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1. Which party became largest political party in all over the World : BharatiyaJanata Party by crossing the member figures of 8.8 Crore

2. Who won FBB Femina Miss India title 2015 : Aditi Arya3. Which Cricketer known as the nickname of Pup : Michael Clarke4. Who was the founder of Banaras Hindu University : Pandit Madan Mohan

Malviya

5. IRNSS-1-D satellite successfully launched by ISRO from which place :Sriharikota, Andhra Pradesh

6. Who conferred with Major Dhyan Chand Lifetime Achievement Award :Balbir Singh Senior

7. Which State of India became 1st to launch e-Vidhan Mobile Apps in theAssembly : Himachal Pradesh

8. Exposure to sunlight helps a person improve his health because : theultraviolet rays convert skin oil into Vitamin D

9. Guru Gopi Krishna was a maestro of which Dance : Kathak10.Who is the Prime Minister of Japan : Shinzo Abe11.What is the full form of VCR : Video Cassette Recorder12.Who was 1st receipient of Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna Award : Vishwanathan

Anand13.The book namely The Power and Glory written by which Author : Graham

Greene of United Kingdom14.Which is principal organ of the United Nations that as virtually

accomplished its object : The Trusteeship Council15.The use of Kharoshti in ancient Indian architecture is the result of Indias

contract with which country : Greece



16.Which city of Japan became 1st ever district of Japan to recognise same sexpartnerships as the equivalent of a marriage : Shibuya

17.Who is the Prime Minister of Qatar : Abdullah bin Naseer bin Khalifa AlThani

18.Who became the President of Nigeria : Muhammadu Bihari19.What is the full name of Daniel Vettori, the famous Cricketer of New

Zealand : Daniel Luca Vettori20.According to the report of World Justice Project, which country ranked at

No.1 position : Sweden21.In the match between India and Pakistan at Jaipur on 02.10.1983, which new

rule was introduced : No balls and wides were debited to bowlers analysis22.Who developed Yahoo : David Filo and Jerry Yang23.Plants absorb most part of water needed by them through their : Root hairs24.The nucleus of a hydrogen atom consists of : 1 proton only25.Metals are good conductors of electricity because : They contain free

electrons

26.Bromine is a : Red liquid27.The birthday of which of the leader in India is observed as Children Day :

Jawaharlal Nehru

28.Kathakali is a folk dance prevalent in which State : Kerala

29.Indian School of Mines is located in which Indian city : Dhanbad30.The percentage of earth surface covered by India is : 2.431.Who appointed as Cyber Security Chief : Gulshan Rai32.The scheme namely Aahar launched by which State of India : Odisha

33.Who is the Governor of the State of Odisha : Dr.S.C. Jamir34.The scheme Aahar launched for which purpose : To provide subsidised

food to urban poor people



35.Which city became the Capital city of Andhra Pradesh : Amaravathi36.Draft Cease Fire agreement signed between which organisations : Myanmar

and 16 Ethnic Rebel Groups37.Who is the President of Myanmar : Thein Sein38.Who is the Author of the book namely Aatank Ke Saaye Men : Garima

Sanjay39.The book Sankrant written by which famous Hindi poet : Kailash Vajpeyi40.For the Olympics and World Tournaments, the dimensions of basketball

court are : 28 m 15 m41.The famous peson Pierre Cardin of Italy is associated with which field :

Fashion Designing

42.Who is the Prime Minister of Italy : Matteo Renzi

43.The highest degree of concentration of mineral deposits are found in :Northeastern Zone

44.The invention of Waterbed invented by : Charles Prior Hall45.Ashok Chakra is awarded for : the most conspicuous bravery or self sacrifice

on land, air or sea but not in the presence of the enemy46.Who is the CEO of WIPRO : T.K. Kurien47.Who resigned from the post of Chief Business Officer of WIPRO :

Satishchandra Doreswamy48.Which Indian Badminton player became No.1 player in all over the World :

Saina Nehwal49.Who is the President of China : Xi Jinping50.Who became the Chief Justice of Sikkim High Court : Sunil Kumar Sinha51.Who awarded with Sir Richard Hadlee Medal for the year 2014-15 :

Brendon McCullum



52.What is the full form of FAME-India : Faster Adoption and Manufacturingof Hybrid and Electric Vehicles-India

