1.

The state of voluntarily being unmarried, sexually abstinent, or both, usually for religious
reasons - CELIBACY - मचय
2. Feeding on fruits - FRUGIVOROUS - फलाहार

3. Not able to produce children - STERILE - बाँझ

4. A job in which someone is paid to do little or no work - SINECURE - चैन क नौकर
5. Using both hands with equal ease - AMBIDEXTROUS - वह थी
6. A place were dead bodies are kept before burial - MORTUARY - शवगृह
7. Impressive knowledge that is learned by studying - ERUDITION
8. To cause something to fade or disappear - EFFACE - मटाना
9. A state of emotional or intellectual separation - ALIENATION - अलगाव
10. The study of how disease spreads and can be controlled - EPIDEMIOLOGY
11. To find and bring to light by searching - FERRET - खोजना
12. Study of Moon is called - SELENOLOGY - चं मा के वणन क व या

13. Problem solving by trial and error - HEURISTIC - अनु मानी

14. A person, especially a young one with exceptional abilities - PRODIGY - अ ुतु
15. The period between two reigns - INTERREGNUM - दो शासन के बीच का काल
16. Something that can be felt or touched - PALPABLE - पशनीय
17. Prevalent over a whole country or the world - PANDEMIC - सव यापी
18. The art, science, or profession of teaching - PEDAGOGY - श ा शा त ्र
19. A fear of being in open or public places - AGORAPHOBIA - भीड़ से डर लगना
20. Very careful about how you do something - FASTIDIOUS -
21. Very willing or too willing to obey someone else - SUBSERVIENT - सहायक
22. One who lives for more than a hundred years - CENTENARIAN - सौ वष का

23. Practice of having several husbands - POLYANDRY - बहु प ततव्

24. Water suitable for drinking - POTABLE - पीने योग ्य
25. An exact copy - FACSIMILE - तकृ त

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 26. That which is unlikely to happen - IMPROBABLE - असंभव
27. Recovering from illness - CONVALESCENT - अ छा हो जानेवाला
28. To transfer one's authority to another - DELEGATE - स पना
29. One who loves books - BIBLIOPHILE - पु तक का यार करनेवाला
30. Someone who eats human flesh - CANNIBAL - नरभ क
31. To free someone from all blame - EXONERATE - दोषमुक् त करना
32. Systematic study of election tends - PSEPHOLOGY

33. Hater of mankind - MISANTHROPIST - मानव वेषी

34. One who cannot be corrected - INCORRIGIBLE - असंशोधनीय
35. Having opposing feelings - AMBIVALENT
36. A thing that is fit to be eaten - EDIBLE - खाने योग ्य
37. Unable to be captured or broken into - IMPREGNABLE - अजे य

38. One who speaks less - RETICENT - कम बोलने वाला

39. Murder of human being - HOMICIDE - मानव ह या
40. A place for housing aeroplane - HANGAR - वमान घर
41. One incapable of being tired - INDEFATIGABLE - अथक
42. A supposed cure for all diseases or problems - PANACEA - राम-बाण

43. One who believes in fate - FATALIST - भा यवाद

44. Words written on the tomb of a person - EPITAPH - समा ध-लेख
45. One who can do anything for money - MERCENARY - कराये का
46. A pardonable offense - VENIAL - म ्य
47. One who does not make mistakes - INFALLIBLE - अचूक
48. A study of races - ETHNOLOGY - मानव जा त व ान
49. One who is greedy for money - AVARICIOUS - लालची

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 50. A person who knows everything - OMNISCIENT - सवज ्ञ
51. One who thinks only of welfare of women - FEMINIST - नार वाद
52. A planned route or journey - ITINERARY - या ा काय म

53. A person who readily believes whatever is told to him/her - CREDULOUS -

व वास वणता
54. A person who habitually relies on or exploits others and gives nothing in return -
PARASITE - मु तक़ोर
55. An office with high salary but no work - SINECURE - चैन क नौकर
56. Speech of great importance - MOMENTOUS - सब से अहम
57. A cinema show which is held in the afternoon - MATINEE
58. A sentence whose meaning is unclear - AMBIGUOUS - अ पष ्ट
59. A handwriting that cannot be read - ILLEGIBLE - अपठनीय
60. The belief that good is in everything, including nature - PANTHEISM - दे वपूजां
61. A drug or other substance that induces sleep - SOPORIFIC - नँदासा
62. A person who is not influenced or affected by something - IMPERVIOUS - बल

63. Work for which no salary is paid - HONORARY - अवैत नक

64. Specially skilled in storytelling - RACONTEUR - बयान करनेवाला
65. A government by the nobles - ARISTOCRACY - कु ल न लोग
66. A person who loves everybody - ALTRUIST - परोपकार के स त का
67. One who eats too much - GLUTTON - खाऊ
68. A man who helps a stranger or a person in difficulty - SAMARITAN
69. A man devoid of kind feeling or sympathy - CALLOUS - कठोर
70. A person who hates women - MISOGYNIST - ी जा त से वेष करनेवाला
71. A person difficult to please - FASTIDIOUS - क ठनता से तृ त होने वाला
72. One who copied from other writer - PLAGIARISM - सा हि यक चोर

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 BOOK AUTHOR
The Heartfulness Way Kamlesh D. Patel, Joshua
Pollock

Cryptocurrency For Beginners Amit Bhardwaj

Even When There Is A Doctor Yeshwant Amdekar

A Tribute To Jagu Sri Lanka Cricket
Dalhousie Through My Eyes Kiran Chadha
Why I Am A Hindu Shashi Tharoor

Paramveer Parvane Dr Prabha Kiran Jain

The Widows of Malabar Hill Sujata Massey

The Sher Shah of Kargil Deepak Surana

Eleven Gods and A Billion Indians Boria Majumdar

The Ministry of Utmost Happiness Arundhati Roy

Staniya Svasasan Mei Addhi Aabadhi Sadhana Pandey

My Journey from Marxism-Leninism to Nehruvian C. H. Hanumantha Rao

Socialism

Mere Sapnon ka Bharat Tarun Vijay

Indian Instinct Miniya Chatterji

Across the Bench – Insight Into The Indian Military Lt. Gen. Gyan Bhushan
Judicial System
Imperfect Sanjay Manjrekar
Hisaab Kitaab Anjana Sukhani

Human Rights, Values and Cultural Ethos Dr. R.P. Dhokalia

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 BOOK AUTHOR
A Century Is Not Enough Sourav Ganguly
Water Productivity Mapping Of Major Indian Crops NABARD
A State Of Freedom Neel Mukherjee

Atal Ji Ne Kaha Brijendra Rehi

Bebak Baat Vijay Goel

Sea Prayer Khaled Hosseinis

1. Vie - होड़ करना

verb : compete eagerly with someone in order to do or achieve something

2. Rein - लगाम
verb : keep under control

3. Fete - स मान
verb : honour or entertain someone lavishly

4. Affinity - समानता
noun : a similar quality in two or more people or things

5. Mire - दलदल म फँसाना

verb : cause to become stuck in mud

6. Bulwark - बांध
noun : a defensive wall

7. Galore - ढे र-सा
adverb : in large numbers or amounts; in abundance

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 8. Apposite - उ चत
adjective : appropriate or suitable in the circumstances

9. Slander - झू ठ बदनामी
noun : a spoken statement about somebody that is not true and is intended to damage someone's
good reputation

10. Drape - ढांकना

verb - cover or wrap loosely with folds of cloth

11. Piquant - उ तेजक

adjective - pleasantly stimulating or exciting to the mind

12. Queer - व च
adjective - something or someone who is strange, odd or another

13. Drudgery - क ठन प र म
noun - hard dull or boring work

14. Pious - धा मक
adjective : having or showing a deep belief in religion

15. Fidelity - वफादार

noun - faithfulness to a person, cause, or belief, demonstrated by continuing loyalty and support

16. Caravan - क़ा फ़ला

noun - a group of people and animals that travel together, for example across a desert or border

17. Feint - बनावट आ मण

noun : a quick movement that you make to trick an opponent

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 18. Elusive - हाथ न आनेवाला
adjective : hard to find or capture

19. Unfeigned - स चा
adjective : not false, genuine in feeling

20. Evince - जताना

verb : to show or reveal the presence of a quality or feeling

21. Sanguine - आशावाद

adjective : confident and hopeful

22. Flunk - असफल

verb : fail to reach the required standard in an examination, test, or course of study

23. Impecunious - नधन

adjective : lacking money or material possessions

24. Savvy - सहज-बु

noun : practical knowledge; the ability to make good judgements.

25. Adumbrate - झलक दखाना

verb : to give a slight indication of something

26. Raucous - ककश

adjective : behaving in a very rough and noisy way

27. Fallacy - म
noun : a false idea or belief

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 28. Sporadic - छटपु ट
adjective - occurring at irregular intervals or only in a few places

29. Conspicuous - व श ट
adjective : attracting attention by being great or impressive

30. Quadruple - चौगु नी

verb : increase or be increased fourfold

31. Haggard - दुबला

adjective : suffering extreme weight loss as a result of hunger or disease

32. Heretic - वधम

noun : a person who teaches, or advocates something opposed to accepted beliefs

33. Sepulchre - क़
noun : a place of burial

34. Rebut - गलत सा बत करना

verb : to prove something is false

35. Insinuating
adjective : likely or intended to win one's favor

36. Recondite - रह यमय

adjective : little known, mysterious

37. Resplendent - काशमान

adjective : shining brilliantly, very bright or attractive

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 38. Melee - हाथापाई
noun : a confused fight, skirmish, or scuffle

39. Cataclysm - लय
noun : something that causes great destruction, violence, etc.

40. Lenitive - दयालु

adjective : reducing pain or harshness

41. Amok - आपे से बाहर

adverb : in a confused manner

42. Astute - चतु र

adjective : able to understand a situation quickly and see how to take advantage of it

43. Fracas - कोलाहल

noun : a noisy disturbance or quarrel

44. Talisman - क र माई

noun : something producing magical or miraculous effects

45. Pester - तंग करना

verb - trouble or annoy (someone) with frequent or persistent requests or interruptions

46. Quackery - नीमहक मी

noun : the methods and treatments used by unskillful doctors

47. Diaphanous - पारदशक

adjective : very thin and easy to see through

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 48. Trove - जमाव
noun : a store of valuable or delightful things

49. Salubrious - व थ
adjective : favourable or promoting health or wellbeing

50. Fervent - उ सु क
adjective : having or showing very strong feelings about something

GAMES & SPORTS NO. OF PLAYERS

Baseball 9 Players

Basketball 5 Players

Bridge 2 Players

Rugby Football 15 Players

Polo 4 Players

Billiards/Snooker 1 Player

Croquet 13 or 15 Players

Water Polo 7 Players

Kabaddi 7 Players

Net Ball 7 Players

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 COUNTRIES & THEIR NATIONAL SPORTS/GAMES
The below table shows the list of national sports/games of some famous countries:

COUNTRY NATIONAL SPORT/GAME

India Hockey

China Table Tennis

USA Baseball

Spain Bull Fighting

Afghanistan Buzkashi

Japan Ju Jitsu

Bangladesh Kabaddi

Nepal Dandi Biyo

Turkey Oil Wrestling

Bhutan Archery

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 SPORTS/GAMES TERMINOLOGY
The below table shows the important terms that are used in different sports/games:

SPORT/GAME IMPORTANT TERMS

Badminton Deuce ; Smash ; Drop ; Let ; Game ; Love ; Double Fault
Table Tennis End line ; Topspin ; Let ; Foil ; Reverse

Chess Gambit ; Checkmate ; Stalemate ; Check

Lawn Tennis Advantage ; Ace ; Dence ; Foot Fault ; Grand Slam ; Slice

Cricket Rubber ; Ashes ; Leg Bye ; Follow on ; Googly ; Gulley ; Silly Point ;
Drive ; Cover point ; Leg-Break ; Stone-Walling
Swimming Breaststroke ; Twist ; Butterfly ; Crawl ; Springboard
Football Dribble ; Offside ; Penalty ; Throw-in ; Hat-Tick; Foul ; Drop Kick ;
Stopper
Hockey Bully ; Striking ; Post Back ; Circle
Kho - Kho Runner ; Chaser ; Poleby ; Out ; Foul
Wrestling Hold Sager ; Freestyle ; Rebuts ; Hal ; Nelson
Volleyball Deuce ; Booster ; Spikers ; Service ; Love
Golf Fore some ; Stymie ; Caddy ; Niblick ; Bunker ; The Green

