1. Which is called, City of Golden Temple? Answer: Amritsar
2. The palace of Amritsar was given by Mughal Emperor Akabr to whom? Answer: Guru Ramdas
3. Which section of IPC is applicable for death under negligence? Answer: 304 A
4. Sharavati Project is in which state? Answer: Karnataka
5. Balimela Project is in which state? Answer: Orissa
6. What does the olymic flame symbolize? Answer: Continuity between new and ancient games
7. Which city is called as 'City of Golden Gate? Answer: Sanfrancisco
8. The earth rotates on its axis from? Answer: West to east
9. After declaration of financial emergency by the President, what is the period of operation without approval by the Parliament— Answer: Two Months
10. The United Kingom consists of which countries? Answer: England, Scotland and Wales and Northern Ireland
11. Who publishes employment news? Answer: Ministry of Information and Broadcasting
12. Which states in India are having their borders sharing with Myanmar? Answer: Mizoram, Manipur, Tripura & Meghalaya
13. Koyna Hydroelectric Power is located in which state? Answer: Maharastra
14. Who is the scientist made success of Green Revolution? Answer: Norman Borlaug
15. Which city is called as 'City of Eternal Springs'? Answer: Quito
16. National Higway No. 2 connects which cities? Answer: Delhi & Kolkata
17. Where is located the national centre for Bio - Fertilizer ? Answer: Ghaziabad
18. Which satellite helps to telecast TV Network all over India? Answer: Insat IB
19. Kanya Vidyadhan Yojna is in which state? Answer: Uttar Pradesh
20. With which country UNO has agreement of Oil with Food? Answer: IraqMaharastra

1. Who wrote the book : “My Kashmir: Conflict & Prospects of Enduring Peace”? Answer:Mr. Habibullah
2. Who emerged as the fastest woman of Beijing Olympics? Answer:Ann Fraser
3. Who is the winner of European Grand Prix? Answer: Felipe Massa
4. Which country won sixteen God medals in Olympics 2008 at Beijing? Answer:Germany
5. What does IUCN stands for? Answer: International Union for conservation of nature
6. Who was given Rajiv Gandhi National Sadbhavna award 2007 Answer:N Radha Krishnana
7. What is CERN in LHC? Answer:CERN is a French Space Agency French acronym for (European Organization for Nuclear Research) and was in news due to LHC experiment recently.
8. Who was given Dhyanchand Award for 2008? Answer:Mukhbain Singh
9. Who is the governor of Reserve Bank of India? Answer: D.Subarao
10. Which country won field Hockey title in Olympics? Answer:Germany
11. Whom is related to bhaskar Ghosh committee? Answer:Cultural Scemes
12. The 306th Amendment Bill pertains to what? Answer:Cooperative Society
13. Project Sankalp is related to what? Answer: HIV / AIDS
14. Micheil Saakashvili is president of which country? Answer:Georgia
15. World Food Day falls on what date? Answer:16.Oct
16. What is the name of the swimmer of USA who won 8 gold medals in Olympics? Answer:Michael Phelps
17. Which one is the most competitive city of the world? Answer:New York, Followed by London & Tokyo
18. By which year India will be 4 Degree Hotter? Answer:40 years
19. Where in Gujrat , ancient Budhdha plaque is discovered recently? Answer: Vadnagar in Gujarat
20. Controversial Pakistani Sceintist A.Q. Khan helped which of the nationas to make atomic arms? Answer: Libiya

1. Which sports team among Punjab, ralways, UP & Services have won 55th National Boxing Championship? Answer: Railways
2. Microchip has recently turned (How many years?). Answer: 50 years of age
3. Union Cabinet has recently approved Extradition Treaty with which country? Answer: Iran
4. How many indigenous breeds of cattle India Currently possess? Answer: 27
5. When was essentials commodities act enacted? Answer: 1955
6. What is the third largest packed food in India consumed? Answer: Aerated Soft drink
7. What is the rank of India’s market in Alcoholic beverages consumtion? Answer: Third
8. Which country in south asia shared 62% of It’s global trade with India? Answer: Nepal
9. Roger Federer recently won his which Grandslam? Answer: 13th Grand Slam
10. Dr. APJ Abdul Kalam has been appointed as chancellor of which school? Answer: IIST Thiruvanantpuram
11. Astra is which kind of missile? Answer: Air to Air
12. Who is Margaret Chan? Answer: Director General of WHO , recently visited India
13. What is Deo Parliamentary Committee Probing? Answer: Cash for Votes scandal in Parliament
14. How many blocks have been recently decided to award for exploration of oil and gas by the Union Gas & Petroleum Ministry recently? Answer: 45
15. Which lone sailing ship of Indian Navy Has embarkedupon voyage of four nations? Answer: INS Tarangini
16. Who is the winner of ASCA Sooker Invitation Tournament? Answer: Pankaj Advani
17. What is APEDA? Answer: Agricultural & Processed Food Products ExportDevelopment Authority
18. Who has been given the Appan Menon Memorial Award 2008.2009? Answer: Delhi Union of Journalists
19. Which country has recently banned Indian Drug Company Ranbaxy’s Products? Answer: USA banned 28 drugs of Ranbaxy
20. Recently the canbinet has increased hike ofPresident , Vice President , and Governars by how much (in %)? Answer: 300%

