1. By whom were the members of the Constituent Assembly elected?
Answer: By Provincial Assemblies
2. How much does one degree of the circumference of the earth measure (approx.)?
Answer: 111 km
3. Which dynasty succeeded the Chalukyas in Western India?
Answer: Rashtrakutas
4. What is the Mode of transmission of heat in which heat is carried by a moving particle?
Answer: Convection
5. Who is not protected against inflation?
Answer: Agricultural farmers
6. The first Commonwealth Games were held in the year 1930 at which place?
Answer: Hamilton (Canada)
7. In the earth’s atmosphere, what changes in atmospheric pressure?
Answer: Decreases with height
8. During the reign of Iltutmish which was a silver coin in use?
Answer: Tanka
9. A girl ate sweets while fanning the flies away. Due to this, she suffered from which disease?
Answer: Cholera
10. What is the total number of High Courts in India at present?
Answer: 24
11. Sodium carbonate crystals lose water molecules. What is this property called?
Answer: Efflorescence
12. Where are the tropical cyclones-Hurricanes and Typhoons-develop and matured?
Answer: Anywhere in the tropical zone
13. What was Karaj in the thirteenth century?
Answer: Tax on cultivation
14. The Paratroopers Training School of the Indian, Air Force, is located at which place?
Answer: Agra (U.P.)
15. What is termed a period of high inflation and low economic growth?
Answer: Stagflation
16. Which cell organelle is semi-permeable?
Answer: Plasma membrane
17. In which country is Cork chiefly produced?
Answer: Cadiz (Spain)
18. What was the original name of Tansen, the famous musician in the court of Akbar?
Answer: Ramtanu Pande
19. When can the salaries of High Court judges be reduced?
Answer: During a Financial Emergency
20. Which electromagnetic radiation is most prevalent in the atmosphere?
Answer: Infrared
