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Q1: Who served as the 22nd Defence Minister of India from 1998-2004?

Ans: George Mathew Fernandes.

Q2: ‘Sudarshan Lake’ was repaired second time under the reign of whom?

Ans: Skandgupta.

Q3: Where is the ‘Atal Ekta Park’ of India?

Ans: Jhansi.

Q4: ‘Zircon hypersonic cruise missile’ belongs to which country?

Ans: Russia.

Q5: Defence Research and Development Organization (DRDO) belongs to which country in Asia?

Answer: India.

Q6: Donald Trump was the ___ president of United States of America?

Ans: 45th.

Q7: Aviva India is an Indian company deal in which sector?

Ans: Insurance Sector.

Q8: Multinational corporation and technology company ‘Intel Corporation’ belongs to which country?

Ans: United States.

Q9: Bengaluru is on top in fastest growing technology center. It is city of which state in India?

Ans: Karnataka.

Q10: First session of the Constituent Assembly was held in which city?

Ans: New Delhi.

Q11: Which is the largest peninsula in the world?

Ans: Arabian Peninsula.

Q12: Which Pole is known as Antarctica on Earth?

Ans: South Pole.

Q13: Which is the longest river in Peninsular India?

Ans: Godavari.

Q14: BB Gurung was the third chief minister of which Indian state?

Ans: Sikkim.

Q15: ‘World Autism Awareness Day’ celebrated each year in the world on which date?

Ans: April 3rd.

Q16: In an ice hockey team how many players plays?

Ans: 6.

Q17: ‘Amrut Mahotsav’ belongs to which day in India?

Ans: 75 year of Independence.

Q18: Quora is a website related to which category?

Ans: Question and Answer related Website.

Q19: First Electric Speedometer was invented by whom?

Ans: Croatian inventor ‘Josip Belušić’.

Q20: On which date the Indian Constitution Assembly formed?

Ans: 6 December 1946.

Q21: What is the full form of FIFA?

Ans: Fédération Internationale de Football Association.

Q22: What is the height of Eiffel Tower (in Paris)?

Ans: 324 meter.

Q23: Gopal Krishna Gokhle was political teacher of whom?

Ans: Mahatma Gandhi.

Q24: To promote and develop the export of telecom equipment and services which organization setup by government of India?

Ans: TEPC (Telecom Equipment and Services Export Promotion Council).

Q25: Who is known as ‘Missile Man of India’?

Ans: A. P. J. Abdul Kalam (Former President of India).

Q26: The Gadar Party was founded in San francisco in 1913 by whom?

Ans: Har Dayal and Sohan Singh Bhakna.

Q27: British joint-stock company ‘East India Company’ was formed on which date?

Ans: 31 December 1600.

Q28: Google is an Internet Technology Company. When Google was founded?

Ans: 4 September 1998 in United States.

Q29: Which is first electromechanical binary programmable computer?

Ans: Z1.

Q30: When the Taj Mahal (in Agra) was build?

Ans: 1632 by Shah Jahan.

Q31: What is the old name of Sri Lanka?

Ans: Ceylon.

Q32: What is called a substance which is made of the same type of atoms?

Ans: Element.

Q33: In which area is the ‘Lescography’ relation?

Ans: By Combining Dictionary.

Q34: When and where is the ‘Sigphos movement’?

Ans: In 1830 in Assam.

Q35: In which state of India the Boat Race is most popular?

Ans: Kerala.

Q36: Which is the most iron producing state of India?

Ans: Odisha.

Q37: Which was the first weekly newspaper of Hindi language?

Ans: Udant Martand.

Q38: Who is the second female astronaut of Indian origin?

Ans: Sunita Williams.

Q39: When is Sri Lanka’s Independence Day celebrated?

Ans: February 4.

Q40: On which island did Napoleon spend his last day?

Ans: Saint Helena Island.

Q41: Which is the smallest country in the world in terms of population?

Ans: Vatican City.

Q42: Where is the Rajasthan High Court situated?

Ans: Jodhpur.

Q43: In India the establishment of ‘Union Public Service Commission’ is described in which article?

Ans: Article 315.

Q44: Where is the headquarters of National Commission for Agriculture?

Ans: New Delhi.

Q45: Whose example is the Himalaya mountain range?

Ans: Fold mountains.

Q46: Where is sopani agriculture?

Ans: On the slopes of mountains.

Q47: What is the functional unit of kidney?

Ans: Nephron.

Q48: Which emperor is the Aihole inscription?

Ans: Pulakeshin ||.

Q49: Juno Mission of NASA is for which planet?

Ans: Jupiter.

Q50: Who produces malaria?

Ans: Protozoa.

Q51: Which energy can bring energy accumulated under the surface of the Earth, what is it called?

Ans: Geothermal energy.

Q52: ‘Olympus Mons’ is shield volcano located on which planet?

Ans: The Mars.

Q53: Who started Kesari Newspaper?

Ans: Bal Gangadhar Tilak.

Q54: Who defines the constitution?

Ans: Judiciary.

Q55: Who invented the cooler?

Ans: Richard C. Laramy.

Q56: What is the fuse wire made of?

Ans: From alloy of tin and lead.

Q57: In which inscription of Ashoka is the description of the Kalinga war?

Ans: XIII inscription.

Q58: Who gave the rule of motion of the planets?

Ans: Kepler.

Q59: Our Solar System is located in which galaxy?

Ans: The Milky Way.

Q60: What is the total Population of India according to UN?

Ans: 1,366,177,505 (till April 30, 2019 by United Nations estimates).

Q61 In an hockey team how many players plays?

Ans: 11.

Q62: When the ‘Kargil War’ between Pakistan and India took place?

Ans: Between May and July 1999.

Q63: Wikipedia is a free online encyclopedia. Which organization hosted it?

Ans: Wikimedia Foundation.

Q64: How many players plays in a volleyball team?

Ans: 6.

Q65: Agartala is the capital of which Indian state?

Ans: Tripura.

Q66: What is the provision of the constitution of the Supreme Court?

Ans: In paragraph 124.

Q67: Novel Corona Virus started from which country in 2019?

Ans: China.

Q68: Financial services company ‘State Bank of India’ headquarter is located at where?

Ans: Mumbai.

Q69: ‘Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize’ given by which country in the field of Science & Technology?

Ans: India.

Q70: Parliament House of Sweden was Inaugurated on which date?

Ans: 11 January 1905.

Q71: Who founded the Tata Group in India?

Ans: Jamsetji Tata.

Q72: Who is the Minister of Defence (India) since May 31, 2019?

Ans: Shri Rajnath Singh.

Q73: Who was the chief guest of India’s Republic Day Parade 2021?

Ans: None.

Q74: National Hydro Electric Power Corporation Pvt Ltd (NHPC Limited) founded on which date?

Ans: 1975.

Q75: Veterans Day is observed by Indian Arm Forces each year on which date?

Ans: January 14.

Q76: Who is the 44th President of United States of America?

Ans: Barack Obama.

Q77: Who is the author of ‘The Divine Comedy’?

Ans: Dante Alighieri.

Q78: Mahatma Gandhi ‘Dandi March’ was an example of which type of movement?

Ans: Direct action campaign of tax resistance and nonviolent protest.