Q 1. Nobel Laureate Saul Vello, who
died recently was the native of
Answer :- USA
Q 2. Who is the author of
controversial book “Dwikhnandita”?
Answer :- Taslima Nasreen
Q 3. Which is the longest Dam in the
world?
Answer :- Hirakund Dam
Q 4. Which country is well known for
the diamond cutting industry?
Answer :- Belgium
Q 5. What is the present stage of the
Vesuvious Volcano ( in Italy)?
Answer :- Active Volcano (Last 3 Erruptions 1872,
1906, 1944)
Q 6. Which is the most important raw
material for Power generation in india?
Answer :- Coal ( Thermal Energy)
Q 7. What is the major source of
irrigation in India?
Answer :- Wells and tubewells
Q 8. Mustard is the crop of
Answer :- Rabi season
Q 9. Brazil comes under the category
of
Answer :- Developing countries
Q 10. Which atomic power station in
India is completely indigenously built?
Answer :- Indira Gandhi Nuclear Power Station,
Kalpakkam (Tamil Nadu)
Q 11. Which river will provide the
largest quantity off its surplus water for the Telgu-Ganga Project?
Answer :- Krishna
Q 12. Where is located the headquarter
of European Union?
Answer :- Brussels (Belgium)
Q 13. Crescograph is a device for
measuring growth in plants. Who invented it?
Answer :- Jagdish Chandra Bose, A Bengali Indian
Scientist
Q 14. Which is the most densely
populated area in the world?
Answer :- South East Asia
Q 15. Which country is building the
Baglihar Dam on Chenab River?
Answer :- India
Q 16. What is Chandrayan-I?
Answer :- India’s first space craft to went to the
Moon
Q 17. Who is the author of the famous
drama St. Joan?
Answer :- George Bernard Shaw
Q 18. What was the “Phukan Commission”
inquiring into?
Answer :- Some shedy defense purchase deals
Q 19. Who is Silvio Berlusconi?
Answer :- Italian Prime Minister
Q 20. Who is Zacarias Moussaoui?
Answer :- A terrorist involved in the attack on the
world trade centre in the USA
Q 21. On whom is the book ‘Journey of
a legend’ published by the Indian Council of Cultural Affairs (ICCR) written?
Answer :- Maulana Abdul Kalam Azad
Q 22. In which state of India is the
Tadobha Andhari Tiger Reserve located?
Answer :- Maharashtra
Q 23. With which style of dance is
Sonal Man Singh, the Chairperson of the Sangeet Natak Akademi, associated?
Answer :- Odissi
Q 24. Why is John Wright in news?
Answer :- For quitting as coach of Indian Cricket Team
Q 25. What is the M.K. Mukherjee
Commission inquiring into?
Answer :- Death of Neta Ji Subhash Chandra Bose
Q 26. To which country does Elton John
the famous pop singer belong?
Answer :- Britain
Q 27. Who has been elected
Vice-President of the interim Government in Iraq?
Answer :- Adil Abdul Mehendi
Q 28. With which sport is Ronaldinho
associated?
Answer :- Football
Q 29. Which of the Russian
celebrations many former constituents of the Soviet Union have refused to
attend?
Answer :- Victory of the Soviet Union over Nazi
Germany
Q 30. In which country is the
terrorist organization “Jenaah Islamia” carrying on its violent activities?
Answer :- Philippines
Q 31. With which sport is Bula
Choudhary associated?
Answer :- Swimming
Q 32. For what is the Himachali
Pradesh Government seeking the help of the USA based Robbins Company?
Answer :- Tunnel Building
Q 33. Which business house is Vivek
Paul ranked among 30 most respected chief executive officers, serving now?
Answer :- WIPRO
Q 34. Which leader has refused to join
the interim government of Iraq?
Answer :- Iyad Allawi
Q 35. Which film has been partly shot
inside the Jim Corbett National Park?
Answer :- Kaal
Q 36. Who was Terry Schiavo?
Answer :- A brain damaged American girl wishing to die
voluntarily
Q 37. What is G-20?
Answer :- A group of poor developing countries
Q 38. Who is elected as the Prime
Minister of Britain for the third term of office?
Answer :- Tonny
Blair
Q 39. How were the members of the
Constituent Assembly chosen?
Answer :- Mainly elected by Province Assemblies
Q 40. Who was the Prime Minister of
Britain when India became Independent?
