Static GK Test
Static GK
1. When was the Constitution of India enforced ? // ā§§. āĻāĻžā§°āϤ⧰ āϏāĻāĻŦāĻŋāϧāĻžāύ āĻā§āϤāĻŋāϝāĻŧāĻž āĻŦāϞāĻŦā§ āĻā§°āĻž āĻšā§āĻāĻŋāϞ ?
(A) 26 Jan 1947 (B) 26 Jan 1950 (C) 15 Aug 1947 (D) 15 Aug 1950
Ans / āĻāϤā§āϤ⧰: (B) 26 January 1950 (⧍ā§Ŧ āĻāĻžāύā§ā§ąāĻžā§°ā§ ā§§ā§¯ā§Ģā§Ļ)
Explanation: The Constitution of India was adopted on 26 November 1949 and came into force on 26 January 1950 to commemorate the Purna Swaraj Declaration of 1930. āĻŦā§āϝāĻžāĻā§āϝāĻž: āĻāĻžā§°āϤ⧰ āϏāĻāĻŦāĻŋāϧāĻžāύ ⧍ā§Ŧ āĻ¨ā§ąā§āĻŽā§āĻŦā§° ⧧⧝ā§Ē⧝ āϤāĻžā§°āĻŋāĻā§ āĻā§āĻšā§āϤ āĻšāϝāĻŧ āĻ⧰⧠⧍ā§Ŧ āĻāĻžāύā§ā§ąāĻžā§°ā§ ā§§ā§¯ā§Ģā§Ļ āϤāĻžā§°āĻŋāĻā§ āĻŦāϞāĻŦā§ āĻšāϝāĻŧāĨ¤ ā§§ā§¯ā§Šā§Ļ āĻāύ⧰ āĻĒā§ā§°ā§āĻŖ āϏā§āĻŦā§°āĻžāĻ āĻā§āώāĻŖāĻžā§° āϏā§āĻŽā§āϤāĻŋāϤ āĻāĻ āĻĻāĻŋāύāĻā§ āĻŦāĻžāĻāύāĻŋ āĻā§°āĻž āĻšā§āĻāĻŋāϞāĨ¤
2. Who was the first Indian Governor-General ? ⧍. āĻāĻžā§°āϤ⧰ āĻĒā§ā§°āĻĨāĻŽ āĻāĻžā§°āϤā§āϝāĻŧ āĻā§ąā§°ā§āĻŖā§°-āĻā§āύā§ā§°ā§āϞ āĻā§āύ āĻāĻāĻŋāϞ ?
(A) Lord Mountbatten (B) C. Rajagopalachari (C) Lord Dalhousie (D) Lord Wellesley
Ans / āĻāϤā§āϤ⧰: (B) C. Rajagopalachari (āĻāĻŋ. ā§°āĻžāĻāĻžāĻā§āĻĒāĻžāϞāĻžāĻāĻžā§°ā§)
Explanation: C. Rajagopalachari became the first Indian Governor-General in 1948 after Lord Mountbatten. He was the only Indian to hold this office. āĻŦā§āϝāĻžāĻā§āϝāĻž: āϞ⧰ā§āĻĄ āĻŽāĻžāĻāĻŖā§āĻāĻŦā§āĻā§āύ⧰ āĻĒāĻŋāĻāϤ ⧧⧝ā§Ēā§Ž āĻāύāϤ āĻāĻŋ. ā§°āĻžāĻāĻžāĻā§āĻĒāĻžāϞāĻžāĻāĻžā§°ā§ āĻāĻžā§°āϤ⧰ āĻĒā§ā§°āĻĨāĻŽ āĻāĻžā§°āϤā§āϝāĻŧ āĻā§ąā§°ā§āĻŖā§°-āĻā§āύā§ā§°ā§āϞ āĻšāϝāĻŧāĨ¤ āĻāĻ āĻĒāĻĻāϤ āĻ āϧāĻŋāώā§āĻ āĻŋāϤ āĻšā§ā§ąāĻž āϤā§āĻāĻ āĻāĻāĻŽāĻžāϤā§ā§° āĻāĻžā§°āϤā§āϝāĻŧāĨ¤
3. Who wrote Prithviraj Raso ? ā§Š. ‘āĻĒā§āĻĨā§āĻŦā§ā§°āĻžāĻ ā§°āĻžāϏ⧒ āĻā§āύ⧠āϞāĻŋāĻāĻŋāĻāĻŋāϞ ?
(A) Amir Khusro (B) Kalidasa (C) Chand Bardai (D) Surdas
Ans / āĻāϤā§āϤ⧰: (C) Chand Bardai (āĻāύā§āĻĻ āĻŦā§°āĻĻāĻžāĻ)
Explanation: Chand Bardai, the court poet of Prithviraj Chauhan, wrote the famous epic Prithviraj Raso. āĻŦā§āϝāĻžāĻā§āϝāĻž: āĻĒā§āĻĨā§āĻŦā§ā§°āĻžāĻ āĻā§āĻšāĻžāύ⧰ ā§°āĻžāĻāĻāĻŦāĻŋ āĻāύā§āĻĻ āĻŦā§°āĻĻāĻžāĻāϝāĻŧā§ āĻŦāĻŋāĻā§āϝāĻžāϤ āĻŽāĻšāĻžāĻāĻžāĻŦā§āϝ ‘āĻĒā§āĻĨā§āĻŦā§ā§°āĻžāĻ ā§°āĻžāϏ⧒ ā§°āĻāύāĻž āĻā§°āĻŋāĻāĻŋāϞāĨ¤
4. On which river is Amaravati Dam situated ? ā§Ē. āĻ āĻŽā§°āĻžā§ąāϤ⧠āĻŦāĻžāĻāϧ āĻā§āύ āύāĻĻā§ā§° āĻāĻĒā§°āϤ āĻ ā§ąāϏā§āĻĨāĻŋāϤ ?
(A) Krishna (B) Godavari (C) Kaveri (D) Mahanadi
Ans / āĻāϤā§āϤ⧰: Amaravati River (Tributary of the Kaveri) / āĻ āĻŽā§°āĻžā§ąāϤ⧠āύāĻĻā§ (āĻāĻžāĻŦā§ā§°ā§ āύāĻĻā§ā§° āĻāĻĒāύāĻĻā§)
Explanation: Amaravathi Dam is built across the Amaravathi River in Tamil Nadu. The river is a tributary of the Kaveri. āĻŦā§āϝāĻžāĻā§āϝāĻž: āĻ āĻŽā§°āĻžā§ąāϤ⧠āĻŦāĻžāĻāϧ āϤāĻžāĻŽāĻŋāϞāύāĻžāĻĄā§ā§° āĻ āĻŽā§°āĻžā§ąāϤ⧠āύāĻĻā§ā§° āĻāĻĒā§°āϤ āύāĻŋā§°ā§āĻŽāĻžāĻŖ āĻā§°āĻž āĻšā§āĻā§āĨ¤ āĻāĻ āύāĻĻā§ āĻāĻžāĻŦā§ā§°ā§ āύāĻĻā§ā§° āĻāĻĒāύāĻĻā§āĨ¤
5. When was the Indian National Congress founded ? ā§Ģ. āĻāĻžā§°āϤā§āϝāĻŧ āĻāĻžāϤā§āϝāĻŧ āĻāĻāĻā§ā§°ā§āĻ āĻā§āϤāĻŋāϝāĻŧāĻž āĻĒā§ā§°āϤāĻŋāώā§āĻ āĻž āĻā§°āĻž āĻšā§āĻāĻŋāϞ ?
(A) 1885 (B) 1857 (C) 1905 (D) 1942
Ans / āĻāϤā§āϤ⧰: (A) 1885
Explanation: The Indian National Congress was founded in 1885 by A.O. Hume. Its first session was presided over by W.C. Bonnerjee. āĻŦā§āϝāĻžāĻā§āϝāĻž: ā§§ā§Žā§Žā§Ģ āĻāύāϤ āĻ.āĻ ' āĻšāĻŋāĻāĻŽā§ āĻāĻžā§°āϤā§āϝāĻŧ āĻāĻžāϤā§āϝāĻŧ āĻāĻāĻā§ā§°ā§āĻ āĻĒā§ā§°āϤāĻŋāώā§āĻ āĻž āĻā§°ā§āĨ¤ āĻĒā§ā§°āĻĨāĻŽ āĻ āϧāĻŋā§ąā§āĻļāύāϤ āĻĄāĻŦā§āϞāĻŋāĻ.āĻāĻŋ. āĻŦā§āύāĻžā§°ā§āĻā§āϝāĻŧā§ āϏāĻāĻžāĻĒāϤāĻŋāϤā§āĻŦ āĻā§°āĻŋāĻāĻŋāϞāĨ¤
6. From where was Panchayati Raj first started ? ā§Ŧ. āĻĒāĻā§āĻāĻžāϝāĻŧāϤ⧠⧰āĻžāĻ āĻĒā§ā§°āĻĨāĻŽā§ āĻ’āϤ āĻā§°āĻŽā§āĻ āĻā§°āĻž āĻšā§āĻāĻŋāϞ ?
