*Who is the CEO of the NITI Aауog?

ans : Amitabh Kant 

*What is the name of the socio-economic scheme aimed for the

Empowerment of adolescent girls & young women?

ans : Tejaswini 

*The eradication measures to which tree was ordered by the Madras High Court as it is harmful to the environment?

ans : Seemai Karuvelam

*Who headed the working group on migration appointed by the Central Government?

ans : Partha Mukhopadhyay 

*Which city topped in city governance ranking of the Annual Survey of India's City Systems? 

ans : Thiruvananthapuram 

*who was selected for the Polly Umrigar Award 2015-16? 

ans : Virat Kohli 

*What was the code name of INTERPOL's multi-national & multi-species enforcement operation for wildlife protection?

ans : Operation Thunder Bird 

*The World Wildlife Day is observed on____?

ans : March-3 

*Which is the indigenously developed Weapon Locating Radar

System?

ans : SWATHI 

*Which endangered tribal language was given official language status by the West Bengal Government?

ans : Kurukh

*In March 2017, world's oldest fossils were discovered from which

Place?

ans : Quebec (Canada) 

*which State Government announced the ‘Tirtha Darshan’ scheme for senior citizens?

ans : Haryana 

*which was the world's longest serving warship?

ans : INS Viraat

*In which year was INS Viraat decommissioned?

ans : March, 2017

*The joint military exercise between which countries was codenamed ‘Al-Nagah-II 2017’?

ans : India & Oman 

*The Preamble of the Indian constitution was Amended for

the first time by_______ th Amendiment?

ans : 42nd Amendment

*which Amendment to the Constitution resulted in reducing the voting age to 18 from 21? 

ans : 61st Amendment

*Through which Amendment the Right to Property was removed from the list of Fundamental Rights?

ans : 44th Amendment

*Which Article of the Indian Constitution abolishes untouchability?

ans : Article-17

*Right to Education is a Fundamental Right as per which Article of the Constitution?

ans : Article-21A 

*Which Article of the Constitution prohibits the child labour?

ans : Article-24

*Which Article of the Constitution deals with the power of President to grant pardons?

ans : Article-72 

*The ancient University Nalanda is at present situated in which Indian state?

ans : Bihar 

*Which is the largest tributary of the River Ganga? 

ans : Yamuna 

*Which Indian state is known as ‘the Land of Dawn’?

ans : Arunachal Pradesh 

*Who was the first Speaker of the Lok Sabha?

ans : G V Mavlankar

*Who is known as ‘the Father of the Panchayat Raj System’?

ans : Balwant Rai Mehta 

*Where was the first satyagraha of Gandhiji in India?

ans : Champaran (1917)

*Who was the founder of the Servants of India Society?

ans : Gopalakrishna Gokhale 

*Which instrument is used to measure the specific gravity of liquids?

ans : Hydrometer 

*Who was the first President of the Indian National Congress?

ans : W.C. Banerjee 

*Who is known as ‘the Architect of Fundamental Rights'?

ans : Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel 

*What is the currency of China?

ans : Yuan 

*Which institution was established by the Central Government to replace the Planning Commission? 

ans : National Institution for Transforming India (NITI Ayog) 

*In which year was the Reserve Bank of India established?

ans : 1935

*what is the full form of ATM?

ans : Automated Teller Machine

* Who composed the national song ‘Vande Mataram'?

ans : Bankim Chandra Chatterji 

*which is India's first space observation satellite? 

ans : Astrosat 

*Gandhiji's famous call of 'Do or Die’ is associated with which agitation

 ans : Loo 

*Which countries are separated by the Rad-cliff Line?

ans : India & Pakistan

*Jalianwalla Bagh, massacre was in the year of ______? 

ans : 1919

*Which is the largest peninsular river in India?

ans : Godavari 

*which was India's first experimental communication satellite?

ans : APPLE

*In which year was the Internet facility started in India?

ans : 1995

*Which is India's indigenously developed unmanned aircraft?

ans : Nishant 

*Who is known as 'the Father of Indian Renaissance’?

ans : Raja Ram Mohan Roy 

*Who is the only political leader to participate in all the three Round Table Conferences?

ans : B.R.. Ambedkar 

*Which Viceroy divided Bengal?

ans : Curzon 

*The Food Security Act came into force in which year?

ans : 2013 

*Who designed the National Flag of India?

ans : Pingali Venkaiyya 

*What is usually called as paraffin?

ans : Kerosene 

*Name the Canadian geologist who invented kerosene?

ans : Abraham Pineo Gesner 

*What is the main constituent in the LPG?

ans : Propane 

*What is added to LPG to help warn of gas leaks?

ans : Ethanethiol or Ethyl mercaptan 

*What is the chemical name of the bleaching powder?

ans : Calcium hypochlorite 

*What gives hardness to Water?

ans : Chlorides and sulfates of calcium and magnesium 

*What is produced through the Haber-Bosch process?

ans : Ammonia

*Which chemical is used in the cloud seeding or the artificial rain?

ans : Silver iodide

*What is 'dry ice'?

ans : Solid Carbon dioxide 

*When copper sulfate is mixed with lime, it is known as ____? 

ans : Bordeaux mixture 

*What is the most common use of Bordeaux mixture?

