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               All Competative Examinations
Its a Complete Collection of Questions and Answers Blog For
        www.upsc-questions.blogspot.com
1. Which is called, City of Golden Temple?                     13. Koyna Hydroelectric Power is located in which
                                                               state?
    Amritsar
                                                                  Maharastra
 2. The palace of Amritsar was given by Mughal Emperor
 Akabr to whom?                                                14. Who is the scientist made success of Green
                                                               Revolution?
    Guru Ramdas
                                                                  Norman Borlaug
 3. Which section of IPC is applicable for death under
 negligence?
                                                              15. Which city is called as 'City of Eternal Springs'?
    304 A

 4. Sharavati Project is in which state?                         Quito

    Karnataka                                                 16. National Higway No. 2 connects which cities?

 5. Balimela Project is in which state?
                                                                  Delhi & Kolkata
     Orissa
                                                               17. Where is located the national centre for Bio -
 6. What does the olymic flame symbolize?                      Fertilizer ?

     Continuity between new and ancient games                     Ghaziabad

 7. Which city is called as 'City of Golden Gate?              18. Which satellite helps to telecast TV Network all
                                                               over India?
    Sanfrancisco
                                                                  Insat IB
 8. The earth rotates on its axis from?
                                                               19. Kanya Vidyadhan Yojna is in which state?
     West to east
                                                                  Uttar Pradesh
 9. After declaration of financial emergency by the
 President, what is the period of operation without           20. With which country UNO has agreement of Oil with
 approval by the Parliament—                                  Food?

                                                                  Iraq
    Two Months
                                                              21. Who wrote the book : “My Kashmir: Conflict &
10. The United Kingom consists of which countries?            Prospects of Enduring Peace”?

11. Who publishes employment news?                                Mr. Habibullah

     Ministry of Information and Broadcasting                  22. Who emerged as the fastest woman of Beijing
                                                               Olympics?
 12. Which states in India are having their borders sharing
 with Myanmar?                                                    Ann Fraser

    Mizoram, Manipur, Tripura & Meghalaya                     23. Who is the winner of European Grand Prix?

                                                                 Felipe Massa



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24. Which country won sixteen God medals in           36. World Food Day falls on what date?
 Olympics 2008 at Beijing?
                                                          16.Oct
    Germany
                                                       37. What is the name of the swimmer of USA who
 25. What does IUCN stands for?                        won 8 gold medals in Olympics?

      International Union for conservation of nature      Michael Phelps

 26. Who was given Rajiv Gandhi National               38. Which one is the most competitive city of the
 Sadbhavna award 2007                                  world?

    N Radha Krishnana                                     New York, Followed by London & Tokyo

 27. What is CERN in LHC?                              39. By which year India will be 4 Degree Hotter?

    CERN is a French Space Agency French acronym          40 years
 for (European Organization for Nuclear Research)
 and      was in news due to LHC experiment            40. Where in Gujrat , ancient Budhdha plaque is
 recently.                                             discovered recently?
                                                           Vadnagar in Gujarat
 28. Who was given Dhyanchand Award for 2008?
                                                        41. Controversial Pakistani Sceintist A.Q. Khan
    Mukhbain Singh                                     helped which of the nationas to make atomic arms?

 29. Who is the governor of Reserve Bank of India?          Libiya

      D.Subarao                                        42. Which sports team among Punjab, ralways, UP &
                                                       Services have won 55th National Boxing
 30. Which country won field Hockey title in           Championship?
 Olympics?
                                                          Railways
    Germany
                                                       43. Microchip has recently turned (How many years?).
 31. Whom is related to bhaskar Ghosh committee?
                                                          50 years of age
    Cultural Scemes
                                                       44. Recently the canbinet has increased hike of
 32. The 306th Amendment Bill pertains to what?        President , Vice President , and Governars by how
                                                       much (in %)?
    Cooperative Society
                                                           300%
 33. Project Sankalp is related to what?
                                                       45. Union Cabinet has recently approved Extradition
      HIV / AIDS                                       Treaty with which country?

 34. Micheil Saakashvili is president of which             Iran
 country?                                              46. How many indigenous breeds of cattle India
                                                       Currently possess?
    Georgia
                                                          27
 35. Which of the following coutries is not the


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48. When was essentials commodities act enacted?            59. Who is the winner of ASCA Sooker Invitation
                                                             Tournament?
      1955
                                                                 Pankaj Advani
 49. What is the third largest packed food in India
 consumed?                                                   60. What is APEDA?

      Aerated Soft drink                                        Agricultural & Processed Food Products Export
                                                             Development Authority
 50. What is the rank of India’s market in Alcoholic
 beverages consumtion?                                       61. Who has been given the Appan Menon Memorial
                                                             Award 2008.2009?
      Third
                                                                 Delhi Union of Journalists
 51. Which country in south asia shared 62% of It’s global
 trade with India?                                           62. Which country has recently banned Indian Drug
                                                             Company Ranbaxy’s Products?
      Nepal
                                                                 USA banned 28 drugs of Ranbaxy
 52. Roger Federer recently won his which Grandslam?
                                                             63. Who won recently Murugappa Gold Cup?
      13th Grand Slam
                                                                  Air India Beating Indian Oil
 53. Dr. APJ Abdul Kalam has been appointed as
 chancellor of which school?                                 64. Which are the two institutes chosen for Shanti Swaroop
                                                             Bhatnagar Science & Technology Award?
       IIST Thiruvanantpuram
                                                                 CIMAP & CSMCRI
 54. Astra is which kind of missile?
                                                             65. What is the meaning of a secular state?
       Air to Air
                                                                 The state regards religiosn as a private affair of the
 55. Who is Margaret Chan?                                   decisions and does not DISCRIMINATE on this basis.

      Director General of WHO , recently visited India       66. In which types of disputes Supreme Court of India Acts
                                                             as Federal Court?
 56. What is Deo Parliamentary Committee Probing?
                                                                  Interstate Disputes
      Cash for Votes scandal in Parliament
                                                             67. For how long, A joint sitting of both the houses of
 57. How many blocks have been recently decided to           Parliament may be convened to consider a bill which was
 award for exploration of oil and gas by the Union Gas &     passed by one house and pending in another house?
 Petroleum Ministry recently?
                                                                  6 months
 45                                                          68. The council of Ministers is collectively responsible to
                                                             whom?
 58. Which lone sailing ship of Indian Navy Has embarked
 upon voyage of four nations?                                    Lok Sabha (Article 75 (3) )
                                                             69. What is meaning of Lame Duck Session of Parliament?
       INS Tarangini
                                                                Last session of the parliament before dissolution of
                                                             Loksabha




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70. If a no.confidence motion is passed in Loksabha then     81. During whose reign Grand Trunk Road was
what happens?                                                formed?

    The whole council of ministers has to resign                Shershah Suri
71. Who elect Vice President?
                                                             82. On the bank of which river the city of
     Members of Rajya Sabha & Loksabha.
                                                             Vijayanagar is located?
72. Who was the President of Indian National Congress at
the time of Independence?                                       Tungbhadra

    J.B. Kriplani
                                                             83. What was the capital of Bahamani Kings?
73. Who were the two martyrs , accused for killing English
Officers in England and hanged later on?                        Gulbarga

    Udhamsingh & MadanLal Dhingra
                                                             84. Who built Brihadeshwara temple in Tanjore?
74. What was the date when Subhash Chandra Bose
declared the formation of “interim Government of India”.
                                                                Raja Raja Chola
    21.Oct.43

75. Who was the first President of Muslim League?            85. The fort of Tughlaqabad near Delhi was formed
                                                             by whom?
     Salimullah Khan
                                                                Ghiyasuddin Tuglaq
76. Civil Disobedience Law started with which event?

    Breaking Salt Law                                        86. During the battle of Plassi , who was Nawab of
                                                             Bengal?

77. Why Gandhi Irwin Pact was criticized?                       Sirajuddola

    Lacked provisions of Gandhi Irwin Pact
                                                             87. Who among the Moghul Emperors was a perfect
                                                             player of Veena?
78. Which was the socialist leader , who ran away
from the Hazaribagh Prison and assumed the                      Aurangazeb.
leadership of Quit India Movent?

    Jaiprakash Narayan                                       88. What is a soft currency?

79. During whose reign the Gandhara School of Art               A currency having a falling exchange rate due to
blossom?                                                     continuing balance of payments deficit.

Kanishka
                                                             89. What is Greenback?
80. Who defeated Harshvardhan on the bank of
Narmada? Pulakesin II                                           US Dollar is also referred as Greenback.




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90. Which company is establishing Oil Refinery at       100. From which part of the plant Opium is
Bhatinda?                                              derived?

    HPCL                                                  Dried Latex


91. In which state is located Kanker Ghati Park?       101. Glycogen is Stored in which part of the body?

    Chhattisgarh                                          Liver


92. Where is Mansarovar lake?                          102. Where do we find cartilage in Human Body?

    China                                                 Nose


93. Where is Guru Shikhar?                             103. During digestion Proteins are broken into what?

  Guru Shikhar is highest peak of Aravali                 Amino Acids
Mountains located at Mount Abu, in Rajasthan.

                                                       104. What is ‘Hit and Hide Virus’
94. What does indicate the color of a star?
                                                          RSV Virus
    Its Temperature

                                                       105. Who was the first cricketer to claim 500 wickets
95. What is willy willy?                               in test matches?

    A Tropical Cyclone at North West Australia            Courtney Walsh


96. What makes international boundary between
Tanzania & Uganda?                                     106. What is Tenzin Gyatso?

    Victoria Lake                                         Dalai Lama is known as Tenzin Gyatso


97. Where is Taylor Valley?                            107. What was the name of State Bank of India
                                                       Before Nationalisation?
    USA
                                                          Imperial Bank of India

98. Which river is associated with TulBul Project?
                                                       108. Who led a nonviolent movement in America
    Jhelum                                             for full civil rights for negros?

                                                          Martin Luther King
99. What is Hypoglycemia?

    Low Blood Sugar


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111. ‘Portrait Francoise’ was an art piece created     120. Which is Highest Peak in India?
 by ?
                                                          Nanda Devi (7817 meters), Kanchenjanga,
    Pablo Picasso                                       Everest , Makalu are in Nepal


 112. What is the original name of Santa Cluase?        121. What is Pensi La ?

    St. Nicolas                                           A hill at Ladakh, which connects Sri Nagar with
                                                        Leh

 113. What is Zend_Avesta?
                                                        122. Whare is headquarter of Asian Development
    Religious Book of Parsees                           Bank?

                                                          Manila
 114. Who wrote the book.“The Man of Killed
 Gandhi”?
                                                        123. Which is most mobile factor of production?
    Manohar Malgaonkar
                                                          Capital

 115. Whose Biography is “My Country My Life”?
                                                        124. What is present strength of Rajya Sabha
    LK Advani
                                                          245

 116. By which name the officer responsible for safe
 custody of land records during the Gupta Period was    125. Who was the first India Scholar who treated
 known as?                                              Mathematics as a Different subject

    Karanika
                                                          Aryabhatta

 117. What are Kayals?
                                                        126.On what date Indo.US Nuclear cooperation
    Narrow water area attached with a main landin       treaty was signed?
 the form of channel found in Kerala
                                                           October 11, 2008

 118. Which river originates from Amarkantak?           127. Who headed IIM review Committee which
                                                        recommended higher Government control on IIM?
    Narmada
                                                           RC Bhargava

 119. Which Kind of Forests occupy the highest
 percentage in India Area Wise?                         128. On what date India launched its first Moon
                                                        Mission Chandrayan?
    Tropical Deciduous
                                                           October 22, 2008



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129. What was the name of Polar Satellite Launch    138. Where was the 4000 years old Pyramid found
 Vehicle which put Chandrayan I into orbit?          recently?

     PSLV.C.11                                          Egypt


 130. How many other countries have sent moon        139. Which country ranks top in gender equality?
 mission earlier?
                                                        Norway
     Three, India is Fourth

                                                     140. Who has written the book.Politics & Politics.A
 131. Which IBSA summit concluded recently in        Marxist Perspective?
 New Delhi?
                                                        Prakash Karat
     Third

                                                     141. Who was the first Indian to become the
 132. What is ACD?                                   President of World Squash Federation?

     Asia Cooperation Dialogue                          N Ramchandran


 133. Who is the new president of Maldives?          142. What is Nerpa?

     Mohammed Anni Nasheed                              A nuclear enabled submarine


 134. Which state topped the Government’s Primary    143. Who is the new Vice President of USA?
 Education Development Index?
                                                        Joe Biden
     Kerala

                                                     144. Who won Singapore Open Golf Recently?
 135. What is EDI?
                                                        Jeev Milkha Singh
     Education Development Index

                                                     145. Which state of India is least densely populated?
 136. On what day National Consumer Rights Day is
 observed?                                              Arunachal Pradesh

     December 24.                                       146. Which is the only country in South East
                                                     Asia which is totally landlocked?

 137. Who was the batsman put on the top in recent      Laos
 Reliance ICC Test Ranking?

     Mike Hussey                                     147. Where is security Printing Press?

                                                     Hyderabad


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148. What is the stretch of India from north to          157. Who plays important role in Protein
south?                                                synthesis in body?

    3200 Kms                                             Ribosomes


149. What is ASEAN and where is its headquarters?     158. Who is the president of the world Bank?

    Association of SouthEast Asian Nations, Jakarta      Robert Zoellick


150. Orissa shares its longest border with which      159. What is the name of the Indian origin
state?                                                Management Guru awarded as greatest Management
                                                      Thinker alive in the world by Thinkers 50?
    Andhra Pradesh
                                                         CK Prahalad

151. Who founded PURA?
                                                      160. What are pneumatophores?
   PURA is providing Urban Amenities in Rural
Areas, and was founded by Honorable Former               The breathing roots of mangroves.
President APJ Abdul Kalam

                                                      161. Who founded National Mela?
152. Who got the Qutub Minar Finished?
                                                         Naba Gopal Mitra
    Firoz Shah Tuglaq

                                                      162. In which house of the Parliament, the presiding
153. Which Veda gives the first classification of     officer is not a member of the House?
PRAN ( Respiration)?
                                                         Rajya Sabha
    Rig Veda

                                                      163. Who was the court Poet of Samudra Gupta?
154. What do we call collection of Budhdha’s
Teaching?                                                Harishena

    Budhdha Charita
                                                      164. Who was the first female president of Indian
                                                      National Congress?
155. Who was the first Muslim President of Indian
National Congress?                                       Sarojini Naidu

    Badruddin Tayyabji
                                                      165. Who was accompanying Bhagat Sigh while
156. What is the name of the organism which causes    throwing a Bomb at the central legislature at New
malignant Malaria in Human?                           Delhi?