(A) Rajasthan (B) Gujarat (C) Bihar (D) Uttar Pradesh
Ans / āĻāϤā§āϤ⧰: (A) Rajasthan (ā§°āĻžāĻāϏā§āĻĨāĻžāύ)
Explanation: Panchayati Raj was first implemented on 2 October 1959 at Nagaur district, Rajasthan. āĻŦā§āϝāĻžāĻā§āϝāĻž: ⧍ āĻ āĻā§āĻā§āĻŦā§° ⧧⧝ā§Ģ⧝ āϤāĻžā§°āĻŋāĻā§ ā§°āĻžāĻāϏā§āĻĨāĻžāύ⧰ āύāĻžāĻā§ā§° āĻāĻŋāϞāĻžāϤ āĻĒā§ā§°āĻĨāĻŽāĻŦāĻžā§°ā§° āĻŦāĻžāĻŦā§ āĻĒāĻā§āĻāĻžāϝāĻŧāϤ⧠⧰āĻžāĻ āĻŦā§āĻ¯ā§ąāϏā§āĻĨāĻž āĻā§°āĻŽā§āĻ āĻā§°āĻž āĻšā§āĻāĻŋāϞāĨ¤
7. Which is the largest desert in the world ? ā§. āĻŦāĻŋāĻļā§āĻŦā§° āϏ⧰ā§āĻŦāĻŦā§āĻšā§ āĻŽā§°ā§āĻā§āĻŽāĻŋ āĻā§āύāĻāύ ?
(A) Sahara (B) Gobi (C) Kalahari (D) Thar
Ans / āĻāϤā§āϤ⧰: (A) Sahara (āĻāĻžāĻšāĻžā§°āĻž)
Explanation: The Sahara Desert in Africa is the world's largest hot desert, covering about 9.2 million square kilometres. āĻŦā§āϝāĻžāĻā§āϝāĻž: āĻāĻĢā§ā§°āĻŋāĻāĻžā§° āĻāĻžāĻšāĻžā§°āĻž āĻŽā§°ā§āĻā§āĻŽāĻŋ āĻŦāĻŋāĻļā§āĻŦā§° āϏ⧰ā§āĻŦāĻŦā§āĻšā§ āĻāώā§āĻŖ āĻŽā§°ā§āĻā§āĻŽāĻŋāĨ¤ āĻāϝāĻŧāĻžā§° āĻāϝāĻŧāϤāύ āĻĒā§ā§°āĻžāϝāĻŧ ⧝.⧍ āĻŽāĻŋāϞāĻŋāϝāĻŧāύ āĻŦā§°ā§āĻ āĻāĻŋāϞā§āĻŽāĻŋāĻāĻžā§°āĨ¤
8. Who was the first Asian Nobel Prize winner ? ā§Ž. āĻāĻāĻŋāϝāĻŧāĻžā§° āĻĒā§ā§°āĻĨāĻŽ āύā§āĻŦā§āϞ āĻŦāĻāĻāĻž āĻŦāĻŋāĻāϝāĻŧā§ āĻā§āύ āĻāĻāĻŋāϞ ?
(A) Rabindranath Tagore (B) C.V. Raman (C) Mother Teresa (D) H.G. Khorana
Ans / āĻāϤā§āϤ⧰: (A) Rabindranath Tagore (ā§°āĻŦā§āύā§āĻĻā§ā§°āύāĻžāĻĨ āĻ āĻžāĻā§ā§°)
Explanation: Rabindranath Tagore became the first Asian Nobel laureate by winning the Nobel Prize in Literature (1913) for Gitanjali. āĻŦā§āϝāĻžāĻā§āϝāĻž: ‘āĻā§āϤāĻžāĻā§āĻāϞāĻŋ’ āĻā§ā§°āύā§āĻĨā§° āĻŦāĻžāĻŦā§ ā§§ā§¯ā§§ā§Š āĻāύāϤ ā§°āĻŦā§āύā§āĻĻā§ā§°āύāĻžāĻĨ āĻ āĻžāĻā§ā§°ā§ āϏāĻžāĻšāĻŋāϤā§āϝ⧰ āύā§āĻŦā§āϞ āĻŦāĻāĻāĻž āϞāĻžāĻ āĻā§°āĻŋ āĻāĻāĻŋāϝāĻŧāĻžā§° āĻĒā§ā§°āĻĨāĻŽ āύā§āĻŦā§āϞ āĻŦāĻŋāĻāϝāĻŧā§ āĻšāϝāĻŧāĨ¤
9. Where is the WHO headquarters located ? ⧝. āĻŦāĻŋāĻļā§āĻŦ āϏā§āĻŦāĻžāϏā§āĻĨā§āϝ āϏāĻāϏā§āĻĨāĻž (WHO)-ā§° āĻŽā§āĻā§āϝ āĻāĻžā§°ā§āϝāĻžāϞāϝāĻŧ āĻ’āϤ āĻ ā§ąāϏā§āĻĨāĻŋāϤ ?
(A) Paris (B) Geneva (C) New York (D) London
Ans / āĻāϤā§āϤ⧰: (B) Geneva, Switzerland (āĻā§āύā§āĻāĻž, āĻā§āĻāĻāĻžā§°āϞā§āĻŖā§āĻĄ)
Explanation: The World Health Organization (WHO) was established in 1948. Its headquarters is located in Geneva, Switzerland. āĻŦā§āϝāĻžāĻā§āϝāĻž: āĻŦāĻŋāĻļā§āĻŦ āϏā§āĻŦāĻžāϏā§āĻĨā§āϝ āϏāĻāϏā§āĻĨāĻž (WHO) ⧧⧝ā§Ēā§Ž āĻāύāϤ āĻĒā§ā§°āϤāĻŋāώā§āĻ āĻž āĻšā§āĻāĻŋāϞāĨ¤ āĻāϝāĻŧāĻžā§° āĻŽā§āĻā§āϝ āĻāĻžā§°ā§āϝāĻžāϞāϝāĻŧ āĻā§āĻāĻāĻžā§°āϞā§āĻŖā§āĻĄā§° āĻā§āύā§āĻāĻžāϤ āĻ ā§ąāϏā§āĻĨāĻŋāϤāĨ¤
10. When did the Civil Disobedience Movement start ? ā§§ā§Ļ. āĻāĻāύ āĻ āĻŽāĻžāύā§āϝ āĻāύā§āĻĻā§āϞāύ āĻā§āϤāĻŋāϝāĻŧāĻž āĻā§°āĻŽā§āĻ āĻšā§āĻāĻŋāϞ ?
(A) 1920 (B) 1930 (C) 1942 (D) 1919
Ans / āĻāϤā§āϤ⧰: (B) 1930
Explanation: The Civil Disobedience Movement began in 1930 with Mahatma Gandhi's Dandi March against the British Salt Law. āĻŦā§āϝāĻžāĻā§āϝāĻž: ā§§ā§¯ā§Šā§Ļ āĻāύāϤ āĻŽāĻšāĻžāϤā§āĻŽāĻž āĻāĻžāύā§āϧā§ā§° āĻĻāĻžāύā§āĻĄā§ āϝāĻžāϤā§ā§°āĻžā§° āĻā§°āĻŋāϝāĻŧāϤ⧠āĻāĻāύ āĻ āĻŽāĻžāύā§āϝ āĻāύā§āĻĻā§āϞāύ āĻā§°āĻŽā§āĻ āĻšā§āĻāĻŋāϞāĨ¤ āĻāĻ āĻāύā§āĻĻā§āϞāύ āĻŦā§ā§°āĻŋāĻāĻŋāĻā§° āĻ˛ā§ąāĻŖ āĻāĻāύ⧰ āĻŦāĻŋā§°ā§āĻĻā§āϧ⧠āĻāϞā§ā§ąāĻž āĻšā§āĻāĻŋāϞāĨ¤
11. Who was Chandragupta Maurya’s teacher ? ā§§ā§§. āĻāύā§āĻĻā§ā§°āĻā§āĻĒā§āϤ āĻŽā§ā§°ā§āϝ⧰ āĻļāĻŋāĻā§āώāĻ āĻā§āύ āĻāĻāĻŋāϞ ?
