INDIAN HISTORY AND CULTURE

Where has the ‘Great Bath’ been excavated ? Mohenjodaro What material were used in making Harappan weapons ? Stone , Copper and Bronze Which Gupta rurer is known as the ‘Indian Napoleon’ ? Samudragupta In which year did Nicolo Contivisit Vijiayanagar ? 1420 Who built the famous ‘ Victory Tower’ and ‘Vijaya Stambha’ at chittor to celebrate his victory over Malwa ?

Rana Kumbha The Bengal Gazette or Calcutta General Advertiser brought out in 1780 by James Augustus Hickey Hsuan-Tsang (also spelt Yaan Chwang ) visited Indian during the reign of Harsha Ancient literture refers to five fold division of India. The term ‘Aparanta’ or ‘Pratichya’ refers to

Western India What was the main motto of Ramkrishna Mission? To provide social service to the people Who was first to accept the ‘Sub-sidiary Alliance’ ? The Nizam of Hyderabad As the evidence from Koldihwa in the Belan Valley shows rice seems to have been domesticated in India by about :

7000 B.C. Among the few four Vedas, which one is a collection of spells and charms ? Atharvaveda The Brahmanas, the Aranyakas and the Upnishadas are attached to one or the other of :

The four Vedas Murshid Quli Khan became the diwan of Bengal in : 1700 AD The two popular assemblies which seems to have formed as essential feature of the government during the Age of Rig Veda

are : Sabha and Samiti During the Age of Rig Veda, the grains are collectively called : Yava and Dhanya The Second Anglo-Mysore War took place between : 1780-1784 AD Which period is referred as the Classical Age or Golden Age of Ancient India?

Gupta Period (319- 334 AD) Akbar the great Mughal Emperor Proclaimed a new religion Din-e-Ilahi in : 1581 Guru Nanak Dev-the founded of Sikh religion was born in The year 1469 Who estabilshed ‘The Khalsa’ in 1699 ?

Guru Gobind Singh (Tenth Guru of Sikhs) Subhash Chandra Bose was elected the president of the Indian National Congress in

The year 1939 at its Tripuri Session Where did The Tebhaga Movement of Peasants occur in 1946 ? Bengal Who founded the Ahmedabad Textile Labour Association ? Mahatama Ghandhi ‘Anekktavad’ is a core theory and Philosophy of which religion ? Jainism The founder of Sunga dynasty was Pushyamitra Sunga The East India Company secured the Dewani from

Mughal Emperor Shah Alam II (1728-1806) Who wrote Raghuvansam, Kumarsambhavam, Malvikagnimitram and Abhigyanshakuntalam

Kalidasa ‘The Loyal Mohammadans of India’ was the newspaper brought out by :

Sayyid Ahmad Khan Who founded the ‘Servants of Indian Society ‘ in 1905 Gopal Krishna Gokhle The biographyof Harshvardhan – Harshcharita was written by : Banabhatta Huin-Tsang, the Chinese traveller visited India during the reigon of :

Harshvardhan’s region during fifth century A.D. The famous book of Huin-Tsang which forms an invaluable source to ancient Indian History is

Si-Yu-Ki The three great Chinese Pilgrims who visited India in search of Knowledge , manuscripts and relics between the fifth and

seventh centuries A.D. areFa Hien, Huin-Tsang, and I- Tsing

Katyayanaprakarna is book on grammar of : Pali Language The first Carnatic War between the French and the England took place between : 1746 and 1748 Swami Vivekanand was born : On January 12, 1863 in Calcutta Who was the commander of revolt of 1857 in Rohilkhand ? Ahmadullah Who wrote the book “The Wonder that was India” ? A.L. Basham Who said that “The Mythology, as well as cosmogony of the Egyptians ,Greeks and Romans were borrowed from the

doctrines of the Brahmins” Nanthaniel Halhed Vedic Literature includes : Vedas, the Brahmanas , the Aranyakas and the

Upanishads The first definite mention of Bharata as a region is to be found in :

Panini who lived about sixth century B.C. The Palaeolithic Age in India is divided into three phases namely :

Lower Palaeolithic (Handaxe and cleaver industries) , Middle Palaeolithic (Tools made on flakes ) and upper palaeolithic ( Tools made on flakes and blades )

The Harappan civilization was discovered in 1920-21 following excavation :By R. D. Banerjee (at Mohenjodaro) and By D. R. Sahni (at Harappa)

Nizam-ul-Mulk Asaf Jah founded the state of Hyderabad in : 1724 Tipu Sultan was the Sultan (ruler) of Mysore from : 1782 to 1799 The Sikh Khalsa was formed to instil a strong martial spirit in the Sikhs by :

Tenth Sikh Guru Guru Govind Singh in 1699 The Chief of Sukarchakiya misl (a Sikh confederacy ) was : Maharaja Ranjit Singh Which Sultan of Delhi established a separate agriculture department which planned rotation of crops ?

Mohammad Bin Tughlaq The Dharm Chakra Pravartan mentioned in the Buddist test is :

The first sermon delivered by Buddha at Sarnath Kitab-ul-Hind is a book by : Alberuni Which river is most described in the Rigveda ? Sindhu River When were the High Courts in Calcutta, Madras and Bombay established ?

In the year 1861 In which year were Bhagat Singh, Rajguru and Sukhdev hanged ? In the year 1861 The faous resolution on Non-Cooperation was adopted at a special session (Septamber 1920) held at :

Calcutta The first offical Language Commission as required under Article 344 of the Constitution was constituted by the president in :

1955 with B.G.Kher as its Chairman Who was the revolutionary leader to kill General O. Dyer responsible for Jalianwala Bagh tragedy ?

Udham Singh In which province of undivided India was a referendum held to ascertain wheather it should join Pakistan or not ?

North West Frontier Province The founder of the Karkota dynasty in Kashmir was :

Avantivarman Under Harshvardhan in the seventh century A.D. the centre of political gravity in north Indian shifted from Magadh to :

Kannauj The Chalukyas or Solankis ruled over Gujarat for almost three and a half centuries between :

The year 950-1300 A.D. Who wrote Ain-i-Akbari ? Abul Fazi During the Sultanate period the highest category of peasants were :

The Khots and muqaddams During the Sultanate period the territories whose revenues went directly to the Sultan’s treasury called :

Khalisa Ghiyasuddin Tughlaq is credited with the foundation of the third city of Delhi known as :

Tughlaqabad

Which Indian philosophy postulates a dualism of the matter and soul, and declares that salvstion depends on fully recognising the atomic nature of the universe and its difference with the soul ?Vaisesika

The last Tirthankara in Jain tradition is : Vardhamana Mahavira The two Jain Tirthankars who find mention in Rig Veda are Rishabhanath and Aristhanemia Who attained Kaivalya (i.e. the supreme knowledge and final deliverance from the bonds of pleasure and pain ) at the age of

42 ? Vardhamana Mahavira The fundamental principle of Budda’s teachings are represented by the Four Nobel Truths viz.,

Dukkha, Dukkha Samuddaya, Dukkha Nirodha and Dukkha Nirodh- Gamini- Pratipada The four important dynasties that stand out prominently in the sixth century B.C. are

The Haryankas of Magadha, the Ikshakus of Kosala, the pauravas of Vatsa and Prodyotas of Avanti Who founded the Haryank dynasty in Magadha ? Bimbisara The most important republican state during the period of Buddha were The Vajjis Who wrote the play Mudrarakshasa ? Vishakha Dutta In Karnataka, Asoka’s incriptions have been found at Maski, Yerragudi and Chitaldurga The oldest among the spoken literary languages of South India is Tamil Language Who is known as Siladitya ? Harshavardhana Nizam-ul-Mulk Asaf Jah founded state of Hyderabad in : 1724 ‘Early History of India’ in 1904 was written by : V. A. Smith Six Vedangas (limbs of Vedas ) are :

Siksha (phonetics) , Kalpa (rituals), Vyakarna(grammar), Nirukta(estymology), Chhanda (metrics) and Jyotisha (astronomy)

Who wrote ‘Gaudevaho’ ? Vakpati Ahar culture , Kayatha culture, Mlwa culture, Prabas culture, Rangpur culture are all parts of :

Chalcolithic cultures The relics of Indus Valley (Harappa) civilization were first noticed in :1 Harappa The most remarkable building at Mohenjodaro was : The Great Bath The author of Tarikh-i-Mubaraks Shahi is : Yahya Sirhindi The Vijayanagar Empire in the south came into existence in : A. D. 1336 The first Muslim ruler to impose Jaziya on the Brahmins was : Firuz Shah Tughla

INDIAN POLITY AND CONSTITUTION Who actually makes use of the executive authority of the union Government ?

The Council of Ministers The Directive Principles of State Policy underline the philosophy of Socialism To ensure the overall development of citizens , the Fundamental Right have been provided in which part ?

Part-III (Articles 12-35) of the Constitution The 86th Constitution (Amendment) Act, 2002 added a new Article 21A in

Right to Freedom (The Article 21A relates to Right to Education) Who performs the duties of President if the office of President is temporarily vacant due to illness or otherwise or absence

of President To each other Money Bill can be initiated only in the House of People The state Legislature cinsists of the

Governor , the Legislative Assembly and the Councils (If it is provided for in the state ) Which Article is concerned with abolition or creation of Legislative Councils in state ?

Articles 169 When was National Flag adopted by the Constituent Assembly On July 24, 1947 Which Schedule of the Constitution of India deals with powers , authority and responsibilites of municipalities ?