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 CUPS AND TROPHIES
The below table shows the important Cups and Trophies awarded for different
sports/games

SPORT/GAME CUPS & TROPHIES

Polo Ezra Cup ; West Chester Cup ; Winchester Cup ; Radha Mohan Cup
Rowing Wellington Trophy
Badminton Amrit Diwan Cup ; Asia Cup ; Chaddha Cup ; European Cup ; Harilela
Cup ; Ibrahim Rahmatullah Challenger Cup ; Kitiyakara Cup ; Konica
Cup ; Malaysian Open ; Sophia Cup ; Thomas Cup (Men) ; Uber Cup
(Women)
Cricket Irani Trophy ; Duleep Trophy ; Deodhar Trophy ; CK Naidu Trophy ;
Cooch Behar Trophy ; The Ashes Series ; Gandhi Mandela Series
Table Tennis Swaythling Cup (men) ; Corbillon Cup (women) ; Jayalaxmi Cup
(women)
Boxing Aspy Adajania Trophy
Football Bandodkar Trophy ; B. C. Raj Trophy ; Santosh Trophy ; Scissor Cup ;
Sir Ashutosh Mukherjee Trophy ; Subroto Cup ; Todd Memorial
Trophy ; Confederation Cup ; DCM Trophy ; Durand Cup ; Jules
Rimet Trophy ; IFA Shield ; Kalinga Cup ; Merdeka Cup ; Rovers Cup
Golf Canada Cup ; Walker Cup ; Ryder Cup ; Muthian Gold Cup
Hockey Agha Khan Cup ; Khan Abdul Ghaffar Club ; Dhyan Chand Trophy ;
Nehru Trophy ; Scindia Gold Cup ; Beighton Cup

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 SPORTS/GAMES ORGANISATIONS
The below table shows important organisations and federations of different sports/games
and their headquarters:

ORGANISATION HEADQUARTER

International Hockey Federation

International Boxing Association

Lausanne, Switzerland
International Olympic Organisation

International Table Tennis Federation

World Archery Federation

Fédération Internationale de Football Association Zurich, Switzerland

International Cricket Council Dubai, UAE

World Chess Federation Athens, Greece

International Weightlifting Federation Istvánmezei út, Hungary

Badminton World Federation Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

IMPORTANT POINTS TO REMEMBER FROM INDIAN

NATIONAL CONGRESS SESSIONS
1. The first president of Indian National Congress was Womesh Chandra Banerji.
2. The first session of the Indian National Congress was held in December 1885 in Mumbai.
3. The first Muslim president of the INC was Badruddin Tayabji. ( 1887 at Madras session )
4. The first Englishman to become the president of INC was George Yule. ( 1888 at
Allahabad session )

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 5. The first woman president of INC was Mrs Annie Besant. ( 1917 at Kolkata session )
6. Mahatma Gandhi presided over the Belgaum session of INC in 1924.
7. The first Indian woman president of the INC was Mrs Sarojini Naidu. ( 1925 at Kanpur
session )
8. The president of INC at the time of India's independence was Acharya JB Kripalani.
9. Maximum Number of Congress session were held in Calcutta.
10. Maulana Abul Kalam Azad had the longest duration of serving as a President. He became
the youngest person to serve as the President of the Indian National Congress.

MOST IMPORTANT SESSIONS OF INDIAN NATIONAL

CONGRESS ( INC )
Year - Place - President Importance Of INC Annual Sessions
1885 - Bombay - W. C. First session of INC. It was attended by 72 delegates.
Banerjee
1887 - Madras - First muslim President was elected. It appealed Muslim
Badruddin Tyabji friends to join.
1888 - Allahabad - First season of INC to be presided over by an Englishman.
George Jule
1896 - Calcutta - National song ‘Vande Mataram’ was sung for the first time.
Rahimtulla M. Sayani
1899 - Lucknow - Demand for permanent fixation of land revenue was raised.
Romesh Chunder Dutt
1906 - Calcutta - Word “Swaraj” mentioned for the first time.
Dadabhai Naoroji
1907 - Surat - Rash Party splits into extremists and moderates.
Behari Ghosh
1908 - Surat - Rash Constitution of Indian National Congress was drawn.
Behari Ghosh
1909 - Lahore - Madan Disapproval on Morley-Minto reform ( separate electorate
Mohan Malviya for Muslims )
1911 - Calcutta - Bishan Jana Gana Mana sung for the first time.
Narayan Das
1916 - Lucknow - A. C. Lucknow Pact – joint session with the Muslim League
Majumdar
1925 - Kanpur - Sarojini First Indian woman President of INC.
Naidu
1928 - Calcutta - Motilal First, All India Youth Congress formed.
Nehru
1929 - Lahore - Resolution for Poorna Swaraj or complete independence
Jawaharlal Nehru was passed. Agreement on launching Civil Disobedience
movement.

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 1931 - Karachi - Sardar Resolution on Fundamental Rights and Economic Policy,
Vallabhbhai Patel later known as Karachi Resolution
1938 - Haripur - S. C. National Planning Committee set up under Nehru.
Bose
1939 - Tripuri - S. C. S. C. Bose was elected, but he resigned and then, Rajendra
Bose Prasad became president.
1946 - Meerut - J. B. Last INC session before the Independence of India.
Kripalani
1948 - Jaipur - Pattabhi First session after the Independence of India.
Sitaramayya

IMPORTANT DATES AND DAYS OF JANUARY

January 12: National Youth Day

January 15: Army day
January 25: National Voters day
January 26: India’s Republic Day, International Customs Day
January 30: Martyrs’ Day; World Leprosy Eradication Day

IMPORTANT DATES AND DAYS OF FEBRUARY

February 04: World Cancer Day
February 14: Valentine Day
February 24: Central Excise Day
February 28: National Science Day

IMPORTANT DATES AND DAYS OF MARCH

March 08: International Women’s Day
March 15: World Disabled Day; World Consumer Rights Day
March 18: Ordnance Factories Day (India)
March 21: World Forestry Day
March 22: World Day for Water
March 23: World Meteorological Day
March 24: World TB Day

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 IMPORTANT DATES AND DAYS OF APRIL
April 05: International Day for Mine Awareness; National Maritime Day
April 07: World Health Day
April 17: World Haemophilia Day
April 18: World Heritage Day
April 21: Secretaries’ Day
April 22: Earth Day
April 23: World Book and Copyright Day

IMPORTANT DATES AND DAYS OF MAY

May 01: International Labour Day
May 03: Press Freedom Day
May 04: Coal Miners’ Day
May 08: World Red Cross Day
May 09: World Thalassaemia Day
May 11: National Technology Day
May 12: World Hypertension Day; International Nurses Day
May 15: International Day of the Family
May 17: World Telecommunication Day
May 24: Commonwealth Day
May 31: Anti-tobacco Day

IMPORTANT DATES AND DAYS OF JUNE

June 04: International Day of Innocent Children Victims of Aggression
June 05: World Environment Day
June 14: World Blood Donor Day
June 21: International day of yoga
June 26: International Day against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking

IMPORTANT DATES AND DAYS OF JULY

July 01: Doctor’s Day
July 06: World Zoonoses Day
July 11: World Population Day

IMPORTANT DATES AND DAYS OF AUGUST

August 06: Hiroshima Day

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 August 07: National Handloom Day
August 08: World Senior Citizen’s Day
August 09: Quit India Day, Nagasaki Day
August 15: Indian Independence Day
August 19: Photography Day
August 29: National Sports Day

IMPORTANT DATES AND DAYS OF SEPTEMBER

September 02: Coconut Day
September 05: Teachers’ Day; Sanskrit Day
September 08: International Literacy Day
September 15: Engineers’ Day
September 16: World Ozone Day
September 26: Day of the Deaf
September 27: World Tourism Day

IMPORTANT DATES AND DAYS OF OCTOBER

October 01: International Day for the Elderly
October 02: Gandhi Jayanthi
October 04: World Animal Welfare Day
October 08: Indian Air Force Day
October 09: World Post Office Day
October 10: National Post Day
October 2nd Thursday: World Sight Day
October 13: UN International Day for Natural Disaster Reduction
October 14: World Standards Day
October 16: World Food Day
October 24: UN Day; World Development Information Day
October 30: World Thrift Day

IMPORTANT DATES AND DAYS OF NOVEMBER

November 05: World tsunami day
November 09: Legal Services Day
November 14: Children’s Day; Diabetes Day
November 17: National Epilepsy Day
November 20: Africa Industrialization Day
November 29: International Day of Solidarity with Palestinian People

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 IMPORTANT DATES AND DAYS OF DECEMBER
December 01: World AIDS Day
December 03: World Day of the Handicapped
December 04: Indian Navy Day
December 07: Indian Armed Forces Flag Day
December 10: Human Rights Day; IntI. Children’s Day of Broadcasting
December 22: National Mathematics Day
December 23: Kisan Divas
December 25: Christmas Day

Hindenburg Line ‐ Boundary line between Germany and Poland to which German
retreated in 1917 during the First World War.

Radcliffe Line ‐ This international boundary line is between India and Bangladesh &
India and Pakistan drawn by Sir Cyril Radcliffe in 1947.

49th Parallel ‐ It is the boundary line between the United States of America and Canada.

20th Parallel North - A boundary line between Libya and Sudan.

McMahon Line ‐ The boundary line between India and China, demarcated by Sir Henry
McMahon.

Durand Line - It is an International border line between Pakistan and Afghanistan.

22nd Parallel North - It is a boundary line between Egypt and Sudan.

Siegfried Line - The boundary line is between France and Germany.

24th Parallel ‐ The line which Pakistan claims should be the Demarcation line between
India and Pakistan, not accepted by India.

Line of Actual Control - It is an effective military boundary line between India and
China in Aksai Chin region of Jammu and Kashmir.

Oder‐Neisse Line ‐ The boundary line between Poland and East Germany.

Mannerheim Line - The boundary line between Russia and Finland.

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 Maginot Line - The boundary line is between France and Germany.

17th Parallel ‐ The line which defines the boundary between North Vietnam and South
Vietnam before the two were united.

38th Parallel ‐ The boundary line between North Korea and South Korea.