(A) Bhaskaracharya (B) Chanakya (C) Banabhatta (D) Patanjali
Ans / āĻāϤā§āϤ⧰: (B) Chanakya (āĻāĻžāĻŖāĻā§āϝ / āĻā§āĻāĻŋāϞā§āϝ)
Explanation: Chanakya, also known as Kautilya, guided Chandragupta Maurya in establishing the Mauryan Empire and authored the famous political treatise Arthashastra. āĻŦā§āϝāĻžāĻā§āϝāĻž: āĻāĻžāĻŖāĻā§āϝ (āĻā§āĻāĻŋāϞā§āϝ) āĻāύā§āĻĻā§ā§°āĻā§āĻĒā§āϤ āĻŽā§ā§°ā§āϝ⧰ āĻļāĻŋāĻā§āώāĻ āĻā§°ā§ āĻāĻĒāĻĻā§āώā§āĻāĻž āĻāĻāĻŋāϞāĨ¤ āϤā§āĻāĻ āĻŽā§ā§°ā§āϝ āϏāĻžāĻŽā§ā§°āĻžāĻā§āϝ āϏā§āĻĨāĻžāĻĒāύāϤ āĻā§ā§°ā§āϤā§āĻŦāĻĒā§ā§°ā§āĻŖ āĻā§āĻŽāĻŋāĻāĻž āĻā§ā§°āĻšāĻŖ āĻā§°āĻŋāĻāĻŋāϞ āĻā§°ā§ āĻ ā§°ā§āĻĨāĻļāĻžāϏā§āϤā§ā§° āĻā§ā§°āύā§āĻĨ ā§°āĻāύāĻž āĻā§°āĻŋāĻāĻŋāϞāĨ¤
12. Who gave the slogan “Jai Jawan, Jai Kisan” ? ⧧⧍. “āĻāϝāĻŧ āĻā§ā§ąāĻžāύ, āĻāϝāĻŧ āĻāĻŋāώāĻžāĻŖ” āĻļā§āϞā§āĻāĻžāύāĻā§ āĻā§āύ⧠āĻĻāĻŋāĻāĻŋāϞ ?
(A) Nehru (B) Indira Gandhi (C) Lal Bahadur Shastri (D) Bose
Ans / āĻāϤā§āϤ⧰: (C) Lal Bahadur Shastri (āϞāĻžāϞ āĻŦāĻžāĻšāĻžāĻĻā§ā§° āĻļāĻžāϏā§āϤā§ā§°ā§)
Explanation: Lal Bahadur Shastri gave the slogan "Jai Jawan, Jai Kisan" in 1965 to encourage soldiers and farmers during the Indo-Pak War. āĻŦā§āϝāĻžāĻā§āϝāĻž: āϞāĻžāϞ āĻŦāĻžāĻšāĻžāĻĻā§ā§° āĻļāĻžāϏā§āϤā§ā§°ā§āϝāĻŧ⧠⧧⧝ā§Ŧā§Ģ āĻāύāϤ āϏā§āύāĻŋāĻ āĻā§°ā§ āĻā§āώāĻāϏāĻāϞāĻ āĻā§āϏāĻžāĻšāĻŋāϤ āĻā§°āĻŋāĻŦāϞ⧠“āĻāϝāĻŧ āĻā§ā§ąāĻžāύ, āĻāϝāĻŧ āĻāĻŋāώāĻžāĻŖ” āĻļā§āϞā§āĻāĻžāύ āĻĻāĻŋāĻāĻŋāϞāĨ¤
13. Which is India's National Game ? ā§§ā§Š. āĻāĻžā§°āϤ⧰ ā§°āĻžāώā§āĻā§ā§°ā§āϝāĻŧ āĻā§āϞ āĻā§āύāĻā§ ?
(A) Cricket (B) Hockey (C) Kabaddi (D) Football
Ans / āĻāϤā§āϤ⧰: India has no officially declared National Game. (āĻšāĻā§ āĻāϤāĻŋāĻšāĻžāϏāĻŋāĻāĻāĻžā§ąā§ āĻŦāĻŋāĻā§āϝāĻžāϤ, āĻāĻŋāύā§āϤ⧠āĻāĻžā§°āϤ⧰ āĻā§āύ⧠āĻā§°āĻāĻžā§°ā§ ā§°āĻžāώā§āĻā§ā§°ā§āϝāĻŧ āĻā§āϞ āύāĻžāĻāĨ¤)
Explanation: Although Hockey is traditionally associated with India because of its Olympic success, the Government of India has not officially declared any National Game. āĻŦā§āϝāĻžāĻā§āϝāĻž: āĻšāĻā§ āĻāĻžā§°āϤ⧰ āĻāϤāĻŋāĻšāĻžāϏāĻŋāĻ āϏāĻĢāϞ āĻā§āϞ āĻšāϞā§āĻ āĻāĻžā§°āϤ āĻā§°āĻāĻžā§°ā§ āĻā§āύ⧠āĻā§āϞāĻ āĻāύā§āώā§āĻ āĻžāύāĻŋāĻāĻāĻžā§ąā§ ā§°āĻžāώā§āĻā§ā§°ā§āϝāĻŧ āĻā§āϞ āĻā§āώāĻŖāĻž āĻā§°āĻž āύāĻžāĻāĨ¤
14. In which state is Nalanda University located ? ā§§ā§Ē. āύāĻžāϞāύā§āĻĻāĻž āĻŦāĻŋāĻļā§āĻŦāĻŦāĻŋāĻĻā§āϝāĻžāϞāϝāĻŧ āĻā§āύ ā§°āĻžāĻā§āϝāϤ āĻ ā§ąāϏā§āĻĨāĻŋāϤ ?
(A) Uttar Pradesh (B) Bihar (C) Madhya Pradesh (D) Gujarat
Ans / āĻāϤā§āϤ⧰: (B) Bihar (āĻŦāĻŋāĻšāĻžā§°)
Explanation: Nalanda University, one of the world's oldest universities, is located in Bihar and was a renowned center of Buddhist learning. āĻŦā§āϝāĻžāĻā§āϝāĻž: āĻŦāĻŋāĻļā§āĻŦā§° āĻ āύā§āϝāϤāĻŽ āĻĒā§ā§°āĻžāĻā§āύ āĻŦāĻŋāĻļā§āĻŦāĻŦāĻŋāĻĻā§āϝāĻžāϞāϝāĻŧ āύāĻžāϞāύā§āĻĻāĻž āĻŦāĻŋāĻļā§āĻŦāĻŦāĻŋāĻĻā§āϝāĻžāϞāϝāĻŧ āĻŦāĻŋāĻšāĻžā§°āϤ āĻ ā§ąāϏā§āĻĨāĻŋāϤāĨ¤ āĻ āĻŦā§āĻĻā§āϧ āĻļāĻŋāĻā§āώāĻž āĻā§°ā§ āĻā§āĻāĻžāύ⧰ āĻāĻ āĻŦāĻŋāĻā§āϝāĻžāϤ āĻā§āύā§āĻĻā§ā§° āĻāĻāĻŋāϞāĨ¤
15. When was the Reserve Bank of India established ? ā§§ā§Ģ. āĻāĻžā§°āϤā§āϝāĻŧ ā§°āĻŋāĻāĻžā§°ā§āĻ āĻŦā§āĻāĻ (RBI) āĻā§āϤāĻŋāϝāĻŧāĻž āĻĒā§ā§°āϤāĻŋāώā§āĻ āĻž āĻā§°āĻž āĻšā§āĻāĻŋāϞ ?
(A) 1935 (B) 1947 (C) 1950 (D) 1960
Ans / āĻāϤā§āϤ⧰: (A) 1935
Explanation: The Reserve Bank of India was established on 1 April 1935 under the Reserve Bank of India Act, 1934. āĻŦā§āϝāĻžāĻā§āϝāĻž: ā§§ āĻāĻĒā§ā§°āĻŋāϞ ā§§ā§¯ā§Šā§Ģ āϤāĻžā§°āĻŋāĻā§ RBI Act, 1934 āĻ āύā§āϏ⧰āĻŋ āĻāĻžā§°āϤā§āϝāĻŧ ā§°āĻŋāĻāĻžā§°ā§āĻ āĻŦā§āĻāĻ āĻĒā§ā§°āϤāĻŋāώā§āĻ āĻž āĻā§°āĻž āĻšā§āĻāĻŋāϞāĨ¤
16. Where were the first Asian Games held ? ā§§ā§Ŧ. āĻĒā§ā§°āĻĨāĻŽ āĻāĻāĻŋāϝāĻŧāĻžāύ āĻā§āĻŽāĻ āĻ’āϤ āĻ āύā§āώā§āĻ āĻŋāϤ āĻšā§āĻāĻŋāϞ ?
