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GENERAL KNOWLEDGE AND GENERAL AWARENESS Dr. T.K. Jain. AFTERSCHOOOL M: 9414430763 [email protected] www.afterschool.tk www.afterschoool.tk
Brass is made from? Copper
& zinc
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2-4-D is a : pesticide / weedicide / insectiside / herbicide?
Insecticide
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Anand Math is written by ? Bankim
chandra Chatterjee
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Full form of WMO? World
Meteorological Organisation.
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Who has written Animal Farm? George
Orwel
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Keins Film festival is organised in which country? France
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What is the real name of Nirala? Suryakant
Tripathi
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What is the real name of Agyeya? Sachhinand
Hiranand Vatsyayana
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When did Radio start in India? 1927 (govt.
took it over in 1936 and since 1957 it is Akashwani).
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What is the India’s sea-shore length in approx. km. ? 5600
Km. approx.
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When did telephone start in India? 1851
at Kolkatta
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Which city has famous Jagannath Temple? Puri
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Who invented Telephone? Alexander
Graham Bell in 1876
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When was Uttaranchal formed as a separate state? 2000.
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Which is world Postal Day? 9
October.
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Duterium contains how many protons and neutrons? One
each
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Among Alpha, Beta and Gama rays, which has highest penetration power?
Gama
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When ice melts, its density will increase or decrease? Increase
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Who identified the structure of DNA ? Watson
and Crick 1953 (got nobel prize in 1962 for this)
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Where is Lebrodor current in the world? Just upper side of Northern America below Greenland.
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Where is Kuroshio current?
near Japan
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Pacific sea has how much % of earth in terms of area? 35%
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Of the total land surface, how much is in Asia (total earth)? 1/3rd
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Highest peak of Rocky Mountains? Alberts
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Highest Peak in Alps series of mountains? Mount
Black
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When was voting age reduced from 21 to 18? 1989
by 61st constitution amendment.
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When was anti-defection law introduced in constitution? 1985
by 52nd amendment.
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What was the rate of land tax on farmers at the time of Moghuls? rd
1/3 rd
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Which group revolted against Aurungjeb? There
were many groups which revolted against – for example – Jats, Gorkhas, Bundela etc.
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Who followed Arjun Dev in Sikhs? Guru
Hargovind singh
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When did Jahangir Became Ruler? 3
Nov. 1605
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Who wrote Akbarnama? Abul
Fazal
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First Britisher who came during Akbar? Hawkins
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Mansabdari system was introduced by which Moghul ruler?
Akbar
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Ahmed Shah introduced a tax on Hindus (only on Hindus),what was the name of tax? Jajiya
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Where is Bodhi Tree (under which Lord Budha got salvation)?
Bodhgaya
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Kautilya destroyed the kingdom of King Nanda, who was ruler of which State?
Magadh
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Hygrometer measures what? Humidity
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In how much time, a satellite located nearest to the Earth, will be able to rotate around the earth? 83.7 minutes approx.
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A niddle made of iron will float or dip inside water? Float
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One yard is equal to how much meter? .9144
meters.
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One KG will weigh highest at which place on earth? Poles
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One calories is equal to how many jules? 4.2
jules
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What is the measurement of resistance? Ohm
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A dry cell’s covering contains which metal? Copper
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Lie detector was used at airports to identify what? Gold
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Giant Panda is found in which country? China
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Yeast is what? Algae
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Silk worm feeds on? Mulbery
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Which Gas released in Bhopal gas tragedy? Mithyl
Isosinade
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How many states in India are touching Myamar? 4 Arunachal,
Nagaland.
Mijoram, Manipur,
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How many states in India are touching China? 5 J
& K, Arunachal, Sikkim, Uttarakhand, HP,
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How many states in India are touching Pakistan? 4 Punjab,J&K,
Rajasthan, Gujarat.
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How many states in India are touching Bangladesh? 5 WB,
Tripura, Mizoram, Assam, Meghalaya
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How many states in India are touching Nepal? 4 Uttaranchal,
UP,WB,Sikkim
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Jojila Pass has been carved out by which river in India? Indus
river. (Shipki has be made by Satluj, Jeleps has been made by Tista)
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Southern Point of India which was washed out by Tsunami? Indira
Point.
