“The Knowledge Library”

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An Initiative by: Kausik Chakraborty.

“The Knowledge Library”

Knowledge for All, without Barriers……….
An Initiative by: Kausik Chakraborty.

The Knowledge Library

General Knowledge – Questions and Answers Part-21

4001. “Desire is the root of all miseries” who said this: 
Sree Buddha 
4002. Alauddin Bahman Shah chose his capital : 
Gulbarga · 
4003. Awarmi League is the political party of which country. 
– Bangladesh 
4004. Birth place of Mahavira: 
Kundagrama near Vaisali
4005. Chairman of Malabar Cancer Centre : 
Chief Minister
4006.· Composer of the national anthem of U.S.A. : 
Francis Scott Key 
4007. “Leeds” is famous in among the sport : 
Cricket
4008. Marble Rocks is in the river: 
Narmada 
4009. Non-metal with the highest density : 
Iodine 
4010. Pet name of Chattampi Swamikal : 
Kunjan (real name Ayyappan) 
4011. Shah Jahan bought the land from which Maharaja to build Taj Mahal : 
Raja Jaising 
4012. The basic living species : 
Monera 
4013. City of Sangli in Maharashtra is on the banks of the River : 
Krishna 
4014. The River that emerges from the Amarkantak mountain ranges in Madhya Pradesh : 
Narmada 
4015. The basic unit of quantity of molecule : 
Mole
4016.  ‘Naalu Suvisheshnagal’ is related .to the religion:
Christianity
4017. Travancore king who invited Thycaud AyyaAa to his palace: 
Swati Tirunal 
4018. When the British Parliament passed Pitts India Act in the Governor-General was : 
Warren Hastings 
4019. Headquarters of European Union: 
Brussels
4020. Hindu ruler of Sind when Muhammad Bin Qasim attacked: 
Dahir
4021. Major reform of Alauddin Khilji : 
Market regulation
4022. Muhammad Bin T ughluq changed his capital in 1327 from Delhi to :
Daulatabad (Devagiri)
4023. Name the famous poet who lived in the court of Alauddin Khilji : 
Amir Khusru
4024. Name port India lost during partition and subse­quently India developed port Kandla: 
Karachi
4025. Preamble of Indian Constitution was drafted by : 
Jawaharlal Nehru
4026. The Chalukya king who assumed the title of “Avantinathan” : 
Jayasimha Siddha Raja
4027. The first digital film in Malayalam : 
Moonamathoral 
4028. The first Indian to receive the French Chevalier Award :
Shivaji Ganesan 
4029. The first Malayalam Bible was printed at: 
Kottayam 
4030. The first meeting of the Ali Indian Trade Union Congress was held in : 
Mumbai 
4031. The first printed book in Malayalam
Samkshepavedartham 
4032. The first south Indian to conquer Mount Everest: 
P.N.Ganesh 
4033. The home of Rabindranath Tagore within the Viswabharati University : 
Utharayan 
4034. The metal mostly used in making idols: 
Copper 
4035. The State Award is given to the best farmer ·
Karshakothama 
4036. Who proposed the theory that Aryans came from the Arctic : 
Bal Gangadhar Tilak 
4037. 23 Province of Muhammad Bin Tughluq: 
Daulatabad
4038. Headquarters of the United Nations in Europe : 
Geneva
4039. Headquarters of United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights : 
Geneva 
4040. ” Preethi Bhojanam” in Kozhikode was organized by : 
Vagbhadananda 
4041.  ‘Nadhaputha’ in Buddhist scriptures refer to: 
Mahavira 
4042. Biogas contains mostly : 
Methane 
4043. Booker Prize is given to the field of: 
Literature
4044. Buddhism was propagated in Nepal by: 
Padmasambhava 
4045. Cricket player called “Baroda Express” : 
Irfan Patan 
4046. The foreword to Kumaranasan’s ‘Nalini’ was by : 
A.R.RaJa Raja Varma 
4047. Headquarters of Dravidian University : 
Kuppam 
4048. Hundred years war lasted for how many years : 
116 
4049. In which year Pondicherry was renamed Puducherry: 
2006
4050. In which year Thycaud Ayya was born : 
1814 
4051. Kallumala strike was led by : 
Ayyankali 

