General Knowledge Questions 12-June-2018 – Daily GK Questions

By Admin Last updated Jun 14, 2018

1. The Temple of the Tooth enshrines a tooth of Gautama Buddha, the founder of Buddhism. In which country is this temple located?
Answer: Sri Lanka.

2. In which country can you actually visit the tombs of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob of Biblical fame?
Answer: Jordan.

3. In which famous palace is the Sistine Chapel?
Answer: The Vatican, Rome.

4. Which religion are the cave shrines at Ajanta, India associated with?
Answer: Buddhism.

5. In which Indian state can you visit Ajanta, Ellora Caves?
Answer: Maharashtra.

6. In which city do pilgrims march seven times round the Kaaba and Kiss the Black Stone?
Answer: Mecca, Saudi Arabia.

7. In which Italian city can you visit the celebrated church of Santa Maria della Spina?
Answer: Pisa.

8. Who designed St. Paul’s Cathedral in London?
Answer: Sir Christopher Wren.

9. Which is the Four hundred-year-old Church in Moscow’s red square?
Answer: St. Basil’s Cathedral.

10. How many times did Mahmud of Ghazni invade India?
Answer: Seventeen.

11. In which country did skiing originate?
Answer: Finland.

12. Which land measurements in acres would be closest to 100 hectares?
Answer: 247 acres.

13. Which is the shortest of the Gospels?
Answer: Mark.

14. Which is the longest river in Asia?
Answer: Yangtze.

15. In which planet in our solar system are the days and nights the longest?
Answer: Venus.

16. Which animal is in the logo of the World Wide Fund for Nature?
Answer: Tiger.

17. What should be the daily quantity of urine production in a healthy body?
Answer: 1.5 liters.

18. What should be the duration of a full-term pregnancy?
Answer: 280 days.

19. The home of the Kuchipudi dance:
Answer: Andhra Pradesh.

20. If you shopped with roubles in the GUM, which city would you be visiting?
Answer: Moscow.