    Plasmodium Falciparum                                Batukeshwar Datta



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166. Who was the founder of Swadesh Bandhav               175. Who is famous as Father of Modern India?
samiti?
                                                          Raja Ram Mohan Roy
     Aswini Kumar Datta
                                                       176. Who used the word ‘Swarajya’ First?

167. What is a national income?                           Bal Gangadhar Tilak

     Sum total of factor Incomes.
                                                       177. Who were associated with Lahore Conspiracy
                                                       Case?
168. The constitution of India is rigid or flexible?
                                                          Bhagat Singh, Rajguru & Sukhdev
     Both partially.

                                                       178. Where did the formation of Azad Hind Fauj
169. What is the reason that Sunadarbans were          take Place?
declared as world Hritage?
                                                          Singapore
     Because of Mangrove Forests and Biodiversity

                                                       179. What were the watchwords for French
170. Who was the Mughal emperor , from whom            Revolution?
East India Company Secured Diwani?
                                                          Liberty , Equality and Fraterenity
     Shah Aaalam II

                                                       180. Who was the author of ‘Common Sense’ , a
171. Who was the governor General at the time of       revolutionary pamphlet of the American
‘Sepoy Mutiny’.                                        Revolution?

     Canning                                              Thomas Paine


172. In whose court , Amir Khusro was a Court          181. Who constructed Red fort of Delhi?
Poet?
                                                          Shah Jahan
     Alauddin Khilji

                                                       182. Which canal connects Baltic Sea and North
173. Who was the writer of Sundarkaand?                sea?

   Tulsidas, Sunadarkand is a part of                     Keil Canal
Ramcharitamanas.

                                                       183. Detroit is famous for which industry?
174. Which Mughal emperor was defeated by
Shershah in 1540?                                         Automobiles

     Humayun



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184. Who was first to measure the circumference of      193. What type of vibrations is produced in sitar
 Earth?                                               wire?

     Eratosthenes                                        Stationary Transverse


 185. How much of longitude account for one hour?     194. A typical human ribcage consists of how many
                                                      ribs?
     15 degree
                                                         24

 186. Which quality of iron ore is best based upon
 iron content?                                        195. What kind of forests cover maximum area in
                                                      India?
    Magnetite, followed by
 hematite>Limonite>Siderite
                                                         Tropical Dry Deciduous Forests

 187. In which sea Sunda Trench Lies?                 196. In West Bengal where the Silk Industry is
                                                      found?
     Indian Ocean
                                                         Cooch Behar

 188. Amravati is a tributary of which river?
                                                      197. Wher is located Saraswati Hydro.electric
     Kaveri                                           Project?

                                                         Karnataka
 189. Which river flows between Vindhyan & satpura
 ranges?
                                                      198. Who is the final authority to interpret the
     Narmada                                          constitution?

                                                         Supreme Court
 190. In which only decade, India’s Population had
 shown negative growth?
                                                      199. Who introduced Gurumukhi Script?
     1911.1921
                                                         Guru Angad

 191. Sun is visible little before actual sunrise ,
 because of which phenomenon?                         200. In which year Rowlett Act was passed?

     Atmospheric Refraction                              1919


 192. What does a lens with .5D number mean?          201. Seleukas was defeated by?

     A concave less with a focal length of 20 cms.       Chandra Gupta Maurya




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202. Who organized ‘Bratachari’ Movement?               211. Pitcher plant is what kind of a plant?

    Gurusaday Datta                                     Insectivorous


203. What was the primary emphasis during 2nd 5      212. Who founded Gadar Party in America?
year Plan?
                                                        Hardayal
    Basic & Key Industries

                                                     213. In which session , the Indian National Congress
204. What kind of a valley Narmada flows through?    adopted the resolution of ‘Poorna Swaraj’?

    V.shaped Fluvial Valley                             Lahore


205. The constitution of India, established a        214. Which genes on activation cause Cancer?
parliamentary system of Government . This was
based on which country’s pattern?                       Oncogenes

    Britain
                                                     215. What do we collectively call the Biochemical
                                                     Processes taking place in Body?
206. What was the name of writer of Bande
Mataram?                                                Metabolism

    Bankimchandra Chatterjee

                                                     216. People perform better when they are in
207. Who was the first editor of ‘Yugantar’?         competition than they are alone, what is this
                                                     concept?
    Barindra Ghosh
                                                        Group Dynamics

208. Where did ‘Tebhega’ movement occurred in
1946?                                                217. The award for best film in IIFA in 2007 was
                                                     given to which Film?
    Bengal
                                                        Rawng De Basanti

209. Who was the founder of Muslim League of
India?                                               218. What is the resistance of a 200V.100W bulb?

    Nawab Salim Ullah                                   400 ohm


210. Who accords recognition to political parties?   219. Who has written ‘Train to Pakistan’?

    Election Commission                                 Khushwant Singh




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220. What is the name of the policy, related to       230. The population growth rate in India is increasing
revenue and expenditure of the Government?            or decreasing?

    Fiscal Policy                                         Decreasing


221. India has a dispute with Bangladesh on           231. Who despite of being non.member can
distribution of water from which barrage?             participate in the business of either house of
                                                      parliament?
    Farakka Barrage
                                                          The Attorney General

222. Panchayats were given constitutional status in
which Amendment of Constitution?                      232. Who appoints the chief Justice of Supreme
                                                      Court of India?
    73rd
                                                         The president in consultation with judges of High
                                                      Courts and Supreme Court.
223. Who was the founder of ‘Anushilan Samity’?

    P. Mitra                                          233. On which kind of soil cotton in India best grows
                                                      on ?

224. Who was the Founder of Bahmani Kingdom?              Black Soil

    Alauddin Bahaman Shah
                                                      234. Who has responsibility of Maintaining Foreign
                                                      exchange reserves in the country?
225. Who founded Academic Association?
                                                          RBI
    Ishwarchadra Vidyasagar

                                                      235. By what name “Abdul Gaffar Khan” was better
226. Why Noonmati is famous?                          known as?

    A location for Pvt. Sector Oil Refinery              Frontier Gandhi or seemant Gandi (in Hindi)


227. Linus Paluing received Nobel Prize for two       236. Who was the last independent Nawab of Bengal?
times? Which was the area?
                                                          Siraj.ud.daula
    1954 Chemistry and 1962 Peace
                                                      237. Who founded Vikramasila.Vihara?
228. What is the name of Japanese Prime Minister?
                                                          Dharampal
    Yasuo Fukuda
                                                      238. Who is Argentina’s first elected president?
229. Which day we observe world AIDS Day?
                                                          Ms. Chritina Fernadez de Kircher
    December 1st


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239. How much growth was targeted in 11th 5 Year               248. What is lignite?
Plan?
                                                               A Type of Coal
    9%

                                                           249. A constitutional body appointed by the president,
240. What was the topic, on which Einstein was awarded     every five years to review centre state financial
for Nobel Prize?                                           relationships. What do we call it ?

    Photoelectric Effect                                       Finance Commission


241. How much blood does an adult heart pump in 1          250. Who handed over the charge of Indian National Army
hour?                                                      to Netaji?

    300 liters                                                 Ras Behari Bose


242. Who became the 52nd Prime Minister of Great           251. What kind of a tree is “sal”?
Britain in June 2007?
                                                               Deciduous
    Gorden Brown

                                                           252. What is the major topographic feature of western
243. Leishmania Donovani is a diseases transmitted by      Rajasthan?
whom?
                                                               Sand Dunes
    Sand Fly

                                                           253. Who was the first governor general of Independent
244. The Governer of Lousiana in New Orleans in USA        India?
is an Indian Origin, what is his name?
                                                               Lord Mountbatten
    Bobby Jindal

                                                           254. What is a common thing in Radio Wave, X.Ray and
245. What do you call a parliament which has no party in   Visible Light?
clear majority?
                                                               They all are electromagnetic waves
    Hung Parliament

                                                           255. Which country is going to host 2014 FIFA World
246. Who has written ‘Ignited Minds’?                      Cup ?

    APJ Abdul Kalam                                            Argentina


247. In which five year plan Rourkela & Durgapur Steel     256. What do we call the instrument to measure blood
plants were conceived?                                     pressure?

    Second                                                     Sphygmomanometer




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257. What is the most common mental disease?              266. With which game Davis cup is associated ?

     Schizophrenia                                           Lawn Tennis


258. What is helpful for pollination in flowers without   267. With Which game DCM trophy is associated?
petals?
                                                             Football
     Wind


259. What is the name of the vitamin that helps in        268. Volley, smash, Gambit, Service. What is the
clotting of Blood?                                        common thread among these terms?

     Vitamin K                                               They are related to Lawn Tenis


260. What is the name of a process which is used by a     269. In which year first five year plan was launched?
retrovirus to convert from RNA to DNA?
                                                             1951
    Reverse Transcriptase

261. What is the name of the disease which is             270. What is the normal period of Kharif Crop?
characterized by “complete loss of memory”?
                                                             Mid June to October end
    Amnesia

262. Parkinson’s is a brain diseases which is             271. What is the minimum age of President of India
characterized by loss of nerve cells in which part of     candidate?
the brain?
                                                             35 year
    Cerebral Cortex

                                                          272. Who has written the book”City of Joy”?
263. Who has written the book, “To a Hunger Free
World”?                                                      Dominique Lapierre
    MS Swaminathan
                                                          273. India’s first Defence University is set up in
                                                          which state?
264. Govt has launched a program IDSP to monitor
certain diseases. What is the full form of this              Hariyana
program?

    Integrated Disease Surveillance Project               274. Raila Odinga is related to which country?

                                                             He is Prime Minister of Kenya
265. Govt. of India has launched a scheme
‘Swayamsidha”. Whom for?
                                                          275. Who has written the book “Sandy Storms”
    Women
                                                             Sandeep patil

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276. “Amos.3 “ satellite was launched by which        285. What is the name of the first month of National
country?                                              Calendar of India?

  Israel                                                 Chaitra


277. Recently Rahul Dravid completed his ten          286. Who built Jama masjid?
thousand runs in Test Cricket. In a match against
which country did he achieve this?                       Shahjahan

  South Africa
                                                      287. Whose court visited Sir Thomas Roe?

278. Who is father of Green Revoution?                   Jehangir

  Father of India's Green Revolution . Dr. M.S.
Swaminathan and Father of Green Revolution . Dr.      288. Where is situated the battlefield of Plassy?
Norman Borlaug
                                                         West Bengal

279. Where Buland darwaja”?
                                                      289. In which year the first battle of plassy was
  Fatehpur Sikari                                     fought?

                                                         1757
280. Which ancient sage is called father of
“Sanskrit”?
                                                      290. In the third battle of Panipat, who defeated
                                                      Marathas?
   Panini
                                                         Afgans

281. What is the ratio of length and breadth of
Indian National Flag?                                 291. In which year the battle of HaldiGhati was
                                                      fought?
  3:2
                                                         1576

282. Which was the first occasion when our national   292. In which year battle of Talikota was fought ?
song was sung for the first time?
                                                         1565
  1896 session of Indian National Congress
                                                      293. What was the name of Harsha’s Capital?

283. When our national Anthem was was first sung?        Kannaauj

  December 27, 1951 calcutta
                                                      294. What was the name of the Chinese pilgrim who
                                                      visited during the reign of Harshavardhana?
284. How much is the playing time of our National
Anthem? Approx 52 seconds                                Hiuen Tsang

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295. During whose reign Ajanta period was built?      305. Which country launched First satellite?

    Guptas                                               USSR


 296. What was the real name of “Vikramaditya” ?      306. What are “Dog days”?

    ChandraGupta II                                      Period during which the Dog star rises at the same
                                                      time of that of sun

 297. Which war strategy Shivaji Used against
 Moghuls?                                             307. What are Galileo Satellites?

    Guerilla Warfare                                     4 moons of Jupiter


 298. Where is Vidyasagar Setu?                       308. Which two countries are linked by Karakorm
                                                      Pass?
    Kolkata
                                                         India & China

 299. “Thein Dam” is being constructed on which
 river?                                               309. “Upper Volta “ is known by a new name. What
                                                      is that?
    Ravi
                                                         Burkina Fasso

 300. On which river the “Gandhi Sagar dam” is
 being constructed?                                   310. A series of wars fought over 116 years, between
                                                      England & France and later Burgundy, is commonly
    Chambal                                           named as???


 301. Srisailam Hydroelectric Project is based upon      Hundred Years War
 which river?
                                                      311. India Post has launched a new postal service
    Krishna                                           recently. What is it's name?


 302. Who discovered the laws of planetary motion?    World Net Express

    Johannes Kepler                                     312. Recently International Film Festival in India
                                                      Concluded in December 2008. Where?

 303. Who invented elevator?                             Panaji

    EG Otis                                           313.On which Day we celebrate National Cadet
                                                      Corps Day?
304. Who invented Radar ?
                                                         Nov. 23
    Robert Watson Watt
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314. In which Indian City was the first European        325. The world "Forestry Day" is observed on
 Factory built by the Portuguese in 1500 AD?           which date?

    Kozhikode (Earlier Calicut)                           21st March

 315."Smriti ki Rekhayen", who is the writer of this   326. At present what is the percent area of the total
 memoir?                                               geographical area of India is under forest cover?

    Mahadevi Verma                                        20.64%

 316. What is the name of the mural painting whose     327. The year 2008 was observed / recognized by
 name is based upon a name of a Bihar District?        International Year of …………?

    Madhubani                                             Coral Reefs

 317. Who was the first Law Minister of India?         328. In which year the "Environment (Protection) Act
                                                       " was formed?
    Dr. BR Ambedkar
                                                          1986
 318. What is full form of IPO?
                                                       329. How many countries are the shareholders of
    Initial Public Offer                               IBRD?

