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Q :(1) Which is the biggest public sector
undertaking in India?
Answer: Railways.
Q :(2) What is the full form of ‘IG’ in
police department?
Answer: Inspector General of Police.
Q :(3) Sleep under a tree at night is not
advisable because the release of what?
Answer: Carbon Monoxide.
Q :(4) National Income and Domestic Income is
equal in which type of economy?
Answer: Closed Economy.
Q :(5) Asteroid Belt is located between which
two planets?
Answer: Mars and Jupiter.
Q :(6) World’s first floating ATM set up by
which bank?
Answer: State Bank of India (SBI).
Q :(7) Heavy Water Project (Talcher) and
Fertilizer plant (Paradeep) are famous industries located in which state?
Answer: Orissa.
Q :(8) Astronaut in outer space observe sky
as which color?
Answer: Black.
Q :(9) Who started ‘The Home Rule Movement’
in India against British?
Answer: Annie Besant and Tilak.
Q :(10) ‘Param 8000’ was the supercomputer
developed by which country scientist?
Answer: Indian Scientists.
Q :(11) Africa is separated from Europe by
which sea?
Answer: Mediterranean Sea and the Strait of
Gibraltar.
Q :(12) Who was father of Modern Western
Education in India?
Answer: Lord William Bentinck.
Q :(13) Name the IIT institute in India which
has developed ‘soil-to-soil’ technology to manufacture cheaper, quicker and
pollution-free bio fuel?
Answer: IIT, Kharagpur.
Q :(14) Which part of a tree confirm that the
exact age?
Answer: Rings of the tree.
Q :(15) Fathometer is used to measure what?
Answer: Ocean Depth.
Q :(16) “Inflation is unjust but deflation is
inexpedient. Of the two, deflation is worse” said by whom?
Answer: J.M Keynes.
Q :(17) Study of Planets and Space is called
what?
Answer: Astronomy.
Q :(18) In the event declaration of emergency
under Article 356, who rules the state?
Answer: Governor.
Q :(19) Name the country has opened its fifth
Nuclear Power Plant to meet its growing energy demand?
Answer: Pakistan.
Q :(20) Which was the first modern warship
built in India in 1952?
Answer: INS Nilgiri.
Q :(21) What is the full form of GSLV (made
by INDIA)?
Answer: Geosynchronous Satellite Launching
Vehicle (first flight on Apr 18, 2001).
Q :(22) Name the currency of Cuba?
Answer: Peso.
Q :(23) GSAT-19 is the communication
satellite has been launched by ISRO through which launch vehicle?
Answer: GSLV Mark III.
Q :(24) Population of India was negative
growth rate during which decade?
Answer: 1911 – 1921.
Q :(25) Abbreviation IPO is stands for what
In the context of stock Market?
Answer: Initial Public Offering.
Q :(26) In which state of India the first
Rural Telephone Exchange is located?
Answer: Karnataka.
Q :(27) ‘Chhimtuipui’ is the river flow in
which Indian State?
Answer: Mizoram.
Q :(28) Is Switzerland the permanent member
of the UN Security Council?
Answer: No.
Q :(29) Operation Kutir Jyothi refers to
what?
Answer: Rural electrification.
Q :(30) Nokia is the telecom company belongs
to which country?
Answer: Finland.
Q :(31) 16th August 1946 was declared as the
‘Direct Action Day’ by whom?
Answer: Muslim League.
Q :(32) Who is twice recipient of the Nobel
Prize for Chemistry in 1958 and 1980?
Answer: Frederick Sanger.
Q :(33) Quick Reaction Surface-to-Air Missile
(QRSAM) is a missile developed by whom?
Answer: Defence Research and Development
Organization (DRDO).
Q :(34) Panchayatiraj form of rural
government was first adopted by which states?
Answer: Rajasthan & Andhra Pradesh.
Q :(35) Web based centralized grievance
redress system SCORES was launched by whom?
Answer: SEBI.
Q :(36) Name the river in India which is
recharged by subsoil water?
Answer: Narmada.
Q :(37) Name the organization has the motto
‘Be prepared’?
Answer: The Boy Scouts.
Q :(38) What is the rank of India in recent
latest Doing Business Report?
Answer: 77th rank.
