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Question 1

Highest Peak of Western Ghats and its height.

Answer 1

Anamudi in Kerala with a height of 2695m.

Question 2

Rivers which eroded the Eastern Ghats.

Answer 2

Mahadick Gaya Krishna Kaveri.

Question 3

Eastern Ghats passes through which states.

Answer 3

Orissa, Andra Pradesh, Karnataka, Telangana and Tamil Nadu.

Question 4

Highest peak and height of Eastern Ghats.

Answer 4

Jindagada with an height of 1680m.

Question 5

How many skeletons does an adult human body have?

Answer 5

206
and 270 at the time of birth.

Question 6

When did India-China war happened

Answer 6

the Sino-Indian War of 1962,

the border clashes in Nathu La and Cho La in 1967, and the 1987 Sumdorong Chu standoff.

Question 7

Number of Administrative Divisions & Districts in UTTAR pradesh
Lok Sabha seats
seats in Legislative assembly
seats in Legislative council

Answer 7

Administrative Division - 18
District- 75
Ls - 80
RS - 31
MLA - 403
MLC - 100

Question 8

first open girl education

Answer 8

Bettune school of education, 1849, exclusive for upper class hindus by john elliot drinkwater bettune, ishwar chandra vidyasagar was its first secratary.

Question 9

First women university

Answer 9

1938, SNDT University by Dhondo Keshav Karve

Question 10

Remairrage tax in Marathas

Answer 10

Patdam Tax

Question 11

What are Contigency Funds ?

Answer 11

Corpus meant specifically for adverse situation. BMC sets aside 4% of its annual net income as contigency funds.

Question 12

Administrative division below district ?

Answer 12

Block (Tenhsil),
Muncipal Corporation (pop exceeding 1mill),
Muncipality,
City Council.

Question 13

BMC:
1) First Citizen of Mumbai ?
2) Ceremonial head of BMC ?
3) Real head of BMC ?
4) Division of city by BMC ?

Answer 13

1) Mayor of BMC
2) Mayor
3) Muncipal Commisioner
4) BMC has divided the city in 7 zones, which are futher divided into 24 wards and these wards are inturn divided into 227 civic electoral wards which is managed by a Corporater.

Question 14

Origin of R Indus ?

Answer 14

South-West Tibet near Mansarovar Lake.

Question 15

What are Kaal Baisakhi ?

Answer 15

Local heavy rains with heavy winds, heavy rains rarely carried by hail storms, are Kaal Baisakhi. Such winds occur in West Bengal.

As the number of recurrences increases, Kal baishaki will continue from March until the monsoon arrives in north-eastern India.

During these times, heavy thunderstorms occur in north-eastern states such as Orissa, Bihar, Chhattisgarh, Jharkhand, Assam and West Bengal.

Question 16

Define Climate
(NCERT)

Answer 16

Climate refers to the sum of the total weather conditions and variations over a large area for a long period of time (around 30 years).

Question 17

Who gave the theory of evolution

Answer 17

Charles Darwin and Alfred Russel

Question 18

Height of Mt Everest

Answer 18

8848 M

Question 19

Number of lok sabha seats in Jharkhand
Number of State assembly seats in jharkhand
CM of JHnarkhand

Answer 19

ls - 14
sas - 81
cm- Champai Soren

Question 20

Type of Divorces in Islam

Answer 20

Talaq
Khula
Mubarat
Faskh

Question 21

Map used in daily life
map true to its size

Answer 21

1 - Mercaters Map
2 - Gall-Peters

Question 22

India’s Interest in Myanmmar

Answer 22

Kaladan Multi-Modal Transit Transport Project

Question 23

Number of seats in Pakistan National Assembly
Researved

Answer 23

342, out of which on 266 direct elections are held and remaning seats are reserved for Women, Non-Muslims & tribals

Question 24

What is delimitation

Answer 24

the act or process of fixing limits or boundaries of territorial constituencies in a country or a province having a legislative body.

