1. Which decade is celebrated as First United Nations Decade for the Eradication of Poverty?
Answer : 1997-2006
2. International voluntary blood donation day is observed on which date?
Answer : November 6
3. Why can Insects move on the surface of water without sinking?
Answer : Due to Surface tension of water
4. Which minerals occurs abundantly in the Earth’s crust?
Answer : Silica
5. Which Harappan site had a dock?
Answer : Lothal
6. Pneumoconiosis affects the workers who work mainly in which industry?
Answer : Coal mining industry
7. On which Panchayat did the Ashok Mehta Committee greater emphasis?
Answer : Mandai Panchayat
8. Which has the largest livestock population in the world?
Answer : India
9. The tide at its maximum height is known by which name?
Answer : Spring tide
10. Which Veda throws light on the beliefs and practices of the non-Aryans?
Answer : Atharvaveda
11. The United Nations declared 2009 as which International Year?
Answer : Reconciliation
12. Lathyrism is caused by excessive consumption of which thing?
Answer : Khesari Dal
13. Under which Ministry of the Government of India does the Food and Nutrition Board work?
Answer : Ministry of Agriculture
14. Where are the Local thunderstorms ‘Nor’ westers’ prominent?
Answer : West Bengal
15. The code of conduct of the Vedic society was laid out in which text?
Answer : Smritis
16. What are the metallic constituents of hard water?
Answer : Calcium, magnesium and iron
17. Who broke Pete Sampras’s record of maximum Grand Slams in tennis?
Answer : Roger Federer
18. With which was Tarapore Committee associated?
Answer : Fuller capital account convertibility
19. What is the dense mass of small water drops on smoke particles in the lower layers of the atmosphere?
Answer : Smog
20. Who was the founder of the Nanda dyansty?
Answer : Mahapadma Nanda
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