53.Who is the Prime Minister of Singapore : Lee Hsien Loong54.Which cricket player has scored the most runs in a single Test Innings :

Brian Lara of West Indies55.DB computer abbreviation usually means : Database56.Placenta is the structure formed : by the union of foetal and uterine tissue57.The monomer of polythene is : Ethylene58.On a rainy day, small oil films on water show brilliant colours. This is due to

: Interference

59.When an iron nail gets rusted, iron oxide is formed : with increase in theweight of the nail

60.The year 1981 proclaimed as International Year of Disabled Persons bywhich organization : United Nations General Assembly

61.Which is the Capital city of Iraq : Baghdad62.Who won Gita Champions League : Marryam Siddiqui63.Who organized Gita Champions League : International Society for Krishna

Consciousness (ISKCON)64.Andes Mountains situated in which Country : South America65.Who was Malli Mastan Babu who found dead in Andes Mountains :

Mountaineer of India66.Which Indian Cricketer emerged as most searched player on Google :

Mahendra Singh Dhoni67.What is the Currency of Tanzania : Tanzania Shilling68.Film and TV Institute of India is located at : Pune, Maharashtra69.Charles Correa of India has related with which field : Architecture70.Which country is the most Gold producing in the World : China



71.Who founded the fountain pen in the year 1884 : Lewis Edson Waterman72.Cannes Award is given for excellence in which field : Films

73.The book namely The Gathering Storm is written by which Author :Winston Churchill

74.What is the full form of WWF : World Wide Fund for Nature75.The title of Viceroy was added to the office of Governor-General of India

for the 1st time in the year : 1858 AD76.Which is the Capital city of United States of America : Washington D.C.77.Which service closed by India Post : Money Order service78.According to report released by Union Ministry of Urban Development,

which State leads in implementation of Swachh Bharat Mission : Gujarat79.Which is the National Game of India : Hockey80.Who is the CEO of Snapdeal : Kunal Bahl81.According to the report of Global Resilience Index 2015, What is Indias

rank : 119th

82.According to the report of Global Resilience Index 2015, which countryranked at No.1 position : Norway

83.Who is the President of Norway : Olemic Thommessen84.Which is the currency of Switzerland : Swiss Franc85.Sania Mirza and Martina Hingis won Miami Open Doubles Title 2015 after

defeating : Elena Vesnina and Ekaterina Makarova of Russia86.Which county did Mohammad Azharuddin play for : Derbyshire87.The sampling rate (how many samples per second are stored) for a CD is :

44.1 khz

88.Potato is a modified form of : stem89.The mass of one Avogadro number of helium atom is : 4.00 gram



90.On a clean glass plate a drop of water spreads to form a thin layer whereas adrop of mercury remains almost spherical because : cohesion of mercury isgreater than its adhesion with glass

91.Who became the Prime Minister of Peru : Pedro Cateriano Bellido92.Who is the President of Peru : Ollanta Humala93.What is the full form of DGCEI : Directorate General of Central Excise

Intelligence

94.The anti-corruption helpline number 1031 launched by which StateGovernment : Government of Delhi

95.Who became the Governor of Mizoram : Keshari Nath Tripathi96.Who won Golden Peacock National Quality Award : Delhi International

Airport Limited97.Who appointed as Chairman of Indian Premier League Governing Council :

Rajeev Shukla98.Georgia became the member of United Nations Organization in which year :

199299.Who fits with this description Indian Cotton Merchant, Banker,

Congressman, a close associate of Mahatma Gandhi : G.D. Birla100. The highest average salinity amongst the following seas is reported

from : Dead Sea101. What invention is credited to the Russian born American inventor

Vladimir Kosma Zworykin : Television102. The UNESCOs Prix Jules Verne prize has been given to which of

the following serials of Doordarshan : Turning Point103. The book namely The Naked Face is written by which Author :

Sidney Sheldon



104. The International Human Rights Convention adopted by the UnitedNations in which year : children

105. The language of discourses of Gautama Buddha was : Pali106. What is the full form of CII : Confederation of Indian Industry107. Recently, CII signed an agreement with which organization :

European Bank for Reconstruction and Development108. Who won Institute of Physics Prize : Pratap Singh

109. Dena Bank signed an agreement with LIC to provide insurance coverto all Aadhaar-linked savings account holders, the scheme will come intoeffect from which date : 01 June 2015