Question 25

Picking Election Commissioners

Answer 25

Earlier - Executive SC's Ruling - Committee ( CJI, PM, LOO, Union Minsiter) Aftermath - Committee (PM, LOO & UM)

Question 26

PAK Army Chief

Answer 26

Asim Munir

Question 27

Rajya Sabha: 1] Article 2] Which house of the parliament is given more power by the constitution but only in name ? 3] Can it be adjourned ? 4] Minimum Age 5] Maximum seats and reserved seats 6] Term

Answer 27

1] 80 2] Rajya Sabha 3] NO 4] 30Years 5] MAX - 250, Current - 245, Reserved - 12(for scholars) 6] 6 Years

Question 28

From total of 552 seats in Lok Sabha, elections are held on 543 seats and 2 are reserved for Anglo-Indians, 5 seats are reserved in Lok SAbha for

Answer 28

POK

Question 29

Whale vomit

Answer 29

Ambergris used for perfumes & Cologene

Question 30

Yoga Day

Answer 30

21 June

Question 31

First Railway University First private railway station First Private Train in India No of railway zones & Division Rail Development Authority

Answer 31

Gujrat Habibganj/ Rani Kamlapati given to Bhansal Group for managing, building and operating the station for 8 years Tejas Express's ticketing, refunding in train services (like catering) is managed by IRCTC but, security, loco pilots, coaches, etc are still under IR 19 Zone's and 70 Division's under DRM 2018

Question 32

Shatabdi Express

Answer 32

Century Birth centenary of Jawaharlal Nehru Madhavrao Schindia Fastest till vande bharat 1988 Rani kamlapati - New Delhi

Question 33

Bara Imam Bargah 1. By 2. Year 3. Purpose Imam Bargah 1. By 2. Year 3. Purpose

Answer 33

Bara Imam Bargah 1. 1784 2. Asaf ud daulah 3. Azardari 4. Relied from famine 1789, Keynesion Model Imam Bargah 1. Mohammed Ali Shah 2. 1838 3. Mousoleum

Question 34

Which Commission decides MSP

Answer 34

CACP Commission for Agricultural Costs and Price.

Question 35

First Jute mill in India

Answer 35

Acland Mill(1855), in Rishra city of Hoogly District. Minhaj Abbu

Question 36

Name all North-eastern states and their capital.

Answer 36

7

Question 37

Number of tiger reserve in India

Answer 37

55

Question 38

5 sons of Temujin who and when was Bagdad sacked

Answer 38

1. Jochi (Golden horde (russia&eastern europe)) 2. Chagtai 3. Ogedei(Sucessor) 4. Tului 5. kulug Khan Hulagu Khan(grandson) in 1258.

Question 39

Cases pending in the indian court (Civil & Criminal)

Answer 39

Around 5 crore cases are pending in the Indian court 4 crore in District/provincial courts 6o lakhs in High Court Around 60k in Supreme court According to NITI Aayog report it would take around 300 years to solve them Reasons - Lack of Judges, Lack of Lawers, lack of Court, police(30per cent vacancy), 0.8 per cent of gdp on judiciary.

Question 40

Reservation

Answer 40

Struggle for resources Positive eqality & Negative Equality; Exploitative discrimination & Protective discrimination. Kingdom of travancore - law- tax for certain low caste women for hiding their breast till 1924 - Nangeli cut of her breast. Discrimination faced by dr ambedkar.

Question 41

Conscription

Answer 41

Forceful militry service

Question 42

Capital of 1. Venezuela 2. Columbia 3. Ecuador 4. Peru 5. Bolivia 6. Chile 7. Argentina

Answer 42

1. Caracas 2. Bogota 3. Quitto 4. Lima 5. La paz 6. Santiago 7. Buenos Aires.

Question 43

ECHO & ECG

Answer 43

ECG - ElectroCardioGram dectects the heart beats. ECHO - Echocardiogram is a test which creates picture of the heart normal pulse rate - 60 - 100 per minute.

Question 44

4 Math established by adi shankara chanrya (Advait Vedanta)

Answer 44

Sri Dwells Gladly and Joyfully. (r, y, s & a ved.)