1. Indian first took part in the Olympic Games in which year?
Answer: 1920
2. Which is the only woman to have won three Wimbledon titles in a row?
Answer: Steffi Graff
3. Which algae are used as biofertilizer in the production of crop paddy?
Answer: Blue green algae
4. Which planet is known as the ‘Watery Planet’?
Answer: Earth
5. On which river did Pulakesin II defeat Harshavardhana?
Answer: Narmada
6. How are the members of the Rajya Sabha elected?
Answer: Indirectly
7. When lake starts freezing the formation of the ice will start first at which point?
Answer: Top
8. How is the standard of living in a country represented?
Answer: Per capita income
9. What will be the antipodal position of a place located at 350 souths and 800 wests?
Answer: 350 north and 1000 east
10. Who was the first Muslim ruler to formulate a theory of Kingship similar to the theory of the divine right of the King? Answer: Balban
11. Where is Salar Jung Museum situated?
Answer: Hyderabad
12. Which unicellular algae are used as source of oxygen in space research?
Answer: Chlorella
13. Who appoints the Chief Election Commissioner of India?
Answer: President
14. If the news is broadcast from London at 10:30 AM, at what time it will be heard at Baghdad (450 E)?
Answer: 1:30 PM
15. Which ruler in India challenged the authority of the Ulemas or Muslim clergy?
Answer: Alauddin Khilji
16. Which is used as filler in rubber tires?
Answer: Carbon black
17. Indian Institute of Naturopathy and Yogic Science is located in which city?
Answer: Lucknow
18. Which is the best measure of economic growth of a country?
Answer: GNP
19. Where is the Taiga belt found?
Answer: Temperate grasslands and Tundra
20. Who was the ruler of medieval India who is credited with the building of the Grand Trunk Road?
Answer: Sher Shah Suri
