General knowledge questions and answer 2016

General knowledge questions and answer 2016

Randomly selected General knowledge questions and answer 2016 forIntelligence Bureau and all competitive exams



1. Who wrote the song "Sare jahan se acha" ?
Answer: Muhammad Iqbal


2. Who give music to the song "Sare jahan se acha" ?
Answer: Pandit Ravi Shankar


3. Which is the worlds oldest news agency ?
Answer: AFP (Agence France Presse)


4. What is the chemical name of Tear Gas ?
Answer: Chloroacetophenone


5. Which is the only hobby recognized by the United Nations ?
Answer: Ham Radio


6. What is the national flower of Pakistan ?
Answer: Jasmine


7. What is the scientific name of Cockroach ?
Answer: Periplaneta americana


8. What is the unit of luminous intensity ?
Answer: Candela


9. Who is the winner of 2012 Us open men's title ?
Answer: Andy Murray


10. Who is the winner of 2012 Us open women's title ?
Answer: Serena Williams


11. Which famous writer is known as Father of Snow Golf ?
Answer: Rudyard Kipling


12. How many Schedules are there in the Indian Constitution ?
Answer: 12


13. Which planet is known as Red planet ?
Answer: Mars


14. Which European countries are separated by Market Reef ?
Answer: Finland and Sweden 

15. Who is the author of Panchtantra ?
Answer: Vishnu Sharma


16. Which is the coldest planet in solar system ?
Answer: Neptune


17. The Rourkela Steel Plant in Odisha was built with the collaboration of  _____ ?
Answer: Germany


18. The Durgapur Steel Plant in West Bengal was built with the collaboration of  _____ ?
Answer: Britain


19. The Bhilai Steel Plant in Chattisgarh was built with the collaboration of  _____ ?
Answer: Russia 


20. Who is the first and only Muslim lady ever to rule the throne of Delhi ? 
Answer: Razia Sultana

21. Who composed the national anthem of Bangladesh (Amar sona bangla) ?

Answer: Rabindranath Tagore

22. Who wrote the book Planned economy for India ?

Answer: M. Visvesvaraya (He is known as father of Indian planning, his birthday September 15 isobserved as Engineer's Day in India )

23. Which is the oldest sports in the world ?

Answer: Archery  ( It is the national sports of Bhutan)

24. What is the normal duration of Hockey game ?

Answer: 70 Minuets

25. Which Minor Rock Edict of Asoka describes the conquest of Kalinga by Asoka ?
Answer: No. XIII (13)

* 26. Who is the author of Joy of Numbers ?
Answer: Shakuntala Devi


* 27. Who is the creator of the painting The Potato Eaters ?
Answer: Vincent van Gogh


*28. Folketing is the parliament of which country ?
answer: Denmark


* 29. What s the chemical name of Lime stone ?
Answer: Calcium Carbonate


* 30. Zero degree centigrade equal to _________ degree Fahrenheit ?
Answer:  32