1.
In 1969, the 18th State of the Republic of India was created out of which Indian
State

- Meghalaya was created out of Assam

2. In the reign of Ashoka, the third Buddhist meeting was held in 255 BC in

- Pataliputra

3. The Third Battle of Panipat took place in 1761 at Panipat, between the Maratha
Empire and invading forces of the

- King of Afghanistan, Ahmad Shah Abdali

4. Since 1955 the national income estimates are being prepared by which
organisation

- Central Statistical Organisation

5. The earth has 360 imaginary lines called longitudes. The time difference between
each longitude (each degree) is

- 4 minutes

6. The volcanic mountain, ‘Mt. Kilimanjaro’ is the highest mountain in Africa. It is

located in

- Tanzania

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 7. James Prinsep was an English scholar, orientalist and antiquary. He was the
founding editor of the Journal of the

- Asiatic Society of Bengal

8. RBI was formed under the Reserve Bank Of India Act 1934. It was nationalized
in which year

- 1949 on 1st of January

9. The Finance Commission was established by the President of India under Article
280 in which year

- 1951

10. The ‘Gandhian plan’ was brought out in 1944 by

- Acharya S.N. Agarwala

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11. In which cell organelle, the biochemical processes of respiration and energy
production occur

- Mitochondria

12. Money Bill can’t be originated in Rajya Sabha. This bill is defined in which article
of the Constitution

- Article 110

13. Kabuliwala, a story of a merchant from Afghanistan, is written by Rabindranath

Tagore in

- 1892

14. The Article 343 of the Indian Constitution says that the official language of the
Union shall be Hindi in which script

- Devanagari script

15. The National Highway 1A connects Leh to Kashmir Valley through which pass

- Zoji La Pass

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 16. India won its individual Gold medal at the Olympics for the first time in 2008, by

- Abhinav Bindra

17. Famous Arab Traveller Ibn Batuta came to India in about 1333 AD during the
reign of

- Muhammad bin Tughluq

18. Bird pollination is the pollination of flowering plants by birds. It is also known as

- Ornithophily

19. Out of the seven Fundamental Rights, 'Right to Property' was removed by the
44th Constitutional amendment in

- 1978

20. The highest active volcano in the world is

- Ojos del Salado

21. Chairman of Committee on the functions of the Constituent Assembly

- G.V. Mavalankar

22. National Anthem was sung for the first time on

- 27 December 1911

23. Sthanakvasi is a sect of Svetambara Jainism founded by a merchant named

Lavaji in

- 1653 AD

24. First session of the Constituent Assembly held at

- New Delhi

25. The Hindustan Mazdoor Sabha was founded in West Bengal in the year

- 1948

26. Date on which the interim government of India was formed

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 - September 2, 1946

27. According to the Tinkathia System, farmers were under compulsion to grow
Indigo on

- 3/20th Of Their Land

28. The Governor-General and Viceroy of India during the formation Interim
Government of India

- Lord Viscount Wavell (1943 - 1947)

29. Who was the first editor of the Kesari, a weekly journal sponsored by Chiplunkar
and aided by Bal Gangadhar Tilak (1881)

- Gopal Ganesh Agarkar

30. Increased plant growth due to increased concentration of carbon dioxide in the
atmosphere is called

- Carbon Fertilisation

31. From the constitution of which country the process of removal of supreme court
judges has been taken

- USA

32. According to Einstein’s theory, light, just like any other form of matter, is affected
by

- Gravity

33. The National Calendar was adopted by the government of India on

- 22 March 1957

34. The farming in the regions where farmers are specialised in vegetables only, is
known as

- Truck Farming

35. Dholavira situated in Kutch district of Gujarat, is an important place for which
civilization

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 - Sandhava Civilisation

36. Muntakhab-ul-Lubab by Khafi Khan deals with the administration of

- Aurangzeb

37. A dense, towering vertical cloud, forming from water vapor carried by powerful
upward air currents

- Cumulonimbus

38. Kuka movement slowly faded away with the death of Ram Singh in

- 1885

39. Eight degree channel separate Lakshadweep from

- Maldives

40. The main objective of the (9th) Ninth Five-Year Plan was

- Growth with Social Justice and Equality

41. While Public Accounts Committee members belong to both houses of parliament,
Estimates Committee members belong to only

- Lok Sabha

42. The administrative reforms commission was formed under the chairmanship of
Morarji Desai. Its tenure was from

- 1966 to 1970

43. Ideals of Justice in preamble and Fundamental Duties have been taken from the
Constitution of

- USSR

44. The Medieval Chola king, who led an expedition to North India upto the river
Ganges between 1019 and 1024

- Rajendra Chola I

45. Indian constitutions Schedule which contains the list of recognized languages

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 - Eighth Schedule

46. The Cripps mission was an attempt by the British to secure full Indian
cooperation and support in World War II. It came to India in

- March 1942

47. Four UN member states have never accepted the Non-Proliferation Treaty, these
are India, Israel, Pakistan and

- South Sudan

48. French were the last to come to pre-independence India as traders in 1664. Their
first factory was established in

- 1668 in Surat

49. Lala Lajpat Rai popularly known as Punjab Kesari founded the Home Rule
League of America in 1917 in

- New York

50. The first dynasty to start the practice of tax-free land grant to Brahmans and
Buddhist monks

- Satavahana Dynasty

51. The Constituent Assembly met for the first time in New Delhi on 9 December,
1946 in the Constitution Hall which is now known as the

- Central Hall of Parliament House

52. Konark sun temple is a UNESCO world heritage site located in Odisha. It is also
known by the Britishers as

- Black Pagoda

53. The world’s first rocket was used by Tipu Sultan in the war against the

- British (Anglo-Mysore)

54. Taj Mahal was constructed by the Mughal ruler Shah Jahan for his wife Mumtaz
Mahal in

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 - 1632

55. Under Integrated Guided Missile Development programme the first missile test-
fires was

- Prithvi in 1988

56. Bromine is the third lightest halogen evaporating very easily. It has the lowest
melting point of - -7.2 °C
57. First uranium mine in India which commenced its operation in 1967 is

- Jaduguda Mine in Jharkhand

58. First Battle Of Tarain was fought in the year 1191 between Muhammad Ghori
and Prithviraj Chauhan. The second Battle Of Tarain was fought between the same
ruler in

- 1192

59. Open Market Operations of RBI refers to the buying and selling of

- Government Bonds

60. Manas National Park, a UNESCO Natural World Heritage site, is located in
Assam. It is well known for

- Wild Water Buffalo

61. Name of the Passage, Which connects South Andaman and Little Andaman

- Duncan Passage

62. A duck is able to float on water as its feathers secrete oil that lowers the

- Surface Tension Of Water

63. The device, which is used to measure the amount of Heat involved in a chemical
reaction

- Calorimeter

64. The Brahmaputra River originates on the Angsi Glacier. It is also called in Tibet
language as

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 - Yarlung Tsangpo

65. National Development Council was formed in the year

- 1952

66. Anaerobic respiration is a type of respiration that does not use

- Oxygen

67. “Rule of Law Index" is released by

- World Justice Project

68. Ranthambore Fort is located in Jaipur, Rajasthan. The fort is known for the glory
of King Hammir Dev of

- Chauhan Dynasty

69. Positioned in far-western Asia, just to the east of the Caspian Sea, the Aral sea is
located in the countries of Kazakhstan and

- Uzbekistan

70. Circulatory System was discovered by

- William Harvey

71. In living organisms, the genome is stored in long molecules of DNA called

- Chromosomes

72. The standard US protocol for flash pasteurization of milk, 71.7 °C (161 °F) for 15
seconds in order to kill

- Coxiella burnetii

73. Which Government of India Act had a separate Preamble

- Government of India Act 1919

74. CH3OH is highly poisonous in very small amounts too. CH3OH is the chemical
formula of

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 - Methanol or Methyl Alcohol

75. In which case, the Supreme Court held that the Preamble was not part of the
Constitution

- Berubari Case

76. Ptyalin is an enzyme in the saliva that catalyzes the hydrolysis of starch into

- Maltose and Dextrin

77. The oldest national park in India which was established in 1936 as Hailey
National Park to protect the endangered Bengal tiger

- Jim Corbett National Park Located In Uttarakhand

78. Ferric Chloride ( Fe3+ ) is used to stop

- Bleeding

79. Which branch of Science deals with the study of Mountains

- Orology

80. The President has full powers to summon and prorogue either house of
Parliament or to dissolve

- Lok Sabha (not Rajya Sabha)

81. Which act provided for the establishment of a Public Service Commission in India
for the first time

- Government of India Act, 1919

82. Zojila tunnel is located in

- Jammu and Kashmir

83. Volcan de Fuego, which means "Volcano of Fire” is an active stratovolcano in

- Guatemala

84. Chairman or Head of the Committee on the Rules of Procedure

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 - Rajendra Prasad

85. On 7 June 1893, Gandhi was thrown off a train in South Africa at which railway
station

- Pietermaritzburg Railway Station

86. Eravikulam National Park is situated in Kerala. It is famous for the protection of
endangered

- Nilgiri Tahr

87. Eukaryotes, unlike Prokaryotes, are organisms whose cells have a nucleus
enclosed within

- Membranes

88. Dudhsagar Falls is a four-tiered waterfall located on the Mandovi River in the
Indian state o

- Goa

89. The term Arya appears in Rig Veda for how many times

- 36 times

90. Founder of the Tughlaq dynasty was

- Ghias Uddin

91. Lysosomes are also known as

- Suicidal Bag Of Cells

92. Deuce is the sports term associated with - Badminton

93. The SI unit of intensity of sound is

- Watt Per Square Meter

94. Chittaranjan Das was the founder-leader of the Swaraj Party in Bengal during
British occupation in India. He was popularly known as - Deshbandhu
95. The Bombay Reorganization Act, 1960, decided the state of Bombay to establish
two states of Bombay and

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 - Gujarat

96. James Chadwick discovered - Neutrons

97. Ezra Cup is associated with which sport

- Polo

98. Twelfth Five Year Plan was made for the duration of 2012 to 2017. Its main
theme is - “Faster, More Inclusive and Sustainable Growth”.
99. Which amendment abolished Titles and special privileges of Rulers of Princely
States

- 26th Amendment

100. Plants which grow in salty water near sea shore are called as - Halophytes

101. Gas used for the artificial ripening of the fruits

- Ethylene

102. University of Calcutta, Madras and Bombay were set up during the period of Lord
Canning in the year

- 1857

103. Canal that connects Atlantic ocean and Pacific Ocean

- Panama Canal

104. Tso Moriri also known as lake Moriri or Mountain lake is situated in Jammu and
Kashmir. It is a type of

- Salty Lake

105. Harshacharita was written by

- Bana Bhatt

106. Crops which are grown during the winter season ( October-March ) are called

- Rabi crops

107. Asia's first Atomic Station

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 - Tarapur Atomic Power Station

108. Ashoka ruled almost the entire Indian subcontinent from 268 to 232 BCE. He was
the grandson of the founder of the Maurya Dynasty,

- Chandragupta Maurya

109. The Founder of Prarthana Samaj was

- Atma Ram Pandurang

110. Mirage is an illusion that gives the appearance of a pool of water in desert due to
the phenomena of 'total internal reflection' and

- ‘Refraction’.

111. Lord Canning was crowned the first Viceroy of British India from

- 1856 to 1862

112. At Kalibangan, fire altars have been discovered, similar to those found at

- Lothal

113. Victoria waterfalls located on Zambezi River in

- Zambia in Africa

114. The Tehri Dam is the Highest dam in India and 8th highest in the world. It is built
on the river

- Bhagirathi

115. First bank to be established by Indians was Awadh Commercial Bank in

- 1881

116. After about 100-120 days of being in the circulation, RBCs are removed from
through a process called

- Eryptosis

117. Bhavani river originates from Nilgiri hills of the Western Ghats, and enters which
National Park in Kerala

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 - Silent Valley National Park

118. Amir Khusro was a poet and musician and served in the court of

- Ghiyasuddin Balban

119. Dampa Tiger Reserve or Dampha Tiger Reserve is located in

- Mizoram

120. Visva-Bharati University is a public central government funded university located

in Santiniketan, West Bengal. It was founded by

- Rabindranath Tagore

121. “Abhinav Bharat Society” aka “Young India Society” was a secret society founded
by Vinayak Damodar Savarkar and his brother Ganesh Damodar Savarkar in

- 1903

122. Regur soil is most suitable for Cotton cultivation in India. It is also known as

- Black soil

123. Mauna Loa is the largest active volcano on Earth. It is located on the

- Hawaii Islands of the the United States

124. Article 348 states that all proceedings in the Supreme Court and all the High
Court shall be done in

- English

125. Young Italy movement was a political movement founded in 1831 by

- Giuseppe Mazzini

126. The arrival of Babur into India led to the establishment of which dynasty in the
region

- Timurid Dynasty

127. In the summer season, the ITCZ ( InterTropical Convergence Zone ) shifts

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 - Northwards

128. First Muslim president of Indian National Congress

- Badruddin Tayyabji

129. Strait of Dover connects North Sea with the

- English channel

130. In human body vitamins B1, B2, B12, and K are produced in the

- Intestines

131. Vellore mutiny was sparked by new uniform regulations in the year

- 1806

132. In 1668, the first French factory in India was established in

- Surat

133. Anandmath is a novel written by Sri Bankim Chandra Chatterjee. The novel
contains the song

- Vande Mataram

134. Zemu Glacier drains to the east side of Kanchenjunga. The importance of this
glacier is that it is a key water source for the

