Some Important GK for Railway Exam 2016

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

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

3. Which is the worldsoldest news agency?
Answer :AFP (Agence France Press)

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

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. Who is the winner of 2012 Us open men's title ?
Answer:Andy Murray

10. Who is the winner of 2012 Us open women's title ?
Answer:Serena Williams

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

15. Who is the author of Panchtantra?
Answer:Vishnu Sharma

16. Which is the coldest planet in solar system ?
Answer:Neptune

17. The Rourkela Steel Plant in Odisha was built with the collaboration of _____ ?
Answer:Germany

18. The Durgapur Steel Plant in West Bengal was built with the collaboration of _____ ?
Answer:Britain

19. The Bhilai Steel Plant inChattisgarh was built with the collaboration of _____ ?
Answer:Russia

20. Who is the first and only Muslim lady ever to rule the throne of Delhi ?
Answer: Razia Sultana

21.Who composed the national anthem of Bangladesh (Amar sona bangla)?
Answer: Rabindranath Tagore

22. Who wrote the book Planned economy for India?
Answer:M. Visvesvaraya (He is known as father of Indian planning, his birthday September 15 is
observed as Engineer's Day in India )

23. Which is the oldest sports in the world?
Answer:Archery( It is the national sports of Bhutan)

24. What is the normal duration of Hockey game?
Answer: 70 Minutes

25. Which Minor Rock Edict of Asoka describes the conquest of Kalinga by Asoka ?
Answer: No.XIII (13)

26. Who is the author of Joy of Numbers?
Answer :Shakuntala Devi

27. Who is the creator of the painting The Potato Eaters?
Answer:Vincent van Gogh

28 .Folketing is the parliament of which country ?
answer:Denmark

 29. What s the chemical name of Lime stone?
Answer:Calcium Carbonate