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Indian Polity and Constitution
* The first day session of the Constituent Assembly of India was chaired by – Dr. Sachchidanand Sinha
* Where have the words ‘we the People of India’ been used in the Constitution of India? – Preamble to the Constitution
* Which Schedule of the Indian Constitution deals with the Anti-defection law? – Tenth Schedule
* Which article of the Indian Constitution deals with the original jurisdiction of the Supreme Court? – Article 131
* Although the chairman and members of a State Public Service Commission are appointed by the Governor, they can be removed from their post only by – The President of India
* The Lok Sabha Speaker addresses and submits his resignation to – Deputy Speaker of Lok Sabha
* What is the maximum duration between two sessions of Indian Parliament? – Six months
* How many minimum members are required to bring the ‘No Confidence Motion’ against the Council of Ministers in the Lok Sabha? – 50 members
* The power to extend or restrict the jurisdiction of the High Court rests with – The Parliament
* Which kind of Panchayati Raj System was recommended by the Balwant Rai Mehta committee? – Three-tier system
Indian National Movement
* Who asked the British to leave India in God’s hands or in modern parlance to anarchy during the second world war? – Mahatma Gandhi
* When did Mahatma Gandhi and Lord Irwin sign the Gandhi- Irwin Pact? – March 5, 1931
* ‘Doctrine of Passive Resistance’, a series of seven articles for the national cause, was written by – Sri Aurobindo
* Which Indian leader was popularly known as ‘ Andhra Kesari’? – T. Prakasam
* The two great leaders who launched (separately) the Home Rule Movement in India in 1915- 16 were – Annie Besant and B.G. Tilak
* The famous INA trials took place at the Red Fort, Delhi in – 1945
* Mahatma Gandhi started his historic Dandi March on – March 12, 1930
* The first split in the INC ocurred in 1907 at the – Surat Session
* Who was the Governor-General of India when the Cripps Mission came to India? – Lord Linlithgow
* Mahatma Gandhi was elected the President of the Indian National Congress only for – Once
History and Culture of India
* The treaty of Aix-La-Chapelle (1748) ended the – First Anglo-French war in India
* Who was the Mughal ruler in Delhi when Nadir Shah invaded India in 1738-39? – Muhammad Shah
* Kautilya’s Arthaskaster divided into – 15 Adhikaranas or sections
* Which Mughal Emperor was a contemporary of Queen Eliza- beth I of England? –Akbar
* Mir Qasim shifted his capital from Murshidabad to –Munger
* Who was the Maratha Peshwa when the third battle of Panipat was fought between the Maratha and the Afghan forces? –Peshwa Balaji Baji Rao
* Who was popularly known as ‘Hazardinari’ in the Delhi Sultanate? – Malik Kafur
* The Battle of Haldighati (1576) was fought between – Rana Pratap of Mewar forces and Mughal emperor Akbar’s army
Economic Affairs of India
* The largest source of ‘National Income’ in India is – Service sector
* Who became the first woman President of Nasscom? – Debjani Ghosh
* ‘Income Tax in India’ was introduced by – James Wilson
* Which sector contributes the highest share in ‘Gross Domestic Savings’? –Domestic sector
* An instrument of qualitative credit control is – Credit rationing
* Scheduled Bank is that bank which is – Included in the second schedule of RBI
* The ‘UDAY Yojana’ of the central government is associated with – Energy sector
* What is ‘Stagflation’? – Inflation with depreciation
Geography (India and the World)
* The Atacama and the Pantagonia deserts are located in – The Latin America Continent
* Fossils and layers are not found ill – Igneous rocks
* Which European nation is called the ‘Land of Thousand Lakes’ ? – Finland
* Which country is generally referred to as the ‘Sugar Bowl of the World’? – Cuba
* ‘Maginot Line’ is an international boundary line between – France and Germany
* Lines joining places with same magnetic declination are called – Isogonals
* Which Indian state is surrounded by Bangladesh on three sides? – Tripura
* The Brahmaputra a river in the Himalayas presents an example of – Antecedent drainage
* The headquarters of North-Eastern Railway is located in – Gorakhpur (Uttar Pradesh)
* ‘Surma Valley’ is located in – Assam
Science &Technology
* Energy is a scalar quantity and its SI unit is – Joule
* Which scientist discovered ‘Long Radio Waves’? – Marconi
* ‘Sparkling of diamond’ and ‘shining of the air bubble in water’ are examples of – Total internal reflection
* The metal present in Vitamin B12 is – Cobalt
* Sugar in blood and urine is tested with – Benedicts solution
* Which chemical is used in artificial rain? – Silver iodide
* The image formed by an astronomical telescope is – Real and diminished
* The deposition of uric acid in the joints causes – Arthritis
* Which polymer is used in making ‘bulletproof glass’? – Lexan
* Study of teeth and gum is called – Odontology
Agriculture
* The cultivation of wheat and mustard simultaneously together in rows, is called – Intercropping
* ‘National Academy of Agricultural Research and Management’ (NAARM) is located at – Hyderabad
* National Bureau of Plant Genetic Resources is located in – New Delhi
* ‘Heart rot’ disease in sugarbeet is caused due to deficiency of – Boron
* ‘Pusa Anmol’, ‘Pusa Bhairav’ and ‘Pusa Hybrid-5’ are varieties of – Brinjal
* What is the scientific name of ‘Jowar’ – Sorghum Vulgare
* The upper stem of banana is called – Pseudo-stem
* ‘Musa paradisiaca’ is the botanical name of – Banana
* The ‘smut disease’ in pearl millet, wheat and barley is a – Seed borne disease
* ‘CS-S2’ and ‘CS-S4’ are salt tolerant varieties of – Indian mustard
Environment Biodiversity, Climate Chang etc.