110. World Health Day is observed on which date : 07th April111. What was the theme of World Health Day 2015 : From Farm to Plate,

Make Food Safe112. The ozone layer restricts : Ultraviolet radiation113. The first woman in space was : Valentina Tereshkova

114. The latitude of a place expresses its angular position relative to theplane of : Equator

115. In which decade was the telegraph invented : 1840s116. Which is the highest civilian award of India : Bharat Ratna117. Which is the highest civilian award of Pakistan : Nishan-e-Pakistan118. The famous character Pickwick was created by : Charles Dickens119. Where is the Headquarter of World Trade Organisation : Geneva120. The term Yavanapriya mentioned in ancient Sanskrit texts denoted :

Peeper

121. Who is Liu Xiang : Famous Athlete of China122. Which bank completed 25 years of its operations : Small Industries

Development Bank of India (SIDBI)



123. What is the full form of TRAI : Telecom Regulatory Authority ofIndia

124. TRAI launched which emergency number recently : 112125. Who won Syed Mushtaq Ali T20 Trophy : Gujarat Cricket Team126. Who appointed as Director of ISRO Satellite Centre : Mayilsamy

Annadurai127. Dronavalli Harika won Bronze Medal in World Womens Chess

Championship after defeating : Natalija Pogonina of Russia128. MUDRA Bank launched by Prime Minister Narendra Modi under

which scheme : Pradhan Mantri Jan Dhan Yojana129. What is the full form of MUDRA : Micro Units Development and

Refinance Agency Ltd.130. Which is the Mainpur version of Hockey : Khong Kangjei131. What does UPS mean : Uninterruptable Power Supply132. Plants developing in dry conditions are : Xerophytes133. The gas used in the manufacture of vanaspati from vegetable oil is :

Hydrogen134. The sound travels at the fastest speed in : steel135. Potassium nitrate is used in : Fertiliser136. According to the report of Social Progress Index, India ranked at

which position : 101st

137. According to the report of Social Progress Index, which countryranked at the top position : Norway

138. What is the currency of Norway : Norwegian Krone

139. Which organization became Indias new Public Sector Undertaking :IFCI Limited



140. The State of Rajasthan signed an agreement with which company toimprove 3056 Aanganwadi Centres : Vedanta Group

141. Who appointed as President of Confederation of Indian Industry :Sumit Mazumdar

142. Who appointed as Chief Election Commissioner of India : Dr.NasimZaidi

143. D. Jayakanthan, died on 08th April 2015, he was : Famous TamilWriter

144. What is the full form of DRDL : Defence Research and DevelopmentLaboratory

145. Who known as Flying Sikh of India : Milkha Singh146. The islands with coral covered surfaces in Bay of Bengal are :

Nicobar Islands147. Who invented Bifocal Lens : Benjamin Franklin148. On whose name is the highest award for services to the development

of cinema given : Dada Saheb149. Who wrote the book namely Preparing for the Twenty-First Century

: Paul Kennedy150. The Economic and Social Commission for Asia and Pacific is located

at : Bangkok

151. Who won Chinese F1 Grand Prix for the year 2015 : Lewis Hamiltonof Britain

152. Chinese F1 Grand Prix for the year 2015 held in which city :Shanghai, China

153. What is the full form of SOA : Summits of the Americas154. What is the name of new Air Service launched in India : Air Pegasus



155. Which State Legislature passed a bill that allows use of Nitrogen gasas a method of execution : The State Legislature of Oklahome, USA

156. What is the full form of IRENA : International Renewable EnergyAgency

157. Who is the Director General of IRENA : Adnan Z. Amin158. Who appointed as Chief Executive Officer of Khadi Village and

Industries Commission : Arun Kumar Jha159. Who is the President of JK Group : Bharat Hari Singhania160. Employees Provident Fund Organisation suspended which monthly

pension scheme : Rs.1000 minimum monthly pension scheme161. Where is the Headquarter of World Food Programme : Rome, Italy162. Which is the currency of Italy : Euro163. How many Indians evacuated under the Operation Raahat : About

5600 Indians164. Hrushikesh Moolgavkar died recently, who was he : Former Air Chief

Marshal of Indian Air Force165. Which city named as Global Earth Hour Capital for the year 2015 :

Seoul, South Korea166. What is the full form of ISSF : International Shooting Sport

