All Competitive Exams - Important Q&A

All Competitive Exams - Important Q&A

Question 1. Who wrote the national anthem of India?

Answer – Bankim Chandra Chatterjee

Question 2. Who first called Mahatma Gandhi the Father of the Nation?

Answer – Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose

Question 3. Which is our National Panchang?

Answer – Shaka Samvat

Question 4. What is the duration of singing the national anthem?

Answer – 52 seconds

Question 5. Who discovered radioactivity?

Answer – Henry Becquerel

Question 6. Pace maker is related to which part of the body?

Answer – Heart

Question 7. Which gland of the human body is called 'master gland'?

Answer – Piyush gland

Question 8. Which is the purest form of carbon?

Answer – Diamond

Question 9. Who invented X-ray?

Answer – Rantjan

Question 10. Which metal was first used by humans?

Answer – Copper

Question 11. How does the outer sky appear to an astronaut?

Answer – Black

Question 12. Who invented the telescope?

Answer – Galileo Galilei

Question 13. What is the name of the Samadhi of Mahatma Gandhi in Delhi?

Answer – Rajghat

Question 14. From where to where did the first train run in India?

Answer – From Bombay (Present Mumbai) to Thane

Question 15. In which city was the metro rail service started for the first time in India?

Answer – Kolkata

Question 16. In which year was the railway started in India?

Answer – 1853

Question 17. Who was the first Indian astronaut?

Answer – Squadron Leader Rakesh Sharma, in 1984

Question 18. Who was the first woman Chief Minister of India?

Answer – Mrs Sucheta Kriplani

Question 19. Who was the first Chief Minister of Haryana?

Answer – Pt. Bhagwat Dayal Sharma

Question 20. When was the United Nations Organization established?

Answer – 24 October 1945