4052. Manager of Thycaud Residency who became a renais­sance leader : 
Thycaud Ayyaguru 
4053. Pallava King Narasimhavarman conquered Vathapi and killed the Chalukya ruler: 
Pulikesin II 
4054. Son of Vayu among Pancha Pandavas : 
Bhima 
4055. Headquarters of United News of India : 
New Delhi 
4056. Morocco (Africa) traveller who visited India in 1333 dur­ing the reign of Muhammad Bin Tughluq : 
Ibn Batuta 
4057. Mughal ruler who passed away on praying to exchange his son’s disease for his healthy body : 
Babur 
4058. Period of the reign of Alauddin Khilji : 
1296-1314 
4059. The Indian State where the largest quantity of food grains are produced : 
Uttar Pradesh · 
4060. The only cantonment in Kerala: 
Kannur 
4061. The process related to the production of Sodium: 
Down’s Process 
4062. To moan the death of whom, the Americans switched off all the lights all over America;
Thomas Alva Edison 
4063·. When did the space age in India begin : 
21 November 1963
4064. Which article of the Indian Constitution is called the ‘Con­science of the Constitution’ : 
Article 19
4065. Which is called the City of Pearls : 
Tuticorin 
4066. Who composed “Twinkle Twinkle Little Star”: 
Ann Tay­lor & Jane Taylor 
4067. Who drafted the declaration of American independence: 
Thomas Jefferson 
4068. Who presides over Lok Sabha/Assembly : 
Speaker
4069. ‘War to men is like motherhood to women’ who said this: 
Mussolini
4070.  “International Peace is the dream of a coward ” who said this : 
Mussolini
4071. “Communal Award” was declared when the Viceroy was : 
Lord Wellington
4072. “Love thy neighbour like you” who said this : 
Jesus Christ
4073. A Name the Viceroy who cancelled the partition of Bengal in 1911: 
Lord Hardinge II
4074. New Testament is related to: 
Christianity
4075. Number of alphabets in Egyptian alphabet : 
24
4076. Phalke Ratna Award is related to : 
Film
4077. Pula is a currency of : 
Venezuela
4078. Raja Ram Mohun Roy Library Foundation is in : 
Kolkata
4079. Religion in Philippines and East Timor : 
Christianity 
4080. The Viceroy who withdrew the British soldiers from Af­ghanistan and later established friendly contacts with them: 
Lord Rippon
4081. Nasik is on the banks of the river : 
Godavari
4082. “The price of greatness is responsibility” who said this: · 
Sir Winston Churchill
4083. “Where wealth accumulates men decay” who said this : 
Oliver Goldsmith
4084. Coconut fronds become yellow due to the deficiency of: 
Nitrogen
4085. Headquarters of M.G.University : 
Priyadarshini Hills, Athirambuzha
4086. Jazia and Jagir were implemented by : 
Firoz Shah Tughluq
4087. Madhavacharyar proposed : 
Dvaita Philosophy 
4088. National Institute for Unani Medicine is in : 
Bangalore
4089. The oldest mountain ranges in the world : 
Aravalli
4090. Time required for the light to travel between the Earth and the Moon : 
1.3 seconds
4091. Which city is known as white city: 
Belgrade
4092. Who has the right to issue an ordinance, when the Legisla­tive Assembly is not in session: 
Governor
4093. Who wrote “Madhyamika Sutram”: 
Nagarjuna 
4094. National Anthem of which country has verses in five lan­guages : 
South Africa 
4095. Ammanur Madhava Chakyar is related to : 
Kutiyattom
4096. In which ocean is the Maldives : 
Indian Ocean 
4097. ln which year Marthanda Varma conquered vadakkumkur: 
1750 
4098. Manchester is known for : 
Textiles
4099. The right to form a new state is vested with : 
Parliament
4100. The second of Pancha Pandava : 
Bhima
4101. Tomb of Noor Jahan is on the banks : 
River Ravi 

