Lucent GK - Class 1 Complete Notes Practice Flashcards

A collection of vocabulary-style flashcards based on general knowledge questions covering Indian history, geography, science, and important personalities.

Bodh Gaya

The location in Bihar on the banks of the Niranjana River where Lord Buddha attained enlightenment.

Swami Dayanand Saraswati

The founder of Arya Samaj in $1875$ who also gave the slogan 'Back to the Vedas'.

Gurmukhi

The script of the Punjabi language introduced by the second Sikh Guru, Guru Angad Dev.

Kanyakumari

The southernmost point of the Indian mainland.

Arunachal Pradesh

The Indian state where the sun rises first.

Insulin

A substance used to cure Diabetes (Madhumeha).

Bihu

A famous festival associated with the state of Assam.

Vitamin C (Ascorbic acid)

A vitamin found abundantly in gooseberry (Amla).

William Bentinck

The first Governor-General of India.

China

The country where paper was first invented and which shares a land border with a maximum of $14$ countries.

Phyllanthus emblica

The scientific name of the fruit known as gooseberry (Amla).

Siddhartha

The childhood name of Gautam Buddha.

President of India

The Supreme Commander of the Indian Armed Forces and the official holding a current monthly salary of $\text{​}5$ Lakh.

Vitamin A

The vitamin whose deficiency causes night blindness.

Pongal

A famous festival of the state of Tamil Nadu.

J.L. Baird

The inventor of the television.

Razia Sultana

The first female ruler of India.

Gills (Galphade)

The organ through which fish breathe.

Inquilab Zindabad

A slogan formulated by Hasrat Mohani and popularized by Bhagat Singh.

Jallianwala Bagh tragedy

An event that occurred on $13 \text{ April } 1919$ during the tenure of Viceroy Lord Chelmsford.

All India Forward Block

The party established by Subhash Chandra Bose in $1939$ after leaving the Congress.

Lala Lajpat Rai

A leader popularly known as 'Punjab Kesari'.

Mangal Pandey

The first person to sacrifice his life in the Revolt of $1857$, executed on $8 \text{ April } 1857$.

Sarojini Naidu

The first female Governor of an Indian state (Uttar Pradesh).

Santosh Yadav

The first Indian woman to scale Mount Everest twice.

Raja Ram Mohan Roy

The founder of the Brahmo Samaj, established in $1828$ in Calcutta.

Vasco da Gama

The explorer who arrived at Calicut, India in $1498$ and was welcomed by King Zamorin.

Guru Gobind Singh

The $10\text{th}$ and last human Sikh Guru who introduced the concept of 'Khalsa'.

Guru Ram Das

The $4\text{th}$ Sikh Guru who founded the city of Amritsar on land granted by Emperor Akbar.

Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel

The individual known as the 'Iron Man of India'.

Vijay Ghat

The samadhi/memorial in Delhi associated with Lal Bahadur Shastri.

Arthashastra

A book written by Kautilya, also known as Chanakya or Vishnugupt.

Dr. Rajendra Prasad

The permanent President of the Constituent Assembly.

Objective Resolution

The concept introduced by Jawaharlal Nehru that formed the basis of the Preamble.

World Red Cross Day

Celebrated on $8 \text{ May }$ in memory of Henry Dunant.

Onam

A famous festival of the state of Kerala.

$$1911$$

The year Delhi officially became the capital of India under Viceroy Lord Hardinge.

Saturn

A planet known as a 'Galaxy-like Planet' due to its prominent $7$ rings and currently holding the highest number of moons ($200+$).

Ganymede

The largest moon in the solar system, belonging to Jupiter.

$$3:2$$

The ratio of the length and width of the Indian National Flag.

Bankim Chandra Chatterjee

The author of the National Song of India, Vande Mataram.

Rabindranath Tagore

The person who gave the title of 'Mahatma' to Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi.

Saka Samvat

The pattern followed by the Indian National Calendar, introduced by King Kanishka.

Pituitary Gland

Known as the 'Master Gland', this pea-sized organ is located in the brain.

Copper (Tamba)

The first metal to be used by humans.

Article 81

The Article of the Indian Constitution related specifically to the Lok Sabha.

Kolkata

The first Indian city where metro train service started in $1984$.

$$1853$$

The year Indian Railways was established during the tenure of Lord Dalhousie.

Wing Commander Rakesh Sharma

The first Indian astronaut to travel into space in $1984$.

International Court of Justice (ICJ)

Located in The Hague, Netherlands, this body consists of $15$ judges with $9\text{-year}$ terms.

$$14 \text{ September }$$

The date on which Hindi Diwas is celebrated in India.

Hyder Ali

The ruler who invented the early form of military rockets in India.

Musi River

The river on whose banks the city of Hyderabad is situated.

Udant Martand

The first Hindi language newspaper published in India.

Awadhi

The dialect of Hindi in which Tulsidas wrote Ramcharitmanas.

Lausanne, Switzerland

The headquarters of the International Olympic Committee (IOC).

Olympic Rings

A logo consisting of five colors (Red, Yellow, Green, Blue, and Black) representing five continents.

Kidney

The human organ responsible for filtering urea from the blood.

Ustad Bismillah Khan

A Bharat Ratna awardee associated with the musical instrument Shehnai.

Himadri

The name used to refer to the Greater Himalayas range.

Junko Tabei

The first woman in the world to scale Mount Everest.

Liver

The body's largest gland, which is affected by Jaundice (Pilia).

Upagupta

The Buddhist monk who deeply influenced Emperor Ashoka to adopt Buddhism after the Kalinga War.

Akbar

The Mughal emperor who was illiterate.

Guru Nanak Dev

The founder of Sikhism who was born in Nankana Sahib and started the 'Langar' system.

Rigveda

The Veda that primarily deals with the chanting of mantras.

Nalanda University

The ancient Indian university in Bihar where the Chinese traveler Hiuen Tsang studied.

Speed of Light

Approximately $3,000,000\text{ km/s}$ (precisely $299,776\text{ km/s}$).

Nicolaus Copernicus

The person who first formulated the theory that the Earth rotates around the Sun.

Sultan Quli Qutb Shah

The individual who built the Charminar in Hyderabad in $1591$.

National Sports Day

Celebrated on $29 \text{ August }$ in honor of the birthday of hockey legend Major Dhyan Chand.

Culicidae

The scientific name for the mosquito.