Twelfth Schedule The provision of adjudication of disputes relating to waters of inter-state rivers or river valleys is laid down in :

Artices 262

India is a republic, that means : The head of state of India is indirectly elected for a fixed period

The ideal of liberty , equality and fraternity as enshrined in the Preamble to the Constitution of India have been taken from :The French Revolution (1789)

Whose remarks are these-the Preamble is the horoscope of our soveregin democratic repubilc ?K.M.Munshi(a menber of the Drafting Committee of the Constitution Assembly)

Which part of Indian Constitution is described the MagnaCarta of India ?Part III containing Fundemental Right (Article 12 to 35 )

Which Article of the Constitution defies the term ‘State’ in India contex ? Article 12 The right to property was d3leted from the lit of Fundamental Right by : 44th Constitution Act 1978 The only state in the Indian Union which has its own separate State Constitution is

Jammu & Kashmir A person to be eligible for election as President of India should have completed : 35 years of age Granville Austin has described the Directive Principles and the Fundamental Right as :

The Conscience of the Constitution A Money Bill in the Parliament can be introduced only with the recommendation of The President of India Panchayats at the intermediate level may not be constitution in a state having a population less than

Twenty Lakh Who preside over the joint sitting of the Lok Sabha and the Rajya Sabha ? The speaker of the Lok Sabha The electoral college the elects the Vice-President of India consists of

Members of both the Houses of Parliament According to the preamble to the Constitution , India is Sovereign, Socialist, Secular and Democratic

Republic What is the maximum time interval permissible between two successive sessions of the Parliament ?

Six Months Which are the two states (other than Uttar Pradesh) having the highest representation in Lok Sabha ?

Bihar and Maharashtra Who has the power to summon and prorogue either House of Parliament or to dissolve the Lok Sabha ?

President of India By which Act was a second chamber of India Legislature known as Council of States created ?

Government of India Ac 1919 Which body functioned as the Provisional Parliament until the Lok Sabha was constituton following General Election in 1952

Constitution Assembly Under which Article can the President of India be impeached on the ground of violation of Constitution ?

Article 61 By the 69th Constitutional Amendment Act 1991 Union Territory of Delhi was redesigned as :

The National Capital Territory of Delhi in 1992 Cultural and Educational Right are enshrined in : Article 29-30 Which Article declares that a constitutional amendment a law and hence cannot be challenged ?

Article 13 The law which imposes penalties retrospectively (retroactively)-upon acts already done or which increases the penalties for

such acts is known as Ex-post-facto law The most important law enforcing Article 24 prohibiting the empolyment of children beow the age of 14 years in any factory

or other hazardous activities is The Child Labour (Prohibition and Regulation )Act 1986

Under the Chapter Amendment of the constitution (Article 368 in Part XX) special majority of Parliament means :More than 50%of the total membership of each House and a majority of two-thirds of the members of each House present and voting

In India, the president is the head of the state while the Prime Minister is the head of : The government In scheme of bicameral legislature as provided in the Constitution of India, Rajya Sabha represent :

The State of Indian Federation

The Constitution of India has divided the powers between the Centre and the States in terms of :The Union List, State List and Concurrent List

Incomparison with the American Federation which is described as an indestructible union of indestructible states the Indian Federation is : As Indestructible Union of Destructible States

The leader of the largest opposition party having not less than one-tenth seats of the total strength of the House is recognised as the : Leader of the opposition in each Houses of Parliament

The last session of the existing Lok Sabha,after a new Lok Sabha has been elected is called :Lam-Duck Session

Which Constitutional Amendment Act facilitates the appointment of the same person as a governor for two or more states ?7th Constitutional Amendment Act, 1956

Which Article of the Constitutin empowers the High Court to issue writes including habaes corpus, mandamus, certiorari, prohibition and quo warranto for the enforcement of fundamental right of the citizens and for any other purpose ?Article 226

Who headed the committee on ‘Revitalisation of Panchayati Raj’ Institutions for Democracy and Development appoited by the Rajiv Gandhi Government in 1986 : L. M. Singhvi

73rd Constitutional Amendment Act 1992 has added a new Part-IX to the contitution of India entitled as the “Panchayats” which provides for : a Three-Tier System of Panchayati Raj System

The Central Recruiting Agency of India is : The Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) To be eligible as Vice-President a person should have completed : 35 years of age The pardoning power of the president n India as enshrined in the Article 72 of the Constitutional of India includes :

Pardon, Commutation, Remission, Respite, Reprieve Under which Article of the Constitution does the governor of state possess the pardoning power ?

Article 161 The Zonal Councils are the statutory bodies established by an Act of the Parliament that is :

States Reorganisation Act of 1956 The first proclamation of National Emergency was issued in October 1962 on account of :

Chinese aggression in the NEFA (North East Frontier Agency now Arunachal Pradesh) The State has its own Constitution is : Jammu and Kashmir The right to equal opportunity for all citizens in matters of public employment has been enshrined in :

Article 16 In the Constitution of India, the idea of Uniform Civil Code is provided in :

Directive Principle of State Policy The Voting age in India was reduced to 18 years from 21 years in 1989 by :

The 61st Constitutional Amendment Act of 1988 Indian Constitution provides only for : Single Citizenship In which schedule to the Constitution of India have the powers authority and responsibililtes of municipalities been

mentioned ? Twelfth Schedule The provision of suspension of Fundamental Right is borrowed from :

Weimer Constitution of Germany Which Article makes a provision od Administrative Tribunals ? Article323-A As per the peramble of the Constitution of India, the nature of India State is of :

A sovereign, socialist, secular, democratic and republican polity The Indian National Congress adopted a resolution to establish a socialistic pattern of Society in :

Its Avadi session in 1955 The three words which were added in the Premble to the Constitution of India by the 42nd Constitutional Amendment Act

1976 are : Socialist , secular and integrity Article 1 describes India that is Bharat as : A union of States Part XVII of the Constitution deals with : Emergency Provision Right to freedom of religion as enshrined in Articles 25-28 includes :

Freedom of Conscience, and free profession , practice and propagation of religion

The right to move the Supreme Court for the enforcement of fundamental right including the writs of habeas corpus, mandamus , prohibition , certiorari and quo warranto are the part of :Right to Constitutional Remedies

The right to acquire, hold and dispose os property was deleted from the chapter of fundamental right by :The 44th Constitutional Amendment Act of 1978

Which Article grants protection to persons who are arrested or detained ?Article 22

The Article 40 which required the state to organise village panchayats and endow them with neccesary powers and authority to enable them to function as units of self government is part of:Directive Principal of State Policy

The law which aims at protecting the monument, places and objects of national importance is:The Ancient and Historical Monument and Archaelogical Sites and Remains Act(1951)

The Cabinet is the nucleus of power in: Parliament System The foremost basic features of the Constitution of India includes:

Supremacy of the Constitution, Independance of Judiciary, Rule of Law, Principle of Equality, Judicial Review and Secularism

President of India can be reelected: For any number of terms The Linguistic Provinces Commission appointed under the Chairmanship of S.K.Dhar in 1948 recommended the

reorganisation of states on the basis of Administrative Convenience rather than linguistic factor

The state which is neutral in matter of religion and does not uphold any particular religion as the state religion is called Secular State

Which article authorises the Parliament to form a new state by separation of territory from any state ?Article 3

Under the citizenship Actof 1955 the five ways Prescribed for acquring citizenship are By Birth, by descent , by registeration, by naturalisation and by incorporation of territory

Which article declares that all laws that are inconsistent with or in derogation of any of the fundamental right shall be void ?Article 13

The idea of Directive Principles of State Policy in the Constitution of India has been borrowed from The Irish Contitution

Which act provides for the disqualification of members of the Parliament of State Legislature for indulging in corrupt practices ? The Representation of People Act (1951)

The procedure for the amendment of the Constitution is laid down in Articles 368 The Union Executive consists of

The President, The Prime Minister , The Council of Ministers and Attorney General of India The provisions of financial emergency has been laid down in Article 360 The Administrative Head of the Cabinet Secretariat is Cabinet Secretary The first President of the Constituent Assembly of India was : Dr. Rajendra Prasad Who is known as the Father of the Constituion of India? Dr. B. R. Ambedkar Article 1 of the Constitution of India describes India as : Union of States In which Article is it mentioned that no person shall be compelled to pay any taxes for the promotion of a particular religion

Article 27 As per Article 44 the state shall endeavour to secure for all the citizen :

A Uniform Civil Code The 73rd Constitutional Amendment Act of 1992 gave Constitutional recognition to the panchayats by adding a

A new Part IX and a new Schedule 11 to the Constitution Power of President to promulgate ordinances during recess of Parliament is enshrined in :

Articles 123 The concept of ‘Procedure established by Law’ as incorporated in the Constituion of India is borrowed from :

Japanese Constitution

In which schedule to the Constitution of India is the division of power between the Union and the States in terms of the Union List and the State List Laid down ?Seventh Schedule

In which case did the Supreme Coury hold that the Preamble is not the part of the Constitution ?The Berubari Union Case (1960)

INDIAN NATIONAL MOVEMENT AND CONSTITUTIONAL DEVELOPMENT Maulvi Ahmadullahwas the leader of the 1857 Revolt of Faizabad Which section of Indian population did not support the 1857 Revolt ? Educated Middle Class In whose viceroyalty the partition of Bengal effected ? Lord Curzon’s Viceroyalty Which two leaders were popularly known as ‘no changers’ ?

Rajendra Prasad and C.Rajagopalachari The Champaran Satyagrah was against the Indigo planters The Lahore Congress which passed the resolution of ‘Poorna Swaraj’ was presided over by

Jawaharlal Nehru Which island territory was called the ‘Swaraj’ by the INA ? The Nicobar Who described the ‘Revolt of 1857’ as “a planned war of National Independence” ?

