Q1.Why is Beaufort Scale used?
Answer
To measure wind velocity
Q2.Who was the Chairman’ of the Union Constitution Committee of the Constituent Assembly?
Answer
Jawaharlal Nehru
Q3.Which vitamin is considered to be a hormone?
Answer
D
Q4.Which Tomar ruler is credited to have established Delhi?
Answer
Anangpal
Q5.Which proclamation of National Emergency automatically suspends?
Answer
Right to freedom
Q6.Which ports handled the north Indian trade during the Gupta period?
Answer
Broach
Q7.Which planet looks reddish in the night sky?
Answer
Mars
Q8.Which Philosophy holds that the world is created and maintained by Universal Law?
Answer
Jain Philosophy
Q9.Which of the following is used as a moderator in nuclear reactor?
Answer
Graphite
Q10.Which is the element found on the surface of the moon?
Answer
Titanium
Q11.Which instrument used for finding out wind-direction?
Answer
wind vane
Q12.Which element that does not occur in nature but can be produced artificially?
Answer
Plutonium
Q13.Which can be used for biological control of mosquitoes?
Answer
Gambusia
Q14.Which book is authored by V.S. Naipaul?
Answer
A House for Mr.Biswas
Q15.Where was the first session of the Constituent Assembly held?
Answer
New Delhi
Q16.When had India a plan holiday?
Answer
After the drought of 1966
Q17.What was the source of the blue gem stone, lapis lazuli, for the people of Harappan culture?
Answer
Afghanistan
Q18.What was the script used in the earliest Tamil inscriptions?
Answer
Brahmi
Q19.The latitude of a place is the same as which place?
Answer
Celestial pole
Q20.The improper function of which results in condition ‘Myxedema’ in human beings?
Answer
Thyroid gland
Q21.Shovna Narayan is a reputed personality in which field?
Answer
Classical dance
Q22.Sachin Tendulkar scored his 100th international century against which country?
Answer
Bangladesh
Q23.On the basis of financial crisis howmany times has emergency been declared by the President of India?
Answer
Not even once
Q24.In which technology do Cryogenic engines find applications?
Answer
Rocket technology
Q25.In the Vedic society, which was the term used to denote a group of families?
Answer
Grama
Q26.In baseball, the two opposing teams consist of howmany players?
Answer
9 players each
Q27.In 1610, Galileo Galilei discovered four moons of which planet?
Answer
Jupiter
Q28.How are Latitude and Longitude?
Answer
Perpendicular to each other
Q29.During which Plan did prices show a decline?
Answer
First
Q30.Alpha-keratin is a protein present in which thing?
Answer
Wool