Ans: Magnesium Sulphate
2. The World Mosquito Day is observed on:
Ans: August 20
3. What is known as the 'Grain of Paradise'?
Ans: Pepper
4. Which countries are situated in the Iberian
Peninsula?
Ans: Spain &Portugal
5. The name of the Nair Service Society
was chosen in the beginning in the model of which organisation?
6. Who was the first Indian to win the
Nishan-e-Pakistan, the highest civilian award given by the Government of Pakistan?
Ans: Moradi Desai
Ans: Moradi Desai
7. Who composed the patriotic song 'Qadam Qadam
Badaye Ja'?
Ans: Ram Singh Thakur
8. Who said 'Patriotism is the last refuge of a
scoundrel'?
Ans: Samuel Johnson
9. Solanine is a poison contained in the leaves
of which plant?
Ans: Potato Liquefied natural gas or LNG is
natural gas is predominantly composed of:
Ans: Methane
10. Who moved the first-ever No confidence
motion on the floor of the Lok Sabha in August 1963?
Ans: J.B. Kripalani
11. The moons of which planet have been named
after lesser sea gods of Greek/Roman mythology?
Ans: Neptune
12. Who was the first Prime Minister of Sri Lanka?
Ans: D.S. Senanayake
13. What is the name of the belt of marshy
grasslands located south of the outer foothills of the Himalaya?
Ans: Terai
14. Name the Canadian scientist who proposed a
worldwide system of time zones in 1879?
Ans: Sir Sandford Fleming
15. Which art form is described in the ‘Natyakalpadrumam’?
Ans: Koodiyattam
16. Which metal is used in the catalytic
converters in cars to reduce the pollution from exhaust gases?
Ans: Platinum
17. Which planet has the highest average surface
temperature?
Ans: Venus
18. In which country is the United Nation's University
for Peace situated?
Ans: Costa Rica
19. Which country issued the world's first driving
license?
Ans: France
20. Which writer was the creator of the
imaginary land of 'Oz’?
Ans: L. Frank Baum
21. Which is the only sport that women contest at
the Olympics but men do not?
Ans: Softball
22. Who was the leader of the Kuka
Rebellion in Punjab in 1872?
Ans: Baba Ram Singh
23. Which layer of the atmosphere is the 'meteor
region'?
Ans: Mesosphere
24. In which country is the famous Adam's Peak?
Ans: Sri Lanka
25. Which region of Earth Ls also known as '50
Degree Sumner Isotherm'?
Ans: The Arctic region
26. Which mountain pass is known as the Key to
the Deccan'?
Ans: Asirgarh (Satpura range)
27. Who was the first female to preside over the
Rajya Sabha?
Ans: Violet Alva
28. Which
water fall is known as the Niagara of India'?
Ans: Hogenakkal Falls
29. Which is the only corporatised major port in
India?
Ans: Ennore
30. Name the Defence Minister of India who
conceived the idea of Sainik School in 1961?
Ans: V.K Krishna Menon
31. Which is the only Malayalam film to get the
UNICEF film award in 1990?
Ans: Mathilukal
32. Which famous book was translated into
Gujarati in the name ‘Sarvodaya' by Gandhiji in 1904?
Ans: Unto This Last
33. Who set the tune for the National Song ‘Vande
Mataram'?
Ans: Jadunath Bhattachaaya
34. Which world famous artist's most commonly
accepted periods in work are the Blue Period and the Rose Period?
Ans: Pablo Picasso
35. Where is the Bhandarkar Oriental Research
Institute?
Ans:Pune
36. Which musician composed Pancharatna Kriti?
Ans: Tyagaraja
37. The Currency notes are made from paper made
of:
Ans: Cotton (Rag)
38. Who was the first Indian ruler to use
rockets in the battle?
Ans: Tipu Sultan
39. Which insect recognises sweetness through
legs?
Ans: Housefly
40. Which Indian state has the most number of
cities?
Ans: Tamil Nadu
41. Which temple in Odisha is known as 'White
Pagoda'?
Ans: Jagannath Temple
42. Which Indian has been described by the
United Nations Environment Programme as the Father of Economic Ecology'?
Ans: Dr. M.S. Swaminathan
43. Which is the only ocean without a port?
Ans: Southern Ocean
44. Which metal is used in the fireworks to give
them a purple color?
Ans: Rubidium
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