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Which line demarcates borders between India and Afghanistan?
Durand
Line
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Which line demarcates borders between India and China? McMahon
Line
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Which line demarcates borders between India and Pakistan? Redcliffe
Line.
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Which is the highest peak of Pakistan? Gresarbram
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Which is the heighest peak of India? K-2
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Which is the highest peak of China? Gosaithan
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What is the 92nd amendment in Constitution of India? It
added 4 languages in our 8th schedule. These languages were Bodo, Dogari, Methali, and Santhali.
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What is the 91st amendment in Constitution of India? It
was about reorganisation of political parties after defections.
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What is the 90th amendment in Constitution of India? It
gave special powers to Bodoland and other tribal areas.
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Where is the headquarter of NATO? Brussels
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Where is the headquarter of OPEC? Viana,
Austria
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Where is the headquarter of ESCAP? Bangkok
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Where is the headquarter of OECD? Paris
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Where is the headquarter of UNHCR Jeneva
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Where is the headquarter of ADB Manila
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Where is the headquarter of UNCTAD GENEVA
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Where is the headquarter of IOC LUSANE
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Where is the headquarter of ECM GENEVA
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Where is the headquarter of UNIDO VIANA
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Where is the headquarter of CHOGM STRAUSBERG
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Where is the headquarter of INTERPOL PARIS
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Where is the headquarter of AMNESTY LONDON
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Where is Shivaji Stadium? At
Delhi – for Hockey.
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Where is black heath? It
is in London, it is for Rugby.
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Where is KENAN? JAMSHEDPUR,
FOR CRICKET
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Where is CHEPAK CHENNAI
– FOR CRICKET
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Where is GUCHIBOWLI STADIUM
AT HYDERABAD
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Where is GREEN PARK? CRICKET
STADIUM AT KANPUR
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Where is WACA? SYDNEY,
CRICKET
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Where is WANKHEDE Mumbai
– cricket stadium
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Where is EADEN GARDEN CRICKET
STADIUM AT KOLKATTA
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Where is AMBDEKAR STADIUM? Delhi
– for football
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Where is WHITE CITY? STADIUM
AT LONDON
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Where is WIMBLEDON LONDON
– TENNIS
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Where is FOREST HILL STATIDUM
FOR TENNIS – NEW YORK
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Who was the freedom fighter, who threw bomb on Kingsford? Khudiram
Bose and Prafull Chaki (sentenced on 11 august 1908)
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Who was the freedom fighter, who threw bomb in central assembly?
Bhagat
Singh, Sukhdev & ( Rajguru) (8 April 1929, sentenced on 23 March 1931)
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Who was the freedom fighter, who killed General Dyre? Uddham
Singh (13 March 1940), sentenced on 12 June)
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First census in India? 1872 First
regular census in 1881 by lord Rippon (1880-84)
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Who introduced doctrine of lapse? Lord
Dulhousie (1848) first state annexed: Satara, then, Jetpur, Sambalpur etc.
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What is the sequence of rulers at Delhi before Moghuls? Chouhans
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Who were the founders of different dynasties?
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What was the capital of Kushan rulers? Peshawar
& later it was transferred to Mathura.
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Which constitution amendments are related to Panchayati Raj? th rd
64 th
& 73 rd amendements. It was started on 2 Oct 1959 at Nagour by J.L. Nehru Balwant Rai Mehta and Ashok Mehta, and B K Rai, and LM Singhvi committee had given recommendations on Panchayati Raj.
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What is the name of parliament of Japan? Dait
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What is the name of parliament of Egypt People’s
Assembly
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What is the name of parliament of Afghanistan? Shora
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What is the name of parliament of Russia? Duma
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What is the name of parliament of Spain? Kortes
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What is the name of parliament of Maldiv? Majlis
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What is the name of parliament of Bangladesh? Jatiya
Sansad.
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What is the name of parliament of Germany Woundsteg
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What is the name of parliament of Pakistan? National
Assembly
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What is the name of parliament of China? National
People’s congress
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What is the name of parliament of Switzerland? Federal
Assembly
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What is the name of parliament of Turkey? Grand
national Assembly
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What is the name of parliament of Malayasia Diwan
Nigara
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What is the name of parliament of Nepal? Rastriya
Panchayat
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What is the name of parliament of Canada Parliament
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What is the name of parliament of Australia Parliament
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Who was India’s first field marshal? Manik
Shaw
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Who was India’s first Home Minister? Sardar
Patel
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Who was India’s first middle range anti bellestic missile? Agni
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Who was India’s first Paramvir Chakra recipient? Major
Somnath Sharma
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Who was India’s first chief Justice? H.J.
