Science @ JGKC!

1. Which element is found the most in the atmosphere?

A. Nitrogen B. Oxygen C. Hydrogen D. Helium.

2. Who discovered ‘Electron’?

A. J.J. Thomson  B. Joseph Priestly C Henry Cavendish D. Rutherford.

3. The branch of science which deals with lightning?

A. Geo Electrology  B. Photon Electrology  C. Fulminology D. Fumiology.

4. Who is the father of electricity?

A. James Watson  B. Isaac Newton C. Michael Faraday D. Benjamin Franklin.

5. Who invented penicillin?

A. Madam Curie B. Edward Jenner C. Louise Pasteur D. Alexander Fleming.

6. What is baking powder?

A. Sodium sulphate B. Sodium thiosulphate C. Sodium carbonate D. Sodium bicarbonate.

7. Which star is called the Dog Star?

A. The Sun B. VY Canis Majoris C. He 1523-0901 D. Sirius.

8. Which of the following planets has the maximum number of satellites?

A. Saturn  B. Mercury C. Venus D. Jupiter.

9. Into whose name Sriharikota’s satellite launching centre’s name got changed?

A. Rakesh Sharma B. Satish Dhawan C. APJ Abdulkalam D. Vikram Sarabai.

10. Which one of the following is the first Indian weather satellite?

A. Aryabatta  B. Baskara 1 C. Chandrayan D. Kalpana 1.

Indian History @ JGKC!

Indian History @ JGKC!

1. Who is called ‘Desh Bhandu’?

A.Chittaranjan Das B. Rash Behari Bose C. Lala Lajpath Rai  D. Subhas Chandra Bose.

