500 GK Questions And Answers
500 GK Questions And Answers
1. Why was the Panchayati Raj System adopted?
To Decentralise the power of democracy
2. In colourful diamond, Why are different colours present?
Due to impurity
3. From the view of International economy, What does third World imply?
The developing countries
4. Which is a land-locked country?
Zimbabwe
5. The ruler of which State was removed from power by the British on the pretext of mis governance ?
Awadh
6. With which field was Satyajit Ray associated?
Direction of films
7. Which plant is referred to as a living fossil?
Gingko
8. How long did the Constituent Assembly take to finally pass the Constitution?
About 3 years since Dec 9, 1946
9. What is the country through which both Equator and Tropic of Capricorn pass?
Brazil
10. From where did the Quit India Movement start?
Bombay on Aug. 8, 1942
11. Which physical quantities have the same dimensions?
Momentum and impulse
12. In which year did UN establish the UN Conference on Trade and Development?
1964
13. Which Committee was formed to suggest means for eradicating black money?
Cheiliah Committee
14. The Karakoram Highway connects which pairs of countries?
China-Pakistan
15. Which Indian revolutionary helped Subhash Chandra Bose in raising ‘Indian National Army’?
Rasbehari Bose
16. Which crop would be preferred for sowing in order to enrich the soil with nitrogen?
Gram
17. Who was the President of the Constituent Assembly?
Dr. Rajendra Prasad
18. What is the number of unpaired electrons in carbon atom?
2
19. Which latitude passes through India?
Tropic of Cancer
20. Who propounded that ‘destiny determines everything, man is powerless?
Ajivakas
21. Which type of coal is difficult to light in the open air?
Peat
22. Leukaemia or blood cancer is characterised by abnormal increase of which cells?
White blood cells
23. How many subjects are in the Union list?
100
24. Which instrument instrument used for recording earthquake waves?
Seismograph
25. Which Mughal emperor gave land for the construction of the Golden Temple at Amritsar?
Akbar
26. What does Oxidation involve?
Loss of electrons
27. Among South Asian countries which one is the Maternal Mortality Ratio (per 1,000 live births) lowest?
Bangladesh
28. What is meant by ‘Underwriting’, the term frequently used in financial sector?
Under valuation of the assets
29. ‘Caldera’ is a feature associated with which thing?
Volcanoes
30. Under the leadership of which Guru did the Sikh become a political and military force?
Guru Gobind Singh
31. Which Part of plant is important for the life cycle of plant?
Flower
32. By which committee were Mandal Panchayats recommended?
Ashok Mehta Committee
33. What will be If a pendulum clock be taken from the earth to a revolving artificial satellite?
It will stop altogether
34. Which city is associated with the river Mekong?
Phnom-Penh
35. Which decisive battle was fought during the Third Carnatic War between the English and the French?
Wandiwash
36. Coolgardie lies in the Australian province of which direction?
Western Australia
37. Gum Gopi Krishna was a maestro of which dance form?
Kathak
38. Which is an insectivorous plant?
Pitcher plant
39. A ship met with an accident at 30°E and 35°N. Where was the ship was sailing?
Mediterranean Sea
40. Which gave an impetus to the growth of militant nationalism on a widespread scale?
Partition of Bengal
41. Alpha-keratin is a protein present in which thing?
Answer: Wool
42. Where was the first session of the Constituent Assembly held?
Answer:
New Delhi
43. Which of the following is used as ‘a moderator in nuclear reactor?
Answer:
Graphite
44. Which planet looks reddish in the night sky?
Answer:
Mars
45. What was the source of the blue gem stone, lapis lazuli, for the people of Harappan culture?
Answer:Afghanistan
46. Sachin Tendulkar scored his 100th international century against which’ country ?
Answer: Bangladesh
47. In baseball, the two opposing teams consist of how many players?
Answer:9 players each
48. The improper function of which results in condition ‘Myxoedema’ in human beings?
Answer: Thyroid
49. In 1610, Galileo Galilei discovered four moons of which planet?
Answer: Jupiter
50. In the Vedic society, which was the term used to denote a group of families?
Answer: Grama
51. Who was the Chairman’ of the Union Constitution Committee of the Constituent Assembly?
Answer: Jawaharlal Nehru
52. Which element that does not occur in nature but can be produced artificially?
Answer: Plutonium
53. When had India a plan holiday?
Answer: after the draught of 1966
54. How are Latitude and Longitude?
Answer: Perpendicular to each other
55. Which Philosophy holds that the world is created and maintained by Universal Law?
Answer: Jain philosophy
56. Which book is authored by V.S. Naipaul ?
Answer: A House for Mr. Biswas
57. Which can be used for biological control of mosquitoes?
Answer: Gambusia
58. Which proclamation National Emergency automatically suspends?
Answer: Right to freedom
59. The latitude of a place is the same as which place?
Answer: Celestial pole
60. What was the script used in the earliest Tamil inscriptions?
Answer: Brahmi
61. In which technology do Cryogenic engines find applications?
Rocket technology
62. Shovna Narayan is a reputed personality in which field?
Classical dance
63. During which Plan did prices show a decline?
first
64. Which instrument used for finding out wind-direction?
Wind vane
65. Which ports handled the north Indian trade during the Gupta period?
broach
66. Which vitamin is considered to be a hormone?
D
67. On the basis of financial crisis how many times has emergency been declared by the President of India?
Zero
68. Which is the element found on the surface of the moon?
Titanium
69. Why is ‘Beaufort Scale’ used ?
To measure wind velocity
70. Which Tomar ruler is credited to have established Delhi?
Anangpal
71. ‘My Music, My Life’ is the autobiography of which person?