Kania
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Who was India’s first election commissioner? Sukumar
Sen
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Who was India’s first person to reach Everest without Oxygen? Ang
Dorji
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Who was first Bharat Ratna Winner from out of country? Abdul
Gaffar Khan (seemant Gandhi)
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Who was India’s first education minister? Abul
Kalam Azad
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Who was India’s first commandar in chief? Gen
Kariappa
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Who was India’s first speaker of Loksabha? G.V.
Mavlankar
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Who was India’s first chairman of constitution assembly? Rajendra
Prasad Dr. Ambdekar was chairman of Drafting Committee of Constititon.
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Who was India’s first Indian Governor General? C.Rajagopalchari Mount
betton was the first governor general of India.
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Who was India’s first scientist to win Nobel prize? C.V.
Raman (physics).
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Who was India’s first nuclear reactor? APSARA
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Who was India’s first Indian to cross Pak Street by swimming? Vaidyanath. (Bula
choudhary had crossed English Channel by swimming)
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Who was India’s first Gyan peeth award winner V.
Shankar Kurupp
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Who was India’s first chief of Air Force? Air
Marshal S. Mukharji
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Who was India’s first chief of Naval Staff? Vice
Admiral R.D. Katari.
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How many matters are there in centre , state and concurrent list?
At
the time of independence, there were 97,66,& 47 subjects, but now we have 99, 61 & 52 matters in these lists. These are mentioned in 7th schedule.
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What is mini-constitution (an amendement)? It
was 42nd constitution amendment – in 1976.
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While framing constititon, what did we borrow from Canada? Federal
Government structure, and residual powers with Centre.
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While framing constititon, what did we borrow from Ireland? Directive
Principles, Presidential election system.
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While framing constititon, what did we borrow from South Africa?
Constitution
amendment provisions
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While framing constititon, what did we borrow from Russia? Fundamental
duties.
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While framing constititon, what did we borrow from Germany? President’s
powers during emergency.
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While framing constititon, what did we borrow from USA? Fundamental
Rights, Impeachment motion Supremacy of constitution and courts.
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While framing constititon, what did we borrow from England? Single
citizenship Parliamentary government system
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While framing constititon, what did we borrow from Australia? Preface
– language Centre – state relations
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While framing constititon, what did we borrow from Japan? System
established by law.
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When was regulating act enacted on India? 1773
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When was Pitts India act enacted on India? 1784
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When was Charter act enacted on India? 1793,
1813, 1833, 1853, 1858
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What is Morley Minto Reforms? India
govt. Act 1909
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What is Montegue Chelmsford Reforms? India
govt. Act 1919
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Which is the most important source of Indian constititon? India
Govt. Act 1935
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When was dual govt. started at state level? 1919
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The longest National Highway in India? Varanasi
long
– Kanyakumari – 2369 KM
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Smallest Natioanl Highway in India? NH
47 A – 6 KM long.
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Which highway, is just opposite AFTERSCHOOOL? 89
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WHAT IS B.O.T. Build
Operate and Transfer.
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Which state has largest road network? Maharastra
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First Indian Railway? 1853
– Thane to Mumbai (34 Km).
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Status of Indian Railway in world? 2nd
in terms of length (1st in Asia).
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World’s longest railway route? Trans
long.
–syberia route – 9332 Km.
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Longest platform? Kharakpur
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India’s longest route train? Himsagar
Express – Jammu to Kanyakumari – 3726 Km.
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How many divisions are there in India? 16
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World’s first airway postal service –when and where? In
1911 from Ilahabad to Naini
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How many national waterways are there in India? 4 Ilahabad
– haldia (longest). Saia to Dhubri Kollam to Kottayam Kakinada to marakkanam.
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Largest port in India? Mumbai
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India’s best natural port? Vishakhapatnam
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Tidal port? Kandla
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India’s oldest port? Chennai
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The union territory with largest literacy in %? Lakshdweep
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Brass is made from? Copper
& zinc
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2-4-D is a : pesticide / weedicide / insectiside / herbicide?