Q :(39) French were completely defeated by
the English in which wars?
Answer: Battle of Wandiwash.
Q :(40) Which state people celebrates their
harvest festival around Makar Sankranti?
Answer: Karnataka.
Q :(41) Name the continent where ‘Tundra’
type of climate is not found?
Answer: Africa continent.
Q :(42) Epsom(England) is the place
associated with which sports?
Answer: Horse Racing.
Q :(43) Which diseases is not caused by
VIRUS?
Answer: Cholera.
Q :(44) ‘Your Trusted Family Bank’ is the
tagline of which bank?
Answer: Dena Bank.
Q :(45) Which country has “This is the root
of all evil” written on its coins?
Answer: Vatican City.
Q :(46) What is the Study of human beauty
called?
Answer: Kalology.
Q :(47) ‘Kempegowda Festival’ was organized
in which city?
Answer: Delhi.
Q :(48) Bank of Madras, Bank of Bombay and
Bank of Calcutta, were merged to form which bank?
Answer: Imperial Bank of India (now SBI).
Q :(49) Which Airport is named as Pandit Deen
Dayal Upadhyay Airport?
Answer: Agra.
Q :(50) Satish Dhawan Space Center is a
rocket launch center operated by whom?
Answer: Indian Space Research Organization
(ISRO)
Q :(51) Goa Shipyard Limited (GSL) was
established in which year?
Answer: 1957.
Q :(52) World’s largest bio-fuel plant with
production capacity of 110 million liters of fuel annually has been set up in
which country?
Answer: Brazil.
Q :(53) When Hockey was introduced in the
Asian Games?
Answer: 1958.
Q :(54) Who was a co-developer of Morse code?
Answer: Samuel Morse.
Q :(55) Which river is recharged by subsoil
water?
Answer: Narmada.
Q :(56) The articles 17 and 18 of
Constitution provide what?
Answer: Social Equality.
Q :(57) Bird flu virus cannot be transmitted
through food cooked beyond which temperature, according to WHO?
Answer: 70 Degrees Celsius.
Q :(58) At which particular place on the
Earth, days and nights of have equal length?
Answer: Equator.
Q :(59) Which unit of valuation is known as
‘Paper Gold’?
Answer: SDR.
Q :(60) Name the primary Author of HTML?
Answer: Tim Berners-Lee.
Q :(61) First environmental research
satellite ‘Venus’ launched by which country?
Answer: Israel.
Q :(62) Which was the first spacecraft to
reach the surface of the Moon?
Answer: Luna 2 Spacecraft (Soviet Union’s
Luna program).
Q :(63) World Busiest railway station
‘Shinjuku Station’ located in which country?
Answer: Japan.
Q :(64) Who is the Fastest Shorthand Writer
in world?
Answer: Dr. G. D. Bist.
Q :(65) Golf player ‘Vijay Singh’ belongs to
the which country?
Answer: Fiji.
Q :(66) Why exposure to sunlight helps human
beings to improve health?
Answer: As Ultraviolet rays convert Skin Oil
into Vitamin D.
Q :(67) Who is known as ‘the father of Indian
missile technology’?
Answer: Dr. A.P.J. Abdul Kalam.
Q :(68) Which port is biggest in India?
Answer: Mumbai.
Q :(69) How Bats can fly in the dark (night)?
Answer: They produce high pitched sounds
called Ultrasonic.
Q :(70) Name the vital plant which is
important in sericulture?
Answer: Mulberry.
Q :(71) Which is the most important small
scale industry in India?
Answer: Handloom Industry.
Q :(72) Film and TV institute of India is
located at where?
Answer: Pune (Maharashtra).
Q :(73) Which state government has launched
Pashu Bazar website for online sale of cattle’s?
Answer: Telangana.
Q :(74) Name the first country in the world
to use drones for national mail service?
Answer: France.
Q :(75) In Asia which country is called as
Land of Rising Sun?
Answer: Japan.
Q :(76) Which bank introduced ATM in India by
first time?
Answer: HSBC (Hongkong and Shanghai Banking
Corporation) Bank.
Q :(77) “Good Samaritan Policy” has been
launched by which state in India?
Answer: Delhi.
Q :(78) ESCAP is stands for what?
Answer: Economic and Social Commission for
Asia and Pacific.
