SET-8

G.K Practice Set -8

1.  What number of essential amino acid is found in man?

2.  By whom is the Governor is appointed?

3.  When is World Day Against Child Labour observed?

4.  Which active volcanoe is known as ‘the lighthouse of the Mediterranean Sea’?

5. Who Shot himself in a shooting encounter in Allahabad?

6. Who is associated with the development of India’s Atomic Bomb?

7.  Kirchhoff’s voltage law is based on the law of conservation of which thing?

8. By which is the amount of light entering into the eye controlled?

9.  In which country is Barail range located?

10. Who was known as Tuti-e-Hindustan (the parrot of India)?

11. During the proclamation of National Emergency which articls can not be suspended?

12.  Who sings on One-rupee currency notes?

13.  Which was the first woman film star nominated to the Rajya Sabha?

14.  Which State in India has the broadest continental shelf?

15. Who was the Sikh Guru to be slaughtered by Aurangzeb?

16.  Which is the compound in that oxygen shows + 2 oxidation state?

17. Why is genetic diversity in agricultural crops threatened?

18. Anglo-Indian representatives in the Lok Sabha are nominated in terms of which Article?

19. The heavier silicates named ‘Sima’ or silica + magnesium are most abundant in which layer?

20. With which period do we associate the 'microlith' implements?






Answer : 1

1. 20   2. President   3. June 12   4. Stromboi   5. Chandra Shekhar Azad   6. Raja Ramanna   7. Energy   8. Iris   9. India   10. Amir Khusrau   11. Articles 20 and 21     12. Finance Secretary of India     13. Nargis Dutt   14. Gujarat    15. Teg Bahadur          16. F2O           17. Extensive intercropping       18. 331              19.Crust          20. Mesolithic


1.  Who was the first General-Secretary of the Indian National Congress?

2.  Which first Bank was established in India?

3.  Magnetic dipole moment is a vector quantity directed from which direction?

4.  How much distance does the earth’s annual circuit round the sun cover?

5.  Which animal had the Stone Age people first?

6. Insectivorous plant generally grow in soil which is deficient in which gas?

7. From which constitution did the Amendment procedure lay down in Indian Constitution?

8.  What is the name the President of India who was elected unopposed?

9.  Where are the hot desert of the world generally found?

10.  Who were the first to attribute coins to the kings?

11. The United Nations declared 2004 as which International Year?

12. Which compound can not be used as nitrogenous fertilizer?

13.  What is pH of human blood?

14. Which environment support the growth of Mangrove Swamp?

15. Which script of ancient India was written from right to left?

16. By which amendment has the National Capital Territory of Delhi been constituted?

17. What is the task of the Planning Commission?

18. When is International Talk like a Pirate Day is observed?

19. Which is the largest river in the world?

20.  Who was known as 'Andhra Bhoja'?






Answer :

1. Dadabhai Naoroji 2. Bank of Hindustan 3. South to north 4. 966 million kms 5. Sheep 6. Nitrogen 7. Constitution of Canada 8. Dr. Neelam Sanjiva Reddy 9. The horse latitude 10. Indo Greeks 11. International Year of Rice 12. HNO3 13. From 7.5 to 8 14. Tidal flat 15. Kharoshti 16. 69th Amendment 17. Preparation of the plan 18. September 19 19. Amazon 20. Krishnadeva Raya


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