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1. Where do Sweat glands occur in greatest
number?
2. What is the electorate for a Panchayat?
3. The cause of fractional atomic weights
of elements?
4. The second largest river basin in India
is of which river?
5. Which Sikh Guru called him the ‘Sachcha
Badshah’?
6. Who wrote “The Communist Manifesto”
along with Kari Marx?
7. In acronym SAARC, ‘C’ stands for which
word?
8. What is the total number of bones in
human skull?
9. Which is the second largest basin in
Peninsular India?
10. Who was the first Indian to get selected
in ICS ?
11. For which period does Mayor of a Municipal
Corporation hold the office?
12. Which gas has maximum calorific value?
13. In which sector is 70% of working
population of India engaged?
14. Why do Coastal Andhra Pradesh and Orissa
often face natural disasters?
15. Who was the first Governor General of
Bengal?
16. When did India join the United Nations?
17. The fossil of Archaeopteryx represents the
evidence of origin of animals?
18. Who was the President of the Constituent
Assembly?
19. Why does Mumbai receives more rainfall
than Pune?
20. What was the real name of Tantiya Tope?
Answers
1. Which rays can pass through 20 cm
thickness of steel?
2. Which characteristic is common among
parrot, platypus and kangaroo?
3. In India, in which banking is the Public
Sector, is most dominant?
4. Which does not have a unit of Hindustan
Aeronautics Ltd (HAL) ?
5. Who was the British PM at the time of
Revolt of 1857?
6. AIDS is caused by Human Immunodeficiency
Virus (HIV), What is this?
7. By whom was the Cabinet Mission to India
headed?
8. Phosgene is obtained by the reaction of
carbon monoxide and which gas?
9. Where is Diesel locomotives
manufactured?
10. Who advocated the policy of abolishing
princely states in free India?
11. Which petroleum refinery product has the
lowest boiling point?
12. SIMBEX is an annual joint maritime
bilateral exercise conducted between which countries?
13. By whom were Species Plant arum and
Sistema Natural written?
14. What is the process that result in the
breakdown of rocks and minerals in situ?
15. Who were considered constitutionalist
within the Indian National Congress?
16. Which are a human right as well as a
fundamental right under the Constitution of India?
17. Old-written material, which cannot be read
easily, how can be read?
18. Which is the largest Public Sector Bank in
India?
19. Which sets indicated the Aeolian process?
20. Who was instrumental in bringing the
Extremists and the Moderates together at Lucknow?
Answers
1. ã-rays 2. Functional post anal tail 3. Commercial banking 4. Kolkata 5. Pamstern 6. Retro virus 7. Lord Pethick Lawrence 8. Chlorine 9. Varanasi 10. Jawaharlal Nehru 11. Gasoline 12. India and Singapore 13. Linneus 14. Weathering 15. Satyamurty and K. M. Munshi 16. Right to Education 17. By infrared rays 18. State Bank of India 19. Corrosion, attrition, deflation 20. Annie Besant
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1. Which is nuclear-capable
submarine-launched ballistic missile?
2. Medicine for high blood pressure is
obtained from which species?
3. How many times has National Emergency
been declared?
4. Because of which factor, clouds do not
precipitate in deserts?
5. Who headed the Cabinet Mission?
6. Which compound does not contains an OH
group?
7. Who has been appointed as the chairman
of Central Electricity Authority?
8. Who is responsible for the collection
and publication of monetary and financial information?
9. What is the quantity of water in a
particular volume of air called?
10. The description of the administration of
Pataliputra is available in which book?
11. When does a cell increase in volume?
12. Under which act was the Supreme Court set
up?
13. Mesons are found in which rays?
14. Lichens and Mosses are characteristic
vegetation of which zone?
15. Who also had the name Devanama Piyadasi?
16. Who was thrice elected President of the
Indian National Congress?
17. How many member country are there in Commonwealth
Nations?
18. Which plant yields biodiesel or biofuel?
19. What is associated with a savanna climate?
20. Who was a contemporary of Alexander, the
Great?
Answers
1. Sagarika 2. Rauwolffia species 3. Three times 4. Low humidity 5. Lord Pethick Lawrence 6. Aldehyde 7. Rakesh Nath 8. Reserve Bank of India 9. Absolute humidity 10. Indica 11. If the external medium is hypotonic 12. Regulat- ing Act 13. Cosmic rays 14. The polar zone 15. Mauryan King Ashoka 16. Dadabhai Naoroji 17. 54 18. Jatropha curcas 19. Scrub 20. Chandragupt Maurya
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1. Which Judge of the Supreme Court was
unsuccessfully sought to be impeached?
2. Maximum hydrogen bonding would be
observed in which compound?
3. Taxation and the government’s
expenditure policy are dealt under under which policy?
4. Slash and burn agriculture in North
Eastern State is Known by which name?
5. Which historical personality of India is
also known as Vishnugupta?
6. Which organization issues the rules of
global trade?
7. Which enzyme is found in human saliva?
8. By whom is the Area of Lok Sabha
Constituency for the purpose of general election determined?
9. Telangana region represents type of
vegetation?
10. Who were the first Europeans to reach
India for trade?
11. A liquid will not wet the surface of solid
if the angle of contact is which angle?