(A) Tokyo (B) New Delhi (C) Beijing (D) Bangkok
Ans / āĻāϤā§āϤ⧰: (B) New Delhi (āύāϤā§āύ āĻĻāĻŋāϞā§āϞā§)
Explanation: The first Asian Games were held in New Delhi in 1951, with athletes from 11 countries participating. āĻŦā§āϝāĻžāĻā§āϝāĻž: ⧧⧝ā§Ģā§§ āĻāύāϤ āĻĒā§ā§°āĻĨāĻŽ āĻāĻāĻŋāϝāĻŧāĻžāύ āĻā§āĻŽāĻ āύāϤā§āύ āĻĻāĻŋāϞā§āϞā§āϤ āĻ āύā§āώā§āĻ āĻŋāϤ āĻšā§āĻāĻŋāϞāĨ¤ āĻāϝāĻŧāĻžāϤ ā§§ā§§āĻāύ āĻĻā§āĻļā§° āĻā§āϞā§ā§ąā§āϝāĻŧā§ āĻ āĻāĻļāĻā§ā§°āĻšāĻŖ āĻā§°āĻŋāĻāĻŋāϞāĨ¤
17. Who wrote Discovery of India ? ā§§ā§. ‘Discovery of India’ āĻā§ā§°āύā§āĻĨāĻāύ āĻā§āύ⧠āϞāĻŋāĻāĻŋāĻāĻŋāϞ ?
(A) Gandhi (B) Nehru (C) Tagore (D) Dayananda
Ans / āĻāϤā§āϤ⧰: (B) Jawaharlal Nehru (āĻā§ąāĻžāĻšā§°āϞāĻžāϞ āύā§āĻšā§°ā§)
Explanation: Jawaharlal Nehru wrote The Discovery of India while imprisoned at Ahmednagar Fort during 1942–1946. āĻŦā§āϝāĻžāĻā§āϝāĻž: āĻā§ąāĻžāĻšā§°āϞāĻžāϞ āύā§āĻšā§°ā§ā§ąā§ ⧧⧝ā§Ē⧍–⧧⧝ā§Ēā§Ŧ āĻāύāϤ āĻāĻšāĻŽā§āĻĻāύāĻā§° āĻĻā§ā§°ā§āĻāϤ āĻŦāύā§āĻĻā§ āĻ ā§ąāϏā§āĻĨāĻžāϤ ‘The Discovery of India’ āĻā§ā§°āύā§āĻĨāĻāύ āϞāĻŋāĻāĻŋāĻāĻŋāϞāĨ¤
18. Where is Bhilai Steel Plant located ? ā§§ā§Ž. āĻāĻŋāϞāĻžāĻ āĻāϏā§āĻĒāĻžāϤ āĻāĻžā§°āĻāĻžāύāĻž āĻ’āϤ āĻ ā§ąāϏā§āĻĨāĻŋāϤ ?
(A) Jharkhand (B) Chhattisgarh (C) Odisha (D) Bihar
Ans / āĻāϤā§āϤ⧰: (B) Chhattisgarh (āĻāϤā§āϤā§āĻļāĻāĻĄāĻŧ)
Explanation: Bhilai Steel Plant is located in Chhattisgarh. It was established with the cooperation of the former Soviet Union (USSR). āĻŦā§āϝāĻžāĻā§āϝāĻž: āĻāĻŋāϞāĻžāĻ āĻāϏā§āĻĒāĻžāϤ āĻāĻžā§°āĻāĻžāύāĻž āĻāϤā§āϤā§āĻļāĻāĻĄāĻŧāϤ āĻ ā§ąāϏā§āĻĨāĻŋāϤāĨ¤ āĻ āĻĒā§ā§°ā§āĻŦā§° āĻā§āĻāĻŋāϝāĻŧā§āĻ āĻāĻāύāĻŋāϝāĻŧāύ (USSR)-ā§° āϏāĻšāϝā§āĻāϤ āϏā§āĻĨāĻžāĻĒāύ āĻā§°āĻž āĻšā§āĻāĻŋāϞāĨ¤
19. Where did the Revolt of 1857 begin ? ⧧⧝. ā§§ā§Žā§Ģā§ āĻāύ⧰ āĻŦāĻŋāĻĻā§ā§°ā§āĻš āĻ’ā§° āĻĒā§°āĻž āĻā§°āĻŽā§āĻ āĻšā§āĻāĻŋāϞ ?
(A) Meerut (B) Jhansi (C) Kanpur (D) Delhi
Ans / āĻāϤā§āϤ⧰: (A) Meerut (āĻŽā§ā§°āĻžāĻ)
Explanation: The Revolt of 1857 began on 10 May 1857 at Meerut, where Indian soldiers revolted against British rule. āĻŦā§āϝāĻžāĻā§āϝāĻž: ā§§ā§Žā§Ģā§ āĻāύ⧰ ā§§ā§Ļ āĻŽā§’ āϤāĻžā§°āĻŋāĻā§ āĻŽā§ā§°āĻžāĻāϤ āĻāĻžā§°āϤā§āϝāĻŧ āϏā§āύāĻŋāĻāϏāĻāϞ⧠āĻŦā§ā§°āĻŋāĻāĻŋāĻ āĻļāĻžāϏāύ⧰ āĻŦāĻŋā§°ā§āĻĻā§āϧ⧠āĻŦāĻŋāĻĻā§ā§°ā§āĻš āĻā§°āĻŽā§āĻ āĻā§°āĻŋāĻāĻŋāϞāĨ¤
20. Which gas mainly causes the Greenhouse Effect ? ⧍ā§Ļ. āϏā§āĻāĻāĻā§āĻš āĻĒā§ā§°āĻāĻžā§ąā§° āĻŽā§āϞ āĻāĻžā§°āĻŖ āĻā§āύāĻā§ āĻā§āĻ ?
(A) Oxygen (B) Carbon dioxide (C) Nitrogen (D) Hydrogen
Ans / āĻāϤā§āϤ⧰: (B) Carbon dioxide (āĻāĻžā§°ā§āĻŦāύ āĻĄāĻžāĻāĻ āĻā§āϏāĻžāĻāĻĄ)
Explanation: Carbon dioxide (COâ) is the major greenhouse gas responsible for trapping heat in the Earth's atmosphere and contributing to global warming. āĻŦā§āϝāĻžāĻā§āϝāĻž: āĻāĻžā§°ā§āĻŦāύ āĻĄāĻžāĻāĻ āĻā§āϏāĻžāĻāĻĄ (COâ) āĻšā§āĻā§ āĻŽā§āĻā§āϝ āϏā§āĻāĻāĻā§āĻš āĻā§āĻāĨ¤ āĻ āĻĒā§āĻĨāĻŋā§ąā§ā§° āĻŦāĻžāϝāĻŧā§āĻŽāĻŖā§āĻĄāϞāϤ āϤāĻžāĻĒ āϧ⧰āĻŋ ā§°āĻžāĻā§ āĻā§°ā§ āĻŦāĻŋāĻļā§āĻŦ āĻāώā§āĻŖāĻžāϝāĻŧāύ⧰ āĻ āύā§āϝāϤāĻŽ āĻāĻžā§°āĻŖāĨ¤
21. Which is India’s National Animal? / āĻāĻžāϰāϤā§āϰ āĻāĻžāϤā§āϝāĻŧ āĻĒā§āϰāĻžāĻŖā§ āĻā§āύāĻāĻŋ ?
(A) Elephant / āĻšāĻžāϤāĻŋ (B) Lion / āϏāĻŋāĻāĻš (C) Tiger / āĻŦāĻžāĻ (D) Cheetah / āĻāĻŋāϤāĻž
Ans / āĻāϤā§āϤ⧰: (C) Tiger / āĻŦāĻžāĻ
Explanation: The Bengal Tiger was declared India’s National Animal in 1973. It symbolizes strength, courage, and India’s rich wildlife heritage. āĻŦā§āϝāĻžāĻā§āϝāĻž: āϰāϝāĻŧā§āϞ āĻŦā§āĻā§āĻāϞ āĻāĻžāĻāĻāĻžāϰāĻ⧠⧧⧝ā§ā§Š āϏāĻžāϞ⧠āĻāĻžāϰāϤā§āϰ āĻāĻžāϤā§āϝāĻŧ āĻĒā§āϰāĻžāĻŖā§ āĻā§āώāĻŖāĻž āĻāϰāĻž āĻšāϝāĻŧāĨ¤ āĻāĻāĻŋ āĻļāĻā§āϤāĻŋ, āϏāĻžāĻšāϏ āĻ āĻāĻžāϰāϤā§āϰ āϏāĻŽā§āĻĻā§āϧ āĻŦāύā§āϝāĻĒā§āϰāĻžāĻŖā§āϰ āĻĒā§āϰāϤā§āĻāĨ¤