Pt. Ravi Shankar
72. Which was the first talkie film of India?
Alam Ara
73. Through which Translocation of food materials in plants takes place?
Phloem
74. When does Relative humidity decreases?
With increased temperature
75. Who was the Sultan of Delhi who is reputed to have built the biggest network of canals in India?
Feroz Shah Tughlaq
76. What type of Party system has been evolved in India?
Multi-Party
77. A man with a dark skin, in comparison with a man with a white skin, What will experience?
Less heat and less cold
78. Which bank is the Banker of the Banks?
RBI
79. Where are a large number of species are found within a small unit of area?
Wet evergreen equatorial forests
80. Krishnadeva Raya wrote a famous work, namely Amuktamalyada, in which language?
Telugu
81. Folk painting ‘Madhubani’ is famous in which state?
Bihar
82. Which is the tree requiring minimum water for its growth?
Babul
83. Which post does the Constitution of India does not mention?
The Deputy Prime Minister
84. Which country is the largest producer of Bauxite?
Australia
85. Which Indian rulers was a contemporary of Akbar?
Rani Durgawati
86. How are Oxygen and ozone?
Allotropes
87. From where did India introduce cultivation of tobacco/tapioca/ pineapple?
South America
88. When was the Reserve Bank of India taken over by the Government?
1948
89. Which is found on the western coast of continents between 30° and 40° latitudes?
Mediterranean Climate Region
90. Which school of paintings developed independently during the Mughal Period?
The Bijapur School
91. In which is ‘Foot and Mouth Disease’ found?
Cattle
92. Who decides the number of Judges in a High Court?
President
93. What denotes the smallest temperature?
1° on the Kelvin scale
94. In which latitudes largest quantities of bauxite is found?
Tropical latitudes
95. Which was the first English ship that came to India?
Red Dragon
96. Which tree, once very popular in social forestry, is now taken to be environmental hazard?
Eucalyptus
97. Foot-and-Mouth disease in animals, a current epidemic in some parts of the world, By which is this caused?
Bacterium
98. In which animal is respiration done by skin?
frog
99. The Ruhr-Westphalia region is a famous industrial region of which country?
Germany
100. Which was the first newspaper to be published in India?
Bengal Gazette
101. With which does the power to extend or restrict the jurisdiction of the High Court rest?
With the Parliament
102. ‘Gobar gas’ contains mainly which gas?
