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) 

ECONOMY QUIZ

**ECONOMY QUIZ***


1) Who is the World’s top richest Billionaire with worth of 76 billion dollars according to Forbes magazine’s 28th Annual World billionaires list released on 3 March 2014?
Ans:- Bill Gates

2) Reserve Bank of India (RBI) on 13 March 2014 hiked the trade related remittance limit from Rs. 2 lakh to Rs. 5 lakh per transaction.What was the reason for this increase?
Ans:- Increase in the number of transactions handled by exchange houses

3) Bharti Airtel and which international telecom giant signed a pact on 4 March 2014 to set up a multi-service regional network infrastructure node in India?
Ans:- Etisalat

4) Government of India on 4 March 2014 hiked the interest rates on fixed deposit scheme that is offered by post offices by up to —- percent?
Ans:- 0.2 %

5) Which state scored the highest in monthly per capita consumer expenditure (MPCE) for urban areas in the recently released ranking by the by the National Sample Survey Organisation (NSSO)?
Ans:- Haryana

GK Tricks 25

Most CONFUSING GK QUESTIONS FROM DAYS 

1. National Youth Day - January 12 
2. International Youth Day - August 12 
3. National Teachers' Day - September 5 
4. International Teachers' Day - October 5 
5. National Tourism Day - January 25 
6. International Tourism Day - September 27 
7. National Children's Day - November 14 
8. International Children's Day - June 1 
9. National Consumer Day - December 24 
10. International Consumer Day - March 15 
11. National Postal Day - October 10 
12. International Postal Day - October 9 
13. National Blood Donation Day - October 1 
14. World Blood Donors Day - JUNE 14