22. Who founded Arya Samaj ? / āĻāϰā§āϝ āϏāĻŽāĻžāĻ āĻā§ āĻĒā§āϰāϤāĻŋāώā§āĻ āĻž āĻāϰā§āύ ?
(A) Ram Mohan Roy / āϰāĻžāĻāĻž āϰāĻžāĻŽāĻŽā§āĻšāύ āϰāĻžāϝāĻŧ (B) Vivekananda / āϏā§āĻŦāĻžāĻŽā§ āĻŦāĻŋāĻŦā§āĻāĻžāύāύā§āĻĻ (C) Dayananda Saraswati / āϏā§āĻŦāĻžāĻŽā§ āĻĻā¤¯ā¤žā¤¨āύā§āĻĻ āϏāϰāϏā§āĻŦāϤ⧠(D) Tagore / āϰāĻŦā§āύā§āĻĻā§āϰāύāĻžāĻĨ āĻ āĻžāĻā§āϰ
Ans / āĻāϤā§āϤ⧰: (C) Dayananda Saraswati / āϏā§āĻŦāĻžāĻŽā§ āĻĻā¤¯ā¤žā¤¨āύā§āĻĻ āϏāϰāϏā§āĻŦāϤā§
Explanation: Swami Dayananda Saraswati founded Arya Samaj in 1875 to promote Vedic teachings and social reforms. āĻŦā§āϝāĻžāĻā§āϝāĻž: āϏā§āĻŦāĻžāĻŽā§ āĻĻā¤¯ā¤žā¤¨āύā§āĻĻ āϏāϰāϏā§āĻŦāĻ¤ā§ ā§§ā§Žā§ā§Ģ āϏāĻžāϞ⧠āĻŦā§āĻĻāĻŋāĻ āĻļāĻŋāĻā§āώāĻž āĻ āϏāĻŽāĻžāĻ āϏāĻāϏā§āĻāĻžāϰā§āϰ āĻāĻĻā§āĻĻā§āĻļā§āϝ⧠āĻāϰā§āϝ āϏāĻŽāĻžāĻ āĻĒā§āϰāϤāĻŋāώā§āĻ āĻž āĻāϰā§āύāĨ¤
23. Which is India’s largest state by area ? / āĻāϝāĻŧāϤāύā§āϰ āĻĻāĻŋāĻ āĻĨā§āĻā§ āĻāĻžāϰāϤā§āϰ āĻŦā§āĻšāϤā§āϤāĻŽ āϰāĻžāĻā§āϝ āĻā§āύāĻāĻŋ ?
(A) Uttar Pradesh / āĻāϤā§āϤāϰ āĻĒā§āϰāĻĻā§āĻļ (B) Madhya Pradesh / āĻŽāϧā§āϝ āĻĒā§āϰāĻĻā§āĻļ (C) Rajasthan / āϰāĻžāĻāϏā§āĻĨāĻžāύ (D) Maharashtra / āĻŽāĻšāĻžāϰāĻžāώā§āĻā§āϰ
Ans / āĻāϤā§āϤ⧰: (C) Rajasthan / āϰāĻžāĻāϏā§āĻĨāĻžāύ
Explanation: Rajasthan is India’s largest state by area, covering about 342,239 sq. km. āĻŦā§āϝāĻžāĻā§āϝāĻž: āϰāĻžāĻāϏā§āĻĨāĻžāύ āĻĒā§āϰāĻžāϝāĻŧ ā§Š,ā§Ē⧍,ā§¨ā§Šā§¯ āĻŦāϰā§āĻāĻāĻŋāϞā§āĻŽāĻŋāĻāĻžāϰ āĻāϞāĻžāĻāĻž āύāĻŋāϝāĻŧā§ āĻāĻžāϰāϤā§āϰ āĻŦā§āĻšāϤā§āϤāĻŽ āϰāĻžāĻā§āϝāĨ¤
24. When was the word 'Socialist' added to the Preamble ? / āϏāĻāĻŦāĻŋāϧāĻžāύā§āϰ āĻĒā§āϰāϏā§āϤāĻžāĻŦāύāĻžāϝāĻŧ ‘āϏāĻŽāĻžāĻāϤāĻžāύā§āϤā§āϰāĻŋāĻ’ āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻāĻāĻŋ āĻāĻŦā§ āϝā§āĻā§āϤ āĻšāϝāĻŧ ?
(A) 1951 (B) 1976 (C) 1965 (D) 1992
Ans / āĻāϤā§āϤ⧰: (B) 1976
Explanation: The words "Socialist" and "Secular" were added through the 42nd Constitutional Amendment Act, 1976. āĻŦā§āϝāĻžāĻā§āϝāĻž: ⧧⧝ā§ā§Ŧ āϏāĻžāϞā§āϰ ā§Ē⧍āϤāĻŽ āϏāĻāĻŦāĻŋāϧāĻžāύ āϏāĻāĻļā§āϧāύā§āϰ āĻŽāĻžāϧā§āϝāĻŽā§ ‘āϏāĻŽāĻžāĻāϤāĻžāύā§āϤā§āϰāĻŋāĻ’ āĻ ‘āϧāϰā§āĻŽāύāĻŋāϰāĻĒā§āĻā§āώ’ āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻ āĻĻā§āĻāĻŋ āϝā§āĻā§āϤ āĻāϰāĻž āĻšāϝāĻŧāĨ¤
25. Who was the founder of the Delhi Sultanate ? / āĻĻāĻŋāϞā§āϞāĻŋ āϏāĻžāϞāϤāĻžāύāĻžāϤā§āϰ āĻĒā§āϰāϤāĻŋāώā§āĻ āĻžāϤāĻž āĻā§ āĻāĻŋāϞā§āύ ?
(A) Iltutmish / āĻāϞāϤā§āϤāĻŽāĻŋāĻļ (B) Qutub-ud-din Aibak / āĻā§āϤā§āĻŦāĻāĻĻā§āĻĻāĻŋāύ āĻāĻāĻŦāĻ (C) Balban / āĻŦāĻžāϞāĻŦāĻžāύ (D) Alauddin Khalji / āĻāϞāĻžāĻāĻĻā§āĻĻāĻŋāύ āĻāĻŋāϞāĻāĻŋ
Ans / āĻāϤā§āϤ⧰: (B) Qutub-ud-din Aibak / āĻā§āϤā§āĻŦāĻāĻĻā§āĻĻāĻŋāύ āĻāĻāĻŦāĻ
Explanation: Qutub-ud-din Aibak founded the Delhi Sultanate in 1206 after the death of Muhammad Ghori. āĻŦā§āϝāĻžāĻā§āϝāĻž: āĻŽā§āĻšāĻžāĻŽā§āĻŽāĻĻ āĻā§āϰā§āϰ āĻŽā§āϤā§āϝā§āϰ āĻĒāϰ ⧧⧍ā§Ļā§Ŧ āϏāĻžāϞ⧠āĻā§āϤā§āĻŦāĻāĻĻā§āĻĻāĻŋāύ āĻāĻāĻŦāĻ āĻĻāĻŋāϞā§āϞāĻŋ āϏāĻžāϞāϤāĻžāύāĻžāϤ āĻĒā§āϰāϤāĻŋāώā§āĻ āĻž āĻāϰā§āύāĨ¤
26. Green Revolution relates to ? / āϏāĻŦā§āĻ āĻŦāĻŋāĻĒā§āϞāĻŦ āĻā§āύ āĻā§āώā§āϤā§āϰā§āϰ āϏāĻā§āĻā§ āϏāĻŽā§āĻĒāϰā§āĻāĻŋāϤ ?
