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1)What inspired the planning of Ajanta?

Ans- Compassionate of Buddha

2) Alberuni came to India with?

Ans- Mahmud of Ghazni

3) The Simon commission was formed to review?

Ans- Fitness of India for further reforms

4) Where did Aurangzeb died?

Ans- Aurangabad

5) Where are the mortal remains of St. Francis Xavier housed?

Ans- Basilica of Born Jesus. Velha(Goa)

6)Which rulers built the Ellora temples? Ans- Rashtrakuta

7) When was the first train steamed of in India?

Ans- 1853

8) Where did the traveller Ibn Batuta came from?

Ans- Morocco

9) Who built Khajuraho temple?

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Ans- Chandela Rajputs

10) Where did Lord Buddha breathe his last?

Ans- Kushinagar.

11)The ‘Kirti Stambha’ (Tower of Victory) at a Chittor was built by

Ans- Rana Kumbha

12) Who got the monumental ‘Rayagopurams’in front of the temples at

Hampi?

Ans:- Krishnadevaraya

13) Who were the first Kings to issue gold coins in India?

Ans- Indo- Greeks

14) Where are Brihadeshwar Temple situated?

Ans- Tanjore

15) In Tamil literature the glorious book ‘Shilppadikaram and

Manimekhalal’ are related to

Ans- Buddhism

16)Where was saint Kabir born?

Ans- Varanasi

17) The writer of Ram Charit Manas, Tulsidas was related to which ruler?

Ans- Akbar

18) Who established Mahabali Puran?

Ans- Pallava

19) When was first telegraph line started in India?

Ans-1851

20) The Home rule league was started by

Ans- Bal Gangadhar Tilak




21)Who introduced Mansabdari System in India?

Ans- Akbar

22) The ‘Cabinet Mission’ of 1946 was lead by

Ans- Sir Pethic Lawrence

23) What did Gandhiji made by ‘Sarvodaya’

Ans- The birth of a new society based ethical value

24) Harsha moved his capital from _____________ to ___________

Ans Thaneswar to Kanauj

25) A collective term is used by the jains for their sacred books is

Ans- Agamas

26)When did British Govt. Start ruling India directly?

Ans- After the battle of Plassey

27) The Saka era commencing from A.D 78 was founded by

Ans- Kanishka

28) Gandhara school of Art came into existence of

Ans- Mahayana sect

29) Which Sufi’s dargah is at Ajmer?

Ans Moinuddin -Chisti

30) Who was the architect who designed ‘Taj Mahal’?

Ans- Ustad Isa

31)Who, according to the Buddhists , is believed to be the next

incarnation of Gautam Buddha?

Ans- Maitrey

32)What did the Hunter Commission appointed by the Viceroy Probe?

Ans:- Jalianwalabag tragedy




33)The Assam states derives its name from that of tribe that conquered

The region. Where did the tribesman came from?

Ans:- Siam(now Thailand)

34)Which rulers built the Ellora temples?

Ans:- Rashtrakuta

35)The subject –matter of Ajanta Painting pertains to

Ans:- Buddhism

36)From where did Acharya Vinoba Bhave start the Individual Satyagraha

in 1940?

Ans:- Pavnar in Maharashtra

37) Mohammed-bin-Quasim conquered Sind in the year?

Ans- 712 A.D

38) Shah Jahan build the Moti Masjid at

Ans- Agra

39) The word ‘Satyameva Jayate’in the state emblem of India were taken

From:

Ans Upanishads

40) The earliest city discovered in India was

Ans- Harappa

41)Which British Governor General introduced Postage stamp in India?

Ans:- Lord Dalhousie.

42) The first telegraph line between Calcutta and Agra was opened in

Ans- 1853

43) The famous rock- cut temple of Kailasa is at

Ans- Ellora




GEOGRAPHY

44) The original name of Swami Dayanand Saraswati was

Ans:- Mul Shankar

45) Epigraphy means

Ans-The study of inscription

1)Land and sea- breezes occur due to

Ans- Convection

2) Trade winds blow from the

Ans- Subtropical high pressure

3) Equatorial regions experiences

Ans- Hot and Humid climate

4) Energy crisis is consequence of

Ans- Excessive use of non renewable source of energy

5) The light from the sun reaches the Earth in about

Ans-8 minutes.

