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list of Must Know GK Questions and Answers that every student should aware of. These questions are useful for your exams like UPSC, SSC, Railway and other exams which have General Knowledge topic to shoot. These trivial questions are prepared randomly from Science, Geography, Current Affairs, Economy History etc Misc subjects.

Here are the Top 30 Must Know GK Questions with Answers for you

1. In which year was the project tiger started? 1973
2. The Reserve Bank of India was set up on the basis of the recommendations of the: Hilton Young Commission
3. The centre of origin of Udad is: Central Asia and India (Botanical name of Udad is Vignamungo)
4. The centre of origin of Soyabean is : Southeast Asia (Botanical name of Soyabean is Glycine max)
5. The brain requires a continuous supply of oxygen that is provided by: Hemoglobin
6. Science of fixing dates is known as:  Chronology
7. Great Himalayan National Park, which has been accorded the UNESCO World Heritage Site status, is located in – Himachal Pradesh
8. The two Governors who have later held the post of the finance minister of India are: Shri CD Deshmukh & Dr. Manmohan Singh
9. In which state is Reserve Forest “Bhimbandh” situated? Bihar
10. The centre of Onion is: Asia (Botanical name of Onion is Allium cepa)
11. ICFRE stands for : Indian council of Forestry Research and Education
12. The ‘Red Data Book’ provides information about: Threatened and rare species of Flora and fauna
13. The centre of origin of Ginger is: Southeastern Asia (Botanical name of Ginger is Zingiber officinale)
14. The name of the largest Zoo of India is: Arignar Anna Zoological Park (This Park is situated in Vandalur, Tamilnadu)
15. Science of the causes of disease is known as: Aetiology
16. The scientific and objective study of animal behavior is or known as: Ethology
17. When was Dr. A.P.J. Abdul Kalam awarded the highest civilian award? in 1997 (The full name of is Avul Pakir Jainulabdeen Abdul Kalam)
18. When had India’s first rocket launch taken place? 21 November, 1963 (The rocket, named Nike-Apache, was made at NASA)
19. Institute for Development and Research in Banking Technology is located in: Hyderabad
20. When was Californium discovered? 17 March, 1950 (Californium is a radioactive metallic chemical element. Its symbol is CF and atomic number is 98. It was discovered at the University of California Radiation Laboratory in Berkeley)
21. The main constituent of biogas is – Methane
22. In Budget 2016 limit of deduction of rent increased from Rs.24,000 to – Rs.60,000 
23. 12th South Asian Games held at – Guwahati and Shillong
24. Head office of National Bank for Agricultural and Rural Development is in: Mumbai
25. Who formulated the “third Law of Planetary Motion”? Johannes Kepler (On 8 March 1618 Johannes Kepler formulated this Law)
26. The centre of origin of Imli is: Mexico (Botanical name of Imli is Tamarindus Indica)
27. The cross between a tiger and a lioness is called: Tigon
28. On which day is World Forestry Day celebrated? 21stMarch
29. A dreaded virus recently outbreak in most of the Latin American Country. The name of that virus is –Zika virus
30. When was “Uranus”, the seventh planet from Sun discovered? 1781 (It was discovered on 13 March 1781, by Willium Herschel. It was the first planet to be discovered by the help of a telescope. It has the third – largest planetary radius and fourth – largest planetary mass in the solar system).

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Facts for Prelims:

- Former Miss World and Bollywood actress, Aishwarya Rai Bachchan has won the Global Indian Of The Year Award.

- The World Bank in its annual report “Migration and Development Brief” has said that, India was the world’s largest remittance recipient in 2015 despite experiencing a $1 billion drop from the previous year, the first decline in its remittances since 2009. India retained its top spot in 2015, attracting about $69 billion in remittances, down from $70 billion in 2014. Other large remittance recipients in 2015 were China, with $64 billion, the Philippines ($28 billion), Mexico ($25 billion) and Nigeria ($21 billion).

- The maiden Maritime India Summit was recently inaugurated in Mumbai by Prime Minister Narendra Modi. The three day Maritime India Summit is aimed at attracting potential investors to the vast opportunities that the various components of the Maritime Sector have on offer. It is showcasing projects covering sectors like port development and modernization, Greenfield ports, port led development under “Sagarmala”, shipbuilding, ship repair and ship breaking, inland water transportation, coastal shipping, lighthouse tourism and cruise shipping, hinterland connectivity and logistics handling facilities to the potential investors from across the world.