12. Which decade is celebrated as First
International Decade of the World’s Indigenous People?
13. What is the main source of revenue to meet
different expenditures?
14. On which planet of the solar system does
the sun rise in the west and set in the east?
15. The English East India Company founded a
permanent factory at Surat in which year?
16. What is the normal temperature of human
body on the Kelvin scale?
17. After how many years is Election of Rajya
Sabha held?
18. What is the average salinity of sea water?
19. Which planet of the solar system has the
longest day?
20. What was the main occupation of the people
of the Indus Valley civilization?
1. Justice Ramaswami 2. Methanol 3. Fiscal policy 4. Jhumming 5. Chanakya 6. World Trade Organization 7. Ptyalin 8. Election Commission 9. Thorn 10. Portuguese 11. Obtuse 12. 1994-2004 13. Internal borrowings 14. Venus 15. 1613 16. 310 17. 2 years 18. 3.5% 19. Venus 20. Agriculture
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1. Which decade is celebrated as First
United Nations Decade for the Eradication of Poverty?
2. International voluntary blood donation
day is observed on which date?
3. Why can Insects move on the surface of
water without sinking?
4. Which minerals occur abundantly in the
Earth’s crust?
5. Which Harappan site had a dock?
6. Pneumoconiosis affects the workers who
work mainly in which industry?
7. On which Panchayat did the Ashok Mehta
Committee greater emphasis?
8. Which has the largest livestock
population in the world?
9. The tide at its maximum height is known
by which name?
10. Which Veda throws light on the beliefs and
practices of the non-Aryans?
11. The United Nations declared 2009 as which
International Year?
12. Lathyrism is caused by excessive
consumption of which thing?
13. Under which Ministry of the Government of
India does the Food and Nutrition Board work?
14. Where are neither the Local
thunderstorms‘nor ’westers’ prominent?
15. The code of conduct of the Vedic society
was laid out in which text?
16. What are the metallic constituents of hard
water?
17. Who broke Pete Sampras’s record of maximum
Grand Slams in tennis?
18. With which was Tarapore Committee
associated?
19. What is the dense mass of small water
drops on smoke particles in the lower layers of the atmosphere?
20. Who was the founder of the Nanda dynasty?
Answers
1. 1997-2006 2. November 6 3. Due to Surface tension of water 4. Silica 5. Lothal 6. Coal mining industry 7. Mandai Panchayat 8. India 9. Spring tide 10. Atharvaveda 11. Reconciliation 12. Khesari Dal 13. Ministry of Agriculture 14. West Bengal 15. Smritis 16. Calcium, magnesium and iron 17. Roger Federer 18. Fuller capital account convertibility 19. Smog 20. Mahapadma Nanda
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1. How many orangutans disappear each year
as result of palm oil farming?
2. Who decides about the reasonableness of
the restrictions placed on Fundamental Rights?
3. Microwaves are electromagnetic waves
with frequency, in the range of which unit?
4. Mosses and Lichens are the
characteristic vegetation of which region?
5. Who was a great ruler of Kalinga in
ancient times?
6. Makers of which types sponsor Indian ace
Narian Karthikeyan?
7. Where will the winter youth Olympics
Games 2016 be held?
8. Which specie of rhinoceros is said to be
the most critically endangered species?
9. Trees with hardwood and dense canopy are
generally found in which forests?
10. What was the language of the Satavahana
inscription?
11. By whom is the Separation of the Judiciary
from the Executive enjoined?
12. According to Dalton’s atomic theory, which
is the smallest particle which can exist independently?
13. Which Mahatma Gandhi series of currency
notes issued by the RBI has “ecology” depicted on it ?
14. In India, which type of forest occupies
the largest area?
15. The great grammarian Patanjali of ancient
India was whose contemporary?
16. Which was the first Asian lady swimmer to
have crossed the English Channel?
17. Which creature is featured on the logo for
International Year of Biodiversity 2010?
18. To which Bill the President must accord
his sanction without sending it back for fresh consideration?
19. Where is Over 90% of the world’s biomass?
20. Who deciphered the Brahmi script?
Answers
1. 5000 2. Courts 3. Giga hertz 4. Tundra region 5. Kharavela 6. MRF 7. Lillehammer 8. Javan rhino 9. Evergreen forests 10. Prakrit 11. Directive Principle 12. An atom 13. Rs. 100 14. Tropical Moist Deciduous Forest 15. Pushyamitra Sunga 16. Arati Saha 17. A greater flamingo 18. Finance Bills 19. In tropical rain forests 20. James Princep
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1. Who firstly predicated the existence of
electromagnetic waves?
2. Who is the winner of Saraswati Samman
2012?
3. When was decimal coinage introduced in
India?
4. Why have continents have drifted apart?
5. Which ruler was adorned with the title
of 'Maharajadhiraja' (King of Kings) ?
6. What represents the most complex level?
7. Which was the first woman film star
nominated/ elected to the Rajya Sabha?
8. Which type of glass is used in making
lenses and prisms?
9. Which is the smallest water body?
10. In ancient peninsular India, who assumed
the title 'Vatapikonda'?
11. The Golden Palmd’or award at the 65th
Cannes Film Festival was received by which person?