- Teesta River

135. President of the committee under whose recommendation Panchayati Raj in

India was established

- Balwant Rai Mehta

136. The vocal organ of songbird is called the

- Syrinx

137. Sir Creek is a 96 km tidal estuary on the border of India and

- Pakistan

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 138. Alexander defeated Porus in the battle of Hydaspes. Now river Hydaspes is
known as river

- Jhelum

139. Gautam Buddha preached in the language

- Pali

140. Jupiter is the largest planet in our Solar system followed by

- Saturn

141. Humayun's Tomb situated in Delhi, was built by Hamida banu Begum. It was
designed by

- Mirza Ghiyas

142. Dachigam National Park is located in Jammu and Kashmir. The park name (
Dachigam ) literally means

- Ten Villages

143. Largest sugarcane producing State in India

- Uttar Pradesh

144. Pigeons are also known as nature's radar because of their

- Sensitive Hearing

145. Commonly known as the father of microbiology and considered the first
microbiologist

- Antonie van Leeuwenhoek

146. The name of the largest river island in the world

- Majuli in Assam, India

147. Jog Falls is located in

- Karnataka

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 148. Human Rights Day is observed on

- 10th December

149. Penicillin is extracted from Microorganism

- Fungus

150. Where is Keoladeo National Park located

- Bharatpur

151. Sericulture is related to the study of

- Silkworms

152. The author of 'Two Years Eight Months and Twenty-Eight Nights'

- Salman Rushdie

153. "Diamond ' is associated to which sports

- Baseball

154. The first Tirthankara of the Jains

- Rishabhnath

155. ‘The founding father' of space programmes in India

- Dr Vikram A Sarabhai

156. Shore Temple is located at

- Mahabalipuram, Tamil Nadu

157. X-rays was invented by

- Roentgen

158. What is the chief constituent of the Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG )

- Butane

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 159. Author of the book "The god of small things"

- Arundhati Roy

160. Beighton Cup is related to Which sports

- Hockey

161. INS Vikrant was decommissioned from Indian Navy in

- 1997

162. What is the chemical name of the Aspirin

- Acetylsalicylic acid

163. Dynamite was invented by

- Alfred Nobel

164. Father of Modern Genetics is

- Gregor Mendel

165. Chemical formula of Chloroform

- CHCl3

166. Deuterium is an isotope of metal

- Hydrogen

167. Brihadeeswarar Temple is located in

- Thanjavur, Tamil Nadu

168. General formula for an Alkane is

- C(n)H(2n+2)

169. Meghdootam was written by

- Kalidas

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 170. Gautam Buddha give his first sermon in

- Sarnath

171. Barometer was invented by

- Evangelista Torricelli

172. Forest (Conservation) Act was passed in

- 1980

173. Slave Dynasty was established by

- Qutb al-Din Aibak

174. Nuclear sizes are expressed in a unit called " Fermi" which is a unit of length
equal to

- 1×10^-15 metre

175. Gas used as a coolant for air conditioners, refrigerators, freezers

- Freon

176. The hottest planet of Solar System is

- Venus

177. Molecular formula of Sugar (Table Sugar)

- C12H22O11

178. Gas synthesized using Haber’s Process is

- Ammonia (NH3)

179. Mughal Dynasty was established by

- Babur

180. Velocity of Sound in the Air

- 332m/sec

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 181. Gas known as 'Marsh Gas'

- Methane

182. Guru Shikhar Peak is located in

- Rajasthan

183. ISRO was formed

- August 15, 1969

184. Name of the largest volcano in the solar system

- Olympus Mons

185. Cinnabar is the main Ore of Metal

- Mercury

186. The first Hindi newspaper

- Udant Martand also known as The Rising Sun

187. Photosynthesis takes place inside inside plants cells in

- Chloroplast

188. The first speaker of Lok Sabha

- Ganesh Vasudev Mavalankar

189. Entomology is the study of

- Insects

190. Gland in the Human Body also known as Master Gland

- Pituitary Gland

191. Man also known as the Frontier Gandhi

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 - Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan

192. Golconda Fort situated is situated in

- Hyderabad

193. Who discovered by Blood Group

- Karl Landsteiner

194. From the constitution of which country the concept of Judicial Review has been
taken

- USA

195. Type of vegetation which has special characteristics to withstand very high rate
of evaporation

- Xerophytic

196. According to which system, every ruler in India had to accept to pay a subsidy to
the British for the maintenance of British army

- Subsidiary Alliance System

197. Name of the successor of Gautama Buddha and also known as future Buddha,
yet to come to save the world

- Maitreya

198. Rumi Darwaza was built by Asaf-ud-Daula and is believed to be identical to an

old gate in Istanbul called

- Bab-i-Humayun

199. Mughal emperor Akbar built the Buland Darwaza in 1601 to commemorate his
victory over
- Gujarat

200. In 2016, which island became the first island to be made a district in India
- Majuli

201. Scientist who first proved the existence of the electromagnetic waves

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 - Heinrich Rudolf Hertz

IDIOMS AND PHRASES

1. Set (One's) Teeth On Edge : To greatly irritate or annoy someone
Nothing sets my teeth on edge like seeing my ex-girlfriend partying with some other
guy.

2. Eat Crow : To be shamed

When it became clear that Amir had blamed the wrong person, he had to eat crow.

3. Leave In The Lurch : to leave in an uncomfortable or desperate situation

The manager will really leave me in the lurch if he decides to quit before this project is
finished.

4. Achilles Heel : a weakness or vulnerable point

The corrupt minister is regarded as the government’s Achilles heel and is expected to
resign.

5. A Queer Fish : a strange person

I know Vinit and he is a queer fish too.

6. Give Teeth To : to make something powerful

Advanced Light Helicopter gives teeth to Navy's airborne ops.

7. Asleep At The Switch : not to be alert on opportunity

Health experts were asleep at the switch when the disease began to spread rapidly again.

8. A Nine Days Wonder : pleasure for a short time

That’s a good observation, Sandeep. You are dead on.

9. Alma Mater : institution where i got my education

Bhaskar has been offered the position of professor in Delhi, his alma mater.

10. Dead On : exactly right; on target

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 That’s a good observation, Sandeep. You are dead on.

11. Laying Siege To : to surround and attack a place with armed troops
The army has laid siege to our town.

12. In Dribs and Drabs : in small portions

The whole story is being revealed in dribs and drabs.

13. In The Red : in debt

State government has been operating in the red for five straight years because of
draught.

14. Iron Out : resolve by discussion

The president has called for a meeting to iron out the current issues.

15. Shore Up : to support or help (something)

The tax cuts are supposed to shore up the economy.

16. Within Earshot : to be able to hear something or someone

The man was within earshot and heard all about how the incident took place when you
were speaking of it.

17. Tongue In Cheek : something said in humour, but with an act of being serious
His comments were intended to be tongue in cheek, but his friends took it seriously and
that started a huge argument.

18. Foot The Bill : to pay for something

I hope the production company is footing the bill for all of this expenses.

19. To Pooh - Pooh : dismiss (an idea or suggestion) as being foolish or impractical
Until recently, this idea was pooh-poohed by the scientific community.

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 20. Dog In The Manger : someone who keeps something that they do not want in
order to prevent someone else from getting it
His was a dog-in-the-manger affection; he did not want Nikita himself, and yet he
would allow nobody else to have her.

21. Bear The Brunt (Of Something) : to suffer the worst part of an unpleasant or
problematic situation
When our system crashed, the call center employees bore the brunt of our customers'
anger.

22. A Ballpark Figure / A Ballpark Estimate : give a number which you think is
fairly close to the actual one
That's just a ballpark figure - they don't know exactly how many people will be
attending Arjun’s marriage.

23. Make Hay While The Sun Shines : to make good use of the chance to do
something while it lasts
We finally have the full group assembled, so let's make hay while the sun shines.

24. A Flash In The Pan : when someone/something is popular or effective for a short
time only
With only one hit song, it was obvious that the young pop star was going to be just
another flash in the pan.

25. Hold All The Aces : to be in a favorable position

How can I advance in my career when my competitor holds all the aces ?

26. Separate The Wheat From The Chaff : separate the good or valuable from that
which is inferior
Can you please separate the wheat from the chaff? I have no idea which of these old
tools still work.

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 27. Cock and Bull Story : a hard-to-believe, made-up story
Tarun’s statements were dismissed as a cock and bull story.

28. Bag And Baggage : with one's luggage

Abhishek showed up at our door bag and baggage one Sunday morning.

29. Shoot (Firing) From The Hip : react without careful consideration of one's words
or actions
The country's prime minister has gained a reputation of firing from the hip, issuing
executive orders without consulting members of parliament.

30. Cock A Snook : to regard someone or something with disrespect

Don't you cock a snook at my instructions, I'm your superior!

31. The Ball Is In (One's) Court : One needs to take some action to keep something
going
I have helped Amir in every way I can – the ball's in his court now.

32. Armed To The Teeth : fully armed, having many weapons

It was dangerous to chase the robbers. They were armed to the teeth and looked
merciless.

33. Turn A Corner : pass a milestone or critical point

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 Asia's third largest economy turned a corner after a period of slower expansion.

34. Make The Scene : to appear in a particular place or engage in a particular activity
Amir and I plan to make the scene, but we may be a bit late.

35. Bark Up The Wrong Tree : waste one’s efforts by pursuing the wrong thing or
path
It was a very sensitive case and yet for over one year the investigators kept barking up
the wrong tree.

36. Money Pit : something that costs a lot of money over time
I bought this used car because I thought it would be more affordable but it's a money pit
requiring frequent repairs.

37. Up In Arms : to protest strongly

The employees were up in arms over the management’s plan to discontinue five-day
week policy.

38. Sitting Pretty : living in comfort

Sanjana has been sitting pretty since she got that new job.

39. Stink ( or smell ) To High Heaven : to have a very strong and unpleasant odour
This meat smells to high heaven. Throw it away!

40. Put Your Money Where Your Mouth Is : To do something rather than to just
talk about it
The government claims to care about its citizens, but it should put its money where its
mouth is.

41. Pass The Buck : To blame someone or make them responsible for a problem
She's always trying to pass the buck and I'm sick of it!

42. Hold A Grudge : To stay angry (at someone or something)

I made a mistake. That's not a good reason to hold a grudge against me.

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 43. Handle With Kid Gloves : Handle a situation, or a person or an object, with
special consideration
He has become so sensitive after his divorce. You need to handle him with kid gloves.

44. A Dime A Dozen : anything that is common and easy to get

People who can write good books are not a dime a dozen.

45. By The Skin Of Teeth : just barely

Seems like you have passed all your test by the skin of your teeth.

46. Take Something With A Pinch Of Salt : to not completely believe something
that you are told, because you think it is unlikely to be true
You have to take everything she says with a pinch of salt, because she tends to
exaggerate.

47. Sick As A Dog : extremely ill

We've never been so ill. The whole family was sick as dogs.

48. Dead As A Dodo : undoubtedly and unquestionably dead

Although popular in the 1970s, disco music is as dead as a dodo today.

49. Have Ducks In A Row : To be well-organized, prepared, and up-to- date

We need to get our ducks in a row to ensure that there are no problems at home while
we're gone on our trip.

50. On The Tip Of Your Tongue : About to be said or almost remembered

Her name is on the tip of my tongue.

51. Easy As Pie : Extremely easy, simple, or intuitive

After so many years as an accountant, doing taxes is as easy as pie for me. Boy, that test
was easy as pie!

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 1. Question: In its fourth Bi-monthly Monetary Policy Statement for 2018-19, the RBI fixed
the Repo Rate at what percent?
Answer: The Reserve Bank of India, in an unexpected move, decided to hold the
repo rate at 6.5

2. Question: Which among the following countries has been elected to the UNRC
with the highest votes?
Answer: India was elected to the 'United Nations' Human Rights Council' for a
period of three years beginning January 1, 2019. India secured 188 votes in the Asia-
Pacific category.

3. Question: Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi became the first person to be
stripped off which honour ?
Answer: Canadian citizenship

4. Question: Who was the co-founder of Microsoft along with Bill Gates who passed
away recently?
Answer: Paul Gardner Allen, he was 65.

