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Q. The Governor-General was given power to issue ordinances by the act of
ANS:- 1861
Q. Which of the following is one of the causes for the passing of the Act of 1773?
ANS:- Failure of Double Government
Q. Pitt’s India Bill was introduced by ________ in 1784.
ANS:- Prime Minister Pitt
Q. Who among the following Governor General created the Covenanted Civil Service of India which later came to be known as the Indian Civil Service?
ANS:- Cornwallis
Q. Under which article, President of India can proclaim constitutional emergency?
ANS:- Article 356
Q. How many members of upper house (RajyaSabha) can be nominated by President of India?
ANS:- 12
Q. Who was the Defence Minister of India during the Indo China War of 1962?
ANS:- V.K. Krishna Menon
Q. When was the States Reorganization Commission constituted?
ANS:- 1953
Q. The Ghatampur thermal power plant approved by Cabinet is to be setup in –
ANS:- Uttar Pradesh
Q. Which functionary can be invited to give his opinion in the parliament?
ANS:- Attorney General of India
Q. The largest delta of the world is
ANS:- Sunderban delta
Q. Tree cover is maximum in
ANS:- Western ghats
Q. What amongst the following is responsible for the formation of stone in the human kidney?
ANS:- Calcium oxalate
Q. What is a mushroom?
ANS:- Fungi
Q. The chemical used as a ‘fixer’ in photography is-
ANS:- Sodium thiosulphate
Q. Which one of the following is viscous?
ANS:- Honey
Q. The dispute over Siachin Glacier is between –
ANS:- India and Pakistan
Q. A particle dropped from the top of a tower uniformly falls on ground at a distance a which is equal to the height of tower. Which of the following paths will be traversed by the particle?
ANS:- Parabolic
Q. Who was the founder of Seva Sadan in Bombay?
ANS:- Ramabai Ranade
Q. The Theosophical Society was founded in the U. S. A. by ?
ANS:- Madam Blavatsky and Olcott
Q. In the Indian Parliamentary System, ‘Vote on Account’ is valid for how many months (except the year of elections)?
ANS:- 2 months
Q. In the Constituent Assembly, when was the ad-hoc Committee appointed for the National Flag—
ANS:- 22th July 1947
Q. Special Economic Zone (SEZ) concept was first introduced in
ANS:- China
Q. The Permanent settlement introduced by Cornwallis is in Bengal is known as
ANS:- Zamindari System
Q. Who was the first Chief Justice of Supreme Court of Calcutta?
ANS:- Elijah Impey
Q. The Charter Act of 1793 Renewed the Company’s monopoly for____________ years.
ANS:- 20 years
Q. What is law-making authority of the government called ?
ANS:- Legislative
Q. The Punjab Reorganisation Act, which created the states of Punjab and Haryana in 1966, was enacted on the basis of the recommendations of the
ANS:- Shah Commission
Q. The reference to the National Capital Territory of Delhi is found in
ANS:- Article 239AA
Q. The revenue system initiated by Sher Shah influenced the revenue system of
ANS:- Babar
Q. Bairam Khan was murdered at
ANS:- Cambay
Q. Who planted the “Tree of Liberty’ at Srirangapatnam ?
ANS:- Tipu Sultan
Q. The famous resolution on Non-Cooperation under the inspiration of Mahatma Gandhi was adopted in a special session of Congress held at Calcutta in
ANS:- September 1920
Q. Dandi March started on ________ 1930.
ANS:- 12th March
Q. Which of the following has the supreme command of the Indian Defence Forces?
ANS:- President of India
Q. Anti-defection law is given in which schedule of Indian constitution?
ANS:- Tenth Schedule
Q. Which one of the following region is most rich in coal deposits?
ANS:- Damodar Valley
Q. Who is the custodian of Contingency Fund of India?
ANS:- The President
Q. The Chairman of the National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) is:
ANS:- Prime Minister of India
Q. Who among the following led a deputation of Banaras Pandits to the Mughal emperor to seek abolition of the Banaras and Allahabad?
