Top-100 Static-GK Questions (PART-2)

Question 16: What is the popular name of Monolithic rock shrines at Mahabalipuram ?

a) Rathas

b) Prasadas

c) Mathika

d) Gandhakuti

Question 17: The region which is a water divide between the Ganga and Indus river systems is_______________

a) Haridwar

b) Namchobarva

c) Alakananda

d) Ambala

Question 18: Where is the Film and Television Institute of India located?

a) Ahmedabad

b) Mysore

c) Mumbai

d) Pune

Question 19: Gir forest is located in ………….

a) Kerala

b) Gujarat

c) Jammu & Kashmir

d) Karnataka

Question 20: Golden Revolution in India refers to growth of:

a) Militancy in the north-east.

b) Oilseeds production

c) Horticulture

d) Increased importing of gold

Question 21: The first Field Marshall of India was

a) A. S. Vaidya

b) K.M. Cariappa

c) Sunderji

d) S.H.F.J. Manekshaw

Question 22: Which city is located on the banks of the river Mahanadi?

a) Bangalore

b) Cuttack

c) Badrinath

d) Kota

Question 23: Which city is located on the banks of the river Mula-Mutha?

a) Surat

b) Ahmedabad

c) Nagpur

d) Pune

Question 24: Most airports in India are named after_____

a) Places

b) Festivals

c) Politicians

d) Animals

Question 25: Rock Shelters of Bhimbetka is located in the foothills of?

a) Western Ghats

b) Aravalli Range

c) Vindhya Range

d) Eastern Ghats

Question 26: Konkani is the official language of _________.

a) Andhra Pradesh

b) Arunachal Pradesh

c) West Bengal

d) Goa

Question 27: What does the wheel in the National Flag represent?

a) Speed

b) Truth

c) Growth

d) Future

Question 28: The number of biogeographical zones in India are

a) 2

b) 10

c) 5

d) 6

Question 29: When mission fingerling to achieve blue revolution was launched?

a) Jan 2017

b) Sep 2017

c) March 2017

d) Dec 2016

e) None of these

Question 30: The boundary line between India and Pakistan is called _________.

a) Mc Mohan line

b) Maginot line

c) Radcliffe line

d) Sir Creek

Question 31: Ellora Caves is in

a) Karnataka

b) Madhya Pradesh

c) Maharashtra

d) Rajasthan

Question 32: Which errors are identiﬁed by the compiler?

a) Logical Errors

b) Hardware Errors

c) Language Errors

d) Image Errors

Question 33: Which city is located on the banks of the river Alaknanda?

a) Badrinath

b) Ayodhya

c) Allahabad

d) Lucknow

Question 34: Diwane-i-khas is in which of these monuments?

a) Humayun’s Tomb

b) Mahabodhi Temple Complex

c) Qutub Minar

d) Red Fort Complex

Question 35: Which state in India has the longest coastline?

a) Kerala

b) Tamil Nadu

c) Maharashtra

d) Gujarat

Question 36: Which state in India receives the highest rainfall?

a) Meghalaya

b) Rajasthan

c) Uttarakhand

d) Kerala

Question 37: Marathi is the ofﬁcial language of ………….

a) Chandigarh

b) Dadra and Nagar Haveli

c) Daman and Diu

d) Delhi

Question 38: Panch Mahal is situated in?

a) Hawa Mahal

b) Gwalior Fort

c) Fatehpur Sikri

d) Agra Fort

Question 39: Which is the first Hindi newspaper of India?

a) Udaan

b) Azad Vichaar

c) Udant Martand

d) Vichaar Vyakti

Question 40: Which Indian State has the highest GDP?

a) Gujarat

b) Maharashtra

c) Karnataka

d) Andhra Pradesh

Question 41: Which dam is built on the Bhagirathi River?

a) Sardar Sarovar

b) Srisailam

c) Koyna

d) Tehri

Question 42: Who was the ﬁrst Indian astronaut to travel in space?

a) Rakesh Sharma

b) Ravish Malhotra

c) Kalpana Chawla

d) Sheikh Muszaphar Shukor

Question 43: In which city is India’s first Post Office ATM opened?