5. Question: Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated the first Assembly of the
International Solar Alliance in which city?
Answer: New Delhi, at Vigyan Bhawan in the presence of the United Nations’
Secretary General Antonio Guterres

6. Question: Chanda Kochhar has quit her position as the CEO and MD of which
bank with immediate effect ?
Answer: ICICI Bank. Sandeep Bakhshi, who was appointed as the bank's COO, has
been named to succeed Kochhar as the bank’s new Managing Director and Chief
Executive Officer.

7. Question: Who was appointed as the Solicitor General of India?

Answer: Senior Advocate Tushar Mehta. His appointment was approved by the
Appointment Committee of Cabinet.

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 8. Question: India won how many gold medals in the 2018 Asian Para Games in
Indonesia?
Answer: With 15 medals, India was placed ninth in the overall tally.

9. Question: Which country has topped the rankings in World Bank’s first Human
Capital Index?
Answer: Singapore. The World Bank launched its first Human Capital Index (HCI)
in Bali, Indonesia.

10. Question: Jeremy Lalrinnunga won the first gold for India at Youth Olympics in
Argentina. He won the medal in which of the following sports ?
Answer: Jeremy Lalrinnunga won India’s first gold medal at Youth Olympics. The
15-year-old weightlifter shattered the national record in the men's 62kg category.
Manu Bhaker also won the gold medal in the women's 10m air pistol event.

11. Question: Which state has launched 'Nirman Kusuma' scheme to provide financial
assistance to the children of the construction workers?
Answer: Odisha, to provide financial assistance to the children of the construction
workers for their technical education in the state.

12. Question: India launched the first joint programme for Afghanistan to train its
diplomats in partnership with which country?
Answer: India and China, under the aegis of the Trilateral Cooperation between
India, China and Afghanistan.

13. Question: Who was honoured with Ramineni Foundation's outstanding person
award?
Answer: Badminton coach Pullela Gopichand

14. Question: Who has been newly appointed as India's Ambassador to UN

Conference on Disarmament?
Answer: Pankaj Sharma has been appointed as the ambassador and India's
permanent representative to the United Nations Conference on Disarmament in
Geneva. He will replace Amandeep Gill.

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 1. Question: Who heads the Lokpal Search Committee to recommend the chairperson and members
of the anti-corruption ombudsman Lokpal ?
Answer: 8-member Lokpal Search Committee under the Chairmanship of former Supreme
Court Judge, Justice Ranjana Prakash Desai.

2. Question: Which of the following is the first country to successfully land robotic rovers
on an asteroid Ryugu ?
Answer: Japanese space agency JAXA. The rovers are collectively known as MINERVA-II1
(MIcro Nano Experimental Robot Vehicle for Asteroid, the second generation).

3. Question: Which airport was recognised with the UN Champions of the Earth Award
2018 ?
Answer: World's first fully solar-powered airport Cochin International Airport

4. Question: Who is the newly-appointed Chairman of the Atomic Energy Commission

(AEC) ?
Answer: Kamlesh Nilkanth Vyas, the newly appointed Chairman of the Atomic Energy
Commission (AEC) took charge from incumbent Sekhar Basu in Vienna, Austria.

5. Question: Which state signed pact with Indian Oil Corporation (IOC) for ethanol plant ?
Answer: Haryana. The initiative at village Bohali with a proposed capacity of 100 kilolitres
of ethanol per day will manage crop residue and prevent straw burning.

6. Question: Who becomes first Indian to win medal in IAAF Continental Cup?
Answer: Triple jumper Arpinder Singh created history by becoming the first Indian to win
a medal in the IAAF Continental Cup as he clinched a bronze. Arpinder had won a gold in
the Asian Games in Jakarta.

7. Question: What is the theme of the 2018 International Literacy Day (ILD) ?
Answer: Literacy and skills development. The International Literacy Day (ILD) is
celebrated every year on 8 September to highlight the importance of literacy to individuals,
communities and societies.

8. Question: Which cricket team has won the 57th edition of Duleep Trophy 2018 ?
Answer: India Blue by defeating India Red in the final by an innings and 187 runs to win.
The Duleep Trophy is a domestic first-class cricket competition played in India. It was
named after Kumar Shri Duleepsinhji of Nawanagar, who played for England.

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 9. Question: Who won Women's singles final in the US Open Tennis 2018 ?
Answer: Naomi Osaka has become the first Japanese player to win a Grand Slam singles
title. She lifted the women's singles title of US Open 2018 by defeating Serena Williams.

10. Question: Government appointed a committee under whom to select the next Chief
Economic Adviser in the Finance Ministry ?
Answer: Former RBI Governor Bimal Jalan.

11. Question: Which Indian pharmaceutical company acquired Sandoz's generic business in
the US for $900 million ?
Answer: Aurobindo Pharmaceuticals. This deal is the largest such deal in pharma sector in
the country.

12. Question: Which Indian sportsperson was the India's flag-bearer at the closing ceremony
in the 18th Asian Games?
Answer: Rani Rampal. Javelin thrower Neeraj Chopra was India's flag-bearer at the
opening ceremony.

13. Question: Which state's assembly has passed the Panchayati Raj amendment bill, relaxing
the "two-child" rule for panchayat elections?
Answer: Rajasthan. It also passed an amendment aimed at allowing people suffering from
leprosy to contest panchayat elections.

14. Question: Which state topped the "Ease of Living Index" rankings launched by the
Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs?
Answer: Andhra Pradesh. It was followed by Odisha and Madhya Pradesh.

15. Question: Which defence agreement was signed by India and the United States recently ?
Answer: COMCASA. The Communications Compatibility and Security Agreement
(COMCASA) is one of the four foundational agreements that a country needs to sign to
become a major defence partner of the United States.

16. Question: Which two Hindi film stars have been signed on to promote and endorse the
Skill India Mission ?
Answer: Varun Dhawan and Anushka Sharma. The duo, through their film ‘Sui Dhaga–
Made in India’, are saluting India’s entrepreneurs and skilled workforce, especially

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 homegrown artisans, craftspeople and weavers who are making the country proud the
world over.

17. Question: Hindi Diwas is celebrated on which day ?

Answer: 14 September. On this day, in 1949, the Constituent Assembly of India had
adopted Hindi written in Devanagari script as the official language of India under Article
343.

18. Question: Who was appointed as the DGP of Jammu & Kashmir ?
Answer: Dilbagh Singh. He replaces Shesh Paul Vaid, who was removed from the post and
was appointed as the Transport Commissioner in the State’s General Administrative
Department (GAD).

19. Question: The first lion safari of Rajasthan has come up at which of the following parks ?
Answer: Nahargarh Biological Park.

20. Question: Which state government has rolled out "Swayangsiddha" to combat human
trafficking ?
Answer: The West Bengal government has rolled out a scheme "Swayangsiddha" in
different districts of the state to combat human trafficking. Swayangsiddha, which means
self-reliance, will be executed by the West Bengal Police. As the per the NCRB data West
Bengal has highest recorded case of trafficking among the States.

21. Question: Which country has joined France in number one position on the recently
released FIFA ranking ?
Answer: Belgium. This is the first time in the 25-year history of FIFA rankings, that the
first spot is shared.

22. Question: Which country has rolled out world's first hydrogen-powered train ?
Answer: Germany has recently rolled out the worlds first hydrogen-powered trains that
only emit steam and water. These bright blue Coradia iLint trains are built by French
TGV-maker Alstom.

23. Question: Who won the Pakistan Presidential Election 2018 ?

Answer: Arif Alvi, a candidate of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI). Alvi will replace
incumbent President Mamnoon Hussain as the 13th President of Pakistan.

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 24. Question: Union Government on 17 September 2018 proposed to merge which three PSU
Banks ?
Answer: Bank of Baroda, Dena Bank and Vijaya Bank. The new amalgamated bank will be
the third largest bank in India. Dena Bank has been placed under the prompt corrective
action framework by the Reserve Bank of India with restrictions on lending.

25. Question: Kalpana Lajmi was associated with which field ?

Answer: Film. Kalpana Lajmi, a director, producer and screenwriter, was known for
working on real subjects. She was known for her women-oriented films like "Rudaali",
"Daman", "Darmiyaan". Lajmi's last movie as a director was "Chingari" in 2006, based
on a novel "The Prostitute and the Postman" by Bhupen Hazarika, who was her partner.

26. Question: Which cyclonic storm that made landfall in Odisha on 21 September 2018 and
brought heavy rains in Odisha and Andhra Pradesh ?
Answer: Cyclone Daye. It originally formed as a depression over the Bay of Bengal. It
intensified further and was classified as a cyclonic storm. Malkangiri district of Odisha was
the worst affected.

27. Question: The tsunami mock drill exercise ‘IOWave18’ began in which region ?
Answer: Indian Ocean. The exercise is being organized by the Intergovernmental
Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO.

28. Question: What is the India's ranks in the latest UN's Human Development Index (HDI)
report 2018 ?
Answer: India has been ranked 130 among 189 countries in the latest Human Development
Index (HDI) report 2018, which is released by the United Nations Development
Programme. As per report, between 1990 and 2017, India's HDI value saw a 50% increase.

29. Question: Who becomes most successful fast bowler in Test cricket ?
Answer: England's James Anderson. He bowled Mohammed Shami to claim his 564th
wicket, surpassing the record of Australia's Glenn McGrath. James Anderson is now at
fourth place in this all-time great list with 564 wickets in 143 Test matches.

30. Question: The High Court of which state declared fatwas as unconstitutional ?
Answer: The Uttarakhand High Court. The ruling came, as the court declared illegal a
fatwa banishing the family of a rape victim from their village.

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 31. Question: The proposed Bangladesh-China-India-Myanmar (BCIM) corridor will link
Kunming City to which part of India ?
Answer: Kolkata. Chinese Consul-General in Kolkata, Ma Zhanwu on September 12, 2018
announced that China is looking forward to plan bullet trains from Kolkata to Kunming
City of China.

32. Question: Which country was the top source of Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) in India
in 2017-18 ?
Answer: Mauritius was the top source of Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) into India in
2017-18 followed by Singapore. The total FDI in the financial year stood at USD 37.36
billion.

1. Question: Who is appointed Vodafone Idea's 1st CEO ?

Answer: Balesh Sharma takes over as Vodafone Idea's first CEO. He was the Chief
Operating Officer of Vodafone India and a member of its executive committee. He
has previously served as the CEO of Vodafone Czech Republic and the CEO of
Vodafone Malta.

2. Question: Who was officially sworn-in as the new President of Zimbabwe ?

Answer: Emmerson Mnangagwa was officially sworn-in as the new President of
Zimbabwe. It was the country's first election since the ousting of strongman Robert
Mugabe. The office of Prime Minister was abolished in 1987. Zimbabwe is a
landlocked country and its capital is Harare.

3. Question: Which place became the wettest place in India during 2018, leaving
behind Meghalaya's Cherrapunjee, as was disclosed in the data released by the IMD on
29 August 2018?
Answer: Maharashtra's Mahabaleshwar has become the wettest place in India this
year, leaving behind Meghalaya's Cherrapunjee.

4. Question: Who was appointed as Chairman of the Defence Research and

Development Organisation (DRDO)?
Answer: G Satheesh Reddy

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 5. Question: Who becomes the youngest-ever Indian shooter to win a medal at the
Asian Games ?
Answer: 15-year old Shardul Vihan, a Class IX student from Meerut, on 23 August
2018 became India's youngest-ever medal at the Asian Games as he won a silver
medal in the men's double trap shooting event at the ongoing 18th Asian Games.

6. Question: Imran Khan will be sworn-in as Prime Minister of Pakistan. He is a

leader of which Political Party ?
Answer: Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf. It has bagged 116 seats.

7. Question: Which telecom company has launched a VOIP based phone service
'WINGS' ?
Answer: BSNL. In WINGS, there is no SIM or cable wiring as is a VOIP service
through an app.

