General Knowledge 6

1. …….. was the only officially atheist country in the world(1967-90)

Ans Albania (1967-90 Under Communist rule, all forms of religion, including private prayer in the home and owning religious icons, were forbidden. Today, religious freedom is entrenched in Albanian law, but the legacy of 50 years without religion is that many established denominations are as foreign to most Albanians as the average cult.

2 Capital of Albania

Ans: Tirana

3 The world’s first postage stamp was issued in ………

Ans: 1840 by Great Britain

4. The US issued its first stamp on ………

Ans: July 1 1847

5 The ‘hobby of kids and kings’

Ans: Stamp-collection

6 Explain the philatelic term ‘Bisect’

Ans: Certain countries have permitted stamps to be cut in parts and used to pay a fraction of the original face value.

7 Foster father of ‘Karna’.

Ans: Adhiratha

8 A princes of the Puru dynasty, who was turned into a stone by the curse of her husband, Gautama.

Ans: Ahalya

9. Hermit born from the mind of Brahma

Ans: Angiras

10 Son of Drona and Krpi

Ans: Asvathama

11 The eldest of Pandavas

Ans: Dharmaputra

12. Villain in the Mahabharata story, the eldest of Kauravas.

Ans: Duryodhana

13 The son born to Bhima and Hidimbi

Ans: Ghatotkacha

14. Airport authority of India manages ………….. airports.

Ans: 126 airports (12 International, 88 Domestic and 26 Civil enclaves at Defence airfields.

15. Parliament of Mongolia

Ans: The Great Hural

16. Parliament of Iran

Ans: Majlis

17 Parliament of Sudan

Ans: Majlis Watani

18 The first person portrayed on a postage stamp was

Ans: Queen Victoria I

19 Who established the Vedanta Society in New Youk in 1895 to teach universal truths of Hinduism?

Ans: Vivekananda

20. First Nobel Prize winner for literature

Ans: Sully Prudhomme ( France 1901)

21. The actual time taken by the moon to complete its revolution round the Earth

Ans 27 Days 7 hours 43 minutes 11.5 seconds

22. The term of the Lok Sabha is ………

Ans: 5 years

23 Mussolini came in to power in Italy in …….

Ans: 1922

24. China became a republic in ……..

Ans: 1912

25 If the distance covered by a light ray is 3x10x km/s, what is x?

Ans: 5 ( 3 X 10 8 m/s)

26 The term of the Judges in the International court of Justice is ….

Ans: 9 Years

27 The diameter of the moon is ……….

Ans: 3454 Kilometer

28 Which color has the longest wave length?

Ans: Violet

29. What was introduced by Tim Bernerslee?

Ans: World wide web

30 Muhammed Ghori was defeated in the battle of …… held in 1191

Ans: Battle of Taraine

31 The OPEC was set up in the year of ……..

Ans: 1960 HQ Vienna

32. The main ore of Uranium is …

Ans: Pitchblende

33 What was invented by James Simpson?

Ans: Chloroform

34. The NATO was set up in the year of …….

Ans: 1949

35. Which are the Scandinavian Countries?

Ans: Norway, Sweden, Denmark. The term Nordic/Scandinavian has been applied to the five countries of northern Europe (Norway, Sweden, Denmark, Finland, and Iceland)

36. The Tamil Literary work which describes the flourishing relationship of India with the Roman empire?

Ans: Jeevaka Chinthamani by Thiruttakkathevar

37 The Portuguese Viceroy who captured Goa in 1510 was ………

Ans: Alphonsa de Albuquerque

38 The first country to use Ballot paper

Ans: Australia

39 In which continent is the Amazon?

Ans: South America

40. Krishnadeva Raya belonged to the dynasty of ……….

Ans: Tuluva