Answer :- Clement Attlee
Q 41. Which princely State joined the
Indian Union as a result of plebiscite after India was granted Independence?
Answer :- Junagarh
Q 42. What is India’s National bird?
Answer :- Peacock
Q 43. Against which action of the
British Government did Gandhi Ji organize the Dandi March as a protest?
Answer :- Imposition of salt tax
Q 44. To which country doest the new
pope Benedict XVI belongs?
Answer :- Germany
Q 45. Who is the chairman of the
committee of State Finance ministers on VAT?
Answer :- Asim Das Gupta
Q 46. How many Judges are there in the
International Court of Justice?
Answer :- 15
Q 47. Who is Danish Kaneria?
Answer :- The only Hindu Cricketer in the Pakistan
Cricket Team
Q 48. Who is the lifetime chairman of
the Institute of Rural Management Anand(IRMA)?
Answer :- Dr. Vergese Kurien
Q 49. Who was elected speaker of the
Central Legislative Assembly in 1925?
Answer :- Vitthal Bhai Patel
Q 50. Who committed the first
political murder in 1897 as part of the terrorist movement in India?
Answer :- Chapekar brothers
Q 51. At which place did the
revolutionary leader Lala Har Dayal from the “Ghaddar Party” in 1914?
Answer :- San Francisco (USA)
Q 52. Who were the “Khudai
Khidmatgars”?
Answer :- A band of non-violent freedom fighters led
by Khan Abdul Gaffar Khan
Q 53. In which year were the Congress
Ministries formed in seven provinces of India before Independence?
Answer :- 1937 A.D.
Q 54. Who was the first general
secretary of the Congress Socialist Party?
Answer :- Jaya Prakash Narayan
Q 55. What was the slogan of the “Quit
India Movement” started under Mahatma Gandhi’s leadership?
Answer :- Do or Die
Q 56. Who was the Finance minister in
the Interim Cabinet formed by Jawahar lal Nehru in 1946?
Answer :- Liyaqat Ali Khan
Q 57. Which two leaders voted against
Mahatma Gandhi’s resolution proposing militant action against the British
Government at the Nagpur Session of the Congress?
Answer :- Madan Mohan Malvia & Mohammad Ali Jinnah
Q 58. What was the end result of the
Champaran Agitation?
Answer :- End of forcible cultivation of Indigo for
the British
Q 59. In which year was the Capital of
India shifted from Calcutta to Delhi?
Answer :- 1911
Q 60. Which African Nation defeated
the Italian army in 1896?
Answer :- Ethiopia (Abyssinia)
Q 61. Where is located the Salargunj
Museum?
Answer :- Hyderabad
Q 62. Who was the main inspiration
behind the enactment of the “Widow remarriage Act of 1856”?
Answer :- Mahadev Gobind Ranade
Q 63. Which Governor-General tried to
pass the llbert Bill (1883), who sought to empower Indian, judges to try
criminal cases involving Englishmen?
Answer :- Lord Ripon
Q 64. Who presided over the first
session of the Indian National Congress at Bombay in 1885?
Answer :- W.C. Banerjee
Q 65. The Pong Dam is the joint
venture of the States governments of?
Answer :- Haryana-Punjab-Rajasthan
Q 66. Where is located the Sun Temple
in India?
Answer :- Konark (Orissa)
Q 67. Gautamiputra Satkarni was an
ancient ruler of
Answer :- Satvahans
Q 68. Which European country presented
Bombay as a dowry to Charles II of England on his marriage to princess?
Answer :- Portugal
Q 69. Dr. Norman Borlaug, the famous
agricultural scientist, received the Noble Prize for
Answer :- Peace (in 1970 A.D.)
Q 70. In which Continent lies Uganda?
Answer :- Africa
Q 71. In which year did Queen
Elizabeth-I of England grant the East India Company a Royal Charter to carry on
trade in the East?
Answer :- 1600 A.D.
Q 72. The battle in which the British
defeated the combined forces of the Nawab of Bengal, nawab of Awadh and the
Mughal Emperor was fought at
Answer :- Battle of Buxar (in 1764 A.D.)
Q 73. Which Governor General of Bengal
formulated the policy of “Subsidiary Alliance”?
Answer :- Lord Welleselly
Q 74. Who was the author of the book
“The Indian War of Independence”?
