Important GK Questions and Answers

Competitive Exams - Important GK Questions and Answers

 1. What is the Full form of PIN? 
Answer. Postal Index Number 

2. When did the Pin system Started in India? 
Answer. 1972

3. Which is the first Indian post office outside Indian Territory?
 Answer. Post office at Dakshin Gangotri in Antarctica (1983) 

4. When did the speed post service started in India? 
Answer. 1986 

5. Which Governor General found Telegraph and Postal systems? 
Answer. Lord Dalhousie 

6. When did the first General Post Office opened in India? 
Answer. 1774 (Kolkata) 

7. Which is the first postage stamp of India? 
Answer. Sinde Dawk (1852) 



8. World Postal Day is observed in: 
Answer. October 9 

9. Indian Postal Day is observed in: 
Answer. October 10

10. Where is the highest post office in the world situated? 
Answer. Hikkim (Himachal Pradesh) 

11. When did Universal Postal Union founded? 
Answer. 1874 

12. In which year Money Order system introduced in India? 
Answer. 1880 

13. In which year Postal Life Insurance started in India? 
Answer. 1884 

14. Where is postal staff college situated? 
Answer. Ghaziabad (UP) 

15. Who was the first Minister of Communication of India? 
Answer. C.R.K Kidwai 

16. Who is the author of Meghdootam? 
Answer. Kalidasa 

17. How many electrons does hydrogen have? 
Answer. One 

18. What is the international standard unit for measurement of Temperature? 
Answer. Kelvin 19. What is the currency of Bangladesh? 
Answer. Taka 

20. Amartya Sen was awarded Nobel Prize for his contribution in: 
Answer. Economics