V.D.Savarkar Two Home leagues were founded in 1916. Their founded were ? Annie Besant and B.G.Tilak What was the most revolutionary secret organization of Bengal ? Abhinav Bharat Who founded Tattvabodhini Sabha in 1839 ? Maharishi Devendranath Tagore The eminent Bengali novelist and composer of national song Bande Mataram who aroused a new Consciousness in the 19 th

century Bengal Society was : Bankim chandra chattopadhyay Vivekanand established Ramakrishna Mission : In 1897 For the cause of national liberation Swami Dayanandastressed on :

Swadwshi, Swadhharma, Swabhasha and Swarajya Who founded Satya Shodhak Samaj in 1873 ? Jyotiba Phule The first President of Indian National Congress was : Sir Wyomesh Chandra Banerjee Who conveyed to the Indians – “I am with you wholeheartedly and in terms of culture I am one of you” ?

Annie Besant Aurobindo Ghose, Barindra Kumar Ghose, B.P.Mitra, Abinash Bhattacharya and Bhupendranath Dutta were associated with

the revolutionary organisation : Anushilan Samiti (in Bengal) The main centre of Gadar Moovement of 1915 was : United State of America Who brought out a paper with the title of the ‘Loyal Muhammadanans of India’ ?

Sir Sayyid Ahmad Khan Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose was born in 1897 in Cuttack (Odisha) When did British Qeen Victoria take the additinol title of Empress of India ? In the year 1876 The Defence of India Act 1915 passed in 1915 by the Britishers was an Emergency Criminal Law Bahadur Shah Zafar was proclaimed Shenshah-e-Hindustan by the rebels on

May 10, 1857 Which Act passed by the Britishers effectively allowed the election of Indians to the various Legislative councils in India for

the first time ?Indian Councils Act 1909 (Also known Morley- Minto Reforms )

The organisation in the 20th session of which the muslim League was founde in Dhaka was All India Muhammadan Educational Conference

Who established in 1893 the Society for the Removal of Obstacles to the Hindu Religion ?The chapekar Brothers

Whom did the Britishers call the Fatherof India Disaffection and Biggest Traitor ?Bal Gangadhar Tilak

United India Houses organised Unity among Indians in the United States of America in The year 1910

Who said ‘India for Indians’ ? Dayanand Saraswati

Who played an important role in the Gadar Movement in 1915 ? Lala Hardayal Barindra Kumar Ghose and Bhupendranath Dutta started : The Paper Yugantar in 1906 Who formed the Hindu Dharma Sangrashini Sabha in 1893 ? Damodar and Balkrishna Chapekar Lord Curzon announced the partition of Bengal on : 16 October, 1905 Who wrote in ‘Hind Swaraj’-“Our eaders are divided into two parties : the moderates and the extremists. These may be

considered as the slow party and the impatient party. Some call the Moderates the timid party and the Extremists the bold party” Mahatma Ghandhi

Whose statement is this – “the Indians should no longer be satisfied with mere mendicancy neither should they beg the English for concessions”: Lala Lajpat Rai

Which Indian revolutionary was called by the Britishers as ‘The Father of Indian Disaffection and biggest traitor’ ?Bal Gangadhar Tilak

Who was the founded of a society known as ‘Abhinav Bharat’ ? Vinayak Damodar Savarkar Maulana Qasim Nanautavi, Rashid Ahmad Gangohi, Sheikhul Hiind Maulana- Mahmud-ul-Hasan were the prominent figures

who represented ? Deoband Movement Jallianwala Bagh Massacre in Amritsar took place on : 13 April, 1919 In the history of Indian National Movement Santhal Rebellion took place between :

1855-1856 The famine which killed nearly 8 lakh people during British rule as per the report furnished b the Famine Commission of 1660

had struck : Western India in November 1876-77 Swami Vivekanand established the Ramakrishna Mission in The year 1897 The first President of the India National Congress was : Sir Wyomesh Chandra Banerjee Who called the revolt of 1857 as a war between barbarism and civilisation ?

T.R.Holmes Who is the author of the book ‘The Great Rebellion’ ? Ashok Mehta Who said, “This (the revolt 1857)was an erution of social volcano where many spent forces found vent. After the eruption,

the whole social topography had changed; the scars of rebellion remained deep and shining”Ashok Mehta

Sir Kumar Ghosh, Shambhuchand Mukherjee, Kali Mohan Das and Jogesh Chandra Dutt were editors of:Amrit Bazar Patrika

Which of the British Acts provided for the establishment of All India Federation at the centre ?The Government of India, Act 1935

Ashfaqullah Khan, Chandra Shekhar Azad, Ram Prasad Bismil, Rajendra Lahiri, Roshan Singh and Sachindranath Sanyal were all associated with : The Kakori Conspiracy (1925)

Raja Rammohan Roy founded Brahma Samaj on : 20 August 1828 Ghandhiji launched the Non- Cooperation Movement in : The year 1920 Swami Sahajanand Saraswati was the first President of

All India Kisan Mahasabha formed in Lucknow Partition of Bengal was revoked in 1911 during the Viceroyalty of : Lord Hardinge Quit India Movement began on : August 9, 1942 Under which document was the separate electorate granted for Muslims ?

Morley Minto Reforms Lucknow Pact of 1916 was betweem : Indian Muslim League and Indian National

Congress During the tenure of which Governor General was the resolution of total independence passed ?

Bombay Who regarded Gopal Krishna Gokhle as his Political guru Mahatma Gandhi Abhinav Bharat organised in 1904 was : A secret society of revolutionary activists Bal Gangadhar Tilak introduced the slogen ‘Swaraj is my birth right’ in : The year 1906 Lala Lajpat Rai was also known as: Sher-e-Punjab Sri Aurobindo Ghosh was born in the year : 1872 ‘Doctrine of Passive Resistance’ was published in the daily Bande Mataram in :

April 1907 by Sri Aurobindo Ghosh Who said “Curzon’s partition of Bengal gave unwitting initiative to events of such magnitude which returned many years

later to port with the cargo of freedom” : Dr. S. Gopal The Hindu Dharama Sangrakshini Sabha was formed in : 1893 Who founded Abhinav Bharat ? V. D. Savarkar The two names who were associated with the publication of the paper ‘yugantar’ are :

Barindra Kumar Ghose and Bhupendranath Dutta Delhi was formally declared the future capital of the British India in : 1911 The year which is associated with the Gadar Movement is : 1915 Individual Satyagrah was started on October 17, 1940 In order to secure cooperation India the British government in the midst of worsening wartime international situation sent

Cripps Mission to India In 1942 During individual Satayagrah in 1940, the third satyagrahi to offer satyagrah was

Brahma Dutt In accordance with provision of the Government of India Act 1935 election to the provincial Legislatures were held in

February 1937 Under the Government of India Act 1935, it was decided to establish

A Federation of India Consisting of Governor’s provinces and Princely States The First Round Table Conference was held on November 12, 1930 After the suspension of the Non-coorperation Movement , who were called pro-changers in the Congress ?

Motilal Nehru and Chittranjan Das Subhash Chandra Bose Formed Forward Block in The year 1939 Who called the 1857 revolt as ‘Student-Farmer-Middle class Revolt’ ? Dr. Amba Prasad Justice C. Y. Chintamani called Government of India Act 1935 ? Lame Federation The Cabinet Mission arrived in Delhi on : March 24, 1946 The British Government declared Communist Party of India illegal in : 1934 The India people ply people’s role in the people’s war was the slogan of : Communist Party of India Individual Satyagraha-symbolic and non-violent in nature was started o : October 17, 1940 Which slogan was given by the Congress in opposition to British Government involving India in Second World War in 1939

without consulting the people of India ? Na Koi bhai , na koi pai In the elections held is 1937 under the provisions of the Government of India Act of 1935 Congress Ministries were formed in

Seven States Who criticized the Government of India Act 1935 as “thoroughly rotten , fundamentally bad , and totally unacceptable” ?

Mohammad Ali Jinnah Under which British Act was the provision to establish of Governor’s provinces and Princely states made ?

Government of India Act 1935 When was Poona Pact between Mahatma Ghandhi and Dr. B. R. Ambedkar signed?