6)The one who is engaged in scientific drawing of maps is called

Ans- Cartographer

7) A place where there is constant intermingling of salt water and fresh

water is called?

Ans- Estuary

8) Mushroom Rocks are typical land form seen in

Ans- Deserts

9) What happens to atmospheric pressure with increase in altitude?




Ans- It decreases

10) The soil conservation method in which mountain slope is cut into

step is

Ans- Terracing

11)Basaltic lava is found in the

Ans- Decan Trap

12) Mediterranean type of climate is characterized by

Ans- Dry summer and wet winter

13) The deepest ocean of the world

Ans- Pacific ocean

14) For the cultivation of Tobacco the soil should be rich in

Ans- Potash

15) Tides in the sea have stored in them

Ans- Gravitational potential energy

16)The soil which originate under tall-grass prairie vegetation is called

Ans- Chernozem soils

17)The deepest surface depression on the earth is

Ans- Mariana Trench

18) Shale is metamorphosed in which rocks?

Ans- Slate

19) Where are the hot deserts generally found?

Ans-On the western margins of tropics

20) Why are winter more severe in Southern Hemisphere than in northern

Hemisphere?

Ans- Earth is titled towards the sun in the northern Hemisphere




21)The one who is engaged in scientific drawing of maps is called

Ans- Cartographer

22) A place where there is constant intermingling of salt water and fresh

water is called

Ans- Estuary

23) Mushroom Rocks are typical land form seen in

Ans- Deserts

24) What happens to atmospheric pressure with increase in altitude?

Ans- It decreases

25) The soil conservation method in which mountain slope is cut into

step is

Ans- Terracing

26)Marble is the metamorphosed form of

Ans- Limestone

27) The solar radiation coming to Earth is called

Ans- Insolation

28) Hailstorms are caused due to

Ans- Freezing

29) The highest mountain peak of Himalaya is situated in

Ans- Nepal

30) The light from the Sun reaches the Earth in about

Ans-8 minutes

31) Mountain soils contain a lot of

Ans-Humus

32) Metamorphic rocks originate from




Ans-both igneous and sedimentary rocks

33)The term ‘epicentre’ is associated with

Ans:- Earthquakes

34)Blizzards are characteristics features of

Ans:- equatorial region

31)The surface temperature of the sun is estimated as

Ans-6000⁰C

32) The earth rotates on its axis an inclination of

Ans- 231

2⁰

33) Dolomite is a/an

Ans- Sedimentary rocks

3 4) El Nino is

Ans- A warm ocean current

35) Brightest planet in our solar system?

Ans-Venus

36)Which is the hottest planet of the Solar system?

Ans-Venus

37) The milky way Galaxy was first observed by

Ans- Galileo

38) A geyser is spring which

Ans- Throws water and steam and regular intervals

39) The main cause of global climatic change is

Ans- Increase in the content of Carbon-di-oxide in the atmosphere

40) How many minutes for each degree of longitude does the local time of

any place vary from the Greenwich time?

Ans-Four minutes




POLITY

41)The tropical grassland is called

Ans-Pampas

42) The narrow stretch of water connecting to seas are called

Ans- Strait

43) Which is the hottest planet in the solar system?

Ans- Jupiter

44) The topography of plateau is ideal for

Ans- generation of hydro power

45) Mica is found in which one of the following pairs of rocks

Ans-Schist-Gneiss

46) Where is the Panzseer Valley is situated?

Ans:-Afganistan

47) Farakka Barrage was commissioned to

Ans:- Save Kolkata port

48) The Indian wild Ass (Ghor-Khur) is found in

Ans:- The Rann of Kuchh

49) Where is Khyber pass is situated?

Ans:- Pakistan

50) Operating surplus arises in the

Ans:- Enterprise sector

1)The comptroller and Auditor General of India acts as the chief

accountant and auditor for the

Ans- Union and State Government




2)From which constitution of the World, the Indian Constitution has

adopted the concept of Directive Principles of State policy?