ans : Fungicide 

*ISRO successfully launched its first lunar probe Chandrayan-I on____?

ans : October 22, 2008

*India’s first interplanetary mission Mangayaan (Mars Orbiter Mission-MOM) was launched on_____?

ans : 5 November 2013 

*In which year was the Kyoto Protocol adopted?

ans : 2005 

*Which foreign power was defeated in the Battle of Kulachal in 1741?

ans : The Dutch 

*The Brahmos missile is being manufactured with the collaboration of___?

ans : Russia 

*Who was the first non-Congress Prime Minister of India?

ans : Morarji Desai 

*Who founded the Forward Block in 1939? 

ans : Subhash Chandra Bose 

*Where is the headquarters of the Interpol situated?

ans : Leon (France) 

*Who is the author of 'A Gift to the Monotheists’?

ans : Rajaram Mohan Roy 

*India borrowed the concept of Federation from which country?

ans : Canadian Constitution

*Which geographical line divides India into almost two halves?

ans : The Tropic of Cancer 

*Which is the only Asian country to be a member of the G-8 organisation?

ans : Japan 

*Which national leader propounded the Drain Theory?

ans : Dadabhai Naoroji 

*Who conducted the first heart transplant surgery ?

ans : Dr. Christian Bernard 

*The Public Accounts Committee submits its report to____?

ans : The Speaker 

*How many times a person can be elected as the President of India?

ans : No limit 

*Which element is found in the largest quantity in the Sun?

ans : Hydrogen 

*Which is the energy process taking place in the stars? 

ans : Nuclear fusion 

*The Savanna is the grassland found in the continent of____?

ans : Africa

*How many times Gandhiji became the President of indian National Congress?

ans : Once

*Which Indian Prime Minister abolished Privy Purse?

ans : Indira Gandhi

*Who was the first & only woman Chief Election Commissioner of India?

ans : WS Remadevi

*Who presides over the joint session of Indian Parliament?

ans : Lok Sabha Speaker 

*What is the name of India's research station at Arctic?

ans : Himadri 

*In which layer of the atmosphere is the Ozone Layer situated? 

ans : Stratosphere 

*The Human Rights Day is observed on____?

ans : December-10

*The First War of Indian Independence was broke out at____?

ans : Meerut 

*Who was the founder of Arya Samaj?

ans : Dayananda Saraswathi 

*The identifying number given to the income tax payers is___? 

ans : ΡΑΝ

*Who is known as 'the Father of  Green Revolution in India’?

ans : MS Swaminathan

*In which year was the paper currency first introduced in India? 

ans : 1861

*Who was the first Governor of the Reserve Bank of India?

ans : Osborne Smith

*What is the name of the scientif ic study of soil?

ans : Pedology

*The Post Office Savings Bank belongs to which list of the

Constitution?

ans : Union List

*Which is the largest current the Indian Ocean?

ans : The Agulhas Current 

*During whose tenure as the Viceroy of India were the great

martyrs Bhagat Singh, Sukhdev & Rajguru hanged? 

ans : Lactic Acid 

*In 1526, the First Battle of the of panipat was fought between___?

ans : Babur & Ibrahim Lodhi 

*Which was the first Indian State to start lottery?

ans : Kerala 

*Salim Ali Centre for Ornithology & Natural History is situated at____?

ans : Coimbatore 

*Which world leader's autobiography is 'Long Walk to Freedom’?

ans : Nelson Mandela 

*Who is known as the first space tourist?

ans : Dennis Tito

*Who designed the new symbol of Indian Rupee?

ans : D Udaya Kumar

*Which novelist created the character of ‘Harry Potter’?

ans : JK Rowling 

*In which country was the 'Bonsai system originated?

ans : Japan

*The southern most point of India, the Indira Point is situated at____?

ans : Andaman & Nicobar Islands 

*Which river is known as ‘the Vridha Ganga'?

ans : Godavari 

*In which river is India's largest waterfalls, ‘Jog Falls' situated?

ans : Sharavati 

*The Bhakra Nangal Dam is built across which river?

ans : Satluj 

*The World Refugee Day is observed on___?

ans : June-20

*Which was India's first fully indigenously built nuclear power  station? 

ans : Kalpakkam

*Who is the author of ‘Poverty & un-British Rule in India'?

ans : Dadabhai Naoroji

*Gandhi-Irwin Pact was signed on______?

ans : 1931 March 5

*Which organisation prepares maps in India?

ans : Survey of India

*Which Indian state has the longest coastline?

ans : Gujarat

*India shares maximum land border with which country?

ans : Bangladesh

*What is known as the ‘king of the chemicals'?

ans : Sulfuric Acid

*What is the scientific name of Aspirin?

ans : Acetylsalicylic acid

*As highly reactive and flammable, which metal is typically stored in mineral oil?

ans : Lithium 

*What is the main component of shells of marine organisms, snails, coal balls, pearls, and eggshells?

ans : Calcium carbonate 

*Which is the most important green house gas?

ans : Carbon dioxide 

*What turns blue litmus paper in to red?

ans : Acids 

*Red litmus paper turns blue under _____conditions? 

ans : Basic (Alkaline) 

*Which chemical is used for the artificial ripening of fruits?

ans : Calcium carbide