1. Processed data is known as— Information
2. Who invented logarithms? — John Napier
3. The largest gland of the human body is — Liver
4. Photosynthesis in plants takes place in — Leaves
5. Insects that transmit diseases are known as — Vectors
6. _____ gets converted to phosgene, when exposed to sunlight. — Chloroform
7. Who discovered benzene? — Michael Faraday
8. Who built Gateway of India? — British Government
9. Bhangra is a folk dance of — Punjab
10. If the break-even quantity for a factory whose variable cost of manufacturing a cell is Rs.15 and
selling price is Rs.24 is 2,400 units, find the fixed cost of the factory. — Rs.21600
11. At the equilibrium price — Quantity demanded is equal to quantity supplied
12. ______ is emitted from automobile exhaust is poisonous. — Carbon Monoxide
13. Molybdenite is as ore/mineral of — Molybdenum
14. Which state has decided to recruit transgender people as jail wardens? — Odisha
15. What are Equinox days? — When day and night are equal
16. Which is the largest Union Territory of India? — Andaman and Nicobar Islands
17. Mahatma Gandhi was born in which year? — 1869
18. Jahangir was born in the year? — 1569
19. Who won the Bharat Ratna on his 100th birthday? — D.K. Karve
20. Physical quantities, which have ______ only and no_____ are called scalar
quantities. — Magnitude, Direction
21. Sudden fall in the barometric reading is an indication of — Storm
22. The Rajya Sabha members are elected for a term of_____ years. — 6
23. The National Anthem was adopted by the Constituent Assembly in — 24th January 1950
24. Who won the National Snooker Championship 2016? — Aditya Mehta
25. Who is the author of ‘Train to Pakistan’? — Khushwant Singh
26. The unit of measurement of a word length is — Byte
27. Who invented E-Mail? — VA Shiva Ayyadurai
28. Ammonia is also used as a — Bio fertilizer
29. ______ is an insectivorous plant? — Utricularia
30. ______ is a multibranched polysaccharide of glucose that serves as a form of energy
storage in animals and fungi. — Glycogen
31. Which gas leaked in the Bhopal Gas tragedy in December 1984? — Methyl isocynate
32. _____ is used for making vinegar. — Acetic acid
33. Who built Shantiniketan? — Rabindra Nath Tagore
34. The language in which Buddha preached? — Pail
35. If the average total cost are Rs 54, total fixed cost is Rs. 45000 and quantity
produced is 2500 units, find the average variable costs (in Rs) of the firm. — 36
36. The law of demand states that — If the price of a good increases, the quantity demanded of that
good decreases
37. Major portion of the earth’s crust is mainly constit uted by — Oxygen and Silicon
38. Cinnabar is an ore/mineral of — Mercury
39. Who played the lead character in the movie “Bandit Queen”? — Seema Biswas
40. If a star bigger than Sun, but not more than twice as big, it will turn into a — Pulsar
41. Name the largest desert of Asia? — Gobi Desert
42. Who was appointed by Akbar as his Court Musician? — Mian Tansen
43. Ashoka was a king of which dynasty? — Maurya
44. Which Indian won a Nobel Peace Prize in 2014? — Kailash Satyarthi
45. One nanometer is equal to ______ meters. — 10 raised to the power (-9)
46. What is the unit of relative density? — It has no unit
47. To be a voter in India, what is the minimum qualifying age? — 18 Years
48. Indian Constitution came into force on — 26th January 1950
49. The first Asian city to host Summer Olympic was?— Tokyo
50. Who is the author of “ I Too Had A Love Story”? — Ravinder Singh
