1. In which year did African Export and Import Bank come into existence?
Answer: 1978
2. Which is known for its extensive tropical rainforest?
Answer: Congo basin
3. Which transferred his capital from Patliputra to Vaishali?
Answer: Shishunaga
4. What is the principal structural elements of a living cell?
Answer: Carbon
5. In which year was the first no-confidence motion moved in the Lok Sabha after independence?
Answer: 1963
6. One calorie is the heat required to raise the temperature of 1g of water by how many degrees?
Answer: 1°C
7. When was petroleum discovered first in commercial quantities in India?
Answer: 1890
8. Who was not a contemporary of the ‘Other three?
Answer: Milinda
9. When is World Hospice and Palliative Care Day observed?
Answer: October 9
10. From where does the National Stock Exchange function?
Answer: Mumbai
11. What is known as a powerhouse of a cell?
Answer: Mitochondria
12. How many atomic power plants exist in India today?
Answer: 9
13. Which ancient Mahajanapadas was located on the bank of Yamuna?
Answer: Vatsa
14. By whom was the idea of the Constitution of India first of all given?
Answer: M. N. Roy
15. To whom the credit for the discovery of transuranic element goes?
Answer: Seaborg
16. When is World Development Information Day, recognized by the UN is observed?
Answer: October 24
17. On which date does Summer Solstice in the Southern Hemisphere occur?
Answer: December, 22
18. Who were the originators of the Dravidian style of architecture and sculpture in South India?
Answer: Cholas
19. How many medals did P.T. Usha win at the Xth Asiad?
Answer: 4
20. What is the role of the rabbit and horse, in the appendix?
Answer: It helps in the digestion of cellulose