ANS:- Kavindracharya
Q. Who among the following was the first English man to visit western India ?
ANS:- Thomas Stephens
Q. Who among the following was the official historian of Aurangzeb’s reign?
ANS:- Mohammad Kazim
Q. “Din-i-Ilahi’ was a movement of Akbar’s folly, not of his wisdom.” Who made this statement?
ANS:- V.A. Smith
Q. Who among the following leaders dominated the Lucknow Pact in December, 1916?
ANS:- Bal Gangadhar Tilak
Q. The Look East Policy in India was started by which of the following Prime Ministers?
ANS:- P.V. Narasimha Rao
Q. A drainage pattern where a river is joined by its tributaries approximately at right angles is ___________.
ANS:- Trellis
Q. The core of the earth is also known as ______.
ANS:- Barysphere
Q. In Indian constitution, the method of election of President has been taken from which country?
ANS:- Ireland
Q. Who was the Governor General of India during the launch of Civil Disobedience Movement?
ANS:- Lord Irwin
Q. Who is the Viceroy of India during Quit India Movement ?
ANS:- Linlithgow
Q. Which drug is used as an Anti-Inflammatory?
ANS:- Prednisone
Q. Adding which substance gives blue colour to glass?
ANS:- Cobalt oxide
Q. Which Governor General abolished the ‘Sati System’ in India?
ANS:- Lord Wiliam Bentinck
Q. Molten rock below the surface of the earth is called __________.
ANS:- Magma
Q. In which year did the Portuguese captured Goa from Bijapur?
ANS:- 1510
Q. Which one of the following chemicals helps in fruit ripening?
ANS:- Ethephon
Q. In collaboration with David Hare and Alexander Duff, who of the following established Hindu College at Calcutta ?
ANS:- Raja Rammohan Roy
Q. A stretch of sea water, partly or fully separated by a narrow strip from the main sea is called
ANS:- Lagoon
Q. _________ is a byproduct of sewage treatment and can be decomposed to produce biogas
ANS:- Sludge
Q. Which Fundamental Right in the Indian Constitution includes equal access to shops, bathing, ghats, hotels etc?
ANS:- Right to Equality
Q. President of India can refer any matter that is of public importance or that which involves interpretation of Constitution to ________
ANS:- Supreme Court
Q. The heat treatment applied to milk to stabilize and to remove disease causing bacteria is called as
ANS:- Pasteurization
Q. Which one of the following was used as a chemical weapon in the First World War?
ANS:- Mustard gas
Q. Which one of the following European trading companies adopted the “Blue Water Policy” in India?
ANS:- Francisco de Almeida (Portuguese company)
Q. The Arya Mahila Sabha was founded by ?
ANS:- Pandit Ramabai
Q. The Daily Weather Map of India is prepared and printed at___________
ANS:- Pune
Q. “Great Barrier Reef”, the world’s largest Coral reef is located in
ANS:- Australia
Q. In which year was All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (AIADMK) founded?
ANS:- 1972
Q. Cockroach cannot survive in the water because its respiratory organ is –
ANS:- Trachea
Q. Which among the following is white phosphorus?
ANS:- P4
Q. Which one of the following cities of Iraq is located on Tigris river?
ANS:- Baghdad
Q. The writers of the East India Company had their training in the college at ________ in England.
ANS:- Haileybury
Q. Isotopes are separated by
ANS:- Distillation
Q. Ustad Mansur was a famous painter in the reign of
ANS:- Jahangir
Q. Who wrote the famous book – ‘We the people’?
ANS:- Nani Palkhivala
Q. Journalist Day was celebrated for the first time all over the country on
ANS:- Oct 28, 1984
Q. Who wrote the line: ‘ A thing of beauty is a joy forever’?
ANS:- John Keats
Q. Which one of the following Committees is described as the ‘twin sister’ of the Estimates Committee?
ANS:- Public Accounts Committee
Q. Who gave the ‘General Equilibrium Theory’?
ANS:- Leon Walras
Q. What process takes place during the youthful stage of a river?
ANS:- Valley deepening
Q. Sandstone is which type of rock?
ANS:- Sedimentary Rock
Q. Rainfall caused by intense evaporation in equatorial areas is called _____________.
ANS:- Convectional rainfall
Q. Nandadevi peak is located in ____________ State.
ANS:- Uttarakhand
Q. Who among the following gave monistic theory of sovereignty?
ANS:- Austin
Q. In which of the following States India’s first Green Rail Corridor was launched in –
ANS:- Tamil Nadu
Q. The relation between the consumer’s optimal choice of the quantity of a good and its price is very important and this relation is called the ________function.
ANS:- Demand
Q. Name the catalyst used in the conversion of milk into curd?
ANS:- Lactase
Q. Provision was made in the Act of 1773, for the office of a Governor-General of
ANS:- Fort William
Q. The term socialist was added in the Preamble by the amendment
ANS:- 42nd
Q. The Sun Temple of Konark was built by Narasimhadeva I. To which dynasty did he belong to?
ANS:- Eastern Ganga dynasty
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