Federation167. ISSF World Cup 2015 held in which city : Changwon, South Korea168. Yuki Bhambri of India won Uzbekistan F1 Futures Mens singles title

after defeating : Dzmitry Zyrmont of Serbia169. Who is the President of Serbia : Tomislav Nikolic170. Muhammad Kamaruzzaman hanged by Bangladesh for which crime :

War Crimes in the year 1971



171. Muhammad Kamaruzzaman was related with which organization :Jamaat-e-Islami

172. Who won Sultan Azlan Shah Cup : New Zealand after defeatingAustralia

173. Who became President of Wrestling Federation of India : BrijbhushanSharan Singh

174. Former Lt. General Hanut Singh died recently, he was the founder ofwhich organization : Shivbala Yogi Ashram Parisar, Dehradun, Uttarkhand

175. Which Indian city named as National Earth Hour Capital for the year2015 : Thane, Maharashtra

176. India successfully test fired which surface-to-surface nuclear missile :Dhanush Ballistic Missile

177. Where is the Headquarter of United Nations Organization : NewYork, USA

178. Graham Green was associated with which filed : Literature179. Which is the largest part of our hydrosphere : Pacific Ocean180. Who developed the idea of Crop Rotation : Turnip Townsend181. What is the currency of South Africa : Rand182. Which bank placed at the top in mobile banking transactions : HDFC

Bank

183. Who is the Foreign Minister of North Korea, visited India recently :Ri Su Yong

184. Vividh Bharati Service of Delhi on FM Mode inaugrated by whichfamous personality : Finance Minister of India Arun Jaitley

185. Who is the Chief Minister of Arunachal Pradesh : Nabam Tuki



186. Pravin Amre and Vinod Kambli played for which province in SouthAfrica : Boland

187. JPG extension refers usually to what kind of file : Image file188. Photosynthesis is a process : reductive, endergonic and anabolic189. The high reactivity of fluorine is due to : its high electro negativity190. What is the full form of LED : Light Emitting Diodes191. What is laughing gas : Nitrous Oxide192. Army Day is observed on which day : 15th January193. The ratio of width of our National Flag to its length is : 2:3194. Vikram Sarabhai Space centre is located in which city :

Thiruvananthapuram

195. The outer Himalayas lie between : The lease Himalayas and the IndoGangetic plain

196. Who was the Bowling Coach of South Africa Cricket team, resignedrecently : Allan Donald

197. Andaman and Nicobar Island lies at which Coast of India : EasternCoast of India

198. Who became 1st lady Judge of Sikkim High Court : Justice MeenakshiMadan Rai

199. Who is the Governor of Sikkim : Srinivas Patil200. 4th Lighthouse Museum of India will be opened in which city :

Kannur, Kerala

201. Surya Bahadur Thapa, the former Prime Minister of Nepal, diedrecently, he was remained Prime Minister of Nepal for how many times : 5times



202. During World War-I Germany was defeated in the Battle of Verdunon the Western front and Romania declared war on the eastern front in thewhich year : 1916 AD

203. Sanjay Dutt, the famous Bollywood actor was held under which Act :Terrorist and Disruptive Activities (Prevention) Act

204. The highest sand dunes are found in which Desert : The Sahara Desert205. What piece of clothing was invented by French fashion designer Louis

Reard in the year 1946 : Bikini

206. Who was the 1st Black American to win the Nobel Prize for Literatureis : Toni Morrison

207. Who is the Author of Ashtadhyayi : Panini208. Where is the Headquarter of International Atomic Energy Agency :

Vienna

209. The system of Dual Government during the latter half of the 18th

Century AD is associated with whose name : Clive210. The national flag of India adopted by Constituent Assembly of India

on which date : 22nd July 1947211. What is the currency of Yemen : Yemeni Rial

212. Susanta Lahiri and Kattesh V. Katti received Hevesy Medal Awardfor which contribution : Radio and Nuclear Chemistry

213. India successfully test fired Agni-III ballistic missile from whichplace : Wheeler Island off the Odisha Coast

214. Who appointed as Ambassador of India to France : Dr.Mohan Kumar215. Laureus Sports Awards 2015 ceremony held on 15th April 2015 in

which city : Shanghai, China



216. Who is the Prime Minister of Canada : Stephen Harper217. Which English country did batting sensation Virender Sehwag join in

the year 2003 : Leicestershire218. What is the full form of NTSC : National Television Standards