2. What was ‘10^th Janpath’ called in British Times?

A. King’s Way B. Queen Victoria Road C. Queen’s Way D. Wellington Road.

3. Who is the first president of India?

A. Chandrasekhar Azad B. Dr. S. Radhakrishnan  C. Dr.Rajedra Prasad D. V.V.Giri.

4. In which year the Massacre Of Jallianwala Bagh happened?

A. 1917 B. 1918 C. 1919 D. 1920.

5. Who in the following is not related to Emperor Ajathasatru?

A. Buddha B. Bimbisara C. Amrapali D. Bindusara .

6. Which one of the following cities is related to Mahatma Gandhi?

A. St. Petersburg  B. Pietermaritzburg C. Pittsburgh D. Oslo.

7. In which year the partition of Bengal done?

A. 1903 B. 1904 C. 1905 D. 1906.

8. Which one of the following places is not related to Subhas Chandra Bose?

A. Saigon B. Tokyo C. St. Petersburg  D. Formosa Islands.

9. Which dynasty was terminated to form the Maurya Dynasty?

A. Gupta B. Sathavahana C. Nanda  D. Kushana.

10. Who plundered India in 1738-39 & took away the Peacock Throne?

A. Adil Shah B. Muhammad Shah C. Nadir Shah D. Jahandar Shah.

11. Who founded Indian Theosophical Society?

A. Madan Mohan Malavya  B. Miss Margaret Besant  C. Mrs. Annie Besant D. Bengim Chandra.

12. In which one of the following districts of Maharashtra the world famous Ajanta & Ellora caves are situated?

A. Shivaji District B. Sambaji District C. Teja District  D. Bilaspur District.

13. Which dynasty King Vikramaditya belonged to?

A. Maurya B. Kushana C. Gupta D. Sathavahana.

14. Which one of the following is a fresh water lake?

A. Pushkar B. Vembanad C. Powai D. Chilika.

15. In which one of the following cities Jallianwala Bagh is situated?

A. Jalandhar  B. Amritsar C. Patiala D. Chandigarh.

16. In which year Banaras Hindu University was founded?

A. 1915 B. 1916 C. 1917 D. 1918.

17. On whose reign the Chinese traveller Fa Hien visited India?     

A. Asoka  B. Harshavardana C. Chandragupta 1 D. Chandragupta 2.

18. Who built the Char Minar of Hyderabad in 1591?    

A. Qutabdin Ibek B. Mohammad Quli Qutab Shah C. Mir Suri D. Alam Shah.

19. The Oldest of the Vedas?    

A. Rig Veda B. Sama Veda C. Yejur Veda D. Atharva Veda.

20. The Male God worshipped by the Indus Valley people?    

A. Vishnu B. Brahma C. Pasupati  D. Indra .

21. Who is the first woman president of Congress?    

A. Indira Gandhi  B. Captain Lakshmi C. Sarojini Naidu D. Mrs. Annie Besant.

22. The youngest president of India?

A. APJ Abdulkalam B. Neelam Sanjeeva Reddy C. KR Narayanan D. VV Giri.

23. The last Governor of British India?    

A. Lord Canning B. Lord Mountbatten C. Lord Curzon D. Lord Wellington.

24. The person who gave tune/music to the Indian National Anthem?    

A. Jadunath Bhattacharya B. Ram Sing Takur C. Bengim Chandra D. Tagore.

25. Who conducted the first Buddha conclave?    

A. Asoka B. Ajathasatru C. Kanishka D. Bimbisara.

26. Whose prime minister was Rakshas?    

A. Ajathasatru B. Danananda C. Kanishka D. Chandragupta .

27. In which year Nalanda University got completely destroyed by the Muslim Invaders?    

A. AD1196 B. AD 1197 C. AD 1198 D. 1199.

28. Which gifted Indian Territory to INA did Subhas Chandra Bose set foot on, for the first time?    

A. Shillong B. Port Blair C. Aizawl D. Kohima.

29. Which country Pietermaritzburg belongs to?    

A. Russia B. England C. South Africa D. USA.

30. Who founded Banaras Hindu University?    

A. Lala Lajpath Rai B. Bengim Chandra C. Madan Mohan Malavya D. Lokmanya Thilak.

World History @ JGKC!

Johnson’s General Knowledge Course!

JOHNSON’S GENERAL KNOWLEDGE COURSE (JGKC - Learning Time...Learning Ideas..!) Has Been THE TRUSTED POWERHOUSE OF GENERAL KNOWLEDGE STUDIES, SINCE 1990! For the kids to the grown ups its always been Johnson’s General Knowledge Course, whenever someone thought of General Knowledge (GK) & The Trusted General Knowledge Course! 

The Founder Director of  Johnson’s General Knowledge Course, Mr.Johnson.V, has been in the field of GK Studies since his 3^rd standard, as it was when he started to enter in the ‘Competitive General Knowledge’ Domain! From his childhood days he has been a voracious reader & accumulator of ‘Snippets Of Knowledge’ and, interestingly, he never stopped gathering ‘The Snippets’, ever! He participated in various competitive GK Exams, Quiz Competitions etc!

It is interesting to know that he was more interested in ‘Teaching’ GK, even in his school days, sometimes he himself doubling as the Quiz Master! Before his matriculation he was deeply in love with such varied topics as ‘Space’, ‘Time’, ‘Time Travel’, ‘Astrophysics’, ‘Mind’, ‘Psychology’, ‘Magic’, ‘History’, ‘Classics’ etc! As a Quiz Master he was excellent & he was even invited to ‘Conduct’ Quiz Programmes of various kinds – Children’s, Teen’s, Grownups etc!

Before his matriculation he could pretty well distinguish ‘Beatles’ from ‘Elvis’, Nadia Comaneci from Valintina Tereshkova, Bjorn Borg from Ice Berg, Liem Swei King from Rod Laver, Sputnik from Aryabatta, Walkie Talkies from Silent Talkies, Bruce Lee from Christopher Lee, U Boat from Catamaran, Atlantis from Atlantic, Uncle Tom from Uncle Sam, Eden from Aden, Bobby Fisher from Kingfisher, Kalidas from C.R Das, Stale Mate from Check Mate, Motilal Nehru from Jawaharlal Nehru, Time Machine from Time Warp, Don Quixote from Quasimodo, Dr. Watson from Dr. Jekyll, Lal Bahadur Sastry from Ravi Sastry, V.V. Giri from Chandra Giri etc! He just devoured anything & everything that came his way – It seemed he was deeply in love with GK! He bought books of GK & made a book of ‘His Own GK Collection’, which he secretly read & re read, a thousand times, enjoying the unique miserly feeling ‘Its ONLY he knew / had these things & no one around did / had!’

It is amazing to know that all these things he did in the ever wonderful field of GK & gathered GK from every nook & corner he could reach was when there was not even a single T.V Programme aired in his state, Kerala – It was a time when Keralites never saw a T.V station, even in the wildest of their dreams! It was also a time when most of the students doing their Masters in Physics heard ‘U Boat’, ‘Walkie Talkie’ & a hoard of other things for the first time in their life! And, even ‘Computer’, that too of its crudest forms (286, 386 etc!), entered India much after this time period when he was deep inside the Dream Land of GK!

When he started Johnson’s General Knowledge Course later in his life, in 1990, it was his ‘THIS PART OF LIFE’ which stood him in good stead! As he passionately loved Studying GK, he also passionately loved Teaching GK!