Basic GK Questions

Charles Freer Andrews              Charles Freer Andrews was a priest of a church in England. He was christian missionary. He was also an educator and a social reformer. In India he was a close friend of Mahatma Gandhi. Because of his contribution in India's Independence movement Gandhi and students at Stephen College, Delhi named him as "DeenBandhu"  or "Friend Of The Poor" .

Yuzvendra Singh Chahal          Yuzvendra Chahal is a Leg Break Bowler Indian Cricketer who represents India in both ODIs and T20s International. He also plays for Haryana in Domestic Cricket and also plays for Royal Challengers Bangalore in IPL. He once represented India in Chess at World Youth Chess Championship . His name is listed in World Chess Federation's official site. 

Rashtriya Rifles             Rashtirya Rifles or National Rifles is a branch of Indian Army. This force is made during the Kashmir Insurgency aka Kashmir Intifada. Basically it is conflicts between Kashmir separated people and Government of India. At that time there was some people who wanted complete independence of Kashmir and some people wanted Kashmir's accession to Pakistan. To stop these conflicts the soldiers were deputed from the other parts of Indian Army to the Kashmir valley. 

Late Ram Jethmalani          Ram Boolchand Jethmalani was a lawyer who retired from the judicial practice in September 2017 has contested elections for the president of India. He recently died in 8 September 2019. He was once holds the portfolio for the Minster of Law and Justice ( May 1996 - June 1996 ), also held the position as Minister of Urban Development ( 1998 - 1999 ). Even he was also the Member of Parliament of the Rajya Sabha ( 2016 - 2019 ), and Loksabha ( 1977 -1984 ).

Keoladeo Ghana National Park         This national park is located in Bharatpur, Rajasthan. It was first known as Bharatpur Bird Santuary. It is the place which hosts thousnds of birds specially in winter season. It is said that Maharaja of Bharatpur, Suraj Mal, was once used to shoot ducks here.

Hanle               The Indian Astronomical Observatories is located in Hanle a village located in Indian Union Territory Ladakh . It is world's highest astronomical observatories at an altitude of nearly 15000 feet. Indian scientists have placed a high altitude Gama Ray Telescope named as GROWTH .

Sal Tree            According to the buddhist tradition Gautam Buddha was born in a garden in Lumbni under a Sal Tree. The tree is now known as Bodhi Tree . Name of  his mother was Mayadevi queen of Sakya. She was also famous as another name of MahaMaya. 

Salman Khan            Khan Academy is an educational organisation created in 2008 by famous Bollywood actor Mr. Salman Khan. Basically it is an online education platform that helps the student to educate themselves without going to any physical institutions. The academy produces short lessons in the form of videos which will help the students learn visually instead of the old conventional method from books.

Thomas Alva Edison        " Genius is 1 percent Inspiration and 99 percent Perspiration ". This famous quote was told by famous Thomas Alva Edison.          This quote explains that it is easy to have an idea, a creative insight. But to follow that particular insight, that particular idea is the main thing in the life.           If you have any idea in your mind and you do nothing about that idea then that idea is of no use. One have to do something towards that idea. One has to do something to implement that idea. Though that idea has nothing to do with the humanity. But one must do something to implement that idea.

0                 The answer is zero. Weird, but, it's true. One will not find the letter 'a' in the spellings from 1 to 100. Not even 1 to 100 but from 1 to 999.

Tahr      Tahr is Goat like mammals from the family of  Bovidae . They lives mainly in Asia. They live in herds.

Sharad Pawar         Shard Pawar is an Indian politician from Maharashtra. He held the position of Minister of Agriculture from 22 nd May 2004 to 26 th May 2014. He also served as the Chief Minister of Maharashtra from 1978 to 1980 . He also held the portfolio of Minster of Defence from 1991 to 1993 . 

Chandra According to old hindu puranas there are 27 (twenty-seven) daughters of Daskha collectively known as Nakshatras. These are the wives of god of night Chandra or Moon  as we all know.

16 Century Panipat is the place located in the current Indian state of Haryana. There are mainly 3 battles of Panipat fought till. They are listed below. First battle of Panipat ( 1526 ). This battle was fought between Babur and Lodhi Kingdom. Second battle of Panipat ( 1556 ). This battle was fought between Hem Chandra Vikramaditya and Akabar. Third battle of Panipat ( 1761 ). This battle was fought between Maratha Empire and Durrani Empire.

Virus          Common Cold is a viral infectious disease that primarily affect the nose. It generally harmless but spreads instantly especially in children.              Polio  is transmitted through impure water, or food or any infected person. Polio is also known as Poliomyelitis .

Smallpox According to WHO  smallpox has been completely eradicated from the world by vaccination. Smallpox is an ancient disease which is caused by a virus named Variola Virus . It is said that smallpox has its existence for at least 3000 years. It is also said to be the one of the world's most feared disease. The last known natural case was found in Somalia in 1977.

Hima Das The answer is Hima Das. She is an Indian Sprint Runner hails from Indian state of Assam. She also currently holds the Indian National record in 400 meters with 50.79s at 2018 Asian Games in Jakarta. She is also a 1st Indian to win gold at IAAF world Under 20 champions. She is also a recipient of Arjuna Award by Honorable President Mr. Ram Nath Kovind  in 2018.

Earthworms The answer is Earthworms.  Vermicompost is the composting process of various species of worms. Usually worms includes red wigglers, white worm, and other earthworm. Vermicompost contains nutrients, organic fertilizer, and soil conditioner. Vermicomposting is also used in treatment of sewage. 

Chikankari It is Chikankari embroidery. It is a conventional embroidery style from Lucknow. Basically it is a white-on-white embroidery style as seen in above image.         There are so many stories related to Chikankari in India. One of the popular one credited to Noor Jahan, Mughal Empress and wife of Jahangir, believed to be the introductory to Chikankari embroidery in India.

Rhythmic Gymnastics The answer is Rhythmic Gymnastics . This is a sport of single or collection of five equipment (as asked in question)  :  balls, ribbons, ropes, hoops and clubs. In Olympic it is a women only game. This is the sport where the contestant has to combine the portions of ballet, gymnasts, and dance.  So we can imagine that a person with great focus and full of attention can perform the correct gymnasts. This game is collection of points. Where participants will get point based on following. Leaps Balances Pivots Equipment Handlling Execution