Basic General Knowledge MCQ Questions & Answers

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Dumping is a term that is used in financial markets as well as in international trade. In the context of buying and selling securities, dumping refers to the practice of selling large blocks of securities. More specifically, when dumping securities the seller is primarily interested in getting rid of the securities at any price. One simply dumps, or unloads, on the market with no regard to the selling price of the securities.

Dumping is also used in a commercial sense in the context of international trade. It refers to the practice of one country selling commodities or finished products in another country below cost or fair market value. Predatory dumping occurs when one nation exports goods to another nation below cost or fair market value in order to obtain market share at the expense of domestic competitors. In many cases, predatory dumping drives out domestic competition. Then, having established a dominant marketing position in the industry, the predatory dumpers raise their prices well above previous levels.

Many nations, including the United States, have enacted antidumping laws that provide for the imposition of antidumping penalties or tariffs when a case of dumping can be proven. Following the Uruguay Round of Multilateral Trade Negotiations in 1993, the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT) contained provisions to standardize antidumping measures by different nations. Antidumping measures affect not only the practice of dumping goods into the U.S. market, they also affect the ability of U.S. companies to export goods to other countries at competitive prices.

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SODAR (SOnic Detection And Ranging), also written as sodar, is a meteorological instrument also known as a wind profiler which measures the scattering of sound waves by atmospheric turbulence.

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Entomology: The branch of zoology concerned with the study of insects.

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Louis Washkansky (1913 - 21 December 1967) was the recipient of the world's first human heart transplant.
Washkansky died of double pneumonia eighteen days after the transplant because of a weakened immune system.

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Frederick Sanger

Born Aug. 13, 1918, Rendcombe, Gloucestershire, England.

English biochemist who was twice the recipient of the Nobel Prize for Chemistry. He was awarded the prize in 1958 for his determination of the structure of the insulin molecule. He shared the prize (with Paul Berg and Walter Gilbert) in 1980 for his determination of base sequences in nucleic acids. Sanger was only the fourth two-time recipient of the Nobel Prize.

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Gulf cooperation council was created on May 25, 1981, the 630-million-acre (2,500,000 km2) Council comprises the Persian Gulf states of Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates.
The unified economic agreement between the countries of the Gulf Cooperation Council was signed on November 11, 1981 in Abu Dhabi. These countries are often referred to as The GCC States.

Answer: Option D

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Guru Gobind Singh (1666-1708). The 10th Guru of the Sikhs who founded the Khalsa the inner council of the Sikhs in 1699. He is said to be the author of Dasam Granth.

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Hamid Karzai

As Acting President - From 22 December 2001 to 19 June 2002

As President - From 19 June 2002 to 7 December 2004.

Answer: Option A

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The headquarters of the United Nations is a distinctive complex in New York City (USA). The United Nations has three additional, subsidiary, regional headquarters or headquarter districts. These are located in Geneva (Switzerland), Vienna (Austria), and Nairobi (Kenya).

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Field Marshal Kodandera "Kipper" Madappa Cariappa OBE (Kodava Kannad) (28 January 1899 - 15 May 1993) was the first Indian Chief of Army Staff of the Indian Army and led the Indian forces on the Western Front during the Indo-Pakistan War of 1947.
For more info : http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chief_of_Army_Staff_of_the_Indian_Army

Answer: Option B

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"Swaraj is my birth right and I shall have it." This was advocated by Bal Gangadhar Tilak. The slogan popularised by Bal Gangadhar Tilak, the fiery freedom fighter of India, is one of the most potent war cries of the pre-independence days. This simple sentence is loaded with meaning, emotion, conviction and a strong sense of action.

Answer: Option C

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Arjuna Award is given for outstanding performance in sports. It was started in 1961, the award carries a cash prize of ₹500,000, a bronze statue of Arjuna and a scroll.

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Coal mines in Jharkhand are located at Jharia. In Jharkhand, Jharia in Dhanbad is the Coal Capital of India apart from this You will find the Coal mines in Girdih,Ramgarh,Dumka and Bokaro. India's Largest Coalfield is in Raniganj,West Bengal.

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Coral reefs in India can be found in Rameshwaram. Coral reefs on the Tamil Nadu coast are located in Palk Bay near Rameswaram and in the Gulf of Mannar.

Answer: Option B

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Deforestation in the uplands may cause pollution in rivers through erosion and silting. Deforestation is the permanent removal of trees to make room for something besides forest. This can include clearing the land for agriculture or grazing, or using the timber for fuel, construction or manufacturing. Forests cover more than 30% of the Earth's land surface, according to the World Wildlife Fund.

Answer: Option A

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Dumping is a term that is used in financial markets as well as in international trade. In the context of buying and selling securities, dumping refers to the practice of selling large blocks of securities. More specifically, when dumping securities the seller is primarily interested in getting rid of the securities at any price. One simply dumps, or unloads, on the market with no regard to the selling price of the securities.

Answer: Option B

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Durand Cup is associated with the game of Football. The Tournament is the oldest football tournament in Asia and third oldest in the world.

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Dr. Linus Carl Pauling is the only person to have won two Nobel prizes individually for Chemistry in 1954, Peace Prize in 1962. He is one of four individuals to have won more than one Nobel Prize (the others being Marie Curie, John Bardeen and Frederick Sanger).

Answer: Option C

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SODAR (Sonic Detection And Ranging), also written as sodar, is a meteorological instrument also known as a wind profiler which measures the scattering of sound waves by atmospheric turbulence.

Answer: Option C

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Dr. Zakir Hussain was the first Muslim president of India. He was the co-founder of Jamia Millia Islamia University. Born on February 8, 1897, in Hyderabad, he was the country's first Muslim president, from May 13, 1967, until his death on May 3, 1969.

Answer: Option A

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DRDL stands for Defence Research and Development Laboratary, under the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) - with thrust on design, development and flight evaluation of various types of Missile Systems for the Indian armed forces.

Answer: Option C

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Each year World Red Cross and Red Crescent Day is celebrated on May 8. This date is the anniversary of the birth of Henry Dunant, who was born on 8 May 1828.

Answer: Option C

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Entomology is the science that studies insects. Entomologists have many important jobs, such as the study of the classification, life cycle, distribution, physiology, behavior, ecology and population dynamics of insects.

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Epsom (England) is the place associated with Horse racing. Epsom is a market town in Surrey, England, 22.0 km south-west of London. Epsom Downs Racecourse holds The Derby, now a generic name for sports competitions in English-speaking countries. The town also gives its name to Epsom salts, extracted from mineral waters there.

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Eritrea is a northeast African country on the Red Sea coast. It shares borders with Ethiopia, Sudan and Djibouti. The capital city, Asmara, is known for its Italian colonial buildings, like St. Joseph's Cathedral, as well as art deco structures. Italian, Egyptian and Turkish architecture in Massawa reflect the port city's colorful history. Notable buildings here include St. Mariam Cathedral and the Imperial Palace.

Answer: Option B

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ESCAP stands for Economic and Social Commission for Asia and Pacific. The Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP) serves as the United Nations' regional hub promoting cooperation among countries to achieve inclusive and sustainable development.

Answer: Option B

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Escape velocity of a rocket fired from the earth towards the moon is a velocity to get rid of the Earth's gravitational pull.

Answer: Option D

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Euclid was Greek mathematician, propounded the geometrical theorems and contributor to the use of deductive principles of logic as the basis of geometry.

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Eugenics is the study of or belief in the possibility of improving the qualities of the human species or a human population, especially by such means as discouraging reproduction by persons having genetic defects or presumed to have inheritable undesirable traits (negative eugenics) or encouraging reproduction by persons presumed to have inheritable desirable traits (positive eugenics)

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Excessive secretion from the pituitary gland in the children results in increased height. In children and adolescents, excessive levels of growth hormone can result in a condition called gigantism. Children with this condition may have unusually long arms and legs and may grow to heights of 7 to 8 feet or more.

Answer: Option C

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Exposure to sunlight helps a person improve his health because the ultraviolet rays convert skin oil into Vitamin D.

Answer: Option A

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Fastest shorthand writer was Dr. G. D. Bist.

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Fathometer is used to measure Ocean depth. Fathometer is a depth finder that uses sound waves to determine the depth of water. The Richter Scale is used to measure the intensity of Earthquakes.

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Federation Cup, World Cup, Allywyn International Trophy and Challenge Cup are awarded to winners of Volleyball.

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FFC stands for Film Finance Corporation. FFC, is India's state funding body for films. The 1927 Indian Cinematograph Committee recommended such a state-sponsored agency in its Report of the Indian Cinematograph Committee.

Answer: Option B

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Filaria is caused by Mosquito. Filariasis is a parasitic disease caused by an infection with roundworms of the Filarioidea type. These are spread by blood-feeding diptera such as black flies and mosquitoes.

Answer: Option A

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Film and TV institute of India is located at Pune (Maharashtra). The Film and Television Institute of India (FTII) is an autonomous institute under the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting of the Government of India and aided by the Central Government of India. It is situated on the premises of the erstwhile Prabhat Film Company in Pune.

Answer: Option B

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Famous sculptures depicting art of love built some time in 950 AD - 1050 AD are Khajuraho temples. The Khajuraho Group of Monuments is a group of Hindu temples and Jain temples in Chhatarpur district, Madhya Pradesh, India, about 175 kilometres southeast of Jhansi. They are a UNESCO World Heritage Site. The temples are famous for their nagara-style architectural symbolism and their erotic sculptures.

Answer: Option C

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First China War was fought between China and Britain. It was fought from 1839 - 42. It is also known as first Opium war.

Answer: Option C

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Louis Washkansky (1913 - 21 December 1967) was the recipient of the world's first human heart transplant.Washkansky died of double pneumonia eighteen days after the transplant because of a weakened immune system.

Answer: Option D

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Fire temple is the place of worship of Zoroastrianism (Parsi Religion). A fire temple in Zoroastrianism is the place of worship for Zoroastrians, often called dar-e mehr (Persian) or agiyari (Gujarati). In the Zoroastrian religion, fire (see atar), together with clean water (see aban), are agents of ritual purity.

Answer: Option A

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First Afghan War took place in 1839. The First Anglo-Afghan War (also known by the British as the Disaster in Afghanistan) was fought between the British East India Company and the Emirate of Afghanistan from 1839 to 1842.

Answer: Option D

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Zinc is used for galvanizing iron. Galvanization (or galvanizing as it is most commonly called in that industry) is the process of applying a protective zinc coating to steel or iron, to prevent rusting.

Answer: Option A

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For seeing objects at the surface of water from a submarine under water, the instrument used is periscope. It can be through or around the object that made it visible. In addition to this, it avoids any sort of direct sight line from the point of observation to the object being observed.

Answer: Option A

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For purifying drinking water alum is used for coagulation of mud particles. Aluminium Sulfate, Shortly known as Alum, when added to raw water reacts with the bicarbonate alkalinities present in water and forms a gelatinous precipitate. The water over this sediment is almost clean other than some fine particles dissolved in it.

Answer: Option D

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

Answer: Option B

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For the Olympics and World Tournaments, the dimensions of basketball court are 28 m x 15 m.

Answer: Option D

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For Literature, Peace and Economics, Physics and Chemistry and Physiology or Medicine of the following disciplines the Nobel Prize is awarded.

Answer: Option B

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Frederick SangerBorn August 13, 1918, Rendcombe, Gloucestershire, England.English biochemist who was twice the recipient of the Nobel Prize for Chemistry. He was awarded the prize in 1958 for his determination of the structure of the insulin molecule. He shared the prize (with Paul Berg and Walter Gilbert) in 1980 for his determination of base sequences in nucleic acids. Sanger was only the fourth two-time recipient of the Nobel Prize.

Answer: Option D

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Free surface of a liquid behaves like a sheet and tends to contract to the smallest possible area due to the force of cohesion. The force of cohesion is defined as the force of attraction between molecules of the same substance.

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Friction can be reduced by changing from sliding to rolling. Replace sliding friction with rolling element friction, such as with the use of rolling element bearings.

Answer: Option A

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Trygve Lie, Dag Hammarskjoeld, U Thant, Kurt Waldheim is the correct chronological order of names of Secretary-Generals of the UNO.

Answer: Option C

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FRS stands for Fellow of Royal Society. Fellowship of the Royal Society (FRS, ForMemRS and HonFRS) is an award granted to individuals that the Royal Society of London judges to have made a 'substantial contribution to the improvement of natural knowledge, including mathematics, engineering science, and medical science'.

Answer: Option D

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Gabriel Daniel Fahrenheit was a German Physicist, devised temperature scale and developed the mercury thermometer in 1714. He invented the alcohol thermometer (1709), the first mercury thermometer (1714) and devised the Fahrenheit temperature scale. He also showed the boiling points of liquids vary with changes in pressure and that water can remain liquid below its freezing point.

Answer: Option C

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Garampani sanctuary is located at Diphu, Assam. It is one of the oldest sanctuaries containing hot water spring and waterfalls and surrounded by Nambor Sanctuary having 51 rare species of orchid.

Answer: Option C

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GATT (General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade) is international agreement signed in 1947 between non-communist nations with the object of encouraging and agreement which seeks to achieve its aim by arranging and encouraging bargaining with trade concession.

Answer: Option C

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Germany signed the Armistice Treaty on November 11, 1918 and World War I ended.

Answer: Option B

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GNLF stands for Gorkha National Liberation Front. Gorkha National Liberation Front (GNLF) is a political party in the Darjeeling District of West Bengal, India.

Answer: Option B

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Golf player Vijay Singh belongs to Fiji. He was born in 1963, who was number 1 in the Official World Golf Ranking for 32 weeks in 2004 and 2005. He was nicknamed as "The Big Fijian", has won three major Golf Championships.

Answer: Option D

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Gopal Krishna Gokhale founded the servants of India Society, served as President of the Indian National Congress in 1907 and started as a maths teacher and rose to the position of the principal of Ferguson College, Pune. Gopal Krishna Gokhale, social reformer who founded a sectarian organization to work for relief of the underprivileged of India.

Answer: Option C

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Grand Central Terminal, Park Avenue, New York is the world's largest railway station. GCT is the largest train station in the world in terms of area occupied and number of platforms. The terminal is spread over 49 acres and has 44 platforms.

Answer: Option D

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Gravity setting chambers are used in industries to remove suspended particulate matter. A Gravitational Settling Chamber is a rectangular chamber in which several horizontal trays are fixed. When the polluted gas enters the chamber, its velocity is kept low so that the particulates get sufficient time to settle down due to gravity.

Answer: Option C

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Grey Revolution is associated with Wool. It is to increase the production of wool. it is post of green revolution. Green revolution is associated with the greenery and post of this, Grey revolution came.

Answer: Option A

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Guarantee to an exporter that the importer of his goods will pay immediately for the goods ordered by him, is known as Letter of Credit (L/C). A Letter of Credit, also known as LC or Documentary Credit, is a commonly used instrument for effecting payment between a buyer and a seller. It can be a vital part of mitigating a seller's risk of payment in either international trade or domestic business.

Answer: Option D

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Guwahati High Court is the judicature of Assam, Nagaland and Arunachal Pradesh.

Answer: Option D

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Habeas Corpus Act 1679 provided facilities to a prisoner to obtain either speedy trial or release in bail, states that no one was to be imprisoned without a writ or warrant stating the charge against him and safeguarded the personal liberties of the people against arbitrary imprisonment by the king's orders.

Answer: Option D

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The headquarters of the United Nations is a distinctive complex in New York City (USA). The United Nations has three additional, subsidiary, regional headquarters or headquarter districts. These are located in Geneva (Switzerland), Vienna (Austria), and Nairobi (Kenya).

Answer: Option A

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

Answer: Option B

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Hermann Scheer (Germany) received right Livelihood Award in 1999 for his indefatigable work for the promotion of solar energy worldwide. Hermann Scheer was a Social Democrat member of the German Bundestag, President of Eurosolar and General Chairman of the World Council for Renewable Energy.

Answer: Option D

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Himalayan Mountaineering Institute is at Darjeeling. It is recognized as one of the best mountaineering institutes in the world.

Answer: Option D

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Hitler party which came into power in 1933 is known as Nazi Party. Under the leadership of Adolf Hitler (1889-1945), the National Socialist German Workers’ Party, or Nazi Party, grew into a mass movement and ruled Germany through totalitarian means from 1933 to 1945. Founded in 1919 as the German Workers’ Party, the group promoted German pride and anti-Semitism, and expressed dissatisfaction with the terms of the Treaty of Versailles, the 1919 peace settlement that ended World War I (1914-1918) and required Germany to make numerous concessions and reparations.

Answer: Option B

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Hockey was introduced in the Asian Games in 1958 in Tokyo. Field hockey was contested for men only at the 1958 Asian Games in Tokyo, Japan between 25 May and 30 May 1958 with five teams participating in a round robin competition.

Answer: Option C

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There are 981 dynes in one gram weight. Dyne is a CGS unit.

Answer: Option D

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1 Joule = 1 Newton × 1 m displacement = 105 dyne × 100 cm displacement = 107 ergs.1 Joule = 107 ergs.

Answer: Option B

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Rajasthan is a state in north India and has 25 seats in the Lok Sabha of which 4 are reserved for Scheduled Castes and 3 are reserved for Scheduled Tribes.

Answer: Option A

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Goa have two Lok Sabha seats. South Goa Lok Sabha constituency (formerly, Mormugao Lok Sabha constituency) is one of two Lok Sabha (parliamentary) constituencies in Goa in western India along with North Goa.

Answer: Option D

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69 medals came into the account of India during the 2002 Commonwealth Games at Manchester. India won unprecedented 69 medals including 30 gold, 22 silver and 17 bronze and were fourth in the medal tally.

Answer: Option C

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5 non-permanent Security Council (UNO) members are from Afro-Asian countries.

Answer: Option B

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Basketball is a team sport where two teams, usually consisting of five players on each team, play against each other on a rectangular court.

Answer: Option C

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10 million red blood cells the bone marrow produce every second. The formation of a red blood cell from hemocytoblast takes about 2 days. The body makes about two million red blood cells every second.

Answer: Option D

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Meghalaya currently has 11 districts.

Answer: Option C

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There are 22 districts in Punjab. The districts listed are: Amritsar, Bathinda, Faridkot, Firozpur, Fatehgarh Sahib, Kapurthala, Gurdaspur, Hoshiarpur, Jalandhar, Ludhiana, Mansa, Moga, Muktsar, Nawanshahr, Patiala, Rupnagar, Sangrur, and Tarn Taran.

Answer: Option D

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There are 33 districts in Tamil Nadu.

Answer: Option D

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The normal human heart on each of its contraction pumps 60 cm3 of blood into the arteries.

Answer: Option B

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Human Rights Day is on 10 December. This day is celebrated internationally to honor 10th Dec 1948, when the United Nations adopted the Universal Declaration of Human Rights at Palais de Challoit, Paris after the experience of the Second World War.

Answer: Option A

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Hundred year war was fought between France and England during the late Middle Ages. It lasted 116 years from 1337 to 1453. The war started because Charles IV of France died in 1328 without an immediate male heir (i.e., a son or younger brother).

Answer: Option C

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ICAO stands for International Civil Aviation Organization. The International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) is a UN specialized agency, established by States in 1944 to manage the administration and governance of the Convention on International Civil Aviation (Chicago Convention).

Answer: Option C

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Hybridization is cross-fertilization between two varieties. Hybridization refers to the natural or deliberate pollination between two plants. It occurs all the time in the wild as many plants are cross-pollinated and when the pollen from one plant lands on the stigma of another plant, and if fertilization is successful in producing seed, then hybridization has occurred.

Answer: Option C

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IDA stands for International Development Agency. The International Development Association (IDA) is the part of the World Bank that helps the world’s poorest countries. It was established in 1960 to complement the existing International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (IBRD) by lending to developing countries which suffer from the lowest gross national income, from troubled creditworthiness, or from the lowest per capita income.

Answer: Option B

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Hygrometer is used to measure relative humidity. Humidity is the measure of the amount of moisture in the air. A psychrometer is an example of a hygrometer.

Answer: Option D

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If the plane of the earth's equator were not inclined to the plane of the earth's orbit there would be no change of seasons. When tilted, the hemisphere closer to the sun would experience summer, while the hemisphere that is relatively farther away would experience winter. If the earth were not tilted, the whole planet would be relatively equidistant from the sun, and hence, no seasons.

Answer: Option A

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If force is expressed in Newton and the distance in metre, then the work done is expressed in Joule. Work done is expressed in force divided by distance. SI unit is joule.

Answer: Option B

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If speed of rotation of the earth increases, weight of the body decreases. This is because you see a moving body on the rotating earth's surface itself is in the reference frame. So when the earth rotates, the centripetal force acts towards the centre of rotation.

Answer: Option B

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In 1943, Franklin D. Roosevelt, Winston Churchill and Joseph Stalin met at Teheran primarily for creating an effective instrument for maintaining international peace.

Answer: Option C

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In 1945, fifty nations met to phrase the basic charter for a world organization which would "save succeeding generations from the scourge of war". This conference took place at San Francisco.

Answer: Option B

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In 1947, Algeria became politically unified with France but the 80 percent population revolted against French domination Muslim.

Answer: Option C

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In a normal human being, food take about 12 hours to reach the end of the intestine for complete absorption. Food then enters your large intestine (colon) for further digestion, absorption of water and, finally, elimination of undigested food.

Answer: Option D

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In a normal human body, the total number of red blood cells is 30 trillion. Women have roughly 4 to 5 million red blood cells per microliter of blood, whereas men have about 5 to 6 million per microliter of blood. Red blood cells comprise approximately 70% of total human body cell number.

Answer: Option C

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In Air Force, Air Commodore has one rank higher than Group Captain. Air commodore is a one-star rank and the most junior air officer rank, being immediately senior to group captain and immediately subordinate to air vice-marshal. It has a NATO ranking code of OF-6 and is equivalent to a commodore in the Royal Navy or a brigadier in the British Army or the Royal Marines.

Answer: Option B

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In August, 1996 at Kolar(near Bangalore), India made successful test flights of Unmanned Air Vehicle (UAV) named Nishant. The DRDO Nishant was an Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) developed by India's ADE (Aeronautical Development Establishment), a branch of DRDO (Defence Research and Development Organisation) for the Indian Armed Forces.

Answer: Option A

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In certain diseases antibiotics are administered. The object is inhibit the growth of bacteria. An antimicrobial is a substance that kills or inhibits the growth of microorganisms such as bacteria, fungi, or protozoans. Antimicrobial drugs either kill microbes (microbiocidal) or prevent the growth of microbes (microbiostatic).

Answer: Option A

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In big cities like Delhi, Kolkata, Mumbai, Chennai police is headed by a Commissioner of Police. Police commissioners serve their communities by overseeing police departments, either as sworn officers or as civilians selected to sit on a board of police commissioners.

Answer: Option C

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In cricket, a run taken when the ball passes the batsman without touching his bat or body is called bye. A bye is a run scored by the batting team when the ball has not been hit by the batsman and the ball has not hit the batsman's body.

Answer: Option C

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In cricket, the two sets of wickets are 22 yards apart.

Answer: Option B

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In the 2002 World Cup Hockey Finals, Germany beat Australia. The 2002 Men's Hockey World Cup was the 10th edition of the Hockey World Cup, a men's field hockey tournament. It was held from 24 February to 9 March 2002 in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Germany won their first title after defeating Australia 2–1 in the final.

Answer: Option C

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In Small intestine of human body does maximum absorption of food take place. The small intestine or small bowel is an organ in the gastrointestinal tract where most of the end absorption of nutrients and minerals from food takes place.

Answer: Option C

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In Butter and paraffin wax, the two substances forming the pair are chemically most dissimilar. Butter is an unsaturated compound or an olefin in contrast to wax which is a saturated compound. So butter will show more reactivity for reactants. As such, they show different chemical nature.

Answer: Option A

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In Kabaddi India got a Gold Medal at the 2002 Asian Games. Jagdish Kumble is an Indian professional kabaddi player and coach. He was member of the India national kabaddi team that won Asian games gold medals in 2002 which was held at Busan.

