Section A Gk1 1. For Rajya Sabha, how many members are nominated by President?Ans. 12 2.

Chief advisor of which ruler ?Ans. Chandragupta Maurya 3. What is the direction of rotation of earth on its axis ? Ans. West to East 4. In Computers , One Byte equals to how many Bits ? Ans. 8bits 5. Which is the highest civilian award in India ? Ans- Bharat Ratna 6. In first battle of Panipat , Babar defeated which Lodhi ruler to eastablish Mughals in India ?Ans. Ibrahim Lodhi 7. Which is the largest animal in world ?Ans- Blue Whale 8. In an equilateral triange , how many sides are equal ?Ans- All 9. What is the name of first indigenously developed Super Computer of India ?Ans. Param 10. Who is the first indian Tenis player to win boy's Australian Open Junior Title ?Ans. Yuki Bhambri 11. Zakumi , a leopard, is the official mascot of which tournament ?Ans.- FIFA Football World Cup 2010 12. .What term is used to refer the large number which is formed by writing digit 1 followed by 100 Zeros ?Ans.- Googol 13. In which hill station is the Himalayan Mountaineering Institute (HMI) located ? Darjeeling 14. Who is the only Indian batsman to score Triple Century in Test Cricket ? Virender Sehwag 15. Nathu La Pass , located in Sikkim , connects India with which country ? China 16. Who presides over the joint sittings of both houses of Parliament ? Lok Sabha Speaker 17. In which town of Uttar Pradesh did Gautam Buddha attain Mahaparinirvana (salvation )? Kushinagar 18. Who wrote the patriotic song ' Saare Jahan Se Achcha '? Mohammad Iqbal 19. Which unit used to measure the intensity of sound ? Decibel 20. In 2007 , which state re-established its Vidhan Parishad ( Legislative Council ) after a gap of 22 years ? Andhra Pradesh 21. Which colour is in the centre of Rainbow ? Green 22. In terms of area , which is the smallest state in India ? Goa 23. Who is the chairman of the Planning Commission ? Prime Minister 24. Who authored sanskrit epic Ramayana ? Valmiki 25. Who is the first indian woman to win Olympic medal ? Karnam Malleshwari 26. Which canal Connects Mediterranean Sea with Red Sea ? Suez Canal 27. According to Mahabharat , Who was the last Commander - in - Chief of Kaurava Army ? Ashwatthama 28. Who is the first indian cricketer to take Hat Trick in Test Cricket ? Harbhajan Singh 29. Which is the longest bone in human body ? Femur

30. Which Luxury train travels through Maharashtra and includes Goa in its journey ? The Deccan Odyssey 31. Peter Paeker is the original name of which fictional superhero ? Spiderman 32. Which planet is referred Morning Start as well as Evening Star ? Venus 33. Lumbini, the birth place of Gautom Budhdha, is in which present countery ? Nepal 34. Who was the first indian woman to scale the Mount Everest ? Bachendri Pal 35. Which is not a part of our parliament ? Supreme Court 36. What is aquaphobia, also referred as hydrophobia, the fear of ? Water 37. Which freedom fighter authored the book Discovery of India ? Jawaharlal Nehru 38. To commemorate his conquest of the Ranthambhor fort and Khandesh in Gujarat, which Mughal ruler built Buland Darwaza at Fatehpur Sikri ? Akbar 39. Which is the principal ore of Mercury ? cinnabar 40. Where is the Indian Instiute of Science ( IISc) situted ? Bengalureu 41. What is the motto of the National Cadet Corps (NCC) ? Ekta Aur Anushasan 42. Nifty is the main share index of which stock exchange ? BSE 43. Which planet is nearest to Sun ? Mercury 44. According to Mahabahrat , who was Abhimanyu's mother ? Subhadra 45. What is the boundary line demarcating India and Pakistan known as ? Radcliffe Line 46. The name of which Indian classical dance style, originated in north India , literally means 'Story Teller ' ? Kathak 47. Jama Masjid at Delhi, the largest in India , was built by which Mughal emperor ? Shahjahan 48. Which renowned vocalist was awarded Bharat Ratna in 2008 ? Pt. Bhimsen Joshi 49. The Althing , the oldest functioning legislative assembly in world , is the parliament of which country ? Iceland 50. To measure hardness of minerals , which scale is used ? Mohs

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1. 2. 3. 4. What is the observation that `Supply creates its own demand' is popularly called ? In 1916, who founded Banaras Hindu University in Varanasi ? Who was the first Jain Tirthankar ? Where are the headquarters of the Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) situated ? 5. Which blood group is universal donor ? 6. Who directed 8 Oscar awards winning film 'Slumdog Millionaire' ? 7. Who became the first space tourist on 28 April, 2001 ? 8. Khajuraho temples were built by rulers of which dynasty ? 9. The book`Beyond The Last Blue Mountain'written by R.M.Lala is the biography of which industrialist? 10. Which city will host Winter Olympics in 2010 ?

Answers :
1. Say's Law 2. Madan Mohan Malaviya 3. Rishabh Dev 4. Vienna 5. O 6. Danny Boyle 7. Dennis Tito 8. Chandela 9. J.R.D.Tata 10.Vancouver (Canada)