[Sarkari-Naukri] Harish Sati, General Knowledge part-6

Bone is used as a fertilizer because it contains

Ans : Phosphorous

Chemistry in ancient times was called

Ans : Alchemy

 Which is the lightest gas next to Hydrogen

Ans : Helium

 The first metal used by man was

Ans : Copper

 AIDS disease was first identified in which country

Ans : America in 1981

The first woman I.P.S Officer of India

Ans : Kiran Bedi

Mandi House' is

Ans : The office of the Director General of Doordarshan

Speed' the improved quality of petrol was introduced by

Ans : B.P. (Bharat Petroleum)

 Gobi desert is situated in

Ans : Mangolia/Northeastern China

Kalahari desert is situated in

Ans : Botswana

Java island is in which ocean

Ans : Indian Ocean

Four divided stages of prehistoric periods are

Ans : Paleolithic period, Mesolithic period, Neolithic period and Chalcolithic period

Who proposed the germ theory of disease

Ans : Louis Pasture

First woman Governor

Ans : Sarojini Naidu

First woman Minister

Ans : Vijayalakshmy Pandit

First woman Chief Minister

Ans : Sucheta Kripalani

First woman Ruler in Delhi

Ans : Raziya Begum

First woman Speaker

Ans : Suseela Nayar

Who was the first woman President of the Indian National Congress?

Ans : Annie Besant

The first woman member in the Planning Commission was

Ans : Durgabhai Deshmukh

Name the first woman who became the Prime minister of a democratic country

Ans : Sirimao Bhandaranaike

The first woman to recipient of Bharat Ratna was

Ans : Indira Gandhi

 First Indian woman to climb Mount Everest is

Ans : Bachendri Pal

'Knot' is the unit of

Ans : speed of ships

 One 'Knot' is equivalent to

Ans : one nautical mile per hour or approximately 1.85 km per hour

 Sound waves can travel in vacuum. True or false

Ans : False

 A green leaf placed in a dark room is illuminated by red light. The leaf will appear as

Ans : Black

 Which law deals with the elasticity

Ans : Hook’s law

 What is the colour of the hottest star?

Ans : Blue

Which planet is known as the red planet?

Ans : Mars

 When will be the Earth very near to Sun?

Ans : 1st March

 When will be the Earth very far away from the Sun?

Ans : 12th December

 The period of one revolution of Sun around the centre of galaxy is called?

Ans : Cosmic year

 'Knot' is the unit of

Ans : speed of ships

 One 'Knot' is equivalent to

Ans : one nautical mile per hour or approximately 1.85 km per hour

Sound waves can travel in vacuum. True or false

Ans : False

 A green leaf placed in a dark room is illuminated by red light. The leaf will appear as

Ans : Black

 Which law deals with the elasticity

Ans : Hook’s law

What is the colour of the hottest star?

Ans : Blue

 Which planet is known as the red planet?

Ans : Mars

 When will be the Earth very near to Sun?

Ans : 1st March

When will be the Earth very far away from the Sun?

Ans : 12th December

 The period of one revolution of Sun around the centre of galaxy is called?

Ans : Cosmic year

. Father of electricity

Ans : Michael Faraday

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with warm regards

Harish Sati
Indira Gandhi National Open University (IGNOU)
Maidan Garhi, New Delhi-110068

(M) + 91 - 9990646343 | (E-mail) Harish.sati@gmail.com


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