Answer :- V.D. Sarvarkar
Q 75. In which year did Alexander land
at the bank of the Vyas River?
Answer :- 326 B.C.
Q 76. Which foreign travaller has
written in detail about the glory of the Kullu state in ancient days?
Answer :- Hiuen Tsang
Q 77. Which foreign ruler invaded
kangra in 1009 A.D.?
Answer :- Mehmood Ghaznavi
Q 78. Which Muslim ruler constructed a
mosque inside the fort of Nagarkot?
Answer :- Jehangir
Q 79. Which ruler expanded the
territory of his State after the disintegration of the Mughal Empire?
Answer :- Raja Ghammand Chand
Q 80. The treaty of Saigauli signed in
1815 resulted in?
Answer :- Emergence of the British as the dominant
power
Q 81. Which Governor General
formulated the “Doctrine of Lapse” in India?
Answer :- Lord Dalhousie
Q 82. Which princely State in Himachal
Pradesh adopted a neutral attitude during the War of Independence in 1857?
Answer :- Rampur Bushahr
Q 83. What did the system of “Begaar”
prevalent in Himachal Pradesh”
Answer :- Forced labour without payment
Q 84. Who was S.N. Stokes?
Answer :- An American missionary in Himachal Pradesh
Q 85. In which princely State did
Yashawant Singh Parmar serve as District & Session Judge?
Answer :- Sirmour
Q 86. Who was the president of the
“All India State Peoples Conference” in 1939 when the Police fired on a mob in
Dhami?
Answer :- Jawahar Lal Nehru
Q 87. In which state of Himachal
Pradesh did the Kissan Sabha set up an independent government in 1942?
Answer :- Sirmour
Q 88. In which year was the Himalayan
Hill States Regional Council formed?
Answer :- 1946 A.D.
Q 89. Which states were under the
direct rule of the British before 1947?
Answer :- Kangra,
Q 90. Which princely state initially
refused to join the Indian Union when the British rule ended in India?
Answer :- Bilaspur
Q 91. When did the Chief
Commissioner’s Province of Himachal Pradesh come into existence?
Answer :- 17638
Q 92. Which princely state was merged
into the part “C” State of Himachal Pradesh in 1954?
Answer :- Bilaspur
Q 93. What was the effect of the
report of the States Reorganization Commission on the position of the Himachal
Pradesh?
Answer :- It became a Union Territory
Q 94. What change in the shape of
different states occurred when the question of the reorganization of Punjab was
reopened in 1966?
Answer :- Punjab Hill areas merged into Himachal
Pradesh
Q 95. Who was Rin Chan Sang Po?
Answer :- A Tibetan Scholar sent to India for Buddhist
Studies
Q 96. Which Ruler renovated the famous
13th Century Baijnath temple in the 19th century?
Answer :- Raja Sansar Chand
Q 97. In which year did Himachal
Pradesh attain full Statehood?
Answer :- 1971
Q 98. What is Guru Ghantal?
Answer :- A famous Buddhist Monastery in Lahual-Spiti
Q 99. At which place is the famous
Bhuri Singh museum located?
Answer :- Chamba
Q 100. What part of the total area of
Himachal Pradesh is cultivable?
Answer :- 11%
Q 101. What is the share of Himachal
Pradesh in the total National Hydro-Electric potential?
Answer :- 0.25
Q 102. With whose collaboration is the
Kol Dam being constructed?
Answer :- India & Russia
Q 103. Which country is providing
assistance to Himachal Pradesh Govt. for commercial trout farming in Kullu
Valley?
Answer :- Norway
Q 104. In which districts of Himachal
Pradesh is Tea grown traditionally?
Answer :- Kangra & Mandi
Q 105. Among Kinnaur, Pangi, Bharmour
and Solan which one is not a tribal area in Himachal Pradesh?
Answer :- Solan
Q 106. What is the percentage of
Schedule Castes population in Himachal Pradesh?
Answer :- 0.247
Q 107. Who was the first to discover
Shimla as a fine hill station?
Answer :- Major Kennedy
Q 108. Which place in Himachal Pradesh
is held sacred by Buddhists, Hindus & Sikh alike?
Answer :- Rewalsar in distt. Mandi
Q 109. Which party gained a majority
in the Himachal Pradesh Assembly in the general election of 1977?
Answer :- Janata Party
Q 110. Where is the University for
Horticulture and Forestry located in H.P.?
