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When is International women’s day ?

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8th march

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Longest epic in the world

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Mahabharath

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reserve bank of India is establish in

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1935

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Lucknow embroidery is called

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Chikankari

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tag line of apple

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Think different

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the maharaja mascot is for which airline ?

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Air India

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Study of moon is called

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Selenology

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first Asian Nobel price

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Rabindranath Tagore

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Largest state in India

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Rajasthan

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full form of DENA bank

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Devkaran Nachi bank

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Founder of white revelution

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Verghese Kurien

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founder of green revolution

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M.S. Swaminathan

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Full form of CD

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Compact disc

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full form of DVD

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Digital versatile disc

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full form of HTTPS

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hyper text transfer protocol secure

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full form of PIN

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personal information network

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full form of SMS

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short message service

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full form of SLR

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slant line radio

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full form of DSLR

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dual sim line recharge

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full form of CFL

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compact fluorescent light

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dull form of LED

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light emitting diode

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full form of TIFF

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tagged image file format

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full form of CFC

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chloro fluro carbon

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full form of PAN

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Permanent account number

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fill form of IVR
interactive voice response
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fill form of AM and PM
Ante meridian , post meridian
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full form of AD and BC
anno domino, before Christ
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full form of GB
Great Britain
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full form of Gb
Giga byte
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Full form of WiFi
Wireless fidelity
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full of of FAQ
frequently asked questions
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full form of DNA
Deoxyribo nucleic acid
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full form lf ASI
Archeological survey of India
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full form lf AIDS
Acquired immune deficiency syndrome
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full form of AIFF
All India football federation
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full form of PSLV
Polar satellite launch vehicle
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full form of FIFA
The federation international de football association
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warli art is from
Maharashtra
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Gond art is from
Madhya Pradesh
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a very famous temple situated near Pushkar lake in Rajasthan is related to which god
Lord brahma
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Niti ayog chairperson
Narendra Modi
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IRS series satellites are used for
Remote sensing
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Full form of IRS satellite
Indian remote sensing satellite
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Full form of PDF
Portable document format
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Which type of mirror makes objects appear smaller , but the area of view larger
Convex mirror
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To which age does Indus Valley civilisation belong to
Bronze Age
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Biggest if 7 emirates in UAE
Abu Dhabi
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The 10th and last guru of sikhs
Guru Gobind Singh
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Author of dasamgranth
Guru Gobind Singh
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The 4 vedas are
Rigveda , samvedna , yajurveda and atharveda
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oldest of 4 vedas
Rigveda
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Rigveda was written about
God mantras
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saamveda was written about
Music
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Yajurveda was written about
Procedures for sacrificial performance
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Atharvaveda was written about
Medicine
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No.of thirthankara in Janism
24
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First and last thirthankara of Jainism
Rishabhadeva and Mahavira
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Gautama Buddha was born on
563 BC
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Gautama Buddha’s home place
Lumbini
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Mauryan dynasty rulers are
Chandragupta , bindusara , ashoka
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All rulers of Gupta period
Chandragupta I , Samudragupta , Chandragupta II , Kumaragupta , skandagupta
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largest bay in the world
Hudson Bay
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smallest continent
Australia
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largest mountain range in the world
Andes CS America
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biggest museum in the world
Louvre museum
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largest river in the world
Amazon
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largest delta
Sundarban delta
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Kailash satyarthi got Nobel price for
Peace
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Nobel price for economics in india was for
Abhijit Banerjee and Amartya Sen
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National sport of USA
Baseball
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national sport of Spain
Bull fighting
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national sport of Canada
Ice hockey
