GK
GK
Q.In addition to five permanant members,Un security council has ?
Ans:-10 members.
Idukki Dam in kerala was buile across
Ans:-PERIYAR
Q Who is the only President of India to be elected unopposed ?
Ans:-Neelam Sanjiva Reddy
Q.The actual strength of Rajya Sabha is 245 (233 elected & 12 nominated) members. What is its maximum strength ?
Ans:-250
Q.Which gas is the main constituent of 'Gobar Gas', the bio-gas generated by de-composition of cow dung ?
Ans;-Methane
Q.'Do or Die' (Karo ya Maro) slogan was given by which freedom fighter in 1942 ?
Ans:-Mahatma Gandhi
Q.Which device is used to detect radioactivity ?
Ans: Geiger counter
Q.The Konkan Railway, a railway line which runs parallel to the Arabian Sea coastline, connects Mumbai to which city in Karnataka ?
Ans:- Mangalore
Q.At the directive of the Supreme Court of India, which committee was set up by the Ministry of Human Resources Development (MHRD) to recommend anti-ragging measures ?
Ans:-R.K.Raghavan Committee
Q.By which process liquid Vegetable Oil is converted to solid Vanaspati Ghee ?
aAns:-Hydrogenation
Q.Which gas, abundantly produced in swamps and marshes by the action of bacteria on dead vegetation, is commonly referred as 'Marsh Gas' ?
Ans:-Methane
Q.In addition to main Bombay Bench, where are the three other benches of Bombay High Court located ?
Ans:-Panaji (Goa), Aurangabad and Nagpur
Q'Marasmus' and 'Kwashiorkor' diseases are caused due to deficiency of which nutrient ?
Ans:-Protein
Q.1965, at which port was the India's first Free Trade Zone established ?
Ans:- Kandla (Gujarat)
Q.Which is the only snake that builts the nest ?
(A) King Cobra
Q.Which British computer scientist is credited with inventing the World Wide Web, popularly known as Internet ?
Ans:-Tim Berners-Lee
Q.Due to which physical property does the water drop take round (spherical) shape ?
Ans;-(B) Surface Tension
Q.The insulin, a necessary harmone to absorb glucose (sugar) from the blood, is produced by which endocrine gland in human body ?
Ans:- Pancreas
Q.At which session was the Indian National Congress (INC) divided into two groups - 'Naram Dal' (the moderates) and 'Garam Dal' (the extremists) ?
Ans:- Surat (1907)
Q. What is the popular name of Magnesium Sulphate, a white crystalline salt used in medicine and in leather processing ?
Ans:- Epsom salt
Important sites of the world
1.Kourou Islandis a Space Center of French Guinea2.Bikini Atollis a US Nuclesr Test Site
3.Satish Dhawan Space Centre SHAR, located at Sriharikota, a spindle shaped island on the East Coast of Andhra Pradesh,
The first National Park in India was set up in 1935 in the foot hills of Himalayas and was known as Hailey National Park. It is now known as Corbett National Park. Bottom of Form; Top of Form; Markup; Q. The drug useful to increase cardiovascular effects in human beings is :(A) Cocaine
India will host World Tiger Summit in 2010 where wildlife experts from various countries are expected to congregate to deliberate on conservation of diminishing striped cats in the wild. "Rajasthan will be hosting the World Tiger Summit at Ranthambore in October or November.
Uttar Pradesh .is the highest wheat producing state in India. Punjab and Haryana hold second and third positions respectively
Kerala is the main rubber producing state which produces 90% of rubber in the country and accounts for over 85% of the area under cultivation
India is the fourth largest producer of natural rubber with a share of 8·8% in world production in 2006
India holds first position in the world in the production of sugarcane and sugar.
Antrix, the commercial front of the Department of Space, is a single window agency for marketing Indian space capabilities. It is playing a key role in the worldwide availability or IRS data through Geoeye, USA. Antrix also provides IRS data processing equipment.
Megha-Tropiques is a joint satellite mission of ISRO and French Space Agency CNES for atmospheric studies
COMMONWEALTH GAMES
After Olympics, Commonwealth Games is the second largest sports festival in the world. The Games are held once in four years but only in between the Olympic years. The Games were originally known as the British Empire Games. The first Commonwealth Games were held in 1930 at Hamilton, Canada. The 10th Commonwealth Games were held at Christchurch, New Zealand in 1974, the 11th in Edmonton (Canada) in 1978, the 12th in Brisbane (Australia) in 1982, the 13th in Edinburgh (Scotland) in 1986, the 14th in Auckland (New Zealand) in 1990 and the 15th in Victoria (Canada) in 1994, where about 3,350 athletes from a record 64 nations (including South Africa, which joined the family of Commonwealth athletes after 36 years) participated. Namibia also, which gained its independence in 1990, made its debut while Hong Kong made its final appearance in the Games before being ceded to China in 1997