 319. The states of India were reorganized on the         185 member countries are shareholders
 basis of Language in which year?
                                                       330 Who gives "Vachaspati Award"?
    1956
                                                          Birla Foundation
 320. "Seed Therapy " is related to which disease?
                                                       331. Who was the director of "Tare Zamin Par"?
    Detection of Breast Cancer
                                                          Amir Khan
 321. World's Fourth Fastest Computer is built in
 India. What is it's name?                             332. A business takeover procedure in which
                                                       acquiring company uses its Own Shares to pay for the
    Eka                                                acquired......

 322. "Republic" was written by whom?                     Share Swap

    Plato                                              333. "Chuni Goswami" is related to which sports?

 323. Who is First India woman Grandmaster in             Football
 Chess?
                                                       334 .FIFA Cup helds at a regular interval of 4 year
    S Vijay Laxmi                                      since 1930. Which were the year when FIFA couldn't
                                                       held?

 324. What is the name of capital of Mizoram?          1942 & 1946 due to WW.II

Aizawl



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335. Which is the only country to win FIFA for 5           346. Recently NABARD has approved a loan to UP for 5
 times?                                                     irrigation projects? How much is this amount?

    Brazil                                                     Rs. 205 Crore

 336. The Universe in a single Atom. this book has been     347 .What is the name of World's first Personal Super
 written by whom?                                           Computer?

    Dalai Lama                                                 Tesla

 337. Who has been the First Runner Up of Miss World        348. "Maradona " a football player who recently visited
 2008?                                                      India belongs to which country?

    Parvathy Omnakuttan                                        Argentina

 338. 2009 Golden Pen of Freedom Award has been             349. On what date World Laugher Day is celebrated?
 conferred to whom?
                                                               January 10
    Najam Sethi
                                                            350 .Who has recently topped the list of Australian Sports
 339. On what date we celebrate "Human Rights Day"?         Earners?

    December 10                                                Greg Norman

 340. Who is the Indian Business man who has ranked 6th     351. Who has been recently appointed as Deputy Speaker
 among the top most powerful faces in the world in Forbes   of House of Lords?
 Magazine?
                                                               Lord Swaraj Paul
    Mukesh Ambanai
                                                            352. When we celebrate the International Holocaust
 341. Who is the first Indian Actor to get Malaysian        Remembrance Day?
 Title"Datuk"?
                                                               Jan 27
    Shahrukh Khan
                                                            353. "Electra Gold Cup" is associated with which sports?
 342. Who has been awarded the United Nations Human
 Right Award?                                                  Table Tennis

    Benzir Bhutto                                           354. According to Transparency International, what is
                                                            India's rank in 2008 Bribe Payers Index?
 343. Saina Nehwal plays which sports?
                                                               4th
    Badminton
                                                            355. Who has been recently appointed as Director of State
 344. Who is declared the European Footballer of the        Bank of India?
 Year?
                                                               R. Sridharan
    Christiano Ronaldo
                                                            356. Which Bank has recently won Nasscom.CNBC TV
 345. Warren Buffet has been recently in news due to        18 IT User Award?
 American Newspaper Business Week List of Top ___?
 Donors                                                     HDFC Bank




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357 .Who has been recently appointed the Deputy Chief     368."Swaraj is my Birth right and I shall have it " Who said
Minister of Maharastra?                                   this?

   Chhagan Bhujbal                                           Bal Gangadhar Tilak

358. "India shall export Wheat to Nepal", This was a      369.What was the meaning of "Manigramam" in Medieval
news recenlty. How much wheat?                            south India?

   10000 tons                                                Association of Merchants

359. Which year has been fixed to achieve most of the
Millennium Development Goals?                             370.From where the Sepoy Mutiny of 1857 got started?

   2015                                                      Meerut

360. MTNL has recently launched its 3G Services. From     371.What is the meaning of "Sutudri" mentioned in Rig
which city they have started this?                        Veda?

   New Delhi                                                  The name of a river

361. Who has been recently elected as Chief Minister of   372."Go Back to Vedas" whose motto was this?
Chhattisgarh?
                                                             Swami Dayanand Saraswati
   Dr. Raman Singh
                                                          373. If worshipping stones one can find God, I would have
362. Sania MirZa was conferred the Honorary Degree of     worshipped a Mountain. "Who has said this?
"Doctor of Letters" by which University?
                                                              Kabir
   MGR University
                                                          374. Jallianwalla Bagh massacre occurred in which year?
363. "Omega Mission Hills World Cup" is related to
which game?                                                   1919

   Golf                                                   375. One of the Indus Valley Cities had houses with doors
                                                          in the main street. Which one?
364. How many Indians have been included in top 50
IAAF individual Ranking?                                      Lothal

   7                                                      376. Whose work is "Poverty and Un.British Rule in India.
                                                          quot;?
365. When do we observe "World Leprosy Day"?
                                                              Dadhabhai Naoroji
   last sunday of january.
                                                          377. Which metal was traded in the trading of most ancient
366.The divine faith was a monument of Akbar's folly      periods known?
and not his wisdom. What was divine faith ?
                                                              Copper
   Din.I.ilahi
                                                          378. What was the main item of Indian Export to Roman
367.Who founded Mughal Empire?                            Empire ?

   Babur                                                  Luxury Goods




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379. In which year quit India Movement was launched?           391. Who calls the joint session of Parliament?

    1942                                                       President

380. When the Simon commission visited India, who was      392. Sabaramati Ashram was established in which year?
the Viceroy of India ?
                                                               1917
    Lord Irwin
                                                           393. No confidence Motion against the Union Government
381. Lakshmi Bai, Tantya Tope and Nana Saheb all were      can be initiated in Lokasabha or Rajya sabha or both ?
related to which mutiny?
                                                               Loksabha
    1857
                                                           394. What was the deity of Most Chola Temples?
382. Who was the first Muslim King to conquer Deccan?
                                                               Shiva
    Ala.Ud.Din Khilji
                                                           395. Where did the first session of Indian National
383. Who was the first Governor General to adopt the       Congress hold ?
device of separate electorates to win over the muslims
faith?                                                         Bombay

    Lord Minto                                             396. In 'Gupta Period' . The largest number of coins were
                                                           issued in which metal?
384. What was the other name of Kautilya?
                                                               Gold
    Chanakya
                                                           397. where did Budhdha preach is first sermon?
385. Ring Fence is associated with which English
Official?                                                      Sarnath

    Warren Hastings                                        398. What do we call the grasslands in South America?

386. Agricultural Income Tax revenue goes to which             Pampas
government: Central or State?
                                                           399. In what use we take Anemometer?
    State
                                                               To measure wind velocity
387. Which operation is related to Milk Production?
                                                           400. In which ocean Marina Trench Found?
    Operation Flood
                                                               Pacific Ocean
388. Issuing paper currency in India is a sole right of
….??
                                                           401. Iodine turns from Brown to blue black on Potato
    RBI                                                    cutting because of …….?

389. In which year Planning Commission in India Was       starch
Established?

    1950
390.Our Constitution has envisaged how many types of
Currencies?

3
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402. How many valves are found in Human Heart?               414. On what day we celebrate Consumer's day?

     two                                                         March 15

 403. What is the main function of Lymphocytes?              415. Which cells in our body have the least generative
                                                             power?
     Production of Antibodies

 404. Salivary glands secrete which enzyme??                    Brain Cells

     Diastase                                                416.Tughlaq, Khilji, Slave, Lodhi. What will be the right
                                                             chronological order?
 405. The highest specific heat is of …………?
                                                                 SlaveKhilji.Tughlaq.Lodhi
     water
                                                             417.Which state of today is called "Empire of Satvahana
 406. What do we call the device which is used to locate     Kings"?
 submerged objects under sea?
                                                                 Andhra Pradesh
     Sonar
                                                             418.Hampi is famous for what which monuments?
 407. When a liquid boils, the Vapour Pressure is
 ………….Atmospheric Pressure? Hints: Equal to / Less               Vijayanagar Empire

     Equal to                                                419.The battle of Talikota was fought in which year?

 408. For what purpose Heavy water is used in Nuclear            1565
 Reactors?
                                                             420.Who built the temples of Halebid and Belur?
     Moderator
                                                                 Hoysalas
 409. Many a times Police uses Tear Gas to disperse a
 mob. What does it contain?                                  421.One incident made Gandhi Ji call of Non.cooperation
                                                             movement. What was that?
     Chlorine
                                                                 Chauri Chaura Incident
 410. Dada Saheb Falke award was given to which lady
 for the first time?                                         422.Iltutmish had introduced a coin of 175 gms. This coin
                                                             was made of which metal?
     Devika Rani
 411. Where are the headquarters of International Court of       Silver
 Justice?
                                                             423.Two antilopes and a hunter has been noticed on a pot
     The Hague                                               from cemetery H which Ancient Civilization?

 412. 'Subroto Cup ' is associated with which game?              Harappa

     Football
                                                             424.Under Maurya the 'Kumar " was responsible for which
413. What was the name of First Talkie film in India?        part of the administration?

Alam Ara                                                     Provincial governance



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425.Aurangzed was a good player of which Musical            436.In which Year Akbar Promulgated Din.i.ilahi?
Instrument?
                                                                1581
    Veena
                                                            437.Who was one of the Generals of Ala.ud.din Khilji
426.What was the name of the muslim Scholar who came        who ultimately became the First sultan of Tughlaq
to India at the time of Mahmud of Ghazni?                   Dyanasty ?

    Al.Beruni                                                   Ghazi Malik

427.The use of running waters even in palaces and           438.The endeavour to ernestly to introduce a real element
pleasure resorts was a special feature of which             of local self government was done by which Governor ?
architecture?
                                                                Lord Rippon
    Mughal
                                                            439. In Sikandara, the mausoleum of which Mughal
428.What was the name of the versatile, genius, writer in   Emperor situated?
Hindi, Persian, Arabic, in the reign of Akbar?
                                                                Akbar
    Abdur.rahim.khankhana (Raskhan)
                                                            440.Which organisation gives Saraswati Samman?
429.According to Babur Nama what lured him to come to
India?                                                          KK Birla Foundation

    Abundance of gold & Silver                              441.Thomas cup is associated with which game?

430.After Chauri Chaura incident Gandhi ji went to talk         Badminton
with whom?
                                                            442.On which date "National Consumer Rights Day " is
    Lord Irwin                                              celebrated?

431.Mohammad Ghori's last expedition in India was               24th December
against whom?
                                                            443.Which railway line has been recently declared a
    Khokars in 1206                                         world heritage site?

432.Kalidasa has written 'Malvikagnimitra'. In this drama       Kalka Shimla
the Hero Agnimitra was known to be a king of which
dynasty?                                                    444.By which year Chandrayaan II will be launched?

    Sunga                                                       Kalka Shimla

433.When did Ahmed Shah Abdali invaded India for the        445.Who has written the Book " Audacity of Hope"?
first time?
                                                                Barak Obama
    1748
434.Who wrote Akbaranama? And in Which language?            446.Jawaharlal Nehru Award is given for contribution in
                                                            which field?
    Abul Fazl , in Persian
435.What was the name of another work by Abul Fazl?             International Understanding

Ain I Akbari




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447.Who has been selected for 2009 women of Discovery           458.Who can resolve the dispute between two houses of
Award?                                                          Parliament?

     Aparajita Datta                                                Loksabha Speaker

448.What is the range of Shaurya Missile?                       459.Finance commission is appointed by president for
                                                                how many years?
     700 kms
                                                                    5 years
449.Who was given the Pride of India Award 2008?
                                                                460.The High Court consists of Chief Justice and other
     Dr. Rami Ranger and GS Bhalla                              judges. Who determines other Judges?

450.Which country has allowed FDI from India for the first          President
time in history?
                                                                461.Who can remove the judge of the High Court from his
     Nepal                                                      office before expiry of his time?

451.NREGA guarantees how many days employment?                      President on the recommendation of Parliament

     100 days                                                   462.A Judge of High court will address his resignation to
                                                                …….?
452.Prakash & Madakini Amte were given which award
recently?                                                           The President

     Magsaysay Award                                            463.The judge of Supreme court of India Holds the office
                                                                till he attains the age of ……yrs?
453."India, that is Bharat, shall be a union of states". This
is in which article of Indian constitution?                         65

     Article 1                                                  464.A member of Loksabha may vacate his seat before
                                                                expiry of his time by writing to ………………?
454.What do we call a rule of legislative procedure under
which a further debate on a motion can be stopped?                  Speaker

     Closure                                                    465.A minister of is not member of a legislative assembly
                                                                has to win election within ……….months.
455.When does a bill presented in parliament becomes an
act?                                                                six

     After president has given his assent                       466.A money bill can originate in Loksabha or Rajya Sabha
                                                                or both ??
456.The minimum age of candidate for the office of the
President of India is…….yrs.                                        In Loksabha

     35                                                         467.What is the administrative authority at the 'block'
                                                                level?
457.A candidate seeking elections to a state Legislative
Assembly must have completed how many years?                    Panchayat Samiti

25



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468.If a person is arrested and detained in Police, has to be       479.Article 370 is applicable in which state?
produced before nearest Magistrate within
…………period?                                                         J&K

       24 hrs                                                   480.Who can participate in the proceedings of both the
                                                                houses without even being a member?
469.A session of the Loksabha is prorogued by order of
………..?                                                              Attorney General

       President                                                481. How many states India has at Present?

470.Who decides a bill is money bill or not?                        28

       Speaker of the Loksabha                                  482.How many Union Territories India has at present?