8. Question: NASA has launches Parker probe to touch which star ?

Answer: Sun. The car-sized spacecraft will travel directly into the Sun's atmosphere,
about four million miles from its surface and more than seven times closer than any
spacecraft has come before.

9. Question: The nominating committee of Internet Corporation for Assigned Names

and Numbers (ICANN) has selected who as a new council member of Country Code
Supporting Organisation (ccNSO) ?
Answer: Ajay Data. ICANN was incorporated on September 30, 1998. It is
headquartered in the Playa Vista neighbourhood of Los Angeles, US.

10. Question: Which country has launched the high-resolution earth observation
satellite- Gaofen-11 ?
Answer: China. Its data will also be used for the Belt and Road Initiative.

11. Question: Name the former Lok Sabha speaker and the 10-time MP of the Lok
Sabha who passed away in August ?
Answer: Former Lok Sabha speaker Somnath Chatterjee. He represented Burdwan,
Jadavpur and Bolpur parliamentary constituencies of West Bengal from 1971 to
2009.

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 12. Question: Which country’s cabinet has approved a law that provides for death
penalty for those involved in piracy at sea ?
Answer: The Union Cabinet of India has approved a bill provisioning death penalty
or life imprisonment to those involved in piracy at sea.

13. Question: Who has been conferred with Rajiv Gandhi Sadbhavna Award of 2018 ?
Answer: Former West Bengal Governor Gopalkrishna Gandhi was honoured with
this year's Rajiv Gandhi Sadbhavna Award for promoting communal harmony and
peace.

14. Question: What is the rank of Delhi in the EIU’s Global Liveability Index 2018
which is topped by Vienna
Answer: Delhi and Mumbai were the only two Indian cities that featured in the
EIU’s annual index. Delhi was ranked at 112th position and Mumbai fetched 117th
spot. The rankings of both Delhi and Mumbai have slipped by two places this year.

15. Question: After defeating which team, Iran won gold in the women's Kabaddi final
at Asian Games 2018 ?
Answer: India. The Indian women’s kabaddi team suffered a shocking 27-24 loss at
the hands of Iran.

16. Question: Who has won the 2018 Formula One Hungarian Grand Prix tournament
?
Answer: Lewis Hamilton. It is his sixth Hungarian Grand Prix title and also 67th
career victory.

17. Question: Rajyavardhan Rathore flags off an all-women expedition to which

mountain ?
Answer: Col. Rajyavardhan Rathore flagged off an all-women expedition to Mt.
Manirang (6593Mt/21631 ft) in Himachal Pradesh.

18. Question: Who has become the first Indian woman to win a gold medal in
shooting at the Asian Games ?
Answer: Shooter Rahi Sarnobat has become the first Indian woman to win a gold
medal in shooting at the Asian Games.

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 19. Question: Which Indian shooter has clinched India's 1st shooting gold at the 2018
Jakarta Asian Games ?
Answer: Shooter Saurabh Chaudhary (16) has clinched gold in the Men's 10m Air
Pistol event.

20. Question: Who has become first Indian woman wrestler to bag gold at the 18th
Asian Games 2018 ?
Answer: Vinesh Phogat has created history by becoming the first Indian woman
wrestler to win a gold medal at the Asian Games. In the final match in freestyle 50
kg category, she defeated Japan's Yuki Irie.

21. Question: FSSAI recently constituted which committee to look into draft food
labelling ?
Answer: B. Sesikeran. The expert panel will be headed by B Sesikeran, former
director of National Institute of Nutrition (NIN).

22. Question: Which Indian sportsperson has clinched India's first Gold in the 18th
Jakarta Asian Games 2018 ?
Answer: Indian wrestler Bajrang Punia bagged country's first gold medal of the
18th Asian Games. He defeated Japanese wrestler Takatani Daichi in the 65 kg
final. However, India's first medal in these games came in the form of a bronze
medal that was won in mixed team rifle event (shooting) by Apurvi Chandela and
Ravi Kumar.

23. Question: Who has been awarded with the prestigious WHO World No Tobacco
Day 2018 Award ?
Answer: Delhi government’s additional director of health S.K. Arora has been
awarded the prestigious WHO World No Tobacco Day 2018 Award for his
extraordinary contribution towards tobacco control.

24. Question: 11th World Hindi Conference was held in Port Louis, Mauritius with
the theme ?
Answer: Theme: “Vaishvik Hindi Aur Bhartiya Sanskriti“. In the Conference,
Mauritius Prime Minister announced Mauritius cyber tower to be named after Atal
Bihari Vajpayee.

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 25. Question: Which two Indian players won gold in the tennis men’s doubles finals at
Asian Games 2018 ?
Answer: The Indian tennis duo of Rohan Bopanna and Divij Sharan clinched the
gold medal for India in Asian Games 2018, after they beat Kazakhstan's Denis
Yevseyev and Aleksandr Bublik.

26. Question: Who has been elected as the Deputy Chairman of the Rajya Sabha ?
Answer: Harivansh Narayan Singh after defeating opposition nominee B K
Hariprasad.

27. Question: Giant Metrewave Radio Telescope (GMRT), which was used to spot
Radio Galaxy is operated by ?
Answer: National Centre for Radio Astrophysics.

28. Question: Which Indian city is renamed as Atal Nagar ?

Answer: Naya Raipur. It is India's sixth planned city after Jamshedpur
(Jharkhand), Bhubaneswar (Odisha), Gandhinagar (Gujarat), Chandigarh (Punjab
& Haryana), and Navi Mumbai (Maharashtra).

29. Question: Rahi Sarnobat is associated with which sports ?

Answer: Shooting. Rahi Sarnobat won the women's 25m Pistol event at Asian Games
2018 in Indonesia. With this, she becomes the first ever Indian female shooter to win
gold in the history of Asian Games. Manu Bhaker who had won gold at
Commonwealth Games 2018.

30. Question: Who has been appointed the new Chairman of TRAI ?
Answer: Dr. Ram Sewak Sharma has been re appointed the Chairman of Telecom
Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) till 30th September 2020. TRAI is a statutory
body set up by the Government of India (GoI).

31. Question: What is India's rank in Global Innovation Index, GII- 2018 ?
Answer: 57th. India's rank on the Global Innovation Index (GII) has improved from
60th last year to 57th this year.

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 32. Question: Who will be India's flag-bearer in the opening ceremony of the 2018
Asian Games ?
Answer: Javelin thrower star Neeraj Chopra from Haryana will be India's flag
bearer in the opening ceremony of the 2018 Asian Games in Jakarta, Indonesia.

33. Question: When was World Hepatitis Day observed globally ?

Answer: The World Hepatitis Day was observed globally on July 28, 2018 with the
theme "Test. Treat. Hepatitis".

34. Question: Who among following will be awarded with Kirti Chakra posthumously
?
Answer: Sepoy Vrahma Pal Singh of Rajput Regiment, has been posthumously
awarded the Kirti Chakra, the country's second-highest peacetime bravery medal.
Rifleman Aurangzeb of Jammu and Kashmir Light Infantry, is among the 18
Shaurya Chakra in this year's Independence Day gallantry list.

35. Question: Which bank was hit by a cyber attack in which miscreants allegedly
hacked the server and transferred over Rs 94 crore to overseas accounts ?
Answer: Pune-based Cosmos Bank. NPCI says cyber fraud due to the malware
attack on the bank's IT system.

36. Question: According to national survey of India’s coastline from 1990 to 2016,
which state sees highest coastal erosion since 1990 ?
Answer: West Bengal (up to 63 per cent of the 534 km long coastline was eroded)
saw the biggest coastal erosion followed by Puducherry, Kerala & Tamil Nadu.

37. Question: Which High Court India declares itself legal guardian of cows in state ?
Answer: Invoking the parens patriae doctrine, the Uttarakhand high court has
appointed itself as the legal guardian of cows in the state. This is the first time in
India that a court has had invoked the ‘parens patriae’ doctrine for cow protection.

38. Question: Who becomes the first Indian and Asian to be elected to the Chair of
International Nitrogen Initiative (INI) ?
Answer: Indian scientist and academician Nandula Raghuram was elected as the
Chair of the International Nitrogen Initiative (INI), a global policy making
initiative.

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 39. Question: Which State of India refused to participate in center's Ease of living
index ranking ?
Answer: West Bengal refused to participate in the Centre’s rankings. Thus, Kolkata
was excluded from the index. Pune followed by Navi Mumbai and Greater Mumbai
were the best performing State.

40. Question: Which tribal language becomes the first tribal language in India to get
its own Wikipedia edition ?
Answer: Santhali. Among the 22 scheduled languages in India, Dogri, Bodo and
Manipuri have no version of Wikipedia in their own language.

41. Question: The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India launches integration and
availability of TRAI Mobile Apps on which platform ?
Answer: TRAI has now integrated its Mobile Apps namely DND 2.0 and MyCall
with UMANG Platform.

42. Question: PM Modi announces which Healthcare Insurance 15th August 2018 ?
Answer: Jan Arogya Abhiyan. The world's largest healthcare cover plan that covers
10 crore families provides 5 lakh cover to them each year.

43. Question: The Indian Council for Agricultural Research (ICAR) sounds alarm
with the discovery of deadly foreign maize pest in Karnataka. What is the name of the
pest ?
Answer: Fall Armyworm (Spodoptera frugiperda). It was discovered in Karnataka
this July.

44. Question: Which station was ranked as the cleanest in A1 Category as per Report
on Station Cleanliness ?
Answer: Jodhpur (1st place) and Jaipur (2nd place) of North Western Railway in
Rajasthan.

45. Question: What is the tagline for Geographical Indication (GI) certified products ?
Answer: Union Commerce and Industry Minister Suresh Prabhu launched the
tricolour logo and a tagline “Invaluable Treasures of Incredible India”. The tagline
was coined by Akansha Tripathi.

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 46. Question: Who has been sworn-in as the Chief Justice of the Madras High Court
(MHC) ?
Answer: Justice Vijaya Kamlesh Tahilramani. Justice Tahilramani is the third
woman chief justice of the MHC. She succeeded Justice Indira Banerjee, who has
been elevated to the Supreme Court.

47. Question: Union Minister of Commerce & Industry and Aviation Suresh Prabhu
launched Niryat Mitra – mobile App. It is developed by ?
Answer: The app is developed by the Federation of Indian Export Organisations
(FIEO).

48. Question: Which committee has been formed to advise PM on science, tech-
related policy issues ?
Answer: PM-STIAC (Science, Technology, Innovation Advisory Committee), a 21-
member committee. It will be chaired by K Vijay Raghavan, Principal Scientific
Advisor to the Government.

49. Question: Which nation's former President has been nominated to be the next UN
human rights chief ?
Answer: Chile. Former Chilean President Michelle Bachelet is the first woman in
her country to occupy the top position and is known to be a strong advocate for
women's rights.

50. Question: The First South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC)
Agri Cooperative Business Forum began in Kathmandu. What is the theme of this three-
day Forum ?
Answer: The theme of is 'Organizing and Strengthening Family Farmers’
Cooperatives to attain the Sustainable-Development-Goals-1 and 2 in South Asia'.

51. Question: Delhi High Court decriminalizes begging in the national capital. Earlier,
it was made a criminal offence under which Act ?
Answer: It was made a criminal offence after the Bombay Prevention of Begging
Act, 1959, was extended to Delhi by a Central government amendment in 1960.

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 52. Question: The United Nations has charged which nation of “genocidal intent”, the
strongest condemnation from the international community so far ?
Answer: Myanmar. The UN report has charged Myanmar’s top military brass of the
“gravest crimes”.

53. Question: Indian Army and Indian Navy launched operations in the flood hit
Kerala. Name the operations.
Answer: Operation Madad by Southern Naval Command and Operation Sahyog by
Indian Army.

54. Question: Who has become the first woman chief justice of Jammu & Kashmir
High Court ?
Answer: Justice Gita Mittal was sworn in as the first woman Chief Justice of Jammu
and Kashmir High Court. Justice Mittal earlier served as a Delhi High Court judge
for 14 years.

1. Question: Neeraj Chopra is associated with which sports ?

Answer: Javelin throw. He struck Gold in the Sotteville Athletics meet in France on
17th July 2018.