1. Who won recently Murugappa Gold Cup? Answer: Air India Beating Indian Oil
2. Which are the two institutes chosen for Shanti Swaroop Bhatnagar Science & Technology Award? Answer: CIMAP & CSMCRI
3. What is the meaning of a secular state? Answer: The state regards religiosn as a private affair of the decisions and does not DISCRIMINATE on this basis.
4. In which types of disputes Supreme Court of India Acts as Federal Court? Answer: Interstate Disputes
5. For how long, A joint sitting of both the houses of Parliament may be convened to consider a bill which was passed by one house and pending in another house? Answer: 6 months
6. The council of Ministers is collectively responsible to whom? Answer: Lok Sabha (Article 75 (3) )
7. What is meaning of Lame Duck Session of Parliament? Answer: Last session of the parliament before dissolution of Loksabha
8. If a no.confidence motion is passed in Loksabha then what happens? Answer: The whole council of ministers has to resign
9. Who elect Vice President? Answer: Members of Rajya Sabha & Loksabha.
10. Who was the President of Indian National Congress at the time of Independence? Answer: J.B. Kriplani
11. Who were the two martyrs , accused for killing English Officers in England and hanged later on? Answer: Udhamsingh & MadanLal Dhingra
12. What was the date when Subhash Chandra Bose declared the formation of “interim Government of India”. Answer: 21.Oct.43
13. Who was the first President of Muslim League? Answer: Salimullah Khan
14. Civil Disobedience Law started with which event? Answer: Breaking Salt Law
15. Why Gandhi Irwin Pact was criticized? Answer: Lacked provisions of Gandhi Irwin Pact
16. Which was the socialist leader , who ran away from the Hazaribagh Prison and assumed the leadership of Quit India Movent? Answer: Jaiprakash Narayan
17. During whose reign the Gandhara School of Art blossom? Answer: Kanishka
18. Who defeated Harshvardhan on the bank of Narmada? Answer: Pulakesin II
19. During whose reign Grand Trunk Road was formed? Answer: Shershah Suri
20. On the bank of which river the city of Vijayanagar is located? Answer: Tungbhadra

1. What was the capital of Bahamani Kings? Answer: Gulbarga
2. Who built Brihadeshwara temple in Tanjore? Answer: Raja Raja Chola
3. The fort of Tughlaqabad near Delhi was formed by whom? Answer: Ghiyasuddin Tuglaq
4. During the battle of Plassi , who was Nawab of Bengal? Answer: Sirajuddola
5. Who among the Moghul Emperors was a perfect player of Veena? Answer: Aurangazeb.
6. What is a soft currency? Answer: A currency having a falling exchange rate due to a continuing balance of payments deficit.
7. What is Greenback? Answer: US Dollar is also referred as Greenback.
8. Which company is establishing Oil Refinery at Bhatinda? Answer: HPCL
9. In which state is located Kanker Ghati Park? Answer: Chhattisgarh
10. Where is Mansarovar lake? Answer: China
11. Where is Guru Shikhar? Answer: Guru Shikhar is highest peak of Aravali Mountains located at Mount Abu, in Rajasthan.
12. What does indicate the color of a star? Answer: It's Temperature
13. What is willy willy? Answer: A Tropical Cyclone at North West Australia
14. What makes international boundary between Tanzania & Uganda? Answer: Victoria Lake
15. Where is Taylor Valley? Answer: USA
16. Which river is associated with TulBul Project? Answer: Jhelum
17. What is Hypoglycemia? Answer: Low Blood Sugar
18. From which part of the plant Opium is derived? Answer: Dried Latex
19. Glycogen is Stored in which part of the body? Answer: Liver
20. Where do we find cartilage in Human Body? Answer: Nose