471.In 42nd amendment two more words have been added                7
to the preamble. What are they?
                                                                483.In which state of India Sal Trees are concentrated?
       Secular & Socialist
                                                                    Assam
472.what are the five words of Preamble to the
constitution of India?                                          484.One-horned Rhinoceros are found in which National
                                                                Park ?
       Sovereign, Socialist, Secular, Democratic, Republic
                                                                    Kaziranga in Assam
473.Who can appoint ad hoc judges in Supreme Court?
                                                                485.Where is a permanent seismological observatory
    The Chief Justice of India with the prior consent of the    located in India?
President of India
                                                                    Latur
 474. A retired judge of High court can do private practice
in which court?                                                 486.When a person travels from Kerla to Delhi, what kind
                                                                of forests come on the way and in which sequence?
       In another court of same or higher level
                                                                    Tropical Evergreen-Savanna-dry deciduous-deciduous
475. An ordinance issued by a governor can remain in
force on its own for a maximum period of .......months?         487.In which state of india about 50% of total silk is
                                                                produced?
       six
                                                                    Karnataka
476. Which article of the constitution gives right to
Equality?                                                       488.Which state in India produces about 60% of India's
                                                                Total salt ?
    Article 17.
477.Which article of our constitution forms the core                Gujrat
chapter on Fundamental Rights?
                                                                489.Maximum raw silk comes from which state In India?
       Article 19
                                                                Karnataka
478.The number of categories of freedoms that an Indian
Citizen can have?

6



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490.What is the name of the Bridge between India and         501.Recently United Nations Talks on Climate change
Srilanka is called........bridge?                            held at which place? (2008)

    Adam's                                                       Pozanan in Poland

491.In which year , Arunachal Pradesh became a full          502.Rehan Butt is related to which sports?
fledged state?
                                                                 Hockey
    1987
                                                             503.Who is the sportsman selected by All India Football
492.As per 2001 census, which one is the most literate       Federation as Player of the Year in November 2008?
religious community in India?
                                                                 Baichung Bhutia
    Jains
                                                             504.Mohan Bagan team is best known for which sports?
493.Banihal Pass is located in which state?
                                                                 Football
    J&K
                                                             505.What does IBSA stand for ?
494.Ganga is known with which name in Bangladesh?
                                                                 India, Brazil & South Africa
    Padma
                                                             506.What is the full form of BIMSTEC?
495.Funnel shapped location surrounded by Khasi, Garo &
Jaintia Hills in Meghalaya, popular as a place with             Bay of Bengal Initiative for Multisectoral Technical &
maximum rain fall. What is the name?                         Economic cooperation

    ChIrrapunji                                              507.Which are the coutries in BIMSTEC?

496.Chipko Movement is related to conservation of               Bangladesh, India, Myanmar, SriLanka, Thailand,
...........?                                                 Nepal & Bhutan. The first five are founder members

    Forests and wildlife                                     508.Rajan Committee is raleted to……………reforms?

497.Coir industry is concentrated in which state of India?       Financial Sector

    Kerala                                                   509.Ustad Allah Rakkha Khan is related to which
                                                             instrument in Indian Clasical Music?
498.Abhijit Vejjajiva a a leader from which country?
                                                                 tabla
    Thailand. Sworn in as 3rd prime minister in 4 months
in December 2008                                             510.Palghat Mani plays which instrument in Indian
                                                             Classical Music?
499." Idea of Justice" who has written this book?
                                                                 Mridangam
    Amartya Sen                                              511.What was the original name of "NurJahan Beghum"?

500.On what date India Observes "Central Excise Day"?            Mehrunissa

February 24                                                  512.In which language Baburnama was written originally
                                                             ?

                                                             Chagtai Turk



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513.Who was first to translate Baburnama in English?          523. What are Basel Norms?

    Annette Akroyd                                                 Norms specially designed to control various risk
                                                              factors in bank operations
514.What was the name of Akbar's Mother?
                                                              524. Ashok Mankad was a famous……………….player?
    Hamida Beghum ( Mariam Makani)
                                                                   Cricket
515.The son of Arjumand Banu Beghum who became
Mughal Emperor in India later was……………?                       525. What was the 'name' of logo of Olympic 2008?

    Aurangzeb                                                      Dancing Beijing

516.Firdaus Manzil was the Title of which Mughal              526. Who has written Midnight Children?
Emperor?
                                                                   Salman Rushdie
    Shah Alam II
                                                              527. 34th G8 summit in July 2008 held in which country?
517. Amar Singh belongs to which party ?
                                                                   Japan
     Samajwadi Party
                                                              528. India has recently inaugurated her First Research
518. The RBI Governor reviews the Annual Monetary and         Station in Arctic. What is it's name?
credit policy every time after a gap of .........months?
                                                                   Himadri
     three
                                                              529. Who is ex.offcio.Chairman of the Rajya Sabha?
519. Reserve Bank of India keeps changing the ratio which
regulates the minimum reserve each bank must hold to               Vice President
customer's deposits. What this ratio called?
                                                              530. "Short Corner" this term is mainly used in which
     Cash Reserve Ratio                                       game?

520. Which bank has the punchline"Much more to do with             Hockey
YOU in focus"?
                                                              531. Rajiv Gandhi Award is given for excellence in the
     Andhra Bank                                              field of ……………?

521. A new field of banking system made up of large scale          Sports & games
banks that operate extensive networks of branches and         532. Member of European Union who has refused to honor
provide different services. This new termed emerged in the    Lisbon Treety?
banking field is ...............?
                                                                   Ireland
     Universal Banking
                                                              533. Children up to which age are covered under Pulse
522. Providing credit and other financial services and        Polio?
products of very small amount to the poor’s in rural / semi
/urban area is callled as …………..?                                  5 yrs

Micro Finance                                                 534. "The Last Mughal ' Has been written by ?

                                                              William Darlymple




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535. "Gandhi's Emissary" Who has writtten this book?      547.Where is 2009 summit of SAARC is proposed to
                                                          held?
     Sudhir Ghosh
                                                               Male
536. What is the unit of Intensity of sound?
                                                          548.Which coutries are in BRIC?
     Decibel
                                                               Brazil, Russia, China & India
537. "Rafael Nadal " is related to which sports?
                                                          549.What do we call "Holding Assets in the form of Cash"
     Lawn Tennis                                          ?

538. R.S.Gavai is the governor of which state?                 Liquidity Preference

     Kerala                                               550.What is Greenback?

539.What is the name of the swiss Adventurer who               US Dollar
recently made history by flying across English Channel?
                                                          551.Who has received Laureus World Sports man award
     Yves Rossy                                           for 2008?

540.In september 2008 a typhoon batterd some parts of          Roger Federer
China. What was its name?
                                                          552.Zenedine Zidane related to which country's Football
     Hagupit                                              team?

541.Who is the new Prime Minister of Japan?                    France

     Taro Aso                                             553.Agha Khan cup is related to which game?

542.What is the name of Manned spacecraft,china                Hockey
launched in September 2008?
                                                          554.Koneru Humpy is related to which game?
     Shenzhou-7
                                                               Chess
543.Ryder cup is related to which game?
                                                          555."Cricket My Style" is a book written by ?
     Golf
                                                               Kapil Dev
544.Who won US Open 2008 Men & Women singles?
                                                          556.Who was the first woman Justice of Indian Highcourt?
Roger Federer & Serena Williams
                                                               Leila Sheth
545.The first summit of SAARC held at which place?
                                                          557.What is the joint River Valley Venture of India &
                                                          Nepal?
     Dhaka

546.SAFTA was signed at which summit of SAARC?                Kosi
                                                          558.C.B. Bhave is related to which financial organisation?
     12th summit at Islamabad
                                                               SEBI




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559 . "Alai Darwaja" is a gateway to which monument?         570 . "Arthshastra" was written by whom and in which
                                                             period?
     Qutub Minar
                                                                  Kautilya in Maurya period
560 . "The nobles were forbidden to hold banquets &
Festivities, and make marriage alliances without sultan's    571 . In which language Amir Khusro wrote mainly?
permission. " Who was the sultan?
                                                                  Persian
     Ala-ud-din-Khilji
                                                             572 . "Amoghvarsha" belonged to which dynasty of kings?
561. Ala-ud -din murdered whom before he acceded to the
throne?                                                           Rastra Kuta

     Jalluddin Firoz                                         573 . One son of Shahjahan got Atharva Veda translated.
                                                             What was him name?
562. Who has written "Kitab- ul-Hind"?
                                                                  Dara
     Alberuni
                                                             574 . What is the most famous image constructed in Chola
563 . Albuqurque captured Goa from ruler of which state?     Kingdom?

     Bijapur                                                      Bronze image of Nataraja Shiva

564. Who conquered Goa is 1510AD?                            575 . An eminent machinery for meeting the famine
                                                             conditions in India was evolved by which English Viceroy
     Alfonso de Albuquerque                                  of India?

565 . What is the common thread between "Abdul Qadir              Lord Lytton
Badauani", Naqib Khan & Shaikh sultan of thaneshwar?
                                                             576 . Where was constructed Lingaraj Temple?
   They were Scholars of Akbar Court who rendered
Mahabharata in Persian                                            Bhubneshwar

566 . Which ruler did not accept the Mughal Sway in 16th     577 . Kailashnath temple of Kanchipuram " show which
century?                                                     style of architecture?

     Maharana Pratap of Mewar                                     Nagra Style

567 . Balban, Iltutmish & QutubUdDin Aibak , what was        578 . In khajuraho , which temple show the Nagra Syle?
the common thread among them?
                                                                  Kandaraiya Mahadev Temple
     They all were purchased slaves
                                                             579 . "Indica" an ancient classic was written by whom?
568 . Elizabeth I was contemporary of which mughal
ruler?                                                            Megasthenes
                                                             580 . In which year Annie Besant joined Indian National
     Akbar                                                   Congress?

569 . Who has written "Kalpsutra"                                 1914

     BhadraBahu                                              581 . "Capture of Javali" was an act of ?

                                                            Shivaji




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582 . "Kalidasa" lived during the reign of which ruler?    595. Recently United Nations General Assembly's which
                                                           session held in New York HQ in September 2008?
      ChandraGupta Vikramaditya
                                                                63rd session
 583 . Who is Shakespere of India?
                                                           596. Which city has shown highest percapita in the
      Kalidasa                                             country ?

 584 . Who replaced Harshavardhana?                             Chadigarh, fifth time in a row

      Nagbhatta I                                          597. What is the all India figure of per capita income in
                                                           India?
 585. Who was the first ruler of Vardhan Dynasty?
                                                                Rs. 29642 (2006-2007)
      Prabhakar Vardhan (Father of Harshavardhana)
                                                           598. What is the name of Britain's first state funded Hindu
 586 . In which centruy Hieun-Tsang came in India?         School?

                                                                Krishna Avanti Primary School
      7th Century
                                                           599. Who has written the book "Faith of my Fathers"?
 587 . Who has written Harshcharita?
                                                                John Mc Cain
      Bāṇabhaṭṭa
                                                           600. Who has won US open 2008 Men's singles ?
 588 . Banbhatta wrote a novel Kadambari. Who was
 Kadambari in the novel?                                        Roger Federer

      The heroine of novel                                 601. Who has won US Open 2008 women's single?

 589.TADA was enacted in which year?                            Serena Williams

      1985                                                 602. Bob Bryan & Mike Bryan were recently in news. For
                                                           what?
 590. Which commission enquired the Godhara carnage?
                                                                They have won US Open Men's doubles 2008
      Nanavati Commission
                                                           603. Cara Black is related to which sports ?
 591. Who is the Chairman of Cabinet Committee on
 Economic Affairs?                                              Tennis, winner of US Open 2008 Women's double &
                                                           also mixed double.
      Prime Minister Manmohan Singh
                                                           604. Who shared the victory in mixed doubles in US Open
 592. Where was the 9th India European Union Summit        2008 with Cara Black?
 held in September 2008?
      Marsielle , France                                        Leander Paes
 593. Where was the first Indo-EU summit held ? And
 when?                                                     605. Shashank Manohar is related to which sports?

Lisbon, June 2000                                         Cricket, he is President elect of BCCI

594. Who was the first president of Pakistan?

Iskandar Mirza




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606. Who is the new coach of Indian Hockey team?           618. Paul Allen has been related to which company?

     M.K.Kaushik
                                                                Microsoft
607. What is the name of official mascot of FIFA 2010?
                                                           619. Punjab J.34 is a variety of which crop?
     Zakumi
                                                                Cotton
608. Pankaj Advani is related to which game?
                                                           620. Which public sector company of India has been
     Billiards                                             recently declared as largest CO2 emitting company?

609. Subroto Cup is related to which sports?                    NTPC
     Football                                              621. Which bank uses the slogan " Good People to Good
                                                           Bank"?
610. Jyoti Randhawa plays which sports?
                                                                Uco Bank
     Golf
                                                           622. What was the earlier name of Kingfisher Red?
611. Which breed of dogs is most popular in world?
                                                                Air Deccan
     Labrador
                                                           623. "Parivartan" Scheme has been launched by which
612. Titanic sank in which year?
                                                           bank?
     1912
                                                                SBI
613. What is the full form of LED?
                                                           624. Recently which summit of SAARC held in Colombo?
     Light Emitting Diode
                                                                15th
614. What was the external debt on India (Both
Government and non Government) in the year ending          625. India pays how much of SAARC administrative
March 2008?                                                expenditure?

     $ 221.2 Billion                                            32%

615. Lary Ellison is related to which company?             626. Which country has been admitted in SAARC recently
                                                           (in 2005)?
     Oracle
                                                                Afghanistan
616. The famous Industrial family "Walton's" are related
to which company?                                          627. The first invasion upon India took place in 712 AD.
     Wal-Mart                                              Who was the invader?

617. Sergey Brin & Larry Page are related to which              Muhammad Bin Qasim
company?
                                                           628. "Mid Day Meal Scheme" is a scheme for school
Google, they are co-founders                               children lunch. Which ministry has launched this scheme?

                                                           Ministry of Human Resource Development




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629. "Annapurna Scheme" is a scheme of which ministry?         640. At which place East India Company opened it's First
                                                               factory?
     Ministry of Rural Development
                                                                   Machilipatnam
630. "20 Point Programme" was initiated in which year?
                                                               641. In which year East India Company was brought under
     1975                                                      British parliamentary control?

631. What is the contribution of Agriculture in India's            1773
GDP?
                                                               642. Tantya Tope hailed from which place?
     17.6%
                                                                   Gwalior
632. In which city International Statistical Education
Center is situated?                                            643. Nana saheb hailed from which place?