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national sport of Russia
Chess
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national sport of India and Pakistan
Field hockey
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national sport of Sri Lanka
Volleyball
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National sport of china
Table tennis
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national sport of Japan
Judo/ ju-jitsu
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national sport of England and Australia
Cricket
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national sport of Scotland
Rugby
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national sport of Bhutan
Archery
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national sport of Indonesia
Badminton
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national sport of Switzerland
Schwingen ( Swiss wrestling )
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Garba and dandiya Ras in which state’s folk dance
Gujarat
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Biggest satellite in the world
Ganymede ( moon of Jupiter and natural satellite ) , ISS ( international space station , artifice satellite )
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green planet
Uranus
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planet with maximum no.of satellite
Saturn
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USB full form
Universal Serial Bus
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First women to win Olympic medal
Karnam malleswari
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Karnam malleswari
First women to win Olympic medal
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Taj Mahal is located in which state
Uttar Pradesh
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Ajanta caves and Ellora caves are located in which state
Maharashtra
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Kaziranga national park is located in which state
Assam
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Keoladeo national park is located in which state
Rajasthan
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Hampi is located in
Karnataka
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Fahetpur Sikri is located in
Uttar Pradesh
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Sundarban national park is located in which state
West Bengal
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World heritage sites in Maharashtra
Ajanta caves , Ellora caves , elephant caves , Chhatrapati Shivaji terminus
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world heritage sites in UP
Fatehpur Sikri , Agra fort , Taj Mahal
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world heritage sites in Tamil Nadu
Group of monuments at Mahabalipuram , chola temples , Nilgiri
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world heritage sites at Odisha
Sun temple
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world heritage sites at Assam
Kaziranga national park , manas wildlife sanctuary , Moidam
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warli painting characteristics
Geometric shapes
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Gond paintings are from
Madhya Pradesh
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Gond painting characteristic
Mostly animals or plants
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Rajput paintings characteristic
Scenes from epics
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phad paintings is from
Rajasthan
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phad painting characteristic
Story board
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Mughal paintings characteristic
Portraits
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Madhubani paintings ares from
Bihar
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madhubani paintings characteristic
Animals , gods in bright colours
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pattachitra paintings are from
Odisha
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pattachitra paintings characteristic
Pic of Krishna and his siblings in black white and yellow face
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Kalighat paintings are from
Bengal
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Kalighat painting characteristic
Rendering
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Kalamkari painting is from
Andhra Pradesh
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kalamkari paintings characteristic
Too much Patterns
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thanjavur paintings characteristics
Gold … lords in luxury
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Kerala mural painting characteristic
Elongated eyes
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What is gaj utsav
Campaign on elephant conservation
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COP meaning
United Nations climate change conference
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father of Indian english education
Thomas Macaulay
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founder of artistic society in Bengal
William jones
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Serampore mission founder
William Carey
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what is sangam literature
Collection of poems and works by Tamil writers and scholars
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first sahitya award book in hindi
Him tarangi
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him tarangi author
Makhanlal chaturvedi
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malaria and dysentery are caused by
Protozoa
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what is gratuity
Pension
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what is equity
Share in company
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what is HYV seeds
Superior quality seeds
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COP30 was held in
Brazil
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Full form of EMI
Equated monthly installments
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Cartography
Study of maps
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Ginning is the process of
Removing cotton seeds
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First silent feature film in India
Raja Harishchandra by Dadasaheb Phalke
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First sound film in India
Alam aara by ardeshir Irani
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Most abundantly available fossil fuel
Coal
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Shape of cross section of ladyfingers
Pentagon
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Current worlds no.1 in badminton men
Shi yuqi ( china )
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Current worlds no.1 in badminton women
An seyoung ( Korea )
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Saina Nehwal is related to which sport
Badminton
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Saina Mirza is related to which sport
Tennis
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Current world no.1 in tennis men
Carloz alcaras ( Spain )
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Current world no.1 in tennis women
Aryna sabalenka ( Belarusian )( east Russian )
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Jwala gutta is related to which sport
Badminton
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Ashwini ponnappa is related to which sport
Badminton
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First Indian pair and women and only the 2nd overall to win a medal at world championship
Jwala gutta and ashwini ponnappa
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Father of Indian nuclear programme
Homi Bhabha
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India’s first successful nuclear weapon test was by whom ?
Raja ramanna ( smiling Buddha )
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Father of Indian space program
Vikram sarabhai
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Missile man of India
APJ Abdul Kalam
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Father of India cinema
Dadasaheb Phalke
