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G.k Practice Set - 10


1.  What will be best colours for a Sun umbrella?

2. What is deficit financing?

3. Which is the official language of East African Development Bank?

4.  In which State are Namchik-Namphuk Coalfields located?

5. Tulsidas composed his ‘Ramcharitamanasa’ in the reign of which ruler?

6.  In the human body which sturcture is the appendix attached to?

7. Which is concerned with the regularity and economy of expenditure of government?

8.  How many Regional Commissions are established by the UN Economic and Social Council?

9.  Which place gets the least rainfall?

10.  In which veda does the word 'gotra' first appear with the meaning of 'a clan' ?

11. How is the tax which is paid by the person on whom the tax is incident?

12. What is saliva in man?

13. The inspiration of ‘Liberty, Equality and Fraternity’ was derived from which revolution?

14. Which latitude passes through India?

15. By which monk was Ashoka much influenced?

16. A virtual image larger than the object can be formed by which mirror?

17.  Who won Jnanpith award for the Year 2011?

18.  Which was the journalist who refused to accept Padma Bhushan?

19.  The Earth turns through 360° in 24 hours. Howmuch time does Each 15° longitude represent?

20.  Which dynasty's founder was an elected king?






Answer :

1. White on top and black on inside 2. Spending in excess of revenue 3. French 4. Arunachal Pradesh 5. Akbar 6. Large intestine 7. Public Accounts Committee 8. 5 9. Jodhpur 10. Atharva Veda 11. Direct tax 12. Alkaline 13. French revolution 14. Tropic of Cancer 15. Upagupta 16. Concave mirror 17. Pratibha Ray 18. Arun Shourie 19. One hour 20. Pala



Next 20 Quextions:-

1. What is the main constituent of haemoglobin?

2.  By whom is the Prime Minister appointed?

3.  Which substance is a bad conductor of electricity but a good conductor of heat?

4.  When it is noon along 82° 30’ longitude, along what degree of longitude it will be 6.30 a.m. ?

5.  Where is Greeco-Roman influence in Indian art found ?

6.  In which terms is the Rate of growth of an economy measured?

7.  Who wrote the poem, Subh-e Azadi?

8.  How many bones are there in the human cranium?

9.  Which plate movement is responsible for the formation of mid-ocean ridge?

10.  For whom was the Peacock throne made?

11. To whom are the Ministers individually responsible?

12.  For an astronaut in a space ship, how does the sky appear?

13.  Who is considered the father of Sahatara (Sitar) ?

14. Which is the highest plateau in the world?

15. To whom was place for Amritsar given by Mughal emperor Akbar?

16. Who is the ex-officio chairman of Planning Commission and National Development Council.

17.  Blood pressure is the pressure exerted on the wall of which part?

18. Who is directly responsible to Parliament for all matters concerning the Defence Services of India?

19. Which organisation prepares topographical maps of India?

20.  By whom the Mahatma Gandhi was referred to ‘Father of the Nation’ first?






Answer :

1. Iron 2. President 3. Mica 4. 0°E or W 5. Gandhara 6. National income 7. Faiz Ahmed Faiz 8. 8 9. Divergent movement 10. Shahjahan 11. The President 12. Black 13. Amir Khusro 14. Pamir Plateau 15. Guru Ram Das 16. Prime Minister 17. Artery 18. Defence Minister 19. Geographical Survey of India 20. Subhash Chandra Bose



Next 20 questions :- 



1.  Which was the first synthetic fibre made by man?

2.  Who is the Secretary General of UNO?

3. Amjad Ali Khan is associated with which musical instrument?

4.  The latitudes that pass through Sikkim also pass through which State?

5. Where was the All India Muslim League formed in 1906?

6.  Who are more likely to get tape- worms?

7. By whom is the parliament’s expenditure is controlled?

8.  What do we use in SONAR?

9.  In the structure of planet Earth, below the mantle, the core is mainly made up of which?

10. Which Mughal Emperor had the longest reign?

11. What is the main objective of Antyodaya programme?

12.  Irani Trophy is associated with which sport?

13. Cow milk is a rich source of which vitamin?

14.  The time at Cairo is 2 hours ahead of Greenwich. Hence, where is it located?

15.  The treaty of Bassein (1802) was signed with the British by which Peshwa?

16.  Who administers oath of office to the President?

17.  What is the best conductor of electricity a 0.1 M solution?

18.  Who was named India’s Cricketer of the Century by Wisden?

19.  The Dul Hasti Power Station is based on which river?

20.  Who was the great Hindu law-giver?






Answer :

