One Liner General Knowledge (GK) Questions and Answers

1. Sachin Tendulkar scored his 100th international century against which’ country ? – Bangladesh
2. In baseball, the two opposing teams consist of howmany players? – 9 players each
3. Which Sanskrit poet called as the Indian Shakespeare? – Kalidas
4. ‘My Music, My Life’ is the autobiography of which person? – Pt. Ravi Shankar
5. Which was the first talkie film of India? – Alam Ara
6. Folk painting ‘Madhubani’ is famous in which state? – Bihar
7. When is International Human Solidarity Day observed? – December 20
8. Foot-and-Mouth disease in animals, a current epidemic in some parts of the world, By which is this caused ? – Bacterium
9. By which number the quality of gasoline’ sample is determined? – By its octane number
10. With which is the ‘Tennis court oath’ associated? – French Revolution
11. With which country is “Orange’ Revolution” associated? – Ukraine
12. With which field was Pandit Bhimsen Joshi associated? – Music’s
13. Who was the first person to cross the Alps with army? – Hannibal
14. Where is the headquarter of International atomic Energy Agency is located? – Vienna
15. The book ‘Diplomatic Encounter’ has been written by which author? – Arundhati Roy
16. Who is the author of the book ‘The Rights of Man’? – Thomas Paine
17. The book ‘Worshipping False Gods’s is written by which person? – Arun Shourie
18. Who directed the famous T.V. serial ‘Tandoori Nights’? – Saeed Jaffrey
19. Regatta is associated with which sports event? – Rowing
20. Which woman has become the highest individual scorer in an innings in Tests? – Kiran Baloch
21. What is the name of the person that controls a football match? – An umpire
22. Who is the leading wicket taker in the history of Test cricket? – Shane Warne
23. Amarya Sen, the NRI Nobel laureate got the honour for which work? – Poverty and famines
24. Where did India made her debut in Olympic football? – London in 1948
25. Where were first Olympic Games held? – 776 B.C.
26. The celebrated novel ‘The Godfather’ was authored by which author? – Mario Puzo
27. Which book is entitled as ‘Bible of Communism’ ? – Das Kapital
28. Who is popularly known as ‘Nightingale of India’ ? – Sarojini Naidu
29. Dr. M. S. Swaminathan distinguished himself in which field? – Agriculture
30. The fragments of which comet system collided with Jupiter in July 1994 ? – Shoemaker-Levy 9
31. Where is the largest automobile manufacturing centre in the world located? – Detroit
32. ORT (Oral Rehydration Therapy) is associated with the treatment of which disease? – Diarrhea
33. Which type of coal is difficult to light in the open air? – Peat
34. Among South Asian countries which one is the Maternal Mortality Ratio (per 1,000 live births) lowest? – Bangladesh
35. Coolgardie lies in the Australian province of which direction? – Western Australia
36. Gum Gopi Krishna was a maestro of which dance form? – Kathak
37. With which field was Satyajit Ray associated? – Direction of films
38. In which year did UN establish the UN Conference on Trade and Development? – 1964
39. Which is UN Programme and not special agency? – UNEP
40. Who is the author of the famous novel ‘Gone with the Wind’? – Charles Dickens