4102. Viceroy during Pune Pact : 
Lord Wellington
4103. What is Newseum : 
Newspaper Museum
4104. When did Vakkom Abdul Khader Moulavi die : 
1932
4105. When district committees for KPCC were formed as per the decision of Nagpur Congress Session: 
1921
4106. Which country is known as “Celtic Tiger” :
 Ireland 
4107. Which organ consumes 20% of Oxygen taken in: 
Brain
4108. Who launched the publication ‘Pashtun’ : 
Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan
4109. Who was known as “Badshah Khan” : 
Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan
4110. Who wrote the book tiffed ‘The diary of a young girl’ : 
Ann Franc
4111. ‘Patkai’ Mountain ranges separate India from : 
Myanmar 
4112. Constitution empowers whom to control the rules related to civil rights: 
Parliament 
4113. When did Pandit Karuppan form “Vala Samudaya Parishkarani Sabha” : 
1910 
4114. National Labour Institute is named after : 
V.V. Giri
4115. Rate of heartbeat in man is : 
72 per minute
4116. The Executive power of the Union Government is vested with the President as per which Article of the Constitu­tion: 
Article 53 
4117. The first Matayatee with Indian citizenship to receive Magsaysay Award : 
Varghese Kurien (One Malayalee with Malaysian citizenship got the award earlier) 
4118. The process related to the production of Hydrogen: 
Bosch Process ·
4119. When was Bengaf Partition repealed : 
1911 
4120. When was Peacock declared national bird : 
1963
4121. Which city is called the land of Masks : 
Venice 
4122. Who appoints officials in All India Services : 
President
4123. Who was a Member of Indian Parliament for 50 years : 
N.G. Ranga 
4124. Who was entrusted to renovate Nalanda University : 
Amartya Sen 
4125. The first prose in Malayalam : 
Bhashakautaleeyam
4126. In Andhra Pradesh, Rocket Launching Station is at : 
Sriharikota 
4127. In Which state is Mao Hill Station: 
Manipur 
4128. In which State is Mayurakshi Project:
West Bengal 
4129. International Year of Literacy 
1990
4130. Major tribes in Andhra and Odisha : 
Chenchu 
4131. Maoris tribes are in : 
New Zealand 
4132. Maruti Udyog Limited is in: 
Gurgaon.
4133. Marx and Angels published Communist Manifesto in 848 at : 
Brussels 
4134. Official Airlines of the.American vice President:.
Air Force Two 
4135. Palm Sunday is observed by : 
Christians 
4136. Petalite is the ore of which metal: 
Lithium 
4137. Propounder of “14 point formula” : 
Muhammad Ali Jinnah 
4138. Rashtakuta king who built Jain Narayan Temple at Pattadakkal: 
Amoghavarsha 
4139. Seethi Haji, the Speaker of Kerala Assembly who passed away while in power belonged to the Polltical party : 
Muslim League
4140. The first country in the western hemisphere where Marx­ist Government came to power: 
Guyana
4141. The first Malayalee to become the Chairman of National Agricuitural Commission M.S.Swaminathan 
4142. The first State in America : 
Delaver
4143. The foreign language used in Puducherry : 
French
4144. The· gas formed in the as a result of Nuclear fusion in the sun: 
Helium
4145. The great man whom Sree Narayana Guru met in 1916 : 
Ramana Maharshi ·
4146. The main religion of Nagaland : 
Christianity 
4147. The only railway junction in Kerala where lines from four different directions meet (Palakkad, Kozhikode, Thrissur, Nilambur): 
Shornur 
4148. The capital of Andhra state formed in 1953 : 
Kurnool 
4149. The first actress to receive Oscar : 
Janet Gaynor
4150. The first dolby stereo film in Malayalam : 
Kalapani
4151. The first Malayalam columnist: 
D.C.Kizhakkemuri