1. During digestion Proteins are broken into what? Answer: Amino Acids
2. What is ‘Hit and Hide Virus’ Answer: RSV Virus
3. Who was the first cricketer to claim 500 wickets in test matches? Answer: Courtney Walsh
4. What is Tenzin Gyatso? Answer: Dalai Lama is known as Tenzin Gyatso
5. What was the name of State Bank of India Before Nationalisation? Answer: Imperial Bank of India
6. Who led a nonviolent movement in America for full civil rights for negros? Answer: Martin Luther King
7. ‘Portrait Francoise’ was an art piece created by? Answer: Pablo Picasso
8. What is the original name of Santa Cluase? Answer: St. Nicolas
9. What is Zend_Avesta? Answer: Religious Book of Parsees
10. Who wrote the book.“The Man of Killed Gandhi”? Answer: Manohar Malgaonkar
11. Whose Biography is “My Country My Life”? Answer: LK Advani
12. By which name the officer responsible for safe custody of land records during the Gupta Period was known as? Answer: Karanika
13. What are Kayals? Answer: Narrow water area attached with a main landin the form of channel found in Kerala
14. Which river originates from Amarkantak? Answer: Narmada
15. Which Kind of Forests occupy the highest percentage in India Area Wise? Answer: Tropical Deciduous
16. Which is Highest Peak in India? Answer: Nanda Devi (7817 meters), Kanchenjanga, Everest , Makalu are in Nepal
17. What is Pensi La? Answer: A hill at Ladakh, which connects Sri Nagar with Leh
18. Whare is headquarter of Asian Development Bank? Answer: Manila
19. Which is most mobile factor of production? Answer: Capital
20. What is present strength of Rajya Sabha Answer: 245

1. Who was the first India Scholar who treated Mathematics as a Different subject Answer: Aryabhatta
2.On what date Indo.US Nuclear cooperation treaty was signed? Answer: October 11, 2008
3. Who headed IIM review Committee which recommended higher Government control on IIM? Answer: RC Bhargava
4. On what date India launched its first Moon Mission Chandrayan? Answer: October 22, 2008
5. What was the name of Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle which put Chandrayan I into orbit? Answer: PSLV.C.11
6. How many other countries have sent moon mission earlier? Answer: Three, India is Fourth
7. Which IBSA summit concluded recently in New Delhi? Answer: Third
8. What is ACD? Answer: Asia Cooperation Dialogue
9. Who is the new president of Maldives? Answer: Mohammed Anni Nasheed
10. Which state topped the Government’s Primary Education Development Index? Answer: Kerala
11. What is EDI? Answer: Education Development Index
12. On what day National Consumer Rights Day is observed? Answer: December 24.
13. Who was the batsman put on the top in recent Reliance ICC Test Ranking? Answer: Mike Hussey
14. Where was the 4000 years old Pyramid found recently? Answer: Egypt
15. Which country ranks top in gender equality? Answer: Norway
16. Who has written the book.Politics & Politics.A Marxist Perspective? Answer: Prakash Karat
17. Who was the first Indian to become the President of World Squash Federation? Answer: N Ramchandran
18. What is Nerpa? Answer: A nuclear enabled submarine
19. Who is the new Vice President of USA? Answer: Joe Biden
20. Who won Singapore Open Golf Recently? Answer: Jeev Milkha Singh