a) Chennai

b) New Delhi

c) Hyderabad

d) Mumbai

Question 44: is the ﬁrst Indian company to list on NASDAQ.

a) Industries Limited

b) Infosys

c) TCS

d) Bharti Airtel

Question 45: Which city is located on the banks of the river Ganges?

a) Mathura

b) Agra

c) Kanpur

d) Kota

Question 46: Which State has the highest Lok Sabha seats in India?

a) Maharashtra

b) Madhya Pradesh

c) Uttar Pradesh

d) Bihar

Question 47: In which city of India is Dhamek Stupa located?

a) Pune

b) Delhi

c) Varanasi

d) Hyderabad

Question 48: The Panchayati Raj was first adopted by which of the following states?

a) Haryana

b) Rajasthan

c) Madhya Pradesh

d) Karnataka

Question 49: Chernobyl disaster is the result of pollution by_____________

a) Oil spill

b) Acid rain

c) Carbon dioxide

d) Radioactive waste

Question 50: Chandragiri Fort is a historical fort, built in the 11th century. It is located in …………

a) Karnataka

b) Maharashtra

c) Madhya Pradesh

d) Andhra Pradesh

Question 51: Which Indian lake is renowned as the Lagoon lake of India?

a) Kanjia Lake

b) Agra Lake

c) Mansar Lake

d) Chilika lake

Question 52: Qutub Minar is located in ……………

a) Delhi

b) Ghaziabad

c) Noida

d) Gurugram

Question 53: The leaning temple of Huma is dedicated to ………………

a) Hanuman

b) Shiva

c) Rama

d) Krishna

Question 54: Which city is located on the banks of the river Godavari?

a) Badrinath

b) Nashik

c) Mathura

d) Lucknow

Question 55: English is the ofﬁcial language of .————

a) Chandigarh

b) Dadra and Nagar Haveli

c) Daman and Diu

d) Delhi

Question 56: Which of these languages is generally not spoken in Southern part of India?

a) Telugu

b) Konkani

c) Maithili

d) Malayalam

Question 57: Name India’s oldest credit information bureau.

a) RBI

b) CIBIL

c) NABARD

d) UTI

Question 58: Ranthambhore Fort is in

a) Maharashtra

b) Orissa

c) Rajasthan

d) Sikkim

Question 59: Commercial services were started on All India Raio for the first time in :

a) 1957

b) 1959

c) 1967

d) 1969

Question 60: Which is best planned city in India ?

a) Chandigarh

b) Coimbatore

c) Salem

d) New Delhi

Question 61: Itanagar is the capital of-

a) Arunachal Pradesh

b) Manipur

c) Haryana

d) Assam

Question 62: When did Bhopal gas tragedy take place?

a) 1984

b) 1983

c) 1980

d) 1981

Question 63: In which district of Jharkhand is Tagore Hill located?

a) Simdega

b) Ranchi

c) Gumla

d) Lohardaga

Question 64: Orang tiger reserve is located in which Indian state?

a) Jharkhand

b) Sikkim

c) Karnataka

d) Uttar Pradesh

e) Assam

Question 65: Basava Sagar Dam constructed across the Kali river is in which state?

a) Andhra Pradesh

b) Kerala

c) Karnataka

d) Tamil Nadu

e) Telangana

Question 66: The Iron Pillar is located in?

a) Qutb Minar Complex

b) Humayun’s Tomb

c) Red Fort Complex

d) Mahabodhi Temple Complex

Question 67: BSE SENSEX Constitutes ————— number of companies.

a) 30

b) 40

c) 50

d) 60

Question 68: When did Chernobyl nuclear disaster take place?

a) 1984

b) 1986

c) 1982

d) 1990

Question 69: Where are the Elephanta Caves located?

a) Konark

b) Bengaluru

c) Mumbai

d) Jaipur

Question 70: Which city is called ‘The Pink City of India’?

a) Jaipur

b) Pathankot

c) Jodhpur

d) kalka

Question 71: When was the Central Pollution Control Board constituted?

a) 1970

b) 1974

c) 1986

d) 1981

Question 72: Where is the Forest Research Institute located?

a) Dehradun

b) New Delhi

c) Lucknow

d) Bhopal

Question 73: Which state of India is famous for the snake boat races?