12. Which Indian batsman made three
consecutive centuries in his first three Test matches?
13. Which is the largest flower in the world ?
14. Which European country borders Atlanic
Ocean?
15. Prithviraj Chauhan belonged to which
Rajput dynasty?
16. Whose prior consent can the Money Bills be
introduced in the State Legislature?
17. The intensity of a magnetic field is
defined as the force experienced by which pole?
18. Among Indian Economists who had done
pioneering work on National Income?
19. Which country makes maximum use of the
geothermal energy?
20. Under which Sultan, Khalisa land increased
considerably?
Answers
1. Maxwell 2. A.A. Manavalan 3. 1957 4. Because of tectonic activities 5. Chandragupta I 6. Ecosystem 7. Nargis Dutt 8. Flint glass 9. Japan Sea 10. Narasimhavarman 11. Amour 12. Mohd. Azharuddin 13. Rafflesia 14. Portugal 15. Gahadavalas 16. Governor 17. Unit north pole 18. V. K. R. V. Rao 19. Iceland 20. Alauddin Khilji
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1. The term ‘Butterfly Stroke’ is
associated with which game?
2. Which vitamin is very liable and easily
destroyed during cooking as well as storage?
3. Who acts as the Chancellor of State Universities?
4. Which current is produced by upwelling
of cold water off the coast of Chile and Peru?
5. By whom was the structure of Qutab Minar
was completed?
6. In which process, a nucleus
spontaneously breaks down by emitting radiation?
7. ‘Alice in Wonderland’ the famous TV
Serial, is based on a book written by which author?
8. Who was the chairman of National Income
Committee?
9. In which country is the broken hill
famous for zinc and lead?
10. When Akbar was young, who was his
guardian?
11. Which organ destroys worn out RBCs in the
body of a vertebrate?
12. Which State has no Panchayati Raj
Institution at all?
13. Fluorescent tubes are fitted with a choke.
What does the choke coil?
14. The Vindhyas belong to which class of
mountains?
15. In which year Akbar assumed actual control
over the administration of his empire?
16. Who wrote the book ‘A Passage to India’–
17. Barack Obama, the President of America,
comes from which American States?
18. What is the normal temperature of human
body on the Kelvin scale?
19. Maharashtrian Plateau is made up of which?
20. By whom was Nishat Garden built?
Answers
1. Swimming 2. Vitamin C 3. Governor 4. Humboldt current 5. Iltutmish 6. Radioactive decay 7. Lewis Caroll 8. P. C. Mahalanobis 9. Australia 10. Bairam Khan 11. Spleen 12. Nagaland 13. Reduces current in the circuit 14. Block mountains 15. 1560 16. E. M. Foster 17. Illinois 18. 310 19. Lava 20. Jahangir
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1. Who is the executive head of a Municipal
Corporation?
2. What is the maximum number of hydrogen
bonds in a H2O molecule?
3. How is the contribution of agriculture
to India’s economy?
4. Which tributary of the Ganga System
flows northwards?
5. Which Mughal ruler banned music and
dancing?
6. Who is the first Air Chief to receive
the honour of “Marshal” ?
7. Which chemical is most suitable to
control storage insects on a small scale?
8. How did Constituent Assembly arrive at
decisions on the various provisions of the Constitution?
9. Which river originates at Amarkantak ?
10. Who succeeded Siraj-ud-Daulah as Nawab of
Bengal after the Battle of Plassey?
11. For television broadcasting, what
frequency is employed normally?
12. Kourou city is well-known for which
purpose?
13. Which body finalizes the Five Year Plan
proposals?
14. Which are the leading states in the
production of cotton in India?
15. Where did Shahjahan build the Moti Masjid?
16. What is the study of the relation of
animals and plants to their ‘surroundings called?
17. What was the most profound influence on the
drafting of the Indian Constitution?
18. The nitrogen percentage is the highest in
which fertilizer?
19. Which State has the largest number of
sugar mills?
20. Among which class did Indian National
Congress find wide acceptance initially?
Answers
1. Commissioner 2. 4 3. Decreasing 4. Sone 5. Aurangzeb 6. Arjun Singh 7. B. H. C. 8. By consensus 9. Narmada 10. Mir Jafar 11. 30 – 300 MHz 12. Satellite launching 13. National Development Council 14. Maharashtra and Gujarat 15. Agra 16. Ecology 17. Government of India Act, 1935 18. Urea 19. Uttar Pradesh 20. Educated middle class
1. If you wish to visit Golconda Fort, you
will have to go to which state?
2. Which biome has the highest species
diversity?
3. By whom was first successful vaccine
against virul disease of small pox discovered?
4. Kanha National Park belongs to which
biogeographical area in the world?
5. In which year was Vande Mataram first
sung at the session of the Indian National Congress?
6. The five year term of the President is
calculated from which day?
7. Which effect shows particle nature of
height?
8. Of which purpose was Nationalization of
banks done?
9. Which planet is known as veiled planet?
10. Which State was first annexed by Lord
Dalhousie under the Doctrine of Lapse?
11. Which continent has the lowest growth rate
of population?
12. Nitrogen fixing bacteria is useful in
growing which crop?
13. If the President wants to resign from
office, he may do so by writing to whom?
