Question: In the 12th Five-Year Plan, to what figure was the annual growth rate target reduced from 9%?
Answer: 8.2%
Question: Whom did Dr. B.R. Ambedkar describe as the “Heart and Soul” of the Constitution?
Answer: The Right to Constitutional Remedies
Question: Which subject does *not* fall under the purview of the State Government?
Answer: Law and Order
Question: From which country has the concept of ‘Single Citizenship’ been adopted in India?
Answer: England
Question: Who proposed the concept of “Total Revolution” (Sampoorna Kranti) in India?
Answer: Jayaprakash Narayan
Question: What is the process of disinvestment in the public sector called?
Answer: Privatization
Question: Which group utilizes the technique known as “Darwinian Teaching”?
Answer: Animals
Question: Who is *not* a member of the National Development Council?
Answer: Governors of the States
Question: Which Guru referred to himself as the “True Emperor” (Sacha Badshah)?
Answer: Guru Hargobind
Question: In which year did Mahatma Gandhi launch the Civil Disobedience Movement?
Answer: 1930
Question: What is the maximum prescribed strength of members in a State Legislative Assembly?
Answer: 500
Question: During whose reign did Fa-Hien visit India?
Answer: Chandragupta II
Question: In 1651, at which location in Bengal did the Mughals grant the East India Company permission to trade and establish a factory?
Answer: On the banks of the Hooghly River
Question: Which of the following is an island?
Answer: Daman
Question: Which sea is an inland sea (landlocked)?
Answer: The Aral Sea
Question: On the course of which river is the Shivanasamudra Falls located?
Answer: Kaveri
Question: Who coined the slogan “Inquilab Zindabad”?
Answer: Bhagat Singh
Question: What is the global ranking of the Indian Railway network?
Answer: Fourth
Question: Which is the oldest international airline?
Answer: KLM (Dutch)
Question: During nuclear fission, what is used to absorb neutrons in order to control the chain reaction? Answer: Heavy Water
Question: On what principle does the hydrogen bomb operate?
Answer: The hydrogen bomb operates on the principle of an uncontrolled reaction.
Question: The troposphere is the warmest part of the atmosphere; what is the reason for this?
Answer: It gets heated up from the Earth’s surface.
Question: Where was India’s first computer installed?
Answer: The Indian Statistical Institute, Kolkata.
Question: The dried flower buds of which plant are used as a spice?
Answer: Cloves.
Question: After birth, in which part of the human body does no cell division occur?
Answer: Nerve cells.
Question: DNA profiling is used for what purpose?
Answer: To identify parents and perpetrators of rape.
Question: What is the normal blood sugar level in humans?
Answer: 180 to 200 mg/dL.
Question: Which creatures are known to be very long-lived?
Answer: Whales.
Question: Which bird has the largest wingspan?
Answer: The Wandering Albatross.
Question: What percentage of solar energy is utilized by plants in a food chain?
Answer: 0.1%.
Question: Supersonic jets cause pollution by thinning which layer?
Answer: The O3 (Ozone) layer.
Question: What was the mascot for the 2014 FIFA World Cup?
Answer: The Armadillo.
Question: What instrument is commonly used to measure the speed of an aircraft? Answer: Bits per second
Question: Which type of reaction generates the most harmful radiation?
Answer: Nuclear fission reaction
Question: Which type of glass is used to manufacture reinforced plastics?
Answer: Glass fiber
Question: Which metal causes Itai-itai disease?
Answer: Cadmium
Question: Glycol is added to aviation fuel (petrol) because it prevents the fuel from freezing.
Question: Where was the 2018 FIFA World Cup held?
Answer: In Russia
Question: In what ways can Indian citizenship be acquired?
Answer: By birth, by descent, and by registration
Question: Which defective model did India’s leading automobile company, Maruti Suzuki, recall to replace a faulty fuel pump gasket?
Answer: Maruti A-Star
Question: Which folk dance is associated with Rajasthan?
Answer: Soi Saini is associated with Rajasthan
