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10801. The first Indian to win an individual gold medal in the Olympics was:

Answer: Abhinav Bindra

10802. Goa liberation day is celebrated on:

Answer: 18th June

10803. The Indian National Song was first published in:

Answer: Ananda Math

10804. The news paper Bengali started by Surendra Nath Banerjee was in which language?

Answer: English

10805. Who was the first person to reach South Pole was:

Answer: Captain Amundsen

10806. Which book has been printed in the maximum number of languages?

Answer: The Bible

10807. Self help title ‘you can win’ has been written by:

Answer: Shiv khera

10808. In which year was Abdul khaffer khan awarded Bharath Ratna?

Answer: 1987

10809. Which was the first country to grant voting rights to women in 1893?

Answer: New Zealand

10810. Who is the only scientist to lead India"s both Antarctic and Arctic expedition teams?

Answer: Rasik Ravindra

10811. Which art form is the combination of Mohiniyattam & Kathakali?

Answer: Kerala Natanam

10812. Which element has the highest melting point?

Answer: Carbon

10813. Name the Swedish chemist, who was the first to describe the Global warming & Greenhouse effect in 1896?

Answer: Svante Arrhenius

10814. Which" is the only state party to perform as the main opposition in the Lok Sabha?

Answer: Telugu Desam Party

10815. Which is the largest tribal community in India?

Answer: The Santals

10816. Who did the first scientific attempt to calculate the national income of India in 1931-32?

Answer: Dr. V.K. Rao

10817. Name the Pakistani economist who was behind the preparation of the first Human Development Report published by UNDP?

Answer: Mahbuh-ul-Huq

10818. Who translated Edwin Arnold"s "Light of Asia" into Malayalam?

Answer: Nalappat Narayana Menon

10819. Which element is used to coat the photocopying drum of Xerox machine?

Answer: Selenium

10820. Which spiritual leader"s throne is the Lion Throne?

Answer: Dalai Lama

10821. In India, where is Nasi I and Nasi II islands are situated?

Answer: Gahirmatha Marine Sanctuary (Odisha)

10822. Which metal is industrially produced through the Kroll Process?

Answer: Titanium

10823. Whose birthday is observed as the World Thinking Day?

Answer: Robert Baden Powell (February 22)

10824. Which international service club was founded by Paul P Harris in 1905?

Answer: Rotary International

10825. Which city hosted the first regular session of the U N General Assembly?

Answer: London

10826. Which organisation is the largest vaccine supplies of the world?

Answer: UNICEF

10827. Where is India"s first and only military base outside its territory is situated?

Answer: Farkhor (Tajikistan)

10828. Which was the first Indian company to be listed on the American Stock Exchange NASDAQ?

Answer: Infosys

10829. Which local wind has the nickname of "Doctor"?

Answer: Harmattan

10830. The main source of lead, zinc ores in India, the Zawar mines are located in which state?

Answer: Rajasthan

10831. In which year was the" Twenty point programme introduced for the first time?

Answer: 1975

10832. Which scheme"s component is "Sneha Shivir"?

Answer: Integrated Child Development Services (ICDS)

10833. Name the bank set up in 1969 by the Government of India with the main objective of rehabilitating repatraints from Burma and Sri Lanka?

Answer: Repco Bank

10834. In which state of USA is the famous "Death Valley" situated?

Answer: California

10835. The famous Galilean moons are the satellites of which planet?

Answer: Jupiter

10836. Which Indian state is best known for monazite sands, source of thorium?

Answer: Kerala

10837. The Ukai reservoir is built across the river _____?

Answer: Tapti

10838. Which country was the first to be granted a loan by the World Bank?

Answer: France

10839. Which part of the human body absorbs oxygen directly from the air?

Answer: Cornea of eye

10840. Where in India is Flame of Freedom (Swatantra Tyothi) lit?

Answer: The Cellular Jail in Andamans

10841. Who presented the first budget in Indian history?

Answer: Sir James Wilson

10842. Which was the first Indian State to institute a Disaster Management Authority?

Answer: Kerala

10843. Which mineral has the relative hardness of 10 in the Mobs Scale?

Answer: Diamond

10844. Which award is instituted by Union Home Ministry for honouring persons who show courage in saving the life & property of members of another community or caste?

Answer: Kabeer Puraskar

10845. Name the rebellion occurred in Chhotanagpur during the period of 1820-1837?

Answer: Kol rebellion

10846. What was the way of Satyagraha by the first individual Satyagraha Vinoba Bhave?

Answer: Making anti-war speech

10847. In which year Jahangir issued the Charter to East India Company for establishing the trade establishments in India?

Answer: 1617

10848. Which important incident occurred in Indian history on 9th August 1925?

Answer: Kakori Train Robbery

10849. In which year the Constitution for India was drafted by the Nehru Committee?

Answer: 1928

10850. Through which mission the British Government for the first time recognized ‘the Right of Dominion for India"?

Answer: Cripps Mission

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