In 1932

INDIAN AND WORLD ECONOMY Non-performing assets of public sector bank during the last quarter of Financial year 2009-10 have shows as increase. What

does it indicate ?More loans and advance accounts of banks are becoming irregular in payment

What is the maximum permissible investment in plant and machinery to qualify as a medium scale industry ?Rs 10 crore

RBI’s emblem carries the sketch of a tiger and a tree . What kind of tree is depicted in this emblem?Plam tree

Mutual fund investors are required to pay charges when they wise to take out their funds. What are these charges ?Exit load

What does Power Finance corporation (PFC) do ?Provides loans for various power projects in generation and transmission

RBI has decided to circulate ‘Plastic Currency Notes’ in the market by the end of2010

Why the Government of india introduced the Voluntary Retirement Scheme in industrial Policy Resolution, 1991 ?For reducing the pressure of extra employees on public sector enterprises

When was Targeted Public Distribution System adopted ? From June 1997 For the year 2010-11, the disinvestment target set by the government is Rs 30000 crore Where is the headquaters of SIDBI situated ? Lucknow National Old Age Pension Scheme (NOAPS) which was originally launched in 1995 has been renamed :

Indira Gandhi National Old Age Pension Scheme In accmodance with the Directive Principles of State Policy , the Government of India introduces in 1995 :

National Social Assistance Programme Which scheme was launched in October 2000 by the State Banks of India for Non-Resident Indians (NRIs) and Overseas

Corporate Bodies (OCBs) ? India Millennium Deposit (IMD) Scheme Security Printing Press is located in : Hyderabad For the note issue in India, the Reserve Bank of India has adopted Minimum Reserve System The First National Commission on Labours was constituted on : December 24, 1966 Monopolies and Restrictive Trade Practices (MRTP) Act was passed in : 1969 The Government has currently conferred Maharatna status of 4 Central Public Sector Enterprises (CPSEs) namely

Indian Oil Corporation Ltd ., NTPC Ltd., and Steel Authority of India Ltd ., BIFR stands for : Board for Industrial and Financial

Reconstruction ‘Innovation Lab , has been Launched by Tata Consultancy services ‘Development and Climate Change’ is the theme of World Development Report 2010 The National Stock Exchange Function from Mumbai The state having the lowest Maternal Mortality Rate is Kerala Which organisation publishes World Investment Report ? UNCTAD The purpose Steel Plant of POSCO (Pohang Steel Company) is to be established in Jagatsinghpur distt. Of Odisha. To which

country does POSCO belong ? South Kores When was National Saving Scheme (NSS)-92 abolished ? Nov 1, 2001 ‘Micro-finance Bill’ 2007 is concerned with NABARD Which Five Year Plan has achieved its growth targets ? 8th plan Capital Output Ratio of a commodity measures The amount of capital inverted per unit of

output When did India start its first five year plan 1951 The Ex-Officio Secretary of National Development Council is : Secretary of Planning Commission Targeted power capacity addition for 11th plan perid (20067-2012)is : 66463 Megawatt Tarapore Committee submittedits report on Full Convertibility on Rupee in :Capital Account Narsimham Committee (Second) constituted in 1997 and which submitted its report on April 23, 1998 was realted to :

Banking Reforms In order to check casualities in industrial units, to reduce the incidents of dangers and to promote the awareness for safety

among labourers , National Safety Council was established in : 1966 Consumer Protection Act(COPRA) was passed in : 1986 The centrally sponsored scheme of Infrastruture Development Mega Cities in operation from 1993-94 applies to the five

mega cities namely : Mumbai, Chennai, Kolkata, Hyderabad and Bangalore

The largest producer of Coffee in the country is : Karnataka Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana was launched on : December 25 , 2000 The Rashtriya Madhyamik Shiksha Abhiyan (RMSA) aims at ensuring universal access to secondary level education by :

The year 2017 The National Food for Work Programme was launched in : November 2004 in 150 most backward district

of the country

Based on the European Banking system the first bank in India was started in India :At Calcutta in 1770 named ‘Hindustan Bank’

In the country, which state is on the top in present in newly developed Education Development Index ?Kerala

Which bank has becomes the first registrar for Unique Identification Authority of India for collecting both demographic and biometric informatios of the bank’s account holders ? State Bank of India

Who won the Ernst ad Young Entrepreneur of the year Award 2009 ? Tata Communication Limited In Global Hunger Index (GHI) India has been ranked at : 96th place among 119 developing countries The important gold field in the country are :

Kolar Gold Field (Kolar district) and Hutti Gold Field (Raichur district Karnataka) and Ramgiri Gold Field (in Anantpur district Andhra Pradesh )

The only tungsten producing mine in the country is : Degana (Rajasthan) In coal production, India ranks in the world : Third (after China and America) Which day has been decided to be observed as Income Tax Day ?

July 24 Reserve Bank of India will soon release Plastic Notes in circulation. The first series to be circulated will be of

Rs 10 Notes Prime Minister Economic Advisory Outlook 2010-2011 has forecast growth rate for Indian Economy for the year 2011-2012

at : 9% Indo-Israel Chamber of Commerce has honoured as Businessman of the Deade ?

Ratan Tata Who has been honoured with Lifetime Achievement Award 2010 of Indian Chember of Commerce ?

R.P. Goenka Where was first gold refinery established ? Shirpur (Maharashtra) The Finance Commission of India is constituted under the provision of : Article 280 of the Constitution Green Banking Channel has been launched by : State Bank of India Which state of India ranks first in milk production as per the data of the year 2009-2010 ?

Uttar Pradesh During Eighth Five Year Plan (1922-97) the country registered Gross Domestic Product rate :

At 6.7% The first fully Indian Bank is : Punjab National Bank The total number of national highways in the country is : 220 India state with highest road length is : Maharashtra The Finance Commision of India is appointed by the President under : Article 280 Unit trust of India (UTI) was established in : 1964 SEBI which was established in April 1988 stand for : Securities and Exchange Board of India Employment Assurance Scheme (EAS) was established in : October 1993 As per the target of 11th Five year Plan (2007) Maternity Morality Rate (2012) has been targeted at :

1 per 1000 births During 2008-09 total Foreign Direct Investment stood at : $27.309 billion The main rubber producing state in the country is Kerala The Price Stabilisation Fund Scheme (PSFS) for tea, coffee, rubber and tobacco growers was launched in

April 2003 FEMA stands for Foreign Exchange Management Act Which year was declared as the year of Cleanliness ? Year 2007 The Prime Minister of India is the ex-officio Chairman of The Planning Commission Which committee in February 2006 suggested to remove the subsidy being given to cookin das ?

Rangrajan Committee In order to watch the fluctuations in the prices of land in various parts of the country, National Housing Bank (NHB) has

introduced in July 2007 a mean index Residex The first energy exchange of India which started its working with effect from June 27, 2008 is

Indian Energy Exchange (IEX) RBI (Reserve Bank of India) changed the name of Monetary and Credit Policy to

Annual Policy Statement from May 2004 With effect from September 14, 2010 the new series of Wholesale Price Index (WPI)has been introduced with

2004-2005 as its base year (replacing 1993-1994 as base year) The Apex institution for financing exports and imports is Export-Import Bank As per the latest data for 2009-2010 (revised estimates) the per capita income in India stands at

Rs. 44,354 The number of Finance Commission set up upto now is : 13 Jawahar Rozgar Yojana (JRY)was started on : April 1, 1989 In April 1980, how many banks were nationalized ? Six Banks How many Regional Rural Banks (RRBs) are working in the country ? 96 With the objective to lessen the burden of parents in meeting the educational expenses of their children , the scheme which

was launched on December 31, 2001 was :Shiksha Sahayog Yojana

The year 2007 was declared as the : The year of Clenliness The State Bnks of India recently lauched a scheme to provide better services/facilities to its customers and to attract more

and more new customers. The scheme is named : Parivartan The first energy exchange named as Indian Energy Exchange (IEx)started its working with effect from :

June 27 , 2008 T. R. Rastogi Panel is associated with Review of Service Tax Issues

GEOGRAPHY AND ENVIROMENT Kaziranga in known for One horned Rhinos The only land-locked country in South-East Asia is Laos The largest industry in India is Textile industry The central Building Research Centre is located at Roorkee Which place of India is known as Queen of the Arabian Sea ? Kochi The most urbanised state in India is Maharashtra Bermuda triangle lies in North Atlantic Ocean The aggregate of processes that determine the size and composition of any population is known as

Population explosion Plant and animals living in a particular area constitute ? Biomass Which forests have maximum diversity ? Tropical forests The planet which has maximum number of satellites is : Jupiter Which planet is known as sister of earth ? Venus The study of universe is called : Cosmology The Large natural ecosystem comprised of abiotic (land , air , water , and solid of the concerned habitat ) and biatic ( plant ,

animals and micro-organisms ) is calles : Biome Browne Waterfalls are situated in : New Zealand The highest glacial lake of India located at the height of 17,145 feet in Garhwal Himalaya is : Devtal Project Tiger, one of the premier conservation efforts in the country was launched on : April 1, 1973 Tilaiya Dam , Konar Dam , Maithon Dam and Panchet Hill Dam have been constructed under :

The Damodar Valley Project Tungbhadra Multipurpose Project is a joint undertaking of Andhra Pradesh and Karnataka In 1990 India ratified the World Heritage Convention of 1977 identifying four naturl sites of outstanding universal value

namely :Kaziranga National Park (Assam) , Keoladeo National Park (Rajasthan) , Sundarbans Biosphere Reserve (West Bengal) and Nanda Devi Biosphere Reserve (UTTarakhand)

Diu is an island of Gujarat Which is a land –locked sea ? Aral Sea

Shivasamudram Falls is found in the course of river Cauvery The Sardar Sarovar Dam is associated with Narmada River Troposphere is the hottest part of the atmosphere because It is heated by the Earth’s Surface The outermost layer of the sun is called Corona For what is the Manas sanctuary in Assam Known ? Elelphants Mana Pass is located in Uttarakhand Moon is a Satellite Black Soil is very suitable for growing Cotton The largest state of India (area wise) is : Rajasthan Hyderabad (in Andhra Pradesh) is located on the bank : Musi River The river Cauvery rises on the Western edge of : The Western Ghats (in the Brahmagiri Hills) Ankleshwar Basin (offshore) oilfield is located in : Gujarat India is divided into : Eight postal zones Rail Coach Factory is located in : Kapurthala (Punjab) India’s first Atomic Power Plant is : Taraput (Mumbai ) established in 1969 Where is the volcanic mountain Mt. St. Helens situated ? United States of America Temperate grasslands of Eurasia are called : Steppe The circulation and movement of soluble inorganic matter (nutrients) derived from sedimentary and atmospheric phases and

reservoirs throught organic phase of various biotic components and finally their return to inorganic phase is collectively called : Biogeochemical Cycles

The middle zone of the earth with a thickness of 2780 Km having an average density of 5-6 is known as :Pyrosphere

The instrument which records the seismic waves generated by the occurrence of earthquakes is called :Seismograph

Wild Ass Sanctuary is situated in : Little Rann of Kutch, Gujarat The western Ghats are also known as : The Sahyadris The major peaks like Mt. Everest, Kanchenjunga, Makalu, Dhaulagiri, Mansalu, Cho Oyu, Nanga Parbat and Annapurna all are

situated in :The Greater Himalayas (Himadri)

The highest peak of the KaraKoram Range is : Mt. K2 (Godvin Austin) Vembnad Lake is located in : Kerala The most important coal field in India is : Jharia Coalfield The top five million cities of India as per the 2001 census, in descending order are :

Greater Mumbai, Kolkata, Delhi, Chennai and Bangalore A river drains the water collected from a specific area which is called its : Catchment Area The low flat central area of a basin of inland drainage is called : Playa The only South American nation through which both the Equator and the Tropic of Capricorn pass throught

Brazil India shares maximum length of the border with : Bangladesh On the bank of which river is Hyderabad situated ? Musi River Who constructed Suez Canal ? Ferdinand de Lesseps Where is Silicon Valley located at ? In U.S.A. The highest percentage decadal growth rate of population as per 2001 Census was registered by

Nagaland What is the difference between the Indian Standard time and Greenwich Standard Time ?