14. Which is the largest fresh water lake in
the world?
15. Which leader of the Revolution of 1857 had
the real name of Ram Chandra Pandurang ?
16. Activated charcoal is employed to remove
colouring matter from pure substance, it work?
17. Other than India and China, which group of
countries border Myanmar?
18. Word Bull and Big are associated with
which branch of commercial activity?
19. Which is the largest river in the world?
20. Mahatma Gandhi gave the call ‘Do or Die’
during which movement?
Answers
1. Karnataka 2. Tropical rainforests 3.
Edward Jenner 4. Tropical Sub-humid Forests 5. 1896 6. The day he assumes
charge 7. Photoelectric effect 8. Consolidating the economy 9. Mars 10. Satara
11. Europe 12. Legume 13. Vice- President 14. Lake Superior 15. Tatiya Tope 16.
Adsorption 17. Thailand, Laos and Bangladesh 18. Share Market 19. Amazon 20.
Quit India Movement
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1. Respiration can occur in the absence of
oxygen in which thing?
2. How many times was the term of the Lok
Sabha extended up to 6 years?
3. Optic fibres are mainly used for which
purpose?
4. Asia has large areas of inland drainage.
Why is it so ?
5. Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru was born in
which year?
6. Which was the first to legalize
euthanasia?
7. Chanda Kochhar leads to which of the organization?
8. What is the selectively permeable
membrane of the cell?
9. Which country in Africa has luxurious
tropical rain forests?
10. Where has the largest concentration of
Harappan sites been found?
11. In which of the Parliamentary Financial
Committees is the Rajya Sabha not represented?
12. Which compound gives both ninhydrin test
and Molisch’s test?
13. In which year was Tax collection of
Central govt. lowest as compare to G.D.P.?
14. The greatest diversity of animal and
species occurs in which forest?
15. Where was a copper chariot of Harappa
times was discovered?
16. Baan Ki-moon, the UNO Secretary-General belongs
to which country?
17. Which unicellular non-pathogenic parasite
is found in the human intestine?
18. The States Reorganization Act created how many
States and Union Territories?
19. In which valley is the Himalayan pass
Shipki La located?
20. Which Chola ruler converted the Bay of
Bengal into a ‘Chela lake’?
Answers
1. Yeast 2. Once 3. Communication 4. Rainfall is seasonal and scanty 5. 1889 6. Netherlands 7. ICICI Bank 8. Plasma lemma 9. Ivory coast 10. Ghaggar-Hakra 11. Estimates Committee 12. A protein 13. 1999-2000 14. Tropical moist forest 15. At Daimabad 16. South Korea 17. E, coli 18. 14 and 6 19. Sutlej valley 20. Rajendra I
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1. Which rays are most penetrating?
2. The headquarters of Organization of
Petroleum Exporting Country is located in which city?
3. In India, in which was the service tax
first introduced?
4. McMahan Line demarcates the boundary
between which countries?
5. Who laid the foundation of Rashtrakuta
Empire?
6. Which is the largest phylum in the
animal kingdom in respect of number of species?
7. Which is not administered by a
Lieutenant Governor?
8. Which of the following carbohydrates is
most abundant in nature?
9. On which river are Tikarpara and Jaraj
dams constructed under a multipurpose project?
10. Which ruler at first assumed the title of
‘Hazrat-i-Ala’ and afterwards ‘Sultan’?
11. In which year was the Indian Space
Research Organization (ISRO) founded?
12. Who is the author of the book “Superstar
India From Incredible to Unstopable”–
13. Which are largest cell organelles?
14. What is the major source of iron ore for
Visakhapatnam?
15. Mughal dynasty was to Bahadur Shah ‘Zafar’
as Lodi dynasty was to which ruler?
16. What is the document published by the government
to apprise the public on any issue?
17. Which is a good conductor of electricity?
18. Of which allocation does Gadgil Formula
refer to?
19. Which two planets of the solar system have
no satellites?
20. In which of the following years was the
first Railway line between Bombay and Thane laid?
Answers
1. Y-rays 2. Vienna 3. 1994 4. India and
China 5. Dantidurga 6. Arthropoda 7. Chandigarh 8. Cellulose 9. Mahanadi 10.
Sher Shah Suri 11. 1969 12. Sobha De 13. Plastid 14. Bailadila 15. Ibrahim Lodi
16. White Paper 17. Human body 18. Tax proceeds between the States 19. Mercury
and Venus 20. 1853
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1. Who has written the book ‘My Frozen
Turbulence in Kashmir’?
2. Which substance is more than 80% in the
cell?
3. Which language is Next to Hindi spoken
by the largest number of people in the Indian subcontinent?
4. Which planet has thirteen moons?
5. Which was the charier Act to close the
trade of East India?
6. Which are the high-temperature
superconductors?
7. The United Nations declared 1994 as
which International Year?
8. Who is regarded as the founder of the
scientific Socialism?
9. One degree of longitude on the equator
is equal to how much distance?
10. With which period do we associate the ‘megaliths’?
11. National Environmental Engineering
research institute is situated in which city?
12. In which part of the Constitution the
concept of Welfare State finds elaboration?
13. Which common devices works on the basis of
the principle of mutual induction?
