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Gk Practise set - 3

	1.       What links - Goa - Kerula - Assam - Bihar?	ANS - India
	2.       Which non alcoholic cordial is made from pomegranates?	ANS - Grenadine
	3.       Who wrote the Man in the Iron Mask?	ANS - Alexander Dumas
	4.       Who piloted the first flight across the English channel?	ANS - Louis Bleriot
	5.       What was the first James Bond film??	ANS - Dr No
	6.       What is the largest state in the USA?	ANS - Alaska
	7.       Which human rights organisation founded 1961 got Nobel 1977?	ANS - Amnesty International
	8.       Whose autobiography was The long walk to Freedom?	ANS - Nelson Mandela
	9.       What was discovered in 1922 by Howard Carter?	ANS - Tutankamen tomb
	10.    Clyde Tonbaugh discovered what planet in 1930?	ANS - Pluto
	11.    Who ran through the streets naked crying Eureka?	ANS - Archimedes
	12.    In which city was Alexander Graham Bell born in 1847?
		ANS - Jack Benny
	14.    Who designed the first Iron ship the Great Britain in 1845?	I.                    Kingdom Brunel
	15.    Which country set up the world’s first chemistry lab in 1650?	ANS - Netherlands
	16.    What links the names Botvinik, Tal, Karpov, Fischer?	ANS - Chess World Champs
	17.    What is the national flower of Japan?	ANS - Chrysanthemum
	18.    What did mathematician John Napier invent in 1614?	ANS - Logarithms
	19.    Consumption was the former name of which disease?	ANS - Tuberculosis
	20.    Which American state is nicknamed The Diamond State? NEXT 20 QUESTIONS. 1. A convex lens of glass has power P in air. If it is immersed in water, what will be its power?  2. The internal secretion of which acid helps in digestion?  3. Who is responsible for the registration of voters?  4. If a place is located at 20°N, 80°E in which continents does it lie ?  5. Which was a Pala Ruler who was raised to the throne by different sections of people?  6. How is the tax which is paid by the person on whom the tax is incident?  7. Jaspal Rana is a distinguished athlete in which game?  8. Which is used in welding industry?  9. Where was the world’s first oil-well drilled in the nineteenth century ?  10. Which was a novelty in Shah Jahan’s buildings ?  11. Companion cells are usually seen associated with which tube?  12. Which is an extra Constitutional and non-statutory body?  13. Who was the first lady Governor of an Indian state?  14. In which country is the world’s highest hydel power project ‘Rongtong’ located?  15. During which reign was Tobacco introduced for cultivation?  16. Which is called a ‘banker’s cheque’ ?  17. Which types of waves are used in a night vision apparatus?  18. Which tissue in cells have lost the capicity of cell division?  19. 17th Parallel separates which country?  20. Who established Fergusson College at Pune in the year 1885 ?  Answer : 1. Less than P                        2. Hydrochloric acid               3. Election Commission            4. Asia                       5. Gopala            6. Direct tax             7. Shooting             8. Acetylene              9. Titusfills in Pennsylvania, U.S.A.            10. Makrana marble       11. Sieve tube            12. Planning Commission            13. Mrs. Sarojini Naidu            14. Beijing                  15. Jahangir           16. Demand draft             17. Infra-red-waves           18. Permanent tissue             19. North and South Vietnam            20. Deccan Education Society NEXT 20 QUESTIONS:- 1. The Chief Minister of Union Territory where such a set up exists, is appointed by whom?  2. By whom was the first English newspaper in India started?  3. Where is the headquarters of the Universal Postal Union?  4. Which is the largest island in the Indian Ocean?  5. The Treaty of Amritsar was concluded between Maharaja Ranjit Singh and whom?  6. Which is known as the queen of spices?  7. When was decimal coinage introduced in India?  8. What is the minimum age required for becoming the Prime Minister of India?  19. Which place ranks second among the coldest places in the world?  10. During the reign of which dynasty did Kalidasa flourish?  11. Which radiation carries maximum energy?  12. Of which bills Open market operations of a Central Bank are sale and purchase?  13. When did World Health Organization (WHO) come into force?  14. Which factor does not have influence on the Indian climate?  15. The Laxman Era was started (in 1119 AD) by which dynasty?  16. Where are Lungs situated?  17. In which article Right to education is a fundamental right?  18. Flux reacts with the impurities to form fusible material. which is known as which name?  19. Water vapour is turned into water droplets by which process?  20. Who according to the Buddhists, is believed to be the next incarnation of Gautam Buddha ?  Answer : 1. Lt. Governor 2. Rabindranath Tagore 3. Switzerland 4. Madagascar 5. Lord Minto 6. Cardamom 7. 1957 8. 25 years 1 9. Dras (Jammu and Kashmir) 10. Guptas 11. Gamma-rays 12. Trade bills 13. 7th April, 1948 14. Ocean currents 15. Sens 16. In thoracic cavity 17. Personal liberty under Article 21 18. Slag 19. Condensation 20. Kalki             Gk Home Page  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 - Delaware