5 Hour and 30 minutes Wainganga river is a tributary of : Godavari Indira Gandhi Zoological Park is located in : Vishakhapatnam Madhumalai Sanctuary is located in : Tamil Nadu The headquarters of North Western Railway is located in : Jaipur First Metro Railway was inaugurated in Kolkata : On October 24, 1984

India’s First Stock Exchange Bombay Stock Exchange was established in : 1887 The index which refers to moisture defict or surplus in a area is called: Moisture Index The study of plant communities in relation to their habits of a given ecosystem is known as :

Synecology Primary producers fall in two categories e.g.: Phototrophs and Chemotrophs The Naharkatiya oil field is located in : Assam The largest mangrove forest in the world is located in : Sunderbans (West Bengal) Mindanoo Island is located in : The Pacific Ocean Upper Volta is the old name of : Denmark The Highest point of Australia is : Mount Kosciusko A group of populations of different species living in the same habitat and interacting with one another is called

Ecological Community Which river is known as Sorrow of Bihar ? Kosi River The largest among the west flowing rivers of Peninsula of India is Narmada River Titagarh, Amlai and Nepanagar are associated with Paper Industry Sandstone, Conglomerate , Limestone, Shale, Chalk and Coal are example of Sedimentary rocks Dr. Wladimir Koppen –the great climatologist of Austria suggested in his new scheme of climatic classification

Five major types of climate The Largest Indian Mammal is Elephant The India Council of Forestry Research and Education (ICFRE) was created in 1987 The inner planets include Mercury , Venus, Earth , and Mars The mean thickness of Oceanic crust is 5 Kilometre The first large scale modern machine tool factory set up in public sector is

The Hindustan Machine Tools (HMT) at Bangalore in 1953 The first shore-based steel plant in India is Vishakhapatnam Steel Plant (VSP) Golden Quaderilateral Comprising National Highways connects

Delhi-Mumbai-Chennai-Kolkata-Delhiby six lane super highways The Diesel Locomotive works engaged in producing desel locos is located in Varanasi The Chambal Valley Project is a joint venture of Rajasthan and Madhya Pradesh World Environment Day is observed on : June 5 McMohan Line lies between which of the following countries ? India and China India is the seventh largest country in the world. It occupies : 2.4% of world area The imaginary line joining the land projecting towards the sea which is the landward limit of internal seawater is called :

Base Line The Beas project consisting of Beas-Satluj link and Pong dam at Beas is the joint venture of

Punjab, Haryana and Rajasthan The Nagarjunsagar Dam Project is located on :

Krishna River in Nalgonda district Which river is known as sorrow of Bihar due to its devastating flood and frequqnt changes in its course ?

Kosi River CGWB stands for : Central Ground Water Board Which planet is called watery planet ? Earth The Crude Birth Rate is defined as : The Number of births per thousand population

in a particular year

AGRICULTURE Which instrument measures the soil salinity ? Conductivity meter Uniform soil erosion by running water is Sheet erosion Terracing is done in which type of areas ? Hilly areas Crop rotation is employed for Enhancing soil fertility

Social forestry is useful in yielding Multipurpose uses Eco-friendly method is Energy plantation Silent valley has been preserved as it has Natural forest India’s Wheat Yield revolution of 1960s was possible primarily due to

Mutations resulting in plant height reduction Ranikhet is a disease of Poultry Dwarf wheat varieties brought into India from Mexico were Sonora-64 and Lerma Rolo-64 As per the 2010-11 advance estimates recently released by Central Statistics Office (CSO) the agriculture and allied sector

accounted for :14.2% of Gross Domestic Product at Constant 2004-05 prices

Agriculture and allied sector account for : 9.1% of the total exports of India During the first three years of the Current Eleventh Five Year Plan (2007-12) agriculture sector recorded and average growth

of : 2.03% As per the third advance estimates of foodgrain for the year 2010-11 the production of foodgrains stands at the highest level

of : 235.88 million tonnes Rangrajan Panel was recently constitution to study the recommedations of National Advisory Council (NAC) on the

proposed : National Food Security Bill The group of crops which is sowm in October last and harvested in March/ April every year is :

Rabi Crop Grey revolution in India is associated with the Resources is Located in : Karnal (Haryana) National Bureau of Plant Genetic Resources is locaed in : New Delhi International Institution of Horticulture situted at Brazil Which gas is released from the paddy field ? CH4 Which two crops are responsible for almost 75% of pulse production in India ? Gram and Pigeon Pea Supersonic Jet causes pollution by thinning of O3 Layer Who invented Penicillin ? Alexander Fleming The name of the white revolution is associated with Verghese Kurien Scientists at the Tomato Genome Consortium (TGC) successfully sequenced the genomes of which of the following

vegetables ? Tomato Venkataraman RamaKrishnan was jointly awarded Noble Prize in Chemistry in the year 2009 for the

Studies of the structure and function of the ribosome Which Indian scientist proposed a theory for long distance transport of water in plants ?

J.C. Bose Crop rotation helps to Eliminate parasites which have selective hosts The credit of Green Revolution in India goes to Dr. Norman Borlaug and Dr. M. s. Swaminathan Silver Revolution in India is associated with : The production of Eggs As per the National Agriculture Policy 2000 the growth rate for agriculture has been targeted at 4% :

For next two decades The State Agricultural Produce Marketing (Development and Regulation) Act was passed in :

The year 2003 TRIFED stands for :

Tribal Cooperative Marketing Development Federation of India Limited Food Chain Revolution aims at putting :

A check on destroying food grains, vegetables and fruits In milk production, India stands : First in the World The pioneer of operation flood in India is : Dr. Varghese Kurien About 3-68 crore farmers have been benefited from this scheme involving debt waiver and debt relief of Rs. 65318.33 crore.

The scheme is :Agriculture Debt Waiver and Dabt Relief Scheme 2008

Three types of loans which are provided to Indian farmers to meet their financial requirements are :Short term loans, medium terms loans and long term loans

As per the Eleventh Five Year Plan Oeriod (2007- 2012) target under the National Food Security Mission (NFSM), the production of rice, wheat and pulses is to be increased by :10,8 and 2 million tonnes respectively

Food management in India has three basic objectives namely :Procurement of foodgrains from farmers, distribution of food grains to the consumers and maintenance of food buffers for security and price stability

Keeping in view the interest of the farmers as also the need of self-reliance the Government has been announcing Minimum Support Price (MSP) for : 24 Major crops

FRP stands for : Fair and Remunerative Price (of Sugarcane) Under the Decentralized Procurement Scheme (DPC)-operational since 1997 foodgrains are procured and distributed by :

The State Governments themselves National Project on Organic Farming was launched during : 10th Five Year Plan (2002-2007) The instruments for food management are :

Minimum Support Price (MCP) and Central Issue Price (CIP) RKVY stand for : Rashtriya Krishi Vikas Yojana The Zaid crop is grown during : The months of March to June Rice (Paddy), Jowar, Bajra, Maize, Cotton, Sugarcane, Seasamum, Soybean, Groundnut are all :

Kharif Crops The fungus which is used in Alcohol industry is Yeast Pomology is the study of : Fruits The father of White Revolution in India is : Varghese Kurein The rank India holds in fish production is : Third TRIFED stands for : Tribal Cooperative Marketing Development

Federation of India Limited National Horticulture Mission was started on : 5 May 2005 Oilseeds, Sugar Crops, Fibre Crops , Narcotic Crops and Beverage Crops are : Commercial Crops TG-38B, SG-99, GG-8, GG-16 and Vasundhra (DH-101) are the crop varieties which belong to

Groundnut Who said “Everything else can wait but not agriculture” Pt. Jawahar Lal Nehru National Research Centre for Plant Biotechnology is Located in : New Delhi National Fisheries Development Board was set up on : September 9, 2006 As per the final estimates , the production of foodgrain during 2008-2009 stood at :

234-47 million tonnes National Food for Work Programme was launched : On November 14 , 2004 The head office of CAPART is located in : New Delhi The agriculture sector (including allied activities )in 2008-09 in India accounted for :

15.7% of GDP The share of agriculture and allied sector in gross domestic product has registered a steady decline from 36.4% in 1982-83 to

15.7% in 2008-09 Agriculture and allied sector contributed : About 10.2% of total export during 2008-2009 Agriculture in our country provides livehood to : About 64%of the population The rank of India in Silk production in the world is : Second India is the largest producer, processor, consumer and exporter of : Cashew in the World The three major components of National Food Security Mission (NFSM) are :