14. Where is the maximum difference in the
spacing of longitudes?
15. When the first metal tool came into being
why was it used for?
16. Misha Grewal is associated with which
game/sport?
17. Amar Singh Sokhi is remembered for his
performance in which sports event?
18. Which Pollutant is produced from vehicles
that cause mental diseases?
19. What are Water vapors beyond the dew
point?
20. When did the concept of pollution emerge
clearly?
Answers
1. Jagmohan 2. Water 3. Bengali 4. Neptune
5. 1833 6. Ceramic oxides 7. International Year of the Family 8. Karl Marx 9.
50 miles 10. Neolithic 11. Nagpur 12. Directive Principles 13. Transformer 14.
At equator 15. Clearing jungles 16. Squash 17. Cycling 18. Pb 19. Condensation
20. In the Post-Vedic period
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1. What is the total number of Fundamental
Duties mentioned in the Constitution?
2. Which is the variety of coal in which
the deposit contains recognisable traces of the original plant material?
3. What is the highest denomination of
currency notes in circulation as legal tender in India at present?
4. Which type of rainfall leads to the
formation of the windward and the leeward side?
5. Which of the Vedas was divided"
into "White' and 'Black' parts?
6. Who became the first woman in the world
to ski to the North Pole?
7. In which organ of the human body are the
lymphocyte cells formed?
8. By whom is the Speaker of the Lok Sabha
is elected?
9. In which forests are Teak and Sal are
the principal trees?
10. Who is often described as the second
'Parasurama' or the exterminator of the entire kshatriya race?
11. Which is the process in which no heat
enters or leaves?
12. For outstanding contribution to which
field is Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize given?
13. For international payments, to which
currency is the Indian currency linked?
14. Which vegetation is called natural cattle
country ?
15. Who, was the Nanda ruler at the time of
Alexander's invasion?
16. What is Hepatitis-B, which affects liver?
17. By whom is the Chairman of Public Accounts
Committee appointed?
18. By which permeabilty is a super conductor characterized?
19. In the world production of natural rubber,
what is the rank of India?
20. To whom the 'Yavanas' refer?
Answers
1. 11 2. Peat 3. Rs. 1000 4. Orographic 5.
Yajur 6. Ann Banoraft 7. Spleen 8. All the members of Lok Sabha 9. Tropical
moist deciduous 10. Mahapadrna 11. Adiabatic 12. Science 13. American Dollar
14. Downs 15. Dhana Nanda 16. Virus 17. Speaker 18. Zero permeability 19.
Fourth 20. Greeks
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1. ‘Meghanath Saha’ award is given for
outstanding contribution in which field?
2. Who wrote the book ‘Algebra of Infinite
Justice’?
3. The saliva helps in the digestion of
which thing?
4. What is Oolong tea?
5. Who earned the title of a ‘Liberator’?
6. Which was the first State to become
bifurcated after independence?
7. How is the speed of light with the rise
in the temperature of the medium?
8. Which tax is not levied by the Union
Government?
9. How are the caves of the world’s
greatest fold mountains formed?
10. Vatapi was the capital of the reign?
11. The autobiography ‘Living History ‘has
been authored by author?
12. How is the pitch of the voice of women
generally?
13. On which date was the State of Bombay was
bifurcated into Maharashtra and Gujarat?
14. Which is a block mountain?
15. By whom was the famous book Geet Govind
written?
16. What makes a lemon sour?
17. How is Swami Vivekananda’s birthday
observed in India?
18. What is the principal source of revenue to
the State Government in India?
19. Which is the busiest oceanic trade route?
20. Which Muslim emperor was attracted by the
beauty of Queen Padmini ?
Answers
1. Science 2. Arundhati Roy 3. Starch 4. A
variety of tea cultivated in Taiwan 5. Ashoka 6. Madras 7. Remains unaltered 8.
Profession Tax 9. Compressional movement 10. Chalukyas 11. Hillary Clinton 12.
Higher than that of men 13. May 1, in the year 1960 14. Vosges 15. Jayadev 16.
Citric acid 17. As National Youth Day 18. Sales Tax 19. North Atlantic route
20. Alauddin Khilji
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1. By which algae is Nitrogen fixation
done?
2. Which post does the Constitution of
India not mention?
3. When do all the magnetic materials lose
their magnetic properties?
4. Why are the Canals in Western Europeare
mainly used?
5. By whom was the ‘Tahglq-i-Hind', a
famous literary work, written?
6. Which day is observed as the World
Environment Day?
7. In which Indian state is the game of
Polo said to have originated?
8. Which organs are morphologically
different but perform the same function?
9. Which is not a landform which results
due to rejuvenation of a river?
10. Which Bhakti saint wrote the commentary on
Vedanta sutras in Sanskrit?
11. How can a major portion of the
Constitution be amended?
12. In which type of coal percentage of carbon
is the highest?
13. By whom was the first attempt to initiate
economic planning in India made?
14. In which ocean is Diamantina Trench
situated?
15. Form where did Babar come to India
originally?
16. Which beach is visited by Olive Ridley
turtles annually for mass nesting?
17. Why is the water of Holy Ganges river is
pure?
18. How the Constitution describes India?
19. The Himalayan mountain system belongs to
which mountains?