Committee219. Organic Substances which, in very small amounts, control growth and

development called : Hormones

220. The most extensive, commercially useful source of thorium as

monazite sand occurs in India at which place : Travancore Coast221. Supersonic plane fly with which speed : Greater than the speed of

sound222. In fireworks, the green flame is produced because of : Barium223. National Maritime Day of India falls on which date : 05th April224. Dandia is a popular dance of which State of India : Gujarat

225. National Science Centre is located in which city : Delhi226. Who became highest Test wicket taker for England Cricket Team :

James Anderson227. James Anderson broke whose record of 383 wickets in Test Matches :

Sir Ian Botham228. Stanislav Gross, the former Prime Minister of Czech Republic died

recently, he became Prime Minister at which age : 34 years of age229. According to the report of TIME Magazine, who topped the list of

100 most influential persons : Kanye Omari West of USA230. World Hemophilia Day observed on which date : 17th April231. For galvanizing iron which metal is used : Zinc



232. Miss Universe 1994, Ms.Sushmita Sen hails from which city : NewDelhi

233. Where is the Headquarter of UNO : New York, USA234. Who is the largest producer of Mica in Asia : India235. Who invented the HOVERCRAFT : C. Cockerell236. Which State of India gives Mewar Award : Rajasthan237. What is the original name of Mahabharata : Jai Samhita

238. What is the full form of INTERPOL : International Criminal PoliceOrganisation

239. The Vedic deity Indra was the Goddess of : Rain and Thunder240. The preamble declares India as a sovereign state which implies : India

is free to conduct here internal as well as external affairs241. Who appointed as Head of the team probing the Indian Premiere

League scandal : Vivek Priyadarshi242. What is the full form of RVNL : Rail Vikas Nigam Ltd.243. Who appointed as General Secretary of Communist Party of India

(Marxist) : Sitaram Yechury244. Who became 1st woman bus driver of Delhi Transport Corporation :

Vankadarath Saritha of Telangana245. World Heritage Day is observed on which date : 18th April246. Who is the highest wicket taker in Test Cricket : Muttiah Muralitharan

of Sri Lanka247. Compact discs, (according to the original CD specifications) hold how

many minutes of music : 74 minutes

248. Mumps is a disease caused by : Virus249. Which is the most important ore of aluminium : Bauxite



250. When the Solar Eclipse will take place : The moon is between the sunand the earth

251. Balloons are filled with which gas : Helium252. Journalist Day is observed on which date : 28th October253. Mohiniattam Dance related with which Indian state : Kerala254. Where is the Headquarter of National Power Training Institute :

Faridabad, Haryana255. What percentage of Indias total population employed in agriculture :

70%256. Which four persons expelled from AAP Party : Prashant Bhushan,

Yogendra Yadav, Anand Kumar, Ajit Jha257. The service namely Tap-n-Pay launched by which private sector

bank : ICICI Bank Ltd.258. The scheme namely Rupay Platinum Debit Card launched by which

bank : IDBI Bank259. China and Pakistan signed an agreement which important project

recently : China-Pakistan Economic Corridor260. Which three Indian Race Walkers qualified for 2016 Rio Olympics :

Khushbir Kaur, Manish Rawat, Sandeep261. Which two Indians honoured at 5th Asian Film Awards 2015 : Shah

Rukh Khan and Zayn Malik262. Janaki Ballabh Patnaik, died recently, he was the former Chief

Minister of State : Odisha263. Himalayan Mountaineering Institute is located at which place :

Darjeeling264. Who is known as Trimurthy of Carnatic Music : Muthuswami

Dikshitar



265. The ionosphere contains ionized air that protects the earth from : Thefalling meteorites

266. Who discovered the first practical method of freezing food : C.Birdseye

267. Who has instituted an award for an outstanding parliamentarian : G.B.Pant Memorial Society

268. Who directed the film Little Buddha : Bernardo Bertolucci269. Where is the Headquarter of UNHCR : Geneva270. We can know about early vedic period from which veda : Rig Veda271. Earth Day is obseved on which date : 22nd April272. When was first time Earth Day was organized : In the year 1970273. Who is the founder of Earth Day : Senator Gaylod Nelson274. Name the former President of Egypt who was sentenced by 20 years

of prison : Mohamed Mursi275. Who won Monte Carlo Masters Title of Tennis : Novak Djokovic276. Who appointed as Chief Advisor of Anti-Corruption and Security

Unit of Board of Control for Cricket in India : Neeraj Kumar277. Civil Services Day is observed on which date : 21st April278. When will be Africa T20 Cup organized : 04th September 2015 to 04th

October 2015279. Who was the 1st Indian to win an individual medal in Olympics : K.D.