Insecticide
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Anand Math is written by ? Bankim
chandra Chatterjee
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Full form of WMO? World
Meteorological Organisation.
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Who has written Animal Farm? George
Orwel
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Keins Film festival is organised in which country? France
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What is the real name of Nirala? Suryakant
Tripathi
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What is the real name of Agyeya? Sachhinand
Hiranand Vatsyayana
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When did Radio start in India? 1927 (govt.
took it over in 1936 and since 1957 it is Akashwani).
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What is the India’s sea-shore length in approx. km. ? 5600
Km. approx.
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When did telephone start in India? 1851
at Kolkatta
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Which city has famous Jagannath Temple? Puri
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Who invented Telephone? Alexander
Graham Bell in 1876
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When was Uttaranchal formed as a separate state? 2000.
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Which is world Postal Day? 9
October.
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Duterium contains how many protons and neutrons? One
each
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Among Alpha, Beta and Gama rays, which has highest penetration power?
Gama
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When ice melts, its density will increase or decrease? Increase
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Who identified the structure of DNA ? Watson
and Crick 1953 (got nobel prize in 1962 for this)
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Where is Lebrodor current in the world? Just upper side of Northern America below Greenland.
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Where is Kuroshio current?
near Japan
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Pacific sea has how much % of earth in terms of area? 35%
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Of the total land surface, how much is in Asia (total earth)? 1/3rd
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Highest peak of Rocky Mountains? Alberts
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Highest Peak in Alps series of mountains? Mount
Black
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When was voting age reduced from 21 to 18? 1989
by 61st constitution amendment.
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When was anti-defection law introduced in constitution? 1985
by 52nd amendment.
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What was the rate of land tax on farmers at the time of Moghuls? rd
1/3 rd
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Which group revolted against Aurungjeb? There
were many groups which revolted against – for example – Jats, Gorkhas, Bundela etc.
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Who followed Arjun Dev in Sikhs? Guru
Hargovind singh
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When did Jahangir Became Ruler? 3
Nov. 1605
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Who wrote Akbarnama? Abul
Fazal
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First Britisher who came during Akbar? Hawkins
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Mansabdari system was introduced by which Moghul ruler?
Akbar
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Ahmed Shah introduced a tax on Hindus (only on Hindus),what was the name of tax? Jajiya
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Where is Bodhi Tree (under which Lord Budha got salvation)?
Bodhgaya
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Kautilya destroyed the kingdom of King Nanda, who was ruler of which State?
Magadh
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Hygrometer measures what? Humidity
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In how much time, a satellite located nearest to the Earth, will be able to rotate around the earth? 83.7 minutes approx.
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A niddle made of iron will float or dip inside water? Float
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One yard is equal to how much meter? .9144
meters.
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One KG will weigh highest at which place on earth? Poles
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One calories is equal to how many jules? 4.2
jules
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What is the measurement of resistance? Ohm
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A dry cell’s covering contains which metal? Copper
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Lie detector was used at airports to identify what? Gold
hidden in the body.
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Giant Panda is found in which country? China
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Yeast is what? Algae
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Silk worm feeds on? Mulbery
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Which Gas released in Bhopal gas tragedy? Mithyl
Isosinade
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How many states in India are touching Myamar? 4 Arunachal,
Nagaland.
Mijoram, Manipur,
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How many states in India are touching China? 5 J
& K, Arunachal, Sikkim, Uttarakhand, HP,
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How many states in India are touching Pakistan? 4 Punjab,J&K,
Rajasthan, Gujarat.
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How many states in India are touching Bangladesh? 5 WB,
Tripura, Mizoram, Assam, Meghalaya
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How many states in India are touching Nepal? 4 Uttaranchal,
UP,WB,Sikkim
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Jojila Pass has been carved out by which river in India? Indus
river. (Shipki has be made by Satluj, Jeleps has been made by Tista)
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Southern Point of India which was washed out by Tsunami? Indira
Point.
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Which line demarcates borders between India and Afghanistan?
Durand
Line
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Which line demarcates borders between India and China? McMahon
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Which line demarcates borders between India and Pakistan? Redcliffe
Line.