2. Question: Which state government has launched a ‘happiness curriculum’ for

school students ?
Answer: The Delhi government has launched 'Happiness Curriculum' for school
students up to class 8. This would include meditation, value education and mental
exercises.

3. Question: Who received the Golden Ball award for best player at the 2018 FIFA
World Cup ?
Answer: Luka Modric. England's Harry Kane won the World Cup Golden Boot
Award as top scorer with 6 goals.

4. Question: Who wins German Grand Prix 2018 ?

Answer: Honda's Marc Marquez of Spain.

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 5. Question: Who is the only invitee from Asia in the Golden Globe Race 2018 ?
Answer: Indian Naval officer Commander Abhilash Tomy has become the only
Asian to be selected to participate.

6. Question: Which country has topped the 2018 "Soft Power 30" index?
Answer: United Kingdom. India does not feature in this list.

7. Question: Which committee has been constituted by the Central Government to

review Companies Act 2013 ?
Answer: Injeti Srinivas Committee (Secretary of Ministry of Corporate Affairs). The
Ministry of Corporate Affairs (MCA) has constituted a 10 Member Committee.

8. Question: Who has won Wimbledon 2018 Men’s singles tournament ?

Answer: Novak Djokovic won the men's singles Title for the fourth time.

9. Question: Which journalist was elected as the new President of Delhi and Districts
Cricket Association ?
Answer: Senior journalist Rajat Sharma has beaten World Cup winning India
cricketer Madan Lal by 517 votes to become the new president of Delhi and Districts
Cricket Association.

10. Question: Rajasthan government has signed a MoU with which technological giant
to provide free digital training to students ?
Answer: Microsoft, to provide free digital training to 9,500 students of 50
government colleges in a year. It will also train 500 faculty members.

11. Question: Which state government will launch "One farmer one transformer"
scheme to curb electricity losses ?
Answer: Maharashtra. Under this scheme, the state Government will provide
electrical connection for high voltage distribution line to about two lakh farmers of
the state.

12. Question: Which state recently granted Religious Minority Status to Jews ?
Answer: The Gujarat Government granted religious minority status to Jewish
community living in the state.

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 13. Question: Who has won Wimbledon 2018 women singles tournament ?
Answer: Angelique Kerber, by defeating 7-time winner Serena Williams. With the
win, Kerber has become the first German woman to win the title since Steffi Graf in
1996.

14. Question: Name the Indians who won the 2018 Ramon Magsaysay Award ?
Answer: Two Indians, namely, Bharat Vatwani and Sonam Wangchuk won the 2018
Ramon Magsaysay Award, the Asian version of the Nobel Prize.

15. Question: Which state has topped the "Ease of doing business" rankings, as per
State Business Reform Assessment 2018 ?
Answer: Andhra Pradesh, while Telangana is in 2nd and Haryana is in 3rd position.

16. Question: Who is the most followed female leader in the world, as per
Twiplomacy 2018 ?
Answer: India’s external affairs minister Sushma Swaraj is not only the most
followed female world leader but also the most followed foreign minister in the
world.

17. Question: Which planet will make its closest approach to Earth in 15 years on July
31, 2018 ?
Answer: The red planet, Mars will make the closest approach to Earth in the last
fifteen years on July 31, 2018.

18. Question: What is the India's rank in the 2018 Global Innovation Index (GII) ?
Answer: India has been ranked 57th most innovative nation among 130 countries in
the 11th edition of Global Innovation Index (GII-2018), which is developed jointly
by Cornell University, INSEAD and the World Intellectual Property Organisation
(WIPO).

19. Question: What is the theme of the 2018 World Population Day (WPD) ?
Answer: Family Planning Is A Human Right. The World Population Day (WPD) is
observed every year on July 11.

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 20. Question: The Lok Sabha passed the Negotiable Instruments (Amendment) Bill,
2017. The Act deals with ?
Answer: The Act has been amended to deal firmly with cheque bounce cases.

21. Question: The United Nations recently constituted a High-Level Panel on Digital
Cooperation. Who will head the panel ?
Answer: Jack Ma. The panel will be co-chaired by Melinda Gates,

22. Question: As per World Bank's data on the gross domestic product (GDP) of
countries for 2017, India holds which rank among the world's largest economies ?
Answer: India has surpassed France to become the world's 6th largest economy, as
per World Bank data on the gross domestic product (GDP) of countries for 2017.

23. Question: Who clinched the gold medal in the vault event of FIG Artistic
Gymnastics World Challenge Cup at Mersin ?
Answer: Deepa Karmakar

24. Question: Who has been appointed as new Chairman of Payments Council of India
(PCI) ?
Answer: Vishwas Patel, who is Director at Infibeam Avenues, has been appointed as
new Chairman of Payments Council of India (PCI). He succeeded Naveen Surya,
who has been elevated to the post of Chairman Emeritus.

25. Question: The Union government constituted which high-level committee to check
mob lynching?
Answer: Rajiv Gauba committee

26. Question: Which country hosted the 42nd World Heritage Committee meeting ?
Answer: Bahrain's capital Manama.

27. Question: Who has been conferred with the National Kalidas Samman in visual
arts by the Madhya Pradesh government ?
Answer: Anjolie Ela Menon, a well known muralist. Beside her, Artist A.
Ramachandran was also conferred with the Kalidas Award.

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 28. Question: Which IIT launched world’s first remotely operable Local Electrode
Atom Probe (LEAP) microscope ?
Answer: IIT-Madras launched the world’s first remotely operable LEAP (Local
Electrode Atom Probe (LEAP) microscope.

29. Question: IPS officer Sundari Nanda has become the first woman DGP of which
Union Territory ?
Answer: Puducherry. A 1988 batch officer, Nanda succeeded S K Gautam, who has
been transferred to Delhi.

30. Question: Which country's team has won the 2018 Men's Hockey Champions
Trophy ?
Answer: Australian hockey team has won the 2018 Men's Hockey Champions
Trophy by defeating India. It was Australia's record 15th Champions Trophy title.
Hockey Champions Trophy for men will be replaced by the Hockey Pro League
(HPL) in 2019.

31. Question: Which country has passed a divisive Jewish nation-state law ?
Answer: Israel has passed a law declaring that only Jews have the right of self-
determination in the country.

32. Question: Which veteran cricketer became the 5th Indian player to be named in
the Hall of Fame ?
Answer: Rahul Dravid. The other four Indians are former skippers Bishan Singh
Bedi, Sunil Gavaskar, Kapil Dev and Anil Kumble.

33. Question: Who is author of book "Eleventh Hour" ?

Answer: 'Eleventh Hour' is authored by Crime writer Hussain Zaidi to pay tribute
to the men in uniform.

34. Question: Which country host World's Largest Multilateral Naval Exercise
RIMPAC 2018 ?
Answer: USA

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 35. Question: Which country joined the UN Human Rights Council ?
Answer: The UN members unanimously elected Iceland to take a seat on the world
body’s 47-member Human Rights Council.

36. Question: President Ram Nath Kovind recently approved Anti-Witch Hunting Bill
of which state ?
Answer: Assam
1. Question: Who has won the 2018 Formula One French Grand Prix tournament 2018 ?
Answer: Lewis Hamilton, a British racing driver who races in Formula One for
Mercedes AMG Petronas.

2. Question: Which movie won the Best Picture Award at the International Indian
Film Academy (IIFA) awards 2018 ?
Answer: Tumhari Sulu, a movie about a housewife who lands a job as a radio
jockey. Irfan Khan was adjudged the Best Actor for his role in the film 'Hindi
Medium'.

3. Question: Which organisation has constituted Expert Committee to frame rules for
direct listing of Indian firms abroad ?
Answer: The Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) constituted an Expert
Committee to frame rules for direct listing of Indian firms abroad.

4. Question: Which country will host World Cup 2026 ?

Answer: United States, Mexico and Canada won the right to host the 2026 World
Cup after easily beating Morocco in a vote by FIFA member nations in Moscow.

5. Question: Which committee was constituted by the Union Government to lay

down standards for metro rail systems in the country ?
Answer: E Sreedharan committee. The committee will be headed by E Sreedharan,
who is also known as the ‘Metro Man’.

6. Question: Government has launched the Mohanpura Irrigation Project in which

state ?
Answer: Rajgarh district in Madhya Pradesh. The Rs 3,866-crore project includes a
dam and a canal system.

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 7. Question: Ashish Jakhar has won gold in which sports at the 2018 Asian Junior
Athletics Championships in Japan ?
Answer: Hammer throw. He created a new National U-20 record to clinch the gold
medal with a hammer throw of 76.86 in his second attempt while Damneet bagged
the silver with a best throw of 74.08.

8. Question: Which city creates world record over one lakh people performing yoga ?
Answer: Rajasthan's education city Kota turned into Yoga city when over one lakh
people performed yoga at one place at the same time and created a new Guinness
World Record on International Yoga day, 21st June. Yog Guru Baba Ramdev and
Rajasthan Chief Minister Vasundhara Raje led people to perform Yoga at city's
RAC ground.

9. Question: India recently agreed to hold the first edition of naval exercise
“Coordinated Patrol (CORPAT)” with which neighbouring country ?
Answer: The naval forces of India and Bangladesh will conduct the joint patrol
exercise “Coordinated Patrol (CORPAT)” in the Bay of Bengal.

10. Question: Supreme Court recently allowed Union government to implement the
reservation in promotion policy for SC/ST employees under which article of the
Constitution?
Answer: Article 16

11. Question: The tri-service joint military exercise Indra-2018 will take place
between India and which country ?
Answer: Russia. It will take place at Indian military base.

12. Question: Which country recently denied undertaking joint project to develop
naval base with India?
Answer: The Assumption Island, a small island in the Outer Islands of Seychelles
north of Madagascar.

13. Question: Which company acquires US-Based WongDoody for $75 Million?
Answer: Infosys

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 14. Question: Who is appointed new COO of ICICI Bank?
Answer: ICICI Bank board has appointed ICICI Prudential Life Insurance CEO
Sandeep Bakhshi as whole-time director and chief operating officer (COO).

15. Question: How many countries will be participating in the 2018 Rim of the Pacific
(RIMPAC) Military Exercise ?
Answer: 26 countries, including India, would participate in the biennial Rim of the
Pacific (RIMPAC) Military Exercise from June 27 to August 2, in and around the
Hawaiian Islands and Southern California.

16. Question: Which city to host the 106th Indian Science Congress (ISC-2019)?
Answer: The 106th Indian Science Congress (ISC-2019) will be held at Lovely
Professional University (LPU) in Jalandhar, Punjab from 3rd to 7th January 2019.
The theme of the 5-day science congress is 'Future India: Science & Technology'.

17. Question: Who wins Pulitzer Prize 2018 in Music ?

Answer: Kendrick Lamar for his album “Damn.” Lamar is the first rapper in
history to be given the award.

18. Question: Which country will host European Union Film Festival (EUFF) 2018?
Answer: Delhi, India

19. Question: Who gets Santokbaa Humanitarian Award 2018?

Answer: Child rights activist Kailash Satyarthi and former Chairman of ISRO A S
Kiran Kumar. The award includes prize money of Rs.1 crore to each of the
awardees.

20. Question: Who has been posted as the first woman Director General of Police
(DGP) of Puducherry?
Answer: S Sundari Nanda, a 1988 AGMU cadre Indian Police Service officer in the
rank of ADGP, has been posted as the first woman Director General of Police
(DGP) of Union Territory of Puducherry. Kiran Bedi, the first woman IPS officer of
the country, is the Lt Governor of the Union Territory.

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 21. Question: Tata Motors signs MoU with which state to promote e-Mobility ?
Answer: Tata Motors has signed an MoU with the State Government of
Maharashtra for deployment of 1,000 electric vehicles (EV). The company also
plans to set up EV Charging Stations in the State.

22. Question: What is the theme of the 2018 World Blood Donor Day (WBDD) ?
Answer: "Be there for someone else. Give blood. Share life." The World Blood
Donor Day (WBDD) is observed every year on June 14 across the globe.