20. During the reign of emperor was the
artillery most perfect and numerous?
Answers
1. Blue-green algae 2. The Deputy Prime
Minister 3. Strongly heated 4. For inland navigation 5. Alberuni 6. 5th June 7.
Manipur 8. Analogous organs 9. Oxbow lake 10. Vallabhacharya 11. By two-thirds
majority 12. Anthracite 13. By M. Visvesvaraya 14. Indian Ocean 15. Ferghana
16. Gahirmatha 17. Due to presence of Bacteriophages 18. As a Union of States
19. Fold mountains 20. Aurangzeb
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1. A
hollow sphere of copper is positively charged, Then what will the electric
field be inside the sphere?
2. How many States of the U.S.A. are not
attached to its mainland?
3. What was the decentralization system
recommended?
4. Which are the oldest mountains in India
according to geographical history?
5. Who was last Mughal emperor to sit on
the peacock throne?
6. Which Bacteria is found in the intestine
of human?
7. Which language is not recognized in the
8th Schedule though it is an official language of a State?
8. What is the mixture of carbon monoxide
and nitrogen called?
9. Which is the river with highest tidal
bore in India?
10. From which ruler did Albuquerque capture
Goa?
11. Which train/railway passes through
Germany, France, Austria, Hungary and Romania?
12. Which biologist, proposed that life is
originated in water,?
13. When chlorophyll absorbs light, what does
it gets excited and emits?
14. Which is a land-locked sea?
15. Which European were the last to come- to
pre-independence India as traders?
16. Who has the final power to maintain order
within the House of People ?
17. In our houses we get 220 VA. C What does
the value 220 represent?
18. Bouncing of cheques has become an offence.
What is the punishment for the same?
19. Which would be most suited for an area
which has only two months of scanty rainfall in a year?
20. Who was the first Muslim President of Indian
National Congress?
Answers
1. Zero 2. Two 3. Balwant Rai Mehta 4.
Aravallis 5. Muhammad Shah 6. Escherichia coli 7. English 8. Producer gas 9.
Hoogli 10. Bijapur 11. Orient Express 12. Thales 13. Electrons 14. Aral Sea 15.
French 16. Speaker 17. Effective voltage 18. 6 months imprisonment 19. Pulse
20. Badruddin Tyyabji
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1. Mallika Sarabhi is associated with which
field?
2. After respiration the conversion of
energy is mainly in which form of?
3. Who fixes the salaries and the
allowances of the Speaker of Lok Sabha?
4. Which crop is grown in India mainly by
dry farming?
5. Who was the first Englishman to preside
over a Congress session ?
6. What is formed when white phosphorus is
heated at 540 K in the absence of air?
7. When did Economic Community of Central
African States came into existence?
8. In which year, some more commercial
banks in addition to the first lot of 141 were nationalized in India?
9. The mapping of which part of Earth is
most difficult?
10. Which Urdu poets were invited, to the
Second and Third Round Table Conference?
11. What is the connecting link between
Annelida and Mollusca?
12. How many subjects are in the Concurrent
List?
13. A small weight is put on the pressure
cooker. It increases the pressure of the steam. Why?
14. Which is the second most abundant metal in
the earth’s crust?
15. Which first movement was launched against
the British in India?
16. When did East African Development Bank
come into force?
17. Who has directed the film ‘Sardar’?
18. What is also known as green protozo?
19. The tropopause occurs at the equator at a
height of how many kilometers?
20. Who was the British Prime Minister at the
time of the Second Round Table Conference?
Answers
1. Classical dance 2. ATP 3. Parliament 4.
Millet 5. George Yule 6. Red phosphorus 7. 1983 8. 1980 9. Interior of the
earth 10. Muhammad Iqbal 11. Neopalina 12. 47 subjects 13. Area of contact is
small 14. Aluminium 15. Swadeshi Movement 16. 1967 17. Ketan Mehta 18. Euglena
19. 17 km 20. Ramsay Macdonald
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1. How can a Change in distribution of
powers between the Centre and the States be done?
2. Which acid is used to remove ink and
rust stains and cloth?
3. Which forms the largest share of deficit
in Govt. of India budget?
4. 97% of the atmosphere lies within how many
kilometers of the surface of the earth?
5. By virtue of which Act, diarchy was
introduced in India?
6. Who has written the book ‘The Famished
Road’?
7. In a living cell what is the site of
ribosome formation?
8. Which Amendment of the Constitution of
India deals with the issue of strengthening of the Panchayati Raj?
9. Primitive people practice animal rearing
in the tropical grasslands of which area?
10. By whom was the first republic of the
world established in Vaishali?
11. How can one distinguish a telescope from a
microscope?
12. World day to combat desertification and
drought is observed on which date?
13. Which scheme was intended to tap the black
money?
14. What are the Low-latitude grasslands in South
America called?
15. Between which was the ancient town of
Takshasila located?
16. What do both respiration and
photosynthesis require?
17. From which date shall the tenure of every
Panchayat be for five years?
18. Which are the metal that is present in
photo films?
19. Which states is the leading producer of
tea?