4152. The first national award for the best actor was given to :
Uttam Kumar
4153. The dance form which has incorporated Hindu -Muslim cultures: 
Kathak
4154. The famous temple of Viswanatha is in : 
Varanasi
4155. The first Comptroller and Auditor General of India : 
V. Narahari Rao
4156. The first Muslim to become the President of lndia: 
Dr. Zakir Hussein ( 1967) 
4157. The first oil tanker in India is named after the leader : 
Motilal Nehru
4158. The Governor-General during the third Mysore War : 
lord Cornwallis 
4159. The renaissance leader connected with “Muthukulam speech” in 1947 : 
Mannathu Padmanabhan
4160. Which Governor General established Fort William Col­lege in 1800 : 
Lord Wellesley
4161. Who gave “Vidwan” title to Pandit Karuppan : 
Kerala Varma Valiya Koyi Thampuran
4162. Who was the Viceroy when farmers strike at Bardoli dis­trict in Gujarat was held under the leadership of Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel : 
Lord Irwin 
4163. Anti dowry day : 
November 26
4164. The process to produce Sulphur: 
Frasch Process
4165. The Rajput Princess whom Akbar married: 
Jodhabai
4166. What percent of human body is water: 
65°/o
4167. When compared to the mother planet the largest satellite is : 
Moon 
4168. Which is known as City of Winds : 
Chicago 
4169. Who built the Peacock throne: 
Shah Jahan 
4170. The longest cell in the human body : 
Neuron
4171. Chief Warrior of Alauddin Khilji: 
Malik Kafur
4172. Famous Diamond mine in Andhra Pradesh : 
Golconda
4173. Forerunner of Akbar’s reforms : 
Sher Shah
4174. The process to produce Nitric acid: 
Ostwald Process
4175. The process to produce Sulphuric acid: 
Lead Chamber Process
4176. Where is the tomb of Sheik Salim Chisti whom Akbar worshipped : 
Fatehpur Sikri –
4177. Which river is known ‘as “Sorrow of Assam” : 
Brahmaputra
4178. Who wrote “Ashtangahridayam” : 
Vagbhatan
4179. Father of Indian Archeology : 
Alexander Cunningham 
4180. The ancestral house of Nehru family in Allahabad :
Anand Bhavan 
4181. Aurobindo Ghosh ended his revolutionary activities and assumed the life of a saint at : 
Puducherry 
4182. Chand Beevi and Malik Amber of the Abyssinian race who fought against the Mughals belonged to : 
Ahmadnagar 
4183. During the British Regime the summer capital of Mumbai was : 
Mahabaleshwar 
4184. When the license of ‘Navasakhti’ was cancelled ‘Prabodhini’ was launched by :
C. Kesavan
4185. Which is known as the Island of sailors : 
Samoa
4186. Who was known as the “Fakir-e-Afghan” : 
Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan
4187. Who wrote the novel Dharmaraja: 
C.V. Raman Pillai
4188. Dhanwanthari Award is related to : 
Medicine
4189. ‘Yanam’ part of Puducherry shares its boundary with : 
Andhra Pradesh
4190. Another name of petroleum: 
Gasoline
4191. Bengal Lease Act was affected by: 
Lord Canning
4192. God gave Ten Commandments to the founder of the religion : 
Jew (Judaism)
4193. In which year Aiko Maulavi Launched “Muslim”: 
1906
4194. JIPMER in Puducherry is known for higher studies in : 
Medicine
4195. On criticizing the onslaught of British Soldiers against women which newspaper was banned: 
Mathrubhumi
4196. The capital of Azerbaijan: 
Baku
4197. The language in Mayyazhi, which is under Puducherry: 
Malayalam
4198. In which district is Parassinikadavu Muthappan temple: 
Kannur 
4199. In which State is Amarnath Pilgrim centre: 
Jammu and Kashmir
4200. In which year Mughal capital was shifted to Delhi from Agra: 
1646
4201. Mecca, where Prophet Muhammad was born, is in : 
Saudi Arabia 

