Here I am providing important GK Questions for Civil Service Exam conducted by APPSC for your reference:

APPSC Important GK Questions
1. The last Mughal Emperor was Bahadur Shah Jafar.

2. Number of districts in Bangladesh having borders with India is-30

3. The largest man made structure on Earth- Great Wall china

4. The first woman to win noble prize in Economics- Elinor Ostrom

5. State of USA, once part of Russia- Alaska

6. World Intellectual Property Right Day is Observed-26April

7. In a stock exchange “OTC” means - Over the Counter

8. The first metal to be used by man was copper.

9. The present base year for calculating wholesale price index number is 1991-92.

10. For respiration in deep sea, divers use mixture of Oxygen and Nitrogen.

11. The Supreme Court consists of a Chief Justice and 25 Judges.

12. The International Day for Elimination of Racial Discrimination is observed on 21st March.

13. 'New Horizons' spacecraft was launched by NASA to study Pluto.

14. Merdeka Cup is related with the game of Football.

15. On September 1, 2007 Life Insurance Corporation of India completed its 50 years.

16. The minimum temperature at which a combustible substance catches fire is called ignition temperature.

17. The temple of Konark was built by Narasimha of the Ganga Dynasty.

18. Rigveda Samhita denotes one-fourth of its hymns to Indra.

19. Ahalyabai, the saintly queen of Maheshwar (Central India) belonged to Holkar dynasty.

20. Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) has not been signed by India.

21. Jadugoda mines are famous for uranium deposits.

22. A single tax that replaces State Taxes like surcharge, turnover tax, etc is called the Value Added Tax (VAT).

23. The major harmful gas emitted by automobile vehicles which causes air pollution is Carbon Monoxide.

24. Nauru is the World's smal - lest republic. It has an area of 21 sq. km.

25. 2008 was declared as International Year of Potato.

26. The instrument used to measure the speed of the wind is called Anemometer..

27. Newton defined the law of gravitation.

28. The metal used to make lightning conductors is Copper.

29. Susmita Das Gupta is the author of the book, Amitabh—The Making of a Superstar?

30. Ban-ki-Moon, UN Secretary General, belongs to South Korea.

31. The first woman in the world to successfully do a free fall para-jump over the South Pole from a height of 12,000 feet in a minus 33 degree Celsius temperature was Sheetal Mahajan.

32. Paris is situated on river Seine.

33. Koodiyattam is a tradi - tional dance of Kerala.

34. National Institute of Virology is situated in Pune.

35. The Planning Commission of India was set up in 1950.

36. Galileo was born in Pisa.

37. Capital of Peru is Lima.

38. Sri Lanka is called 'Pearl of Orient'.

39. Formosa was the old name of Taiwan.

40. Shobha De is the author of the book Speed Post?

41. The currency of Japan is Yen.

42. Programs that automatically submit your search request to several search engines simultaneously are callled Metasearch engines.

43. GNP (Gross National Product) is the money value of final goods and services produced annually in the economy.

44. The main function of IMF is to help to solve balance of payment problems of member contries.

45. Before opening a new branch, banks are required to take mandatory permission/license

46. from Reserve Bank of India.

47. Solar system was discovered by Galileo.

48. Anousheh Ansari is the first woman space tourist.

49. Kiran Desai is the writer of Indian origin whose novel The Inheritance of Loss bagged the Man Booker Prize.

50. Khagendra Thapamagur of Nepal is the world's smallest person. His height and weight respectively are 20 inch and 4.5 kg.

51. Human Rights Resolution was adopted by the UN in 1946.

52. Cholera bacillus was discovered by Robert Koch.

53. Tamralipti was an important port of the eastern coast during Gupta period.

54. Serena Williams is associated with Tennis.

55. The first aircraft to fly around the world without refuelling was Voyager.

56. Haemorrhage is caused by the deficiency of Vitamin K.

57. International Women's Day is celebrated every year on March 8.

58. Capital formation in an economy depends on total production.

59. If the tax rate increases with the higher level of Income, it is called Proportional tax.

60. Raja Ravi Varma painted the master piece Hamsa Damayanti

61. In India, one-rupee coins and notes and subsidiary coins are issued by the Reserve Bank of India.

62. National Development Council is the highest body that approves Five-Year Plans of India.

63. Prime cost is equal to Variable cost plus fixed costs.

64. Washing of peeled vegetables removes vitamin C from them.

65. Bank deposits that can be withdrawn without notice are called demand deposits.

66. An expenditure that has been made and cannot be recovered is called Sunk cost.

67. The practice of selling goods in a foreign country at a price below their domestic selling price is called dumping.

68. J.B. Say propounded the market law.

69. Triple vaccine is administered to a new-born child to immunize it against whooping cough, tetanus and diphtheria.

70. The book Unto the Last which influenced Gandhi was authored by John Ruskin.

71. Article 40 of the Indian Constitution provides for the institution of Panchayati Raj.

72. Ocean currents does not have an influence over the climate in India.

73. Dada Saheb Phalke Award is given for excellence in the field of cinema.

74. The concept of 'General Will' was advocated by Rousseau.

75. Cabinet Secretary is the highest civil servant of the Union government.

76. Article 1 of the Constitution declares India as a Federal State.

77. Attorney-General of India can be invited to give his opinion in the Parliament.

78. USA has an Unwritten Constitution.

79. Talwandi was the birth place of Guru Nanak.

80. Motilal Nehru and Chittaranjan Das were the foundermembers of the Swarajya Party.

81. The national song Vande Mataram has been written by Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyaya.

82. The Mohemmadan Anglo- Oriental College at Aligarh was founded by Sir Syed Ahmed Khan.

83. The famous Kohinoor diamond was produced from one of the mines in Golconda.

84. Buddha means The Awakened. 77. Gandhiji considered Khadi as a symbol of economic independence.

85. India Wins Freedom is the autobiography of Abul Kalam Azad.

86. A high growth rate of population is characterised by high birth and low death rates.

87. The Indian Sub-continent was originally a part of Gondwanaland.

88. The tropical grasslands are called Savanah.

89. The atmosphere of earth is heated mainly by Radiation.

90. Canada is the largest producer of uranium in the world.

91. Dry farming methods does not help in conserving soil fertility and moisture.

92. Mudumalai Wildlife Sanctuary is located in the State of Tamil Nadu.

93. The narrow stretch of water connecting two seas is called Strait.

94. Naga, Khasi and Garo hills are located in Himalaya Ranges.

95. Laws of heredity was put forward by Mendel.

96. A device used for converting AC into DC is called rectifier.

97. Vitamin-A can be synthesized by Liver.

98. Fluid part of blood, devoid of corpuscles, is called Plasma.

99. Heart murmur indicates a defective valve.

100. The language used in writing the scientific name of animals is Latin.