Q.- Acid rain caused by which polluting gas ?
Ans. - sulphurdioxide and nitrogen oxides. together,they form sulphuric acid. resulting in acidity of rain. this was asked in 2010 prelims
Q.- water vapor,carbon dioxide, methane, nitrous oxide, ozone............which r not greenhouse gases?
Ans. – All are greenhouse gases.
Q. - who named ' Man of the 20th century by times magazine ' ?
Ans. - Albert Einstein
Q.- 1. MSS (market stabilisation scheme ) was introduced by Finance commssion in 2004 to remove access liquidity . 2. MSS envisages treasury bills thro RBI on behafl of govt to mop up liquidity .......which r true ?
Ans. - 1 F 2 T
Q. - of the renewable sources of energy solar energy produces largest amount of electricity in
....T/F ? india
Ans.- F hydro power
Q. - which is the smallest river of the world ?
The "shortest river in the world". (Guinness World Records) The river runs between Giant Springs and the Missouri River in Roe River . Great Falls, Montana
Q. - where ganga jamuna n saraswati confluence?
Q.- what is IPR ?
Ans. - intellectual property rights.
Q. - difference between Patent and copyright?
Q.- 1. Film photography , radiometer , infrared r examples of passive remote sensing . 2. RADAR is active remote sensing............which r true ?
Ans. - both r true
Q. - recently convention on bio diversity(COP 10) was held at____ ??
Ans. - Nagaoya japan
Q. - _______ is a massive city modernisation scheme launched by Government of
. It envisages a total investment of over $20 billion over a period of 7 years India
Ans. – JNNURM
Q. - myopia disease is connected with which body part?
Ans . – eye
Q. - who discovered the structure of insuline ?
Q. - who discovered x-ray
Ans . - Wilhelm C. Roentgen's
Q. - WHAT IS THE ELEMENT THAT COMBINES WITH MOST OF THE ELEMENTS TO FORM MAXIMUM COMPOUNDS?
Ans. – hydrogen
Ans. - lata mangeshkar
Q. - first fare paying space tourist..??
Ans. - Dennis Tito
Q. - ........... is the only sport event, where men and women can compete together
Ans. - Equestrian is the "expertise to drive or ride a horse"
Q. - first indian to win world amateur billiards title..???
Ans . - geet sethi
Q. - how many times geet sethi win the ibsf world billiards title..?
Ans. - 6 time winner. He is a six-time winner of the professional-level and a three-time winner of the amateur World Championships, and holder of two world records
Q. - first odi captain of
Ans. - ajit wadekar
Q. - where did
play its 1st odi..?? india
Q. - in which year human rights resolution was adopted by UN..??
Ans. – 1945
Q. – Office of UN general assembly is in…….?
Ans . -
Q. - headquarters of UNESCO..??
Q. - headquarters of food and agriculture organisation..??
Ans. - ROM
Q.- first indian to be president pf UN general assembly..??
Ans. - Vijayalakshmi Pandit
Q.- The function of the messenger RNA is to____________
Ans.- enable protein synthesis
Q. - The messenger RNA is produced in the
Ans. - DNA
Q. - largest gulf
Gulf of Mexico
Q. - who discovered nucleolus
Ans .- leeewen hok
latitudnal and altitudnal diff is both 30 deg then why N-S is larger than W-E india
Q. - Round revolution in
is associated with 1.potato productn 2.onion prodctn 3.Maize prodctn 4. Tomato prodctn India
Ans. – 1
Q. – What is Duralunium?
Ans. - alloy of aluminium and brass called duraluminium
Q. - Christian Wulff is d prez. of 1.Italy 2.Germany 3.Peru 4.Holland
Ans. - 2 is rt
Q. - Who is d head of Intrgvrnmntl panel on climate change(IPCC)? 1.R.K. Chauhan 2.Ramesh baish 3.R.K. pachauri 4. N.K. Ghosh
Ans. – 3
Q. - FATHER OF CHE?
Ans. - lavoiser
Q. - no. of art in indian const
Ans. - 444
Q. - Kalinga prize is fr? 1.Science popularisation 2. Journalism 3.literature popularisation 3. Art populartion
Ans. - 1.Science popularisation
Q. - two sides of rec r in ratio 3:2. if the area of rec is 96 find length of each side
Ans. - 12 & 8
Q. - who is present Ministry for social Justice & Empowerment???
Ans. - mukul wasnik
Q.- Year of 4th battle of Anglo-mysore war?
Ans. - 1798-99 in this battle Tipu Sultan died
Q.- Principle behind taking off of airplane?
Ans. - bernoulli
Q. - Oldest Eductnl instt of
1. IIt Mumbai 2.Kolkata Univ. 3.Mumbai Univ. 4.IIt India Kanpur
Ans. -2.Kolkata Univ
Q. - Mukambika Wild life sanctry is located in 1.
Bihar 2.Karnataka 3.jharkhand 4.Uttarakhand
Ans. -2 Karnataka
Q. - Justine henin is frm 1.Russia 2.Poland 3.Belgium 4.Germany
<Foolish> The philosophical postulates of the constitution of
are based on what ? India
Ans. - Objective Resolution of Pundit Nehru, 1947
Ans. - 3 A.P.J. abdul kalam