| Question |
Answer |
| Alpha-keratin is a protein present in which thing? |
Wool |
| Where was the first session of the Constituent Assembly held? |
New Delhi |
| Which of the following is used as ‘a moderator in nuclear reactor? |
Graphite |
| Which planet looks reddish in the night sky? |
Mars |
| What was the source of the blue gem stone, lapis lazuli, for the people of Harappan culture? |
Afghanistan |
| Sachin Tendulkar scored his 100th international century against which’ country? |
Bangladesh |
| In baseball, the two opposing teams consist of howmany players? |
9 players each |
| The improper function of which results in condition ‘Myxedema’ in human beings? |
Thyroid gland |
| In 1610, Galileo Galilei discovered four moons of which planet? |
Jupiter |
| In the Vedic society, which was the term used to denote a group of families? |
Grama |
| Who was the Chairman’ of the Union Constitution Committee of the Constituent Assembly? |
Jawaharlal Nehru |
| Which element that does not occur in nature but can be produced artificially? |
Plutonium |
| When had India a plan holiday? |
After the drought of 1966 |
| How are Latitude and Longitude? |
Perpendicular to each other |
| Which Philosophy holds that the world is created and maintained by Universal Law? |
Jain Philosophy |
| Which book is authored by V.S. Naipaul? |
A House for Mr. Biswas |
| Which can be used for biological control of mosquitoes? |
Gambusia |
| Which proclamation of National Emergency automatically suspends? |
Right to freedom |
| The latitude of a place is the same as which place? |
Celestial pole |
| What was the script used in the earliest Tamil inscriptions? |
Brahmi |
| In which technology do Cryogenic engines find applications? |
Rocket technology |
| Shovna Narayan is a reputed personality in which field? |
Classical dance |
| During which Plan did prices show a decline? |
First |
| Which instrument used for finding out wind-direction? |
wind vane |
| Which ports handled the north Indian trade during the Gupta period? |
Broach |
| Which vitamin is considered to be a hormone? |
D |
| On the basis of financial crisis howmany times has emergency been declared by the President of India? |
Not even once |
| Which is the element found on the surface of the moon? |
Titanium |
| Why is ‘Beaufort Scale’ used? |
To measure wind velocity |
| Which Tomar ruler is credited to have established Delhi? |
Anangpal |
| Question |
Answer |
| ‘My Music, My Life’ is the autobiography of which person? |
Pt. Ravi Shankar |
| Which was the first talkie film of India? |
Alam Ara |
| Through which Translocation of food materials in plants takes place? |
Phloem |
| When does Relative humidity decreases? |
With increased temperature |
| Who was the Sultan of Delhi who is reputed to have built the biggest network of canals in India? |
Feroze Shan Tughlaq |
| What type of Party system has been evolved in India? |
Multi-Party |
| A man with a dark skin, in comparison with a man with a white skin, What will experience? |
Less heat and less cold |
| Which bank is the Banker of the Banks? |
RBI |
| Where are a large number of species are found within a small unit of area? |
Wet evergreen equatorial forests |
| Krishnadeva Raya wrote a famous work, namely Amuktamalyada, in which language? |
Telugu |
| Folk painting ‘Madhubani’ is famous in which state? |
Bihar |
| Which is the tree requiring minimum water for its growth? |
Babul |
| Which post does the Constitution of India does not mention? |
The Deputy Prime Minister |
| Which country is the largest producer of Bauxite? |
Australia |
| Which Indian rulers was a contemporary of Akbar? |
Rani Durgawati |
| How are Oxygen and ozone? |
Allotropes |
| From where did India introduce cultivation of tobacco/tapioca/ pineapple? |
South America |
| When was the Reserve Bank of India taken over by the Government? |
1948 |
| Which is found on the western coast of continents between 30° and 40° latitudes? |
Mediterranean Climate Region |
| Which school of paintings developed independently during the Mughal Period? |
The Bijapur School |
| In which is ‘Foot and Mouth Disease’ found? |
Cattle |
| Who decides the number of Judges in a High Court? |
President |
| What denotes the smallest temperature? |
1° on the Kelvin scale |
| In which latitudes largest quantities of bauxite is found? |
Tropical latitudes |
| Which was the first English ship that came to India? |
Red Dragon |
| Which tree, once very popular in social forestry, is now taken to be an environmental hazard? |
Eucalyptus |
| Foot-and-Mouth disease in animals, a current epidemic in some parts of the world, By which is this caused? |
Bacterium |
| In which animal is respiration done by the skin? |
Frog |
| The Ruhr-Westphalia region is a famous industrial region of which country? |
Germany |
| Which was the first newspaper to be published in India?
|
Bengal Gazette |
