INCREASE YOUR GENERAL KNOWLEDGE PART 111
1. When did Mr. Attlee, Prime Minister of England, announce tile transfer of power to the Indians?
2. Who is the recepient of Nobel Prize for the development of Wireless Telegraphy?
3. What does Net factor income from abroad added to GDP give?
4. What are tropical cyclones of the Bay of Bengal usually called?
5. Which king of the Gupta Dynasty was called the’ Napolean of India’?
6. Who was the first woman to win the Jnanpith Award?
7. What is the single greatest current threat to biodiversity?
8. The Lok Sabha Secretariat comes under the direct supervision of which ministry?
9. In India, what is the main limiting factor for cultivation?
10. Who is believed to have created the raga Miyan Ki Malhar?
11. Fisher-Tropsch process is used in the manufacture of which liquid?
12. Dr. Rabindranath Tagore received the Nobel Prize for which work?
13. PIIGS is the group of nations falling under which zone?
14. Which state is the largest producer of black pepper in India?
15. Which was a renowned Jain scholar who greatly honoured by Akbar?
16. Which gland is situated beneath the brain and whose oversecretion produces giants-size children?
17. What is the maximum number of representatives of the States in Lok Sabha?
18. Who laid the foundation of nuclear science in the country?
19. NASA’s Deep Impact space mission was employed to take detailed pictures of which comet nucleus?
20. Of which site of Harappan is associated with rice cultivation?
Answer :
1. June, 1948 2. Marconi 3. GNP 4. Typhoons 5. Samudragupta 6. Ashapurna Devi 7. habitat destruction 8. Ministry
of Human Affairs 9. Indequacy of water supply 10. Tansen 11. Synthetic petrol 12. Gitanjali 13. Euro zone 14. Kerala
15. Harivijaya 16. Pituitary 17. 530 18. Homi J. Bhabha 19. Tempel 1 20. Lothal