4202. Name the ruler of Magadha when Alexander attacked India : 
Mahapadmananda 
4203. The gas that usually causes an explosion in coal mines:
Methane 
4204. The average weight of the human liver: 
1359 – 1812 grams 
4205. The famous Buddhist centre in Andhra Pradesh : 
Nagarjunakonda
4206. The first cricketer to complete 10000 runs in one-day matches : 
Sachin Tendulkar
4207. The acid that is present in grapes : 
Tartaric acid 
4208. Animal that flies in the dark with the help of ultrasonic sound waves : 
Bat 
4209. Atacama desert is in the continent of : 
South America
4210. Founder of Modem Turkey: 
Mustafa Kamaal Ataturk 
4211. In which district are the Edakkal caves: 
Wayanad
4212. In which year Akbar abolished Jazia: 
1564 
4213. Old name of Amritsar : 
Ramdaspur 
4214. Recently discovered chemical compound for the treat­ment of cancer: 
Cisplatin 
4215. Religion founded by Akbar: 
Din Illahi ( 1582)
4216. The colouring pigment in Ajanta are made of : 
Minerals and herbs
4217. The colouring pigment in human skin : 
Melanin 
4218. The event that is most influenced the thoughts Amartya Sen : 
Bengal Famine
4219. The first ruler of Modern Travancore: 
Marthanda Varma 
4220. The last Hindu ruler of Delhi before Muslim rule : 
Prithviraj Chauhan 
4221. The Ocean that lies between Africa and America : 
Atlan­tic Ocean
4222. The ore of which metal can be concentrated by hydrau­lic process: 
Tin
4223. The organ that controls the body temperature of man : 
Skin
4224. The place famous for elephant cages: 
Konni 
4225. The ruler with the longest tenure in Modern Travancore: 
Dharmaraja 
4226. The smallest country in Africa: 
Seychelles 
4227. Through which region in Andhra Pradesh the 82¹⁄₂ de­gree longitude pass through Kakinada
4228. When did Faizi the poet and friend of Akbar die : 
1595
4229. Which Indian Award carries the highest prize money : 
Gandhi Peace Prize
4230. Who was known as “Andhra Bhola” : 
Krishnadevaraya 
4231. The body temperature of man is controlled by : 
Hypo­thalamus
4232. Acoustics is a study on : 
Sound 
4233. Animal which breaths with the help of lungs and exter­nal gills : 
Frog 
4234. Balakrishnan, a Malayalee received Arjuna Award in1965 for : 
Mountaineering 
4235. Collection of different maps : 
Atlas
4236. The most abundant alkaline Earth metal in the Earth:. 
Calcium 
4237. The spice which stores food in its underground stem :
Turmeric 
4238. The woman who became the Congress President in 1933 : 
Nelli Sen Gupta 
4239. Who authored “Essays on Gita”: 
Aurobindo Ghosh 
4240. Who was the Viceroy when Govt of India Act 1935 was passed : 
Lord Wellington 
4241. Nataraja Guru is the son of the renaissance leader :
Dr Palpu
4242 The renaissance leader who formed  ‘’Karshaka Sangham”  in Malabar : 
Vagbhatananda
4243 The minimum age for marriage of boys and girls were made 14 and 18 respectively by the Sarada Act of in 1929  when the Viceroy was :  
Lord Irwin
4244 Ancient Hayakstan is present day : 
Armenia
4245 Chattampi Swamikal learned ‘’Hatayoga’’  from : 
Thycaud Ayya
4246 Father of organ transplantation : 
Joseph Edward Murray
4247 Headquarters of Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited :
Bangalore
4248 In which year Indian Air Transport was nationalized :
1953
4249 Deacon’s Process is related to the production of: 
Chlorine
4250 Farmers added calcium oxide in the soil to : 
Reduce its acidic nature
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