● The macro-nutrients provided by inorganic fertilisers are –
Answer :- nitrogen, phosphorus and potassium,
● The ultimate cause of water movement in a plant stem against gravity is –
Answer :- transpiration,
● Vermicompost is a/an –
Answer :- organic biofertiliser,
● In wildlife conservation, which best defines an endemic species?
Answer :- A species confined to a particular region and not found anywhere
else,
● Duncan Passage is located between –
Answer :- South and Little Andaman,
● The main area of production of icebergs is found in –
Answer :- the West Coast of Greenland,
● The Operation Polo was associated with the annexation of which Princely
States into Indian Union?
Answer :- Hyderabad,
● The name of Ram Prasad Bismil is associated with –
Answer :- Kakori Conspiracy Case,
● Age of fossil may be found out by determining the ratio of two isotopes of
carbon. The isotopes are –
Answer :- C-12 and C-14,
● Which Chinese travellers visited the kingdoms of Harshavardhana and Kumar
Bhaskar Varma?
Answer :- Hiuen Tsang,
● Which Indus cities was known for water management?
Answer :- Mohenjo-Daro,
● Which States was first annexed by Lord Dalhousie under the Doctrine of Lapse?
Answer :- Satara,
● Ashokan inscriptions of Mansehra and Shahbazgadhi are written in –
Answer :- Prakrit language, Kharoshthi script,
● Sabin Award is given for the conservation of –
Answer :- amphibians,
● The Indian research station Himadri is located at –
Answer :- Arctic Region,
● In SONAR,we use –
Answer :- ultrasonic waves,
● A liquid is kept in a regular cylindrical vessel up to a certain height.If
this vessel is replaced by another cylindrical vessel, having half the area of
cross-section of the bottom, the pressure on the bottom will –
Answer :- be increased to twice the earlier pressure,
● Which Union Ministries in India publishes the Economic Survey ?
Answer :- Ministry of Finance,
● What is the aim of Operation Blackboard?
Answer :- Promoting adult literacy,
● The chemical name of caustic soda is–
Answer :- sodium hydroxide,
● The capital of the People’s Republic of China is–
Answer :- Beijing,
● Tribhuvan International Airport is situated in–
Answer :- Kathmandu (Nepal),
● The Kaziranga National Park is situated in the Indian State of–
Answer :- Assam,
● The Japanese encephalitis, a virus born disease, which claimed many deaths in
India recently, affects which part of the human body?
Answer :- Brain,
● The ‘Pudhu Vezhvu Scheme’ is an empowerment and poverty reduction initiative
launched by–
Answer :- Tamil Nadu,
● During whose viceroyalty was the system of Budget introduced in India?
Answer :- Canning,
● The tenure of the Swiss President is–
Answer :- 1 year,
● Name the Italian traveller who visited the Vijayanagar Empire in 1420 AD–
Answer :- Nicolo de Conti,
● Which dynasties established an independent rule in Bijapur?
Answer :- Adil Shahi,
● Who enjoyed the patronage of Sultans from Balban to Ghiyas-ud-din Tughlaq?
Answer :- Amit Khusrau,
● The Sufi movement originally started from –
Answer :- Persia,
● Humayun was driven out of Hindustan in 1540 A. D. after the battle of –
Answer :- Kannauj,
● Poly metallic nodules (also called manganese nodules) are found in
concentrations–
Answer :- In deep ocean beds,
● Kandla port is located at –
Answer :- Gulf of Kutch,
● Which forests grows in waterlogged areas?
Answer :- Mangrove,
● The sleeping sickness is caused by –
Answer :- Trypanosoma,
● Haemolymph is observed in –
Answer :- Arthropods,
● The virus without capsid but only with nucleic acids is called –
Answer :- Nucleoid,
● The immunity caused by the B-lymphocytes is called –
Answer :- Acquired immunity,
● Fungi that grow on bark are said to be –
Answer :- Corticolous,
● To an astronaut in space the sky will appear to be –
Answer :- Black,
● Natural Radioactivity was discovered by –
Answer :- Henri Bacquerel,
● Rainbow formation is due to –
Answer :- Refraction and reflection of sunlight by water droplets,
● Combustion is a –
Answer :- Chemical process,
● What is Dry Ice?
Answer :- Solid carbon dioxide,
● The gas commonly used in advertisement sign-boards and decorative lights is –
Answer :- Neon,
● Flow of blood in dorsal blood vessel of Earthworm is –
Answer :- Forward,
● Hyperplasia means –
Answer :- Abnormal increase in number of cells,
● The part of root involved in water absorption is –
Answer :-Zone of root hairs,
● Which is the parent country of Mobile giant Nokia?
Answer :- Finland,
● Which is the largest man-made lake?
Answer :- Wullar,
● Cheraw, the bamboo dance, is of which Indian State?
Answer :- Mizoram,
● Which Indian Prime Ministers was honoured posthumously by the Government of
Bangladesh for his/her contributions to the independence of the nation ?
Answer :- Indira Gandhi,
● Which is the capital of Brazil?
Answer :- Brasilia,
● Which diseases is not covered under Integrated Disease Surveillance Project?
Answer :- Cholera,
● Which regions in the Indian Ocean is affected by the EI Nino?
Answer :- India and Bangladesh,
● Which is the abbreviated name associated with food security?
Answer :- PDS,
● With which Indian Group did Malaysian Airlines Air Asia recently join hands?
Answer :- Tata Sons,
● Which is the short form of the name of the Indian space shuttle which puts
various satellites into orbit ?
Answer :- PSLV,
● Which is the parent country of Mobile giant Nokia?
Answer :- Finland,
● The word Oikonomia means –
Answer :- Household Management,
● ISRO and the Airport Authority of India installed a space-based augmentation
system (SBAS) to render the Global Positioning System signal suitable for civil
aviation over the Indian airspace.What is the name of the SBAS?
Answer :- GAGAN
● World’s first gold and jewellery-encrusted car Gold Plus by -
Answer :- Tata Motors,
● While a proclamation of emergency is in operation,the duration of the Lok
Sabha can be extended for a period –
Answer :- of one year at a time,
● If you travel along the Suez Canal from Port Said to Suez,you will come
across several lakes. Which lakes is not on this Canal?
Answer :- Lake Gatun,
● What does infant mortality rate refer to?
Answer :- The ratio of number of children who die before their first birthday
out of every 1000 live births,
● Who founded the Pagal Panth?
Answer :- Karam Shah,
● Who were the Faraizis?
Answer :- Followers of Haji Shariatullah,
● The correct geographical location for the Ramosi Uprising was –
Answer :- Western Ghats,
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