1. Which state of India is least densely populated? Answer: Arunachal Pradesh
2. Which is the only country in South East Asia which is totally landlocked? Answer: Laos
3. Where is security Printing Press? Answer: Hyderabad
4. What is the stretch of India from north to south? Answer: 3200 Kms
5. What is ASEAN and where is its headquarters? Answer: Association of SouthEast Asian Nations, Jakarta
6. Orissa shares its longest border with which state? Answer: Andhra Pradesh
7. Who founded PURA? Answer: PURA is providing Urban Amenities in Rural Areas, and was founded by Honorable Former President APJ Abdul Kalam
8. Who got the Qutub Minar Finished? Answer: Firoz Shah Tuglaq
9. Which Veda gives the first classification of PRAN ( Respiration)? Answer: Rig Veda
10. What do we call collection of Budhdha’s Teaching? Answer: Budhdha Charita
11. Who was the first Muslim President of Indian National Congress? Answer: Badruddin Tayyabji
12. What is the name of the organism which causes malignant Malaria in Human? Answer: Plasmodium Falciparum
13. Who plays important role in Protein synthesis in body? Answer: Ribosomes
14. Who is the president of the world Bank? Answer: Robert Zoellick
15. What is the name of the Indian origin Management Guru awarded as greatest Management Thinker alive in the world by Thinkers 50? Answer: CK Prahalad
16. What are pneumatophores? Answer: The breathing roots of mangroves.
17. Who founded National Mela? Answer: Naba Gopal Mitra
18. In which house of the Parliament, the presiding officer is not a member of the House? Answer: Rajya Sabha
19. Who was the court Poet of Samudra Gupta? Answer: Harishena
20. Who was the first female president of Indian National Congress? Answer: Sarojini Naidu

1. Who was accompanying Bhagat Sigh while throwing a Bomb at the central legislature at New Delhi? Answer: Batukeshwar Datta
2. Who was the founder of Swadesh Bandhav samiti? Answer: Aswini Kumar Datta
3. What is a national income? Answer: Sum total of factor Incomes.
4. The constitution of India is rigid or flexible? Answer: Both partially.
5. What is the reason that Sunadarbans were declared as world Hritage? Answer: Because of Mangrove Forests and Biodiversity
6. Who was the Mughal emperor , from whom East India Company Secured Diwani? Answer: Shah Aaalam II
7. Who was the governor General at the time of ‘Sepoy Mutiny’. Answer: Canning
8. In whose court , Amir Khusro was a Court Poet? Answer: Alauddin Khilji
9. Who was the writer of Sundarkaand? Answer: Tulsidas, Sunadarkand is a part of Ramcharitamanas.
10. Which Mughal emperor was defeated by Shershah in 1540? Answer: Humayun
11. Who is famous as Father of Modern India? Answer: Raja Ram Mohan Roy
12. Who were associated with Lahore Conspiracy Case? Answer: Bhagat Singh, Rajguru & Sukhdev
13. Where did the formation of Azad Hind Fauj take Place? Answer: Singapore
14. What were the watchwords for French Revolution? Answer: Liberty , Equality and Fraterenity
15. Who was the author of ‘Common Sense’, a revolutionary pamphlet of the American Revolution? Answer: Thomas Paine
16. Who constructed Red fort of Delhi? Answer: Shah Jahan
17. Which canal connects Baltic Sea and North sea? Answer: Keil Canal
18. Detroit is famous for which industry? Answer: Automobiles
19. Who was first to measure the circumference of Earth? Answer: Eratosthenes
20. Who used the word ‘Swarajya’ First? Answer: Bal Gangadhar Tilak

1. How much of longitude account for one hour? Answer: 15 degree
2. Which quality of iron ore is best based upon iron content? Answer: Magnetite, followed by hematite>Limonite>Siderite
3. In which sea Sunda Trench Lies? Answer: Indian Ocean
4. Amravati is a tributary of which river? Answer: Kaveri
5. Which river flows between Vindhyan & satpura ranges? Answer: Narmada
6. In which only decade, India’s Population had shown negative growth? Answer: 1911.1921
7. Sun is visible little before actual sunrise , because of which phenomenon? Answer: Atmospheric Refraction
8. What does a lens with .5D number mean? Answer: A concave less with a focal length of 20 cms.
9. What type of vibrations is produced in sitar wire? Answer: Stationary Transverse
10. A typical human ribcage consists of how many ribs? Answer: 24
11. What kind of forests cover maximum area in India? Answer: Tropical Dry Deciduous Forests
12. In West Bengal where the Silk Industry is found? Answer: Cooch Behar
13. Wher is located Saraswati Hydro.electric Project? Answer: Karnataka
14. Who is the final authority to interpret the constitution? Answer: Supreme Court
15. Who introduced Gurumukhi Script? Answer: Guru Angad
16. In which year Rowlett Act was passed? Answer: 1919
17. Seleukas was defeated by? Answer: Chandra Gupta Maurya
18. Who organized ‘Bratachari’ Movement? Answer: Gurusaday Datta
19. What was the primary emphasis during 2nd 5 year Plan? Answer: Basic & Key Industries
20. What kind of a valley Narmada flows through? Answer: V.shaped Fluvial Valley