Answer: Option B

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In 1965, the membership of the Security Council was increased from 11 to 15 (under Article 23). Expansion of the UN Security Council from 11 to 15 members, with the supermajority required for action being increased from 7 to 9 votes.

Answer: Option D

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In Vancouver, the last Winter Olympics Games held. The city of Vancouver was elected host city of the XXI Olympic Winter Games in 2010 at the 115th IOC Session in Prague on 2 July 2003.

Answer: Option B

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In Winter season we need more fat. Researchers suggest that we have a natural tendency to overeat in the winter because, historically, food was more scarce.

Answer: Option B

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In 1987, Kolkata - India world cup cricket final, Australia beat England. The final of the Reliance World Cup was played in Eden Gardens, Calcutta on Sunday 8 November 1987. The match was won by Australia who defeated England by 7 runs to lift their first ever World Cup trophy. This was the first Cricket World Cup final to be played outside England.

Answer: Option A

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In 1950 a resolution 'Uniting for Peace' was adopted by UN General Assembly. The Uniting for Peace resolution was initiated by the United States, and submitted by the "Joint Seven-Powers" in October 1950, as a means of circumventing further Soviet vetoes during the course of the Korean War (25 June 1950 – 27 July 1953). It was adopted by 52 votes to 5, with 2 abstentions.

Answer: Option A

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In 1917 during World War I, USA declared war on Germany, Britain defeated Turkey and captured Baghdad and Jerusalem.

Answer: Option B

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Edmund Percival Hillary, born in Auckland New Zealand in the year 1919, was the first to reach the summit of Mount Everest together with Sherpa Tenzing Norgay on May 29, 1953.A man with a heart !! Died on the 11 January 2008, a sad loss to New Zealand.

Answer: Option A

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August 3, 1914 - Germany declares war on France, and invades neutral Belgium.

Answer: Option B

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In year 2001, terrorists crash two planes into New York's World Trade Centre on September 11 in a sequence of destruction. The September 11 attacks were a series of airline hijackings and suicide attacks committed in 2001 by 19 terrorists associated with the Islamic extremist group al-Qaeda. It was the deadliest terrorist attack on U.S. soil; nearly 3,000 people were killed.

Answer: Option A

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India became a member of the United Nations in 1945. India is a founding member of the United Nations. On June 26, 1945, India was among 50 countries to sign the UN charter. India joined the United Nations after ratifying the UN Charter on October 30, 1945.

Answer: Option D

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India has largest turmeric production, largest tea production and largest ginger production.

Answer: Option D

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India has been represented as a non-permanent member of the Security Council (UNO) during 1972-73, 1984-85 and 1991-92.

Answer: Option C

Explanation:

The British Geological Survey reports that as of 2005, Kodarma district in Jharkhand state in India had the largest deposits of mica in the world.

Answer: Option A

Explanation:

India is the largest grower of pulses. Madhya Pradesh is India's largest pulse producing state, which accounts for 23% of total pulse production in the country. Madhya Pradesh is followed by Uttar Pradesh (18%), Maharashtra (14%), Rajasthan (11%) and Andhra Pradesh (9%).

Answer: Option B

Explanation:

India participated in Olympics Hockey in 1928. The 1928 Olympics in Amsterdam, when India won the gold, was the country's first step towards ascending the hockey throne.

Answer: Option B

Explanation:

India played its first cricket Test Match in 1932. India was invited to The Imperial Cricket Council in 1926, and made their debut as a Test playing nation in England in 1932, led by CK Nayudu, who was considered as the best Indian batsman at the time. The one-off Test match between the two sides was played at Lord's in London.

Answer: Option B

Explanation:

India's first atomic power station was set up at Tarapur (Maharashtra), is the oldest nuclear power plant in India. The power station comprises two 120MW boiling water reactor (BWR) units commissioned in October 1969 and two pressurised heavy water reactor (PHWR) units commissioned between 2005 and 2006.

Answer: Option A

Explanation:

India's first atomic reactor was Apsara. Apsara is the oldest of India's research reactors. The reactor was designed by the Bhabha Atomic Research Center (BARC) and built with assistance from the United Kingdom (which also provided the initial fuel supply consisting of 80 percent enriched uranium). Apsara first went critical on 4 August 1956.

Answer: Option D

Explanation:

India's first fast breeder neutron reactor was Kamini. KAMINI (Kalpakkam Mini reactor) is a research reactor at Indira Gandhi Center for Atomic Research in Kalpakkam, India. It achieved criticality on October 29, 1996.

Answer: Option A

Explanation:

India's first indigenous helicopter was successfully flown in Bangalore on August 30, 1992. The country's first indigenous chopper, Advanced Light Helicopter (ALH -Dhruv), designed, developed, produced and maintained by Hindustan Aeronautics Ltd to meet the requirement of military and civil operators, today achieved a new milestone of clocking one lakh cumulative flying hours.

Answer: Option C

Explanation:

INS Shalki (S46) is a Shishumar-class diesel-electric submarine of the Indian Navy. The submarine was the first ever submarine to be built in India. It was launched in 1987 by the late Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi.

Answer: Option B

Explanation:

India's first nuclear blast at Pokhran in Rajasthan took place in 1974. The bomb was detonated on the army base Pokhran Test Range (PTR), in Rajasthan, by the Indian Army under the supervision of several key Indian generals.

Answer: Option B

Explanation:

India's first ocean wave's energy project was launched in 1991.

Answer: Option A

Explanation:

India's first satellite is named after Aryabhatta. The Aryabhata spacecraft,named after the famous indian astronomer,was india's first satellite;It was completely designed and fabricated in India.It was launched by a Soviet Kosmos-3M rocket from Kapustin Yar on April 19,1975.

Answer: Option D

Explanation:

India's first Technicolor film Jhansi Ki Rani in the early 1950s was produced by Sohrab Modi.

Answer: Option D

Explanation:

India's Integrated Missiles Development Programme was started in 1982-83 under the chairmanship of Dr. A.P.J. Abdul Kalam. On 8 January 2008, the DRDO formally announced the successful completion of the IGMDP.

Answer: Option C

Explanation:

India's tallest stone statue of the Jain sage Gomateswara is at Sravanabelagola, Karnataka. Shravanabelagola (Śravaṇa Beḷagoḷa) is a town located near Channarayapatna of Hassan district in the Indian state of Karnataka.

Answer: Option B

Explanation:

Indian Institute of Petroleum is located at Dehradun. Indian Institute of Petroleum is situated in Dehradun in Uttarakhand state of India. It is established in 1960.

Answer: Option C

Explanation:

Indira Gandhi Centre for Atomic Research, established in 1971, is located at Kalpakkam, Chennai. Indira Gandhi Centre for Atomic Research (IGCAR) is one of India's premier nuclear research centres. It is the second largest establishment of the Department of Atomic Energy (DAE), next to Bhabha Atomic Research Centre (BARC), located at Kalpakkam, 80 km south of Chennai, India. It was established in 1971 as an exclusive centre dedicated to the pursuit of fast reactor science and technology, due to the vision of Dr. Vikram Sarabhai.

Answer: Option B

Explanation:

Indira Gandhi was assassinated in 1984. On 31 October 1984, Indira Gandhi, Prime Minister of India, was killed by her Sikh bodyguards. The assassination sparked four days of riots that left more than 8,000 Indian Sikhs dead in revenge attacks.

Answer: Option D

Explanation:

Innocent III, who became pope in 1198 led the fourth crusade. The Fourth Crusade (1202-1204 CE) was called by Pope Innocent III (r. 1198-1216 CE) to retake Jerusalem from its current Muslim overlords.

Answer: Option B

Explanation:

INS Agrani (Petty Officers' School) is situated at Coimbatore. Indian Naval Station Agrani is a leadership training establishment of the Indian Navy, it comes under the Eastern Naval Command and conducts courses for middle level sailors. This station was commissioned in 1965.

Answer: Option A

Explanation:

INS Venduruthy is an Indian Navy base located on Willingdon Island in Kochi, Kerala. It serves as the Headquarters of the Southern Naval Command.

Answer: Option C

Explanation:

International Youth Day is observed on August 12. First observed on August 12, 2000, the day marks an awareness day and draws attention to a given set of cultural and legal issues surrounding youth.

Answer: Option C

Explanation:

Jaspal Rana is associated with Shooting. Jaspal Rana (born 28 June 1976) is an Indian shooter. He contested mainly in the 25 m Centre Fire Pistol category.

Answer: Option A

Explanation:

Jeevan Rekha (Life line) express is first hospital on wheels in the world. The Lifeline Express or Jeevan Rekha Express is World’s first hospital train run by the Impact India Foundation. It was developed in collaboration with the Indian Railways and Health Ministry and has been funded by Impact UK, international charitable sources, Indian corporate houses and individuals. Here are 10 things to know about the lifeline express.

Answer: Option D

Explanation:

Jesus Christ was crucified in 1 AD. The crucifixion of Jesus occurred in 1st-century Judea, most likely between AD 30 and 33.

Answer: Option C

Explanation:

Jharia (Jharkhand) is famous for coal mines. Jharia was the fifteenth-largest town in the state of Jharkhand. (More than one town in India shares this name.) Jharia is famous for its rich coal resources, used to make coke. Jharia plays a very important role in the economy and development of Dhanbad City, and can be considered as a part of Dhanbad City.

Answer: Option B

Explanation:

Jharkhand has West Bengal state on its eastern end. Jharkhand is located in the eastern part of India and is enclosed by Bihar to the northern side, Chhattisgarh and Uttar Pradesh to the western side, Odisha to the southern part and West Bengal to the eastern part.

Answer: Option C

Explanation:

K.S. Ranjit Singhji was first Indian test cricketer. Born on 10 September, 1872, in Kathiawar in modern-day Gujarat, Ranji was the first person of Indian origin to play Test cricket when he made his debut for England in 1896.

Answer: Option D

Explanation:

John F. Kennedy was one the most popular Presidents of USA, the first Roman Catholic President and the writer of Why England slept and Profile in Courage.

Answer: Option A

Explanation:

John F. Kennedy, President of USA, died in 1963. John Fitzgerald Kennedy, the 35th President of the United States, was assassinated on November 22, 1963, at 12:30 p.m. Central Standard Time in Dallas, Texas, while riding in a presidential motorcade through Dealey Plaza.

Answer: Option A

Explanation:

Judicature (High Court) of Rajasthan is at Jodhpur. It was established on 29th August, 1949 under the Rajasthan High Court Ordinance, 1949. The seat of the court is at Jodhpur. The court has a sanctioned judge strength of 50.

Answer: Option D

Explanation:

Kanishka was the king of Kushan dynasty, a great conqueror but later became a follower of Buddha and the only ruler of India whose territory extended up to central Asia.

Answer: Option B

Explanation:

Kathak, Nauntanki, Jhora and Kajri are the important dances of Uttar Pradesh.

Answer: Option A

Explanation:

Kathakali, Mohiniatam and Ottamthullal are the famous dances of Kerala.

Answer: Option A

Explanation:

King Hammurabi raised the first army of the world in 2000 BC. Hammurabi (also known as Khammurabi and Ammurapi, reigned 1792-1750 BCE) was the sixth king of the Amorite First Dynasty of Babylon, assumed the throne from his father, Sin-Muballit, and expanded the kingdom to conquer all of ancient Mesopotamia.

Answer: Option B

Explanation:

Kiran Bedi is first woman IPS officer. Kiran Bedi (born 9 June 1949) is a retired Indian Police Service officer, social activist, former tennis player and politician who is the current Lieutenant Governor of Puducherry. She is the first female Indian Police Service (IPS) officer and started her serivce in 1975.

Answer: Option B

Explanation:

Kolleru Pelicanary situated at Elluru, Andhra Pradesh has reserves of pelicans, painted stroke. Kolleru Bird Sanctuary is a sanctuary in Andhra Pradesh, India. It covers 673 square kilometers. It was established in November 1999, under the Wildlife Protection Act of 1972. The sanctuary protects part of the Kolleru Lake wetland, which gained Ramsar Convention for International importance in 2002.

Answer: Option B

Explanation:

Lakshmibai National College of Physical Education is located at Gwalior. The Lakshmibai National Institute of Physical Education is a Government of India sponsored deemed university, under the Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports, dedicated to promoting excellence in sports and physical education in the country. The campus is on the Agra - Mumbai National Highway at Shaktinagar, Gwalior in the state of Madhya Pradesh, India.

Answer: Option D

Explanation:

Lal Bahadur Shastri succeeded Pandit Nehru as the second Prime Minister of India and signed the Tashkent Agreement with Ayub Khan for a ceasefire between India and Pakistan and is also known as “Man of Peace”.

Answer: Option B

Explanation:

Lal Bahadur Shastri is also known as Man of Peace. The nation recalled the man of peace - Lal Bahadur Shastri on the occasion of his death anniversary on Friday.

Answer: Option C

Explanation:

Lala Lajpat Rai is also known as Sher-e-Punjab and Punjab Kesari. He was born on 28 January 1865 in Dhudike (now Moga district) of Punjab. He was popularly known as Punjab Kesari meaning The Lion of Punjab also known as Sher-E- Punjab in Punjabi for his contribution to the freedom movement.

Answer: Option A

Explanation:

Lance Edward Armstrong (born Lance Edward Gunderson on September 18, 1971) is an American professional road racing cyclist who is best known for winning the Tour de France a record seven consecutive times, after having survived testicular cancer.

Answer: Option B

Explanation:

East Timor, which became the 191st member of the UN, is in the continent of Asia. East Timor became the first new sovereign state of the 21st century on 20 May 2002 and joined the United Nations and the Community of Portuguese Language Countries.

Answer: Option C

Explanation:

Ecology deals with relation between organisms and their environment. Ecology is the study of the interaction of organisms in an area with their environment. This interaction constitutes an overall adaptation of the organisms to their environment which also includes the continuity of species. However, the availability of organisms in an area is dependent on the type of environment.

Answer: Option C

Explanation:

Economic goods are all commodities that are limited in quantity as compared to their demand. An economic good is a good or service that has a benefit (utility) to society. Also, economic goods have a degree of scarcity and therefore an opportunity cost.

Answer: Option D

Explanation:

Leonardo da Vinci was a great Italian painter, sculptor and architect, got universal fame form his masterpiece and drew models of organs such as the heart, lungs and womb.

Answer: Option B

Explanation:

Lhasa airport at Tibet is the World's highest airport. The airport is close to the road to Tsetang, the seat of Nêdong District and the capital of Shannan. At an elevation of 3,570 metres (11,710 ft), Lhasa Airport is one of the highest in the world.

Answer: Option C

Explanation:

Light Year is related to distance. A light-year is a unit of distance. It is the distance that light can travel in one year. Light moves at a velocity of about 300,000 kilometers (km) each second. So in one year, it can travel about 10 trillion km.

Answer: Option A

Explanation:

Lime is sometimes applied to soil in order to increase the alkalinity of the soil. It increases the pH of acidic soil (the lower the pH the more acidic the soil); in other words, soil acidity is reduced and alkalinity increased. it provides a source of calcium and magnesium for plants. It permits improved water penetration for acidic soils.

Answer: Option C

Explanation:

Liquid asset is a type of asset either that is in cash in the current account of the commercial bank or a type of asset that is in the form of a deposit in the current account of the commercial bank.

Answer: Option B

Explanation:

Liquids transmit pressure equally in all directions. This is known as Pascal's Law. Pascal's law says that pressure applied to an enclosed fluid will be transmitted without a change in magnitude to every point of the fluid and to the walls of the container. The pressure at any point in the fluid is equal in all directions.

Answer: Option C

Explanation:

Ludhiana is situated on Satluj river. The city stands on the Sutlej River's old bank, 13 kilometres (8.1 mi) south of its present course. It is an industrial center of northern India; the UK's BBC has called it India's Manchester. Ludhiana was among the list of smart cities that will be developed by government of India.

Answer: Option A

Explanation:

Lata Mangeshkar holds the world record for maximum number of song recordings. Lata Mangeshkar sang over 700 songs for the composer duo over a period of 35 long years, most of which became huge hits.

Answer: Option A

Explanation:

Mahabaleshwar is located in Maharashtra. Mahabaleshwar is a hill station located in the Western Ghats, in Satara district of Maharashtra. Known for its captivating beauty and the beautiful strawberry farms, the city comprises of ancient temples, boarding schools, manicured and lush green dense forest, waterfalls, hills, valleys.

Answer: Option D

Explanation:

Mahakavi Kalidas was one of the greatest Sanskrit poet and dramatist, lived during the region of Chandragupta Vikaramaditya and famous works include Shakutala, Raghuvansha, Meghdoot and Kumara Sambahava.

Answer: Option A

Explanation:

Magsaysay awards are named after Ramon Magsaysay, President of the Philippines who was known for his land reform programme to defuse communist insurgency. Ramon del Fierro Magsaysay was a Filipino statesman who served as the seventh President of the Philippines, from December 30, 1953 until his death in an aircraft disaster.

Answer: Option B

Explanation:

Marco Polo travelled through China, India and other parts of Asia. Marco Polo was a Venetian explorer known for the book The Travels of Marco Polo, which describes his voyage to and experiences in Asia. Polo traveled extensively with his family, journeying from Europe to Asia from 1271 to 1295 and remaining in China for 17 of those years.

Answer: Option C

Explanation:

Malfunctioning of liver organ causes jaundice. Hepatocellular jaundice occurs as a result of liver disease or injury. Hemolytic jaundice occurs as a result of hemolysis, or an accelerated breakdown of red blood cells, leading to an increase in production of bilirubin. Obstructive jaundice occurs as a result of an obstruction in the bile duct.

Answer: Option D

Explanation:

Michael Faraday discovered electromagnetism, benzene, liquid gases and optical glass and the induction of electric current. Michael Faraday was an English scientist who contributed to the study of electromagnetism and electrochemistry. His main discoveries include the principles underlying electromagnetic induction, diamagnetism and electrolysis.

Answer: Option A

Explanation:

Microphone is used to convert sound waves into electrical energy. Microphones are a type of transducer - a device which converts energy from one form to another. Microphones convert acoustical energy (sound waves) into electrical energy (the audio signal). Different types of microphone have different ways of converting energy but they all share one thing in common: The diaphragm.

Answer: Option C

Explanation:

Mina is the tribe of Rajasthan. Mina is a caste inhabiting Rājasthān and Punjab states in northern India, and Punjab province, Pakistan, who speak Hindi and claim descent from the Rājputs. The Mina are possibly of inner Asiatic origin, and tradition suggests that they migrated to India in the 7th century with the Rājputs, but no other link between the two has been substantiated.

Answer: Option A

Explanation:

MISA stands for Maintenance of Internal Security Act. The Maintenance of Internal Security Act (MISA) was a controversial law passed by the Indian parliament in 1971 giving the administration of Prime Minister Indira Gandhi and Indian law enforcement agencies very broad powers – indefinite preventive detention of individuals, search and seizure of property without warrants, and wiretapping – in the quelling of civil and political disorder in India, as well as countering foreign-inspired sabotage, terrorism, subterfuge and threats to national security.

Answer: Option C

Explanation:

Mishra Dhatu Nigam Limited (MIDHANI) was established in 1973 under Ministry of Defence as Government of India Enterprise.

Answer: Option B

Explanation:

Missile 'prithivi' aims to hit target without the help of the Air Forces. Prithvi I was one of the first missiles developed under Government of India's IGMDP. Launched in February 1988, Prithvi I is a single-stage, liquid-fuelled missile. A surface-to-surface missile, it has a range of 150 km and a mounting capability of 1000 kg. It was inducted into the Indian Army in 1994.

Answer: Option A

Explanation:

Moradabad (Uttar Pradesh) is famous for brass ware. It is because of the large-scale brass works that the city is also known as the 'City of Brass' and is nicknamed Pital Nagri. Apart from its brass handicrafts, the city is also famous for the various tourist attractions situated all around it.

Answer: Option A

Explanation:

Modern football is said to have evolved from England. Football is one of a family of football codes, which emerged from various ball games played worldwide since antiquity. The modern game traces its origins to 1863 when the Laws of the Game were originally codified in England by The Football Association.

Answer: Option B

Explanation:

Modern Indo-Aryan languages are based on an ancient language called Sanskrit. The Indo-Aryan or Indic languages are a major language family of South Asia (or the Indian subcontinent). They constitute a branch of the Indo-Iranian languages, itself a branch of the Indo-European language family.

Answer: Option C

Explanation:

Most commonly used bleaching agent is chlorine. The most widely used bleach in the United States is liquid chlorine bleach, an alkaline aqueous solution of sodium hypochlorite.

Answer: Option D

Explanation:

Modvat is modified value added, a term used in excise which is a new scheme of indirect taxes and scheme which allows a manufacturer to claim instant reimbursement of the excise duty paid on the raw.

Answer: Option C

Explanation:

Mount Everest is in Nepal. Mount Everest is Earth's highest mountain above sea level, located in the Mahalangur Himal sub-range of the Himalayas. The international border between Nepal and China runs across its summit point.

Answer: Option C

Explanation:

Mount Everest was captured by Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay in the year 1953. Sherpa Tenzing Norgay stands on the summit of Everest on May 29, 1953 after he and Edmund Hillary became the first people to reach the highest point on Earth.

Answer: Option D

Explanation:

Mother Teresa received the Magsaysay Award in 1962 in the area of international understanding. Teresa received the Ramon Magsaysay Award for Peace and International Understanding, given for work in South or East Asia, in 1962. According to its citation, "The Board of Trustees recognises her merciful cognisance of the abject poor of a foreign land, in whose service she has led a new congregation".

Answer: Option B

Explanation:

Mother Teresa won the Nobel Prize for Peace in 1979. In 1979, Teresa received the Nobel Peace Prize "for work undertaken in the struggle to overcome poverty and distress, which also constitutes a threat to peace".

Answer: Option C

Explanation:

Ms. Medha Patkar is associated with the Sardar Sarovar project. Sardar Sarovar Dam in Gujarat is one of the biggest dams on Narmada where the non-violent people's struggle has questioned social and environmental costs, undemocratic planning and unjust distribution of benefits.

Answer: Option B

Explanation:

Mudumalai Sanctuary is situated in Tamil Nadu. The Mudumalai National Park and Wildlife Sanctuary also a declared tiger reserve, lies on the northwestern side of the Nilgiri Hills (Blue Mountains), in Nilgiri District, about 150 kilometres (93 mi) north-west of Coimbatore city in Tamil Nadu. It shares its boundaries with the states of Karnataka and Kerala.

Answer: Option C

Explanation:

Nalanda is located about 95 kilometres southeast of Patna near the town of Bihar Sharif, and was a centre of learning from the fifth century CE to 1200 CE. It is a UNESCO World Heritage Site.

Answer: Option B

Explanation:

Hygrometer is the instrument used to measure relative humidity. Humidity is the measure of the amount of moisture in the air.

Answer: Option A

Explanation:

National Anthem was first sung on December 27, 1911 during the Indian National Congress Session at Calcutta. On December 27, 1911, the National Anthem was first sung at the Calcutta session of the Congress. 'Jana Gana Mana' is the first stanza of the Bengali hymn 'Bharoto Bhagyo Bidhata', written by Nobel Laureate Rabindranath Tagore.

Answer: Option B

Explanation:

National Botanical Research Institute is located at Lucknow (Uttar Pradesh). It is engaged in the field of taxonomy and modern biology.

Answer: Option A

Explanation:

National Defence Academy is situated at Khadakvasla. It is the first tri-service academy in the world.

Answer: Option D

Explanation:

National institute of Mental Health is located at Bangalore. NIMHANS is the apex centre for mental health and neuroscience education in the country, the institute operates autonomously under the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare.

Answer: Option B

Explanation:

National Institute of Occupation Health is located at Ahmedabad. National Institute of Occupational Health, also known as Statens arbeidsmiljøinstitutt or STAMI is a government body organised by the Norwegian Ministry of Labour and Social Inclusion.

Answer: Option A

Explanation:

National Institute of Oceanography is located at Panaji (Goa). The National Institute of Oceanography (NIO) with its headquarters at Dona Paula, Goa, and regional centres at Kochi, Mumbai and Visakhapatnam, is one of the 37 constituent laboratories of the Council of Scientific & Industrial Research (CSIR), New Delhi.