NFSM-rice, NFS- wheat and NFSM- pulses The four yearly World Poultry Congress was held for the first time in India (Delhi) In September 1996 The cultivation of mulberry tree and rearing of silk worms is called Sericulture Among the important Agricultural regions of India, Maize and Coarse crops region lie

In Western Rajasthan and Northern Gujarat Plantation agriculture in India was introduced By the Britishers in the 19th Century

The Food Corporation of India (F.C.I), the central Warehouse Corporation (C.W.C.) and State Warehousing Corporation are among the principal agencies engaged in task of Storage of foodgrains

HYV stand for High Yielding Varieties (of Seeds) In India , the seeds of Green Revolution were first field tested in the drought year of 1964-1965 Intensity of cropping in defined as The ratio of gross cropped area to the net sown

area The important plantation crops of India include Tea , Coffee , Spices , Coconut and Rubber or

Tropical plant Which is a total stem cell ? Cuscuta The plant which was successfully used in the production of edible vaccine is : Potato Good plant sources of choline are Mushroom India’ rank in the production and consumption of natural rubber in the world is : Fourth For the first time in India wheat production increased from 120 lakh tones to 170 lakhs tones in : 1958 During the period of 2007-2008 the percentage of export agriculture contributed was : 12.2% During 2008-2009 Agriculture (including allied activities) accounted for : 15.7 % of the Gross Domestic Product (GDP) Agriculture account : 52% of employment in the country The single largest private sector occupation in the country is : Agriculture As per the 4th advance estimates foodgrains production for the year 2009-2010 stands at :

218-20 million tones

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

The concept of motion involves three basic idea ; these are Space, position and time The potential at any point inside a charged hollow sphere Remains constant The magnetic flux per unit area is measured in Tesia What is required for each chemical reaction in cellular respiration ? Specific enzyme In which zone the most diverse oceanic community are present ? Littoral zone Which property of mental allows it to be drawn into wire ? Ductility During which phase of cell cycle protein systhesis occurs ? Interphase What are veins chiefly composed of in vascular plants ? Xylem and phloem The continuous water colum moves upward because it is under Tension The energy source that drives the upward flow of water is Solar heat As alloy in which one of the component mental is mercury is called : Amalgam A chemical process in which ore is heated in the presence of air at temperature below its melting point is called :

Roasting The protein used in paper coasting is : Casein The phenomenon of conversion of sunlight into electrical energy is called : Photoelectric Effect Cinnabar is ore of : Mercury The study of blood vascular system including arteries and viens is called : Angiology DDT which is used as insecticide stand for : Dichloro disphenyl trichloro ethane The largest group of plant kingdom is : Thalophyta Bacteria was discovered by : Antony von Lecuwenhoek in 1683 The process of digestion of food passes through the stage of :

Ingestion, digestion, absorption , assimilation and defecation One byte consists of Eight bits ENIAC was An electronic computer There are several primary categories of procedures. Which of the following is not a primary category of procedures ?

Firewall development All pf the logic and mathematical calaculation done by the computer happen in/on the

Central processing unit The connection between your computer at home and your local ISP is called The home page

Where was India’s first computer installed ? India Statistical Institution ,Calcutta Hydrogen bomb is based on the principle of Uncontrolled fusion reaction Which type of glass is used for making glass reinforced plastic ? Fibre glass What is the commonly used unit for measuring the speed of data trnsmission ? Bits per second Which is not included in the basic function of operating system ? Job Control aquaphobia is the term associated with : Water The universal blood group donor for all groups is : Blood Group O The blood group which is universal recioient is : Blood Group AB The Vitamin which has cyanocabalamin is : Vitamin B12 The Chemical name of Vitamin D is : Calciferol Which human gland does secret growth hormone ? Pituitary gland Farad is measuring unit of : Electrical Capacitance Photometer is the scientific instrument which measures Intensity of Light Who invented Polio Vaccine : Dr. Jonas E. Salk Insititute for Nuclear Medicine and Allied Sciences is Located in : New Delhi The instrument which graphically recorda physiological movement (e.g., blood pressure / heartbeat) is known as :

Kymograph Who invented Ball-Point pen ? C. Biro in 1938 The instrument which measures strength of elecric current is : Ammeter One Angstrom is equal to : 10-10 metre Astronomical distance is measured in : Light year Dynamite, Tri-Nitro Toulene (TNT), Tri- Nitro Benzene (TNP) and RDX are all used as : Explosives The heaviest element is ? Osmium The opposition offered by a conductor to the flow of current throught it is called : Resistance Which of the weather conditions is indicated by sudden fall in barometer reading ? Stormy Weather In India National Science Day is observed on : February 28 Dry Ice is : Solid carbon dioxide WIMAX is related to : Communication Technology Shanti Swaroop Bhatnagar awards are given for outstanding contribution in the field of : Science The main constituent of Biogas is : Methane Haematology is the study of disease of Blood The instrument used for measuring blood pressure is called : Sphygmomanometer Dim-vision in the evening and night results from the deficiency of : Vitamin A What does air bag, used for safety of car driver, contain ? Sodium azide Complete loss of memory is called : Ammesia In Indian National Science Day is observed on : February 28 Nuclear Fuel Complex is located in : Hyderabad Calciferol is the chemical name of : Vitamin D Vitamins were discovered by : Sir F. G. Hopkins The Vitamins which are soluble in fat are : Vitamin A, D,E and K Which Law states that at constant temperature and pressure the volume of a gas is directly proportional to the number of

molecules ?Avogadro’s gas law

The non-metal which has atomic number 6 and mass number 12 is : Carbon Which acid is found in apples ? Maleic acid Refrigerator was invented by : J. Harrison The instrument which measures the components of solar radiation is : Pyrheliometer Centre for Cellular and Molecular Biology (CCMB) is located in Hyderabad National Institute of Hydrology is located in Roorkee Otolaryngologist is the specialist who treat the disorders of Nose , Throat and Ear Ampere is the measuring unit of Electric Current

The branch of science which tudies the tissues of living body is called Biopsy The instrument which measures the relative density of liquids is called Hygroscope Measles , Small Pox , Poliomyelitis, Rabies and Encephalitis are all the diseases caused by Virus Cyanocobalamin is the chemical name of Vitamin B-12 World Telecommunication Day is observed on May 17 The use of Computers in Governance is called : E-Governance Mutation was discovered by : Hugo de Vries Sirenin is a sex hormone produced by : Fungus Mitochondria are present in all calls, except : Bacteria Gas released during Bhopal gas tragedy was Methy Isocyanate Steel is mainly alloy of Iron and Carbon Parkinson’s disease is characterized by the loss of nerve cells in the : Cerebral Cortex

SPORT AND GAMES

The opening ceremony of the 16th Asian Games Kicked off at Haixinsha Island in Guangzhou, China Which team won the Duraand Cup Football Tournament for the year 2010 ? Chirag United SC Who was adjudged the best woman athlete of the XIXth commonwealth Games 2010 ? Trecia Smith of Jamaica Who was adjudged the ‘Man of the serues’ for the ODI series between India and Australia which ended in October 2010 ?

Virat Kohil Which country tops the FIFA Ranking issued on October 20 , 2010 ? Spain Which country won the CONCACAF Women’s Championship on November 8 , 2010 ? Canada With which games or sport is Haile Gebrselassie associated ? Marathon Who was defeated by David Ferrer in the final of Valencia Open Tennis title on Noivember 7 , 2010 at Valencia, Spain ?

Marcel Granollers How many players are there in/on each side of Water Polo team ? Seven What should be the circumference of the Ball of/in the game of Basketball ? 75-78 cm Modi Gold Cup is associated with : Hockey Baulk line, Break ,Botting , Cannon , Cup Cue are the terms associated with : Billiards Badminton is the national games of : Indonesia In 2011 which state won prestigious Ranji Trophy Tournment ? Rajasthan Sydney International Title of Tennis in January 2011 was won by : China’s Li Na Who was declared theCastrol Indian Cricketer of the Year in January 2011 ?

Kapil Dev, Virendra Sehwag and Sachin Tendulkar The famous tennis star Stanislas Wawarinka is a national player of : Switerland Which country won the Asia Cup of Football in Doha in January 2011 ? Japan Shushil Kumar who won the Medal at London Olympic event is a famous Wrestling champion With which one of the following games is France’s Zinedine Zidane associated Football 2018 FIFA World Cup would be held in Russia Deuce is a term used in Lawn Tennis, Badmitio and Volleyball Who carried Indian Tricolourat Guangzhou Asian Games ? Gagan Narang A Badmintion player is supposed to know the meaning of the term Love Which country won the World Ice Hockey Championship 2012 ? Russia Deodhar Trophy is related to which sport ? Cricket ‘The Colonel’ is the name of which Indian test cricketer ? Dilip Vengsarkar Geeta Poghat, who on April 1, 2012 qualified for London Olympics 2012 belongs to Gymnastics Obaidullah Khan Cup is associated with : Hockey ‘How I Play Golf’ is a biography of : Tiger Woods Deuce, Drop, Let, Love all, Smash are the term associated with : Badminton The runner-up in US Women’s Singles title for 2010 was : Vera Zvonareva (of Russia ) The New President of BCCI is N .Srinivasan Who clined Singapore Grand Prix in 2010 ? Fernando Alonso

Which country clinched the Women Hockey World Cup in 2010 ? Argentina The India who emerged the World Wrestling Champion of the World I 2010 is : Sushil Kumar The Indian woman who emerged the world Boxing Champion in 2010 was : M.C. Mary Kom Ashok Kumar of India is well Known Player of : Golf Jwala Gutta and V. Doju are the famous player of : Badminton Lin Dan who was declaerd Most Valuable Player in 16th Asiad Guangzhou belongs to: China The youngest World Snooker Champion who won the final of ONGC-IBSF World Snooker Championship in Hyderabad in

November 2009 was:Ng-On Yee

Boris Gelfand is associated with: Chess Agha Khan Cup is associated with : Hockey (Western India) Bully, Carry. Corner,Dribble, Hat-trick, Off-side are the terms associated with: Hockey The playground of wrestling is called: Arena Fuwa was the official mascot of: Beijing Olympics 2008 Brooklyn (USA) is a place associated with: Baseball The number of players in Water Polo is : 7 Two new disciplines have been added to the Commonwealth Games 2010 being hosted in New Delhi. What are they ?