20. Who was a contemporary of Chinghiz Khan?
Answers
1. Amending the Constitution 2. Oxalic acid
3. Fiscal deficit 4. 5 km 5. Government of India Act, 1919 6. Ben Okri 7.
Nucleolus 8. 73rd 9. East Africa 10. Lichhavi 11. By observing size of the lens
12. June 17 13. India Development Bonds 14. Pampas 15. Indus and Jhelum 16.
Cytochromes 17. From the date of its first meeting 18. Silver 19. Assam 20.
Iltutmish
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1. Which day is the International Human
Rights Day?
2. Bahadur Singh is a distinguished athlete
of which game?
3. Which Biologist proposed the theory of
Germ plasm?
4. Which pair of states is the leading
producer of tobacco in India?
5. Who established Diwan-i-Mustakharaj (Department
of Arrears)?
6. Citizenship provisions are enshrined in
the Constitution in which article?
7. Which sound-produced by a bat?
8. For internal financing of Five Year
Plans, the government depends on which source?
9. What is the distance of the nearest star
besides the sun from the earth?
10. Who deserves the credit for contruction of
Lal Quila?
11. How many players are there on each side in
a baseball match?
12. Which vitamin is transformed in golden rice?
13. Under which Article of the Constitution is
the Cultural and Educational Rights granted?
14. Which celestial body besides earth bear,
The Sea of Tranquility’ and The Ocean of Storms’?
15. Who was the daughter of Emperor Aurangzeb?
16. Which is the highest grade of coal whose
surface is shining and has the highest calorific value?
17. Who among the following was the first
Indian to receive the Magsaysay award?
18. What is the mean of ‘Take off stage ‘in an
economy?
19. In how many time zones has the world been
divided into?
20. Which contains the Gayatri Mantra?
Answers
1. December 10th 2. Athletics 3. Weisman 4.
Andhra Pradesh and Gujarat 5. Alauddin Khalji 6. Part II, Articles 5-11 7.
Ultrasonic 8. Taxation only 9. 4.2 light years 10. Shahjahan 11. 5 12. Vitamin
A 13. Article 29 and 30 14. Moon 15. Zebunnisa 16. Anthracite 17. Vinoba Bhave
18. Steady growth begins 19. 24 20. Rigveda
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1. Which type of woods is specially used as
railways sleepers?
2. Which State sends the maximum number of
members to the Rajya Sabha?
3. Which explains that all the galaxies are
receding from?
4. Which elements is most abundant in the
earth’s crust?
5. The Gayatri Mantra contained in the
Rigveda is dedicated to which deity?
6. How many married couples have won the
Nobel Prize?
7. The ‘Cannes Award’s given for excellence
in which field?
8. Why does happen Short sightedness?
9. Why does the phenomenon of ‘trade winds’
takes place?
10. With which religion is Kalvalya
associated?
11. Who was the first leader of the Opposition
in the Rajya Sabha?
12. Which is an element which never exhibits
positive oxidation state in any of its compounds?
13. Which is at the apex of Industrial Finance
in India?
14. What is a Doldrums?
15. Who was the greatest Buddhist commentator
of the Buddhist canonical literature?
16. What is the name of winner of the Sanjay
Chopra National Award for Bravery 2012?
17. Which is adapted to grow in dry places?
18. With which the executive power relating to
concurrent subjects remain?
19. Which is a tropical monsoon crop?
20. During the Sangam Age which dynasty was
not in power?
Answers
1. Jarrah and barri 2. Uttar Pradesh 3. Red
shift 4. Oxygen 5. Savitri 6. 4 7. Films 8. Due to elongation of eye balls 9.
Due to convection of heat 10. Jainism 11. Kamlapati Tripathi 12. Fluorine 13.
Industrial Development Bank of India 14. Tropical no-wind belt 15. Ashvaqhosha
16. Gajendra Ram 17. Xerophytes 18. The Centre 19. Wheat 20. Pallavas
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1. The quality of sound produced by an
instrument depends on the which thing?
2. The term ‘Tee’ is connected with which
game?
3. In India, the bank NABARD does not
provide refinance to which bank?
4. What is the main activity of Eskimos
during the short period of summer season?
5. With which external trade of the Sangam
were people carried on?
6. Which is a mixed fertilizer?
7. How many subjects are in the Union list?
8. In which situation a chemical reaction
does not?
9. Which geomorphic processes is associated
with the work of glaciers?
10. Who Chola king fought against the Shailendia
king of Shri Vijaya and defeated him?
11. ‘Gambit’is the term associated with which
game?
12. Who was the first ‘Indian to swim across
English Channel?
13. Which one of symbiotic algae is found in
secretory cell of hydra?
14. From which rocks is the soil material
mainly derived?
15. The -titles of 'Mummadi Chola',
'Cholamartanda' and 'Raja Kesari Aromoli' were assumed by which Chola ruler?
16. In which schedule is the list of items
which may be entrusted to the Panchayats given?
17. What is the order of magnitude of electric
resistance of the human body (dry) ?
18. Which forms the largest share of deficit
in Govt. of India budget?
19. Which pair of ocean currents meets each
other near Newfound land?
20. In which field did Indians in ancient time
learn a lot from the Greeks?