Methane
103. Which is the biggest Public Sector undertaking in the country?
Railways
104. Which rocks is transformed into marble?
Limestone
105. Which ‘Englishmen was fellow of Gandhiji in South Africa?
polok
106. By which number the quality of gasoline’ sample is determined?
By its octane number
107. Due to bite of mad dog the disease hydrophobia is caused by which virus?
rabies
108. Who appoints the Chief Election Commissioner of India?
President
109. What is the principal reason for the formation of metamorphic rocks?
Extreme heat and pressure
110. Who said “I therefore want freedom immediately, this very night, before dawn if it can be had”?
Mahatma Gandhi
111. A temperature at which both the Fahrenheit and the centigrade scales have the same value?
-40
112. With which is the ‘Tennis court oath’ associated?
French Revolution
113. Which is the tax that takes away a higher proportion of one’s income as the income rises?
Progressive tax
114. Where is the Sargasso sea located?
North Atlantic Ocean
115. Who commented that Cripps Mission was a post-dated cheque on a crashing bank?
Mahatma Gandhi
116. Medicine for epilepsy is obtain from which lichen?
Parmelia
117. Up to how much age can the Members of the Union Public Service Commission function?
65 years
118. Which type of glass is used for making glass reinforced plastic?
Quartz glass
119. Which is the greatest known ocean depth (which lies in the Pacific Ocean)?
11,033 m
120. At which one place did Mahatma Gandhi first start his Satyagraha in India?
Champaran
121. With which country is “Orange’ Revolution” associated?
Ukraine
122. With which field was Pandit Bhimsen Joshi associated?
Music
123. What percentage of water is lost during transpiration?
99%
124. Which is the most populous city in the world?
Tokyo
125. By which ruler was the practice of military governorship first introduced in India?
Greeks
126. Which country has the briefest Constitution in the world?
USA
127. When temperature is gradually decreased, what is the specific heat of substance?
Decreased
128. What is the mean of Invisible Export?
Export Services
129. Which is the country with the highest density of population in Europe?
Netherlands
130. Bhakt Tukaram was a contemporary of which Mughal emperor?
Jahangir
131. Who was the first person to cross the Alps with army?
Hannibal
132. What is the loss of water in the form of water drops called?
Guttation
133. Who was made the Home Minister when Jawaharlal Nehru formed the Interim Government in 1946 ?
Sardar Patel
134. Which foreign country is closest to Andaman Islands?
Myanmar
135. Who was called Zinda Pir (living saint) in Mughal India?
Aurangzeb
136. Which metal is non toxic in nature?
Gold
137. Which is the latest addition to the list of UNESCO’s world heritage sites in India?
Dolavira
138. Which committee was assigned to recommend reforms in the insurance sector?
Malhotra Committee
139. Which State shares boundaries with the maximum number of other States of India ?
Assam
140. The first railway line in India was opened in which year?
1853
141. What is Study of growth and development of embryo?
Embryology
142. What is the minimum permissible age for employment in any factory or mine?
14 years
143. Angular separation between two colours of the spectrum depends upon which thing?
Angle of deviation
144. Which mountain range stretches from Gujarat in west to Delhi in the north?
Aravalli
145. In which nomad man started settling?
Neolithic
146. Where is the headquarter of International atomic Energy Agency is located?
Vienna
147. The book ‘Diplomatic Encounter’ has been written by which author?
Arundhati Roy
148. What is the Study of pulse and arterial blood pressure called?
Sphygmology
149. The Himalayas are formed of parallel fold ranges of which the oldest range?
The Great Himalayan Range
150. Rigveda is divided into 10 books. Which books are the oldest?
Second and seventh
151. Who is competent to prescribe conditions as for acquiring Indian citizenship?
Parliament
152. Which is the element that has the highest first ionization potential?
Nitrogen
153. During which Plan did prices show a decline?
First
154. Which state has the largest number of salt lakes in India?
Rajasthan
155. Who was the last of the 24th Jain Tirthankara?
Mahavira
156. Who is the author of the book ‘The Rights of Man’?
Thomas Paine
157. What is considered as the easily digestible source of protein?
Soybean
158. When the Vice-President acts as President he gets the emoluments of which post?
President
159. Which port especially developed for exporting iron ore to Japan?
Paradeep
160. Which site, where Ashokan pillars exist, has the bull capital?
Rampurva
161. Total internal reflection of light is possible when light enters from which thing?
Water to air
162. The book ‘Worshipping False God's is written by which person?
Arun Shourie
163. When was the Rolling plan designed?
1978-83
164. Which is a global biodiversity hotspot in India?
Western Ghats
165. During which reign was Kalidasa lived?
Chandragupta
166. In the human body, cowper’s glands form a part of which system?
Reproductive system
167. The resolution for removing the Vice-President of India can be moved in which sabha?
Rajya Sabha alone
168. Which transition metal is in liquid state?
Mercury
169. Which type of forest exhibits highest bio-diversity ?
Tropical rain forest
170. Which Rashtrakuta ruler established a victory pillar in Rameswaram ?
Krishna III
171. Who directed the famous T.V. serial ‘Tandoori Nights’?
Saeed Jaffrey
172. The UNESCO declared 2011 as which International Year?
International Year of Chemistry
173. In absence of ribosome in cell which function does not takes place?
Protein synthesis
174. Where are Tapovan and Vishnugarh Hydroelectric Projects located?
Uttarakhand
175. Who was the last ruler of the Tughlaq dynasty of the Delhi Sultanate ?
Nasir-ud-din-Mahmud
176. To whom does the Public Accounts Committee submit its report?
The Speaker of the Lok Sabha
177. If a bar magnet is cut length wise into 3 parts, what will the total number of poles be?
6
178. The Issue Department of the RBI maintains -------------- against printing of note?
Minimum reservation
system
179. With which river is the Omkareshwar Project associated?
Narmada
180. The ruler which was not invited to join the confederacy to fight against Vijaynagar in the battle of Talikota?
Berar
181. The United Nations declared 2010 as which International Year?
Rapprochement of Cultures
182. Which tissue take part in healing the wounds?
Epithelium tissue
183. Which is the highest and final judicial tribunal in respect of the Constitution of India?
Supreme Court
184. What is the state the main activity associated with the fold mountain?
Earthquakes
185. Who was the Afghan ruler of India whose administrative system was emulated by the British?
Sher Shah
186. Temporary hardness of water is due to the presence of which thing?
Magnesium bicarbonate
187. Regatta is associated with which sports event?
Rowing
188. Rupee was devalued by what percent in July 1991?
20%
189. What is the term as the drainage pattern developed on folded sedimentary rocks?
Trellis
190. Whose tomb is ‘Biwi Ka Maqbara’?
Aurangzeb’s wife
191. Which energy do not have the problem of pollution?
Sun
192. When was the Madras State renamed Tamil Nadu?
1969
193. What is a suitable unit for expressing electric field strength?
Newton/coulomb(n/c)
194. the earth causes deflection of wind by which force?
Coriolis force
195. Who organised a Maratha confederacy against the English leading to the Third Anglo Maratha War?
The Peshwa
196. Which woman has become the highest individual scorer in an innings in Tests?
Kiran Baloch
197. What is the name of the person that controls a football match?
An umpire
198. Which air pollutant affect the nervous system of man?
Lead
199. Which is the chief characteristics of wet and dry tropics?
Constant heating
200. By whom was Shuddhi movement (conversion of non-Hindus to Hinduism) started?
Swami Dayanand Saraswati
201. Which Union Territory attained statehood in February, 1987 ?
Goa
202. Which oxyacid of halogen has maximum acidic nature?
HClO4
203. From when was the Zero Base Budgeting in India first experimented?
April, 1987
204. What is most important reason for dwindling forest resources today?
Over felling
205. “The best and bravest of the military leader of the rebels”- about whom was this said by Sir Hugh Rose?