Tennis and Archery At the first Asiad in Delhi in 1951 which team did India defeat to clinch football gold ? Iran The first Indian woman to get an Olympic medal is : Karnam Malleshwar Jenson Button is a famous : Formula One Race Drive N.K.P. Salve Trophy is associated with : Cricket The player Rashid Khan is associated with : Golf The word ‘Jumpball’ is associated with : Basketball Who was the first Test Centurian in Indian Cricket ? Lala Amarnath Dhyanchand Award is given for excellence in the field of : Sports Usain Bolt belongs to : Jamaica The number of players in Water Polo is: Seven Ibhraim Rahimatollah Challenge Cup is associated with: Badminton Guru Nanak Cup is associated with: Hockey Short,Stop,Strike,Hitter,In field are the terms associated with: Baseball Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai is famous for: Cricket The National game of USA is: Baseball ‘Child of Change’ is the autobiography of: Gary Kasparov The First President of Indian Olympic Association was: Sir Dorabji Tata For the first time in country’s hockey history India won in 2001:

The Junior Worldcup of Hockey at Hobart (Australia) The First Asian Games were held in: New Delhi The number of players in football/ soccer is 11 Table Tennis is the National Sport of China Wimbledon in England is associated with Tennis The terms blocking , booster , doubling heave , holding , love are associated with

Volleyball Amrit Diwan Cup is associated with Badminton Davis cup is associated with Lawn Tennis ‘Sunny Days’ is the autobiography of Sunil Manohar Gavaskar The two cricket players who finished as the joint leading wicket takers in 2011 ICC World Cup are

Zaheer Khan and Shahid Afridi (with both taking 21 wickets each ) The cricket player who finished as the leading run-getter in 2011 ICC World Cup is

Tilakratne Dilshan In 2011 ICC World Cup, the team which posted highest team total with a score of 370 after defeating Bangladesh is

India How many players play in volleyball ? Six players The national sport of France is ; Football How many squares are there in Chess Board ? 64 squares Bogey, Put, Best ball Foursome are the terms associated with Golf Hopeman Cup is associated with Tennis ‘All Round View’ is autobiography of : Cricketer Imran Khan The motto of Olympic Games is : Citius ,Attius, Fortius(Faster, Higher , Stronger) Davis Cups is associated with : Lawn Tennis The Best Athlete Award in XIX Commonwealth Games in New Delhi was bagged by :

Grecia Smith of Jamaica The number of gold medal India won in XIX Commonwealth Games in New Delhi was : 38

MISCELLANY

The Chief guest on Republic Day this year in India was :Indonesia’s President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono

The Southern region of which of the African countries recently voted overhelmingly for secession ?Sudan

The Chenghu-20 is the Stealth Jet Fighter of : China The Winner of Australian Open (Men’s Single) Tennis Championship 2011 is :

Novak Djokovic The Indian Nuclear Society’s Homi Bhabha Lifetime Achievement Award for 2009 has been conferred on :

Anil Kakodkar The fifth Economic Census was held in : The year 2005 The universal blood Games 2010 were hosted by : Blood Group ‘o’ The 16th Asian Games 2010 were hosted by : Guangzhou , Dongguan , Foshan and Shanwei

(China ) ‘Thrilling Games , Harmonious Asia’ was the vision of 16th Asian Games 2010 ‘Loya Jirgah’ is the Parliament of : Afghanistan Lake Tanganayika is located in Africa Indian National Forest Academy if located in Dehradun National Geophysical Research Institution is Located in : Hyderabad The largest mangrove forests in the world are : Sundarbans Which Natianal Highwa of India connects Varanasi to Kanyakumari ?

National Highway No. 7 Haflong hill station is located in : Assam Mobile Number Portability in India was launched on : January 20, 2011 Fleet Tanker INS Deepak has been built by : Italian Company Fincantiery From 2011 which day will be observed as National Voter’s Day January 25 Jhalanath Khanal is the Prime Minister of : Nepal Who was sworn in as the President of Belarus for 4th term in January 2011 ?

Alexander Lukashenko The asian Development Bank has extended to India assistance for developing infrastructure in India worth :

$7.4 billion As per recent Imf World Economic Outlook Report the world economy will grow at :

4.4% in 2011 The 34th National Games of India were held n : Ranchi (Jharkhand) The winners of women’s doubles title in Australian Open Tennis Championship 2011 were :

Gisela Dulko (Argentina) and Flabis Pennetta (Itly) Which Article of the Indian Constitution abolishes untouchability ?

Article 17

‘Pure Banking, Nothing Else’ is the slogan of : State Bank of India How many members are there in APEC (Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation ) ? 21 Who was the Chairman of 13th Finance Commission ? Vijat L . Kelkar RBI holds…….equity in National Housing Bank 100% The most active and sensitive part of the organised money market is the Call money market Reserve Bank of India, established on April 1, 1935, was originally constituted as a shareholders institution with a share

capital of Rs 5 crore Which one of the following countries has achieved growth rates exceeding 9 % for the last two to three decades ?

China ‘The Future of India’ book is written by Bimal Jalan For a study of the long-term growth of the economy we use Real GNP What is the purpose of the India Brand Equity Fund ? To make ‘Made in India’ a Label of quality Under the Gadgil-Mukherjee Formula, which criterion gets highest weight ? Income Distance The year by which India is expected to achieve total sanitation coverage, as per the Ministry of Rural Development, Govt. of

India is 2017 Which film actress has been selected as the brand ambassador of Nirmal Bharat Abhiyan ?

Vidya Balam The joint exercise recently carried out by the Army and the India Air Force in the desert of Rajasthan wasnamed

Exercise Shoorveer For which region of the country has the Union Government cleared a 8,500 crore project under the Pradhan Mantri Gram

Sadak Yojana (PMGSY) ? Naxalite-afected districts As per data released by India Statistical Organisation in May 2012, India’s Industrial production declined by 3-5 per cent in

March 2012, the chief factor behind this decline is Contraction in manufacturing and mining output Recently Wikipedia city Monmouth has been built. In which city is it located USA United States has decided to ease the stiff economic and diplomatic sanctions imposed on which country and appointed

envoy to her after 22 years ? Myanmar The government has launched a scheme called …..which encourages and enables Overseas India Workers to save for their

return and resettlement and to save for their old age by providing a co-contribution from the Government Mahatma Gandhi Pravasi Suraksha Yojana

The judges of the Supreme Court of India now retire at the age of 65 years Which periods represent the period of the first Five-Year Plan in India ? 1951-56 Which is the name of the process available to common people to seek court’s intervention in matters of public interest ?

Public Interest Litigation (PIL) India’s foreign policy is based on several principle, one of which is Panchsheel What are teaser loan rates charged by banks ? Rate of interest in the initial period is less and goes up subseqently In India, the concept of single citizenshio is adopted from England Which was described bu Dr. B. R. Ambedkar the ‘heart and soul’ of the Constitution ? Right to Constitutional Remedies The purpose of Directive Principles of State Policy is to

Lay down positive instruction which would guide State Policy at all level Which of the following nations is considered the originator of the concept of Micro finance ? Bangladesh Repo rate is decided by which of the following organisation ? RBI Which carried out Open Market Operaions ? Reserve Bank of India The famous name Vikram pandit is associated with which of the following organisation / banks ? Citigroup Which is the main function of IMF? Help to solve balance of payment problems of member countries Five-year Plans in India and finally approved by which of the following bodies ?