(A) Fish / āĻŽā§āϏā§āϝ (B) Wheat and Rice / āĻāĻŽ āĻ āϧāĻžāύ (C) Industry / āĻļāĻŋāϞā§āĻĒ (D) Energy / āĻļāĻā§āϤāĻŋ
Ans / āĻāϤā§āϤ⧰: (B) Wheat and Rice / āĻāĻŽ āĻ āϧāĻžāύ
Explanation: The Green Revolution increased the production of wheat and rice through high-yield varieties and modern farming methods. āĻŦā§āϝāĻžāĻā§āϝāĻž: āĻāĻā§āĻāĻĢāϞāύāĻļā§āϞ āĻŦā§āĻ āĻ āĻāϧā§āύāĻŋāĻ āĻā§āώāĻŋ āĻĒā§āϰāϝā§āĻā§āϤāĻŋāϰ āĻŽāĻžāϧā§āϝāĻŽā§ āĻāĻŽ āĻ āϧāĻžāύā§āϰ āĻā§āĻĒāĻžāĻĻāύ āĻŦā§āĻĻā§āϧāĻŋ āĻĒāĻžāϝāĻŧ, āϝāĻž āϏāĻŦā§āĻ āĻŦāĻŋāĻĒā§āϞāĻŦ āύāĻžāĻŽā§ āĻĒāϰāĻŋāĻāĻŋāϤāĨ¤
27. Why is Sarnath famous ? / āϏāĻžāϰāύāĻžāĻĨ āĻā§āύ āĻŦāĻŋāĻā§āϝāĻžāϤ ?
(A) Buddha’s first sermon / āĻŦā§āĻĻā§āϧā§āϰ āĻĒā§āϰāĻĨāĻŽ āϧāϰā§āĻŽāĻĻā§āĻļāύāĻž (B) Mahavira’s birth / āĻŽāĻšāĻžāĻŦā§āϰā§āϰ āĻāύā§āĻŽ (C) Ashoka’s edict / āĻ
āĻļā§āĻā§āϰ āĻļāĻŋāϞāĻžāϞāĻŋāĻĒāĻŋ (D) Buddha’s Nirvana / āĻŦā§āĻĻā§āϧā§āϰ āĻŽāĻšāĻžāĻĒāϰāĻŋāύāĻŋāϰā§āĻŦāĻžāĻŖ
Ans / āĻāϤā§āϤ⧰: (A) Buddha’s first sermon / āĻŦā§āĻĻā§āϧā§āϰ āĻĒā§āϰāĻĨāĻŽ āϧāϰā§āĻŽāĻĻā§āĻļāύāĻž
Explanation: Lord Buddha delivered his first sermon at Sarnath after attaining enlightenment. āĻŦā§āϝāĻžāĻā§āϝāĻž: āĻŦā§āϧāĻŋāϞāĻžāĻā§āϰ āĻĒāϰ āĻāĻāĻŦāĻžāύ āĻŦā§āĻĻā§āϧ āϏāĻžāϰāύāĻžāĻĨā§ āϤāĻžāĻāϰ āĻĒā§āϰāĻĨāĻŽ āϧāϰā§āĻŽāĻĻā§āĻļāύāĻž āĻĒā§āϰāĻĻāĻžāύ āĻāϰā§āύāĨ¤
28. Why are Ajanta Caves famous ? / āĻ
āĻāύā§āϤāĻž āĻā§āĻšāĻž āĻā§āύ āĻŦāĻŋāĻā§āϝāĻžāϤ ?
(A) Sculpture / āĻāĻžāϏā§āĻāϰā§āϝ (B) Paintings / āĻāĻŋāϤā§āϰāĻāϞāĻž (C) Architecture / āϏā§āĻĨāĻžāĻĒāϤā§āϝ (D) Miniatures / āĻā§āώā§āĻĻā§āϰāĻāĻŋāϤā§āϰ
Ans / āĻāϤā§āϤ⧰: (B) Paintings / āĻāĻŋāϤā§āϰāĻāϞāĻž
Explanation: The Ajanta Caves are world-famous for their ancient Buddhist paintings and murals. āĻŦā§āϝāĻžāĻā§āϝāĻž: āĻ
āĻāύā§āϤāĻž āĻā§āĻšāĻž āĻĒā§āϰāĻžāĻā§āύ āĻŦā§āĻĻā§āϧ āĻāĻŋāϤā§āϰāĻāϞāĻž āĻ āĻĻā§āϝāĻŧāĻžāϞāĻāĻŋāϤā§āϰā§āϰ āĻāύā§āϝ āĻŦāĻŋāĻļā§āĻŦāĻŦāĻŋāĻā§āϝāĻžāϤāĨ¤
29. Which gas is known as Laughing Gas ? / āĻā§āύ āĻā§āϝāĻžāϏāĻā§ ‘āĻšāĻžāϏāĻŋāϰ āĻā§āϝāĻžāϏ’ āĻŦāϞāĻž āĻšāϝāĻŧ ?
(A) Oxygen / āĻ
āĻā§āϏāĻŋāĻā§āύ (B) Nitrous Oxide / āύāĻžāĻāĻā§āϰāĻžāϏ āĻ
āĻā§āϏāĻžāĻāĻĄ (C) Carbon Monoxide / āĻāĻžāϰā§āĻŦāύ āĻŽāύā§āĻā§āϏāĻžāĻāĻĄ (D) Methane / āĻŽāĻŋāĻĨā§āύ
Ans / āĻāϤā§āϤ⧰: (B) Nitrous Oxide / āύāĻžāĻāĻā§āϰāĻžāϏ āĻ
āĻā§āϏāĻžāĻāĻĄ
Explanation: Nitrous oxide is called laughing gas and is commonly used as an anesthetic in dentistry and surgery. āĻŦā§āϝāĻžāĻā§āϝāĻž: āύāĻžāĻāĻā§āϰāĻžāϏ āĻ
āĻā§āϏāĻžāĻāĻĄāĻā§ āĻšāĻžāϏāĻŋāϰ āĻā§āϝāĻžāϏ āĻŦāϞāĻž āĻšāϝāĻŧ āĻāĻŦāĻ āĻāĻāĻŋ āĻĻāύā§āϤāĻāĻŋāĻāĻŋā§āϏāĻž āĻ āĻ
āϏā§āϤā§āϰā§āĻĒāĻāĻžāϰ⧠āĻ
ā§āϝāĻžāύā§āϏā§āĻĨā§āĻāĻŋāĻ āĻšāĻŋāϏā§āĻŦā§ āĻŦā§āϝāĻŦāĻšā§āϤ āĻšāϝāĻŧāĨ¤
30. Golden Quadrilateral Project is related to ? / āĻā§āϞā§āĻĄā§āύ āĻā§āϝāĻŧāĻžāĻĄā§āϰāĻŋāϞā§āϝāĻžāĻāĻžāϰāĻžāϞ āĻĒā§āϰāĻāϞā§āĻĒ āĻā§āύ āĻā§āώā§āϤā§āϰā§āϰ āϏāĻā§āĻā§ āϏāĻŽā§āĻĒāϰā§āĻāĻŋāϤ ?
(A) Railways / āϰā§āϞāĻĒāĻĨ (B) Roads / āϏāĻĄāĻŧāĻāĻĒāĻĨ (C) Irrigation / āϏā§āĻ (D) Aviation / āĻŦāĻŋāĻŽāĻžāύ āĻĒāϰāĻŋāĻŦāĻšāύ
Ans / āĻāϤā§āϤ⧰: (B) Roads / āϏāĻĄāĻŧāĻāĻĒāĻĨ
Explanation: The Golden Quadrilateral is India's largest highway project connecting Delhi, Mumbai, Chennai, and Kolkata. āĻŦā§āϝāĻžāĻā§āϝāĻž: āĻā§āϞā§āĻĄā§āύ āĻā§āϝāĻŧāĻžāĻĄā§āϰāĻŋāϞā§āϝāĻžāĻāĻžāϰāĻžāϞ āĻāĻžāϰāϤā§āϰ āĻŦā§āĻšāϤā§āϤāĻŽ āĻāĻžāϤā§āϝāĻŧ āĻŽāĻšāĻžāϏāĻĄāĻŧāĻ āĻĒā§āϰāĻāϞā§āĻĒ, āϝāĻž āĻĻāĻŋāϞā§āϞāĻŋ, āĻŽā§āĻŽā§āĻŦāĻžāĻ, āĻā§āύā§āύāĻžāĻ āĻ āĻāϞāĻāĻžāϤāĻžāĻā§ āϏāĻāϝā§āĻā§āϤ āĻāϰā§āĻā§āĨ¤
31. Where is the ISRO headquarters ? / ISRO-āĻāϰ āϏāĻĻāϰ āĻĻāĻĒā§āϤāϰ āĻā§āĻĨāĻžāϝāĻŧ āĻ
āĻŦāϏā§āĻĨāĻŋāϤ ?