Ans- Ireland

3) The concept of Political Sovereignty was advocated by

Ans- Rousseau

4) The first woman film star nominated to the Rajya sabha?

Ans- Nargis Dutt

5)Plural theory of sovereignty emphasize the importance of

Ans- Association

6)What is the category in which the negotiating strategy of a strike by the

government employees falls?

Ans- Legal Right

7)What is the composition of the electoral college for the election of vice

president in India?

Ans- Elected members of Loksabha & Rajya Sabha

8) What is maximum period upto which a proclamation issued by the

President under Article 356 of the Constitution and approved/extended by

the Parliament may, normally , remain in force?

Ans- One year

9) Where is objective of “social justice” articulated in the Constitution of

India?

Ans- Preamble

10)Under which article of the constitution can an Emergency be declared in

India on account of war or external aggression?

Ans- Article 352

11)The first state in India to implement Panchayati Raj system was

Ans- Rajasthan

12)The function of Protem speaker is to




Ans- Swearing the members and hold charge till a regular Speaker is

elected

13) Division power is the principle of

Ans- Federal and Government

14) Indian Parliament includes

Ans-President, Lok Sabha & Rajya Sabha

15)Constitution of India considers free and compulsory education to

children upto

Ans- 14 years.

16)Which Article of the Indian constitution provides for the employer to give

maternity benefits to its employees?

Ans- Article 42

17)What is the minimum age prescribe for becoming a member of Rajya

Sabha?

Ans- 30 years

18) Preventive detention means

Ans- detention without interrogation

19) Article-32 of the Indian constitution relates to

Ans-Right to constitutional remedies

20)The Presidential Governments on the principle of

Ans- Separation of powers

21)Who admits new State to the Union of India?

Ans- Parliament

22) Who has got power to create All India Service?

Ans- The Parliament

23) In the provisional Parliament of India how many members were there?

Ans- 313




24) The 73rd Constitutional amendment act is related to

Ans- Panchayat Raj

25) Who was the First speaker of Lok sabha?

Ans- Ganesh Vasudev.

26)Which city in India is the first to use municipal waste to generate power?

Ans- Delhi

27) Indian Parliament can rename or redefine the boundary of a State by

Ans-a simple majority

28) Member of the Union Public Service Commission can be removed by the

Ans-President on the basis of an inquiry and report by the Supreme court

29) In Indian Parliament, a bill may be sent to select a committee

Ans:- At any stage at the discretion of the speaker

30) Which is the source of political power in India?

Ans- We, the people

31)Who is empowered to transfer a Judge from one High court to another

High Court?

Ans- President of India

32) What is the maximum time interval permitted between two sessions of

Parliament?

Ans- 6 months

33) The item ‘Education’ belong to the

Ans-Concurrent list

34) What was the basis for constituting the Constituent Assembly of India?

Ans-The Cabinet Mission plan 1946

35) Civil equality implies

Ans- Ganesh Vasudev.




36)Postal voting is otherwise called

Ans- Proxy voting

37) Stability of the Government is assured in

Ans- Presidential form of Government

38) According to the Indian Constitution the vacancy in the office of the

president of India shall be filled with in

Ans- 6 months

39) In Indian Republic, the real executive authority rest with the

Ans- council of minister

40) The minimum age of Rajya sabha is

Ans- 30 years.

41)Where is the Constitutional power located enabling the central

Government to legislate on cow slaughter?

Ans-Art 48 in the Directive Principles

42) What is the playing time of the full version of the Indian National

Anthem?

Ans-52 seconds

43) What constitutional provision enables the Central Government to

provide reservation in jobs and educational institutions for the weaker

section of the society

Ans-Article 16

44) What provision in the constitution enabled the Central Government to

impose the service tax and expands its span?

Ans:- Residuary power under Article 248

45) The salaries and allowance payable to the Members of the Parliament

are decided by the

Ans- Parliament.

46)The authority to progue the Two houses of Parliament rests with the




Ans-President

47) The main function of Judiciary is

Ans-Law adjudication

48) The salaries and emoluments of the Judges of the Supreme court are

charged on

Ans-The Consolidated fund of India

49) Article-370 of the constitution is applied to the state of

Ans:- Jammu and Kashmir

50) Article 14 of the Indian constitution guarantees Indian citizen?