Answer: Option A

Explanation:

National Remote Sensing Agency (NRSA) was setup in 1980. A central organization of the government of India responsible for managing data from imaging satellites.

Answer: Option A

Explanation:

Neil Armstrong and Edwin Aldrin were the first to step on the moon. Apollo 11 was the spaceflight that first landed humans on the Moon. Commander Neil Armstrong and lunar module pilot Buzz Aldrin formed the American crew that landed the Apollo Lunar Module Eagle on July 20, 1969, at 20:17 UTC. Armstrong became the first person to step onto the lunar surface six hours and 39 minutes later on July 21 at 02:56 UTC; Aldrin joined him 19 minutes later.

Answer: Option B

Explanation:

Normally the Commonwealth Games are held at intervals of 4 years. The Commonwealth Games is an international multi-sport event involving athletes from the Commonwealth of Nations. The event was first held in 1930, and has taken place every four years since then.

Answer: Option D

Explanation:

Adult dogs have 42 permanent teeth compared to a measly 32 average human teeth (not counting any wisdom teeth. Those are "bonus"). Puppies possess 28 baby teeth while human babies will have 20 deciduous or “baby” teeth.

Answer: Option B

Explanation:

Nowadays many novel chemicals are being synthesized termed as xenobiotics. The unique feature of these are that they are non- biodegradable and pose on environmental threat.

Answer: Option D

Explanation:

Brazil have won five times, and they are the only team to have played in every tournament. The other World Cup winners are Germany and Italy, with four titles each; Argentina, France and inaugural winner Uruguay, with two titles each; and England and Spain with one title each.

Answer: Option A

Explanation:

Nuclear power is cheaper than thermal power. Nuclear power plants are expensive to build but relatively cheap to run. In many places, nuclear energy is competitive with fossil fuels as a means of electricity generation. Waste disposal and decommissioning costs are usually fully included in the operating costs.

Answer: Option C

Explanation:

Number of commands of Air Force are seven in which five Operational and two Functional Commands. These are grouped into 7 commands viz. Western Air Command at Delhi, Eastern Air Command at Shillong, Central Air Command at Prayagraj, Southern Air Command at Thiruvananthapuram (Trivandrum), South Western Air Command at Gandhinagar, formerly at Jodhpur, Training Command at Bangalore and Maintenance Command at Nagpur.

Answer: Option A

Explanation:

Numismatics is the study of coins. Numismatics is the study of coins and money, of coins and coin-like objects. The value of coins as historical evidence was understood even in antiquity, but the systematic development of the study of coins as a proper discipline, with a methodology of its own, began only in the late eighteenth century with the work of Joseph Hilarius Eckhel, an Austrian priest whose Doctrina Numorum Veterum (Vienna, 1793-1799) was an attempt to comprehend all of ancient Greek and Roman coinage in the span of eight volumes.

Answer: Option C

Explanation:

Group A and O is transfused into a person whose blood group is A.

Answer: Option B

Explanation:

Of the following foods, fish is the best source of protein. Fish and seafood are good sources of protein and are typically low in fat. While slightly higher in fat than other varieties, salmon packs in heart-healthy omega-3 fatty acids which can reduce joint stiffness and inflammation.

Answer: Option B

Explanation:

Of the UN Agencies, International Finance Corporation is one specifically aims at further economic development by encouraging productive private enterprise. International Finance Corporation is a private equity and venture capital subsidiary focused on the private sector in developing countries.

Answer: Option B

Explanation:

Of the various agencies related to the United Nations, the one that has the longest period is Universal Postal Union. The Universal Postal Union, established by the Treaty of Bern of 1874, is a specialized agency of the United Nations that coordinates postal policies among member nations, in addition to the worldwide postal system.

Answer: Option C

Explanation:

Of the various non-conventional energy sources that are being tapped, Solar power has the largest potential. There is a capacity of about 1, 95,000 MW non-conventional energy in India. 31 % of it is the form of solar energy, 30% in ocean and geo-thermal, 26 % in biomass and 10 % in wind energy. India is a tropical country. It has enormous possibilities of tapping solar energy.

Answer: Option B

Explanation:

Olympic creed and oath was composed by Baron Pierre de Coubertin the founder of modern Olympics. Charles Pierre de Frédy, Baron de Coubertin was a French educator and historian, founder of the International Olympic Committee, and its second President. He is known as the father of the modern Olympic Games.

Answer: Option A

Explanation:

On a night when the sky is clear, the temperature may dip considerably; on a cloudy night the temperature will usually dip much less. The reason for this difference is that the clear sky allows radiant energy to escape readily from the earth.

Answer: Option A

Explanation:

On August 1, 2003, the total strength of India's armed forces approximate to 13,92,000.

Answer: Option B

Explanation:

Ornithology is the study of birds. An ornithologist is someone who studies ornithology the branch of science devoted to birds. Ornithologists study every aspect of birds, including bird songs, flight patterns, physical appearance, and migration patterns.

Answer: Option C

Explanation:

Oscar Awards are conferred annually by Academy of Motion Pictures, arts and sciences, USA. Academy Award, in full Academy Award of Merit, byname Oscar, any of a number of awards presented annually by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, located in Beverly Hills, California, U.S., to recognize achievement in the film industry.

Answer: Option B

Explanation:

Oscar Awards were instituted in 1929. The 1st Academy Awards ceremony, presented by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS), honored the best films of 1927 and 1928 and took place on May 16, 1929, at a private dinner held at the Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel in Los Angeles, California.

Answer: Option B

Explanation:

Oxford university was founded in 1163 AD. The University of Oxford is a collegiate research university in Oxford, England.

Answer: Option C

Explanation:

Oxygen was independently discovered by Carl Wilhelm Scheele, in Uppsala, in 1773 or earlier, and Joseph Priestley in Wiltshire, in 1774, but Priestley is often given priority because his work was published first.

Answer: Option C

Explanation:

P.T. Usha, who came close to bagging a bronze finished fourth in 400 m hurdle in 1984 Olympics. Pilavullakandi Thekkeparambil Usha is a retired Indian track and field athlete. She has been associated with Indian athletics since 1979. She is often called the "queen of Indian track and field".

Answer: Option A

Explanation:

Pakistan left the Commonwealth in 1972, but rejoined as 49th member of the Commonwealth in 1989. Pakistan left in 1972, when other member countries recognised Bangladesh, and returned in 1989.

Answer: Option D

Explanation:

Paleontology is a branch of science that deals with the forms of life as revealed by fossils of animals or plants. Paleontology is the study of the history of life on Earth as based on fossils. Fossils are the remains of plants, animals, fungi, bacteria, and single-celled living things that have been replaced by rock material or impressions of organisms preserved in rock.

Answer: Option A

Explanation:

Pan - American Highway, north-west Alaska to Southernmost Chile is the worlds longest road. According to Guinness World Records, the Pan-American Highway is the world's longest "motorable road".

Answer: Option C

Explanation:

Penicillin is widely used as an antibiotic. Penicillins are a group of antibacterial drugs that attack a wide range of bacteria. They were the first drugs of this type that doctors used. The discovery and manufacture of penicillins have changed the face of medicine, as these drugs have saved millions of lives.

Answer: Option A

Explanation:

Penicillin was invented by A. Fleming. In 1928 Alexander Fleming (1881–1955) discovered penicillin, made from the Penicillium notatum mold, but he did not receive the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for his discovery until 1945.

Answer: Option D

Explanation:

People who secretly indulge in anti-national or anti-government activities and help the enemy are called Fifth column. A fifth column is any group of people who undermine a larger group from within, usually in favor of an enemy group or nation. The activities of a fifth column can be overt or clandestine. Fifth column Refers to traitors or people who secretly indulge in anti-national or anti -government activities and help the enemy.

Answer: Option D

Explanation:

Philology is the science of languages. Philology, traditionally, the study of the history of language, including the historical study of literary texts.

Answer: Option B

Explanation:

Photophobia is abnormal intolerance of light. Photophobia is a symptom of abnormal intolerance to visual perception of light. As a medical symptom, photophobia is not a morbid fear or phobia, but an experience of discomfort or pain to the eyes due to light exposure or by presence of actual physical sensitivity of the eyes, though the term is sometimes additionally applied to abnormal or irrational fear of light such as heliophobia.

Answer: Option A

Explanation:

Plorence(Chadwick) is the associated place for Skiing.

Answer: Option B

Explanation:

Presently known as the European Union, the EEC was established in 1958. Denmark, Ireland and the United Kingdom join the European Union, raising the number of member states to nine. The organisation founded in 1957 which is now known as the European Union, originally had six members: Belgium, France, Germany, Italy, Luxembourg and the Netherlands.

Answer: Option D

Explanation:

Pressure cooker cooks rice faster because high pressure raises the boiling point of water. The trapped steam increases the atmospheric pressure inside the cooker by 15 pounds per square inch (psi), or 15 pounds above normal sea-level pressure. At that pressure, the boiling point of water is increased from 212°F to 250°F. This higher temperature is what cooks food faster.

Answer: Option B

Explanation:

Primary rainbow is formed when light suffers one internal refractions before emerging out of the drop. In a primary rainbow, the arc shows red on the outer part and violet on the inner side. This rainbow is caused by light being refracted when entering a droplet of water, then reflected inside on the back of the droplet and refracted again when leaving it.

Answer: Option C

Explanation:

Prince Charles and Princess Diana of Britain announce their separation in 1996. In July 1996, the couple agreed on the terms of their divorce.

Answer: Option B

Explanation:

Profit made when an asset is sold more than the price at which it was bought is called capital-gain. Capital gain is the profit one earns on the sale of an asset like stocks, bonds or real estate. It results in capital gain when the selling price of an asset exceeds its purchase price. It is the difference between the selling price (higher) and cost price (lower) of the asset.

Answer: Option C

Explanation:

Pythagoras was first to prove the universal validity of geometrical theorem. He is known best for the proof of the important Pythagorean theorem, which is about right angle triangles.

Answer: Option C

Explanation:

Queensland and Northern Territory Aerial Service is an International Airline of Australia. Qantas, in full Qantas Airways Limited, Australian airline, the oldest in the English-speaking world, founded in 1920 as Queensland and Northern Territory Aerial Services Ltd. (from which the name Qantas was derived).

Answer: Option C

Explanation:

Rabindranath Tagore is also known as Gurudev. He was popularly called as Gurudev and his songs were popularly known as Rabindrasangeet. Two songs from his Rabindrasangit canon are now the national anthems of India and Bangladesh: the Jana Gana Mana and the Amar Shonar Bangla. Rabindranath Tagore was born on May 7, 1861 in a wealthy Brahmin family in Calcutta.

Answer: Option B

Explanation:

Rabindranath Tagore receive Nobel Prize in 1913 in the field of literature. The Nobel Prize in Literature 1913 was awarded to Rabindranath Tagore "because of his profoundly sensitive, fresh and beautiful verse, by which, with consummate skill, he has made his poetic thought, expressed in his own English words, a part of the literature of the West."

Answer: Option B

Explanation:

Radioactive substances can be produced readily in an atomic pile. Radioactive substances are atoms that decay naturally. They can give off alpha particles, beta particles and gamma radiation. Unlike X-ray sources they cannot be turned off, so their control is more difficult.

Answer: Option B

Explanation:

Raj Kapoor received Dada Saheb Phalke Award in 1987. The Government of India honoured him with the Padma Bhushan in 1971 and the Dadasaheb Phalke Award in 1987 – the highest award for cinematic excellence in India. In 2001, he was honoured with "Best Director of the Millennium" by Stardust Awards. He was named "Showman of the Millennium" by Star Screen Awards in 2002.

Answer: Option D

Explanation:

Raja Rammohan Roy was the founder of the Brahmo Samaj, advocated widow remarriage and woman's education and was a social reformer who tried to eradicate sati, purdah and child marriage.

Answer: Option D

Explanation:

Rajiv Gandhi, Prime Minister of India, was assassinated in 1991. The assassination of Rajiv Gandhi, former Prime Minister of India, occurred as a result of a suicide bombing in Sriperumbudur, Chennai, in Tamil Nadu, India on 21 May 1991.

Answer: Option A

Explanation:

Rana Pratap Sagar (Rajasthan) is famous for nuclear power station. The Rana Pratap Sagar Dam facilitates fishing activities in the nearby villages and is also responsible for supplying water to the Rajasthan Atomic Power Station for generation of electricity.

Answer: Option D

Explanation:

Rangaswamy Cup is associated with hockey. Introduced in 1928, the Rangaswami Cup, was originally known as Inter-Provincial Tournament meant to pick up players for the national team for the Olympics.

Answer: Option B

Explanation:

Rare Earth factory is situated in Alwaye (Kerala). Rare Earths Division (RED), Udyogamandal, Aluva is located on the banks of river Periyar in Kerala at a distance of 12 km from the Port city of Kochi and 15 km from Kochi International Airport. RED is an exclusive value adding chemical plant, wherein high pure individual rare earth compounds are produced.

Answer: Option B

Explanation:

Recently lead free petrol was introduced in our country because they cause less pollution. Worldwide studies have revealed that leaded petrol is responsible for 90 per cent of all airborne lead pollution. In India, petrol with a low lead content (0.15 gm/l instead of 0.56 gm/l) was introduced in the four metros in 1994.

Answer: Option D

Explanation:

Recession is slowing down of economic activity over a limited period, period that results from accumulation of unsold goods, owing to fall in demand and period during which unemployment may rise and demand and output may fall, leading to slump in trade.

Answer: Option B

Explanation:

Regular meetings of Trusteeship Council (UNO) are held twice a year. The United Nations Trusteeship Council is one of the six principal organs of the United Nations, established to help ensure that trust territories were administered in the best interests of their inhabitants and of international peace and security.

Answer: Option A

Explanation:

Reproductive cells in human beings are produced in greater numbers for a longer period of time in the male. Sexual reproduction occurs through the union of sex cells, or gametes. Gametes differ widely in males versus females for a given organism. For humans, male gametes are called spermatozoa while female gametes are called ova. Spermatozoa are also known as sperm and ova are also known as eggs.

Answer: Option D

Explanation:

Republican party is One of the important parties in USA, the political parties which has no definite principles and is the political party which changes with the change in the times and circumstances in the country.

Answer: Option C

Explanation:

Rise of the Chinese civilization along the banks of Hawang Ho took place in 2205 - 1122 BC. Chinese civilization refers to that period of China's history which began in the early 2nd millennium BCE, when a literate, city-based culture first emerged, to the end of the Han dynasty, in 220 CE.

Answer: Option D

Explanation:

Robert Koch worked on tuberculosis. German physician Robert Koch was one of the founders of bacteriology. He discovered the anthrax disease cycle and the bacteria responsible for tuberculosis and cholera. He received the Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine in 1905 for his research on tuberculosis.

Answer: Option C

Explanation:

Rohinton Baria Trophy is associated with cricket 'Inter-University'. The All-India Inter-University Cricket Championship held for the Rohinton Baria Gold Trophy (or simply, Rohinton Baria Trophy) is India's premier inter-university cricket tournament. It has been contested annually since the 1935/36 season.

Answer: Option D

Explanation:

Richter scale is used for measuring intensity of earthquakes. The Richter scale measures the maximum amplitude of seismic waves as they reach seismographs. This scale is expressed with a logarithmic scale. Thus, an earthquake measuring 7.0 on the Richter scale would be 10 times larger than an earthquake that measures 6.0.

Answer: Option A

Explanation:

Satellite launching station is located at Sriharikotta (Andhra Pradesh). Satish Dhawan Space Centre (SDSC) or Sriharikota Range (SHAR) is a rocket launch centre operated by the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO). It is located in Sriharikota in Andhra Pradesh. Sriharikota Range was renamed in 2002 after ISRO's former chairman Satish Dhawan.

Answer: Option D

Explanation:

Satyajit Ray received Magsaysay Award for journalism, literature and creative communication arts in 1967. The Ramon Magsaysay Award, Asia's premier prize and highest honor, celebrates greatness of spirit and transformative leadership in Asia.

Answer: Option C

Explanation:

School of Aviation Medicine (Air Force) is located at Bangalore.

Answer: Option B

Explanation:

Sculpture flourished during Indus valley civilization. People from this civilisation created sculpture, seals, pottery, and jewellery from materials, such as terracotta, metal, and stone.

Answer: Option D

Explanation:

Shankracharya was the founder of Advaitic philosophy. He was an early 8th century Indian philosopher and theologian who consolidated the doctrine of Advaita Vedanta. He is credited with unifying and establishing the main currents of thought in Hinduism.

Answer: Option D

Explanation:

Shares with a fixed rate of dividend that entitle their holders to priority payment over those who hold ordinary shares of a company are called preference shares. Preference shares are the shares which promise the holder a fixed dividend, whose payment takes priority over that of ordinary share dividends.

Answer: Option B

Explanation:

Shaurya Chakra made up of bronze is awarded for gallantry otherwise than in the face of the enemy. The Shaurya Chakra is an Indian military decoration awarded for valour, courageous action or self-sacrifice while not engaged in direct action with the enemy. It may be awarded to civilians as well as military personnel, sometimes posthumously.

Answer: Option A

Explanation:

Sheikh Mujibur Rahman is a well known freedom fighter of Bangladesh. He is often called the father of Bengali nation. He served as the first President of Bangladesh and later as the Prime Minister of Bangladesh from 17 April 1971 until his assassination on 15 August 1975. He is considered to be the driving force behind the independence of Bangladesh. He is popularly dubbed with the title of "Bangabandhu" (Bôngobondhu "Friend of Bengal") by the people of Bangladesh. He became a leading figure in and eventually the leader of the Awami League, founded in 1949 as an East Pakistan-based political party in Pakistan.

Answer: Option C

Explanation:

Sir Humphry Davy was a British chemist who invented the safety lamp for miners and discovered the anesthetic properties of nitrous oxide. He was an English chemist who discovered several chemical elements (including sodium and potassium) and compounds, invented the miner's safety lamp, and became one of the greatest exponents of the scientific method.

Answer: Option C

Explanation:

Sir Thomas Fearnley Cup is awarded to a club or a local sport association for remarkable achievements. Fearnley became Honorary Member of the IOC 1951. In 1950, he founded the Fearnley Cup to honor an amateur sport club or a local amateur sport association based upon meritorious achievement in the service of the Olympic Movement. He originated the Fearnley Olympic Award in connection with the 1952 Winter Olympics in Oslo. The award is given for outstanding achievements by a Norwegian Olympic participant.

Answer: Option D

Explanation:

Small amounts of iodine are necessary in our diet to compensate for underactive the thyroid gland. When blood levels of TSH rise, the thyroid gland uses iodine to make thyroid hormones. However, when your body is low in iodine, it can't make enough of them.

Answer: Option B

Explanation:

Socrates was the wisest man of the ancient world and developed the method of enquiry and instruction, belonged to Athens. Socrates was a classical Greek philosopher credited as one of the founders of Western philosophy, and as being the first moral philosopher of the Western ethical tradition of thought.

Answer: Option A

Explanation:

Soil acidity is generally corrected by liming. Soil acidity can be corrected easily by liming the soil, or adding basic materials to neutralize the acid present. The most commonly used liming material is agricultural limestone, the most economical and relatively easy to manage source. The limestone is not very water-soluble, making it easy to handle.

Answer: Option D

Explanation:

Soil is formed from the parent rock material by chemical decomposition, physical decomposition and biological decomposition.

Answer: Option D

Explanation:

Sonia Nazario of "Los Angeles Times" was awarded Pulitzer Prize in 2003 for feature writing. The story was awarded the 2003 Pulitzer Prize for feature writing and later became a book.

Answer: Option B

Explanation:

South Africa joined the Commonwealth as 51st member in May 1994. South Africa withdrew its membership from the Commonwealth in 1961 after it declared itself a Republic under the leadership of Prime Minister H.F Verwoerd. The country's move followed a storm of criticism for its racial policies by Commonwealth members.

Answer: Option C

Explanation:

South Indian temples have tall towers with curving sides that taper at the top and gateway towers shaped like trapezoidal pyramids.

Answer: Option C

Explanation:

Squadron leader Rakesh Sharma was India's first man to go into space. He was 139th cosmonaut to be in space in the world. Sharma progressed through numerous levels and in 1984, he was appointed as a squadron leader and pilot in the Indian Air Force. He was selected on 20 September 1982 to become a cosmonaut and go into space as part of a joint program between the Indian Air Force and the Soviet Interkosmos space program.

Answer: Option C

Explanation:

Steel is more elastic than Rubber because ratio of stress to strain is more. Steel is more elastic than rubber because steel comes back to its original shape faster than rubber when the deforming forces are removed.

Answer: Option B

Explanation:

Study of earthquakes is known as seismology. Seismologists study earthquakes by going out and looking at the damage caused by the earthquakes and by using seismographs. A seismograph is an instrument that records the shaking of the earth's surface caused by seismic waves.

Answer: Option B

Explanation:

Study of life in outer space is known as exobiology. This branch of science deals with nature of possible life forms on other planets. It is understanding evolution, distribution, origin, and future of life beyond our Earth. There are a lot of ongoing researches going on about the potential of other life forms in the outer space.

Answer: Option D

Explanation:

Sulphur is not present in chlorapatite. Chlorapatite is formed in fluor-deficient environments, and found in calcium silicate marbles, in layered mafic intrusions and in diabases. It is known to replace triphylite in some granite pegmatites (Ptáček 2016). A monoclinic polymorph, chlorapatite-M is known.

Answer: Option D

Explanation:

Super conductivity is a phenomenon in which the resistance of a substance becomes zero at very low temperature. Superconductors are solids that at low temperatures exhibit zero resistance to the flow of electrical current, a phenomenon known as superconductivity. The temperature at which the electrical resistance of a substance drops to zero is its superconducting transition temperature (T c).

Answer: Option B

Explanation:

Sushri Lata Dinanath Mangeshkar received Bharath Ratna in 2001. She is one of the best-known and most respected playback singers in India. She has recorded songs in over a thousand Hindi films and has sung songs in over thirty-six regional Indian languages and foreign languages, though primarily in Marathi, Hindi, and Bengali.

Answer: Option C

Explanation:

Tansen was a great exponent of Indian classical music and one of the nine gems in the court of Akbar. Tansen, the magical musician, was one of the 'Navratna' (nine gems) at the court of the Mughal Emperor Akbar. He was born in Gwalior as a son of Mukund Misra, who was a poet. As a young child he learnt music from the legendary teacher of his time, Haridas Swami.

Answer: Option C

Explanation:

Taoism is a Chinese philosophy attributed to Lao Tzu which contributed to the folk religion of the people primarily in the rural areas of China and became the official religion of the country under the Tang Dynasty. Taoism is therefore both a philosophy and a religion. Taoism is also known as Daoism.

Answer: Option C

Explanation:

The 'Black flag' signifies protest.

Answer: Option B

Explanation:

The 'pulse' of the aquatic environment can be ascertained by measuring oxygen.

Answer: Option B

Explanation:

The 'Red Triangle' symbol denotes family planning. An inverted Red Triangle is the symbol for family planning health and contraception services, much as the red cross is a symbol for medical services.

Answer: Option A

Explanation:

The 2002 Commonwealth Games were held in UK. The 2002 Commonwealth Games, officially known as the XVII Commonwealth Games and commonly known as Manchester 2002 were held in Manchester, England, from 25 July to 4 August 2002.

Answer: Option A

Explanation:

The 2003 Right Livelihood Honorary Award honors New Zealand's former Prime Minister David Lange, when the jury recognizes "for his steadfast work over many years for a world free of nuclear weapons".

Answer: Option C

Explanation:

The 2005 Australian Open Tennis Championship titles for men's and women's singles were won, respectively by Marat Safin and Serena Williams. Dinara Mubinovna Safina is a Russian former world No. 1 tennis player. Serena Jameka Williams is an American professional tennis player and former world No. 1. She has won 23 major singles titles, most by any man or woman in the Open Era.