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Who is RK Laxman
Cartoonist in times of India
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Ramacharitramanas was composed by
Tulasidas
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Meghadootam was composed by
Kaildasa
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Old world river valley cultures
Mesopotamia, ancient Egypt , Indus Valley civilisation, yellow river civilisation
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Oldest river in the world
Finke river
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First astronomer to claim that earth , moon and other planets revolve around the earth
Nicolaus Copernicus
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Who made the geocentric model of universe
Ptolemy
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Full form of UNICEF
United Nations children’s fund
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Full form of UNIDO
United Nations industrial development organisation
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Full form of UNESCO
United Nations educational, scientific and cultural organisation
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Full form of UNO
United Nations organisation
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Phonograph was invented by
Thomas edison
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Motion camera picture was invention by
Thomas Edison
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Incandescent light bulb was invented by
Thomas edison
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Created of Amar Chitra katha
Anant Pai
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Syphilis is caused by
Contact
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Tuberculosis is spread through
Air
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Cholera is spread through
Water
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Tetanus is spread through
Wound / infection
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Another name for notebook computer
Laptop
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Solar eclipse takes place when
The moon is between sun and earth
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Popular name for ascorbic acid
Vitamin C
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A ____ mirror is like the side mirror on car , “ objects are closer than they appear “
Convex
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Full form of FEMA
Foreign exhibition management act
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First metal used by man
Copper
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Prefix mega mean in megabyte
1,000,000
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Architect who designed the city Chandigarh
Le corbusier
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Indus River flows through states
Tibet , Ladakh , Pakistan
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Brahmaputra flows through states
Tibet , Arunachal Pradesh , Assam , Bangladesh
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Ganga flows through states
Uttarakhand. Utterpradesh , Jharkhand
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Godavari flows through states
Maharashtra to Bay of Bengal
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Narmada flows through states
Madhya Pradesh , Gujarat
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Tapti flows through states
Madhya Pradesh , Maharashtra , Gujarat
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Kaveri flows through states
Karnataka , Andhra Pradesh , Tamil Nadu
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Mahanadi flows through states
Chattisgarh , Odisha
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Krishna flows through states
Maharashtra , Karnataka , Telangana , Andhra Pradesh
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Akbar’s religion
Din-e-illahi
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Roughage meaning
Fibre
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Labyrinth meaning
Complex / confusing like a maze
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Wolverine is____
Muscular , carnivorous animal belonging to the weasel family
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Serpentine meaning
Twisting like snake
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Serpentine gemstone colour
Green
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President of India
Draupadi Murmu
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Prime minister India
Narendra Modi
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Minister of defence
Rajnath Singh
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Minister of home affairs
Amit shah
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Minister of road , transport and highway
Jairam gadkari
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Minister of finance
Nirmala Sitaraman
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Minister of agriculture
Shivraj Singh Chouhan
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Minister of external affairs
Subramanyam Jaishankar
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Minister of health
Jagat Prakash nadda
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Monster of education
Dharmendra pradhan
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Minster of railway , information technology
Ashwini Vaishnav
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Minister of youth affairs /employment and sports
Mansukh mandaviya
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Minister of women and child development
Annpurna Devi
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Minister of tourism and culture
Gajendra Singh Shekhawat
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Minister of food
Chirag paswan
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Minister of environment
Bhupendra yadav
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Minister of communication and north-east region
Jyotiradithya M. Scindia
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Gas used for ripening of fruits
Ethylene
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Inventor of x-ray
Roentgen
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Who designed rashtrapathi Bhavan
E Lutyens
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Architect of Taj Mahal
Ustad esa
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Who designed sun temple in konarak
Narsimh Dev
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Who completed the construction of Qutub minar
Iltumesh
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Who built Jama Masjid
Shah Jahan
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Who built tower of victory at chittogarh
Rana kumbha
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Who designed pinjor gardens
Fidai khan
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Who is the architect of Shakti sthal
Rajendra bhan
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Lauri baker is associated with
Low cost houses
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A transformer is used to convert from
Step up or step down to mechanical energy
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One hectare is approximately equal to ___ acre
2.5 acre
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Temperature at which Fahrenheit and Celsius scale read the same
-40
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Oldest oil refinery in India
Digboi
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The term grand slam is used for which sport
Tennis
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Place of origin of earthquakes
Focus
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Place of origin of earthquakes on surface of earth
Epicentre
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1 inch = ____ centimetres
2.54 cm
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1 foot =____ metres
0.305 m
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A4 size dimension
21x 29.7 cm
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Full form of ATM
Automated Teller Machine
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Semiotics is the study of
Signs and symbols