General Knowledge Questions -General Awarness Question Series 1
Posted by admin on November 21st, 2008
General Knowledge Question Series 1
1. Parasuram is believed to be the incarnation of : Vishnu
2. Ayodhya is situated on the banks of the river :Sarayu in Uttar Pradesh
3. The two priests who played a major part during the Rig Vedic Period were : Vasi
4.Christianity was introduced in India by : St Thomas
5.Which is known as ‘Britain of the East’ : Japan
6.St.Thomas first came to Kerala in : A.D 52
7.Leading producer of turmeric is : India
8.Samadhi of mahathma Gandi is :Rajghat
9.Badhrinath is situated on the banks of river : Alakananda in Uttaranchal
10. Huang Tsang visited Kerala in: A.D.630
11.Which is known as ‘Britain of the South’ : New Zealand
12. Sankaracharya lived during the period of : Kulasekharas
13. Kolkata is situated on the banks of the river : Hoogly,in West Bengal
14. Name the Rig Vedic god who is called ‘Purandara’ or breaker of forts : Indra
15. The only Muslim kingdom in Kerala was : the Arrakal Kingdom
16. Which is known as ‘Battle field of Europe’ : Belgium
17. Name the Chineese traveller who visited Kerala in 1409 : Mahuven
18. Plants of a particular region is called : Flora
19. The Arabian merchant Silaiman visited Kerala in : A.D 851
20. Cuttack is situated on the banks of the river : Mahanadi,in Orissa
21. Which is known as city of ‘Arabian Nights’ : Baghdad
22. Which was the capital of Venad kingdom : Kollam
23………… acted as an inter mediatory between the gods and the people in the Vedic period : Agni
24. Delhi is situated on the banks of the river ; Yamuna
25. Beginning of Malayalam era : A.D 825
26. Which is known as ‘City of Cycles’ : Beijing
27. ……… one of the old regional festivals ,was held at Thirunavaya during the reign of Samoothiri of Kozhikode : Mamankom.
28. ‘Sathyameva Jayathae’ have been taken from : Mundaka Upanishath
29. Samadhi of Jevaharlal Nehru : Santhivan
30. Guwahati is situated on the banks of the river : Brahmaputra in Assam