(A) Sriharikota / āĻļā§āϰā§āĻšāϰāĻŋāĻā§āĻāĻž (B) Bengaluru / āĻŦā§āĻā§āĻāĻžāϞā§āϰ⧠(C) Chennai / āĻā§āύā§āύāĻžāĻ (D) Delhi / āĻĻāĻŋāϞā§āϞāĻŋ
Ans / āĻāϤā§āϤ⧰: (B) Bengaluru / āĻŦā§āĻā§āĻāĻžāϞā§āϰā§
Explanation: ISRO (Indian Space Research Organisation) is headquartered in Bengaluru, Karnataka, and leads India's space research and satellite missions. āĻŦā§āϝāĻžāĻā§āϝāĻž: āĻāĻžāϰāϤā§āϝāĻŧ āĻŽāĻšāĻžāĻāĻžāĻļ āĻāĻŦā§āώāĻŖāĻž āϏāĻāϏā§āĻĨāĻž (ISRO)-āĻāϰ āϏāĻĻāϰ āĻĻāĻĒā§āϤāϰ āĻāϰā§āĻŖāĻžāĻāĻā§āϰ āĻŦā§āĻā§āĻāĻžāϞā§āϰā§āϤ⧠āĻ
āĻŦāϏā§āĻĨāĻŋāϤāĨ¤ āĻāĻāĻŋ āĻāĻžāϰāϤā§āϰ āĻŽāĻšāĻžāĻāĻžāĻļ āĻāĻŦā§āώāĻŖāĻž āĻ āĻāĻĒāĻā§āϰāĻš āĻāϰā§āĻŽāϏā§āĻāĻŋāϰ āύā§āϤā§āϤā§āĻŦ āĻĻā§āϝāĻŧāĨ¤
32. When was the UNO established ? / āĻāĻžāϤāĻŋāϏāĻāĻ (UNO) āĻāĻŦā§ āĻĒā§āϰāϤāĻŋāώā§āĻ āĻŋāϤ āĻšāϝāĻŧ ?
(A) 1919 (B) 1945 (C) 1950 (D) 1965
Ans / āĻāϤā§āϤ⧰: (B) 1945
Explanation: The United Nations was established on 24 October 1945 after World War II to maintain international peace and security.
āĻŦā§āϝāĻžāĻā§āϝāĻž: āĻĻā§āĻŦāĻŋāϤā§āϝāĻŧ āĻŦāĻŋāĻļā§āĻŦāϝā§āĻĻā§āϧā§āϰ āĻĒāϰ āĻāύā§āϤāϰā§āĻāĻžāϤāĻŋāĻ āĻļāĻžāύā§āϤāĻŋ āĻ āύāĻŋāϰāĻžāĻĒāϤā§āϤāĻž āϰāĻā§āώāĻžāϰ āĻāĻĻā§āĻĻā§āĻļā§āϝ⧠⧍ā§Ē āĻ
āĻā§āĻā§āĻŦāϰ ⧧⧝ā§Ēā§Ģ āϏāĻžāϞ⧠āĻāĻžāϤāĻŋāϏāĻāĻ āĻĒā§āϰāϤāĻŋāώā§āĻ āĻŋāϤ āĻšāϝāĻŧāĨ¤
33. Who was India’s first woman Prime Minister ? / āĻāĻžāϰāϤā§āϰ āĻĒā§āϰāĻĨāĻŽ āĻŽāĻšāĻŋāϞāĻž āĻĒā§āϰāϧāĻžāύāĻŽāύā§āϤā§āϰ⧠āĻā§ āĻāĻŋāϞā§āύ ?
(A) Pratibha Patil / āĻĒā§āϰāϤāĻŋāĻāĻž āĻĒāĻžāĻāĻŋāϞ (B) Sonia Gandhi / āϏā§āύāĻŋāϝāĻŧāĻž āĻāĻžāύā§āϧ⧠(C) Indira Gandhi / āĻāύā§āĻĻāĻŋāϰāĻž āĻāĻžāύā§āϧ⧠(D) Sarojini Naidu / āϏāϰā§āĻāĻŋāύ⧠āύāĻžāĻāĻĄā§
Ans / āĻāϤā§āϤ⧰: (C) Indira Gandhi / āĻāύā§āĻĻāĻŋāϰāĻž āĻāĻžāύā§āϧā§
Explanation: Indira Gandhi became India's first woman Prime Minister in 1966 and served the country for several terms. āĻŦā§āϝāĻžāĻā§āϝāĻž: āĻāύā§āĻĻāĻŋāϰāĻž āĻāĻžāύā§āϧ⧠⧧⧝ā§Ŧā§Ŧ āϏāĻžāϞ⧠āĻāĻžāϰāϤā§āϰ āĻĒā§āϰāĻĨāĻŽ āĻŽāĻšāĻŋāϞāĻž āĻĒā§āϰāϧāĻžāύāĻŽāύā§āϤā§āϰ⧠āĻšāύ āĻāĻŦāĻ āĻāĻāĻžāϧāĻŋāĻ āĻŽā§āϝāĻŧāĻžāĻĻā§ āĻĻāĻžāϝāĻŧāĻŋāϤā§āĻŦ āĻĒāĻžāϞāύ āĻāϰā§āύāĨ¤
34. Which is the largest ocean in the world ? / āĻŦāĻŋāĻļā§āĻŦā§āϰ āĻŦā§āĻšāϤā§āϤāĻŽ āĻŽāĻšāĻžāϏāĻžāĻāϰ āĻā§āύāĻāĻŋ ?
(A) Atlantic / āĻāĻāϞāĻžāύā§āĻāĻŋāĻ (B) Indian / āĻāĻžāϰāϤ āĻŽāĻšāĻžāϏāĻžāĻāϰ (C) Arctic / āĻāϰā§āĻāĻāĻŋāĻ (D) Pacific / āĻĒā§āϰāĻļāĻžāύā§āϤ āĻŽāĻšāĻžāϏāĻžāĻāϰ
Ans / āĻāϤā§āϤ⧰: (D) Pacific / āĻĒā§āϰāĻļāĻžāύā§āϤ āĻŽāĻšāĻžāϏāĻžāĻāϰ
Explanation: The Pacific Ocean is the largest and deepest ocean, covering nearly one-third of Earth's surface. āĻŦā§āϝāĻžāĻā§āϝāĻž: āĻĒā§āϰāĻļāĻžāύā§āϤ āĻŽāĻšāĻžāϏāĻžāĻāϰ āĻĒā§āĻĨāĻŋāĻŦā§āϰ āĻŦā§āĻšāϤā§āϤāĻŽ āĻ āĻāĻā§āϰāϤāĻŽ āĻŽāĻšāĻžāϏāĻžāĻāϰ, āϝāĻž āĻĒā§āĻĨāĻŋāĻŦā§āϰ āĻĒā§āϰāĻžāϝāĻŧ āĻāĻ-āϤā§āϤā§āϝāĻŧāĻžāĻāĻļ āĻ
āĻāĻļ āĻā§āĻĄāĻŧā§ āĻŦāĻŋāϏā§āϤā§āϤāĨ¤
35. Who is called the Iron Man of India ? / ‘āĻāĻžāϰāϤā§āϰ āϞā§āĻšāĻŽāĻžāύāĻŦ’ āĻāĻžāĻā§ āĻŦāϞāĻž āĻšāϝāĻŧ ?
(A) Nehru / āύā§āĻšāϰ⧠(B) Patel / āĻĒā§āϝāĻžāĻā§āϞ (C) Gandhi / āĻāĻžāύā§āϧ⧠(D) Bose / āĻŦāϏā§
Ans / āĻāϤā§āϤ⧰: (B) Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel / āϏāϰā§āĻĻāĻžāϰ āĻŦāϞā§āϞāĻāĻāĻžāĻ āĻĒā§āϝāĻžāĻā§āϞ
Explanation: Sardar Patel is called the Iron Man of India for integrating over 560 princely states into independent India. āĻŦā§āϝāĻžāĻā§āϝāĻž: āϏā§āĻŦāĻžāϧā§āύāϤāĻžāϰ āĻĒāϰ⧠ā§Ģā§Ŧā§ĻāĻāĻŋāϰāĻ āĻŦā§āĻļāĻŋ āĻĻā§āĻļā§āϝāĻŧ āϰāĻžāĻā§āϝāĻā§ āĻāĻžāϰāϤā§āϰ āϏāĻā§āĻā§ āĻāĻāϤā§āϰāĻŋāϤ āĻāϰāĻžāϰ āĻāύā§āϝ āϏāϰā§āĻĻāĻžāϰ āĻĒā§āϝāĻžāĻā§āϞāĻā§ ‘āĻāĻžāϰāϤā§āϰ āϞā§āĻšāĻŽāĻžāύāĻŦ’ āĻŦāϞāĻž āĻšāϝāĻŧāĨ¤
36. The Gupta period is known as ? / āĻā§āĻĒā§āϤ āϝā§āĻāĻā§ āĻā§ āĻŦāϞāĻž āĻšāϝāĻŧ ?
(A) Golden Age / āϏā§āĻŦāϰā§āĻŖāϝā§āĻ (B) Silver Age / āϰā§āĻĒā§āϝāϝā§āĻ (C) Bronze Age / āĻŦā§āϰā§āĻā§āĻ āϝā§āĻ (D) Iron Age / āϞā§āĻšāϝā§āĻ
Ans / āĻāϤā§āϤ⧰: (A) Golden Age / āϏā§āĻŦāϰā§āĻŖāϝā§āĻ
Explanation: The Gupta period is called the Golden Age due to remarkable progress in science, literature, art, mathematics, and culture.