* Which film was adjudged the Best Film on Environmental
conservation in the 6Sth National Film Awards? – Irada (A Hindi film)
* World Environment Day is observed on – June 5
* World Oceans Day is celebrated on – June 8
* ‘Gir National Park’ is located in – Junagarh, Gujarat
* ‘Ecomarc’ is a symbol related to – Goods safe for the environment
* What is ‘Green Banking’? – Bank financing on pro-environment projects
* Major biodiversity hotspots in India are located in – the Western Ghats and Eastern Himalayas
* Who is the author of the book ‘Desert Solitaire’? – Edward Abbey
* ‘Resource ecology’ is also known as – Conservation ecology
* ‘Sea-Biotic Resources and Ecology Centre is located at – Cochin
Communication
* Communication which takes place between or among superiors and subordinates is called – Horizontal Communication
* ‘Metacommunication’ relates to – Non-verbal cues
* Downward and upward flows of information are both instances of – Vertical communication
* Essential components of the communication process are – Source, channel, target and medium
* Anything which is used as a status symbol is – Object communication
* ‘Body language’ and ‘Facial expression’ are examples of – Non-verbal Communication
* At the initial stage, a presentation is a form of – One-way communication
* In circular communication, the encoder becomes a decoder when there is –Feedback
* Break-down in verbal communication is referred to as – Entropy
* Who coined the term ‘Cybernetics’? – Norbert Wiener
Education and Child Psychology
* Individual differences in the capacity of working memory appear to have important consequences for children’s ability to acquire – knowledge and new skills
* Three merits of proficiency test are – Approval, reliability and subjectivity
* Kindergarten method of teaching was developed by –Froebel
* When a child responds to all women who wear black suit because of the black suit of her
mother, it is the example of – Generalisation
* Philip Jackson’s analysis of teaching divides teaching into – Three Phases
* Bright students can be motivated well by – Raising their aspiration level and goals of life
* Smallest unit of meaning in a language is – morpheme
* The Stage in which the “Self Initiative Skill” of a child develops when it is let free –2-3 years
* Long term memory is through – Learning by multisensory organs
* “Child should be treated as a child” was said by – Wechsler
Sports and Games
* The 21st Commonwealth Games were successfully organized in April 2018 in – Gold Coast, Australia
* Which country emerged the overall champion of the 21st Commonwealth Games, topping the medal tally? – Australia
* India secured third position in the 2018 Commonwealth Games by winning total – 66 medals (26 gold, 20 silver and 20 bronze medals)
* What was the name of the mascot of 21st Commonwealth Games? – Borobi
* Who was honoured with the David Dixon Trophy for the best sporting performance in the Commonwealth Games, this year? – David Liti of New Zealand
* The 22nd Commonwealth Games will be organised in 2022 in – Birmingham (England)
* Which team emerged winner of the Inaugural Super Cup Football title in April 2018? – Bengaluru FC
* Who is the winner of the US Masters Golf Title-2018? – Patrick Reed of America
* ‘Jitu Rai’, ‘Heena Sidhu’, ‘Tejaswini Sawant’ are famous Indian sportspersons of – Shooting
* How many players are there in a ‘Basketball team’? – Five
Miscellany
* Who is the author of the book- ‘Divine Comedy’? – Dante
* Who is generally referred to as ‘Grandfather of Indian Films’? – Dhundiraj Govind Phalke
* ‘Rakhal’, ‘Nat Rash’, ‘Maha Rash’ and ‘Raukhat’ are famous folk dances of – Manipur
* The’ captain’ in the Indian navy is equal to the rank of – ‘Colonel’ in the Indian Army
* ‘World Day of Social Justice’ is observed on – February 20
* Where is the headquarters of International Civil Aviation
Organisation (ICAO) located? – Montreal (Canada)
* An official report of the British government is called – BlueBook
* ‘Reuters’ is the news agency of – The United Kingdom
* Who was honoured with the prestigious Dada Saheb Phalke Award, the top honour of Indian Cinema, this year? – Vinod Khanna (Posthumously)
* Which film was adjudged the ‘Best Film’ in the 65th National Film Awards? – ‘Village Rockstars’ (an Assamese film)