Rani of Jhansi
206. Who is the leading wicket taker in the history of Test cricket?
Shane Warne
207. The greatest threat to organisms and biodiversity in which process?
Process of habitat loss
208. Which Article of the Constitution of India makes a specific mention of Village Panchayats ?
Article 40
209. How much of earth surface is covered by the forests?
30 percent
210. Who was the first Indian woman President of the Indian National Congress?
Sarojini Naidu
211. The unidirectional property of a pn-junction is useful for its use as which thing?
Rectifier
212. Who has been awarded the Prem Bhatia Award for the year 2012?
P.R. Ramesh
213. Who is the chairman of 13th Finance Commission?
Vijay Kelkar
214. The Himalayas are approximately how many kilometre broad?
150 to 400
215. During India’s Freedom Struggle, which led to the first ‘All India Hartal’?
Protest against Rowlett Act
216. Which animals have a diet mainly consisting of bamboo?
Red pandas
217. Which Amendment of the Constitution of India deals with the issue of strengthening of the Panchayati Raj?
73rd
218. Thermal decomposition of
alkanes in the absence of air is called.?
Cracking
219. How many islands of India are located in the Bay of Bengal?
204
220. In ancient India, at where was the earliest capital of Magadha kingdom?
Rajgir
221. Amarya Sen, the NRI Nobel laureate got the honour for which work?
Poverty and famines
222. Where did India made her debut in Olympic football?
London in 1948
223. Which plant is used for green manuring in India?
Sun hemp
224. Which city is known as the ‘Manchester of South India’?
Coimbatore
225. The Government of India has decided to declare river as ‘National River’?
Ganga, Nov 4, 2008
226. What does the Preamble of our Constitution contain?
The spirit of the Constitution
227. Which energy of the electron at absolute zero is called?
Fermi energy
228. What is an essential attribute of inflation?
Increase in prices
229. Which city is known for silk wearing industry?
Kanchipuram
230. Which Rajput king defeated Muhammad Gori for the first time?
Prithviraj III
231. When were first Olympic Games held?
1896, Greece.
232. What is the characteristic odour of garlic is due to the
presence of?
A sulphur compound
233. The source of India’s sovereignty lies in?
Preamble to the Constitution
234. What can be the maximum duration of totality for a solar eclipse?
7 minutes 40 seconds
235. Which region of India was ruled by Sultan Zainul Abidin ?
Kashmir
236. Which is the vitamin that is most readily manufactured in our bodies?
Vitamin D
237. The celebrated novel ‘The Godfather’ was authored by which author?
Mario Puzo
238. What is the best means of saving during inflation?
Money
239. What is the total surface area of earth?
510 million square km (5.1 x 108 km2)
or 196,900,000 square miles.
240. Sirajuddaulah was defeated by Lord Clive in which battle?
Plassey
241. In human body, which are the leg bones?
Humerus and Femur
242. When the Vice-President acts as President he gets the emoluments of which post?
President
243. Which of the following is good nuclear fuel?
244. All the watches of a country are set according to which time?
Standard time of the country
245. Near the banks of which river excavations have brought to light that Indus Valley Civilization percolatedo far south?