     Kolkata                                                       Kanpur

633. On the lines of Central Government, which state has       644. Who founded Seva Sadan in Bombay ?
adopted the concept of 5 days week, recently?
                                                                   Bahram Ji Malabari
     Rajasthan
                                                               645. On what date Indian Rebellion of 1857 started?
634. Where the next SAARC summit is proposed to held?
                                                                   10 May 1857
     Male in Maldives
                                                               646. Swami Dayanand is related to which Samaj?
635. In August 2008, which company is India has been
given the status of Mini Ratna?                                    Arya samaj

     Hindustan Copper Limited                                  647. Muhammad Bin Qasim defeated king of Sindh In 712
                                                               AD. What was the name of the King?
636. National Youth Festival was held in which city in
January?                                                           Dahira

     Amritsar                                                  648. Babarnama is in which language?

637. Who among the Portuguese, French and English were             Chagtai Persian
the first to come to India to establish trade relationships?
                                                               649. The Mughal emperor who was deported to Rangoon
     Portuguese                                                was?
638. "Kuyil Pattu" is a work of famous poet ? What is his
name?                                                              Bahadur Shah Jafar

     Subrmanya Bharti                                          650. Who was the patriot in the 1857 mutiny who fled to
                                                               nepal?
639. The governor of Madras who made a treaty with
Tipu?                                                               Nana Saheb
                                                               651. Which samaj was related to Swami Satyanand
Lord McCartney                                                 Agnihotri?

                                                               Dev Samaj




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652. Jatiya Sarkar was related to which state?                    663. What is the residence of Governor of Delhi called?

        Bengal, Tamaluk                                                Raj Niwas

 653. Recently a postage stamp was released by President          664. Which state in India has recently taken up the
 in the memory of which Army Field Marshal?                       "World's Biggest Greening Project " recently?

        Field Marshal Manekshaw                                        Kerala

 654. Vijay Diwas is celebrated on what date every year?          665. Which state has decided to raise separate unit of
                                                                  guards on the lines of NSG to combat terrorist attacks?
        December 16
                                                                       Maharastra , Force 1
 655. In which city, situated at the confluence of sacred
 rivers Ganga and Gandak, is the biggest cattle fair of Asia      666. Recently a newly won chiefminister has taken "7
 held on Kartik Purnima ?                                         resolutions" to make his state "Goden State". Who is that
                                                                  chief minister?
        Sonepur (Bihar)
                                                                       Shivraj Singh Chauhan of Madhya Pradesh
 656. Who is ISRO chairman?
                                                                  667. Keoladeo Bird sanctuary is in which state?
        G. Madhavan Nair
                                                                       Rajasthan
 657. Recently first satellite built by ISRO was successfully
 put into its orbit for a foreign customer fetching a profit of   668. Arjun Atwal is related to which sports?
 $ 40 Million. What was its name?
                                                                       Golf
        W2M
                                                                  669. C. K. Nayadu Trophy is related to which sports?
 658. What is the full form of GSLV?
                                                                       Cricket
        Geosynchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle
                                                                  670. Women world Cup is proposed to held in which
 659. A cyclone caused widespread devastation in                  country in 2009?
 Myanmar claiming 100000 lives in 2008. What was its
 name?                                                                 Australia

        Nargis                                                    671. "Manchester United Premier Cup" is related to which
                                                                  game?
 660. Shaikh Haseena is from which party ?
                                                                       Football
        Awami League                                              672. "BILT Open" is a tournament in the field of which
                                                                  game?
 661. Who is Bangladesh's father of nation?
                                                                       Golf
        Shekh Mujib-ur-rehman
                                                                  673. "Michael Phelps" is related to which sports?
 662. Rajiv Ratan Awas Yojna is carried out by which state
 Govt. ?                                                          swimming

