The general knowledge questions and answers for you to test your knowledge about the current affairs.
Question : Who has been appointed the National Security Adviser by the UPA Government?
Answer : J. N. Daxit
Question : Who is the new Chief Minister of Karnataka?
Dharam Singh
Question : Who among the following has won the Miss Universe 2004 crown?
Answer : Jennifer Hawkins
Question : Which cricketer holds the world record of maximum number of sixes in Tests?
Answer : Chris Carins (New Zealand)
Question : Who has been appointed the new Chief Justice of India?
Answer : Justice R. C. Lahoti
Question : Which sports persons got the honour of lighting the Olympic flame at the Major Dhyan Chand Stadium in New Delhi recently?
Answer : Anjali Bhagwat
Question : Which planet crossed the face of the sun (in transit) after 122 years recently?
Answer : Venus
Question : Which country was readmitted to the Commonwealth recently? Answer : Pakistan
Question : Who won the men’s singles title of the French Open 2004?
Answer : Gaston Gaudio
Question : Who is India’s first Woman Grand Master in Chess?
Answer : Koneru Humpy
Question : How can the age of the tree be determined?
Answer : Counting the annual growth rings of its stem
Question : Where is the Lingaraja Temple built during the medieval period?
Answer : Bhubaneswar
Question : Which Delhi Sultans is known for introducing market control mechanism?
Answer : Alauddin Khalji
Question : Which mountain peaks of the Himalayas is NOT in India?
Answer : Annapurna
Question : Who is the author of the book, “The Man Who Divided India”?
Answer : Rafiq Zakaria
General Knowledge Test
General Knowledge Test
The most easiest general knowledge questions answers that can help you test your IQ level.
Question : What country produces Rioja wines?
Answer: Spain
Question : Who was the favourite daughter of Shakespeare’s King Lear?
Answer : Cordelia
Question : Which is the brightest star?
Answer: Sirius
Question : Which star has collapsed into itself? Answer : Black Hole
Question : Which is the heaviest star?
Answer : HDE 269810 IN Magellanic Cloud
Question : Which Australkian city includes the suburbs of Cottesloe and Subiaco? Answer : Perth
Question : Who discovered Oxygen in 1774?
Answer : Joseph Priestly
Question : Name the author of A Town Like Alice
Answer : Nevil Shute
Question : How many Earth years does it take Pluto to orbit the sun?
Answer : 248
Question : What name is given to the central part of a fleshy fruit, containing the seeds?
Answer : The core
Question: What letter appears to the right of Y on a keyboard?
Answer : U
Question : What is it that makes soda water fizz?
Answer : Carbon Dioxide
Question : What disease is the Sabin Vaccine used to prevent?
Answer : Polio
Question : Name the actor grandfather of Drew Barrymore.
Answer : John Barrymore
Question : Who is the female host of the television show, Better Homes and Gardens? Answer : Noni Hazlehurst
Question: Which comedian once said, “A well-balanced person has a drink in each hand”?
Answer: Billy Connolly
Geographical Sobriquets
Geographical Sobriquets
Geographical Sobriquets
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Name
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Bengal’s Sorrow
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Damodar River
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Blue Mountains
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Nilgiri Hills
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City of Sky-scrapers
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New York
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City of Seven Hills
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Rome
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City of Dreaming Spires
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Oxford
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City of palaces
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Kolkata
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City of Golden Gate
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San Francisco
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City of Magnificent Buildings
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Washington D.C.
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City of Eternal Springs
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Quito(S.America)
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China’s Sorrow
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Hwang Ho
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Cockpit of Europe
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Belgium
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Dark Continent
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Africa
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Emerald Isle
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Ireland
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Eternal City
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Rome
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Empire City
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New York
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Forbidden City
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Lhasa (Tibet)
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Garden City
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Chicago
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Gate of Tears
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Strait of Bab-el Mandeb
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Gateway of India
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Mumbai
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Gift of the Nile
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Eqypt
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Granite City
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Aberdeen (Scotland)
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Hermit Kingdom
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Korea
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Herring Pond
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Atlantic Ocean
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Holy Land
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Jerusalem
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Island Continent
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Australia
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Island of Cloves
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Zanzibar
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Isle of Pearls
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Bahrein (Peesian Gulf)
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Key of the Mediterranean
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Gibralter
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Land of Cakes
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Scotland
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Land of Golden Fleece
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Australia
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Land of Maple Leaf
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Canada
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Land of Midnight Sun
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Norway
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Land of the Thousand Lakes
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Finland
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Land of the Thunderbolt
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Bhutan
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Land of white Elephant
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Thailand
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Land of Five Rivers
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Punjab
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Land of Thousand Elephants
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Laos
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Land of Rising Sun
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Japan
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Loneliest Island
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Tristan De Gunha (Mid-Atlantic)
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Manchester of Japan
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Osaka
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Pillars of Hercules
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Strait of Gibraltar
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Pearl of the Antilles
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Cuba
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Playground of Europe
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Switzerland
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Quaker City
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Philadelphia
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Queen of the Adriatic
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Venice
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Roof of the World
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The Pamirs
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Rose Pink City
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Jaipur
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Sugar bowl of the World
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Cuba
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Venice of the North
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Stockholm
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Windy City
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Chicago
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Whirteman’s grave
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Guinea Coast of Africa
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Yellow River
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Huang Ho (China)
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