National Development Council The most appropriate measure of a country,s economic growth is Gross domestic product The Census in India is done after a gap of every 10 year What does the term NSDL , stand for ? National Securities Depository Limited The Karpoor Chandra Kulish International Award is associated with : Journalism Peter Zumthor is associated with : Architect

As per the National Human Right Commission Act, 1993, who is appointed the chairman of Human Rights Commission ?Only a retired Chief Justice of India

Corporation Tax is : Levied by the Union and belongs to it exclusively

The top sport award of India is : Rajiv Ghandhi Khel Ratan Award Magna Carta-the Charter of Right were issued by King John of England in : The year 1215 The basic structure theory of the Constitution of India implies that :

Certain features of the Constitution are so essential to it that they cannot be abrogated The Speaker of the first Lok Sabha was : G.V . Mavalankar Dinesh Goswami Committee recommended : Government funding of parliamentary election Padraig Harrington is a famous player of : Golf Ljubljana is the capital of : Slovenia The headquarters of World Trade Organization is located in : Geneva Antigen is a substance which : Stimulates formation of antibody Athletes foot is a desease caused by : Fungus Another name of RDx explosive is : Cyclonite In eye donation which part is utilised ? Cornea How many members are in the Security Concil ? 15 members (10 non-permanent and 5

permanent ) Who is to certify that any bill is a Money Bill ? Speaker of the Lok Sabha How many languages are there in the English Schedule of the Constitution of India ? 22 Languages The headquarters of International Court of Justice is located at : The Hague International Human Right Day is celebrated on : 10th December Which schedule was added in the Constitution by the 73rd Constitutional Amendment ? Schedule XI ‘Socialist’ and ‘Secular’ were added in the Preamble of Indian Constitution by :

42nd Constitutional Amendment Act , 1976 Delhi became the capital of India in : 1911 The term Aryan denotes : A superior race World Press Freedom Day is observed on : May 3 The medical term for memory loss is: Amnesia Neprologist is a specialist who treats: Kidney system Cirrhosis is a disease which affects: Liver Hypnology is the study of: Sleep The offical language of Argentina is : Morocco OPEC stand for : Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries Falklands Island are in : South Atlantic National Highway No. 3 runs from : Agra to Mumbai Hertz is a unit of : Frequency of sound waves The function of DNA in the body is : To control the heredity In a human body, the basic building block are : Cells Prince of Wales Cup is associated with : Golf ‘Being Myself’ is the autobiography of famous tennis player : Martina Navratilova The study of Cancer is called : Oncology Ceylon is the odd name of Sri Lanka Bering Strait was discovered by : Vitus Bering The capital of Bahrain is : Manama Kangaroo is the national emblem of : Australia Jatiyo Sangsad is the Parliament of : Bangladesh Zulus are the tribes living in South Africa Knesset is the name of the Parliament of : Israel First man to sail round the world was : Ferdinand Magellan

Wildlife Institute of India is situted in : Deherdun Integrated Coach Factory (ICF) is situated at : Perambur (Chennai) Bhilai Steel Plant was built in 1955 with the cooperation of : Former USSR The first IndiN TO WIN THE Golden Globe for best original Music Score with Jai Ho was :

A. R. Rahman The natinal tree of India is : Banyan (Ficus benghalensis) Sentinelese and Ahompens are the tribals inhabiting : Andaman and Nicobar Island The famous Kailash temple cut out of the solid rock in Ellora was built under the patronage of : Rashtrakutas The author of the book ‘Ahouse for Mr. Biswas’ is : V.S.Naipul The first Assamese to becoe the President of India was : Fakhruddin Ali Ahmad Who was responsible for the nationalization of the Suez Canal ? Gamal Abdul Nasssar A technique for producing animation in which one image changes into another is called : Morphing The Crimean war was fought between : Turkey and Russia IBRD is also known as : World Bank The General Assemble of the United Nations meets : Once a year COFEPOSA deals with : Economic offences Who wrote Astadhyayi ? Panini The World Telecommunication Day is Observed on : May 17 The book ‘Broken Wings’ has been written by : Sarojni Naidu Radha Mohan Cup is associated with : Polo Who defined liberalism as the philosophy of ‘live and let live’ ? J.S.Mill Who was given the title Deen Bandhu by Mahatma Ghandhi ? C.F. Andrews The father of Geometry is : Eucild What does the term Double Jeopardy mean in Law ?

No person shall be prosecuted and punished for the same offence more than once Which periodical was published by Gandhiji during his stay in South Africa ? Indian Opinion The headquarters of the Association of South East Asian Nations (ASEAN) is : Jakarta (Indonesia) Glasgow in England is Known for : Iron and Steel Industry The newspaper ‘Show Prakash’ was started by : Ishwar Chand Vidyasagar Who is known as the inventor of the World Wide Web (WWW) ? Tim Berners Lee The Women’s World Boxing Champion in 2010 was : M.C. Mary Kom The Leelavathi Award is given in the field of : Mathematics Miss Universe 2010 Jimena Navarrate is from : Mexico Bronislaw Komorowski is the President of : Poland The Footballer who was declared the Best Player in World Football Cup 2010 is : Diego Forlan The First Cricketer to complete the record of 800 wicket in Test Cricket is : Muttiah Muralitharan The first woman Prime Minister of Australia is Julia Gillard The name of 2012 Olympics Mascots are : Wenlock and Mandeville The first woman to receive the Oscar for best Director in 2010 was :

Kathryn Bigelow for the Hurt Locker at 82nd Oscar Awards ICPS stand for : Integrated Child Protection Scheme (initiated in

2009-2010) The Bollywood actress who has been made UNICEF Brand Ambassador is : Priyanks Chopra The first Indian to win PGA tour title of Golf is : Arjun Atwal The first Indian woman shooter to be crowned a World Champion is Tejaswini Sawant The Nimoo Bazgo Project (45 Megawatt) is located in : Leh Indian launched its census 2011 on : April 1, 2010 Vijay Hazare Trophy is associated with : Cricket START stand for : Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty (between

Russia and USA) In India, Navy Day is observed on : December 4

To arouse environmental awareness among people about the necessity of preserving the ecology of the Himalayas, First Himalayan Day was observed on : September 9, 2010

“A Tale of Two Revolt-- India 1857 and The American Civil War” is the book written by :Rajmohan Gandhi

Singapore-India Maritime Bilaterale Exercise held in 2010 was named :SIMBEX-10

The Youngest Indian to climb the Mt. Everest is : Arjun Bajpayee The Prestigious Avicenna Prize is given by : UNESCO Indian state with highest urban population is : Maharashtra India’s National Slogan is : Satya-Mev-Jayate Indian state with minimum population is : Sikkim (2001 census) The first regular decadal census in India began in : 1881 The first Chief Election Commissioner of India was : Sukumar Sen The First Indian who won individual gold medal in Olympic Games is : Abhinav Bindra The First Indian Batsman who scorored double century in one Day Iternational Cricket is : Sachin Tendulkar The First Indian Postal System was established by Lord Clive in : 1766 Himalayan Forest Research Centre is located in : Shimla At present the salary of President of India is : Rs 1,50,000 per month IAAF stands for International Association of Athletics

Federation International Customs Day is observed on January 26 ‘The Museum of Innocence’ is a famous book by Turkish writer Orhan Pamuk Ng-On Yee is a famous player of Snooker Ibn Batuta was a traveler from Morocco The minimum distance between the Sun and the Earth occurs on January 3 The National Aquatic Animal as declared by the Central Government is Dolphin National Highway No 1 joins Delhi with Amritsar The headquarters of Association of South East Asian Nations (ASEAN) is located in

Jakarta Niamy is the capital of Niger Yangtz river falls into East China Sea Glasgow in England is known for Iron and Steel Industry The Preamble to the Indian constitution is based on the objective resolution drafted and moved by

Pandit Jawahar lal Nehru The Magyars are the people in Hungary Cultural and Educational Right have been laid down in Article 29-30 of the Constitution National Safety Day is observed on March 4 Energy Giant BP Plc is a company of United Kingdom The grouping BRICS include Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa Yoweri Museveni is the President of Uganda The Malabar Exercise is a naval exercise recently held between India and USA Railway Ministry of India has declared the year 2011-2012 as The Year of Green Energy The writer who has been honoured with prestigious Vyas Samman this year is Vishwanath Prasad Tiwari Abel Prize is a prestigious prize in the field of Mathematics The winner of Australian Grand Prix this year is Sebastian Vettel The General Assembly of UNO passed the declaration of Human Right on December 10, 1948 Madan Bhikaji Cama unfurled the first national flag in 1907 In Stuttgart (Germany) Who said ‘India is for Indians’ ? Dayanand Saraswati Mohiniattam is a classical dance of Kerala India is divided into Eight Postal Zones India’s first artificial satellite Aryabhatta was launched on April 19,1975

Lake Winnipeg is located in Canada In India, who accords recognition to various poltical parties as national or regional parties ?

The Election Commission Who is the final authority to interpret the Constitution ? The Supreme Court The Gurumukhi script was introduced by : Guru Angad The Constitution of India established a Parliamentary system of Government following the pattern of

Britain The breathing root of mangroves are : Pneumatophores Who was the first female President of Indian National Congress ? Sarojini Naidu WIMAX is related to : Communication Technology Balance of Payment includes Visible Trade , Invisible Trade and Debts The percentage of urban population in India according to Census 2001 is : 27.8% On which river is Indo-Pak Bagalihar Project located ? Chenab Which is the highest peak in Andaman and Nicobar Island ? Saddle Peak Where is Fulhar Lake located ? Uttar Pradesh’s Pilibhit district The world’s most active volcano is Cotopaxi Odissi dance belongs to Orissa In which year were Fundamental Duties of citizens laid down by the 42nd Constitutional Amendment Act ?

In the year 1976 In which year did the Cripps Mission come to India? In the year 1942 Cabinet in reference to the Union Government means : Ministers with Cabinet Rank ‘My Country , My Life’ is the autobiography of L . K. Advani In 2010 Kumbh Fair was organized in Haridwar The Largest tribal group of India is : Gonds Which year is known as the year of the Great Divide with regard to population after which there has been a continuous and

rapid growth in India’s population ? The year 1921 The best preserved pillar erected by Ashoka is that of Sarnath Which Mughal Emperor was coronated twice ? Aurangzed The thermometer suitable to measure 2000 C is Total radiation pyrometer A third form of carbon , fullerene was discovered by a team of 3 scientists who were awarded chemistry Nobel Prize . They

include : H. W. Kroto , R. F. Curl and R. E. Smalley Bindaben , Shambhu Maharaj and Lachchu Maharaj are all associated with : Kathak Dance The leaning tower of Pisa does not fall because The Vertical line through the centre of gravity of

the tower falls within the base Which country has the world’s largest reserves of Uranium ? Australia Which two territories of Georgia were recognized as independent by Russia in August 2008 ? South Ossetia and

Abkhazia Aryabhatta satellite was launched on : April 19, 1975