Answer: Option B

Explanation:

The 2005 Wimbledon Women's Singles champion defeated Lindsay Davenport to win the title. It was the longest Wimbledon women's final match in history, lasting two hours and 45 minutes.

Answer: Option D

Explanation:

The 2006 World Cup Football Tournament held in Germany. It was held from 9 June to 9 July 2006 in Germany, which won the right to host the event in July 2000.

Answer: Option D

Explanation:

The 2012 Olympics Games were held in London. The 2012 Summer Olympics, formally the Games of the XXX Olympiad and commonly known as London 2012, was an international multi-sport event that was held from 27 July to 12 August 2012 in London, United Kingdom.

Answer: Option B

Explanation:

The Africa fund (Action for Resisting Invasion, Colonialism and Apartheid) under India's leadership was instituted by NAM. The Africa Fund was set up in 2001 to make a difference to communities we had met in East Africa. It came on the back of 7 years of visits we had made to churches in Uganda, and then later Kenya, Tanzania & Dr Congo, and from the outset has set out to work through relationship with trusted individuals and groups.

Answer: Option B

Explanation:

The agreement according to which the UK, the USA and the former USSR cannot assist other countries in acquiring technology to develop nuclear weapons, is known as Nuclear Non-proliferation Treaty (NPT). The NPT non-nuclear-weapon states agree never to acquire nuclear weapons and the NPT nuclear-weapon states in exchange agree to share the benefits of peaceful nuclear technology and to pursue nuclear disarmament aimed at the ultimate elimination of their nuclear arsenals.

Answer: Option C

Explanation:

The air we inhale is mixture of gases. Nitrogen of the following gases in the mixture is highest in percentage. Inhaled air is by volume 78.08% nitrogen, 20.95% oxygen and small amounts include argon, carbon dioxide, neon, helium, and hydrogen.

Answer: Option A

Explanation:

The American General who led the revolt against the British and declared American independence was George Washington.

Answer: Option C

Explanation:

The ancient Olympics Games came to a sudden end when the Roman Emperor Theodosius banned them as paper manifestations. The modern Olympic Games were received after a lapse of nearly fifteen centuries.

Answer: Option B

Explanation:

The award instituted to honor outstanding agricultural scientists is Borlaug Award. The Borlaug Award is an award recognition conferred by a fertilizer company, Coromandel International, for outstanding Indian scientists for their research and contributions in the field of agriculture and environment. The award was created in 1972 and named in honour of Nobel Laureate Norman E.

Answer: Option D

Explanation:

The Awards conferred by the Hollywood Foreign press Association which is given annually for creditable efforts in film direction, are Golden Globe Award. The Golden Globe Awards are accolades bestowed by the 93 members of the Hollywood Foreign Press Association beginning in January 1944, recognizing excellence in film, both American and International, and the American television.

Answer: Option D

Explanation:

The basic cause of World War II was an unjust Treaty of Versailles, rise of the Nazi Party in Germany and Japan's policy of expansion and imperialism of England and France.

Answer: Option A

Explanation:

The battle tanks designed and developed by the Defence Research and Development Organization in collaboration with Heavy Vehicles Factory and Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited are Arjun.

Answer: Option C

Explanation:

The battle tanks that have been modernized to keep pace with the latest technology development is Vijayanta. The Vijayanta (en: "Victorious") was a main battle tank built in India based on a licensed design of the Vickers Mk. The Vijayanta was the first indigenous tank of the Indian Army. The prototype was completed in 1963 and the tank entered service on December 29, 1965.

Answer: Option D

Explanation:

The best way to tackle local environmental problems is to provide environmental education to the local people and create awareness. Environmental protection is the process of protecting the environment for the benefit of nature and humans.

Answer: Option B

Explanation:

The blood pressure of a young male human being is 120/80. Normal blood pressure is considered to be anything below 120/80. Prehypertension is defined as a systolic reading between 120 and 129 and a diastolic reading lower than 80. Hypertension is defined as blood pressure of 130/80 or higher.

Answer: Option C

Explanation:

The buoyancy depends on the mass of the liquid displaced. According to Archimedes principle, the buoyant force of a partially immersed body is equal to the weight of the displaced liquid. Therefore the buoyant force depends upon the density of the fluid and the submerged volume of the body.

Answer: Option A

Explanation:

The branch of science that studies cells is called cytology. It is that branch of science which deals with the structural and functional organisation of cell. It is also known as cell biology.

Answer: Option A

Explanation:

The chemical name of Vitamin B is thiamine. Thiamine, also known as thiamin or vitamin B1, is a vitamin found in food, and manufactured as a dietary supplement and medication. Food sources of thiamine include whole grains, legumes, and some meats and fish.

Answer: Option C

Explanation:

The chief administrative office of the UNO, which co-ordinates and supervises the activities of the UNO, is the secretariat. The secretary-general, the principal administrative officer of the United Nations, is elected for a five-year renewable term by a two-thirds vote of the General Assembly and by the recommendation of the Security Council and the approval of its permanent members.

Answer: Option B

Explanation:

The chief constituent of gobar gas is methane. Biogas comprises primarily methane (CH4) and carbon dioxide (CO2) and may have small amounts of hydrogen sulphide (H2S), moisture and siloxanes.

Answer: Option D

Explanation:

The chief of Air Staff is assisted by Vice-chief of the Air Staff, Deputy-chief of the Air Staff and Air Officer Incharge Administration.

Answer: Option C

Explanation:

The chief of the Army staff is assisted by Vice-chief of the Army Staff and Principal staff officers such as Deputy Chief, Adjutant General, Military Secretary.

Answer: Option D

Explanation:

The chief purpose of crop rotation is to check the loss of top soil of its mineral content. By crop rotation soil is able to get its lost nitrogen content and other minerals. It helps to check the minerals in the soil. And also it improves the soil fertility.

Answer: Option D

Explanation:

The clear sky looks blue because of dispersion of light. A clear cloudless day-time sky is blue because molecules in the air scatter blue light from the sun more than they scatter red light. When we look towards the sun at sunset, we see red and orange colours because the blue light has been scattered out and away from the line of sight.

Answer: Option B

Explanation:

The college of Military Engineering is situated at Kirkee (Pune).

Answer: Option D

Explanation:

The command from a superior officer or a judge to a subordinate right given to a person to act in the name of another, is mandate. Mandamus is a judicial remedy in the form of an order from a court to any government, subordinate court, corporation, or public authority, to do (or forbear from doing) some specific act which that body is obliged under law to do (or refrain from doing), and which is in the nature of public duty, and in certain cases one of a statutory duty.

Answer: Option A

Explanation:

The committee of the Norwegian Parliament awards the prize for peace. The Nobel Peace Prize is awarded by a committee of five, appointed by the Storting (the Norwegian parliament). The Norwegian Nobel Committee 2019.

Answer: Option C

Explanation:

The common pesticides which are in use consist of olefins. Olefin, also called alkene, compound made up of hydrogen and carbon that contains one or more pairs of carbon atoms linked by a double bond. Olefins are examples of unsaturated hydrocarbons (compounds that contain only hydrogen and carbon and at least one double or triple bond).

Answer: Option B

Explanation:

The common terms used in shooting are bed, ballsege, marksmanship, plug.

Answer: Option C

Explanation:

The company that has acquired interest in different industries by taking over or merging with other companies, is called conglomerate. A conglomerate company is a combination of two or more companies running a totally different businesses and united under a one corporate group. This is structured as a main company and several subsidiaries. A conglomerate company Conglomerates are often large and multinational.

Answer: Option C

Explanation:

The conservation hawks and owls is important to mankind chiefly because these birds eat many harmful rodents.

Answer: Option C

Explanation:

The control commend of Army is located at Lucknow. The Central Command of the Indian Army is one of the seven operational commands of the army. It is based at Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh. Lt General Iqroop Singh Ghuman is the present General Officer Commanding-in-Chief.

Answer: Option A

Explanation:

Corps of Military Police Centre and School, Bangalore is a very popular college in the state of Karnataka. Corps of Military Police Centre and School, Bangalore was established in 1939. It is one of the leading college in Defence Services.

Answer: Option B

Explanation:

The corresponding Gregorian date of the saka month, Bhadra is August 23.

Answer: Option D

Explanation:

The countries that had maintained research stations in Antarctica under Antarctic Trade are Chili, France and Japan, Argentina, Australia, Belgium and South Africa and New Zealand, Norway, the former USSR, the UK and the USA.

Answer: Option A

Explanation:

The credit of developing the polio vaccine goes to Jones Salk. Jonas Edward Salk was an American medical researcher and virologist. He discovered and developed one of the first successful polio vaccines.

Answer: Option B

Explanation:

John Logie Baird FRSE ( 14 August 1888 – 14 June 1946) was a Scottish engineer, innovator, one of the inventors of the mechanical television, demonstrating the first working television system on 26 January 1926, and inventor of both the first publicly demonstrated colour television system

Answer: Option B

Explanation:

The country, which was admitted to the membership of the United Nations in September 2002, is East Timor. On 27 September 2002, East Timor was renamed to Timor-Leste, using the Portuguese language, and was admitted as a member state by the UN.

Answer: Option A

Explanation:

The country's first indigenously built missile boat was INS Vibhuti. INS Vibhuti is a Veer-class corvette, currently in active service with the Indian Navy.

Answer: Option A

Explanation:

The date of operation of first open heart surgery in India was February 15, 1961. "It was in Nair Hospital on February 15, 1961, that Dr K N Dastur performed the country's first open-heart surgery to fix the hole in 19-year-old Hemlata's heart,'' said Nair Hospital dean Dr R Rananavre on Tuesday.

Answer: Option B

Explanation:

The dance in Himachal Pradesh, performed indoor, solo or duet, especially when life comes to a standstill during cold winter is Munzra. The Himachal is known to be the Dev Bhoomi.There are various traditional dance forms of Himachal Pradesh for each and every occasion.

Answer: Option A

Explanation:

The dance performed by women to invoke rain in Bihar is Jata Jatin. Jat Jatin is the dance of women of the Mithila region of Bihar and is supposed to be performed on moonlit nights during the monsoons. Grown-up girls and young housewives assemble in the courtyard and, accompanied by a drum, dance from midnight to dawn. As they dance, they enact in gestures the epic story of the love of Jata and Jatin. The most dramatic episode of the dance concerns a wicked boatman who breaks through the dancing ring and kidnaps the beautiful Jatin.

Answer: Option B

Explanation:

The department of Atomic Energy was established in 1956. The Atomic Energy Commission is the governing body of the Department of Atomic Energy (DAE), Government of India. The DAE is under the direct charge of the Prime Minister. The Indian Atomic Energy Commission was set up on 10 August 1948 under the late Department of Scientific Research. A resolution passed by the Government of India later replaced the commission by "Atomic Energy Commission of India" on 1 March 1958 under the Department of Atomic Energy with more financial and executive powers.

Answer: Option C

Explanation:

The electron was first identified by J. J. Thompson. Thomson in 1897 was the first to suggest that one of the fundamental units was more than 1,000 times smaller than an atom, suggesting the subatomic particle now known as the electron. Thomson discovered this through his explorations on the properties of cathode rays.

Answer: Option D

Explanation:

The element of an electric stove made nicrome. Nichrome 80/20 is an ideal material, because it has relatively high resistance and forms an adherent layer of chromium oxide when it is heated for the first time.

Answer: Option C

Explanation:

The energy of food is measured in calories. A calorie is a unit that is used to measure energy. The Calorie you see on a food package is actually a kilocalorie, or 1,000 calories. A Calorie (kcal) is the amount of energy needed to raise the temperature of 1 kilogram of water 1 degree Celsius.

Answer: Option D

Explanation:

The Enron project is a gas-fired power project. The Dabhol Power Company (now called RGPPL - Ratnagiri Gas and Power Private Limited) was a company based in Maharashtra, India, formed in 1992 to manage and operate the controversial Dabhol Power Plant. The Dabhol plant was built through the combined effort of Enron as the majority share holder, and GE, and Bechtel as minority share holders.

Answer: Option D

Explanation:

The exhaled air contains a mixture of carbon dioxide, nitrogen and oxygen in which nitrogen has the highest percentage. Exhaled air contains less oxygen and more carbon dioxide, it is also saturated with water vapour. Exhaled air contains: 78% nitrogen and16% oxygen.

Answer: Option D

Explanation:

The fighter force of Air Force is comprised of MIG-21 variant, MIG-23s, MIG-25s, MIG-27s, MIG-29s and Jaguars.

Answer: Option C

Explanation:

The first Afro-Asian Games were held between October 24, 2003 and November 1, 2003 in Hyderabad, India.

Answer: Option A

Explanation:

The first Asian Games were held in 1951 at New Delhi, India. India participated and hosted the 1951 Asian Games held in the capital city , New Delhi from 4 to 11 March 1951. India was ranked second with 15 gold medals in this edition of the Asiad. Sachin Nag won a gold in swimming in this edition.

Answer: Option A

Explanation:

The first attempt in printing was made in England by William Caxton. William Caxton was an English merchant, diplomat, and writer. He is thought to be the first person to introduce a printing press into England, in 1476, and as a printer was the first English retailer of printed books.

Answer: Option B

Explanation:

The first batch of women pilots was commissioned on December 17, 1994.

Answer: Option A

Explanation:

The first chairman of the Africa fund committee was Late Rajiv Gandhi.

Answer: Option A

Explanation:

The first Dada Saheb Phalke Award, given in 1969, was received by Devika Rani. The Dadasaheb Phalke Award was introduced in 1969 by the government to recognise the contribution of film personalities towards the development of Indian Cinema. The first recipient of this award was Devika Rani.

Answer: Option A

Explanation:

The first development flight of SLV-3 took place on May 31, 1981. The first successful launch took place on 18 July, 1980. It was a four-stage rocket with all solid-propellant motors. The first launch of the SLV took place in Sriharikota on 10 August 1979.

Answer: Option C

Explanation:

The first foreigner to receive Bharat Ratna was Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan. Khan Abdul Gaffar Khan also known as frontier Gandhi from the Pakistan was the first foreigner to bestowed with Bharat ratna. he played active role during the freedom struggle of India most notably during the formation of Khudai khidmatgar(servants of god) movement. He was one of the close friend of Mahatama Gandhi.

Answer: Option C

Explanation:

The first General Elections in India took place in 1952. General elections to the first Lok Sabha since independence were held in India between 25 October 1951 and 21 February 1952. The Indian National Congress (INC) stormed into power, winning 364 of the 489 seats. Jawaharlal Nehru became the first democratically elected Prime Minister of the country.

Answer: Option D

Explanation:

The first historical mention of the holding of the ancient Olympic Games occurred about 2775 years ago.

Answer: Option A

Explanation:

The first Indian and Asian to receive the Nobel Prize in Physics was C.V. Raman. Nobel Prize in Literature: Rabindranath Tagore in 1913. He was also the first. Asian to win the prize. Nobel Prize in Physics: C. V. Raman in 1930.

Answer: Option A

Explanation:

The first Indian to be awarded the Oscar for lifetime achievements in cinema in 1992 was Satyajit Ray. Satyajit Ray won the National Award for the Best Director six times, which is the most by any filmmaker so far. In total, he won 32 National Awards by the Government of India. Satyajit Ray received an Honorary Academy Award in 1992, becoming the first Indian to receive an Honorary Oscars.

Answer: Option A

Explanation:

The first lady Prime Minister of a country was Srimavo Bhadaranaike (Sri Lanka). Ratwatte Dias Bandaranaike, also called Sirimavo R.D. Bandaranaike, (born April 17, 1916, Ratnapura, Ceylon [now Sri Lanka]—died October 10, 2000, Colombo, Sri Lanka), stateswoman who, upon her party’s victory in the 1960 general election in Ceylon (later Sri Lanka), became the world’s first woman prime minister.

Answer: Option D

Explanation:

The first launch of the missile 'Trishul' was made in September, 1995. The Trishul missile project was commissioned in 1983 as a part of Integrated Guided Missile Development Program. The project was to be completed by 1992 and the missile would be fitted to Brahmaputra-class frigates as an anti-sea skimmer.

Answer: Option B

Explanation:

The first man-made satellite, Sputnik I was launched by the former USSR in 1957. The world's first artificial satellite was about the size of a beach ball (58 cm.or 22.8 inches in diameter), weighed only 83.6 kg. or 183.9 pounds, and took about 98 minutes to orbit the Earth on its elliptical path.

Answer: Option C

Explanation:

The first meeting of the SAARC was opened in Dhaka, Bangladesh. The first summit was held in Dhaka, Bangladesh on 6–8 December 1985 and was attended by the Government representative and president of Bangladesh, Maldives, Pakistan and Sri Lanka, the kings of Bhutan and Nepal, and the prime minister of India.

Answer: Option A

Explanation:

The first session of the UN General Assembly was convened on 10 January 1946 in the Methodist Central Hall in London and included representatives of 51 nations.

Answer: Option A

Explanation:

The first NAM (Non-Aligned Movement) conference was held at Belgrade (Yugoslavia). The Non-Aligned Movement was founded and held its first conference (the Belgrade Conference) in 1961 under the leadership of Josip Broz Tito of Yugoslavia, Gamal Abdel Nasser of Egypt, Jawaharlal Nehru of India, Kwame Nkrumah of Ghana, and Sukarno of Indonesia.

Answer: Option C

Explanation:

The first Olympics in the city of Olympia in Greece took place in 776 BC. They continued to be celebrated when Greece came under Roman rule, until the emperor Theodosius I suppressed them in AD 393 as part of the campaign to impose Christianity as the State religion of Rome. The games were held every four years, or olympiad, which became a unit of time in historical chronologies.

Answer: Option A

Explanation:

The first permanent Indian oceanographic station, 'Dakshin Gangotry' during Antarctic Expedition, was set up in April/March 1984. Dakshin Gangotri was the first Indian scientific research base station established in Antarctica, as a part of the Indian Antarctic Program. Located at a distance of 2,500 kilometres from the South Pole, it was established during the third Indian expedition to Antarctica in 1983/84.

Answer: Option B

Explanation:

The first recipient of Bharat Ratna award in 1954 was C. Rajagopalachari. Chakravarti Rajagopalachari (C. Rajagopalachari; 10 December 1878 – 25 December 1972), informally called Rajaji or C.R., was an Indian politician, independence activist, lawyer, writer, historian and statesman. Rajagopalachari was the last Governor-General of India, as India soon became a Republic in 1950. Furthermore, he was the first Indian-born governor-general, since before him the posts were held by British nationals.

Answer: Option B

Explanation:

The first rice straw power plant has been set up at Jalkheri, Punjab. The Jalkheri Power Plant becomes operational, not only about 80,000 MT per annum of rice straw shall be consumed for producing electricity, but this will also save environment from getting polluted which otherwise is polluted due to burning of rice straw by farmers.

Answer: Option C

Explanation:

The first Winter Olympic Games were held at Chamonix (France). The Winter Olympic Games (French: Jeux olympiques d'hiver) is a major international multi-sport event held once every four years for sports practiced on snow and ice. The first Winter Olympic Games, the 1924 Winter Olympics, were held in Chamonix, France. The modern Olympic Games were inspired by the ancient Olympic Games, which were held in Olympia, Greece, from the 8th century BC to the 4th century AD.

Answer: Option B

Explanation:

The first women to climb Mt. Everest was Junko Taibei. Junko Tabei was the first woman to reach the summit of Everest on May 16, 1975, at the age of 35. In 1975, she defied Japanese societal norms again when she left her young daughter with her husband while she traveled to Nepal to lead a group climbing Everest.

Answer: Option B

Explanation:

The five intertwined rings or circles on the Olympic Flag made of white silk are from left to right blue, yellow, black, green and red respectively.

Answer: Option A

Explanation:

The five permanent members of the Security Council are China, France, Russia, UK, USA. The permanent members of the United Nations Security Council (also known as the Permanent Five, Big Five, or P5) are the five states which the UN Charter of 1945 grants a permanent seat on the UN Security Council (UNSC): China, France, Russia (formerly the Soviet Union), the United Kingdom, and the United States.

Answer: Option D

Explanation:

The founder member of EFTA are Austria, Denmark, Norway, Portugal, Sweden, Switzerland, UK, Austria, Sweden. During the 1960s, these countries were often referred to as the "Outer Seven", as opposed to the Inner Six of the then European Economic Community (EEC).

Answer: Option C

Explanation:

The frequency of Gamma rays is the highest. Gamma rays are the highest energy EM radiation and typically have energies greater than 100 keV, frequencies greater than 1019 Hz, and wavelengths less than 10 picometers.

Answer: Option C

Explanation:

The General Assembly meets every year in regular sessions which begin on third Tuesday in September every year. Tuesday of the third week in September, counting from the first week that contains at least one working day.

Answer: Option B

Explanation:

The General Assembly meets regularly once a year. The General Assembly meets annually in regular session, intensively from September to December, and resumes in January until all issues on the agenda are addressed – which often is just before the next session starts.

Answer: Option B

Explanation:

The headquarter of 'Assam Rifles' at Shillong. The Director General Assam Rifles (DGAR) is the head of the Assam Rifles. The DGAR has their office in the Headquarters DGAR at Shillong. Appointed by the Government of India, the DGAR reports to the Minister of Home Affairs.

Answer: Option B

Explanation:

The headquarter of a few agencies related to the UN are located in Vienna, which is in Austria.

Answer: Option C

Explanation:

The headquarter of all the following international organization are based at Vienna, excepted United Nations Development Programme. Headquartered in New York City, the status of UNDP is that of an executive board within the United Nations General Assembly. The UNDP Administrator is the third highest-ranking official of the United Nations after the United Nations Secretary-General and Deputy Secretary-General.

Answer: Option A

Explanation:

Army headquarters is located in the Indian capital, New Delhi, and it is under the overall command of the Chief of Army Staff (COAS).

Answer: Option D

Explanation:

The headquarter of Asian Development Bank is located in Manila. The headquarters of the bank is at 6 ADB Avenue, Mandaluyong, Metro Manila, Philippines, and it has 31 field offices in Asia and the Pacific and representative offices in Washington, Frankfurt, Tokyo and Sydney.

Answer: Option C

Explanation:

The headquarter of BSF(India) is at New Delhi. The Border Security Force (BSF) is the border police organisation of India. It is one of the seven Central Armed Police Forces of India, and was raised in the wake of the 1965 War on 1 December 1965, "for ensuring the security of the borders of India and for matters connected there with".

Answer: Option C

Explanation:

The headquarter of ECA (Economic Commission for Africa) are situated at Addis Ababa. Addis Ababa, also spelled Addis Abeba, capital and largest city of Ethiopia. It is located on a well-watered plateau surrounded by hills and mountains, in the geographic centre of the country.

Answer: Option A

Explanation:

The headquarter of ESCAP (Economic and Social Commission for Asia) are situated at Bangkok. Established in 1947 with its headquarters in Bangkok, Thailand, UNESCAP serves as the highest intergovernmental regional platform to promote cooperation among member States for creating a more interconnected region working to achieve inclusive and sustainable economic and social development.

Answer: Option B

Explanation:

The headquarter of European Court of Justice (ECJ) are situated at Luxembourg. European Court of Justice (ECJ), also called Court of Justice of the European Communities, the judicial branch of the European Union (EU).

Answer: Option D

Explanation:

The headquarter of International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) are situated at Vienna. The IAEA has its headquarters in Vienna, Austria. The IAEA has two "Regional Safeguards Offices" which are located in Toronto, Canada, and in Tokyo, Japan. The IAEA also has two liaison offices which are located in New York City, United States, and in Geneva, Switzerland.

Answer: Option A

Explanation:

The headquarter of Lalit Kala Academy is at New Delhi. Its headquarters are at Ravindra Bhawan, Ferozshah Road, New Delhi.

Answer: Option B

Explanation:

The headquarter of OAU (Organization of African Unity) are at Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. Founded in 1963, it aims to safeguard the interests and independence of all African states, encourage the continent's development, and settle disputes among member states. Its headquarters are in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.

Answer: Option D

Explanation:

The headquarter of the Indian Mountaineering Foundation is at New Delhi. Indian Mountaineering Foundation is a company based out of 6, Benito Juarez Road, New Delhi, Delhi, India.