a) Karnataka

b) Andhra Pradesh

c) Maharashtra

d) Kerala

Question 74: What is the state animal of Andhra Pradesh?

a) Black buck

b) Sambar

c) Rhinoceros

d) Elephant

Question 75: ‘Uthagamandalam’ is the other name of which of these hill stations?

a) Darjeeling

b) Kodaikanal

c) Nainital

d) Ooty

Question 76: ‘Khandvi’ is a delicacy of which state of India?

a) Karnataka

b) Gujarat

c) Maharashtra

d) Odisha

Question 77: What is the highest peak in the Western Ghats?

a) Anamudi

b) Mahendragiri

c) Sahyadri

d) None of these

Question 78: The first Cotton Mill in India was set up as a spinning mill in 1854 in ________.

a) Bombay

b) Calcutta

c) Madaras

d) Delhi

Question 79: Who was the first Indian to cross the English Channel ?

a) Mihir Sen

b) Sachin Nag

c) Virdhawal Khade

d) Sufyun Shaikh

Question 80: India and Asia’s first Dolphin Research Centre will be set up in ________.

a) Patna

b) Varanasi

c) Devprayag

d) Haridwar

Question 81: Ajanta Caves is in ……………

a) Maharashtra

b) Himachal Pradesh

c) Karnataka

d) Madhya Pradesh

Question 82: Malayalam is the official language of ……………

a) Puducherry

b) Lakshadweep

c) Daman and Diu

d) Delhi

Question 83: Dzongkha is the official Language of ………….. .

a) Indonesia

b) Cambodia

c) Bhutan

d) Myanmar

Question 84: Where is the Palamau tiger reserve located?

a) Andhra Pradesh

b) Jharkhand

c) Tamil Nadu

d) Odisha

e) Rajasthan

Question 85: Kamlang Tiger Reserve is located in which state?

a) Arunachal Pradesh

b) Telangana

c) Uttar Pradesh

d) Sikkim

e) Rajasthan

Question 86: The first complete census in India was held in the year ______.

a) 1881

b) 1873

c) 1891

d) 1885

Question 87: The Khurja pottery is associated to which state of India?

a) Andhra Pradesh

b) Uttar Pradesh

c) Madhya Pradesh

d) Himachal Pradesh

Question 88: Ghumot is indigenous traditional percussion instrument of ______.

a) Andhra Pradesh

b) Goa

c) Punjab

d) Assam

Question 89: Buland Darwaza is the main entrance to the palace at?

a) Amer Fort

b) Gwalior Fort

c) Fatehpur Sikri

d) Agra Fort

Question 90: Amindivi and Minicoy are parts of which Indian Union Territory?

a) Chandigarh

b) Daman and Diu

c) Andaman and Nicobar

d) Lakshadweep

Question 91: What percentage of India’s population is employed in agriculture?

a) 85%

b) 70%

c) 55%

d) 40%

Question 92: India has how many states?

a) 26

b) 27

c) 29

d) 28

Question 93: Elephanta Caves is located in which city?

a) Nashik

b) Kolhapur

c) Pune

d) Mumbai

Question 94: DhanuYatra’ is an annual open air theatrical performance celebrated in ______.

a) Uttarakhand

b) Odisha

c) Gujarat

d) Assam

Question 95: Where is the head office of Export Promotion Council for Handicrafts (EPCH) located?

a) Varanasi

b) Kolkata

c) New Delhi

d) Jaipur

Question 96: What is India’s national ﬂower?

a) Lily

b) Rose

c) Lotus

d) Sunﬂower

Question 97: The famous ‘Tangaliya shawl’ is associated to which state of India?

a) Punjab

b) Uttar Pradesh

c) Gujarat

d) Uttarakhand

Question 98: Which of these is a hill station in Rajasthan?

a) Panchgani

b) Nainital

c) Mount Abu

d) Kasauli

Question 99: Which satellite is dedicated as India’s first multi wavelength space observatory?

a) Astrosat

b) SARAL

c) SRMSAT

d) Jugnu

Question 100: According to census 2011, which Union Territory has the highest sex ratio?

a) New Delhi

b) Pondicherry

c) Lakshadweep

d) Daman and Diu

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