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G.K Practise Set -2

	1.       What would a Scotsman do with a spurtle	ANS - Eat porridge (it’s a spoon)
	2.       Which award has the words for valour on it	ANS - Victoria Cross

	3.       If you had pogonophobia what would you be afraid of	ANS - Beards
	4.       Who would take silk as part of their job	ANS - Barrister
	5.       Who won an Oscar for the African Queen	ANS - Bogart
	6.       What in business terms is the IMF	ANS - International Monetary Fund
	7.       Which country grows the most fruit	ANS - China
	8.       Which company is owned by Bill Gates	ANS - Microsoft
	9.       What was the first James Bond book	ANS - Casino Royal
	10.    How did Alfred Nobel make his money	He invented Dynamite
	11.    Who was the first man to run a sub four minute mile	ANS - Roger Bannister
	12.    What are Munroes	ANS - Mountains in Scotland
	13.    Who discovered radium	ANS - The Curies
	14.    What is a baby rabbit called	ANS - Kit or Kitten
	15.    Ictheologists study what	ANS - Fish
	16.    What is a Winston Churchill	ANS - Cigar
	17.    What type of acid is used in car batteries	ANS - Sulphuric
	18.    In which city was the famous black hole	ANS - Calcutta
	19.    Christopher Cockerel invented what	ANS - Hovercraft
	20.    Which part of the human body contains the most gold                      NEXT 20 QUESTIONS 1.  Where did India play its 1st one day international match? 2.  Which is the largest Public Sector Bank in India? 3.  If CO2 concentration in the blood increases, what will breathing? 4.  If the dew point is below freezing, it is referred to which point? 5.  Where are the Relics of Buddha preserved? 6.  How is the censorship of the press judged? 7. Which is printed on a commonly used fluorescent tube light? 8.  The name of Prakash Padukone is associated with which game? 9.  Which is a hot wind? 10. By tradition, the famous lexicographer Amaraslmha was a contemporary of which poet? 11. The Indian Football team made its first appearance at Olympics in ? 12.  In which organ carbohydrate is stored as glycogen? 13.  In which year was Panchayati Raj started in the country? 14. Which hot dry local winds that blow on the eastern side of the Alps Mountain? 15.  Which works is ascribed to the famous poet Rajasekhara? 16.  Which element does not show variable oxidation states? 17.  Which bank is the Banker of the Banks? 18. Which is the largest tribal community in India? 19.  Which type of coal represents the first stage of formation of coal? 20. Which Sikh Guru fought Mughals? Answer : 1. Headingley               2. State Bank of India        3. Increase            4. Frost point        5. In Stupa            6. By the test of reasonableness                 7. 6500 k               8. Badminton      9. Zonda                10. Kalidasa         11. 1948 12. Liver               13. 1959                14. Foehn     15. Karpurmanjari              16. Zinc                                 17. RBI                  18. Gonds              19. Peat                                 20. Guru Gobind Singh NEXT 20 QUESTIONS 1. Which nitrogen fixing bacteria is found in leguminuous plant? 2. A person to be qualified for standing in a panchayat election what age must have he attained? 3.  Mirage is observed in a desert due to the phenomenon of which reflection? 4.  What is the best representative of the acid igneous rocks? 5. During which Sikh Guru Arjun Dev was killed? 6.  In which state is Ranganathittu Bird Sanctuary located? 7.  Participatory Notes (PNs) are associated with which investors? 8. Which fungus makes symbiotic relationship with the root of higher plant? 9.  Which Island of India is an active volcano found? 10. Who was involved in the Alipore Bomb case? 11. Which Chief Justice of India has acted as President of India? 12. AT which °C water has maxium densltv? 13. The Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty came into force in which year? 14. Which city will never get the vertical rays of the sun? 15.  On whom was the title ‘Punjab Kesari’ was conferred? 16.  National Research Centre on Plant Biotechnology is situated at which place? 17.  What is a vestigeal organ in man ? 18.  Which was the only President of India who elected unopposed? 19.  The largest coal reserves of India are found in which state? 20. Which Sultan provided employment to unemployeds? Answer : 1. Rizobium                  2. 21 years            3. Total reflection                                4. Granite              5. Jahangir                            6. Karnataka                 7. Foreign Institutional Investors      8. Mycorrhizae                   9. Barren Island                                   10. Aurobindo Ghosh                11. M. Hidayatullah          12. 4°C                  13. 1970                                14. Sri nagar         15. Lala Lajpat Rai            16. New Delhi                              17. Muscles ear lobe          18. Neelam Sanjiva Reddy                               19. Jharkhand                     20. Firoz shah Tughlaq                                                           GKHomepage         Practice set-1                    GK TRICKS Practice set-2 Practice set-3 Practice Set-4 Practice set-5 PRACTICE SET-6 Practice Set-7 Practice Set-8 Practice Set-9 Practice set-10 Practice Set-11 Practice Set-12 Practice Set-13   Practice Set-14	ANS - Toenails