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Question 1

How many times has Brazil won the World Cup Football Championship?

Answer 1

five times

Question 2

If speed of rotation of the earth increases, weight of the body

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decreases

Question 3

In August, 1996 at Kolar(near Bangalore), India made successful test flights of Unmanned Air Vehicle (UAV) named

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Nishant

Question 4

IDA stands for

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international development agency

Question 5

Indira Gandhi was assassinated in

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1984

Question 6

In which year of First World War Germany declared war on Russia and France?

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1914

Question 7

ICAO stands for

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International Civil Aviation Organization

Question 8

India’s first Technicolor film ____ in the early 1950s was produced by ____

Answer 8

‘Jhansi Ki Rani’, Sohrab Modi

Question 9

India has largest deposits of ____ in the world.

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mica

Question 10

How many Lok Sabha seats belong to Rajasthan?

Answer 10

25

Question 11

Grand Central Terminal, Park Avenue, New York is the world’s

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largest railway station

Question 12

Entomology is the science that studies

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Insects

Question 13

Eritrea, which became the 182nd member of the UN in 1993, is in the continent of

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Africa

Question 14

Garampani sanctuary is located at

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Diphu, Assam

Question 15

For which of the following disciplines is Nobel Prize awarded?

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Psychology , medicine , physics , chemistry , literature, peace and medicine

Question 16

Hitler party which came into power in 1933 is known as

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Nazi Party

Question 17

FFC stands for

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Film Finance Corporation

Question 18

Fastest shorthand writer was

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Dr. G. D. Bist

Question 19

Epsom (England) is the place associated with

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Horse racing

Question 20

First human heart transplant operation conducted by Dr. Christiaan Barnard on Louis Washkansky, was conducted in

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1967

Question 21

Galileo

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an Italian astronomer who developed the telescope, discovered four satellites of Jupiter, discovered that the movement of pendulum produces a regular time measurement

Question 22

Habeas Corpus Act 1679

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states that no one was to be imprisoned without a writ or warrant stating the charge against him, provided facilities to a prisoner to obtain either speedy trial or release in bail, safeguarded the personal liberties of the people against arbitrary imprisonment by the king’s orders

Question 23

Exposure to sunlight helps a person improve his health because

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the ultraviolet rays convert skin oil into Vitamin D

Question 24

Golf player Vijay Singh belongs to which country?

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Fiji

Question 25

Guarantee to an exporter that the importer of his goods will pay immediately for the goods ordered by him, is known as

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Letter of Credit (L/C)

Question 26

Excessive secretion from the pituitary gland in the children results in

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increased height,

Question 27

Fa-Hien was

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the first Buddhist pilgrim of China to visit India during the reign of Chandragupta Vikramaditya,

Question 28

Free market is

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a market where the price of a commodity is determined by free play of the forces of supply and demand

Question 29

East Timor, which became the 191st member of the UN, is in the continent of

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Asia,

Question 30

Free surface of a liquid behaves like a sheet and tends to contract to the smallest possible area due to the

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force of cohesion

Question 31

Gopal Krishna Gokhale

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started as a maths teacher and rose to the position of the principal of Ferguson College, Pune, founded the servants of India Society, served as President of the Indian National Congress in 1905, All of the above

Question 32

GNLF stands for

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Gorkha National Liberation Front,

Question 33

Firdausi was

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a poet, well known for his epic 'Shahnama',

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Himalayan Mountaineering Institute is at

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Darjeeling

Question 35

Gabriel Daniel Fahrenheit was

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a German Physicist, developed the mercury thermometer in 1714, devised temperature scale

Question 36

During the first crusade, crusaders reached Jerusalem and captured it in

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1099 AD,

Question 37

Dr. Linus Carl Pauling is the only person to have won two Nobel prizes individually for

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Chemistry in 1954, Peace Prize in 1962

Question 38

For galvanizing iron which of the following metals is used?

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Zinc

Question 39

Economic goods are

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all commodities that are limited in quantity as compared to their demand

Question 40

For purifying drinking water alum is used

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for coagulation of mud particles

Question 41

Hockey was introduced in the Asian Games in

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1958 in Tokyo

Question 42

ESCAP stands for

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Economic and Social Commission for Asia and Pacific

Question 43

First International Peace Congress was held in London in

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1843 AD

Question 44

For seeing objects at the surface of water from a submarine under water, the instrument used is

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periscope

Question 45

Dr. Zakir Husain was

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the first Muslim president of India

Question 46

G-15 is an economic grouping of

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Third World Nations

Question 47

Fathometer is used to measure

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Ocean depth

Question 48

During World War I Germany was defeated in the Battle of Verdun on the western front and Romania declared war on the eastern front in the year

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1916 AD

Question 49

Heavy Water Project (Talcher) and Fertilizer plant (Paradeep) are famous industries of

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Orissa

Question 50

Hamid Karzai was chosen president of Afghanistan in

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2002

Question 51

Durand Cup is associated with the game of

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Football

Question 52

Headquarters of UNO are situated at

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New York, USA

Question 53

Escape velocity of a rocket fired from the earth towards the moon is a velocity to get rid of the

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Earth's gravitational pull

Question 54

GATT (General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade) is

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international agreement signed in 1947 between non-communist nations with the object of encouraging international trade unobstructed by tariff barriers

Question 55

Coral reefs in India can be found in

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the coast of Orissa

Question 56

For safety, the fuse wire used in the mains for household supply of electricity must be made of metal having

Answer 56

low melting point

Question 57

Golden Temple, Amritsar is India's

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largest Gurdwara