Ans- Equality before law and equal protection of the laws

1)Major Producer of sugar is

Ans- India

2) The largest producer of coffee in the world

Ans- Brazil

3) The Melanesian Island group lies in the

Ans- Pacific Ocean

4) The continent through which imaginary line of Tropic of cancer , Tropic of

Capricorn and Equator pass is

Ans- Africa

5) Great Barrier Reef of Australia is located parallel to

Ans- East coast

6)What is the main function of central Statistical organisation(CESO)?

Ans- Collection of estimates of national income

7) Planning and control are so related that

Ans- Both go on simultaneously in cycle

ECONOMICS




9) What does National Income means?

Ans- The total value of all goods and services produce in the country during

a period of one year

10) What is the name of electronic communication network of the Reserve

Bank of India?

Ans- RBINET

11) In India the largest public undertaking is

Ans- IOC

12) Punjab National Bank has been honoured with the Golden Peacock

Award for excellence in

Ans- Corporate excellence

13) In the budget figures of the Government of India, fiscal deficit is

Ans- Sum of budget deficit and Government’s market borrowing and

liabilities

14)Which state has the lowest per capita income in India?

Ans-Finance Commission

15) Which authority decides about the States’ share in central taxes?

Ans- Finance Commission

16)In India one rupees coins and notes subsidiary coins are issued by

Ans:- The central Government

17) The 10th plan aims to reduce the poverty ratio by 2007 to

Ans- 5%

18) The total number of nationalist banks in India is

Ans- 26

19)In which plan was self- reliance first emphasised

Ans-Fifth Plan




20) The famous slogan “GARIBI HATAO”(Remove Poverty) was launched

during the

Ans Fifth five year plan(1974-79)

21)On the administered price of which articles no subsidy is given

Ans- ATF

22) How is the Interest level of a country is affected by FDI?

Ans- Decreases

23) If people’s income of the country is denoted in a curved lined space that

is increased, then what does it denotes?

Ans- Dissimilarity is decreasing

24) Multiplier process of economic theory is conventionally taken to mean

Ans-income of an economy grows on account of an initial investment

25) A financial instrument is called a ‘primary security’ if it represents the

liability of

Ans-Some ultimate borrower

26)Investment is equal to

Ans:- Gross total of all capital assets minus ware and tear

27) The major aim of devaluation is

Ans- Encourage exports

29) Interest of Public debt is a part of

Ans- Transfer payments by the Govt.

30) Structural unemployment arises due to

Ans-Inadequate productive capacity

31)Movement along the same demand curve is know as

Ans:- Increase and Decrease of Demand

32) What is USP in marketing field?




Ans- Such campaigns made unique propositions to customers that

convinced them to switch brands

33) A tax is characterised by horizontal equality if its liberty is

Ans- Proportional to the income of tax payers

34) What does leasing companies provides?

Ans-Machinery and capital equipment on hire

35) When too much money is chasing too few goods the situation is

Ans:- Inflation

36)The decimal system of Indian currency was started in

Ans- 1957

37) The Indian economy can be most appropriately described as a

Ans- Mixed Economy

38) The Tarapore Committee recommended that before capital account was

made convertible the rate of inflation should be brought down for three

years with in

Ans- 3.5%

39) Under which Act was the BIFR established?

Ans- sick industrial Companies Act

40) RBI does not transact the business of which state government?

Ans- J & K

41)When there is a change of demand leading to a shift of the Demand

curved to the right , at the same price as before the quantity demanded

will?

Ans:- Increase

42) Marginal efficiency of capital is

Ans- expected rate of return on new investment

43) The income clasticity of demand being greater than one, the commodity

must be




Ans- A luxury

44) Buoyancy of tax is defined as

Ans-Increase in tax revenue/ percentage increase in tax base

45) The standard of living in a country is represented by its ?

Ans:- National income

46) The principle of maximum social advantage in the basic principle of

Ans- Fiscal Economics

47) Gold is mainly related to

Ans- International Market

48) Hardening Interest rate means

Ans- Interest rate remaining sticky

49) The 13th five year plan will be operative for the period?