Delhi




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  • 2. 1. Which is called, City of Golden Temple? 13. Koyna Hydroelectric Power is located in which state? Amritsar Maharastra 2. The palace of Amritsar was given by Mughal Emperor Akabr to whom? 14. Who is the scientist made success of Green Revolution? Guru Ramdas Norman Borlaug 3. Which section of IPC is applicable for death under negligence? 15. Which city is called as 'City of Eternal Springs'? 304 A 4. Sharavati Project is in which state? Quito Karnataka 16. National Higway No. 2 connects which cities? 5. Balimela Project is in which state? Delhi & Kolkata Orissa 17. Where is located the national centre for Bio - 6. What does the olymic flame symbolize? Fertilizer ? Continuity between new and ancient games Ghaziabad 7. Which city is called as 'City of Golden Gate? 18. Which satellite helps to telecast TV Network all over India? Sanfrancisco Insat IB 8. The earth rotates on its axis from? 19. Kanya Vidyadhan Yojna is in which state? West to east Uttar Pradesh 9. After declaration of financial emergency by the President, what is the period of operation without 20. With which country UNO has agreement of Oil with approval by the Parliament— Food? Iraq Two Months 21. Who wrote the book : “My Kashmir: Conflict & 10. The United Kingom consists of which countries? Prospects of Enduring Peace”? 11. Who publishes employment news? Mr. Habibullah Ministry of Information and Broadcasting 22. Who emerged as the fastest woman of Beijing Olympics? 12. Which states in India are having their borders sharing with Myanmar? Ann Fraser Mizoram, Manipur, Tripura & Meghalaya 23. Who is the winner of European Grand Prix? Felipe Massa Page 2 of 120 http://upsc-questions.blogspot.com/
  • 3. 24. Which country won sixteen God medals in 36. World Food Day falls on what date? Olympics 2008 at Beijing? 16.Oct Germany 37. What is the name of the swimmer of USA who 25. What does IUCN stands for? won 8 gold medals in Olympics? International Union for conservation of nature Michael Phelps 26. Who was given Rajiv Gandhi National 38. Which one is the most competitive city of the Sadbhavna award 2007 world? N Radha Krishnana New York, Followed by London & Tokyo 27. What is CERN in LHC? 39. By which year India will be 4 Degree Hotter? CERN is a French Space Agency French acronym 40 years for (European Organization for Nuclear Research) and was in news due to LHC experiment 40. Where in Gujrat , ancient Budhdha plaque is recently. discovered recently? Vadnagar in Gujarat 28. Who was given Dhyanchand Award for 2008? 41. Controversial Pakistani Sceintist A.Q. Khan Mukhbain Singh helped which of the nationas to make atomic arms? 29. Who is the governor of Reserve Bank of India? Libiya D.Subarao 42. Which sports team among Punjab, ralways, UP & Services have won 55th National Boxing 30. Which country won field Hockey title in Championship? Olympics? Railways Germany 43. Microchip has recently turned (How many years?). 31. Whom is related to bhaskar Ghosh committee? 50 years of age Cultural Scemes 44. Recently the canbinet has increased hike of 32. The 306th Amendment Bill pertains to what? President , Vice President , and Governars by how much (in %)? Cooperative Society 300% 33. Project Sankalp is related to what? 45. Union Cabinet has recently approved Extradition HIV / AIDS Treaty with which country? 34. Micheil Saakashvili is president of which Iran country? 46. How many indigenous breeds of cattle India Currently possess? Georgia 27 35. Which of the following coutries is not the Page 3 of 120 http://upsc-questions.blogspot.com/
  • 4. 48. When was essentials commodities act enacted? 59. Who is the winner of ASCA Sooker Invitation Tournament? 1955 Pankaj Advani 49. What is the third largest packed food in India consumed? 60. What is APEDA? Aerated Soft drink Agricultural & Processed Food Products Export Development Authority 50. What is the rank of India’s market in Alcoholic beverages consumtion? 61. Who has been given the Appan Menon Memorial Award 2008.2009? Third Delhi Union of Journalists 51. Which country in south asia shared 62% of It’s global trade with India? 62. Which country has recently banned Indian Drug Company Ranbaxy’s Products? Nepal USA banned 28 drugs of Ranbaxy 52. Roger Federer recently won his which Grandslam? 63. Who won recently Murugappa Gold Cup? 13th Grand Slam Air India Beating Indian Oil 53. Dr. APJ Abdul Kalam has been appointed as chancellor of which school? 64. Which are the two institutes chosen for Shanti Swaroop Bhatnagar Science & Technology Award? IIST Thiruvanantpuram CIMAP & CSMCRI 54. Astra is which kind of missile? 65. What is the meaning of a secular state? Air to Air The state regards religiosn as a private affair of the 55. Who is Margaret Chan? decisions and does not DISCRIMINATE on this basis. Director General of WHO , recently visited India 66. In which types of disputes Supreme Court of India Acts as Federal Court? 56. What is Deo Parliamentary Committee Probing? Interstate Disputes Cash for Votes scandal in Parliament 67. For how long, A joint sitting of both the houses of 57. How many blocks have been recently decided to Parliament may be convened to consider a bill which was award for exploration of oil and gas by the Union Gas & passed by one house and pending in another house? Petroleum Ministry recently? 6 months 45 68. The council of Ministers is collectively responsible to whom? 58. Which lone sailing ship of Indian Navy Has embarked upon voyage of four nations? Lok Sabha (Article 75 (3) ) 69. What is meaning of Lame Duck Session of Parliament? INS Tarangini Last session of the parliament before dissolution of Loksabha Page 4 of 120 http://upsc-questions.blogspot.com/
  • 5. 70. If a no.confidence motion is passed in Loksabha then 81. During whose reign Grand Trunk Road was what happens? formed? The whole council of ministers has to resign Shershah Suri 71. Who elect Vice President? 82. On the bank of which river the city of Members of Rajya Sabha & Loksabha. Vijayanagar is located? 72. Who was the President of Indian National Congress at the time of Independence? Tungbhadra J.B. Kriplani 83. What was the capital of Bahamani Kings? 73. Who were the two martyrs , accused for killing English Officers in England and hanged later on? Gulbarga Udhamsingh & MadanLal Dhingra 84. Who built Brihadeshwara temple in Tanjore? 74. What was the date when Subhash Chandra Bose declared the formation of “interim Government of India”. Raja Raja Chola 21.Oct.43 75. Who was the first President of Muslim League? 85. The fort of Tughlaqabad near Delhi was formed by whom? Salimullah Khan Ghiyasuddin Tuglaq 76. Civil Disobedience Law started with which event? Breaking Salt Law 86. During the battle of Plassi , who was Nawab of Bengal? 77. Why Gandhi Irwin Pact was criticized? Sirajuddola Lacked provisions of Gandhi Irwin Pact 87. Who among the Moghul Emperors was a perfect player of Veena? 78. Which was the socialist leader , who ran away from the Hazaribagh Prison and assumed the Aurangazeb. leadership of Quit India Movent? Jaiprakash Narayan 88. What is a soft currency? 79. During whose reign the Gandhara School of Art A currency having a falling exchange rate due to blossom? continuing balance of payments deficit. Kanishka 89. What is Greenback? 80. Who defeated Harshvardhan on the bank of Narmada? Pulakesin II US Dollar is also referred as Greenback. Page 5 of 120 http://upsc-questions.blogspot.com/
  • 6. 90. Which company is establishing Oil Refinery at 100. From which part of the plant Opium is Bhatinda? derived? HPCL Dried Latex 91. In which state is located Kanker Ghati Park? 101. Glycogen is Stored in which part of the body? Chhattisgarh Liver 92. Where is Mansarovar lake? 102. Where do we find cartilage in Human Body? China Nose 93. Where is Guru Shikhar? 103. During digestion Proteins are broken into what? Guru Shikhar is highest peak of Aravali Amino Acids Mountains located at Mount Abu, in Rajasthan. 104. What is ‘Hit and Hide Virus’ 94. What does indicate the color of a star? RSV Virus Its Temperature 105. Who was the first cricketer to claim 500 wickets 95. What is willy willy? in test matches? A Tropical Cyclone at North West Australia Courtney Walsh 96. What makes international boundary between Tanzania & Uganda? 106. What is Tenzin Gyatso? Victoria Lake Dalai Lama is known as Tenzin Gyatso 97. Where is Taylor Valley? 107. What was the name of State Bank of India Before Nationalisation? USA Imperial Bank of India 98. Which river is associated with TulBul Project? 108. Who led a nonviolent movement in America Jhelum for full civil rights for negros? Martin Luther King 99. What is Hypoglycemia? Low Blood Sugar Page 6 of 120 http://upsc-questions.blogspot.com/
  • 7. 111. ‘Portrait Francoise’ was an art piece created 120. Which is Highest Peak in India? by ? Nanda Devi (7817 meters), Kanchenjanga, Pablo Picasso Everest , Makalu are in Nepal 112. What is the original name of Santa Cluase? 121. What is Pensi La ? St. Nicolas A hill at Ladakh, which connects Sri Nagar with Leh 113. What is Zend_Avesta? 122. Whare is headquarter of Asian Development Religious Book of Parsees Bank? Manila 114. Who wrote the book.“The Man of Killed Gandhi”? 123. Which is most mobile factor of production? Manohar Malgaonkar Capital 115. Whose Biography is “My Country My Life”? 124. What is present strength of Rajya Sabha LK Advani 245 116. By which name the officer responsible for safe custody of land records during the Gupta Period was 125. Who was the first India Scholar who treated known as? Mathematics as a Different subject Karanika Aryabhatta 117. What are Kayals? 126.On what date Indo.US Nuclear cooperation Narrow water area attached with a main landin treaty was signed? the form of channel found in Kerala October 11, 2008 118. Which river originates from Amarkantak? 127. Who headed IIM review Committee which recommended higher Government control on IIM? Narmada RC Bhargava 119. Which Kind of Forests occupy the highest percentage in India Area Wise? 128. On what date India launched its first Moon Mission Chandrayan? Tropical Deciduous October 22, 2008 Page 7 of 120 http://upsc-questions.blogspot.com/
  • 8. 129. What was the name of Polar Satellite Launch 138. Where was the 4000 years old Pyramid found Vehicle which put Chandrayan I into orbit? recently? PSLV.C.11 Egypt 130. How many other countries have sent moon 139. Which country ranks top in gender equality? mission earlier? Norway Three, India is Fourth 140. Who has written the book.Politics & Politics.A 131. Which IBSA summit concluded recently in Marxist Perspective? New Delhi? Prakash Karat Third 141. Who was the first Indian to become the 132. What is ACD? President of World Squash Federation? Asia Cooperation Dialogue N Ramchandran 133. Who is the new president of Maldives? 142. What is Nerpa? Mohammed Anni Nasheed A nuclear enabled submarine 134. Which state topped the Government’s Primary 143. Who is the new Vice President of USA? Education Development Index? Joe Biden Kerala 144. Who won Singapore Open Golf Recently? 135. What is EDI? Jeev Milkha Singh Education Development Index 145. Which state of India is least densely populated? 136. On what day National Consumer Rights Day is observed? Arunachal Pradesh December 24. 146. Which is the only country in South East Asia which is totally landlocked? 137. Who was the batsman put on the top in recent Laos Reliance ICC Test Ranking? Mike Hussey 147. Where is security Printing Press? Hyderabad Page 8 of 120 http://upsc-questions.blogspot.com/
  • 9. 148. What is the stretch of India from north to 157. Who plays important role in Protein south? synthesis in body? 3200 Kms Ribosomes 149. What is ASEAN and where is its headquarters? 158. Who is the president of the world Bank? Association of SouthEast Asian Nations, Jakarta Robert Zoellick 150. Orissa shares its longest border with which 159. What is the name of the Indian origin state? Management Guru awarded as greatest Management Thinker alive in the world by Thinkers 50? Andhra Pradesh CK Prahalad 151. Who founded PURA? 160. What are pneumatophores? PURA is providing Urban Amenities in Rural Areas, and was founded by Honorable Former The breathing roots of mangroves. President APJ Abdul Kalam 161. Who founded National Mela? 152. Who got the Qutub Minar Finished? Naba Gopal Mitra Firoz Shah Tuglaq 162. In which house of the Parliament, the presiding 153. Which Veda gives the first classification of officer is not a member of the House? PRAN ( Respiration)? Rajya Sabha Rig Veda 163. Who was the court Poet of Samudra Gupta? 154. What do we call collection of Budhdha’s Teaching? Harishena Budhdha Charita 164. Who was the first female president of Indian National Congress? 155. Who was the first Muslim President of Indian National Congress? Sarojini Naidu Badruddin Tayyabji 165. Who was accompanying Bhagat Sigh while 156. What is the name of the organism which causes throwing a Bomb at the central legislature at New malignant Malaria in Human? Delhi? Plasmodium Falciparum Batukeshwar Datta Page 9 of 120 http://upsc-questions.blogspot.com/
  • 10. 166. Who was the founder of Swadesh Bandhav 175. Who is famous as Father of Modern India? samiti? Raja Ram Mohan Roy Aswini Kumar Datta 176. Who used the word ‘Swarajya’ First? 167. What is a national income? Bal Gangadhar Tilak Sum total of factor Incomes. 177. Who were associated with Lahore Conspiracy Case? 168. The constitution of India is rigid or flexible? Bhagat Singh, Rajguru & Sukhdev Both partially. 178. Where did the formation of Azad Hind Fauj 169. What is the reason that Sunadarbans were take Place? declared as world Hritage? Singapore Because of Mangrove Forests and Biodiversity 179. What were the watchwords for French 170. Who was the Mughal emperor , from whom Revolution? East India Company Secured Diwani? Liberty , Equality and Fraterenity Shah Aaalam II 180. Who was the author of ‘Common Sense’ , a 171. Who was the governor General at the time of revolutionary pamphlet of the American ‘Sepoy Mutiny’. Revolution? Canning Thomas Paine 172. In whose court , Amir Khusro was a Court 181. Who constructed Red fort of Delhi? Poet? Shah Jahan Alauddin Khilji 182. Which canal connects Baltic Sea and North 173. Who was the writer of Sundarkaand? sea? Tulsidas, Sunadarkand is a part of Keil Canal Ramcharitamanas. 183. Detroit is famous for which industry? 174. Which Mughal emperor was defeated by Shershah in 1540? Automobiles Humayun Page 10 of 120 http://upsc-questions.blogspot.com/
  • 11. 184. Who was first to measure the circumference of 193. What type of vibrations is produced in sitar Earth? wire? Eratosthenes Stationary Transverse 185. How much of longitude account for one hour? 194. A typical human ribcage consists of how many ribs? 15 degree 24 186. Which quality of iron ore is best based upon iron content? 195. What kind of forests cover maximum area in India? Magnetite, followed by hematite>Limonite>Siderite Tropical Dry Deciduous Forests 187. In which sea Sunda Trench Lies? 196. In West Bengal where the Silk Industry is found? Indian Ocean Cooch Behar 188. Amravati is a tributary of which river? 197. Wher is located Saraswati Hydro.electric Kaveri Project? Karnataka 189. Which river flows between Vindhyan & satpura ranges? 198. Who is the final authority to interpret the Narmada constitution? Supreme Court 190. In which only decade, India’s Population had shown negative growth? 199. Who introduced Gurumukhi Script? 1911.1921 Guru Angad 191. Sun is visible little before actual sunrise , because of which phenomenon? 200. In which year Rowlett Act was passed? Atmospheric Refraction 1919 192. What does a lens with .5D number mean? 201. Seleukas was defeated by? A concave less with a focal length of 20 cms. Chandra Gupta Maurya Page 11 of 120 http://upsc-questions.blogspot.com/
  • 12. 202. Who organized ‘Bratachari’ Movement? 211. Pitcher plant is what kind of a plant? Gurusaday Datta Insectivorous 203. What was the primary emphasis during 2nd 5 212. Who founded Gadar Party in America? year Plan? Hardayal Basic & Key Industries 213. In which session , the Indian National Congress 204. What kind of a valley Narmada flows through? adopted the resolution of ‘Poorna Swaraj’? V.shaped Fluvial Valley Lahore 205. The constitution of India, established a 214. Which genes on activation cause Cancer? parliamentary system of Government . This was based on which country’s pattern? Oncogenes Britain 215. What do we collectively call the Biochemical Processes taking place in Body? 206. What was the name of writer of Bande Mataram? Metabolism Bankimchandra Chatterjee 216. People perform better when they are in 207. Who was the first editor of ‘Yugantar’? competition than they are alone, what is this concept? Barindra Ghosh Group Dynamics 208. Where did ‘Tebhega’ movement occurred in 1946? 217. The award for best film in IIFA in 2007 was given to which Film? Bengal Rawng De Basanti 209. Who was the founder of Muslim League of India? 218. What is the resistance of a 200V.100W bulb? Nawab Salim Ullah 400 ohm 210. Who accords recognition to political parties? 219. Who has written ‘Train to Pakistan’? Election Commission Khushwant Singh Page 12 of 120 http://upsc-questions.blogspot.com/
  • 13. 220. What is the name of the policy, related to 230. The population growth rate in India is increasing revenue and expenditure of the Government? or decreasing? Fiscal Policy Decreasing 221. India has a dispute with Bangladesh on 231. Who despite of being non.member can distribution of water from which barrage? participate in the business of either house of parliament? Farakka Barrage The Attorney General 222. Panchayats were given constitutional status in which Amendment of Constitution? 232. Who appoints the chief Justice of Supreme Court of India? 73rd The president in consultation with judges of High Courts and Supreme Court. 223. Who was the founder of ‘Anushilan Samity’? P. Mitra 233. On which kind of soil cotton in India best grows on ? 224. Who was the Founder of Bahmani Kingdom? Black Soil Alauddin Bahaman Shah 234. Who has responsibility of Maintaining Foreign exchange reserves in the country? 225. Who founded Academic Association? RBI Ishwarchadra Vidyasagar 235. By what name “Abdul Gaffar Khan” was better 226. Why Noonmati is famous? known as? A location for Pvt. Sector Oil Refinery Frontier Gandhi or seemant Gandi (in Hindi) 227. Linus Paluing received Nobel Prize for two 236. Who was the last independent Nawab of Bengal? times? Which was the area? Siraj.ud.daula 1954 Chemistry and 1962 Peace 237. Who founded Vikramasila.Vihara? 228. What is the name of Japanese Prime Minister? Dharampal Yasuo Fukuda 238. Who is Argentina’s first elected president? 229. Which day we observe world AIDS Day? Ms. Chritina Fernadez de Kircher December 1st Page 13 of 120 http://upsc-questions.blogspot.com/