āĻŦā§āϝāĻžāĻā§āϝāĻž: āĻŦāĻŋāĻā§āĻāĻžāύ, āϏāĻžāĻšāĻŋāϤā§āϝ, āĻļāĻŋāϞā§āĻĒ, āĻāĻŖāĻŋāϤ āĻ āϏāĻāϏā§āĻā§āϤāĻŋāϤ⧠āĻ
āϏāĻžāϧāĻžāϰāĻŖ āĻ
āĻā§āϰāĻāϤāĻŋāϰ āĻāύā§āϝ āĻā§āĻĒā§āϤ āϝā§āĻāĻā§ āĻāĻžāϰāϤā§āϰ āϏā§āĻŦāϰā§āĻŖāϝā§āĻ āĻŦāϞāĻž āĻšāϝāĻŧāĨ¤
37. Deficiency of which vitamin causes Scurvy? / āĻā§āύ āĻāĻŋāĻāĻžāĻŽāĻŋāύā§āϰ āĻ
āĻāĻžāĻŦā§ āϏā§āĻāĻžāϰā§āĻāĻŋ āϰā§āĻ āĻšāϝāĻŧ?
(A) Vitamin A (B) Vitamin B (C) Vitamin C (D) Vitamin D
Ans / āĻāϤā§āϤ⧰: (C) Vitamin C
Explanation: Scurvy is caused by Vitamin C deficiency, leading to bleeding gums, weakness, and poor wound healing. āĻŦā§āϝāĻžāĻā§āϝāĻž: āĻāĻŋāĻāĻžāĻŽāĻŋāύ C-āĻāϰ āĻ
āĻāĻžāĻŦā§ āϏā§āĻāĻžāϰā§āĻāĻŋ āϰā§āĻ āĻšāϝāĻŧ, āϝāĻžāϰ āĻĢāϞ⧠āĻŽāĻžāĻĄāĻŧāĻŋ āĻĨā§āĻā§ āϰāĻā§āϤ āĻĒāĻĄāĻŧāĻž, āĻĻā§āϰā§āĻŦāϞāϤāĻž āĻāĻŦāĻ āĻā§āώāϤ āĻļā§āĻāĻžāϤ⧠āĻĻā§āϰāĻŋ āĻšāϝāĻŧāĨ¤
38. Who founded Shantiniketan ? / āĻļāĻžāύā§āϤāĻŋāύāĻŋāĻā§āϤāύ āĻā§ āĻĒā§āϰāϤāĻŋāώā§āĻ āĻž āĻāϰā§āύ ?
(A) Gandhi / āĻāĻžāύā§āϧ⧠(B) Nehru / āύā§āĻšāϰ⧠(C) Tagore / āϰāĻŦā§āύā§āĻĻā§āϰāύāĻžāĻĨ āĻ āĻžāĻā§āϰ (D) Vivekananda / āϏā§āĻŦāĻžāĻŽā§ āĻŦāĻŋāĻŦā§āĻāĻžāύāύā§āĻĻ
Ans / āĻāϤā§āϤ⧰: (C) Rabindranath Tagore / āϰāĻŦā§āύā§āĻĻā§āϰāύāĻžāĻĨ āĻ āĻžāĻā§āϰ
Explanation: Rabindranath Tagore founded Shantiniketan, which later became Visva-Bharati University. āĻŦā§āϝāĻžāĻā§āϝāĻž: āϰāĻŦā§āύā§āĻĻā§āϰāύāĻžāĻĨ āĻ āĻžāĻā§āϰ āĻļāĻžāύā§āϤāĻŋāύāĻŋāĻā§āϤāύ āĻĒā§āϰāϤāĻŋāώā§āĻ āĻž āĻāϰā§āύ, āϝāĻž āĻĒāϰ⧠āĻŦāĻŋāĻļā§āĻŦāĻāĻžāϰāϤ⧠āĻŦāĻŋāĻļā§āĻŦāĻŦāĻŋāĻĻā§āϝāĻžāϞāϝāĻŧā§ āĻĒāϰāĻŋāĻŖāϤ āĻšāϝāĻŧāĨ¤
39. Which state produces the most tea in India ? / āĻāĻžāϰāϤ⧠āϏāϰā§āĻŦāĻžāϧāĻŋāĻ āĻāĻž āĻā§āĻĒāĻžāĻĻāύāĻāĻžāϰ⧠āϰāĻžāĻā§āϝ āĻā§āύāĻāĻŋ ?
(A) West Bengal / āĻĒāĻļā§āĻāĻŋāĻŽāĻŦāĻā§āĻ (B) Assam / āĻ
āϏāĻŽ (C) Kerala / āĻā§āϰāϞ (D) Tamil Nadu / āϤāĻžāĻŽāĻŋāϞāύāĻžāĻĄāĻŧā§
Ans / āĻāϤā§āϤ⧰: (B) Assam / āĻ
āϏāĻŽ
Explanation: Assam is India's largest tea-producing state and is famous worldwide for its strong-flavoured Assam tea. āĻŦā§āϝāĻžāĻā§āϝāĻž: āĻ
āϏāĻŽ āĻāĻžāϰāϤā§āϰ āϏāϰā§āĻŦāĻžāϧāĻŋāĻ āĻāĻž āĻā§āĻĒāĻžāĻĻāύāĻāĻžāϰ⧠āϰāĻžāĻā§āϝ āĻāĻŦāĻ āĻŦāĻŋāĻļā§āĻŦā§āϰ āĻŦāĻŋāĻā§āϝāĻžāϤ ‘āĻ
āϏāĻŽ āĻāĻž’-āĻāϰ āĻāύā§āϝ āĻĒāϰāĻŋāĻāĻŋāϤāĨ¤
40. Mohenjo-daro was located on which river ? / āĻŽāĻšā§āĻā§āĻā§āĻĻāĻžāĻĄāĻŧā§ āĻā§āύ āύāĻĻā§āϰ āϤā§āϰ⧠āĻ
āĻŦāϏā§āĻĨāĻŋāϤ āĻāĻŋāϞ ?
(A) Ganga / āĻāĻā§āĻāĻž (B) Yamuna / āϝāĻŽā§āύāĻž (C) Indus / āϏāĻŋāύā§āϧ⧠(D) Sutlej / āĻļāϤāĻĻā§āϰā§
Ans / āĻāϤā§āϤ⧰: (C) Indus / āϏāĻŋāύā§āϧā§
Explanation: Mohenjo-daro, a major city of the Indus Valley Civilization, was situated on the banks of the Indus River in present-day Pakistan. āĻŦā§āϝāĻžāĻā§āϝāĻž: āĻŽāĻšā§āĻā§āĻā§āĻĻāĻžāĻĄāĻŧā§ āĻāĻŋāϞ āϏāĻŋāύā§āϧ⧠āϏāĻā§āϝāϤāĻžāϰ āĻāĻāĻāĻŋ āĻĒā§āϰāϧāĻžāύ āύāĻāϰ, āϝāĻž āĻŦāϰā§āϤāĻŽāĻžāύ āĻĒāĻžāĻāĻŋāϏā§āϤāĻžāύ⧠āϏāĻŋāύā§āϧ⧠āύāĻĻā§āϰ āϤā§āϰ⧠āĻ
āĻŦāϏā§āĻĨāĻŋāϤ āĻāĻŋāϞāĨ¤
41. When is Indian Navy Day celebrated ? / āĻāĻžāϰāϤā§āϝāĻŧ āύā§āĻŦāĻžāĻšāĻŋāύ⧠āĻĻāĻŋāĻŦāϏ āĻāĻŦā§ āĻĒāĻžāϞāĻŋāϤ āĻšāϝāĻŧ ?
(A) 26 Jan / ⧍ā§Ŧ āĻāĻžāύā§āϝāĻŧāĻžāϰāĻŋ (B) 4 Dec / ā§Ē āĻĄāĻŋāϏā§āĻŽā§āĻŦāϰ (C) 15 Aug / ā§§ā§Ģ āĻāĻāϏā§āĻ (D) 1 Apr / ā§§ āĻāĻĒā§āϰāĻŋāϞ
Ans: (B) 4 Dec / ā§Ē āĻĄāĻŋāϏā§āĻŽā§āĻŦāϰ