1. Nylon 2. Bann-Ki-Moon 3. Sarod 4. Rajasthan 5. Dacca 6. Pork eaters 7. Comptroller and Auditor General 8. Ultrasonic waves 9. Iron 10. Muhammad Shah 11. Uplift the poor 12. Cricket 13. Vitamin A 14. 30° E longitude 15. Baji Rao II 16. Chief Justice of India 17. Sulphuric acid 18. Kapil Dev 19. Chenab 20. Manu



Next 20 Questions


1.  Which bank gives long term loan to farmers?

2. Which mineral is essential for controling heart beat?

3.  The Chief Minister of Union Territory where such a set up exists, is appointed by whom?

4.  India is the world’s largest producer as well as the consumer of which crops?

5.  In which veda is the ancient time state craft and polity described?

6. A body has a mass of 6 kg on the Earth; when measured on the Moon, what would be its mas?

7.  Who was Dr. Salim Ali ?

8. In which year was the first International Film Festival of India held?

9.  When it is 8 P.M. in Tokyo, what is the time at Panama Canal which is located at 180° W of it ?

10. With which man Al Beruni came to India?

11. What is the transmission of characters from one generation to next?

12. Who is authorised to decide over a dispute regarding disqualification of a member of Parliament?

13. What is an example of emulsion?

14.  Through which group of countries does the Equator pass?

15. Who was the first Muslim ruler in India?

16.  How is the standard of living in a country represented?

17. Nobel Laureate Muhammed Yunus belongs to which country?

18.  What is the study of the interaction of antigens and antibodies called?

19.  What is the cause of Exposure of rock to the changes of temperature?

20.  Who laid the foundations of Portuguese power in India?






Answer :

1. Land Development Bank 2. Iodine 3. Lt. Governor 4. Pules 5. Arthashastra 6. 6 kg 7. Ornithologist 8. 1952 at Bombay 9. 8.00 A.M. 10. Mahmud of Ghazni 11. Heredity 12. President 13. Milk 14. Colombia, Kenya and Indonesia 15. Muhammad Ghori 16. Per capita income 17. Bangladesh 18. Serology 19. Mechanical weathering 20. Alfonso de Albuquerque




 Next  20 questions:-

1.  The Lok Sabha is called in session for at least how many times in a year’?

2.  Which type of glass can cut of ultraviolet rays?

3.  Who was the first to land on moon?

4.  The removal of rock, layer by layer due to weathering what is called?

5.  In 1757, By whom was the Siraj-ud-daula defeated?

6. Which groups suffer the most from inflation?

7.  Which organism is required for the preparation of alcohol?

8.  The five year term of the President is calculated from which day?

9.  Which is the main difference between the Western and Eastern Ghats?

10. According to the Govt. of India Act of 1935, India had been divided into how many provinces?

11. What is the chemical formula for water glass?

12. In which year, UN General Assembly terminated South Africa’s mandate over Namibia?

13.  Which can one come across if one travels through the Strait of Malacca?

14. Which new alluvial deposits found in the Gangetic plain?

15. Why is the date April 6, 1930 known in Indian History?

16. Which is known as master gland in man?

17. By whom is the parliament’s expenditure is controlled?

18.  Which phenomena can not be attributed to the refraction of light?

19. Which feature is the product of vulcancity ?

20. In which inscription was the name Dharmasoka found?






Answer :

1. Thrice 2. Crookes glass 3. Neil Armstrong 4. Exfoliation 5. Clive 6. Creditors 7. Fungi 8. The day he assumes charge 9. Continuity 10. 11 11. Na2SiO3 12. 1966 13. Singapore 14. Khadar 15. Dandi March by Mahatma Gandhi 16. Pituitary 17. Comptroller and Auditor General 18. Redshift 19. Atoll 20. Sarnath Inscription



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