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Which is the highest peak of Pakistan? Gresarbram
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Which is the heighest peak of India? K-2
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Which is the highest peak of China? Gosaithan
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What is the 92nd amendment in Constitution of India? It
added 4 languages in our 8th schedule. These languages were Bodo, Dogari, Methali, and Santhali.
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What is the 91st amendment in Constitution of India? It
was about reorganisation of political parties after defections.
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What is the 90th amendment in Constitution of India? It
gave special powers to Bodoland and other tribal areas.
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Where is the headquarter of NATO? Brussels
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Where is the headquarter of OPEC? Viana,
Austria
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Where is the headquarter of ESCAP? Bangkok
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Where is the headquarter of OECD? Paris
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Where is the headquarter of UNHCR Jeneva
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Where is the headquarter of INTERPOL PARIS
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Where is the headquarter of AMNESTY LONDON
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Where is Shivaji Stadium? At
Delhi – for Hockey.
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Where is black heath? It
is in London, it is for Rugby.
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Where is KENAN? JAMSHEDPUR,
FOR CRICKET
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Where is CHEPAK CHENNAI
– FOR CRICKET
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Where is GUCHIBOWLI STADIUM
AT HYDERABAD
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Where is GREEN PARK? CRICKET
STADIUM AT KANPUR
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Where is WACA? SYDNEY,
CRICKET
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Where is WANKHEDE Mumbai
– cricket stadium
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Where is EADEN GARDEN CRICKET
STADIUM AT KOLKATTA
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Where is AMBDEKAR STADIUM? Delhi
– for football
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Where is WHITE CITY? STADIUM
AT LONDON
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Where is WIMBLEDON LONDON
– TENNIS
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Where is FOREST HILL STATIDUM
FOR TENNIS – NEW YORK
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Who was the freedom fighter, who threw bomb on Kingsford? Khudiram
Bose and Prafull Chaki (sentenced on 11 august 1908)
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Who was the freedom fighter, who threw bomb in central assembly?
Bhagat
Singh, Sukhdev & ( Rajguru) (8 April 1929, sentenced on 23 March 1931)
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Who was the freedom fighter, who killed General Dyre? Uddham
Singh (13 March 1940), sentenced on 12 June)
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First census in India? 1872 First
regular census in 1881 by lord Rippon (1880-84)
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Who introduced doctrine of lapse? Lord
Dulhousie (1848) first state annexed: Satara, then, Jetpur, Sambalpur etc.
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What is the sequence of rulers at Delhi before Moghuls? Chouhans
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Who were the founders of different dynasties?
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What was the capital of Kushan rulers? Peshawar
& later it was transferred to Mathura.
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Which constitution amendments are related to Panchayati Raj? th rd
64 th
& 73 rd amendements. It was started on 2 Oct 1959 at Nagour by J.L. Nehru Balwant Rai Mehta and Ashok Mehta, and B K Rai, and LM Singhvi committee had given recommendations on Panchayati Raj.
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What is the name of parliament of Japan? Dait
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What is the name of parliament of Egypt People’s
Assembly
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What is the name of parliament of Afghanistan? Shora
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What is the name of parliament of Russia? Duma
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What is the name of parliament of Spain? Kortes
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What is the name of parliament of Maldiv? Majlis
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What is the name of parliament of Bangladesh? Jatiya
Sansad.
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What is the name of parliament of Germany Woundsteg
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What is the name of parliament of Pakistan? National
Assembly
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What is the name of parliament of China? National
People’s congress
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What is the name of parliament of Switzerland? Federal
Assembly
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What is the name of parliament of Turkey? Grand
national Assembly
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What is the name of parliament of Malayasia Diwan
Nigara
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What is the name of parliament of Nepal? Rastriya
Panchayat
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What is the name of parliament of Canada Parliament
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What is the name of parliament of Australia Parliament
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Who was India’s first field marshal? Manik
Shaw
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Who was India’s first Home Minister? Sardar
Patel
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Who was India’s first middle range anti bellestic missile? Agni
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Who was India’s first Paramvir Chakra recipient? Major
Somnath Sharma
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Who was India’s first chief Justice? H.J.