Answers
1. Number of overtones 2. Golf 3.
Export-Import Banks 4. Hunting 5. Romans 6. NPK 7. 97 subjects 8. Common salt
is exposed to air 9. Plucking 10. Rajendra Chola I 11. Chess 12. Mihir Sen 13.
Euchlorella 14. Sedimentary rocks 15. Rajaraja 16. Eleventh Schedule 17. 106
ohm 18. Fiscal deficit 19. Gulf stream and Labrador 20. Music
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1. Who was the first Indian woman to swim
across the English Channel?
2. Which is the phase that invades but does
not destroy the lost?
3. In which State was the Panchayatl Raj
first introduced?
4. The Dogger Bank, the main fishing area
of Europe, where is this area?
5. Which ruler died while playing 'Chaugan'
?
6. Blue litmus paper is converted into red
in solution of which thing?
7. Which is used as the logo of the World
Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) ?
8. Which scheme was intended to tap the
black money?
9. Which is the largest railway station of
the world?
10. Who ruler was the builder of Jahan-Panah,
Delhi's fourth city?
11. Photosynthesis proceeds in which sequence?
12. By whom is the composition of the UPSC
determined?
13. In electric supply lines in India, which
parameter is kept constant?
14. Which is the shortest air-route from Perth
to London?
15. Which Kingdom was annexed by Bahlul Lodi,
the Sultan of Delhi, in 1484 AD?
16. Which is the headquarters of World Trade
Organisation (WTO)?
17. Which is another name of RDX ?
18. By whom was the most accepted theory for
ascent of sap was given?
19. Which Indian State has the minimum total
forest cover?
20. When Akbar was born, Humayun was under the
shelter of which king?
Answers
1. Arati Saha 2. Temperate phase 3.
Rajasthan 4. North Sea 5. Jalal-ud-din-Khilji 6. acid 7. Panda 8. India
Develop- ment Bonds 9. Grand Central Terminal, Chicago 10. Sultan
Muhammad-bin-Tughlaq 11. Light phase and dark phase 12. By the President 13.
Frequency 14. Perth, Aden, Paris, London 15. Jaunpur 16. Geneva 17. Cycionite
18. Dixon and Joly 19. Haryana 20. Raja of Amarkot
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1. WhichAct formally introduced the
principles of elections for the first time?
2. What is the negative logarithmic value
of hydrogen on called?
3. Who wrote the book ‘Planned Economy for
India’ ?
4. Among the Union Territories which has
the highest literacy rate?
5. Of whom was Tulsidas was a contemporary?
6. A bee-sting leaves an acid which causes
pain and irritation. which is that injected acid?
7. Which animal is blind (Extremely poor
eyesight)?
8. Where are the disputes regarding the
election of the President and Vice-President settle?
9. The river Cauvery originates from which
state?
10. The Maratha kingdom was founded by Shivaji
during which reign?
11. In an atomic nucleus, by which force are
neutrons and protons held together?
12. Who is a social activist campaigning
against child labour?
13. When was National Development Council set
up?
14. Which is the main river flowing in the
state of Jammu and Kashmir?
15. The Maratha Chief, Sambhaji was executed
during which reign?
16. Animal goes under winter sleep due to low
temperature, what is called?
17. What function is specifically prescribed
by the Constitution for the vice-President of India?
18. By which a mixture of naphthalene and
benzoic acid can be separated?
19. Why does the western coast of India receive
very high rainfall in summer mainly?
20. Who was the first European to translate
the Bhagwad Gita into English?
Answers
1. Indian Councils Act, 1909 2. pH 3. M.
Visvesvaraya 4. Lakshadweep 5. Akbar 6. Methanoic acid 7. Bat 8. In the Supreme
Court 9. Karnataka 10. Aurangzeb I 11. Exchange forces 12. Swami Agnivesh 13.
1952 14. Jhelum 15. Aurangzeb 16. Aestivation 17. Chairman of Rajya Sabha 18.
Chromatography 19. Due to western Ghats 20. Charles Wilkins
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1. Who is the creator of the Rock Garden in
Chandigarh?
2. When did UN General Assembly establish
UN Industrial Development Organization?
3. Which organelles in the cell, other than
nucleus contains DNA?
4. In India which is the State with the
largest area under very dense forests?
5. By whom was the Asiatic Society
established in Calcutta?
6. In which country did the concept of
Public Interest Litigation originated?
7. The wavelength of X-rays is of the order
of how many angstrom?
8. A crossed cheque is one, which can be encased
only at which bank?
9. In which place is the headquarters of
the North-Eastern Railway located?
10. Which reformer from Maharashtra was known
as Lokhitavadi?
11. In which year ‘Human Rights Resolution
‘was adopted by the U.N. ?
12. What is in folding from the inner membrane
of mitochondria called?
13. Which amendment curtailed the power of judicial
review of the Supreme Court and the High Courts?
14. Which National Highway connects Chennai
and Visakhapatnarn ?
15. Where were the sepoys revolted openly in
1857?
16. By which Carbon and hydrogen are estimated
in organic compounds?
17. Who wrote the book ‘Reminiscences of the
Nehru Age’?
18. What do Quantitative credit controls not
include?
19. Which is the largest irrigation canal of
the world?
20. By whom was the Civil Disobedience
Movement led in the North-West Frontier Province?
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