrestling

viii) Which Indian wrestler was the first to win an Olympic medal for India?

Ans: Khashaba Dadasaheb Jadhav

ix) Which movie is known as the first spoken movie in India?  

Ans: Alam Ara

x) What was the name of India's first nuclear reactor?  

Ans: Apsara

xi) Who was the first president of India?  

Ans: Dr. Rajendra Prasad

xii) Who was the first Indian to go to space?  

Ans: Rakesh Sharma

xiii) Who was the first woman to win Nobel Prize?  

Ans: Marie Curie

xiv) Who was the first Indian to climb Mount Everest?  

Ans: Autar Singh Cheema in 1965

 xv) Who is the Chief Justice of India as of 2026?  

Ans: Justice Dhananjaya Y. Chandrachud

xvi) Which organization launches the PSLV and GSLV rockets in India?  

Ans: ISRO

xvii) What is the full form of UPI in banking?  

Ans: Unified Payments Interface

xviii) Which Indian state has the longest coastline?  

Ans: Gujarat

xix) Who is known as the Missile Man of India?  

Ans: Dr. A. P. J. Abdul Kalam

xx) Which dam is built on the river Narmada in Gujarat?  

Ans: Sardar Sarovar Dam

xxi) What is the name of India's first solar mission?  

Ans: Aditya-L1

xxii) Which country hosted the G20 Summit in 2023?  

Ans: India

xxiii) Who won the Nobel Prize in Literature from India?  

Ans: Rabindranath Tagore

xxiv) Which gas is used in balloons because it is lighter than air?  

Ans: Helium

xxv) What is the full form of GST?  

Ans: Goods and Services Tax

xxvi) Which Indian city is the headquarters of ISRO?  

Ans: Bengaluru

xxvii) Who was the first Indian woman to win an Olympic medal?  

Ans: Karnam Malleswari

xxviii) Which river is called the Sorrow of Bihar?  

Ans: Kosi River

xxix) What is the name of the supercomputer developed by India?  

Ans: PARAM series. Recent ones include AIRAWAT

xxx) Which amendment of the Indian Constitution is known as the Mini Constitution?  

Ans: 42nd Amendment

xxxi) Who is the author of the book Wings of Fire? 

Ans: Dr. A. P. J. Abdul Kalam

xxxii) Which Indian state is the largest producer of tea?  

Ans: Assam

xxxiii) What is the chemical formula of common salt?  

Ans: NaCl

xxxiv) Which two countries share the longest international border with India?  

Ans: Bangladesh and China

 xxxv) Which Mughal emperor introduced the Mansabdari system?  

Ans: Akbar

xxxvi) What is the name of the deepest point in the oceans of the world?  

Ans: Challenger Deep in Mariana Trench

xxxvii) Which Indian mathematician discovered zero as a number?  

Ans: Brahmagupta

xxxviii)What is the full form of UNICEF?  

Ans: United Nations International Children's Emergency Fund

xxxix) Which gas is known as laughing gas?  

Ans: Nitrous Oxide

xl) Who was the first Indian woman to climb Mount Everest twice?  

Ans: Santosh Yadav

xli) Which layer of the Earth is made up of molten rock?  

Ans: Mantle

xlii) In which year was the Right to Education Act passed in India?  

Ans: 2009

xliii) What is the name of the movement of the Earth around the Sun?  

Ans: Revolution

xliv) Which Indian state shares its border with the maximum number of states?  

Ans: Uttar Pradesh

xlv) Who invented the computer?  

Ans: Charles Babbage

xlvi) Which is the largest gland in the human body?  

Ans: Liver

xlvii) What is the name of the first satellite launched by India?  

Ans: Aryabhata

xlviii) Which acid is found in lemon?  

Ans: Citric Acid

xlix) Who was the founder of the Maurya Empire?  

Ans: Chandragupta Maurya

l) What is the full form of ISRO?  

Ans: Indian Space Research Organisation