Answer: Option A

Explanation:

The headquarter of the International Committee of Red Cross are at Geneva. The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) is a humanitarian institution based in Geneva, Switzerland, and a three-time Nobel Prize Laureate.

Answer: Option D

Explanation:

The headquarter of the International court of Justice (UNO) are located at Hague (Netherlands). It is the main judicial organ or branch of the United Nations. In short, International Court of Justice is ICJ, sometimes people call it the World Court. In French language, it is Cour internationale de justice. Established ICJ in 1945, ICJ has its headquarters at The Hague, Netherlands.

Answer: Option B

Explanation:

The headquarter of the International Court of Justice is at The Hague. The International Court of Justice (French La Cour internationale de justice (CIJ), is an international organization. It is the main judicial organ or branch of the United Nations. In short, International Court of Justice is ICJ; sometimes people call it the World Court. In French language, it is Cour internationale de justice. Established ICJ in 1945, ICJ has its headquarters at The Hague, Netherlands. The ICJ began its working from 1946. It replaced an earlier similar court named Permanent Court of International Justice.

Answer: Option D

Explanation:

The headquarter of the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries are at Vienna. Since 1965, the headquarters of OPEC has been in Vienna, Austria. OPEC was established in Baghdad, Iraq on 10–14 September 1960.

Answer: Option C

Explanation:

The headquarter of the United Nations is at New York. The United Nations is headquartered in New York City, in a complex designed by a board of architects led by Wallace Harrison, and built by the architectural firm Harrison & Abramovitz. The complex has served as the official headquarters of the United Nations since its completion in 1952.

Answer: Option C

Explanation:

The headquarter of the Warsaw Treaty Organization were at Moscow. It was founded after the admission of West Germany to the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO), the equivalent organization of Western Europe. Its headquarters were in Moscow, and it was effectively controlled by the Soviet Union.

Answer: Option C

Explanation:

The headquarter of United Nations Fund for Programmes Population Activities (UNFA) are at New York. The UNFPA says it "is the lead UN agency for delivering a world where every pregnancy is wanted, every childbirth is safe and every young person's potential is fulfilled". Their work involves the improvement of reproductive health; including creation of national strategies and protocols, and birth control by providing supplies and services. The organization has recently been known for its worldwide campaign against child marriage, obstetric fistula and female genital mutilation.

Answer: Option B

Explanation:

The Heads of Government of the countries which are members of the Commonwealth meet biannually. The Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting is a biennial summit meeting of the de facto leaders from all Commonwealth nations. Despite the name, the head of state may be present in the meeting instead of the head of government, espcially among semi-presidential states. Every two years the meeting is held in a different member state and is chaired by that nation's respective Prime Minister or President who becomes the Commonwealth Chair-in-Office until the next meeting.

Answer: Option D

Explanation:

The height of the net in the center of the tennis court is 3 ft. 6 inches. The net is 3 feet 6 inches (1.07 metres) high at the posts, and 3 feet (0.91 metres) high in the center. The net posts are 3 feet (0.91 metres) outside the doubles court on each side or, for a singles net, 3 feet (0.91 metres) outside the singles court on each side.

Answer: Option D

Explanation:

The helicopter fleet of Air Force consists of Chetak, Cheetah, MI-8s, MI-17s and MI-26.

Answer: Option A

Explanation:

The highest national award in India given for exceptional work for advancement of art, literature and science is Bharat Ratna. Bharat Ratna is the highest civilian honour, given for exceptional service towards advancement of Art, Literature and Science, and in recognition of Public Service of the highest order. It is also not mandatory that Bharat Ratna be awarded every year.

Answer: Option B

Explanation:

The highest rank in Army is that of General. The highest rank attainable in the Army is the five-star General of the Army. Often called a "five-star general", the rank of General of the Army has historically been reserved for wartime use and is not currently active in the U.S. Army.

Answer: Option B

Explanation:

The Himalayan Mountaineering Institute is located in Darjeeling. The Himalayan Mountaineering Institute (HMI) is one of the premier mountaineering institutes in the world. Founded on November 4th, 1954 by none other than Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru, the first Prime Minister of India, the institute is located in the picturesque hill station of Darjeeling.

Answer: Option C

Explanation:

The important industries of Assam are tea processing, oil refineries, coal, silk and plywood.

Answer: Option D

Explanation:

The important industries of Rajasthan are textiles and woollen, sugar and cement and glass and zinc smelters.

Answer: Option B

Explanation:

The important minerals of Assam are petroleum.

Answer: Option D

Explanation:

The increased use of groundwater for irrigation purposes has led to salinization, lowering of the water table and water logging. The increasing exploitation of groundwater for irrigation purposes has led to declining groundwater tables and a threat of sodification and salinization due to use of poor quality groundwater.

Answer: Option C

Explanation:

The Indian Air Force was officially established on 8th October 1932, and on 1st April 1954, Air Marshal Subroto Mukherjee, one of the founding members of the Air Force took over as the first Indian Chief of Air Staff.

Answer: Option C

Explanation:

The Indian Ocean Arc is an imaginary circle in space about 36,000 km over the equator. IOR-ARC is Indian Ocean Rim Association for Regional Cooperation (IOR-ARC) is an association of 20 member countries.

Answer: Option C

Explanation:

The Indian Olympic Council was established in 1924. In 1923-24, a provisional All India Olympic Committee was set-up, which organised the All India Olympic Games (that later became the National Games of India) in February 1924.

Answer: Option B

Explanation:

The Indian space programme began in 1962. The Indian space program began in 1962. In 1969 the Indian space Research Organization (ISRO) was set up and headquartered in Bangalore (presently Bengaluru) for the purpose of rapid development of space technology and its application. In 1972, space commission was established.

Answer: Option C

Explanation:

The industrial organization of Atomic Minerals Division, Heavy Water Board (HWB) is located at Mumbai. Heavy Water Board (HWB) is a constituent unit under the Department of Atomic Energy in the Government of India. The organisation is primarily responsible for production of Heavy Water (D2O) which is used as a 'moderator' and 'Coolant' in nuclear power as well as research reactors.

Answer: Option B

Explanation:

The Infantry School located at Mhow is the alma mater of the Infantry. Infantry School imparts tactics, weapons and leadership training to young.

Answer: Option C

Explanation:

The influx of domestic sewage containing detergents cause nutrient enrichment in water bodies due to the presence of phosphates. Sewage, sludges, and effluents contain appreciable amounts of phosphates, which become a decisive factor in excessive growth of algae and other forms of life when these wastes are discharged into waterways. The presence of phosphates in a body of water indicates its pollution with sewage or other organic wastes. After proper treatment these wastes may be applied to soil and the phosphates thus used to improve crop growth.

Answer: Option A

Explanation:

The instrument used to measure electric current is ammeter. Ammeter, instrument for measuring either direct or alternating electric current, in amperes. An ammeter can measure a wide range of current values because at high values only a small portion of the current is directed through the meter mechanism; a shunt in parallel with the meter carries the major portion.

Answer: Option A

Explanation:

The host of first Olympics in 1896 was Athens, Greece. On April 6, 1896, the first modern Olympic Games are held in Athens, Greece, with athletes from 14 countries participating. The International Olympic Committee met for the first time in Paris in June 1894 and chose Greece as the site of the inaugural modern Olympiad.

Answer: Option A

Explanation:

The language spoken in Lakshadweep island is Malayalam. The principal languages of Lakshadweep are Malayalam, Jeseri (Dweep Bhasha) and Mahl. The people of all the northern islands speak a dialect of Malayalam with the influence of Tamil and Arabic similar to Arwi.

Answer: Option A

Explanation:

The language spoken in Sikkim are Nepali, Hindi, Lepcha, Bhutani.

Answer: Option D

Explanation:

The largest airport in the world is King Khalid International Airport. Riyadh Saudi Arabia is home to the world's largest commercial airport. In fact no other airport even comes close! Riyadh's King Khalid International Airport (RUH) is a massive 484-square miles.

Answer: Option A

Explanation:

Howrah Bridge on the Hoogly river, Calcutta is the largest cantilever bridge in India. The Howrah Bridge, which connects the twin cities of Kolkata and Howrah.

Answer: Option B

Explanation:

The largest city of India is Mumbai. Mumbai is the second most populous metropolitan area in India after Delhi, the largest city of Maharashtra and the most populous city in India by population.

Answer: Option B

Explanation:

The largest lake in India is Wular lake. Wular Lake, located in the state of Jammu and Kashmir, is often referred to as the largest freshwater lake in India. Wular is a natural lake that is a major part of the Jhelum River basin.

Answer: Option C

Explanation:

The largest party of Ireland, the Ulster Unionist Party, endorses the Northern Ireland peace deal between British and Irish governments in 1998. The Belfast Agreement is also known as the Good Friday Agreement, because it was reached on Good Friday, 10 April 1998. It was a peace agreement between the British and Irish governments, and most of the political parties in Northern Ireland, on how Northern Ireland should be governed.

Answer: Option D

Explanation:

The last Asian Games took Place in 2010 at Guangzhou, China. China set a new games record with 199 gold medals.

Answer: Option B

Explanation:

The last Hindu king whose party succeeded in establishing "Hindu Swaraj" was Chhatrapati Shivaji. Chhatrapati Shivaji was one of the bravest, most progressive and sensible rulers of India. The founder of the Maratha Kingdom, Shivaji was born to be a natural leader and fighter on 19th February, 1630 in the prestigious Shivneri Fort. Till date, the day is celebrated as Shiv Jayanti with great rigour and traditional style by Maharashtrians.

Answer: Option A

Explanation:

The last month of the Saka year is Phalguna. Phagun is the twelfth and last month of the Nanakshahi calendar, which governs activities within Sikhism. This month coincides with Phalguna in the Hindu calendar and the Indian National calendar, and February and March of the Gregorian and Julian calendars and is 30 or 31 days long.

Answer: Option D

Explanation:

The last or 13th NAM (Non-aligned Movement) conference was held on September 2003 at Kuala Lumpur. The Heads of State or Government of the Movement of the Non-Aligned Countries met in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, from 24-25 February 2003, to address the crucial global issues affecting their peoples with the view to agreeing to a set of actions in the promotion of peace, security, justice, equality, democracy.

Answer: Option B

Explanation:

The last ruler of the Mughal dynasty was Bahadurshah Zafar. The last Mughal emperor, Bahadur Shah II, also known as Zafar, died in a British prison in Burma in 1862. As the last of the dynastic line that extended back to the sixteenth century, he had in his earlier years presided over a culturally sophisticated court, but as the British East India Company extended its control over more of India, his rule was clearly coming to an end.

Answer: Option B

Explanation:

The Law of Natural Selection is associated with Darwin. Charles Darwin set out his theory of evolution by natural selection as an explanation for adaptation and speciation. He defined natural selection as the "principle by which each slight variation [of a trait], if useful, is preserved".

Answer: Option C

Explanation:

The life history of human malaria parasite in Anopheles was first described by Ronald Ross. On 20 August 1897, in Secunderabad, Ross made his landmark discovery. While dissecting the stomach tissue of an anopheline mosquito fed four days previously on a malarious patient, he found the malaria parasite and went on to prove the role of Anopheles mosquitoes in the transmission of malaria parasites in humans.

Answer: Option A

Explanation:

The literacy rate of Andaman & Nicobar Islands is 86.63 per cent. That was the beginning of library service in the Andaman and Nicobar Islands.

Answer: Option D

Explanation:

The Loktak lake facing environmental problems is situated in Manipur. Loktak Lake is the largest freshwater lake in Northeast India and is famous for the phumdis (heterogeneous mass of vegetation, soil and organic matter at various stages of decomposition) floating over it. The lake is located at Moirang in Manipur state, India.

Answer: Option A

Explanation:

The longest rail line of the world, Trans-Siberian line, is in Russia. The Trans-Siberian Railway is the longest railway line in the world, spanning 5,772 miles (9,289 kilometers) and connecting Moscow to Russia's far east.

Answer: Option C

Explanation:

The lower limit of perpetual snow in mountains such as the Himalayas is termed as the snow line. The snow line is an irregular line located along the ground surface where the accumulation of snowfall equals ablation (melting and evaporation).

Answer: Option A

Explanation:

The main credit of the concept of Non-aligned Movement goes to Pt. Jawaharlal Nehru, India. We propose to stand on our own feet. We do not intend to be playthings of others. ' Hence in order to maintain the freedom of India and other independent nations, the concept of the NAM was evolved. The credit of evolving the concept goes to Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru.

Answer: Option A

Explanation:

The main crop of Meghalaya is rice. Rice is the dominant food grain crop accounting for over 80% of the food grain production in the state. Other important food grain crops are maize, wheat, other cereals and pulses.

Answer: Option A

Explanation:

The main crops of Sikkim are rice, maize, bajra, wheat, barley and cardamom.

Answer: Option D

Explanation:

IMF - International Monetary FundUNICEF - United Nations International Children's Emergency FundUNDP - United Nations Development ProgrammeIDA - International Development Association

Answer: Option D

Explanation:

The main objective of the Department of Atomic Energy is to accelerate and enlarge the contribution of atomic energy to peace, health and prosperity throughout the world'.

Answer: Option D

Explanation:

The main objectives of the UN are to maintain peace and security in the world, to develop friendly relations among nations and to work together to remove poverty, disease and illiteracy and encourage respect for each other's rights of basic freedom.

Answer: Option C

Explanation:

The main purpose of ASEAN (Association of South-East Asian Nations) is to accelerate economic progress and maintain economic stability. Its principal aims include accelerating economic growth, social progress, and sociocultural evolution among its members, alongside the protection of regional stability and the provision of a mechanism for member countries to resolve differences peacefully.

Answer: Option C

Explanation:

The main purpose of the Group of 77 was to defend the economic and trade interests of the developing nations of the world. The primary goals of the G-77 are to maintain the independence and sovereignty of all developing countries, to defend the economic interests of member countries by insisting on equal standing with developed countries in the global marketplace, to establish a united front on issues of common concern, and to strengthen ties between member countries. Because of the historical significance of the meeting, the name G-77 has been kept despite the group’s growth to include more than 130 countries.

Answer: Option C

Explanation:

The main reserves of phosphorus in the biosphere is in the lithosphere. The phosphorus cycle is the biogeochemical cycle that describes the movement of phosphorus through the lithosphere, hydrosphere, and biosphere. Unlike many other biogeochemical cycles, the atmosphere does not play a significant role in the movement of phosphorus, because phosphorus and phosphorus-based compounds are usually solids at the typical ranges of temperature and pressure found on Earth.

Answer: Option B

Explanation:

The major minerals found in Uttar Pradesh are limestone and dolomite. The minerals found in Uttar Pradesh include limestone which is found in Guruma-Kanach-Bapuhari in Mirzapur district and Kajrahat in Sonebhadra district; dolomite in Mirzapur, Sonebhadra and Banda, glass-sand in Karchhana of Allahabad district, Karwi in Banda district and Mau district.

Answer: Option B

Explanation:

The king of Macedonia, who conquered most of Asia Minor and defeated Porus (India) in 327 B. C. was Alexander the Great. Alexander enters India In 326 B.C., Alexander met King Porus of Paurava at the Hydaspes River. Porus's army was less experienced than Alexander's, but they had a secret weapon elephants. Even so, after a fierce battle in a raging thunderstorm, Porus was defeated.

Answer: Option C

Explanation:

The market condition when goods and services are not freely available and thus the prices are relatively high is called seller's market. A seller's market is a market condition characterized by a shortage of goods available for sale, resulting in pricing power for the seller. A seller's market is a term commonly applied to the property market when low supply meets high demand.

Answer: Option B

Explanation:

The measurement of Lawn Tennis court for singles 78 ft. by 27 ft. A tennis court is 78 feet long and 27 feet wide. To the nearest foot, what is the length of the diagonal of a Tennis court.

Answer: Option B

Explanation:

The Melghat Tiger reserve is in Maharashtra. Melghat was declared a tiger reserve and was among the first nine tiger reserves notified in 1973-74 under the Project Tiger. It is located at 21°26′45″N 77°11′50″E in northern part of Amravati District of Maharashtra State in India.

Answer: Option D

Explanation:

The member of SEATO (South-East Asia Treaty Organisation) are Australia, France, New Zealand, Philippines, Thailand, UK and USA.

Answer: Option A

Explanation:

The member states of Benelux Economic Union are Belgium, Netherlands, Luxembourg. The Benelux is an economic union in Western Europe. It includes three neighboring monarchies, Belgium, the Netherlands, and Luxembourg. They are in the north western European region between France and Germany. The name is formed from the beginning of each country's name.

Answer: Option D

Explanation:

The member states of European Union are Belgium, Denmark, France and Greece, The Federal Republic of Germany, Republic of Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Portugal, Spain and UK.

Answer: Option A

Explanation:

It's your world!United Nations Organization (UNO)After the end of World War I (WWI) which lasted from 1914 to 1918, The League of Nations (LN) was formed in 1919. Its mission was to maintain world peace. But League of Nations was failed in preventing World War II (WWII) which lasted from 1939 to 1945. After the end of World War II The United Nations Organization UNO was founded on October 24, 1945 to replace the flawed League of Nations. Its principal mission is to maintain world peace, and to provide a platform for dialogue.

Answer: Option A

Explanation:

The name of Ronaldinho is associated with the game of football. He played mostly as an attacking midfielder, but was also deployed as a forward or a winger.

Answer: Option C

Explanation:

The National Convention framed the new Republican constitution of France in 1795, according to the executive authority of the state was vested in a committee of five directors, called the Directo and a bicameral legislature was established.

Answer: Option A

Explanation:

The National Emblem was adopted by Government of India on January 26, 1950. It was chosen as a symbol of contemporary India's reaffirmation of its ancient commitment to world peace and goodwill.

Answer: Option B

Explanation:

The national flag was adopted by the Constituent Assembly of India on July 22, 1947. Our present flag was adopted on July 22, 1947 by the Constituent Assembly as a Free India National Flag. The colours and their significance remained the same as the previous one. In this flag dharma charkha of Emperor Asoka was replaced with the spinning wheel as the emblem on the flag.

Answer: Option C

Explanation:

The national museum is located at New Delhi. Also known as the National Museum of India, the National Museum in New Delhi is one the largest museums in India, situated on the corner of the Janpath and Maulana Azad Road. Established in 1949, the blueprints of the majestic repository were prepared by the Gwyer Committee set up by the Government of India in 1946.

Answer: Option B

Explanation:

The national sport of Canada is lacrosse. Lacrosse was declared Canada's national game in 1859. However, in 1994, Canadian Parliament passed Canada's National Sport Act, which made lacrosse the national summer sport, and hockey the national winter sport.

Answer: Option D

Explanation:

The Netaji Subhas National Institute of Sports is located at Patiala. Netaji Subhas National Institute of Sports, Patiala India which is also Asia's largest Sports Institutes housed in the palatial monumental building and sprawling lawns built by the erstwhile Maharaja of Patiala whose descendants dedicated this complex for the promotion of sports to the people of India. This Institute is popularly known as the "Mecca" of Indian Sports and has produced Coaches of high caliber.

Answer: Option B

Explanation:

The News Agency "Associated Press" is of America. The Associated Press (AP) is an American not-for-profit news agency headquartered in New York City. Founded in 1846, it operates as a cooperative, unincorporated association. Its members are U.S. newspapers and broadcasters. The AP news report, distributed to its members and customers, is produced in English, Spanish and Arabic. The AP has earned 53 Pulitzer Prizes, including 31 for photography, since the award was established in 1917.

Answer: Option B

Explanation:

The news agency Reuters belongs to Yugoslavia. Yugoslavia was a country in Southeastern and Central Europe for most of the 20th century.

Answer: Option D

Explanation:

The Newspaper Paravada is taken out in Moscow.

Answer: Option A

Explanation:

The normal term of office for which the President and Vice-President of the International Court of Justice are elected is three years.

Answer: Option D

Explanation:

The normal threshold of hearing is around 25-45 db.

Answer: Option C

Explanation:

The North Atlantic Treaty Organisation was created in 1949. The North Atlantic Treaty Organization was created in 1949 by the United States, Canada, and several Western European nations to provide collective security against the Soviet Union. NATO was the first peacetime military alliance the United States entered into outside of the Western Hemisphere.

Answer: Option B

Explanation:

The number of already named bones in the human skeleton is 206.

Answer: Option C

Explanation:

The number of chromosomes in human body is 46. In humans, each cell normally contains 23 pairs of chromosomes, for a total of 46. Twenty-two of these pairs, called autosomes, look the same in both males and females. The 23rd pair, the sex chromosomes, differ between males and females.

Answer: Option C

Explanation:

The number of judges in European Court of Human Rights are 47. The European Court of Human Rights, which is headquartered in Strasbourg, is composed of 47 judges (1 judge elected by each State party to the European Convention on Human Rights).

Answer: Option C

Explanation:

The Council is composed of 15 Members: Five permanent members: China, France, Russian Federation, the United Kingdom, and the United States, and ten non-permanent members .

Answer: Option D

Explanation:

The number of principal organs of the United Nation is 6. The United Nations System consists of the United Nations, and the six principal organs of the United Nations: the General Assembly, Security Council, Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC), Trusteeship Council, International Court of Justice (ICJ), and the UN Secretariat, specialized agencies, and affiliated organizations.

Answer: Option D

Explanation:

The number of sovereign countries who are members of the United Nations, is 193. The United Nations member states are the 193 sovereign states that are members of the United Nations (UN) and have equal representation in the UN General Assembly.

Answer: Option D

Explanation:

The objective of India's space programme was mass communication and education via satellite, survey and management of natural resources and development of indigenous satellites and satellite launch vehicles.

Answer: Option C

Explanation:

The official language of the Government of India is Hindi. Article 343 (1) of the Constitution of India states "The Official Language of the Union government shall be Hindi in Devanagari script." Unless Parliament decided otherwise, the use of English for official purposes was to cease 15 years after the constitution came into effect, i.e. on 26 January 1965.

Answer: Option B

Explanation:

The six official languages of the United Nations are:1. Arabic2. Chinese (Mandarin)3. English4. French5. Russian6. Spanish

Answer: Option D

Explanation:

The six official languages of the United Nations are:1. Arabic2. Chinese (Mandarin)3. English4. French5. Russian6. Spanish

Answer: Option D

Explanation:

The Olympic Flame symbolises continuity between the ancient and modern games. On the opening day of the Games, the torch is taken into the stadium and the chosen torchbearer lights the cauldron. This ritual symbolizes the continuity between ancient times and the new generations. The Flame burns for the entire duration of the Games and is extinguished during the Closing Ceremony of the competition.

Answer: Option B

Explanation:

The Olympic Flame was lit for the first time at the Amsterdam stadium in 1928. The modern Olympic flame is ignited at the site where the temple of Hera used to stand. When the tradition of an Olympic fire was reintroduced during the 1928 Summer Olympics, an employee of the Electric Utility of Amsterdam lit the first modern Olympic flame in the Marathon Tower of the Olympic Stadium in Amsterdam.

Answer: Option D

Explanation:

The Olympic Flame, was, for the first time, ceremonially lighted and burnt in a giant torch at the entrance of the stadium at Amsterdam Games (1928). An employee of the Electric Utility of Amsterdam lit the first modern Olympic flame in the Marathon Tower of the Olympic Stadium in Amsterdam. The Olympic flame has been part of the Summer Olympics ever since.

Answer: Option C

Explanation:

The Olympic Symbol (Summer Games) comprises five rings or circles linked together to represent the sporting friendship of all people and the five continents.

Answer: Option B

Explanation:

The only Indian woman who become President of the World Health Organisation so far was Raj Kumari Amrit Kaur. Rajkumari Bibiji Amrit Kaur DStJ was an Indian activist and politician. Following her long-lasting association with the Indian independence movement, she was appointed the first Health Minister of India in 1947 and remained in office until 1957.

Answer: Option B

Explanation:

The origin of modern badminton is attributed to Britain. Modern badminton was started in mid 19th century. It was played by British officers in India.