Krishna
246. Which book is entitled as ‘Bible of Communism’ ?
Das Kapital
247. Who is popularly known as ‘Nightingale of India’ ?
Sarojini Naidu
248. In metabolism, how enzymes act?
As catalyst
249. If it is 4 P.M. on Monday at 150°W, what will be the time at 150°E ?
12 Noon on Tuesday
250. The term nishka, which meant an ornament in the Vedic period, was used in later times, what did it denote?
A coin
251. In India, the concept of single citizenship is adopted from which country?
UK
252. Which is the essential element in all organic compounds?
Carbon
253. Which is the oldest ‘stock exchange of India?
Bombay Stock Exchange
254. What are the ‘Temperate lows’?
Sub-polar low pressure belts
255. Which are Tale earliest Buddhist literature that deal with the stories of the various birth of Buddha?
Jatakas
256. Dr. M. S. Swaminathan distinguished himself in which field?
Agriculture
257. By which plants is the maximum fixation of solar energy done?
Green plants
258. In which year was the first no confidence motion moved in the Lok Sabha after independence?
1963
259. Which hot and dry winds that help in the ripening or grapes in the Alps region?
Faehn
260. Which language was used in the literature of Sangam period?
Tamil
261. What is the wavelength of visible spectrum?
3900-7600 A
262. The fragments of which comet system collided with Jupiter in July 1994 ?
Shoemaker-Levy
263. The National Housing Bank was set up in India as a wholly-owned subsidiary of which bank?
Reserve Bank of India
264. Wine production is mainly carried out in natural region?
Mediterranean region
265. Which was the most important factor in transforming ancient Indian society into feudal society?
Practice of land grants
266. Which animal resembles most to human beings in terms of physical and mental capabilities?
Chimpanzee
267. From where can a Member of Parliament claim immunity?
From civil cases only
268. Salts of which element provide colours to fireworks?
Strontium and barium
269. Where are the Postaz temperate grassland?
Hungary
270. Which was the Chola king who conquered the northern part of Sri Lanka and made it a province of his empire?
Rajaraja
271. Where is the largest automobile manufacturing centre in the world located?
Detroit
272. ORT (Oral Rehydration Therapy) is associated with the treatment of which disease?
Diarrhoea
273. To suspect HIV/AIDS in a young individual, which symptom is mostly associated with?
Chronic diarrhoea
274. Which is the chief industry of Afghanistan?
Carpet making
275. Why did Muhammad-bin-Tughlaq transfer his capital from Delhi to Daulatabad?
To control South India better
276. With which the executive power relating to concurrent subjects remain?
The Centre
277. We cannot see during a fog. why?
Because of scattering of light
278. Which situation makes a firm most efficient?
Lowest average costs
279. Silk textiles are mainly produced in which countries?
China and India
280. The Portuguese traveller, Nuniz visited Vijayanagar during the reign of which ruler?
Achyuta Raya
281. Alpha-keratin is a protein present in which thing?
Answer: Wool
282. Where was the first session of the Constituent Assembly held?
Answer: New Delhi
283. Which of the following is used as ‘a moderator in nuclear reactor?
Answer: Graphite
284. Which planet looks reddish in the night sky?
Answer: Mars
285. What was the source of the blue gem stone, lapis lazuli, for the people of Harappan culture?
Answer: Afghanistan
286. Sachin Tendulkar scored his 100th international century against which’ country ?
Answer: Bangladesh
287. In baseball, the two opposing teams consist of how many players?
Answer:9 players each
288. The improper function of which results in condition ‘Myxoedema’ in human beings?
Answer: Thyroid
289. In 1610, Galileo Galilei discovered four moons of which planet?
Answer: Jupiter
290. In the Vedic society, which was the term used to denote a group of families?
Answer: Grama
291. Who was the Chairman’ of the Union Constitution Committee of the Constituent Assembly?
Answer:Jawaharlal Nehru
292. Which element that does not occur in nature but can be produced artificially?
Answer:Plutonium
293. When had India a plan holiday?
Answer:
after the draught of 1966
294. How are Latitude and Longitude?
Answer: Perpendicular to each other
295. Which Philosophy holds that the world is created and maintained by Universal Law?
Answer: Jain philosophy
296. Which book is authored by V.S. Naipaul ?
Answer: A House for Mr. Biswas
297. Which can be used for biological control of mosquitoes?
Answer: Gambusia
298. Which proclamation National Emergency automatically suspends?
Answer: Right to freedom
299. The latitude of a place is the same as which place?
Answer: Celestial pole
300. What was the script used in the earliest Tamil inscriptions?
Answer: Brahmi
301. In which technology do Cryogenic engines find applications?
Rocket technology
302. Shovna Narayan is a reputed personality in which field?
Classical dance
303. During which Plan did prices show a decline?
first
304. Which instrument used for finding out wind-direction?
Wind vane
305. Which ports handled the north Indian trade during the Gupta period?
broach
306. Which vitamin is considered to be a hormone?
D
307. On the basis of financial crisis how many times has emergency been declared by the President of India?
Zero
308. Which is the element found on the surface of the moon?
Titanium
309. Why is ‘Beaufort Scale’ used ?
To measure wind velocity
310. Which Tomar ruler is credited to have established Delhi?
Anangpal
311. ‘My Music, My Life’ is the autobiography of which person?
Pt. Ravi Shankar
312. Which was the first talkie film of India?
Alam Ara
313. Through which Translocation of food materials in plants takes place?
Phloem
314. When does Relative humidity decreases?
With increased temperature
315. Who was the Sultan of Delhi who is reputed to have built the biggest network of canals in India?
Feroz Shah Tughlaq
316. What type of Party system has been evolved in India?
Multi-Party
317. A man with a dark skin, in comparison with a man with a white skin, What will experience?
Less heat and less cold
318. Which bank is the Banker of the Banks?
RBI
319. Where are a large number of species are found within a small unit of area?
Wet evergreen equatorial forests
320. Krishna
deva Raya wrote a famous work, namely Amuktamalyada, in which language?
Telugu
321. Folk painting ‘Madhubani’ is famous in which state?
Bihar
322. Which is the tree requiring minimum water for its growth?
Babul
323. Which post does the Constitution of India does not mention?
The Deputy Prime Minister
324. Which country is the largest producer of Bauxite?
Australia
325. Which Indian rulers was a contemporary of Akbar?
Rani Durgawati
326. How are Oxygen and ozone?
Allotropes
327. From where did India introduce cultivation of tobacco/tapioca/ pineapple?
South America
328. When was the Reserve Bank of India taken over by the Government?
1948
329. Which is found on the western coast of continents between 30° and 40° latitudes?
Mediterranean Climate Region
330. Which school of paintings developed independently during the Mughal Period?
The Bijapur School
331. In which is ‘Foot and Mouth Disease’ found?
Cattle
332. Who decides the number of Judges in a High Court?
President
333. What denotes the smallest temperature?
1° on the Kelvin scale
334. In which latitudes largest quantities of bauxite is found?
Tropical latitudes
335. Which was the first English ship that came to India?
Red Dragon
336. Which tree, once very popular in social forestry, is now taken to be environmental hazard?
Eucalyptus
337. Foot-and-Mouth disease in animals, a current epidemic in some parts of the world, By which is this caused?
Bacterium
338. In which animal is respiration done by skin?
frog
339. The Ruhr-Westphalia region is a famous industrial region of which country?
Germany
340. Which was the first newspaper to be published in India?
Bengal Gazette
341.With which does the power to extend or restrict the jurisdiction of the High Court rest?