Q :(79) “One People, One State, One leader”
was the policy of which German politician?
Answer: Adolf Hitler.
Q :(80) Who was the first Indian woman to win
Man Booker Prize?
Answer: Arundhati Roy.
Q :(81) Which planet is known as green planet
in the solar system?
Answer: Uranus.
Q :(82) Sweden’s Parliament is also known as
which name?
Answer: Riksdag.
Q :(83) Who launched mobile app “Celebrating
Yoga” for scientific healthy living?
Answer: Union Minister for Science &
Technology Dr. Harsh Vardhan.
Q :(84) In which generation ‘Computer size
was very large’?
Answer: First Generation.
Q :(85) The European Union has adopted which
currency as common currency?
Answer: Euro.
Q :(86) Community-edited online encyclopedia
‘Wikipedia’ has been blocked by which country?
Answer: China.
Q :(87) Name the angle between Geographical
Meridian and Magnetic Meridian?
Answer: Angle of declination.
Q :(88) A scientist who studies the water is
called as what?
Answer: Hydrologist.
Q :(89) In India the ‘Good Governance Day’
(GGD) is observed on which day?
Answer: December 25.
Q :(90) “Mahaswayam Portal” for job seekers
and employers was launched by which Indian State?
Answer: Maharashtra.
Q :(91) Which Metro becomes world’s first 100
per cent ‘Green’ Metro?
Answer: Delhi Metro.
Q :(92) Which Bank introduced Internet
Banking in India first time?
Answer: ICICI Bank.
Q :(93) Name the first Indian company to be
listed on NASDAQ which is American stock exchange?
Answer: Infosys.
Q :(94) World’s largest amphibian aircraft
build by which country?
Answer: China.
Q :(95) Which is India’s first indigenously
developed Nuclear Powered Submarine?
Answer: INS Arihant.
Q :(96) In which city the Nobel Peace prize
is awarded?
Answer: Oslo.
Q :(97) Which is the Richest Municipal
Corporation in India?
Answer: Municipal Corporation of Greater
Mumbai.
Q :(98) Bnei Brak is a historic city located
in which country?
Answer: Israel.
Q :(99) Name the nearest planet to the Sun?
Answer: Mercury.
Q :(100) World’s first oil paintings have
been found at where?
Answer: In Afghanistan.
Q :(101) After how many years Palestine is
ready to hold its first national election in the year 2021?
(A) 10 years
(B) 25 years
(C) 20 years
(D) 14 years
Correct
Answer : D
Q :(102) Recently which country successfully
test-fired the supersonic cruise missile BrahMos?
(A) India
(B) Nepal
(C) Pakistan
(D) Bangladesh
Correct
Answer : A
Q :(103) When was the “National Vayoshri
Yojana” launched?
(A) 1 April 2016
(B) 1 July 2016
(C) 1 July 2017
(D) 1st April 2017
Correct
Answer : D
Q :(104) Where has Nirav Modi, who cheated
Punjab National Bank, been arrested?
(A) London
(B) Hungary
(C) Spain
(D) Portugal
Correct
Answer : A
Q :(105) The United Nations Security Council
has imposed new comprehensive international sanctions on which country in March
2016?
(A) Pakistan
(B) China
(C) North Korea
(D) South Korea
Correct
Answer : C
Q :(106) The International Day for the
Eradication of Poverty is observed on which of the following days?
(A) 10 January
(B) 12 March
(C) 15 April
(D) 17 October
Correct
Answer : D
Q :(107) 'Dogri' language is spoken in which
Indian territory?
(A) Puducherry
(B) Jammu and Kashmir Province
(C) Nagaland
(D) Andaman and Nicobar Islands
Correct
Answer : B
Q :(108) Which of the following organizations
is a publication of 'World Development Report'?
(A) International Monetary Fund
(B) World Trade Organization
(C) World Bank
(D) UNCTAD
Answer
: C
Q :(109) Where is the headquarters of the
World Bank?
(A) Washington DC
(B) Geneva
(C) The Hague
(D) Paris
Answer
: A
Q :(110) Recently, where was the 15 thousand square
feet Rangoli made?
(A) Gujarat
(B) Mumbai
(C) Bangalore
(D) Trivandrum
Answer
: B