Answer: Option C

Explanation:

The ozone layer is being destroyed by chlorofluorocarbons. In this regard Fluorine atom is considered as the most harmful. Chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs) could deplete Earth's atmospheric ozone layer, which blocks the sun's damaging ultraviolet rays. When the scientists reported their findings in 1974, CFCs were widely used as refrigerant gases and as propellants in aerosol sprays.

Answer: Option D

Explanation:

The ozone layer restricts ultraviolet radiation. The Ozone layer which is present in the Earth's atmosphere protects it by restricting from UV or Ultraviolet radiation, the dangerous rays contained by Sun.

Answer: Option B

Explanation:

The parts of the Mahabharata which include Bhagawad Gita, is more than 2500 years old. Kurukshetra is a city in the Indian state of Haryana. It is also known as Dharmakshetra ("Holy Place") and as the "Land of the Bhagavad Gita".

Answer: Option C

Explanation:

Karl Marx's ideology advocated a classed society. Marx believed that the society was made up of two classes, the bourgeoisie, or business owners who control the means of production, and the proletariat, or workers whose labor transforms raw commodities into valuable economic goods.

Answer: Option B

Explanation:

Karoline Mikkelsen was the first woman to reach South Pole. She was a Danish-Norwegian explorer who on 20 February, 1935 was the first woman to set foot on Antarctica, although whether this was on the mainland or an island is a matter of dispute.

Answer: Option A

Explanation:

The Pilotless target aircraft, fabricated at the Aeronautical Development Establishment, Bangalore, is Lakshya. Lakshya ("target" in Sanskrit) is an Indian remotely piloted high speed target drone system developed by the Aeronautical Development Establishment (ADE) of DRDO. A variant Lakshya-1 is used to perform discreet aerial reconnaissance of battlefield and target acquisition.

Answer: Option B

Explanation:

The playground of baseball is known as Diamond. A baseball field, also called a ball field or a baseball diamond, is the field upon which the game of baseball is played. The term is also used as a metonym for baseball park.

Answer: Option A

Explanation:

The playground of lawn tennis is called court.

Answer: Option D

Explanation:

The principal bodies of the UNO areI.The General Assembly and the Security CouncilII.The Economic and Social CouncilIII.International Court of JusticeIV.Trusteeship Council and secretariat.

Answer: Option A

Explanation:

The prize given to individuals fighting for freedom, independence and dignity of people is Simon Bolivai Prize.

Answer: Option D

Explanation:

The Prize that is awarded every two years to people who have worded for "Freedom of speech", is Monismanien Swedish. Monismanien Prize for freedom of speech was founded by Swedish filmmaker Kenne Fant in 1975. Fant's movie Monismanien 1995 is set in a fictive post-World War III totalitarian state of the same name and portrays the effects of suppression of freedom of expression.

Answer: Option B

Explanation:

The prize winning title of Arundhati Roy for Booker's Prize in 1997 was The God of Small Things. Roy was awarded the 1997 Booker Prize for her novel The God of Small Things. The award carried a prize of approximately US$30,000 and a citation that noted, "The book keeps all the promises that it makes".

Answer: Option C

Explanation:

The process of revival of learning that swept across Europe in 15th and 16th centuries is called renaissance. The Renaissance was a period in European history marking the transition from the Middle Ages to Modernity and covering the 15th and 16th centuries. In addition to the standard periodization, proponents of a long Renaissance put its beginning in the 14th century and its end in the 17th century.

Answer: Option D

Explanation:

The purest form of water can be obtained from a heavy shower of rain. It is a common belief that raindrops are the purest form of natural water.

Answer: Option D

Explanation:

The purpose of United Nations Fund for Population Activities (UNFPA) is studying population dynamics, collecting population data and evolving population policies, family planning and related programmes.

Answer: Option D

Explanation:

The range of R.B.C to W.B.C in the human body is 1 : 500.

Answer: Option C

Explanation:

The reaction which converts sugar solution into alcohol is an example of fermentation. Fermentation is a metabolic process in which an organism converts a carbohydrate, such as starch or a sugar, into an alcohol or an acid.

Answer: Option B

Explanation:

The range of missile Agni is approximately 1200-2000 km. The Agni missile is a family of medium to intercontinental range ballistic missiles developed by India, named after one of the five elements of nature. Agni missiles are long range, nuclear weapons capable surface to surface ballistic missile.

Answer: Option D

Explanation:

The red blood cells are in the Bone Marrow. Red blood cells are formed in the red bone marrow of bones. Stem cells in the red bone marrow called hemocytoblasts give rise to all of the formed elements in blood. If a hemocytoblast commits to becoming a cell called a proerythroblast, it will develop into a new red blood cell.

Answer: Option B

Explanation:

The refrigerant commonly used for domestic refrigerators is ammonia. Ammonia, frequently used commercially in large freezing and refrigeration plants is also called “anhydrous ammonia” because it contains almost no water (it is 99.98% pure).

Answer: Option D

Explanation:

The regional economic commissions of the Economic and Social Council (UNO) are ECE (Economic Commission of Europe) and ESCAP (Economic and Social Commission for Asia), ECLA (Economic Commission for Latin America) and ECA (Economic Commission for Africa) and ECWA (Economic Commission for Western Asia) and ECLA.

Answer: Option A

Explanation:

The restoration of the Olympic Games at the end of the last century was at the initiative of a French baron. The title of baron was assumed as a titre de courtoisie by many nobles, whether members of the Nobles of the Robe or cadets of Nobles of the Sword who held no title in their own right.

Answer: Option D

Explanation:

The Reliance Cup is associated with cricket.

Answer: Option C

Explanation:

The Reliance Cup was earlier known by the name of Prudential Cup. Reliance Foundation Youth Sports is a country-wide, multi-sport platform for school and college athletes. The platform was established to encourage a sporting culture in schools and colleges and to enable India's next champions.

Answer: Option A

Explanation:

The revival work of the Olympic Games was undertaken by Baron Pierre de Coubertin after a lapse of 15 centuries. The first modern Games were held in 1896 at Athens.

Answer: Option A

Explanation:

The Rh factor refers to a protein substance found in the blood of some people. Rhesus (Rh) factor is an inherited protein found on the surface of red blood cells. If your blood has the protein, you're Rh positive. If your blood lacks the protein, you're Rh negative. Rh positive is the most common blood type.

Answer: Option A

Explanation:

The Roman governor and principal assassin in the murder of Julies Caesar was Marcus Junius Brutus. Marcus Junius Brutus, often referred to simply as Marcus Brutus or Brutus, was a Roman senator during the political turmoil of the late Roman Republic. He took a leading role in the assassination of Julius Caesar.

Answer: Option D

Explanation:

The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences, awards the Nobel Prize in physics and chemistry.

Answer: Option B

Explanation:

The ruling party of Singapore, where no opposition parties are allowed is called People's Action Party. The governing party since 1959, it was founded in 1954 as a pro-independence political party descended from an earlier student organization, and it has gone on to dominate the political system of the nation. The PAP has dominated Singapore's politics and has been credited as being central to the city-state's rapid political, social and economic development.

Answer: Option D

Explanation:

The sacred place for Buddhists is Lumbini (Nepal) where Buddha was born in Bodh Gaya (Bihar) where Buddha received enlightenment and Kusinagara (UP) where Buddha attained Nirvana.

Answer: Option C

Explanation:

The sacred place of the followers of Shintoism is Central shrine of Ise (Central of Japan) and Yasukuni Shrine in Tokyo. A shrine (jinja) is a sacred place where kami live, and which show the power and nature of the kami.

Answer: Option C

Explanation:

The SAF (South Asian Federation) Game, as a part of the SAARC programme, was first held in 1984. From 1984 to 1987 they were held every year except 1986, as it was a year of Commonwealth Games and Asian Games. From 1987 onwards, they have been held every two years except for some occasions.

Answer: Option B

Explanation:

The saffron colour in the national flag signifies courage and Sacrifice. The upper most colour of our flag, Saffron denotes the strength of our country. It stands for our courageous history and sacrifice of our freedom fighters.

Answer: Option C

Explanation:

The scientist who first discovered that the earth revolves round the sun was Copernicus. Nicolaus Copernicus was a Polish astronomer who put forth the theory that the Sun is at rest near the center of the Universe, and that the Earth, spinning on its axis once daily, revolves annually around the Sun. This is called the heliocentric, or Sun-centered, system.

Answer: Option A

Explanation:

The Scottish bacteriologist who discovered penicillin was Alexander Fleming. In 1928 Alexander Fleming discovered penicillin, though he did not realize the full significance of his discovery for at least another decade. He eventually received the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1945.

Answer: Option A

Explanation:

The Secretary-General is required to submit an annual report on the work of the UN to the General Assembly. Under Article 24(3) of the UN Charter, the Security Council must submit an annual report to the General Assembly for its consideration. The submission of the annual report is the only clear obligation the Council has vis-a-vis the General Assembly under the Charter.

Answer: Option C

Explanation:

The SI unit of electric current is named after Andre Marie Ampere. André-Marie Ampère, (born January 22, 1775, Lyon, France died June 10, 1836, Marseille), French physicist who founded and named the science of electrodynamics, now known as electromagnetism. His name endures in everyday life in the ampere, the unit for measuring electric current.

Answer: Option A

Explanation:

The significance of peace is denoted by Olive branch. The olive branch is a symbol of peace or victory allegedly deriving from the customs of ancient Greece, particularly regarding supplication to both the gods and persons in power, and is found in most cultures of the Mediterranean basin.

Answer: Option A

Explanation:

The significance of the lotus symbol is culture and civilisation. The Lotus flower is regarded in many different cultures, especially in eastern religions, as a symbol of purity, enlightenment, self-regeneration and rebirth. Its characteristics are a perfect analogy for the human condition: even when its roots are in the dirtiest waters, the Lotus produces the most beautiful flower.

Answer: Option A

Explanation:

The site of the third oldest civilisation after the Sumerian and Egyption, Mohenjo-daro, was built in 2500 BC.

Answer: Option B

Explanation:

The SLV-3 project provided India with the expertise to lop a larger and more sophisticated launch vehicle ASLV. The successful culmination of the SLV-3 project showed the way to advanced launch vehicle projects such as the Augmented Satellite Launch Vehicle (ASLV), Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV) and the Geosynchronous satellite Launch Vehicle (GSLV).

Answer: Option D

Explanation:

Goa with an area of 3702 sq. km is the smallest State in India.

Answer: Option C

Explanation:

The Sports Authority of India was registered as a society in 1984. The Sports Authority of India (SAI), a successor Organization of the Ixth Asian Games held at New Delhi in 1982, was set up as a Society registered under the Societies Registration Act 1860 in pursuance of the Resolution No. 1-1/83/SAI dates 25th January, 1984 of the then Department of Sports, Govt.

Answer: Option A

Explanation:

The state having maximum cities is Uttar Pradesh. Uttar Pradesh, the most populous and fourth largest state of India. It lies in the north-central part of the country.

Answer: Option A

Explanation:

The telescope is used for viewing distant objects. Telescopes are meant for viewing distant objects, producing an image that is larger than the image that can be seen with the unaided eye. Telescopes gather far more light than the eye, allowing dim objects to be observed with greater magnification and better resolution.

Answer: Option C

Explanation:

The temporary suspension of hostilities by mutual consent in order to stout a peace negotiation is called armistice. An armistice is a formal agreement of warring parties to stop fighting. It is not necessarily the end of a war, as it may constitute only a cessation of hostilities while an attempt is made to negotiate a lasting peace. It is derived from the Latin arma, meaning "arms" and -stitium, meaning "a stopping".

Answer: Option B

Explanation:

The term butterfly is associated with swimming. The butterfly (colloquially shortened to fly) is a swimming stroke swum on the chest, with both arms moving symmetrically, accompanied by the butterfly kick (also known as the "dolphin kick").

Answer: Option A

Explanation:

The term cover point in cricket means the position given by the bowler to the fielder on the offside, in front of a wicket.

Answer: Option C

Explanation:

The term Ground Stroke is associated with Tennis. A groundstroke or ground stroke in tennis is a forehand or backhand shot that is executed after the ball bounces once on the court. It is usually hit from the back of the tennis court, around the baseline.

Answer: Option C

Explanation:

The term hit wicket in cricket refers to when the batsman, while hitting the ball, strikes his own wicket with his bat or body and is declared out. Cricket rules specify that if a batsman hits his wicket down with his bat or body after the bowler has entered his delivery stried and the ball is in play then he is out. The striking batsman is also out if he hits his wicket down while setting off for his first run.

Answer: Option C

Explanation:

The term of office of a Judge of the International Court of Justice is nine years. The International Court of Justice is composed of 15 judges elected to nine-year terms of office by the United Nations General Assembly and the Security Council. These organs vote simultaneously but separately. In order to be elected, a candidate must receive an absolute majority of the votes in both bodies.

Answer: Option C

Explanation:

The term of office of the UN Secretary-General is five years, with a possibility to be re-appointed for a second five year term. In accordance with Article 97 of the Charter, the appointment is made by the General Assembly, upon the recommendation of the Security Council.

Answer: Option D

Explanation:

The term steeplechase is associated with Horse Racing. Horse racing is an equestrian performance sport, typically involving two or more horses ridden by jockeys over a set distance for competition.

Answer: Option D

Explanation:

The term used in billiards are blank line, break, bolting, cannon, cue, hazard, in-oft. Billiards, any of various games played on a rectangular table with a designated number of small balls and a long stick called a cue. The table and the cushioned rail bordering the table are topped with a feltlike tight-fitting cloth. Carom, or French, billiards is played with three balls on a table that has no pockets.

Answer: Option B

Explanation:

The term used to describe a sudden fall of a government, brought about by illegal force is called loup de' etat. A coup d'état, also known by its German name putsch, or simply as a coup, is the overthrow of an existing government by non-democratic means; typically, it is an illegal, unconstitutional seizure of power by a dictator, the military, or a political faction.

Answer: Option A

Explanation:

The term used to describe many that flows into a country to take advantage of high rates of interest is called hot money. Hot money is the flow of funds (or capital) from one country to another in order to earn a short-term profit on interest rate differences and/or anticipated exchange rate shifts. These speculative capital flows are called 'hot money' because they can move very quickly in and out of markets, potentially leading to market instability.

Answer: Option A

Explanation:

The term used when a member of a legislature leaves his party on whose ticket he was elected to join the ruling party or the opposition, is called floor crossing. In politics, a politician is said to cross the floor if they change their party allegiance. Crossing the floor may mean changing to second party after being elected as a member of a first party, or voting against the approved party lines.

Answer: Option B

Explanation:

The term which denotes that each side has made equal point at game point, in Tennis, is referred to as deuce. Deuce is the score in a game of tennis when both players have forty points. One player has to win two points one after the other to win the game.

Answer: Option B

Explanation:

The National Sports Festival for women was, for the first time, organized in 1975. The National Sports Festival for Women was started in 1975 as part of celebration of International Women Year by the Government of India to boost women participation in games and sports. The organization of the championships in selected sports disciplines was entrusted to the National Institute of Sports, Patiala.

Answer: Option B

Explanation:

The term which refers to the total amount of sales made by a firm in one year or the total amount of money changing hands in business, is turnover. Sales turnover represents the value of total sales provided to customers during a specified time period, which is usually one year. The amount includes only revenue that is generated from daily operations, not non-operating revenue.

Answer: Option B

Explanation:

The Territorial Army was established in 1948. It was replaced by the Auxiliary Force (for Europeans and Eurasians) and the Indian Territorial Force (for Indians) in 1920. The modern Territorial Army was inaugurated by the first Indian Governor-General of India, C. Rajagopalachari, on 9 October 1949 after the Independence Territorial Army Act was passed in 1948.

Answer: Option A

Explanation:

The NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organisation) was established on April 4, 1949. The United States and 11 other nations establish the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO), a mutual defense pact aimed at containing possible Soviet aggression against Western Europe. NATO stood as the main U.S.-led military alliance against the Soviet Union throughout the duration of the Cold War.

Answer: Option C

Explanation:

The theory of inheritance of acquired character was propounded by J.B. Lamarck. Lamarck is best known for his Theory of Inheritance of Acquired Characteristics, first presented in 1801 (Darwin's first book dealing with natural selection was published in 1859): If an organism changes during life in order to adapt to its environment, those changes are passed on to its offspring.

Answer: Option D

Explanation:

The theory of utilitarianism was expounded by Jeremy Bentham (1748-1836), James Mill(1773-1839) and Henry Sidgwick (1838-1900). Utilitarianism is a normative ethical theory that places the locus of right and wrong solely on the outcomes (consequences) of choosing one action/policy over other actions/policies.

Answer: Option D

Explanation:

The third crusade was led by Richard I of England, Fredrick Barbarossa of Germany and Philip II of France.

Answer: Option C

Explanation:

The third highest nation award given for distinguished service in any field is Padma Shri. The Padma Bhushan is the third-highest civilian award in the Republic of India, preceded by the Bharat Ratna and the Padma Vibhushan and followed by the Padma Shri.

Answer: Option C

Explanation:

The three abundant elements in the earth's crust are oxygen, silicon, aluminium. The mass-abundance of the nine most abundant elements in the Earth's crust is approximately: oxygen 46%, silicon 28%, aluminum 8.3%, iron 5.6%, calcium 4.2%, sodium 2.5%, magnesium 2.4%, potassium 2.0%, and titanium 0.61%. Other elements occur at less than 0.15%.

Answer: Option C

Explanation:

The Council is composed of 15 Members: Five permanent members: China, France, Russian Federation, the United Kingdom, and the United States, and ten non-permanent members.

Answer: Option D

Explanation:

The transport fleet of Air Force consists of IL-765, Boeing-731 and AN-352.

Answer: Option C

Explanation:

The Treaty ended the state of war between Germany and the Allied Powers. It was signed on 28 June 1919 in Versailles, exactly five years after the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand, which had directly led to the war. The other Central Powers on the German side signed separate treaties.

Answer: Option D

Explanation:

The treaty which ushered in NATO, was signed by the member nations at Washington. On 4 April 1949, the foreign ministers from 12 countries signed the North Atlantic Treaty (also known as the Washington Treaty) at the Departmental Auditorium in Washington, D.C.: Belgium, Canada, Denmark, France, Iceland, Italy, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Norway, Portugal, the United Kingdom and the United States.

Answer: Option A

Explanation:

The tribe residing in Meghalaya is Garos. The Garos refer to themselves as A'chik or Mande and their language belongs to the Bodo branch of the Bodo-Naga-Kachin family of Sino Tibetan phylum.

Answer: Option D

Explanation:

The type of root system of all of the following is tap root system, except that of maize plant. The root system of maize can be divided into an embryonic root system (Abbe and Stein, 1954) consisting of a single primary root and a variable number of seminal roots, and a post‐embryonic root system which is made up by shoot‐borne roots.

Answer: Option A

Explanation:

The trophies and cups awarded for cricket are McDowell's Challenge cup and World cup.

Answer: Option C

Explanation:

The trophy given for exemplary conduct displayed by an athlete during the Olympic games is Tokyo Trophy.

Answer: Option D

Explanation:

The trophy know by the name of Grand Prix is associated with table tennis, lawn tennis and shooting.

Answer: Option A

Explanation:

The Charter of the United Nations was signed on 26 June 1945, in San Francisco, at the conclusion of the United Nations Conference on International Organization, and came into force on 24 October 1945. The Statute of the International Court of Justice is an integral part of the Charter.

Answer: Option B

Explanation:

The UN charter was ratified in 1945 by 29 nations.

Answer: Option A

Explanation:

The UN Flag is made up of the white UN Emblem is super-imposed on a light blue background. A white UN emblem (a polar azimuthal equidistant projection world map surrounded by two olive branches) on a blue background. The flag of the United Nations was adopted on December 7, 1946, and consists of the official emblem of the United Nations in white on a blue background.

Answer: Option C

Explanation:

The UN library is known by the name of Hammarskjoeld library. The Dag Hammarskjöld Library is a library on the grounds of the headquarters of the United Nations, located in the Turtle Bay/East Midtown neighborhood of Manhattan, in New York City. It is connected to the Secretariat and Conference buildings through ground level and underground corridors. It is named after Dag Hammarskjöld, the second Secretary-General of the United Nations.

Answer: Option C

Explanation:

The unit of current is ampere. Ampere or amp (symbol: A) is the unit of electrical current. The Ampere unit is named after Andre-Marie Ampere, from France. One Ampere is defined as the current that flows with electric charge of one Coulomb per second.

Answer: Option D

Explanation:

The unit of energy in MKS system is joule. 1 Joule (J) is the MKS unit of energy, equal to the force of one Newton acting through one meter.

Answer: Option C

Explanation:

The velocity of light was first measured by Romer. The first measurements of the speed of light using completely terrestrial apparatus were published in 1849 by Hippolyte Fizeau (1819–96). Compared to values accepted today, Fizeau's result (about 313,000 kilometres per second) was too high, and less accurate than those obtained by Rømer's method.

Answer: Option C

Explanation:

The velocity of sound in air (under normal condition) is 332 m/sec.

Answer: Option A

Explanation:

Theory of Idealism was expounded by George Hegal, Bishop George and Berkeley According to this mathli is an illusion and that the only reality that which exists mentally. Idealism is the group of metaphysical philosophies which assert that reality, or reality as humans can know it, is fundamentally mental, mentally constructed, or otherwise immaterial.

Answer: Option B

Explanation:

The world's largest international organisation and a successor to the League of Nations is UNO. It is a successor to the League of Nations, a body devoted to international cooperation that was formed in 1920 after World War I, but found itself unable to prevent the outbreak of war in Europe and Asia in the 1930s. The U.S. never joined the League of Nations.

Answer: Option A

Explanation:

Thomas Cup is associated with badminton. The Thomas Cup, sometimes called the World Men's Team Championships, is an international badminton competition among teams representing member nations of the Badminton World Federation (BWF), the sport's global governing body.

Answer: Option B

Explanation:

To consider the large number of agenda items, General Assembly has seven main committees. Each committee deals with a particular topic and is allocated agenda items according to the topic. A report is issued to the plenary for each item allocated to a Main Committee.

Answer: Option C

Explanation:

Tiger Woods is associated with Golf. Eldrick Tont "Tiger" Woods (born December 30, 1975) is an American professional golfer. He is tied for first in PGA Tour wins and ranks second in men's major championships and also holds numerous golf records. Woods is widely regarded as one of the greatest golfers, and one of the most famous athletes of all time.

Answer: Option D

Explanation:

To prevent loss of weight plants reduce transpiration by shedding of leaves, reducing the size of leaves and developing hair around stomata.

Answer: Option C

Explanation:

To produce sound it is necessary that the source may execute any type of vibrations. Sound requires material medium for its propagation. It is produced when a body vibrates. The vibrations produced at a point are transmitted in the medium (air) from one point to the next and so on in the form of mechanical waves which produce compressions and rarefactions in air.

Answer: Option A

Explanation:

Tiruchirapalli is situated on river Cauvery. Tiruchirappalli is situated in central south-eastern India, almost at the geographic centre of the state of Tamil Nadu. The Cauvery Delta begins to form 16 kilometres (9.9 mi) west of the city where the river divides into two streams the Kaveri and the Kollidam to form the island of Srirangam

Answer: Option D

Explanation:

The first Secretary-General of the UN belong to Norway. LIE, Trygve Halvdan, Norwegian politician and first Secretary-General of the United Nations 1946-1953, was born 16 July 1896 in Kristiania (now Oslo), Norway and passed away 30 December 1968 in Geilo, Norway.

Answer: Option A

Explanation:

The news agency Cetreko belongs to Czechoslovakia.

Answer: Option B

Explanation:

Olympic Airways belongs to Greece. Olympic Air S.A. is a regional airline, a subsidiary of the Greek carrier Aegean Airlines. It was formed as part of the privatization of the former Greek national carrier Olympic Airlines, a company that carried the name Olympic Airways from 1957 to the beginning of the 21st century.

Answer: Option D

Explanation:

Todar Mal was revenue minister in the court of Akbar, one of the nine gems in the court of Akbar and known for his reforms in policies of land revenue during Akbar's reign.