23. Question: Which nuclear-capable missile was successfully test-fired by India on

June 3, 2018 ?
Answer: India on June 3, 2018 successfully test-fired indigenously developed
nuclear-capable ballistic missile Agni-5. This was the sixth trial of the state-of-the-
art missile Agni-5.

24. Question: Who wins French Open 2018 men's Single ?

Answer: Rafael Nadal by defeating Dominic Thiem. This was his 11th French Open
title in 14 years.

25. Question: Which country is hosting the 2018 BRICS Foreign Ministers' meeting ?
Answer: Johannesburg, South Africa. The BRICS comprises Brazil, Russia, India,
China and South Africa.

26. Question: Union government has recently given final clearance to Kaleshwaram
Lift Irrigation Project (KLIP). The project will built across which river?
Answer: Godavari River. Telangana has received the approval of the biggest lift
irrigation project in the country.

27. Question: India on 4th June 2018 received its cheapest LNG under a long-term
deal from which country ?
Answer: India got first of its cheapest liquefied natural gas (LNG) consignment from
Russia at a delivered price of close to $7 per million British thermal unit (mmBtu).

28. Question: The World Bank has agreed to provide assistance in which scheme that
is worth Rs 6000 crore?

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 Answer: Atal Bhujal Yojana. The scheme aims to improve ground water
management in priority areas in the country through community participation.

29. Question: Who was appointed as the fourth deputy governor of RBI ?
Answer: M K Jain. The government appointed IDBI Bank CEO Mahesh Kumar
Jain as the fourth deputy governor of Reserve Bank of India (RBI).

30. Question: The Fuego volcano has recently erupted in which country?
Answer: Guatemala. The Fuego volcano is an active stratovolcano in Guatemala that
has recently erupted violently and buried several villages on its southern flank.

31. Question: Which country recently discovers new planet K2-236b recently?
Answer: India. The name of the planet is EPIC 211945201b or K2-236b.

32. Question: Who is appointed acting chairman of UPSC on 10th June 2018 ?
Answer: Arvind Saxena

33. Question: Who wins French Open 2018 Women's Single ?

Answer: World number one Simona Halep has won her first Grand Slam title with a
victory over American Sloane Stephens in the French Open 2018 final.

34. Question: SCO summit 2018 was held 9 - 10 June at which city ?
Answer: Qingdao, China.

35. Question: Which country wins Women's Cricket Asia Cup 2018 ?
Answer: Bangladesh women's cricket team beat India by 3 wickets to win their
maiden Asia Cup trophy in Kuala Lumpur.

36. Question: Indian-American Dhivya Suryadevara becomes CFO of _________ ?

Answer: Dhivya Suryadevara has been named the Chief Finance Officer of the US’s
largest automaker, General Motors.

37. Question: Saweety Boora, who claimed gold at 2018 Umakhanov Memorial
Tournament, is associated with which sports ?

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 Answer: Boxing. Saweety Boora, is also a former world championships silver-
medallist.

38. Question: Which country will host the 11th World Hindi Conference ?
Answer: The 11th World Hindi Conference will be held in Mauritius in August 2018
with an aim to increase the popularity of Hindi globally.

39. Question: When is the World Day to Combat Desertification and Drought
observed every year ?
Answer: June 17. The theme of 2018 World Day to Combat Desertification and
Drought was "Land has true value – invest in it".

1. After much debate and criticism, the Uttar Pradesh government Tuesday approved the proposal
to rename Allahabad as 'Prayagraj'.

2. The seventh meeting of education ministers of member states of Shanghai Cooperation

Organisation (SCO) was held in Astana, capital city of Kazakhstan.

3. Anna Burns has become the first Northern Irish author to win the Man Booker prize,
taking the £50,000 award for Milkman, her timely, Troubles-set novel about a young woman
being sexually harassed by a powerful man.

4. JSW Steel CMD Sajjan Jindal was elected as treasurer of World Steel Association
(WSA). He was appointed for one-year period. The board also has appointed Tata Steel MD T V
Narendran and ArcelorMittal Chief L N Mittal as its members.

5. The Indian Under-18 men’s and women's Hockey team finished their 2018 Youth
Olympic Games campaign with silver medals at Buenos Aires, Argentina.

6. The 12th Asia-Europe Meeting (ASEM) Summit was held in Brussels, Belgium. The
theme of summit was ‘Global Partners for Global Challenges’. It was chaired by European
Council President Donald Tusk.

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 7. Indian-American Minal Patel Davis was honoured with Presidential Medal for
Combating Human Trafficking’. She was presented with award by US Secretary of State Mike
Pompeo. It is United States highest honour in the field.

8. Shahi Litchi from Bihar has received Geographical Indication (GI) tag from Chennai
based Geographical Indication Registry and Intellectual Property India.

9. Appointments Committee of the Cabinet has appointed Dr. Shekhar Mande as the
Director General of Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) and Secretary of the
Department of Scientific and Research (DSIR). He will succeed Girish Sahni.

10. The World Economic Forum (WEF) released the Global Competitiveness Report 2018,
ranking India at 58th position. India jumped five spots from 2017, the largest gain among G20
economies.

11. Indian Railway Catering and Tourism Corporation (IRCTC) has launched Artificial
Intelligence (AI) powered chatbot– Ask Disha ((Digital Interaction to Seek Help Anytime) to
help its users answer various queries.

12. The Union Government launched national campaign ‘Swasth Bharat Yatra’ in association
with states and led by Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) on occasion of
World Food Day (observed on 16 October) to sensitise people about eating safe food and be
healthy.

13. The 46th edition of world’s largest IHGF-Delhi Fair was held at India Expo Centre &
Mart, Greater Noida from October 14 to 18, 2018. It was inaugurated by Union Minister of State
(MoS) for Textiles Ajay Tamta.

14. Veteran composer, lyricist, writer and national award winning music director Mohammed
Zahur Khayyam Hashmi, famously known as Khayya was 2018 Hridaynath Award for Lifetime
Achievement.

1. Eminent jurist Fali S. Nariman (89) was awarded 19th Lal Bahadur Shastri National Award for
Excellence in Public Administration.

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 2. Asian Games and Commonwealth Gold medalist Bajrang Punia had to settle for silver in
the 65 kg category of the World Wrestling Championship after losing to youngster Japanese
Takuto Otoguro in the final at Budapest last night.

3. The 27th Fusion Energy Conference (FEC 2018) was held in Gandhinagar, Gujarat. The
six-day event is organised by the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA).

4. Wipro said it had appointed former State Bank of India chairman Arundhati Bhattacharya
as an independent director beginning January 1, 2019.

5. India has won Commonwealth Association for Public Administration and Management
(CAPAM) Award, 2018. The award was announced at Annual General Members Meet held at
Georgetown, Guyana.

6. China inaugurated Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macau Bridge, world’s longest sea bridge with
total length of 55 km linking Hong Kong, Macau and Zhuhai.

7. The Central Vigilance Commission observes the Vigilance Awareness Week every year
during the week in which birthday of Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel (31st October) falls. Theme:
Eradicate Corruption-Build a New India.

8. Prime Minister Narendra Modi has been conferred with the prestigious Seoul Peace Prize
2018. In 2017 Congolese gynecologist Denis Mukwege was honored with this award.

9. United States (US) President Donald Trump has announced that US will unilaterally pull
out of three-decade-old Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces (INF) treaty signed with Russia
during Cold War.

10. The government on Wednesday appointed M Nageswara Rao as interim chief of the
investigating agency CBI "with immediate effect".

11. UN-backed fund Green Climate Fund (GCF) has approved US $43.4 million for
enhancing climate resilience for millions of people living in India’s coastal communities. The
grant is part of more than US $1 billion approved by 21st meeting of GCF Board held in
Bahrain’s capital Manama.

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 12. World Development Information Day (WDID) is observed every year on October 24.
This day also coincides with United Nations Day (October 24).

13. Sri Lankan President Maithripala Sirisena has sacked Ranil Wickremesinghe, incumbent
prime minister of Sri Lanka and appointed former President Mahinda Rajapaksha as new Prime
Minister.

14. Invest India, the country’s investment promotion body, has won United Nations (UN)
Award for excellence in promoting investments in sustainable development. The award was
presented by Armenian President Armen Sarkissian
.

1. The first general elections of India started on 25th October 1951 and continued till 21st
February 1952. Who was the first election commissioner of India
- Sukumar Sen

2. Soputan, a small stratovolcano is located on the northern arm of which Indonesian

Island
- Sulawesi Island

3. The series of sermons by Jain Muni Tarun Sagar ji was known as

- Kadve Pravachan

4. Sthanakvasi is a sect of Svetambara Jainism founded by a merchant named Lavaji

in
- 1653 AD

5. The Office of the Comptroller and Auditor General has its beginnings in 1858.
The first Auditor General appointed in the year 1860 was
- Sir Edward Drummond

6. The Volga river (which is the longest river in Europe) and the Ural river (which is
the third longest river in Europe) flows into which sea
- Caspian Sea

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 7. Date on which the interim government of India was formed
- September 2, 1946

8. The Jaap Sahib, Benti Chaupai, Amrit Savaiye, etc are the literary contributions of
which Sikh guru
- Guru Gobind Singh, the 10th and last Sikh Guru

9. The Governor-General and Viceroy of India during the formation Interim

Government of India
- Lord Viscount Wavell (1943 - 1947)

10. Who was the first editor of the Kesari, a weekly journal sponsored by Chiplunkar
and aided by Bal Gangadhar Tilak (1881)
- Gopal Ganesh Agarkar

11. Which conference was called as the Social Reform Cell of Indian National
Congress because of discussions about social issues in its annual meetings
- Indian National Social Conference, founded in 1887

12. The preamble-page, along with other pages of the original Constitution of India,
was designed and decorated by which renowned painter from Jabalpur
- Beohar Rammanohar Sinha

13. Which country, situated in the East of Central Africa, is popularly known as “the
land of a thousand hills''
- Rwanda

14. The National Calendar was adopted by the government of India on

- 22 March 1957

15. Marco Polo, an Italian traveller, visited Motupally port in 1289 AD, when
Rudramadevi was ruling Andhradesa. The empress Rudramadevi was of which dynasty
- Kakatiya Dynasty

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 16. Dholavira situated in Kutch district of Gujarat, is an important place for which
civilization
- Sandhava Civilisation

17. Muntakhab-ul-Lubab by Khafi Khan deals with the administration of

- Aurangzeb

18. A dense, towering vertical cloud, forming from water vapor carried by powerful
upward air currents
- Cumulonimbus

19. Kuka movement slowly faded away with the death of Ram Singh in
- 1885

20. Eight degree channel separate Lakshadweep from

- Maldives

21. The main objective of the (9th) Ninth Five-Year Plan was
- Growth with Social Justice and Equality

22. While Public Accounts Committee members belong to both houses of parliament,
Estimates Committee members belong to only
- Lok Sabha

23. The administrative reforms commission was formed under the chairmanship of
Morarji Desai. Its tenure was from
- 1966 to 1970

24. The warm and dry winds that blow down the steep valleys in Japan are called
- Santa Ana

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 25. The Medieval Chola king, who led an expedition to North India upto the river
Ganges between 1019 and 1024
- Rajendra Chola I

26. Whose remarks are these - “The Preamble is the horoscope of our sovereign
democratic republic” ?
- K M Munshi

27. The Cripps mission was an attempt by the British to secure full Indian cooperation
and support in World War II. It came to India in
- March 1942

28. Four UN member states have never accepted the Non-Proliferation Treaty, these
are India, Israel, Pakistan and
- South Sudan

29. Air Force Station Hindon is an Indian Air Force base, which is the biggest and
largest air base in Asia and 8th in the world. This base comes under which Air Command
- Western Air Command

30. French were the last to come to pre-independence India as traders in 1664. Their
first factory was established in
- 1668 in Surat

31. Lala Lajpat Rai popularly known as Punjab Kesari founded the Home Rule
League of America in 1917 in
- New York

32. The first dynasty to start the practice of tax-free land grant to Brahmans and
Buddhist monks
- Satavahana Dynasty

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