Class 9

Sub: GK
Question bank 2

1. What is the full form of MGNREGA?

Ans. Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act ( 2005 )
2. The oldest stock exchange in Asia is situated in India. Which is it?
Ans. Bombay Stock Exchange
3. When did the Right to Information Act pass?
Ans. 2005
4. Where do the Onge and Jarawa tribes find?
Ans. Andaman Islands
5. Where was the session of Congress held in 1919?
Ans. Amritsar
6. What is the full form of ICICI Bank?
Ans. Industrial Credit and Investment Corporation of India
7. Who is the inventor of dynamite?
Ans. Alfred Nobel
8. Asiatic Lions are only found in?
Ans. India(Gir Forest, Gujrat)
9. Mohiniattam is a folk dance of which state?
Ans. Kerala
10. What was the name of the mother of Indira Gandhi?
Ans. Kamala Nehru
11. When did World War I happen?
Ans. 28 July 1914 - 11 November 1918
12. Who was the founder of the Khilji Dynasty?
Ans. Jalaluddin Khalji
13. Who was the first female IAS officer?
Ans. Anna R. Malhotra
14. Where is Tehran located?
Ans. Iran
15. What is Petra?
Ans. One of the 7 wonders of the world in Jordan
16. "As you like it" is written by?
Ans. William Shakespeare
17. Who was Farruksiyar?
Ans. Mughal Emperor (1713 - 1719)
18. Where is the Kalahari desert situated?
Ans. Africa
19. What is the capital of the country Monaco?
Ans. Monte Carlo
20. From where does the Nile River originate?
Ans. Lake Victoria
21. Where did volleyball originate from?
Ans. The US
22. Who invented the World Wide Web (WWW)?
Ans. Tim Berners-Lee
23. Who invented the World Wide Web (WWW)?
Ans. Tim Berners-Lee
24. When does a solar eclipse occur?
Answer: When the moon comes between the sun and the earth
25. Which is the longest day of the year?
Ans. The summer solstice (June 20th, 21st, or 22nd)
26. What are inert gases known as?
Ans. Noble gases
27. Which country won the 2021 Euro Cup?
Ans. Italy
28. Who is the father of the periodic table?
Ans. Dmitri Mendeleev
29. ECG can detect the disease of which organ?
Ans. Heart
30. Which country won the FIFA World Cup in 2022?
Ans. Argentina
31. Who is the founder of Facebook?
Ans. Mark Zuckerberg
32. Who invented the telephone?
Ans. Alexander Graham Bell
33. Which is the wettest place in the world?
Ans. Mawsynram
34. Who is the only person to win the Nobel Prize twice?
Ans. Marie Curie
35. Which is India’s longest bridge built on the sea?
And. Atal Setu
36. Which city has been named the cleanest in India for the seventh
consecutive year?
And. Indore
37.What is the new name of the media platform‘Twitter’
And. X
38. What was the purpose of star link satellites?
And. They provide satellite internet services
39. Which team won the first Women’s Premier League of Cricket held in 2023?
Ans. Mumbai Indians
40. Which countries sent ‘Cheetahs’ to India as part of Project Cheetah?
Ans. Namibia and South Africa
41. Which country will host the upcoming G20 Summit?
Ans. Brazil
42. Which country joined NATO(North Atlantic Treaty Organisation) in 2023?
Ans. Finland
43. Who is India’s youngest GrandMaster in chess?
Ans. G.M. Mukesh
44. In which state did three trains collide recently in a major accident?
And. Odisha
45. Which song featuring PM Modi was nominated recently for the Grammy
Awards ?
Ans. Abundance in Millets