Answer: Option B

Explanation:

Tomb of Vasco-da-Gama is situated at Kochi (Kerala). Vasco da Gama's body was first buried at St. Francis Church, which was located at Fort Kochi in the city of Kochi, but his remains were returned to Portugal in 1539. The body of Vasco da Gama was re-interred in Vidigueira in a casket decorated with gold and jewels.

Answer: Option C

Explanation:

Treaty of Versailles rearranged the boundaries of several countries in Europe and many countries were formed such as Poland and Yugoslavia and Lithuania and Estonia.

Answer: Option B

Explanation:

Triple antigen provides immunity to children against all of the following disease, except polio. Polio, short for poliomyelitis, or infantile paralysis, is an infectious disease caused by the poliovirus. In about 0.5 percent of cases, there is muscle weakness resulting in an inability to move.

Answer: Option C

Explanation:

Tripura is surrounded by Assam and Mizoram in the east. Tripura is a state in North-East India which borders Bangladesh, Mizoram and Assam. It is surrounded by Bangladesh on its north, south and west: the length of its international border is 856 km (84 per cent of its total border). It shares a 53 km long border with Assam and a 109 km long border with Mizoram.

Answer: Option C

Explanation:

UN General Assembly elects a President and Twenty one Vice Presidents at the start of its each regular session. Unless the General Assembly decides otherwise, the General Assembly shall elect a President and twenty-one Vice-Presidents at 9 least three months before the opening of the session over which they are to preside.

Answer: Option B

Explanation:

Under article 61 of the UN Charter, the membership of the Economic and Social Council was 1973 years from 27 to 54. Expansion of the UN Economic and Social Council from 27 to 54 members by an amendment to Article 61 of the Charter, which was adopted by the General Assembly in 1971 and became operative on 24 September 1973.

Answer: Option C

Explanation:

Under Article 109 in 1968, the number of votes required in the Security Council to convene a general conference to review the charter was increased from seven to nine.

Answer: Option D

Explanation:

UNESCO (United Nations Education, Scientific and Cultural Organisation) was established in 1946. At the end of the conference, the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization was founded and the Constitution of UNESCO, signed on 16 November 1945, came into force on 4 November 1946.

Answer: Option B

Explanation:

UNO Day is on 24th October. UN Day marks the anniversary of the entry into force in 1945 of the UN Charter. With the ratification of this founding document by the majority of its signatories, including the five permanent members of the Security Council, the United Nations officially came into being. 24 October has been celebrated as United Nations Day since 1948. In 1971, the United Nations General Assembly recommended that the day be observed by Member States as a public holiday.

Answer: Option C

Explanation:

Unofficial, and usually illegal, system of providing people with more then their share of goods and services where their prices are controlled, is called black market. The black market is distinct from the grey market, in which commodities are distributed through channels that, while legal, are unofficial, unauthorized, or unintended by the original manufacturer, and the white market, in which trade is legal and official.

Answer: Option A

Explanation:

Until December 1991 Belarus and Ukraine were integral parts of the USSR & not independent countries, but had separate UN memberships. Though Belarus and Ukraine have a long shared history, the two countries differ significantly in many ways.

Answer: Option B

Explanation:

Uttar Pradesh is surrounded by Uttarakhand in north. Uttar Pradesh is bordered by the state of Uttarakhand and the country of Nepal to the north, the state of Bihar to the east, the states of Jharkhand and Chhattisgarh to the southeast, the state of Madhya Pradesh to the south, and the states of Rajasthan and Haryana and the national capital territory of Delhi to the west.

Answer: Option C

Explanation:

Uttaranchal has international boundary with China and Nepal in north, north-east and eastern side.

Answer: Option C

Explanation:

A value-added tax (VAT) is a consumption tax placed on a product whenever value is added at each stage of the supply chain, from production to the point of sale. The amount of VAT that the user pays is on the cost of the product, less any of the costs of materials used in the product that have already been taxed.

Answer: Option B

Explanation:

Vedanthangal Bird Sanctuary at Tamil Nadu has reserves of important bird sanctuary. Vedanthangal Bird Sanctuary is a 30-hectare (74-acre) protected area located in the Chengalpattu District and Madurantakam taluk of the state of Tamil Nadu, India. The sanctuary is about 75 kilometres (47 mi) from Chennai on National Highway 45 ([NH45]). Easily reachable from Madurantakam and Chengalpattu. More than 40,000 birds (including 26 rare species), from various parts of the world visit the sanctuary during the migratory season every year.

Answer: Option C

Explanation:

Velocity of wind is measured by anemometer. The speed of that wind can be measured using a tool called an anemometer. An anemometer looks like a weather vane, but instead of measuring which direction the wind is blowing with pointers, it has four cups so that it can more accurately measure wind speed.

Answer: Option D

Explanation:

Venturi tube is used for measuring flow of a fluid. Venturi tube, short pipe with a constricted inner surface, used to measure fluid flows and as a pump.

Answer: Option D

Explanation:

Vijayalakshmi Pandit was the first women minister of an Indian state (UP), the first women to become president of the UN General Assembly and the first Indian women Ambassador to Moscow.

Answer: Option C

Explanation:

Vir Chakra (a medal) is made up of standard silver. Vir Chakra is an Indian gallantry award presented for acts of gallantry in the presence of the enemy on the battlefield. It replaced the British Distinguished Service Cross (DSC), Military Cross (MC) and Distinguished Flying Cross (DFC).

Answer: Option A

Explanation:

Vitamin B12 is most useful for combating anemia. Having vitamin B12 deficiency means that your body does not have enough of this vitamin. You need B12 to make red blood cells, which carry oxygen through your body. Not having enough B12 can lead to anemia, which means your body does not have enough red blood cells to do the job. This can make you feel weak and tired. Vitamin B12 deficiency can cause damage to your nerves and can affect memory and thinking.

Answer: Option D

Explanation:

Weight of an object put in a satellite orbiting in space around the earth is reduced to zero. The satellite will fly off into space in a direction which was tangential to its original direction of motion. This is because the direction of velocity of an object moving in a circular path is always tangential at every point along the path.

Answer: Option C

Explanation:

Bhakti movement is a social and religious movement form about AD 500 to 1600 and is the movement that influenced the developed of regional language because it emphasised people's. Bhakti movement in Hinduism refers to ideas and engagement that emerged in the medieval era on love and devotion to religious concepts built around one or more gods and goddesses.

Answer: Option B

Explanation:

Yeast is added to raise dough while making bread. As soon as these ingredients are stirred together, enzymes in the yeast and the flour cause large starch molecules to break down into simple sugars. The yeast metabolizes these simple sugars and exudes a liquid that releases carbon dioxide and ethyl alcohol into existing air bubbles in the dough.

Answer: Option D

Explanation:

Magna Carta was a charter of Rights granted to the Englishmen during 1215 AD by King John II, It was a charter guaranteeing the freedom of the barons, the church and the common man and It is the foundation stone of the rights and liberties of the English people.

Answer: Option B

Explanation:

Walt Disney was the greater of cartoon films starring popular cartoon characters Mickey Mouse and Donald Duck. Walt Disney , in full Walter Elias Disney, (born December 5, 1901, Chicago, Illinois, U.S.—died December 15, 1966, Los Angeles, California), American motion-picture and television producer and showman, famous as a pioneer of animated cartoon films and as the creator of such cartoon characters as Mickey Mouse and Donald Duck.

Answer: Option A

Explanation:

War of the Roses was civil war in England. The Wars of the Roses were a series of English civil wars for control of the throne of England fought between supporters of two rival cadet branches of the royal House of Plantagenet: the House of Lancaster, represented by a red rose, and the House of York, represented by a white rose.

Answer: Option B

Explanation:

Water is a good solvent of ionic salts because it has a high dipole moment. Salts are ionic compounds which, when dissolved in water, break up completely into ions. They arise by the reaction of acids with bases, and they always contain either a metal cation or a cation derived from ammonium (NH4+).

Answer: Option A

Explanation:

The approximate area of Bihar is 1,35,100 sq. km.

Answer: Option A

Explanation:

3.71 - 3.82 cm is the circumference of table tennis ball.

Answer: Option B

Explanation:

Silvassa is the capital of Dadra and Nagar Haveli. It is composed of two separate geographical entities: Nagar Haveli, wedged between Maharashtra and Gujarat, and, 1 km to the northwest, the smaller enclave of Dadra, which is surrounded by Gujarat.

Answer: Option C

Explanation:

Ranchi is the capital of Jharkhand. Ranchi was the centre of the Jharkhand movement, which called for a separate state for the tribal regions of South Bihar, northern Orissa, western West Bengal and the eastern area of what is present-day Chhattisgarh.

Answer: Option B

Explanation:

Group of 12 former republics of dissolved USSR is the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS).

Answer: Option C

Explanation:

The covered area of Gujarat state is 1,96,024 sq. km. The population of Gujarat is 60,383,628 (2011 census) and the state covers an area of 1, 96,024 sq km and shares its border with the states of Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh and Maharashtra. The state has a literacy rate of 79.31 percent. Gujarat is the 7th largest state in India in terms of area.

Answer: Option D

Explanation:

The duration of football match is Two 45 minute period with a reset at half time. A football match consists of two halves and each half is 45 minutes long. Between the two halves, there is an interval, which is not more than 15 minutes long. Stoppage time (also called injury time) is the time added on at the end of each half at the discretion of the referee.

Answer: Option A

Explanation:

The density of population in Chandigarh is 7,902/sq. km.

Answer: Option B

Explanation:

The literacy rate of Chhattisgarh is 65.18 per cent. According to the 2001 census report, Chhattisgarh had a literacy rate of 65.18% which included male and female literacy rate of 77.86% and 52.40% respectively.

Answer: Option B

Explanation:

The literacy rate of Himachal Pradesh is 77.13 per cent. Himachal Pradesh has a fairly well developed education system and enjoys an overall literacy rate of 77.13 per cent compared to the all-India rate of 65.38 per cent.

Answer: Option A

Explanation:

The literacy rate of Maharashtra is 77.27 per cent. Maharashtra has always shown above average literacy rate in India. According to 2001 census literacy rate of India is 65.38 per cent, While Maharashtra has 77.27 per cent. During the decade 1961- 2001 the literacy rate in Maharashtra has increased by 12.4 per cent.

Answer: Option A

Explanation:

The literacy rate of Mizoram stood at 91.33 per cent making it the third most literate state in the country after Kerala and Lakshadweep, a state minister said.

Answer: Option C

Explanation:

The literacy rate of Punjab is 69.95 per cent.

Answer: Option A

Explanation:

The literacy rate of West Bengal is 69.22 per cent. 77.58 of the literate population are men and 60.22 per cent women.

Answer: Option C

Explanation:

The function of a dynamo is to convert mechanical energy into electrical energy. The electric dynamo uses rotating coils of wire and magnetic fields to convert mechanical rotation into a pulsing direct electric current through Faraday's law of induction and Lenz's law.

Answer: Option A

Explanation:

The height of Nainital, Uttaranchal above sea level is 7,500 ft above sea level.

Answer: Option B

Explanation:

13.41 m x 5.18 m is the measurement of the badminton court for singles.

Answer: Option C

Explanation:

The measurement of the volleyball court is 18 m x 9 m divided into two parts by a net.

Answer: Option A

Explanation:

Hindi, the official state language, is also the language most widely spoken in Madhya Pradesh. Eastern Hindi dialects, represented by Bagheli and Awadhi, are spoken in the southern and eastern parts of the state and in the upper Narmada River valley.

Answer: Option D

Explanation:

Ekta aur Anushasan is the moto of the National Cadet Corps (NCC). “Unity of Discipline” (Ekta aur Anushasan) is written at the bottom of the NCC Flag.

Answer: Option C

Explanation:

The normal red blood count per cubic mm is 4 million red blood cells. An RBC count is measured in millions per cubic millimeter (million/mm3). Normal values may vary slightly among different laboratories. One example of normal values is: 4.1 to 5.1 million/mm3 for women.

Answer: Option A

Explanation:

The purpose of 'United Nations Conference on Trade and Development' (UNCTAD) is to promote International Trade with a view to accelerate economic growth of developing countries. The organization's goals are to: "maximize the trade, investment and development opportunities of developing countries and assist them in their efforts to integrate into the world economy on an equitable basis".

Answer: Option D

Explanation:

The purpose of OECD (Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development) is to sustained economic growth, employment and higher standards of living.

Answer: Option D

Explanation:

The purpose of SAARC is to promote the welfare of the people of South Asia, to improve the environment of security in the region and to accelerate economic growth and cultural development.

Answer: Option B

Explanation:

The supersonic Akash missile has a range of around 25 km and up to the altitude of 18,000m.

Answer: Option A

Explanation:

The population density of Andhra Pradesh is 275/sq km.

Answer: Option A

Explanation:

The population density of Kerala is 819/sq. km. The average density of population of the state is 819 persons per sq.km. Kerala's urban population figures to 1,74,55,506 persons which is about one-fourth of the total population. Rural population in Kerala is 1,59,32,171.

Answer: Option B

Explanation:

The population density of Madhya Pradesh is 196/sq. km.

Answer: Option A

Explanation:

The population density of Manipur is 107/sq. km.

Answer: Option A

Explanation:

The population density of Nagaland is 120/sq. km. Density of Nagaland is 119 per sq km which is lower than national average 382 per sq km. In 2001, density of Nagaland was 120 per sq km, while nation average in 2001 was 324 per sq km.

Answer: Option B

Explanation:

The population of Assam is 340/sq km.

Answer: Option C

Explanation:

The role of WTO (World Trade Organisation) was to settle trade disputes between nations and to widen the principal of free trade to sectors such as services and agriculture. Its main function is to ensure that trade flows as smoothly, predictably and freely as possible.

Answer: Option A

Explanation:

Kelvin is the S.I. unit of temperature. The kelvin (symbolised as K) is the base unit of temperature in the International System of Units (SI). The Kelvin scale is an absolute thermodynamic temperature scale using as its null point absolute zero, the temperature at which all thermal motion ceases in the classical description of thermodynamics.

Answer: Option D

Explanation:

Nationalism and imperialism, Militarism and entangling alliances and Mutual rivalry, hatred and distrust within the countries were the main factors responsible for World War I.

Answer: Option C

Explanation:

The purpose of EFTA (European Free Trade Association) was to remove all tariffs on trade of industrial goods between the member countries and to aid the creation of a single west European market to help boost world trade.

Answer: Option C

Explanation:

The purpose of establishing the European Economic Community (EEC) is to promote a common market and economic prosperity among member countries and to create a single market for free import and export among member countries.

Answer: Option A

Explanation:

The purpose of establishment of NATO was to maintain and develop individual and collective capacity to resist armed attack. NATO was the first peacetime military alliance the United States entered into outside of the Western Hemisphere.

Answer: Option A

Explanation:

When a given amount of air is cooled the amount of moisture it can hold decreases. If you increase the temperature, however, the amount of water vapor the air can hold increases, so the relative humidity decreases.

Answer: Option C

Explanation:

When a moving bus stops suddenly, the passenger are pushed forward because of the inertia of the passengers. So when the bus or train stopped suddenly, a passenger sits inside tends to fall forward. Because the lower part of the body comes to rest with the bus while the upper part tends to continue its motion due to inertia.

Answer: Option A

Explanation:

Athletics was introduced in the Olympics in 1896 at Athens. On April 6, 1896, the first modern Olympic Games are held in Athens, Greece, with athletes from 14 countries participating. The International Olympic Committee met for the first time in Paris in June 1894 and chose Greece as the site of the inaugural modern Olympiad.

Answer: Option C

Explanation:

Basketball at the 1936 Summer Olympics was the first appearance of the sport of basketball as an official Olympic medal event. The tournament was played between 7 August and 14 August 1936 in Berlin, Germany.

Answer: Option B

Explanation:

The first women's Olympic field hockey competition was introduced by the IOC at Moscow in 1980 Summer Olympics. Olympic field hockey games were first played on artificial turf at the 1976 Montreal Olympic Games.

Answer: Option A

Explanation:

In 1958 at Tokyo tennis was introduced in the Asian Games. Tennis at the Asian Games. Tennis is part of the Asian Games program. It has been played at each edition of the games since 1958, with the exception of 1970. Men's and women's singles, men's and women's doubles, and mixed doubles have been contested each time.

Answer: Option A

Explanation:

In 1896 at Athens was weightlifting introduced in Olympics. Weightlifting has been contested at every Summer Olympic Games since the 1920 Summer Olympics, as well as twice before then. It debuted at the 1896 Summer Olympics, in Athens, Greece, and was also an event at the 1904 Games.

Answer: Option A

Explanation:

When cream is separated from milk the density of milk increases. If cream is removed from milk then its density will be around 0.9. The density of milk always depends on three factors. These three factors are water, cream and solid-non fat. The general density of milk is approximately 1.03. When cream is separated from milk, the weight age of the higher density compound increases.

Answer: Option A

Explanation:

In 1999, 19 NATO members and 11 'Partners for Peace' join hands for peace plan for Kosovo Crisis. Kosovo conflict, (1998–99) conflict in which ethnic Albanians opposed ethnic Serbs and the government of Yugoslavia (the rump of the former federal state, comprising the republics of Serbia and Montenegro) in Kosovo.

Answer: Option B

Explanation:

Afghanistan ends monarchy and became a republic in 1973. In a bloodless coup on July 17, 1973, Zahir Shah was deposed. The leader of the coup, General Mohammad Daud Khan (the king's brother-in-law), proclaimed Afghanistan a republic with himself as its president. Zahir Shah formally abdicated on Aug. 24, 1973, and went into exile in Italy.

Answer: Option D

Explanation:

Ashoka became emperor of India in 264 BC. He saw corpses, ruins and people that lost everything they had. Ashoka converted in 264 BC to Buddhism and became a peaceful and caring ruler of his people. Around 260 BC, the Maurya Empire had become the largest and wealthiest empire on Earth.

Answer: Option C

Explanation:

In 1964 China exploded first atomic device. On October 16, 1964, China successfully tested its first atomic bomb. The uranium implosion device exploded with 22 kilotons of force atop a 330 foot steel tower.

Answer: Option B

Explanation:

Christopher Columbus discovered the West Indies in 1492 AD. He was an Italian explorer and colonizer who completed four voyages across the Atlantic Ocean that opened the New World for conquest and permanent European colonization of the Americas.

Answer: Option D

Explanation:

Commander Robert Peary discovered North Pole in 1909. On April 6, 1909, American explorer Robert Peary accomplishes a long elusive dream, when he, assistant Matthew Henson, and four Eskimos reach what they determine to be the North Pole.

Answer: Option D

Explanation:

In 1978 first test tube baby - Louise Brown was born. Louise Joy Brown is best known as the world's first "test-tube baby." Her birth by Caesarian section shortly before midnight on July 25, 1978, at Oldham General Hospital in England, made headlines around the world.

Answer: Option C

Explanation:

France first became a republic on the 22nd of September 1792; this was the day that the National Convention abolished the French monarchy, ruled by the Capetian dynasty and various branches of it since 987 AD.

Answer: Option A

Explanation:

In 1934 Hitler became President of Germany. With the death of President Hindenburg on August 2, 1934, Hitler united the chancellorship and presidency under the new title of Fuhrer. As the economy improved, popular support for Hitler's regime became strong, and a cult of Fuhrer worship was propagated by Hitler's capable propagandists.

Answer: Option C

Explanation:

India enter into space age in 1975 by launching the satellite 'Aryabhatta'. It was launched by India on 19 April 1975 from Kapustin Yar, a Russian rocket launch and development site in Astrakhan Oblast using a Kosmos-3M launch vehicle.

Answer: Option C

Explanation:

India hosted the Common wealth meeting in 1983 at New Delhi. The Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting 1983 was the seventh Meeting of the Heads of Government of the Commonwealth of Nations. It was held in New Delhi, India, between 23 and 29 November 1983, and was hosted by that country's Prime Minister, Indira Gandhi. The retreat was held in Goa.

Answer: Option C

Explanation:

Margaret Thatcher became Britain's Conservative Party leader and in 1979 was elected prime minister, the first woman to hold the position.

Answer: Option A

Explanation:

In 1991 the USSR formally disintegrates into 15 republics. In the decades after it was established, the Russian-dominated Soviet Union grew into one of the world’s most powerful and influential states and eventually encompassed 15 republics–Russia, Ukraine, Georgia, Belorussia, Uzbekistan, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Moldova, Turkmenistan, Tajikistan, Latvia, Lithuania, and Estonia. In 1991, the Soviet Union was dissolved following the collapse of its communist government.

Answer: Option A

Explanation:

On July 20, 1969, American astronauts Neil Armstrong (1930-2012) and Edwin "Buzz" Aldrin (1930-) became the first humans ever to land on the moon. About six-and-a-half hours later, Armstrong became the first person to walk on the moon.

Answer: Option A

Explanation:

In 1986 US solar system probe Voyager-two discovered six new moons of the planet Uranus. Scientists believe they have discovered two new moons orbiting the planet Uranus. A team re-examining data captured by the Nasa space probe Voyager 2 in 1986 found evidence of the small, dark "moonlets" lurking behind the large gas planet and making "waves" in its closest rings.

Answer: Option B

Explanation:

On April 12, 1961, aboard the spacecraft Vostok 1, Soviet cosmonaut Yuri Alekseyevich Gagarin becomes the first human being to travel into space. During the flight, the 27-year-old test pilot and industrial technician also became the first man to orbit the planet, a feat accomplished by his space capsule in 89 minutes.

Answer: Option D

Explanation:

Russia celebrates its Independence Day on 12th June. The day celebrates the establishing of Russia as an independent country after the dissolution of the Soviet Union in 1991, officially recognizing the day that the Declaration of the Sovereignty of the Russian Federation was signed.

Answer: Option C

Explanation:

In 2200 BC the Indonesian settlement in the Malay Peninsula took place.

Answer: Option A

Explanation:

Lal Bahadur Shastri's death anniversary is on January, 11. Shastri died of a heart attack in Tashkent, Uzbekistan (then Soviet Union) on the 11th January, 1966, one day after signing a peace treaty to end the 1965 Indo-Pakistan War.

Answer: Option C

Explanation:

Haryana Day is celebrated on November 1. This festival is celebrated to commemorate the day when the state of Haryana was carved out of Punjab in 1966.

Answer: Option A

Explanation:

It is marked every year on 14 November, the birthday of Sir Frederick Banting, who co-discovered insulin along with Charles Best in 1922. World Diabetes Day was created in 1991 by IDF and the World Health Organization in response to growing concerns about the escalating health threat posed by diabetes.

Answer: Option D

Explanation:

In 1500 BC Aryans advanced towards India reaching the Ganges and the Yamuna rivers. It was the time of rise of Ganges Civilization.

Answer: Option B

Explanation:

When the batsman, in cricket, is out without scoring a single run, is called duck. The term “duck” comes from the shape of the number '0' which is similar to that of duck's egg. In 1886, when the Prince of Wales got out without scoring a single run, the term 'duck' was used for the first time.

Answer: Option D

Explanation:

Toxin is a poisonous substance produce by some higher plants, certain animals and pathogenic bacteria.

Answer: Option A

Explanation:

When there is a decrease in the concentration of oxygen in the blood, the breathing rate increases. Breathing rate and breathing volume increase, the blood pressure increases, the heart rate increases, and kidney bicarbonate production ( in order to buffer the effects of blood acidosis), occur.

Answer: Option B

Explanation:

Trans World Airlines is an International Airline of United States of America. TWA was headquartered at one time in Kansas City, Missouri, and planned to make Kansas City International Airport its main domestic and international hub, but abandoned this plan in the 1970s. The airline later developed its largest hub at Lambert-St. Louis International Airport.

Answer: Option C

Explanation:

Lord Buddha was born in 560 BC. Buddha, born with the name Siddhartha Gautama, was a teacher, philosopher and spiritual leader who is considered the founder of Buddhism. He lived and taught in the region around the border of modern-day Nepal and India sometime between the 6th to 4th century B.C.

Answer: Option A

Explanation:

Nathuram Vinayak Godse (19 May 1910 – 15 November 1949) was the assassin of Mahatma Gandhi, who shot Gandhi in the chest three times at point blank range in New Delhi on 30 January 1948.