Kania
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Who was India’s first election commissioner? Sukumar
Sen
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Who was India’s first person to reach Everest without Oxygen? Ang
Dorji
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Who was first Bharat Ratna Winner from out of country? Abdul
Gaffar Khan (seemant Gandhi)
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Who was India’s first education minister? Abul
Kalam Azad
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Who was India’s first commandar in chief? Gen
Kariappa
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Who was India’s first speaker of Loksabha? G.V.
Mavlankar
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Who was India’s first chairman of constitution assembly? Rajendra
Prasad Dr. Ambdekar was chairman of Drafting Committee of Constititon.
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Who was India’s first Indian Governor General? C.Rajagopalchari Mount
betton was the first governor general of India.
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Who was India’s first scientist to win Nobel prize? C.V.
Raman (physics).
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Who was India’s first nuclear reactor? APSARA
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Who was India’s first Indian to cross Pak Street by swimming? Vaidyanath. (Bula
choudhary had crossed English Channel by swimming)
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Who was India’s first Gyan peeth award winner V.
Shankar Kurupp
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Who was India’s first chief of Air Force? Air
Marshal S. Mukharji
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Who was India’s first chief of Naval Staff? Vice
Admiral R.D. Katari.
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How many matters are there in centre , state and concurrent list?
At
the time of independence, there were 97,66,& 47 subjects, but now we have 99, 61 & 52 matters in these lists. These are mentioned in 7th schedule.
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What is mini-constitution (an amendement)? It
was 42nd constitution amendment – in 1976.
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While framing constititon, what did we borrow from Canada? Federal
Government structure, and residual powers with Centre.
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While framing constititon, what did we borrow from Ireland? Directive
Principles, Presidential election system.
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While framing constititon, what did we borrow from South Africa?
Constitution
amendment provisions
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While framing constititon, what did we borrow from Russia? Fundamental
duties.
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While framing constititon, what did we borrow from Germany? President’s
powers during emergency.
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While framing constititon, what did we borrow from USA? Fundamental
Rights, Impeachment motion Supremacy of constitution and courts.
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While framing constititon, what did we borrow from England? Single
citizenship Parliamentary government system
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While framing constititon, what did we borrow from Australia? Preface
– language Centre – state relations
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While framing constititon, what did we borrow from Japan? System
established by law.
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When was regulating act enacted on India? 1773
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When was Pitts India act enacted on India? 1784
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When was Charter act enacted on India? 1793,
1813, 1833, 1853, 1858
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What is Morley Minto Reforms? India
govt. Act 1909
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What is Montegue Chelmsford Reforms? India
govt. Act 1919
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Which is the most important source of Indian constititon? India
Govt. Act 1935
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When was dual govt. started at state level? 1919
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The longest National Highway in India? Varanasi
long
– Kanyakumari – 2369 KM
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Smallest Natioanl Highway in India? NH
47 A – 6 KM long.
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Which highway, is just opposite AFTERSCHOOOL? 89
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WHAT IS B.O.T. Build
Operate and Transfer.
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Which state has largest road network? Maharastra
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First Indian Railway? 1853
– Thane to Mumbai (34 Km).
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Status of Indian Railway in world? 2nd
in terms of length (1st in Asia).
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World’s longest railway route? Trans
long.
–syberia route – 9332 Km.
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Longest platform? Kharakpur
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India’s longest route train? Himsagar
Express – Jammu to Kanyakumari – 3726 Km.
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How many divisions are there in India? 16
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World’s first airway postal service –when and where? In
1911 from Ilahabad to Naini
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How many national waterways are there in India? 4 Ilahabad
– haldia (longest). Saia to Dhubri Kollam to Kottayam Kakinada to marakkanam.
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Largest port in India? Mumbai
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India’s best natural port? Vishakhapatnam
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Tidal port? Kandla
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India’s oldest port? Chennai
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The union territory with largest literacy in %? Lakshdweep
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ABOUT AFTERSCHOOOL Afterschoool conducts three year integrated PGPSE (after class 12th along with IAS / CA / CS) and 18 month PGPSE (Post Graduate Programme in Social Entrepreneurship) along with preparation for CS / CFP / CFA /CMA / FRM. This course is also available online also. It also conducts workshops on social entrepreneurship in schools and colleges all over India – start social entrepreneurship club in your institution today with the help from afterschoool and help us in developing society. www.afterschoool.tk
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