INCREASE YOUR GENERAL KNOWLEDGE PART 106
1. Which of the following has been found useful in keeping cholesterol level down?
2. Which Directive Principle is based on Gandhian ideology?
3. The tendency of liquid drop to contract and why does it occupy minimum area?
4. After howmany years does Halley’s comet appear once in a period?
5. At which Harappan site have traces of a horse been found?
6. When was the Reserve Bank of India taken over by the Government?
7. Who was the first woman Chief Justice of a High Court ?
8. What is the ready source of energy available for athletes?
9. Which is the time required for the Earth to return to a given point in its orbit with reference to fixed star?
10. By whom was the Fourth Buddhist-Council held?
11. After a no confidence motion is admitted to the Lok Sabha, who decides a date for the debate?
12. Which metal was first discovered by man ?
13. Who said ‘At the stroke of midnight, when the world sleeps, India will awake to life and freedom’ ?
14. When it is 12:00 noon in India, what would be the time in San Francisco (USA)?
15. Which rulers held a religious assembly at Prayag every five years?
16. Of which purpose was Nationalisation of banks done?
17. Urine of a diabetes patient contains more than average quantity of which thing?
18. How many times was the term of the Lok Sabha extended upto 6 years?
19. Which activity occupies the largest area of the world?
20. Which was the first scholar, who read Ashokan edicts?
Answer :
1. Garlic 2. Promotion of cottage industries 3. Due to Surface tension 4. 76 years 5. Surkotda 6. 1948 7. Leila Seth 8.
Carbohydrates 9. Sideral year10. Kanishka 11. Lok Sabha Speaker 12. Copper 13. Jawaharlal Nehru 14. 8 : 30 p.m. of
previous day 15. Harshavardhana 16. Consolidating the economy 17. Sugar 18. Once 19. Pastoral herding 20. James
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