Answer: Option A

Explanation:

In 1994, Mandela was inaugurated as first black President. The African National Congress won 63%of the votes in the election, and Mandela, as leader of the ANC, was inaugurated on 10 May 1994 as the country's first black President, with the National Party's F.W. de Klerk as his first deputy and Thabo Mbeki as the second in the Government of National Unity.

Answer: Option C

Explanation:

Mona Lisa was painted by Leonardo da Vinci in 1504 AD. Leonardo da Vinci is thought to have begun painting the Mona Lisa in 1503 or 1504 in Florence, Italy. Although the Louvre states that it was "doubtless painted between 1503 and 1506", the art historian Martin Kemp says there are some difficulties in confirming the actual dates with certainty.

Answer: Option C

Explanation:

Pottery was developed in the Indus Valley in 3500 BC.

Answer: Option B

Explanation:

Prophet Mohamed, the founder of Islam was born in 570 AD. According to Islamic doctrine, he was a prophet, sent to present and confirm the monotheistic teachings preached previously by Adam, Abraham, Moses, Jesus, and other prophets.

Answer: Option D

Explanation:

In 1993, Ranasingha Premadasa, President of Sri Lanka, assassinated.

Answer: Option A

Explanation:

According to legend, ancient Rome was founded by the two brothers, and demigods, Romulus and Remus, on 21 April 753 BCE. The legend claims that in an argument over who would rule the city (or, in another version, where the city would be located) Romulus killed Remus and named the city after himself.

Answer: Option A

Explanation:

Shakespeare was born in 1564 AD. William Shakespeare was born in Stratford-upon-Avon, England, in April 1564. The exact date of his birth is not recorded, but it is most often celebrated around the world on 23 April. Shakespeare's baptism is recorded in the Parish Register at Holy Trinity Church, Stratford-upon-Avon on Wednesday 26 April 1564.

Answer: Option D

Explanation:

Slavery Abolition Act(1833), in British history, act of Parliament that abolished slavery in most British colonies, freeing more than 800,000 enslaved Africans in the Caribbean and South Africa as well as a small number in Canada. It received Royal Assent on August 28, 1833, and took effect on August 1, 1834.

Answer: Option B

Explanation:

In 1988 at Seoul, table tennis introduced in Olympics. Table tennis is among the sports contested at the Summer Olympic Games. It was introduced at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, South Korea, where singles and doubles tournaments were held for both genders. The doubles events were dropped from the 2008 Summer Olympics program and replaced by team events.

Answer: Option A

Explanation:

The IMF formally came into existence on 27 December 1945, when the first 29 countries ratified its Articles of Agreement.

Answer: Option B

Explanation:

Zoroaster, the founder of Zoroastrianism born in Media (Iron) in 660 BC.

Answer: Option C

Explanation:

In South Africa, last world cup soccer tournament took place (2010). The 2010 FIFA World Cup was the 19th FIFA World Cup, the world championship for men's national association football teams. It took place in South Africa from 11 June to 11 July 2010. The bidding process for hosting the tournament finals was open only to African nations.

Answer: Option C

Explanation:

In Teheran the three leaders, F.D. Roosevelt, Winston Churchill and Joseph Stalin, meet in 1943 and agreed on the need for maintaining international peace. The Tehran Conference (codenamed Eureka) was a strategy meeting of Joseph Stalin, Franklin D. Roosevelt, and Winston Churchill from 28 November to 1 December 1943, after the Anglo-Soviet Invasion of Iran.

Answer: Option D

Explanation:

2010 Commonwealth Games took place at New Delhi, India. The vibrant city of New Delhi, home to 14 million people, hosted the Commonwealth Games in October 2010. This was the first time India has hosted the Games and only the second time the event has been held in Asia (Kuala Lumpur in 1998 was the first).

Answer: Option D

Explanation:

Variable Energy Cyclotron Centre, Kolkata, Nuclear Research Lab, Kashmir and High Altitude Research Lab, Gulmarg is the BARC's Research Centre.

Answer: Option B

Explanation:

The Judicature of Orissa is Cuttack. Cuttack is in the Eastern Indian state of Orissa. It is the former capital of Odisha. Cuttack is also world famous for its silver filigree work.

Answer: Option A

Explanation:

Kathmandu is the permanent secretariat of the SAARC. SAARC Secretariat is based in Kathmandu, Nepal. It coordinates and monitors the implementation of activities, hosts meetings, and serves as a channel of communication between the Association and its member states as well as other regional organizations.

Answer: Option A

Explanation:

Green Park is the sports stadium, located in Kanpur. Green Park Stadium is a 32,000 capacity floodlit cricket stadium located in Kanpur, India, and home to the Uttar Pradesh cricket team. The stadium is under the control of the Sports Department Uttar Pradesh.

Answer: Option B

Explanation:

The first human cases of COVID-19, the disease caused by the novel coronavirus causing COVID-19, subsequently named SARS-CoV-2 were first reported by officials in Wuhan City, China, in December 2019.Source : who.int

Answer: Option A

Explanation:

Brussels was the headquarters of European Union located. Brussels in Belgium is considered the de facto capital of the European Union, having a long history of hosting the institutions of the European Union within its European Quarter.

Answer: Option A

Explanation:

Sahitya Academy promotes and develops literature in all the 22 languages of India. The Sahitya Akademi, India's National Academy of Letters, is an organisation dedicated to the promotion of literature in the languages of India. Founded on 12 March 1954, it is supported by, though independent of, the Indian government.

Answer: Option B

Explanation:

Thermal sources of energy tapped in India has shown the largest growth till the Eighth plan. Thermal energy (also called heat energy) is produced when a rise in temperature causes atoms and molecules to move faster and collide with each other.

Answer: Option B

Explanation:

Elephant has the lowest metabolic rate of oxygen consumption (mm3/g hour).

Answer: Option B

Explanation:

Mouse amongst the following mammals has the highest metabolic rate in terms of oxygen consumption (mm3/g hour).

Answer: Option D

Explanation:

Biennial meeting of the Commonwealth Heads of Government (CHOGM), Annual meeting of the finance minister of the member countries and Regular meeting of the minister of education, law, health and other minister are the important meeting of the Commonwealth.

Answer: Option A

Explanation:

Sillimanite, nickel, petroleum are the important minerals found in manipur.

Answer: Option A

Explanation:

Rice, maize, millet, wheat, mustard are the main crops of Arunachal Pradesh. Arunachal Pradesh has close to 61,000 square kilometres of forests, and forest products are the next most significant sector of the economy. Among the crops grown here are rice, maize, millet, wheat, pulses, sugarcane, ginger, and oilseeds. Arunachal is also ideal for horticulture and fruit orchards.

Answer: Option B

Explanation:

Zerlina atomic reactor is used for studies of uranium heavy water lattice. Zerlina was used for studies of the spatial arrangement of fissionable and nonfissionable materials in uranium heavy water reactors. The tank-type reactor was the first of a series of critical assemblies built by BARC.

Answer: Option C

Explanation:

State Bank of India has the maximum number of branches. SBI becomes world's second bank to have 10,000 branches. State Bank of India on Sunday became only the second bank in the world to have 10,000 branches when Union Finance Minister P Chidambaram inaugurated its latest branch in Puduvayal district of Tamil Nadu

Answer: Option C

Explanation:

The Economic and Social Council body of UNO carries on the function of the UNO with regard to international, economic, social, cultural, education, wealth and related matters.

Answer: Option B

Explanation:

International Court of Justice body of UNO gives advisory opinion on legal matters to the bodies and special agencies of the UNO. The International Court of Justice (ICJ), sometimes called the World Court, is the principal judicial organ of the United Nations (UN). The ICJ settles disputes between states and gives advisory opinions on international legal issues referred to it by the UN.

Answer: Option C

Answer: Option D

Explanation:

In Chennai, Triuchirapalli and Madurai, Tamil Nadu has airport.

Answer: Option A

Explanation:

Mazgaon Dock Limited (MDL) company carries the construction of submarines, missile-boats and destroyers and so on for the India navy and offshore supply vessels and well-head platforms and so on. It manufactures warships and submarines for the Indian Navy and offshore platforms and associated support vessels for offshore oil drilling.

Answer: Option A

Explanation:

Bharat Electronics Limited (BEL) company manufactures low and high power communication equipment like radius for the use of defense services and paramilitary organizations.

Answer: Option A

Explanation:

Big Blue is a nickname for IBM. Big Blue arose in the early 1980's in the popular and financial press as nickname for IBM. The name has unclear specific origins, but is generally assumed to refer to the blue tint of the cases of its computers.

Answer: Option B

Explanation:

Australia has maximum per capita land. It has a high - income economy, with the world's tenth highest per capita income.

Answer: Option A

Explanation:

Costa Rica, EI Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua countries from the membership of CACM (Central American Common Market). Central American Common Market (CACM), Spanish Mercado Común Centroamericano (MCCA), association of five Central American nations that was formed to facilitate regional economic development through free trade and economic integration. Established by the General Treaty on Central American Economic Integration signed by Guatemala, Honduras, El Salvador, and Nicaragua in December 1960, its membership expanded to include Costa Rica in July 1962. The CACM is headquartered in Guatemala City.

Answer: Option A

Explanation:

India is a founder member of Asian Games and also the host of the first Asian Games. 1982 Asian Games were also held in New Delhi. India is one of the seven countries to have participated in all the editions of the Asian Games.

Answer: Option B

Explanation:

Italy is often referred to in Italy as lo Stivale (the Boot) because it looks like a long shoe with a high heel on the map.

Answer: Option B

Explanation:

World Teachers' Day, also known as International Teachers Day, is held every year on October 5 to honor teachers and recognize their contributions to education and development. Many events are organized on this day (or a day around this date if necessary to avoid school holidays) to emphasize the importance of teachers and learning and to raise the profile and increase the awareness and understanding of the teaching profession and its importance.

Answer: Option C

Explanation:

When light passes from air into glass it experiences change of wavelength and speed. Waves change speed when they pass across the boundary between two different substances, such as light waves refracting when they pass from air to glass. This causes them to change direction and this effect is called refraction.

Answer: Option C

Explanation:

Canada does not have veto power.

Answer: Option A

Explanation:

Aryabhatta Indian satellite had a main function to perform X-ray experiments in space and send back data to earth. Aryabhata was built by the Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) to conduct experiments in X-ray astronomy, aeronomics, and solar physics. The spacecraft was a 26-sided polygon 1.4 m in diameter. All faces (except the top and bottom) were covered with solar cells.

Answer: Option D

Explanation:

Cement and paper, Asbestos and units of HMT, BHEL and Hindustan Shipyard and Bharat Dynamics Limited industries are common in Andhra Pradesh.

Answer: Option A

Explanation:

Mining and various small-scale industries like manufacturing soaps, paper and so on industries are found in Goa. Goa has a strong presence in mining, tourism and pharmaceuticals sectors. Mining (iron ore and manganese), pharmaceuticals, iron and steel industries are present in North Goa while mining and shipbuilding industries are present in South Goa.

Answer: Option B

Explanation:

National Library is India's largest library with a collection of over 190 million volumes of reading and information material.

Answer: Option A

Explanation:

Bihu is post-harvest folk dance in Assam. Many fairs and festivals are held in Assam. Nearly all tribal festivals are held in spring and celebrate cultivation or harvest. Among festivals in Assam, the Bihu is most noteworthy; it brings together all Assamese people, regardless of background.

Answer: Option A

Explanation:

David Cohen Award is the biggest literary award of Britain. The David Cohen Prize has established itself as the greatest honour a British or Irish writer can receive within these islands. It is also conducted with proper secrecy and dignity.

Answer: Option C

Explanation:

Hockey is the associated sport of Bombay Gold Cup.

Answer: Option D

Explanation:

Bharat Ratna is the highest civilian award in India. Bharat Ratna is the highest civilian honour, given for exceptional service towards advancement of Art, Literature and Science, and in recognition of Public Service of the highest order.

Answer: Option B

Explanation:

Booker Prize is the highest literary award of the world. The leading literary award in the English speaking world, which has brought recognition, reward and readership to outstanding fiction for over 50 years. Awarded annually to the best novel of the year written in English and published in the UK or Ireland.

Answer: Option A

Explanation:

Indian Museum, Kolkata is the India's largest and the oldest museum. The Indian Museum in Kolkata, also referred to as the Imperial Museum at Calcutta in British India era texts, is the largest and oldest museum in India and has rare collections of antiques, armour and ornaments, fossils, skeletons, mummies, and Mughal paintings.

Answer: Option A

Explanation:

Hindi is the language used in Bihar. Other languages commonly used within the state include Bhojpuri, Maithili, Magahi, Bajjika, and Angika(Maithili is the only one of these to be officially accepted by the government).

Answer: Option D

Explanation:

Blue Whale is the largest animal in world. These magnificent marine mammals rule the oceans at up to 100 feet long and upwards of 200 tons. Their tongues alone can weigh as much as an elephant.

Answer: Option C

Explanation:

Salt is the major mineral found in Punjab. The Salt Range is a hill system in the Punjab province of Pakistan, deriving its name from its extensive deposits of rock salt. The range extends along the south of the Pothohar Plateau and the North of the Jhelum River. And in the Indian state of Punjab, Coal is the major natural resource found.

Answer: Option B

Explanation:

Assam rifles is India's oldest paramilitary force, raised originally in 1835 as Cachar Levy. They perform many roles including the provision of internal security under the control of the army through the conduct of counter insurgency and border security operations. Assam Rifles is known as “Sentinels of the Northeast”.

Answer: Option A

Explanation:

Synagogue is the place of worship for Judoists. A synagogue is a Jewish or Samaritan house of worship. Synagogues have a large place for prayer and may also have smaller rooms for study and sometimes a social hall and offices.

Answer: Option D

Explanation:

The Vedas, The Bhagavad Gita and The epics of the Mahabharata and the Ramayana is the sacred text of Hinduism. The Hindu sacred texts are divided into Shruti (“What Is Heard”) and Smriti (“What Is Remembered”). The Sruti — which includes the Vedas and Upanishads — are considered to be divinely inspired while the Smriti — which includes the Mahabharata (including the Bhagavad Gita) and Ramayana — are derived from great sages.

Answer: Option B

Explanation:

In terms of absolute number of persons living in urban areas, Maharashtra continues to lead with 50.8 million persons which comprises 13.5 percent of the total urban population of the country. Uttar Pradesh accounts for about 44.4 million, followed by Tamil Nadu at 34.9 million.

Answer: Option D

Explanation:

Kannada language is spoken in Karnataka. Kannada, one of the classical languages of India, is the most widely spoken and official language of the state. Other languages spoken include Urdu, Konkani, Marathi, Tulu, Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam, Kodava and Beary.

Answer: Option B

Explanation:

Languages of Southern India belongs to Dravidian family. The largest group is South Dravidian, with almost 150 million speakers. Tamil, Malayalam, and Kannada make up around 98% of the speakers, with Tamil being by far the most spoken language, with almost half of all South Dravidian speakers speaking it.

Answer: Option D

Explanation:

GSLV launch vehicle is capable of placing around 1540 kg of INSAT class of satellites in geosynch-ronous transfer orbit of earth.

Answer: Option D

Explanation:

Iron-ore, limestone, dolomite, coal, bauxite, corundum, gaunet, guartz, marble and diamond minerals are found in Chhattisgarh.

Answer: Option A

Explanation:

Akash missile is designed to defend large installation like oil-fields etc. against enemy air attacks. Akash is a surface-to-air missile with an intercept range of 30 km. It has a launch weight of 720 kg, a diameter of 35 cm and a length of 5.78 metres. Akash flies at supersonic speed, reaching around Mach 2.5. It can reach an altitude of 18 km and can be fired from both tracked and wheeled platforms.

Answer: Option D

Explanation:

Veins act as a channel of transmission of blood to the heart in the human body. Blood enters the heart through two large veins, the inferior and superior vena cava, emptying oxygen-poor blood from the body into the right atrium of the heart. As the atrium contracts, blood flows from your right atrium into your right ventricle through the open tricuspid valve.

Answer: Option D

Explanation:

White corpuscles acts as a resistance against in the body. White blood cells (also called leukocytes or immune cells) are cells which form a component of the blood. They help to defend the body against infectious disease and foreign materials as part of the immune system.

Answer: Option B

Explanation:

Sunnis and Shias are the important sects of Islam. Shia and Sunni Islam are the two major denominations of Islam. They chose sides following the death of the Islamic prophet Muhammad in AD 632.

Answer: Option D

Explanation:

Australia, Tonga, UK and Zimbabwe, Nigeria, Pakistan, India, Jamaica and Singapore and Mauritius, Maldives, Ghana, Bangladesh are the member countries of the commonwealth.

Answer: Option D

Explanation:

Angrilla, Antigua, Trinidad, Tobago, Barbados, Belize, St. Lucia, St. Vincent, Dommica, Grenade, Guyana and Jamaica are the members of CARICOM.

Answer: Option D

Explanation:

Algeria, Indonesia, Iran, Iraq, Kuwait, Libya, United Arab Emirates, Nigeria, Qatar, Saudi Arabia and Venezuela are the members of OPEC (Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries).

Answer: Option B

Explanation:

Bhutan, Bangladesh, the Maldives, Nepal, India, Pakistan, Afghanistan and Sri Lanka are the members of SAARC (South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation).

Answer: Option A

Explanation:

Manipuri and English are the native languages of Manipur. Before Manipur got independence and merged into the Indian Union this language has been used as official language. Manipuri is the medium of instruction in all levels of education while English is another language, which is also used in the courts, offices etc.

Answer: Option A

Explanation:

Nelson Mandela became the first black President of South Africa. Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela (18 July 1918 – 5 December 2013) was a South African anti-apartheid revolutionary, political leader, and philanthropist who served as President of South Africa from 1994 to 1999. He was the country's first black head of state and the first elected in a fully representative democratic election.

Answer: Option B

Explanation:

Enterovirus causes Poliomyelitis. Poliomyelitis is an acute communicable disease of humans caused by a human enterovirus of the Picornaviridae family. The virus is composed of a single-stranded, positive-sense RNA genome and a protein capsid. Most poliovirus infections cause asymptomatic viral replication that is limited to the alimentary tract.

Answer: Option C

Explanation:

Silver bromide is useful in photography. When silver bromide is exposed to light it undergoes photochemical decomposition. The silver ions present in silver bromide are reduced to silver metal which remains as an opaque image on the photographic film.

Answer: Option D

Explanation:

Mumbai, Nagpur, Pune, Manmad, Sholapur and Akola have airports.

Answer: Option B

Explanation:

Delhi will be the host of XIX Commonwealth Games 2010.

Answer: Option B

Explanation:

International Labour Organisation is related to the United Nation was in existence before the Second World War. The International Labour Organization is a United Nations agency whose mandate is to advance social justice and promote decent work by setting international labour standards. It was the first specialised agency of the UN.

Answer: Option C

Explanation:

International Bank for Reconstruction and Development Organisation agencies related to the United Nations is concerned with promoting the growth of international trade and equilibrium in balance of payments. The International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (IBRD), commonly referred to as the World Bank, is an international financial institution whose purposes include assisting the development of its member nation’s territories, promoting and supplementing private foreign investment and promoting long-range balance growth in international trade.

Answer: Option B

Explanation:

Kirti Chakra was known as Ashok Chakra, Class II before 1967. The Kirti Chakra is an Indian military decoration awarded for valour, courageous action or self-sacrifice away from the field of battle. It may be awarded to civilians as well as military personnel, including posthumous awards. It is the peacetime equivalent of the Maha Vir Chakra.

Answer: Option D

Explanation:

Incandescent lamp, Phonograph C (Gramophone) and microphone and Carbon telephone transmitters inventions were done by Thomas Alva Edison. Thomas Alva Edison was an American inventor and businessman who has been described as America's greatest inventor. He developed many devices in fields such as electric power generation, mass communication, sound recording, and motion pictures.

Answer: Option D

Explanation:

Canada is a member of G-8. Members are Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, the United Kingdom and the United States.

Answer: Option A

Explanation:

UNESCO has its headquarters at Paris. The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) is a specialized agency of the United Nations established in 1946 with its headquarters in Paris, France.

Answer: Option C

Explanation:

Potato is a modified underground stem. In potato plant slender branches develop from the underground part of the stem and grow more or less horizontally beneath the surface of the soil.

Answer: Option B

Explanation:

Mahatma Gandhi amongst the following had called Rabindranath Tagore as THE GREAT SENTINEL. Rabindranath Tagore was a key figure of the Bengal Renaissance. He started writing at an early age and by the turn of the century had become a household name in Bengal as a poet, a songwriter, a playwright, an essayist, a short story writer and a novelist. In 1913 he was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature and his verse collection Gitanjali came to be known internationally. At about the same time he founded Visva-Bharati, a university located in Santiniketan, near Kolkata. Called the ‘Great Sentinel’ of modern India by Mahatma Gandhi, Tagore steered clear of active politics but is famous for returning his knighthood as a gesture of protest against the Jallianwala Bagh massacre in 1919.

Answer: Option A

Explanation:

The Indus valley culture is called Harappan culture because the first discovery comes from Harappa. The Harappan civilization takes its name from Harappa, the archeological site where the first evidence of a new Bronze Age urban culture was unearthed. The term Harappa is simply the Urdu name for the location.

Answer: Option A

Explanation:

World War II was fought between Axis Power (Germany, Italy and Japan) against the Allies (Britain, USSR, USA, France). World War II (often abbreviated to WWII or WW2), also known as the Second World War, was a global war that lasted from 1939 to 1945. The vast majority of the world's countries including all the great powers eventually formed two opposing military alliances: the Allies and the Axis.

Answer: Option A

Explanation:

World's busiest airports by passenger traffic is Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport, USA. The Atlanta, Georgia, airport is the busiest passenger airport in the world, handling more than 107 million passengers in 2018, according to Airports Council International.

Answer: Option C

Explanation:

Wright Brothers are regarded inventors of the Aeroplane. The Wright brothers Orville (August 19, 1871 – January 30, 1948) and Wilbur (April 16, 1867 – May 30, 1912) – were two American aviation pioneers generally credited with inventing, building, and flying the world's first successful airplane.

Answer: Option B

Explanation:

Yelena Isinbayeva is associated with Pole vault. Yelena Gadzhievna Isinbayeva (born 3 June 1982) is a Russian former pole vaulter. She is a two-time Olympic gold medalist (2004 and 2008), a three-time World Champion (2005, 2007 and 2013), the current world record holder in the event, and is widely considered the greatest female pole-vaulter of all time.

Answer: Option C

Explanation:

Yuri Gagarin was a Russian cosmonaut & became the first man to travel in space and the first person to fly at great height of about 340 km from the earth. Yuri Alekseyevich Gagarin (9 March 1934 – 27 March 1968) was a Soviet Air Forces pilot and cosmonaut who became the first human to journey into outer space, achieving a major milestone in the Space Race; his capsule Vostok 1 completed one orbit of Earth on 12 April 1961.

Answer: Option C

Explanation:

Zakir Hussain was the third President of India and India's second vice President. Zakir Husain Khan was an Indian economist and politician who served as the third President of India, from 13 May 1967 until his death on 3 May 1969. He previously served as Governor of Bihar from 1957 to 1962.

Answer: Option B

Explanation:

Zawar (Rajasthan) is famous for zinc mines. Zawar is a township created by mining company Hindustan Zinc Limited, for extraction of zinc and lead. An 80MW power plant provides electricity for mining zinc and lead from three major mines.

Answer: Option B

Explanation:

Gen. Maharaja Rajendra Singhji was the first Indian Chief of Army Staff of the Indian Army. General Maharaj Shri Rajendrasinhji Jadeja, DSO (15 June 1899 – 1 January 1964), also known as K.S. Rajendrasinhji, was the first Chief of Army Staff of the Indian army, and the second Indian, after Field Marshal K. M.

Answer: Option C

Explanation:

WTO, (World Trade Organization), WHO, (World Health Organization) and IDA (International Development Association) are specialized agencies and other autonomous organization of General Assembly (UNO).