  • 14. 239. How much growth was targeted in 11th 5 Year 248. What is lignite? Plan? A Type of Coal 9% 249. A constitutional body appointed by the president, 240. What was the topic, on which Einstein was awarded every five years to review centre state financial for Nobel Prize? relationships. What do we call it ? Photoelectric Effect Finance Commission 241. How much blood does an adult heart pump in 1 250. Who handed over the charge of Indian National Army hour? to Netaji? 300 liters Ras Behari Bose 242. Who became the 52nd Prime Minister of Great 251. What kind of a tree is “sal”? Britain in June 2007? Deciduous Gorden Brown 252. What is the major topographic feature of western 243. Leishmania Donovani is a diseases transmitted by Rajasthan? whom? Sand Dunes Sand Fly 253. Who was the first governor general of Independent 244. The Governer of Lousiana in New Orleans in USA India? is an Indian Origin, what is his name? Lord Mountbatten Bobby Jindal 254. What is a common thing in Radio Wave, X.Ray and 245. What do you call a parliament which has no party in Visible Light? clear majority? They all are electromagnetic waves Hung Parliament 255. Which country is going to host 2014 FIFA World 246. Who has written ‘Ignited Minds’? Cup ? APJ Abdul Kalam Argentina 247. In which five year plan Rourkela & Durgapur Steel 256. What do we call the instrument to measure blood plants were conceived? pressure? Second Sphygmomanometer Page 14 of 120 http://upsc-questions.blogspot.com/
  • 15. 257. What is the most common mental disease? 266. With which game Davis cup is associated ? Schizophrenia Lawn Tennis 258. What is helpful for pollination in flowers without 267. With Which game DCM trophy is associated? petals? Football Wind 259. What is the name of the vitamin that helps in 268. Volley, smash, Gambit, Service. What is the clotting of Blood? common thread among these terms? Vitamin K They are related to Lawn Tenis 260. What is the name of a process which is used by a 269. In which year first five year plan was launched? retrovirus to convert from RNA to DNA? 1951 Reverse Transcriptase 261. What is the name of the disease which is 270. What is the normal period of Kharif Crop? characterized by “complete loss of memory”? Mid June to October end Amnesia 262. Parkinson’s is a brain diseases which is 271. What is the minimum age of President of India characterized by loss of nerve cells in which part of candidate? the brain? 35 year Cerebral Cortex 272. Who has written the book”City of Joy”? 263. Who has written the book, “To a Hunger Free World”? Dominique Lapierre MS Swaminathan 273. India’s first Defence University is set up in which state? 264. Govt has launched a program IDSP to monitor certain diseases. What is the full form of this Hariyana program? Integrated Disease Surveillance Project 274. Raila Odinga is related to which country? He is Prime Minister of Kenya 265. Govt. of India has launched a scheme ‘Swayamsidha”. Whom for? 275. Who has written the book “Sandy Storms” Women Sandeep patil Page 15 of 120 http://upsc-questions.blogspot.com/
  • 16. 276. “Amos.3 “ satellite was launched by which 285. What is the name of the first month of National country? Calendar of India? Israel Chaitra 277. Recently Rahul Dravid completed his ten 286. Who built Jama masjid? thousand runs in Test Cricket. In a match against which country did he achieve this? Shahjahan South Africa 287. Whose court visited Sir Thomas Roe? 278. Who is father of Green Revoution? Jehangir Father of India's Green Revolution . Dr. M.S. Swaminathan and Father of Green Revolution . Dr. 288. Where is situated the battlefield of Plassy? Norman Borlaug West Bengal 279. Where Buland darwaja”? 289. In which year the first battle of plassy was Fatehpur Sikari fought? 1757 280. Which ancient sage is called father of “Sanskrit”? 290. In the third battle of Panipat, who defeated Marathas? Panini Afgans 281. What is the ratio of length and breadth of Indian National Flag? 291. In which year the battle of HaldiGhati was fought? 3:2 1576 282. Which was the first occasion when our national 292. In which year battle of Talikota was fought ? song was sung for the first time? 1565 1896 session of Indian National Congress 293. What was the name of Harsha’s Capital? 283. When our national Anthem was was first sung? Kannaauj December 27, 1951 calcutta 294. What was the name of the Chinese pilgrim who visited during the reign of Harshavardhana? 284. How much is the playing time of our National Anthem? Approx 52 seconds Hiuen Tsang Page 16 of 120 http://upsc-questions.blogspot.com/
  • 17. 295. During whose reign Ajanta period was built? 305. Which country launched First satellite? Guptas USSR 296. What was the real name of “Vikramaditya” ? 306. What are “Dog days”? ChandraGupta II Period during which the Dog star rises at the same time of that of sun 297. Which war strategy Shivaji Used against Moghuls? 307. What are Galileo Satellites? Guerilla Warfare 4 moons of Jupiter 298. Where is Vidyasagar Setu? 308. Which two countries are linked by Karakorm Pass? Kolkata India & China 299. “Thein Dam” is being constructed on which river? 309. “Upper Volta “ is known by a new name. What is that? Ravi Burkina Fasso 300. On which river the “Gandhi Sagar dam” is being constructed? 310. A series of wars fought over 116 years, between England & France and later Burgundy, is commonly Chambal named as??? 301. Srisailam Hydroelectric Project is based upon Hundred Years War which river? 311. India Post has launched a new postal service Krishna recently. What is it's name? 302. Who discovered the laws of planetary motion? World Net Express Johannes Kepler 312. Recently International Film Festival in India Concluded in December 2008. Where? 303. Who invented elevator? Panaji EG Otis 313.On which Day we celebrate National Cadet Corps Day? 304. Who invented Radar ? Nov. 23 Robert Watson Watt Page 17 of 120 http://upsc-questions.blogspot.com/
  • 18. 314. In which Indian City was the first European 325. The world "Forestry Day" is observed on Factory built by the Portuguese in 1500 AD? which date? Kozhikode (Earlier Calicut) 21st March 315."Smriti ki Rekhayen", who is the writer of this 326. At present what is the percent area of the total memoir? geographical area of India is under forest cover? Mahadevi Verma 20.64% 316. What is the name of the mural painting whose 327. The year 2008 was observed / recognized by name is based upon a name of a Bihar District? International Year of …………? Madhubani Coral Reefs 317. Who was the first Law Minister of India? 328. In which year the "Environment (Protection) Act " was formed? Dr. BR Ambedkar 1986 318. What is full form of IPO? 329. How many countries are the shareholders of Initial Public Offer IBRD? 319. The states of India were reorganized on the 185 member countries are shareholders basis of Language in which year? 330 Who gives "Vachaspati Award"? 1956 Birla Foundation 320. "Seed Therapy " is related to which disease? 331. Who was the director of "Tare Zamin Par"? Detection of Breast Cancer Amir Khan 321. World's Fourth Fastest Computer is built in India. What is it's name? 332. A business takeover procedure in which acquiring company uses its Own Shares to pay for the Eka acquired...... 322. "Republic" was written by whom? Share Swap Plato 333. "Chuni Goswami" is related to which sports? 323. Who is First India woman Grandmaster in Football Chess? 334 .FIFA Cup helds at a regular interval of 4 year S Vijay Laxmi since 1930. Which were the year when FIFA couldn't held? 324. What is the name of capital of Mizoram? 1942 & 1946 due to WW.II Aizawl Page 18 of 120 http://upsc-questions.blogspot.com/
  • 19. 335. Which is the only country to win FIFA for 5 346. Recently NABARD has approved a loan to UP for 5 times? irrigation projects? How much is this amount? Brazil Rs. 205 Crore 336. The Universe in a single Atom. this book has been 347 .What is the name of World's first Personal Super written by whom? Computer? Dalai Lama Tesla 337. Who has been the First Runner Up of Miss World 348. "Maradona " a football player who recently visited 2008? India belongs to which country? Parvathy Omnakuttan Argentina 338. 2009 Golden Pen of Freedom Award has been 349. On what date World Laugher Day is celebrated? conferred to whom? January 10 Najam Sethi 350 .Who has recently topped the list of Australian Sports 339. On what date we celebrate "Human Rights Day"? Earners? December 10 Greg Norman 340. Who is the Indian Business man who has ranked 6th 351. Who has been recently appointed as Deputy Speaker among the top most powerful faces in the world in Forbes of House of Lords? Magazine? Lord Swaraj Paul Mukesh Ambanai 352. When we celebrate the International Holocaust 341. Who is the first Indian Actor to get Malaysian Remembrance Day? Title"Datuk"? Jan 27 Shahrukh Khan 353. "Electra Gold Cup" is associated with which sports? 342. Who has been awarded the United Nations Human Right Award? Table Tennis Benzir Bhutto 354. According to Transparency International, what is India's rank in 2008 Bribe Payers Index? 343. Saina Nehwal plays which sports? 4th Badminton 355. Who has been recently appointed as Director of State 344. Who is declared the European Footballer of the Bank of India? Year? R. Sridharan Christiano Ronaldo 356. Which Bank has recently won Nasscom.CNBC TV 345. Warren Buffet has been recently in news due to 18 IT User Award? American Newspaper Business Week List of Top ___? Donors HDFC Bank Page 19 of 120 http://upsc-questions.blogspot.com/
  • 20. 357 .Who has been recently appointed the Deputy Chief 368."Swaraj is my Birth right and I shall have it " Who said Minister of Maharastra? this? Chhagan Bhujbal Bal Gangadhar Tilak 358. "India shall export Wheat to Nepal", This was a 369.What was the meaning of "Manigramam" in Medieval news recenlty. How much wheat? south India? 10000 tons Association of Merchants 359. Which year has been fixed to achieve most of the Millennium Development Goals? 370.From where the Sepoy Mutiny of 1857 got started? 2015 Meerut 360. MTNL has recently launched its 3G Services. From 371.What is the meaning of "Sutudri" mentioned in Rig which city they have started this? Veda? New Delhi The name of a river 361. Who has been recently elected as Chief Minister of 372."Go Back to Vedas" whose motto was this? Chhattisgarh? Swami Dayanand Saraswati Dr. Raman Singh 373. If worshipping stones one can find God, I would have 362. Sania MirZa was conferred the Honorary Degree of worshipped a Mountain. "Who has said this? "Doctor of Letters" by which University? Kabir MGR University 374. Jallianwalla Bagh massacre occurred in which year? 363. "Omega Mission Hills World Cup" is related to which game? 1919 Golf 375. One of the Indus Valley Cities had houses with doors in the main street. Which one? 364. How many Indians have been included in top 50 IAAF individual Ranking? Lothal 7 376. Whose work is "Poverty and Un.British Rule in India. quot;? 365. When do we observe "World Leprosy Day"? Dadhabhai Naoroji last sunday of january. 377. Which metal was traded in the trading of most ancient 366.The divine faith was a monument of Akbar's folly periods known? and not his wisdom. What was divine faith ? Copper Din.I.ilahi 378. What was the main item of Indian Export to Roman 367.Who founded Mughal Empire? Empire ? Babur Luxury Goods Page 20 of 120 http://upsc-questions.blogspot.com/
  • 21. 379. In which year quit India Movement was launched? 391. Who calls the joint session of Parliament? 1942 President 380. When the Simon commission visited India, who was 392. Sabaramati Ashram was established in which year? the Viceroy of India ? 1917 Lord Irwin 393. No confidence Motion against the Union Government 381. Lakshmi Bai, Tantya Tope and Nana Saheb all were can be initiated in Lokasabha or Rajya sabha or both ? related to which mutiny? Loksabha 1857 394. What was the deity of Most Chola Temples? 382. Who was the first Muslim King to conquer Deccan? Shiva Ala.Ud.Din Khilji 395. Where did the first session of Indian National 383. Who was the first Governor General to adopt the Congress hold ? device of separate electorates to win over the muslims faith? Bombay Lord Minto 396. In 'Gupta Period' . The largest number of coins were issued in which metal? 384. What was the other name of Kautilya? Gold Chanakya 397. where did Budhdha preach is first sermon? 385. Ring Fence is associated with which English Official? Sarnath Warren Hastings 398. What do we call the grasslands in South America? 386. Agricultural Income Tax revenue goes to which Pampas government: Central or State? 399. In what use we take Anemometer? State To measure wind velocity 387. Which operation is related to Milk Production? 400. In which ocean Marina Trench Found? Operation Flood Pacific Ocean 388. Issuing paper currency in India is a sole right of ….?? 401. Iodine turns from Brown to blue black on Potato RBI cutting because of …….? 389. In which year Planning Commission in India Was starch Established? 1950 390.Our Constitution has envisaged how many types of Currencies? 3 Page 21 of 120 http://upsc-questions.blogspot.com/
  • 22. 402. How many valves are found in Human Heart? 414. On what day we celebrate Consumer's day? two March 15 403. What is the main function of Lymphocytes? 415. Which cells in our body have the least generative power? Production of Antibodies 404. Salivary glands secrete which enzyme?? Brain Cells Diastase 416.Tughlaq, Khilji, Slave, Lodhi. What will be the right chronological order? 405. The highest specific heat is of …………? SlaveKhilji.Tughlaq.Lodhi water 417.Which state of today is called "Empire of Satvahana 406. What do we call the device which is used to locate Kings"? submerged objects under sea? Andhra Pradesh Sonar 418.Hampi is famous for what which monuments? 407. When a liquid boils, the Vapour Pressure is ………….Atmospheric Pressure? Hints: Equal to / Less Vijayanagar Empire Equal to 419.The battle of Talikota was fought in which year? 408. For what purpose Heavy water is used in Nuclear 1565 Reactors? 420.Who built the temples of Halebid and Belur? Moderator Hoysalas 409. Many a times Police uses Tear Gas to disperse a mob. What does it contain? 421.One incident made Gandhi Ji call of Non.cooperation movement. What was that? Chlorine Chauri Chaura Incident 410. Dada Saheb Falke award was given to which lady for the first time? 422.Iltutmish had introduced a coin of 175 gms. This coin was made of which metal? Devika Rani 411. Where are the headquarters of International Court of Silver Justice? 423.Two antilopes and a hunter has been noticed on a pot The Hague from cemetery H which Ancient Civilization? 412. 'Subroto Cup ' is associated with which game? Harappa Football 424.Under Maurya the 'Kumar " was responsible for which 413. What was the name of First Talkie film in India? part of the administration? Alam Ara Provincial governance Page 22 of 120 http://upsc-questions.blogspot.com/
  • 23. 425.Aurangzed was a good player of which Musical 436.In which Year Akbar Promulgated Din.i.ilahi? Instrument? 1581 Veena 437.Who was one of the Generals of Ala.ud.din Khilji 426.What was the name of the muslim Scholar who came who ultimately became the First sultan of Tughlaq to India at the time of Mahmud of Ghazni? Dyanasty ? Al.Beruni Ghazi Malik 427.The use of running waters even in palaces and 438.The endeavour to ernestly to introduce a real element pleasure resorts was a special feature of which of local self government was done by which Governor ? architecture? Lord Rippon Mughal 439. In Sikandara, the mausoleum of which Mughal 428.What was the name of the versatile, genius, writer in Emperor situated? Hindi, Persian, Arabic, in the reign of Akbar? Akbar Abdur.rahim.khankhana (Raskhan) 440.Which organisation gives Saraswati Samman? 429.According to Babur Nama what lured him to come to India? KK Birla Foundation Abundance of gold & Silver 441.Thomas cup is associated with which game? 430.After Chauri Chaura incident Gandhi ji went to talk Badminton with whom? 442.On which date "National Consumer Rights Day " is Lord Irwin celebrated? 431.Mohammad Ghori's last expedition in India was 24th December against whom? 443.Which railway line has been recently declared a Khokars in 1206 world heritage site? 432.Kalidasa has written 'Malvikagnimitra'. In this drama Kalka Shimla the Hero Agnimitra was known to be a king of which dynasty? 444.By which year Chandrayaan II will be launched? Sunga Kalka Shimla 433.When did Ahmed Shah Abdali invaded India for the 445.Who has written the Book " Audacity of Hope"? first time? Barak Obama 1748 434.Who wrote Akbaranama? And in Which language? 446.Jawaharlal Nehru Award is given for contribution in which field? Abul Fazl , in Persian 435.What was the name of another work by Abul Fazl? International Understanding Ain I Akbari Page 23 of 120 http://upsc-questions.blogspot.com/
