Quick General Knowledge

• A Nation in the Making: is autobiography of Sir Surendranath Banerjee
• A Matter of Time: is a book written by Shashi Despandey
• A Tale of Two Cities: is a novel written by Charles Dickens
• Abdul Kalam, Dr A.P.J: is credited with advancement of missile technology in India. He was honoured with Bharat Ratna award on November 26, 1997
• Aberdeen: In Scotland is known for Britain’s largest granite exporting industry. It is known as Granite City.
• Adam Smith: is known as father of Economics.
• Advanced Centre of Marine Biology Research: is located in Chennai (Madras)
• Advanced Technology Centre: was set up in 1984 at Indore to develop technologies in the area of lasers and accelerators.
• Advertising Agency in India, Biggest: Hindustan Thompson Associates (HTA)
• Agni: is India’s first long-range missile. Refer under “Missiles developed by India”
• Agro-based Industries: The Indian State with maximum agro-based industries is Uttar Pradesh
• Ahmadabad City: This city on the left bank of the Sabarmati river was founded by Malik Ahmed (Ahmed Shah-I), son of Nizm-ul-Malik Bahri of the Nizam Shahi dynasty.
• Aid-India Consortium: Japan is the highest donor of aid to India in Aid-India Consortium.
• AIDS: is infected by VIRUS
• Air Transport Industry: was nationalised in 1953
• Aircraft engines: are manufactured at Lucknow
• Akash: Refer under “Missiles developed by India”
• Alam Ara: was the first talkie movie made in India by A. Irani in 1931
• Alamatti Dam: is on the river Krishna
• Alang: is situated on the Gulf of Khambata in Gujarat is well-known for ship-breaking industry
• Alexander (ship): is the name of the ship in which Charles Darwin toured for five years
• Alice in Wonderland: is a book written by Lewis Carrol
• Amarnath, Lala: is a famous Indian cricketer. He became the first Indian to score a century, and that also on his debut against visiting Douglas Jardine’s England team at Bombay Gymkhana in 1933-34
• Ambati, Balamyrali: is the youngest (17-year old) doctor of Indian origin in the world who received his medical degree from Mount Sinai, New York
• Ambedkar, B.R: was chairman of the drafting committee for the constitution of India. He is known as the architect of Indian Constitution.
• Amphibians: are animals adapted to both aquatic and terrestrial life
• Amundsen, Ronald: is known for discovery of South Pole in 1912