Qusetions & Answers

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• 1 Which mountain range stretches from Gujarat in west to Delhi in the north? 
  
  
  Ans : Aravallis
• 2 What is the name of the highest summit of Nilgiri Hills? 
  
  
  Ans : Doda-betta
• 3 For whose removal Parliament’s resolution is not needed? 
  
  
  Ans : Judge of Supreme Court
• 4 In which animal skin is a respiratory organ? 
  
  
  Ans : Frog
• 5 What is the largest state in the USA? 
  
  
  Ans : Alaska
• 6 Which crop does India have the largest cultivated area in the world? 
  
  
  Ans : Rice
• 7 St. Thomas came to India in 1st century A. D. to propogate christianity. During which reign did he come? 
  
  
  Ans : Gondophernes
• 8 What do the contact of two air masses differing sharply in humidity originate? 
  
  
  Ans : Temperate cyclones
• 9 Which is the birth place of Guru Gobind Singh? 
  
  
  Ans : Patna
• 10 In which country are ‘Dykes’ especially constructed? 
  
  
  Ans : Norway
• 11 Which formulates fiscal policy? 
  
  
  Ans : Finance Ministry
• 12 Who was the first black tennis player to win a Wombledon title? 
  
  
  Ans : Althea Gibson
• 13 Of which metals were the tools and weapons of Harappan civilisation? 
  
  
  Ans : Copper; tin and bronze
• 14 Which is the largest sea in the world? 
  
  
  Ans : South China Sea
• 15 What does the theory of Fundamental Rights imply? 
  
  
  Ans : Limited government
• 16 Who was the first Chairman of the Planning Commission? 
  
  
  Ans : Pt. Jawahar Lal Nehru
• 17 Which polymeric material is used for making bullet proof jacket? 
  
  
  Ans : KEVLAR
• 18 By whom was ltmad-ud-daula’s tomb at Agra was built? 
  
  
  Ans : Nur Jahan
• 19 The cauliflower shape is associated with which cloud formations? 
  
  
  Ans : Cumulus
• 20 Which organs are morphologically different but perform the same function? 
  
  
  Ans : Analogous organs
• 21 The Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty came into force in which year? 
  
  
  Ans : 1970
• 22 What is used in preparing match sticks? 
  
  
  Ans : Red phosphorus
• 23 Nobel Prize winning scientist James D. Watson is known for his work in which area? 
  
  
  Ans : Genetics
• 24 Knowledge about the- existence of which animal is doubtful in the Indus VaElley         Civilization? 
  
  
  Ans : Cat
• 25 Which is present in the largest amount in terms of percent by mass in the earth’s crust? 
  
  
  Ans : Oxygen
• 26 In which year was the first International Film Festival of India held? 
  
  
  Ans : 1952 at Bombay
• 27 Baan Ki-moon; the former UNO Secretary-General belong to which country? 
  
  
  Ans : South Korea
• 28 Where are a large number of species are found within a small unit of area? 
  
  
  Ans : Wet evergreen equatorial forests
• 29 In which plan was the growth rate of agricultural production negative? 
  
  
  Ans : Third Plan
• 30 Who was not the member of the Cabinet Mission which visited India in 1946? 
  
  
  Ans : Lord Mountbatten