Jadhav280. BAK extension refers usually to what kind of file : Backup file281. Which is the most suitable for study of mountains : Haploids282. The National Chemical Laboratory is situated at which place : Pune,

Maharashtra

283. Identify the vector quantity from : Angular momentum



284. Water is a good solvent of ionic salts, why : Because it has a highdipole moment

285. Which akademi is responsible for fostering the development of dance,drama and music in India : Sangeet Akademi

286. The app namely UTS launched by which Indian department : IndianRailways

287. Operation Decisive Storm ended by Saudi Arabia, earlier it was

started on : 25th March 2015288. Three new tiger reserves will be establish in India in which states :

Madhya Pradesh, Odisha and Chhattisgarh289. Which train of Japan set the World record of 603 km per hour near

Mount Fuji, Japan : Maglev Train290. Which is highest civilian award of Pakistan : Nishan-e-Pakistan291. Which Chinese politician awarded with highest civilian award of

Pakistan : Xi Jinping, President of China292. Pollution Management and Environmental Health Programme

launched by which organization recently : World Bank293. Free surface of a liquid behaves like a sheet and tends to contract to

the smallest possible area due to the : Force of cohesion294. Who is Larry Lee Pressler : Famous politician of USA295. Which is the largest gulf in all over the World : Gulf of Mexico296. Who invented Bakelite : Leo Hendrik Baekeland of Belgium297. Which is the capital city of Belgium : Brussels298. Who is the 1st Asian winner of Nobel Prize : Rabindranath Tagore299. The book namely The Man who knew Infinity written by Robert

Kanigel is the biography of which famous person : Srinivasa Ramanujan ofIndia



300. What is the full form of NAM : Non-Aligned Movement301. The Hubble Telescope, the joint venture between NASA and

European Space Agency completed how many years of its establishmentrecently : 25 years

302. You Tube the famous video sharing site completed how many yearsof its establishment recently : 10 years

303. Gorkha Rifles of Indian Army completed how many years of itsestablishment recently : 200 years

304. Shah Rukh Khan awarded with Dadasaheb Phalke Film FoundationAward 2015 for which film : Happy New Year

305. World Book and Copyright Day observed on which date : 23rd April306. Who was the 1st President of BCCI (Board of Control for Cricket in

India) : R.E. Grant Govan307. What does AM mean : Amplitude modulation308. Oxyreductases, transferases, hydrolases, lyases, isomerases and

ligases are allclasses of : Enzymes

309. The maximum number of covalent formed by nitrogen is : 4310. Mica is used in electrical appliances such as electric iron because

mica is : A good conductor of heat but a bad conductor of electricity311. Potassium Permanganate is used for purifying drinking water, because

: It is an oxidising agent312. World Environment Day is observed on which date : 05th June313. The Rath Yatra at Puri is celebrated in honour of which Hindu deity :

Jaganath



314. Dr.Babasaheb Ambedkar Marathwada University is located at whichplace : Aurangabad

315. Which type of soil are mostly confined to river basins and coastalplains of India : Alluvial soils

316. Who launched Anti Drug Campaign recently : Gurdass Mann, famousPunjabi singer

317. Which is the currency of Jordan : Jordanian Dinar318. Who was the Chief Financial Officer of United Spirits Limited,

resigned recently : Pathai Ananthasubramanian Murali319. National Panchayati Raj Day is observed on which date : 24th April320. According to the report of World Happiness Report 2015, which

country topped the list : Switzerland321. What is the full form of FFC : Film Finance Corporation322. Who headed the 1st scientific group to leave for Antarctica in the year

1982 : Dr.S.Z. Kasim323. The light of distant stars is affected by : The earths atmosphere and

interstellar dust324. The Seed Drill invented by which scientist : Jethro Tull325. Pulitzer Prize is awarded for outstanding work in which field :

