General knowledge questions and answer 2016

a. Highest mountain in Asia?
Answer: Mount Everest

b. Highest mountain in Africa?
Answer: Mount Kilimanjaro

c. Highest mountain in north america?
Answer: Denali

d. Highest mountain in south america ?
Answer: Aconcagua

e. Highest mountain in antarctica?
Answer: Vinson Massif

f. Highest mountain in europe?
Answer: Mount Elbrus

g. Highest mountain in australia?
Answer: Mount Kosciuszko



1. Who wrote the song "Sare jahan se acha" ?
Answer: Muhammad Iqbal


2. Who give music to the song "Sare jahan se acha" ?
Answer: Pandit Ravi Shankar


3. Which is the worlds oldest news agency ?
Answer: AFP (Agence France Presse)


4. What is the chemical name of Tear Gas ?
Answer: Chloroacetophenone


5. Which is the only hobby recognized by the United Nations ?
Answer: Ham Radio


6. What is the national flower of Pakistan ?
Answer: Jasmine


7. What is the scientific name of Cockroach ?
Answer: Periplaneta americana


8. What is the unit of luminous intensity ?
Answer: Candela


9. What is the unit of  pressure?
Answer: Pascal

10. What is the unit of magnetic field?
Answer: Tesla

10 a. What is the unit of power ?
Answer:watt

11. Which famous writer is known as Father of Snow Golf ?
Answer: Rudyard Kipling


12. How many Schedules are there in the Indian Constitution ?
Answer: 12


13. Which planet is known as Red planet ?
Answer: Mars


14. Which European countries are separated by Market Reef ?
Answer: Finland and Sweden