With the Parliament
342. ‘Gobar gas’ contains mainly which gas?
Methane
343. Which is the biggest Public Sector undertaking in the country?
Railways
344. Which rocks is transformed into marble?
Limestone
345. Which ‘Englishmen was fellow of Gandhiji in South Africa?
polok
346. By which number the quality of gasoline’ sample is determined?
By its octane number
347. Due to bite of mad dog the disease hydrophobia is caused by which virus?
rabies
348. Who appoints the Chief Election Commissioner of India?
President
349. What is the principal reason for the formation of metamorphic rocks?
Extreme heat and pressure
350. Who said “I therefore want freedom immediately, this very night, before dawn if it can be had”?
Mahatma Gandhi
351. A temperature at which both the Fahrenheit and the centigrade scales have the same value?
-40
352. With which is the ‘Tennis court oath’ associated?
French Revolution
353. Which is the tax that takes away a higher proportion of one’s income as the income rises?
Progressive tax
354. Where is the Sargasso sea located?
North Atlantic Ocean
355. Who commented that Cripps Mission was a post-dated cheque on a crashing bank?
Mahatma Gandhi
356. Medicine for epilepsy is obtain from which lichen?
Parmelia
357. Up to how much age can the Members of the Union Public Service Commission function?
65 years
358. Which type of glass is used for making glass reinforced plastic?
Quartz glass
359. Which is the greatest known ocean depth (which lies in the Pacific Ocean)?
11,033 m
360. At which one place did Mahatma Gandhi first start his Satyagraha in India?
Champaran
361. With which country is “Orange’ Revolution” associated?
Ukraine
362. With which field was Pandit Bhimsen Joshi associated?
Music
363. What percentage of water is lost during transpiration?
99%
364. Which is the most populous city in the world?
Tokyo
365. By which ruler was the practice of military governorship first introduced in India?
Greeks
366. Which country has the briefest Constitution in the world?
USA
367. When temperature is gradually decreased, what is the specific heat of substance?
Decreased
368. What is the mean of Invisible Export?
Export Services
369. Which is the country with the highest density of population in Europe?
Netherlands
370. Bhakt Tukaram was a contemporary of which Mughal emperor?
Jahangir
371. Who was the first person to cross the Alps with army?
Hannibal
372. What is the loss of water in the form of water drops called?
Guttation
373. Who was made the Home Minister when Jawaharlal Nehru formed the Interim Government in 1946 ?
Sardar Patel
374. Which foreign country is closest to Andaman Islands?
Myanmar
375. Who was called Zinda Pir (living saint) in Mughal India?
Aurangzeb
376. Which metal is non toxic in nature?
Gold
377. Which is the latest addition to the list of UNESCO’s world heritage sites in India?
Red Fort
378. Which committee was assigned to recommend reforms in the insurance sector?
Malhotra Committee
379. Which State shares boundaries with the maximum number of other States of India ?
Assam
380. The first railway line in India was opened in which year?
1853
381. What is Study of growth and development of embryo?
Embryology
382. What is the minimum permissible age for employment in any factory or mine?
14 years
383. Angular separation between two colours of the spectrum depends upon which thing?
Angle of deviation
384. Which mountain range stretches from Gujarat in west to Delhi in the north?
Aravalli
385. In which nomad man started settling?
Neolithic
386. Where is the headquarter of International atomic Energy Agency is located?
Vienna
387. The book ‘Diplomatic Encounter’ has been written by which author?
Arundhati Roy
388. What is the Study of pulse and arterial blood pressure called?
Sphygmology
389. The Himalayas are formed of parallel fold ranges of which the oldest range?
The Great Himalayan Range
390. Rigveda is divided into 10 books. Which books are the oldest?
Second and seventh
391. Who is competent to prescribe conditions as for acquiring Indian citizenship?
Parliament
392. Which is the element that has the highest first ionization potential?
Nitrogen
393. During which Plan did prices show a decline?
First
3914. Which state has the largest number of salt lakes in India?
Rajasthan
395. Who was the last of the 24th Jain Tirthankara?
Mahavira
396. Who is the author of the book ‘The Rights of Man’?
Thomas Paine
397. What is considered as the easily digestible source of protein?
Soybean
398. When the Vice-President acts as President he gets the emoluments of which post?
President
399. Which port especially developed for exporting iron ore to Japan?
Paradeep
400. Which site, where Ashokan pillars exist, has the bull capital?
Rampurva
401. Total internal reflection of light is possible when light enters from which thing?
Water to air
402. The book ‘Worshipping False God's is written by which person?
Arun Shourie
403. When was the Rolling plan designed?
1978-83
404. Which is a global biodiversity hotspot in India?
Western Ghats
405. During which reign was Kalidasa lived?
Chandragupta
406. In the human body, cowper’s glands form a part of which system?
Reproductive system
407. The resolution for removing the Vice-President of India can be moved in which sabha?
Rajya Sabha alone
408. Which transition metal is in liquid state?