Literature and Journalism326. G-15 is a group of : Developing countries327. An English novel namely In Custody written by which author :

Anita Desai

328. Which is the capital city of Sikkim : Gangtok

329. The members of Lok Sabha hold office for a term of how many years: 5 years

330. Paper currency firstly started in India in which year : 1861



331. Who was the Chairman of Volkswagen, resigned recently : FerdinandPiech

332. Indian Oil Corporation started its new unit at which place : Paradip,Odisha

333. What is the regional language of Odisha : Oriya334. World Malaria Day is observed on which date : 25th April335. Indias Healthcare Portal launched by which famous personality :

Prime Minister Narendra Modi336. Who won Heinz Award for the year 2015 : Sangeeta Bhatia337. Gopinath Pillai awarded with Oustanding Service Award, earlier in

the year 2012 he was awarded with which award : Padma Shri Award338. Who won Asian Banker Achievement Award for the year 2015 :

Bharatiya Mahila Bank

339. Who is the CEO of Bharatiya Mahila Bank : UshaAnanthasubramanian

340. Ricky Ponting, former Captain of Australian Cricket team also knownas which nick name : Punter

341. What is the full form of EPROM : Erasable Programmable Read OnlyMemory

342. Ozone hole refers to : Decrease in thickness of ozone layer in

stratosphere

343. The number of moles of solute present in 1 kg of solvent is called its :Molality

344. It is easier to roll a stone up a sloping road than to lift it verticalupwards because : Work done in both is same but the rate of doing work isless in rolling



345. Chlorophyll is a naturally occurring chelate compound in whichcentral metal is : Magnesium

346. Who is the CEO of iGate : Ashok Vemuri347. Who is the CEO of Bank of Baroda : Ranjan Dhawan348. Who is the President of Indonesia : Joko Widodo349. Who awarded with Pandit Dinanath Mangeshkar Award 2015 : Anil

Kapoor

350. Who became 1st black female Attorney General of USA : LorettaLynch

351. Who was invented the Rotary Steam Engine : James Watt352. The book namely My Frozen Turbulence in Kashmir was written by

which author : Jagmohan

353. The theory of economic drain of India during British imperialism waspropounded by : Dadabhai Naoroji

354. Devaluation of currency means : Reduction in the value of a currencyvis--vis major internationall traded currencies

355. The principal copper deposits of India lie in which of the followingplaces : Hazaribag and Singhbhum of Bihar

356. National Maritime Day of India falls on which date : 05th April357. Light year is a unit of : Distance358. Photosynthesis generally takes place in which parts of the plant : Leaf

and other chloroplast bearing parts359. In which decade was the SPICE simulator introduced : 1970s360. Which is the largest Indian State by area : Rajasthan361. Who became 1st Indian origin woman to be appointed as Judge in

New York, USA : Raja Rajeswari362. Who won Badminton Asia Championship 2015 : Lin Dan of China



363. Who appointed as Chairman of Tirumala Tirupati Devasthanam Boardby the State Government of Andhra Pradesh : Chadalavada Krishnamurthy

364. Who became the President of Kazakhstan : Nursultan A. Nazarbayev365. Who became the President of Sudan : Omar Hassan al-Bashir366. Talal Akbar Bugti, the famous politician of Pakistan, died recently, he

was the son of which former Governor of Balochistan, Pakistan : NawabAkbar Khan Bugti

367. Who awarded with Jnanpith Award recently : Bhalchandra Nemade ofMaharashtra

368. Payments and Settlement Systems (Amendment) Bill, 2014 passed inRajya Sabha, when was it passed in Lok Sabha : on 09th December 2014

369. Who won Shamkir Chess Tournament held at Shamkir, Azerbaijan :Magnus Carlsen of Norway

370. Exposure to sunlight helps a person improve his health because : Theultraviolet rays convert skin oil into Vitamin D

371. Which is the currency of Azerbaijan : Azerbaijani Manat372. Guru Gopi Krishna was a maestro of which dance : Kathak373. Which country totally depend upon imported raw materials to produce

the iron and steel industries : Japan374. What now-ubiquitous device was invented by Zenith engineer Eugene

Polley in the year 1955 : Remote Control375. What now-ubiquitous device was invented by Zenith engineer Eugene

Polley in the year 1955 : Remote Control



























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