Ans:- 2012-2017

50) Extremely theory is the basic theory of the following branch of

Economics?

Ans:- International Economics

1)Why excessive heating and repeated use of cooking oil is most

undesirable?

Ans- Carcinogenic substance like benzpyrene are produced

2) Clove the commonly used spice; is obtained from the

Ans- flower bud

3) Labourers who do hard manual labour develop thick skin on their palms

and soles due to

Ans- Thick epidermis, thick dermis and thick subcutaneous tissue .

4) Maximum Photosynthetic activity occurs in

Science




Ans- blue and red region of light

5) AIDS virus has

Ans- Single stranded R.N.A

6)A ‘breadth test’ used by a traffic police to check to check drunken driving

uses

Ans- Potassium dichromate – sulphuric acid

7) Anglo- Nubian is a bread of

Ans- Sheep

8) What kind of soil is treated with gypsum to make it suitable for cropping?

Ans- Alkaline

9) Typhoid fever is caused by

Ans:-bacteria

10) Rod shaped bacteria is called

Ans- Bacillus.

11)The animal which has become extinct recently in India happens to be

Ans- Cheetah

12) All the progeny obtained from a single plant by vegetative propagation

are called

Ans:- Clones

13) What is sponge?

Ans- An animal

14) Pathogenic bacteria secretes

Ans:-Antigens

15) Where is the botanical survey of India headquartered?

Ans- Kolkata

16)Who discovered Cholera germs?




Ans- Robert Koch

17) Sweetex used by the diabetic patient has energy content of

Ans:- Zero calories

18) The element which is most abundant in the human body is

Ans- Oxygen

19) Oxygen liberated during photosynthesis coming from

Ans:-Waters

20) Who discovered sex hormones?

Ans- Eugen Steinach

21)Fruits of this plant are found underground?

Ans- Groundnut

22) A rare and endangered animal in Silent Valley is

Ans- Lion- tailed macaque

23) Quantity of fresh air required for a man is

Ans- 100 cubic feet of air for every 20 minutes

24) Reserpine is used to

Ans- Reduced high blood pressure

25) ‘ELISA’ test is employed to diagnose

Ans- Tuberculosis bacterium

26) Fermentation is a process of decomposition of an organic compound by

Ans- Enzymes

27) What are the basis units from which human spare parts can be

created?

Ans-Stem cells

28) Adherent mucoid alkaline substance covering the inner lining of

stomach is to




Ans- Prevent the action of pepsin of mucosa

29) The area of human tongue sensitive to bitterness is restricted to

Ans- Posterior part

30) Amniocentesis is method for

Ans- Determination of foetal health conditions

31) The element which is most abundant in the human body is

Ans-Oxygen

32) Night blindness result from the deficiency of

Ans-Vitamin A

33) How many feet has the crab got?

Ans- 8

34) Water in plants s transported by

Ans-Xylem

35) Where are the Eucalyptus trees found in abundance?

Ans- Nilgiri Hills

36) Which organ of the body never rests?

Ans-Hearts

37) In which part of the eye lies the pigment that decides the colour of the

eyes of pa person?

Ans-Iris

38) The present of what distinguishes a plant cell from an animal cell?

Ans-Chloroplasts

39) Edward Genner is associated with?

Ans:- Small pox

40) A Plant with compare leaves is

Ans- Coconut




41)The scientist who explained about blood circulation for the first time was

Ans:- William Harvey

42) The ‘Theory of Evolution’ was put forwarded by

Ans-Charles Darwin

43) In a human body, the longest bone is in

Ans-Thigh

44) Hay fever is a sign of

Ans:- Allergy

45) Where did the n new form of Pneumonia ‘SARS’ start?

Ans- China

46)In the eye, colour vision is effected by the presence of

Ans- Cones

47) Dehydration of human body is caused due to loss of

Ans- Water

48) In the case of test tube babies

Ans:- Embryo is placed in uterus after two months

49) The age of the trees determined by Its

Ans:- Growth rings

50) Kidney disease of man is caused by

Ans- Cadmium

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