Mercury
409. Which type of forest exhibits highest bio-diversity ?
Tropical rain forest
410. Which Rashtrakuta ruler established a victory pillar in Rameswaram ?
Krishna III
411. Who directed the famous T.V. serial ‘Tandoori Nights’?
Saeed Jaffrey
412. The UNESCO declared 2011 as which International Year?
International Year of Chemistry
413. In absence of ribosome in cell which function does not takes place?
Protein synthesis
414. Where are Tapovan and Vishnugarh Hydroelectric Projects located?
Uttarakhand
415. Who was the last ruler of the Tughlaq dynasty of the Delhi Sultanate ?
Nasir-ud-din-Mahmud
416. To whom does the Public Accounts Committee submit its report?
The Speaker of the Lok Sabha
417. If a bar magnet is cut length wise into 3 parts, what will the total number of poles be?
6
418. The Issue Department of the RBI maintains -------------- against printing of note?
Minimum reservation
system
419. With which river is the Omkareshwar Project associated?
Narmada
420. The ruler which was not invited to join the confederacy to fight against Vijaynagar in the battle of Talikota?
Berar
421. The United Nations declared 2010 as which International Year?
Rapprochement of Cultures
422. Which tissue take part in healing the wounds?
Epithelium tissue
423. Which is the highest and final judicial tribunal in respect of the Constitution of India?
Supreme Court
424. What is the state the main activity associated with the fold mountain?
Earthquakes
425. Who was the Afghan ruler of India whose administrative system was emulated by the British?
Sher Shah
426. Temporary hardness of water is due to the presence of which thing?
Magnesium bicarbonate
427. Regatta is associated with which sports event?
Rowing
428. Rupee was devalued by what percent in July 1991?
20%
429. What is the term as the drainage pattern developed on folded sedimentary rocks?
Trellis
430. Whose tomb is ‘Biwi Ka Maqbara’?
Aurangzeb’s wife
431. Which energy do not have the problem of pollution?
Sun
432. When was the Madras State renamed Tamil Nadu?
1969
433. What is a suitable unit for expressing electric field strength?
Newton/coulomb(n/c)
434. the earth causes deflection of wind by which force?
Coriolis force
435. Who organised a Maratha confederacy against the English leading to the Third Anglo Maratha War?
The Peshwa
436. Which woman has become the highest individual scorer in an innings in Tests?
Kiran Baloch
437. What is the name of the person that controls a football match?
An umpire
438. Which air pollutant affect the nervous system of man?
Lead
439. Which is the chief characteristics of wet and dry tropics?
Constant heating
440. By whom was Shuddhi movement (conversion of non-Hindus to Hinduism) started?
Swami Dayanand Saraswati
441. Which Union Territory attained statehood in February, 1987 ?
Goa
442. Which oxyacid of halogen has maximum acidic nature?
HClO4
443. From when was the Zero Base Budgeting in India first experimented?
April, 1987
444. What is most important reason for dwindling forest resources today?
Over felling
445. “The best and bravest of the military leader of the rebels”- about whom was this said by Sir Hugh Rose?
Rani of Jhansi
446. Who is the leading wicket taker in the history of Test cricket?
Shane Warne
447. The greatest threat to organisms and biodiversity in which process?
Process of habitat loss
448. Which Article of the Constitution of India makes a specific mention of Village Panchayats ?
Article 40
449. How much of earth surface is covered by the forests?
30 percent
440. Who was the first Indian woman President of the Indian National Congress?
Sarojini Naidu
441. The unidirectional property of a pn-junction is useful for its use as which thing?
Rectifier
442. Who has been awarded the Prem Bhatia Award for the year 2012?
P.R. Ramesh
443. Who is the chairman of 13th Finance Commission?
Vijay Kelkar
444. The Himalyas are approximately how many kilometre broad?
150 to 400
445. During India’s Freedom Struggle, which led to the first ‘All India Hartal’?
Protest against Rowlett Act
446. Which animals have a diet mainly consisting of bamboo?
Red pandas
447. Which Amendment of the Constitution of India deals with the issue of strengthening of the Panchayati Raj?
73rd
448. Thermal decomposition of
alkanes in the absence of air is called.?
Cracking
449. How many islands of India are located in the Bay of Bengal?
204
450. In ancient India, at where was the earliest capital of Magadha kingdom?
Rajgir
451. Amarya Sen, the NRI Nobel laureate got the honour for which work?
Poverty and famines
452. Where did India made her debut in Olympic football?
London in 1948
453. Which plant is used for green manuring in India?
Sun hemp
454. Which city is known as the ‘Manchester of South India’?
Coimbatore
455. The Government of India has decided to declare river as ‘National River’?
Ganga, Nov 4, 2008
456. What does the Preamble of our Constitution contain?
The spirit of the Constitution
457. Which energy of the electron at absolute zero is called?
Fermi energy
458. What is an essential attribute of inflation?
Increase in prices
459. Which city is known for silk wearing industry?
Kanchipuram
460. Which Rajput king defeated Muhammad Gori for the first time?
Prithviraj III
461. When were first Olympic Games held?
1896, Greece.