  • 24. 447.Who has been selected for 2009 women of Discovery 458.Who can resolve the dispute between two houses of Award? Parliament? Aparajita Datta Loksabha Speaker 448.What is the range of Shaurya Missile? 459.Finance commission is appointed by president for how many years? 700 kms 5 years 449.Who was given the Pride of India Award 2008? 460.The High Court consists of Chief Justice and other Dr. Rami Ranger and GS Bhalla judges. Who determines other Judges? 450.Which country has allowed FDI from India for the first President time in history? 461.Who can remove the judge of the High Court from his Nepal office before expiry of his time? 451.NREGA guarantees how many days employment? President on the recommendation of Parliament 100 days 462.A Judge of High court will address his resignation to …….? 452.Prakash & Madakini Amte were given which award recently? The President Magsaysay Award 463.The judge of Supreme court of India Holds the office till he attains the age of ……yrs? 453."India, that is Bharat, shall be a union of states". This is in which article of Indian constitution? 65 Article 1 464.A member of Loksabha may vacate his seat before expiry of his time by writing to ………………? 454.What do we call a rule of legislative procedure under which a further debate on a motion can be stopped? Speaker Closure 465.A minister of is not member of a legislative assembly has to win election within ……….months. 455.When does a bill presented in parliament becomes an act? six After president has given his assent 466.A money bill can originate in Loksabha or Rajya Sabha or both ?? 456.The minimum age of candidate for the office of the President of India is…….yrs. In Loksabha 35 467.What is the administrative authority at the 'block' level? 457.A candidate seeking elections to a state Legislative Assembly must have completed how many years? Panchayat Samiti 25 Page 24 of 120 http://upsc-questions.blogspot.com/
  • 25. 468.If a person is arrested and detained in Police, has to be 479.Article 370 is applicable in which state? produced before nearest Magistrate within …………period? J&K 24 hrs 480.Who can participate in the proceedings of both the houses without even being a member? 469.A session of the Loksabha is prorogued by order of ………..? Attorney General President 481. How many states India has at Present? 470.Who decides a bill is money bill or not? 28 Speaker of the Loksabha 482.How many Union Territories India has at present? 471.In 42nd amendment two more words have been added 7 to the preamble. What are they? 483.In which state of India Sal Trees are concentrated? Secular & Socialist Assam 472.what are the five words of Preamble to the constitution of India? 484.One-horned Rhinoceros are found in which National Park ? Sovereign, Socialist, Secular, Democratic, Republic Kaziranga in Assam 473.Who can appoint ad hoc judges in Supreme Court? 485.Where is a permanent seismological observatory The Chief Justice of India with the prior consent of the located in India? President of India Latur 474. A retired judge of High court can do private practice in which court? 486.When a person travels from Kerla to Delhi, what kind of forests come on the way and in which sequence? In another court of same or higher level Tropical Evergreen-Savanna-dry deciduous-deciduous 475. An ordinance issued by a governor can remain in force on its own for a maximum period of .......months? 487.In which state of india about 50% of total silk is produced? six Karnataka 476. Which article of the constitution gives right to Equality? 488.Which state in India produces about 60% of India's Total salt ? Article 17. 477.Which article of our constitution forms the core Gujrat chapter on Fundamental Rights? 489.Maximum raw silk comes from which state In India? Article 19 Karnataka 478.The number of categories of freedoms that an Indian Citizen can have? 6 Page 25 of 120 http://upsc-questions.blogspot.com/
  • 26. 490.What is the name of the Bridge between India and 501.Recently United Nations Talks on Climate change Srilanka is called........bridge? held at which place? (2008) Adam's Pozanan in Poland 491.In which year , Arunachal Pradesh became a full 502.Rehan Butt is related to which sports? fledged state? Hockey 1987 503.Who is the sportsman selected by All India Football 492.As per 2001 census, which one is the most literate Federation as Player of the Year in November 2008? religious community in India? Baichung Bhutia Jains 504.Mohan Bagan team is best known for which sports? 493.Banihal Pass is located in which state? Football J&K 505.What does IBSA stand for ? 494.Ganga is known with which name in Bangladesh? India, Brazil & South Africa Padma 506.What is the full form of BIMSTEC? 495.Funnel shapped location surrounded by Khasi, Garo & Jaintia Hills in Meghalaya, popular as a place with Bay of Bengal Initiative for Multisectoral Technical & maximum rain fall. What is the name? Economic cooperation ChIrrapunji 507.Which are the coutries in BIMSTEC? 496.Chipko Movement is related to conservation of Bangladesh, India, Myanmar, SriLanka, Thailand, ...........? Nepal & Bhutan. The first five are founder members Forests and wildlife 508.Rajan Committee is raleted to……………reforms? 497.Coir industry is concentrated in which state of India? Financial Sector Kerala 509.Ustad Allah Rakkha Khan is related to which instrument in Indian Clasical Music? 498.Abhijit Vejjajiva a a leader from which country? tabla Thailand. Sworn in as 3rd prime minister in 4 months in December 2008 510.Palghat Mani plays which instrument in Indian Classical Music? 499." Idea of Justice" who has written this book? Mridangam Amartya Sen 511.What was the original name of "NurJahan Beghum"? 500.On what date India Observes "Central Excise Day"? Mehrunissa February 24 512.In which language Baburnama was written originally ? Chagtai Turk Page 26 of 120 http://upsc-questions.blogspot.com/
  • 27. 513.Who was first to translate Baburnama in English? 523. What are Basel Norms? Annette Akroyd Norms specially designed to control various risk factors in bank operations 514.What was the name of Akbar's Mother? 524. Ashok Mankad was a famous……………….player? Hamida Beghum ( Mariam Makani) Cricket 515.The son of Arjumand Banu Beghum who became Mughal Emperor in India later was……………? 525. What was the 'name' of logo of Olympic 2008? Aurangzeb Dancing Beijing 516.Firdaus Manzil was the Title of which Mughal 526. Who has written Midnight Children? Emperor? Salman Rushdie Shah Alam II 527. 34th G8 summit in July 2008 held in which country? 517. Amar Singh belongs to which party ? Japan Samajwadi Party 528. India has recently inaugurated her First Research 518. The RBI Governor reviews the Annual Monetary and Station in Arctic. What is it's name? credit policy every time after a gap of .........months? Himadri three 529. Who is ex.offcio.Chairman of the Rajya Sabha? 519. Reserve Bank of India keeps changing the ratio which regulates the minimum reserve each bank must hold to Vice President customer's deposits. What this ratio called? 530. "Short Corner" this term is mainly used in which Cash Reserve Ratio game? 520. Which bank has the punchline"Much more to do with Hockey YOU in focus"? 531. Rajiv Gandhi Award is given for excellence in the Andhra Bank field of ……………? 521. A new field of banking system made up of large scale Sports & games banks that operate extensive networks of branches and 532. Member of European Union who has refused to honor provide different services. This new termed emerged in the Lisbon Treety? banking field is ...............? Ireland Universal Banking 533. Children up to which age are covered under Pulse 522. Providing credit and other financial services and Polio? products of very small amount to the poor’s in rural / semi /urban area is callled as …………..? 5 yrs Micro Finance 534. "The Last Mughal ' Has been written by ? William Darlymple Page 27 of 120 http://upsc-questions.blogspot.com/
  • 28. 535. "Gandhi's Emissary" Who has writtten this book? 547.Where is 2009 summit of SAARC is proposed to held? Sudhir Ghosh Male 536. What is the unit of Intensity of sound? 548.Which coutries are in BRIC? Decibel Brazil, Russia, China & India 537. "Rafael Nadal " is related to which sports? 549.What do we call "Holding Assets in the form of Cash" Lawn Tennis ? 538. R.S.Gavai is the governor of which state? Liquidity Preference Kerala 550.What is Greenback? 539.What is the name of the swiss Adventurer who US Dollar recently made history by flying across English Channel? 551.Who has received Laureus World Sports man award Yves Rossy for 2008? 540.In september 2008 a typhoon batterd some parts of Roger Federer China. What was its name? 552.Zenedine Zidane related to which country's Football Hagupit team? 541.Who is the new Prime Minister of Japan? France Taro Aso 553.Agha Khan cup is related to which game? 542.What is the name of Manned spacecraft,china Hockey launched in September 2008? 554.Koneru Humpy is related to which game? Shenzhou-7 Chess 543.Ryder cup is related to which game? 555."Cricket My Style" is a book written by ? Golf Kapil Dev 544.Who won US Open 2008 Men & Women singles? 556.Who was the first woman Justice of Indian Highcourt? Roger Federer & Serena Williams Leila Sheth 545.The first summit of SAARC held at which place? 557.What is the joint River Valley Venture of India & Nepal? Dhaka 546.SAFTA was signed at which summit of SAARC? Kosi 558.C.B. Bhave is related to which financial organisation? 12th summit at Islamabad SEBI Page 28 of 120 http://upsc-questions.blogspot.com/
  • 29. 559 . "Alai Darwaja" is a gateway to which monument? 570 . "Arthshastra" was written by whom and in which period? Qutub Minar Kautilya in Maurya period 560 . "The nobles were forbidden to hold banquets & Festivities, and make marriage alliances without sultan's 571 . In which language Amir Khusro wrote mainly? permission. " Who was the sultan? Persian Ala-ud-din-Khilji 572 . "Amoghvarsha" belonged to which dynasty of kings? 561. Ala-ud -din murdered whom before he acceded to the throne? Rastra Kuta Jalluddin Firoz 573 . One son of Shahjahan got Atharva Veda translated. What was him name? 562. Who has written "Kitab- ul-Hind"? Dara Alberuni 574 . What is the most famous image constructed in Chola 563 . Albuqurque captured Goa from ruler of which state? Kingdom? Bijapur Bronze image of Nataraja Shiva 564. Who conquered Goa is 1510AD? 575 . An eminent machinery for meeting the famine conditions in India was evolved by which English Viceroy Alfonso de Albuquerque of India? 565 . What is the common thread between "Abdul Qadir Lord Lytton Badauani", Naqib Khan & Shaikh sultan of thaneshwar? 576 . Where was constructed Lingaraj Temple? They were Scholars of Akbar Court who rendered Mahabharata in Persian Bhubneshwar 566 . Which ruler did not accept the Mughal Sway in 16th 577 . Kailashnath temple of Kanchipuram " show which century? style of architecture? Maharana Pratap of Mewar Nagra Style 567 . Balban, Iltutmish & QutubUdDin Aibak , what was 578 . In khajuraho , which temple show the Nagra Syle? the common thread among them? Kandaraiya Mahadev Temple They all were purchased slaves 579 . "Indica" an ancient classic was written by whom? 568 . Elizabeth I was contemporary of which mughal ruler? Megasthenes 580 . In which year Annie Besant joined Indian National Akbar Congress? 569 . Who has written "Kalpsutra" 1914 BhadraBahu 581 . "Capture of Javali" was an act of ? Shivaji Page 29 of 120 http://upsc-questions.blogspot.com/
  • 30. 582 . "Kalidasa" lived during the reign of which ruler? 595. Recently United Nations General Assembly's which session held in New York HQ in September 2008? ChandraGupta Vikramaditya 63rd session 583 . Who is Shakespere of India? 596. Which city has shown highest percapita in the Kalidasa country ? 584 . Who replaced Harshavardhana? Chadigarh, fifth time in a row Nagbhatta I 597. What is the all India figure of per capita income in India? 585. Who was the first ruler of Vardhan Dynasty? Rs. 29642 (2006-2007) Prabhakar Vardhan (Father of Harshavardhana) 598. What is the name of Britain's first state funded Hindu 586 . In which centruy Hieun-Tsang came in India? School? Krishna Avanti Primary School 7th Century 599. Who has written the book "Faith of my Fathers"? 587 . Who has written Harshcharita? John Mc Cain Bāṇabhaṭṭa 600. Who has won US open 2008 Men's singles ? 588 . Banbhatta wrote a novel Kadambari. Who was Kadambari in the novel? Roger Federer The heroine of novel 601. Who has won US Open 2008 women's single? 589.TADA was enacted in which year? Serena Williams 1985 602. Bob Bryan & Mike Bryan were recently in news. For what? 590. Which commission enquired the Godhara carnage? They have won US Open Men's doubles 2008 Nanavati Commission 603. Cara Black is related to which sports ? 591. Who is the Chairman of Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs? Tennis, winner of US Open 2008 Women's double & also mixed double. Prime Minister Manmohan Singh 604. Who shared the victory in mixed doubles in US Open 592. Where was the 9th India European Union Summit 2008 with Cara Black? held in September 2008? Marsielle , France Leander Paes 593. Where was the first Indo-EU summit held ? And when? 605. Shashank Manohar is related to which sports? Lisbon, June 2000 Cricket, he is President elect of BCCI 594. Who was the first president of Pakistan? Iskandar Mirza Page 30 of 120 http://upsc-questions.blogspot.com/
  • 31. 606. Who is the new coach of Indian Hockey team? 618. Paul Allen has been related to which company? M.K.Kaushik Microsoft 607. What is the name of official mascot of FIFA 2010? 619. Punjab J.34 is a variety of which crop? Zakumi Cotton 608. Pankaj Advani is related to which game? 620. Which public sector company of India has been Billiards recently declared as largest CO2 emitting company? 609. Subroto Cup is related to which sports? NTPC Football 621. Which bank uses the slogan " Good People to Good Bank"? 610. Jyoti Randhawa plays which sports? Uco Bank Golf 622. What was the earlier name of Kingfisher Red? 611. Which breed of dogs is most popular in world? Air Deccan Labrador 623. "Parivartan" Scheme has been launched by which 612. Titanic sank in which year? bank? 1912 SBI 613. What is the full form of LED? 624. Recently which summit of SAARC held in Colombo? Light Emitting Diode 15th 614. What was the external debt on India (Both Government and non Government) in the year ending 625. India pays how much of SAARC administrative March 2008? expenditure? $ 221.2 Billion 32% 615. Lary Ellison is related to which company? 626. Which country has been admitted in SAARC recently (in 2005)? Oracle Afghanistan 616. The famous Industrial family "Walton's" are related to which company? 627. The first invasion upon India took place in 712 AD. Wal-Mart Who was the invader? 617. Sergey Brin & Larry Page are related to which Muhammad Bin Qasim company? 628. "Mid Day Meal Scheme" is a scheme for school Google, they are co-founders children lunch. Which ministry has launched this scheme? Ministry of Human Resource Development Page 31 of 120 http://upsc-questions.blogspot.com/
  • 32. 629. "Annapurna Scheme" is a scheme of which ministry? 640. At which place East India Company opened it's First factory? Ministry of Rural Development Machilipatnam 630. "20 Point Programme" was initiated in which year? 641. In which year East India Company was brought under 1975 British parliamentary control? 631. What is the contribution of Agriculture in India's 1773 GDP? 642. Tantya Tope hailed from which place? 17.6% Gwalior 632. In which city International Statistical Education Center is situated? 643. Nana saheb hailed from which place? Kolkata Kanpur 633. On the lines of Central Government, which state has 644. Who founded Seva Sadan in Bombay ? adopted the concept of 5 days week, recently? Bahram Ji Malabari Rajasthan 645. On what date Indian Rebellion of 1857 started? 634. Where the next SAARC summit is proposed to held? 10 May 1857 Male in Maldives 646. Swami Dayanand is related to which Samaj? 635. In August 2008, which company is India has been given the status of Mini Ratna? Arya samaj Hindustan Copper Limited 647. Muhammad Bin Qasim defeated king of Sindh In 712 AD. What was the name of the King? 636. National Youth Festival was held in which city in January? Dahira Amritsar 648. Babarnama is in which language? 637. Who among the Portuguese, French and English were Chagtai Persian the first to come to India to establish trade relationships? 649. The Mughal emperor who was deported to Rangoon Portuguese was? 638. "Kuyil Pattu" is a work of famous poet ? What is his name? Bahadur Shah Jafar Subrmanya Bharti 650. Who was the patriot in the 1857 mutiny who fled to nepal? 639. The governor of Madras who made a treaty with Tipu? Nana Saheb 651. Which samaj was related to Swami Satyanand Lord McCartney Agnihotri? Dev Samaj Page 32 of 120 http://upsc-questions.blogspot.com/
  • 33. 652. Jatiya Sarkar was related to which state? 663. What is the residence of Governor of Delhi called? Bengal, Tamaluk Raj Niwas 653. Recently a postage stamp was released by President 664. Which state in India has recently taken up the in the memory of which Army Field Marshal? "World's Biggest Greening Project " recently? Field Marshal Manekshaw Kerala 654. Vijay Diwas is celebrated on what date every year? 665. Which state has decided to raise separate unit of guards on the lines of NSG to combat terrorist attacks? December 16 Maharastra , Force 1 655. In which city, situated at the confluence of sacred rivers Ganga and Gandak, is the biggest cattle fair of Asia 666. Recently a newly won chiefminister has taken "7 held on Kartik Purnima ? resolutions" to make his state "Goden State". Who is that chief minister? Sonepur (Bihar) Shivraj Singh Chauhan of Madhya Pradesh 656. Who is ISRO chairman? 667. Keoladeo Bird sanctuary is in which state? G. Madhavan Nair Rajasthan 657. Recently first satellite built by ISRO was successfully put into its orbit for a foreign customer fetching a profit of 668. Arjun Atwal is related to which sports? $ 40 Million. What was its name? Golf W2M 669. C. K. Nayadu Trophy is related to which sports? 658. What is the full form of GSLV? Cricket Geosynchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle 670. Women world Cup is proposed to held in which 659. A cyclone caused widespread devastation in country in 2009? Myanmar claiming 100000 lives in 2008. What was its name? Australia Nargis 671. "Manchester United Premier Cup" is related to which game? 660. Shaikh Haseena is from which party ? Football Awami League 672. "BILT Open" is a tournament in the field of which game? 661. Who is Bangladesh's father of nation? Golf Shekh Mujib-ur-rehman 673. "Michael Phelps" is related to which sports? 662. Rajiv Ratan Awas Yojna is carried out by which state Govt. ? swimming Delhi Page 33 of 120 http://upsc-questions.blogspot.com/