SET-5


1.       In 1890 the first electric what opened in London
ANS - Underground railway



2.       Who wrote the children's novel Swallows and Amazons
ANS - Arthur Ransom



3.       What is the capitol of Morocco
ANS – Rabat



4.       Linus Torwalds invented and wrote what
ANS - Linux computer operating system



5.       What is the staple food of one third of the worlds population
ANS – Rice



6.       What digit does not exist in Roman Numerals
ANS – Zero



7.       Ageusia is the loss of which sense
ANS – Taste



8.       Who designed the WW 1 plane Camel and co designed Hurricane
ANS - Thomas Octave Murdoch Sopwith


9.       In 1666 Jesuit Bark was used as a prevention against what
ANS – Malaria


10.    Which medical tool was developed by Sanctorius in 1612
ANS – Thermometer


11.    What weapon was invented by Ernest Swinton used in 1916
ANS – Tank


12.    In 1901 who first transmitted radio signals across Atlantic
ANS – Marconi


13.    Who won six consecutive Wimbledon titles in the 1980s
ANS - Martina Navratilova


14.    What was invented by James Dewer in 1872
ANS - Vacuum or thermos flask


15.    In 1953 what was first successfully transmitted in the USA
ANS - Colour Television


16.    Angel falls Venezuela Highest but where second Highest
ANS - Yosemite USA

17.    Who sold Louisiana to the USA in 1803

ANS – Napoleon


18.    Who is the only American president elected unopposed
ANS - George Washington 1798 1792




19.    Which countries men use the most deodorant
ANS – Japan


20.    What was the first credit card
ANS - Diners Club




1. Which is the oldest Development Financial Institution of India?

2.  What is a powerful eye irritant present in smog?

3.  Where is respiratory centre situated?

4. Which part of the Earth’s surface receives the highest amount of insolation?

5. Which are manuals of instruction in the form of brief rules?

6.  Who is the head of the National Defence Committee?

7.  Who was the first Indian to be a Fellow of the Royal Society of London?

8.  Prof. Amartya Sen has earned worldwide distinction in which field /area?

9.  Mist is a result of which thing?

10.  At where an example of Chola architecture can be seen?

11. How is the relative permeability of a diamagnetic material?

12. Which gland in human body is popularly called ‘Adam’s apple’?

13.  Which was the first woman Governor of a State in free India?

14. The intensity of insolation depends on which line?

15. Between which the famous Battle of Takkolam in South India was fought?

16.  In India, the bank NABARD does not provide refinance to which bank?

17. Crusade for human rights is associated with which name?

18. Which nontoxic gas helps in formation of enzymes which ripen fruit?

19.  Which desert is famous for its deposits of nitrates?

20. Which queen enjoyed political power along ‘with her husband?






Answer :

1. IFCI   2. Sulphur dioxide   3. Medulla oblongata   4. Tropical deserts   5. Sutras   6. Home Minister v  7. Srinivas Ramanujan   8. Economics   9. Condensation   10. Tanjore   11. Less than unity   12. Thyroid    13. Mrs. Sarojini Naidu   14. Latitude   15. Cholas and Rashtrakutas   16. Export-Import Banks   17. Jimmy Carter   18. Acetylene   19. Atacama   20. Nur Jahan


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