462. What is the characteristic odour of garlic is due to the
presence of?
A sulphur compound
463. The source of India’s sovereignty lies in?
Preamble to the Constitution
464. What can be the maximum duration of totality for a solar eclipse?
7 minutes 40 seconds
465. Which region of India was ruled by Sultan Zainul Abidin ?
Kashmir
466. Which is the vitamin that is most readily manufactured in our bodies?
Vitamin D
447. The celebrated novel ‘The Godfather’ was authored by which author?
Mario Puzo
448. What is the best means of saving during inflation?
Money
449. What is the total surface area of earth?
510 million square km (5.1 x 108 km2)
or 196,900,000 square miles.
450. Sirajuddaulah was defeated by Lord Clive in which battle?
Plassey
451. In human body, which are the leg bones?
humerus and femur
452. When the Vice-President acts as President he gets the emoluments of which post?
President
453. Which of the following is good nuclear fuel?
Plutonium-239 is an isotope
of plutonium. Plutonium-239 is the primary fissile isotope used for the
production of
weapons.
454. All the watches of a country are set according to which time?
Standard time of the country
455. Near the banks of which river excavations have brought to light that Indus Valley Civilization percolated to far south?
Krishna
456. Which book is entitled as ‘Bible of Communism’ ?
Das Kapital
457. Who is popularly known as ‘Nightingale of India’ ?
Sarojini Naidu
458. In metabolism, how enzymes act?
As catalyst
459. If it is 4 P.M. on Monday at 150°W, what will be the time at 150°E ?
12 Noon on Tuesday
460. The term nishka, which meant an ornament in the Vedic period, was used in later times, what did it denote?
A coin
461. In India, the concept of single citizenship is adopted from which country?
UK
462. Which is the essential element in all organic compounds?
Carbon
463. Which is the oldest ‘stock exchange of India?
Bombay Stock Exchange
464. What are the ‘Temperate lows’?
Sub-polar low pressure belts
465. Which are Tale earliest Buddhist literature that deal with the stories of the various birth of Buddha?
Jatakas
466. Dr. M. S. Swaminathan distinguished himself in which field?
Agriculture
467. By which plants is the maximum fixation of solar energy done?
Green plants
468. In which year was the first no confidence motion moved in the Lok Sabha after independence?
1963
469. Which hot and dry winds that help in the ripening or grapes in the Alps region?
Faehn
470. Which language was used in the literature of Sangam period?
Tamil
471. Which is UN Programme and not special agency?
UNEP
472. Who is the author of the famous novel ‘Gone with the Wind’?
Charles Dickens
473. Which mammal rolls itself into ball at the time of danger?
Hedgehog
474. Which State has the largest forest area. ?
Madhya Pradesh
475. Sufi Kalam, a type of devotional music, is the characteristic of which state?
Kashmir
476. Which Directive Principle of State Policy has NOT been implemented so far?
Uniform civil code for the citizens
477. When some detergent is added to water, what will be the surface tension?
Increases
478. What is the situation with increasing unemployment and inflation termed?
Stagflation
479. Port Blair - the capital of Andaman and Nicobar Islands, is located in which island?
South Andaman
480. What was the original name of Tansen, the most famous musician at the court of Akbar?
Ramtanu Pande
481. Which Sanskrit poet called as the Indian Shakespeare?
Kalidas
482. How many chamber are found in the heart of frog?
3
483. Which amendments accorded precedence to Directive Principle over Fundamental Rights?
42nd Amendment
484. Which is the biggest lake in India?
Chilka Lake
485. Which Indian ruler established embassies in foreign countries. on modern lines?
Tipu Sultan
486. In an atom the order of filling up of the orbitals is governed by which principle?
Aufbau principle
487. Which decade is celebrated as United Nations Decade for Women?
1976-1985
488. Which agency has the power to declare any industrial unit as a potentially sick unit?
BIFR
489. Which are the west-flowing rivers of southern Indian which flow into Arabian Sea?
Narmada and Tapti
490. When was the Indus Valley Civilization flourished?
During 2500-1750 B.C
491. ASCII is a(n)________?
Encoding standard used to
represent letters and characters.
492. Who is authorised to decide over a dispute regarding disqualification of a member of Parliament?
President
493. Who firstly demonstrated experimentally the existence of electromagnetic wave?
Hertz
494. Which is not essentially a species of the Himalayan vegetation?
Mahogany
495. What are the main channels of our knowledge about the Indus Valley Civilization?
Archaeological excavations
496. When is International Human Solidarity Day observed?
December 20
497. The United Nations declared 2001 as which International Year?
International Year of Volunteers
498. What is the effect of over secretion of hormone from pituitary gland?
Increase growth in length
499. Which type of forest covers the maximum area in India?
Tropical moist deciduous forest
500. What was the rate of land revenue as 'given in the dharma shastras ?
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