Answer :- Nauni (Distt. Solan)
Q 111. Among Punjab, Haryana, Himachal
Pradesh and Kerala which state has the largest area?
Answer :- Himachal Pradesh
Q 112. Which river does the glacier
fed streams, Bhadal & Tantagiri form?
Answer :- Ravi
Q 113. At which place does the Beas
River enter the plains?
Answer :- Mirthal
Q 114. In which state does the Yamuna
River originate?
Answer :- Uttrakhand
Q 115. Which larger river does the
tributary “Tons” join?
Answer :- Yamuna
Q 116. The Second permanent station
setup by India in the Antarctica is named as
Answer :- Maitri
Q 117. On which longitude is the
Indian Standard Time based
Answer :- 82.5° East
Q 118. Who discovered the Cholera
bacillus?
Answer :- Robert Koch
Q 119. At which place in India did
Vasco-de-Gama land first on May 20, 1948 A.D.?
Answer :- Calicut ( now called Kozhikode in Kerala)
Q 120. Which planet is known as the
Red planet?
Answer :- Mars
Q 121. Who is regarded as the father
of modern medicine?
Answer :- Hippocrates
Q 122. Who was the author of the
“Charter of American Declaration of Independence”?
Answer :- Thomas Jefferson
Q 123. In ancient India with which
field was related Bhaskaracharya?
Answer :- Mathematics
Q 124. In which country is
Mohenjo-Daro located now?
Answer :- Pakistan
Q 125. Who was the first person to set
foot on the Moon?
Answer :- Neil Armstrong
Q 126. The term “Creamy Layer” is
related to
Answer :- Reservation for Other Backward Classes (OBC)
Q 127. With which event is the
“Tiananmen Square” associated
Answer :- Massacre of demonstrators demanding civil
liberties in china
Q 128. Which state in India is known
for its Sandal Wood?
Answer :- Karnataka
Q 129. Which is the main Ruling party
in Bangladesh at present?
Answer :- Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP)
Q 130. The equatorial low pressure
region 5° North & 5° South of the equator is known as
Answer :- Doldrums
Q 131. With which discovery is Marie
Curie associated?
Answer :- Radium
Q 132. Diabetics is caused by the
malfunctioning of
Answer :- Pancreatic Gland
Q 133. Which musical Instrument does
Pt. Shiv Prashad Sharma play?
Answer :- Santoor
Q 134. Among Lithunia, Kazaksthan,
Armenia and Bulgaria which country was not a constituent of the erstwhile
Soviet Union?
Answer :- Bulgaria
Q 135. Which is the border town
between Amritsar & Lahore?
Answer :- Attari
Q 136. Which country is known as the
“land of White Elephants”?
Answer :- Thailand
Q 137. Which country was the worst
sufferer of the onslaught of “Tsunami” recently?
Answer :- Indonesia
Q 138. Who was the founder of the
Braham Samaj in 1828 A.D.?
Answer :- Raja Ram Mohan Roy
Q 139. Who is the President of
Afghanistan?
Answer :- Hamid Karzai
Q 140. Among Security Council, General
Assembly, International labour Organization International Court of Justice
which one is not a Chief Organ of the United Nations Organization?
Answer :- International Labour Organization (ILO)
Q 141. In which Scripture is the 40
year war between Kirat king Sambar and Aryan king Divodas described ?
Answer :- Rigveda
Q 142. Among Zanskar, Pirpanjal,
Hindukush and Dhauladhar which mountain range lies outside Himachal Pradesh?
Answer :- Hindukush
Q 143. What is Gaddi?
Answer :- A Pastoral Tribe
Q 144. Which is the rainiest place in
Himachal Pradesh?
Answer :- Dharamshala
Q 145. When was “Territorial Council”
formed in Himachal Pradesh?
Answer :- 1957 A.D.
Q 146. What percent of total
geographical area of Himachal Pradesh comes under forests?
Answer :- 66.5% (37033 Sqkm)
Q 147. On which river is situated the
town of Chamba?
Answer :- Ravi
Q 148. Among Yamuna, Chenab, Beas and
Jhelum which river does not flow through Himachal Pradesh?
Answer :- Jhelum
Q 149. In which century Padam Sambhava
preached Buddhism in Himachal Pradesh?
Answer :- 8th Century
Q 150. Where is located the Tsong Po
lake in India?
Answer :- Sikkim