1.Who
is the only person to have won an Olympic medal & also received a Nobel
Prize ?
Answer
:-Philip
Noel-Baker
2. Which
commission was appointed by the Govt. of India in 1977 to inquire into all the
excesses committed in the Indian Emergency (1975-77) ?
Answer
:- J.C.
Shah Commission
3.Which
classical dance form was founded by the saint Srimanta Sankardev ?
Answer
:-Sattriya
4. Which
tropical plant has the scientific name Ananas comosus ?
Answer
:-Pineapple
5. Which
is the largest Parva in Mahabharata ?
Answer
:- Shanti Parva
6.According
to the Roman mythology, who is the king of the Gods ?
Answer
:-Jupiter
(Jove)
7. Which vitamin is also known as
Vitamin H and coenzyme R ?
Answer
:-Biotin
8. Name
the son of Varahamihira, who authored Hora Sara, an ancient treatise on the
predictive part of Hindu astrology ?
Answer
:-Prithuyasas
9. Which
disease is detected through the Mantoux test and Pirquet test ?
Answer
:- Tuberculosis
10. Which
development bank of India borrows money from the World Bank ?
Answer
:-NABARD
11.Who was the first Indian
President to die in harness ?
Answer
:-Zakir
Hussain
12.Who
was the first Keralite to contest in the Presidential elections ?
Answer
:-Justice
V.R. Krishna Iyer
13.Which
country is known as ‘The Land of Heroes’ ?
Answer
:- Scotland
14.Which
world famous writer was born in the year of Halley’s Comet’s visit (1835) and
passed away in the year of the next visit of the same comet (1910) ?
Answer
:-Mark
Twain
15.Which
agricultural product’s different grades are RSS-1, RSS-2 & RSS-4 ?
Answer
:- Rubber
16.Tsiology
is the study of _____ :
Answer
:-Tea
17.Name
the space tourism company which launched seven clients to the International
Space Station ?
Answer
:- Space Adventures Ltd.
18.‘Yogakshemam
Vahamyaham’ is the slogan of _____ :
Answer
:-LIC
19.Which
Sultanate ruler died in January 1316, of oedema ?
Answer
:-Alauddin
Khilji
20.Which
element has the largest number of stable isotops ?
Answer
:-Tin (10)
21.What
was the name of the first space laboratory launched by China on September 29,
2011 ?
Answer
:-Tiangong
22.Which
country’s national assembly is Pyidaungsu Hluttaw ?
Answer
:-Myanmar
23.Who
was the author of ‘Draft Constitution of Free India’ ?
Answer :-M.N. Roy
24. Which
National Park in India is famous for red panda ?
Answer
:-Nokrek National Park (Meghalaya)
25.Which
is the oldest sports museum in the world ?
Answer
:-MCC
Museum (Lord’s, London)
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