| GyanCentral - The hub for engineering and law students - IIT-JEE, AIEEE, BITSAT, CLAT, AILET - 2012: Static GK Ultimate Guide for Clat, Nlu-d and Set Oct 4th 2012, 14:08 | GyanCentral - The hub for engineering and law students - IIT-JEE, AIEEE, BITSAT, CLAT, AILET - 2012 | | The most comprehensive career education and test preparation forums in india. | | | Static GK Ultimate Guide for Clat, Nlu-d and Set Oct 4th 2012, 13:09 As per the blunder made by nlu-jodhpur in this year's clat, i would like you to go through this thread so as to keep your static gk quotient up and be prepared for everything....and don't forget to reply me your feedback. Q1. The name of which painting style, based on the name of a district in Bihar, literally means `Forest of Honey' ? (A) Kangra (B) Mysore (C) Tanjore (D) Madhubani Q2. Whose birthday on 29 August is celebrated as `National Sports Day' in India ? (A) C.K.Naidu (B) Dhyan Chand (C) Milkha Singh (D) Wilson Jones Q3. What is Mahatma Gandhi's samadhi in Delhi Called ? (A) Raj Ghat (B) Shantivan (C) Vijay Ghat (D) Shakti Sthal Q4. Guru Shikhar, in Mount Abu, is the highest peak of which mountain range ? (A) Satpura (B) Vindhya (C) Aravali (D) Himalaya Q5. `Silicon Valley of India' is the nickname of which south Indian city ? (A) Hyderabad (B) Bengaluru (C) Chennai (D) Thiruvananthapuram Q6. According to Hindu mythology, who is the Guru of Devas (Gods) ? (A) Dhanvantri (B) Shukracharya (C) Brihaspati (D) Vishvakarma Q7. Which one of the following is not a fungus ? (A) Yeast (B) Mushroom (C) Insulin (D) Penicillin Q8. In 1905, which Viceroy of India effected the Partition of Bengal ? (A) Lord Irwin (B) Lord Curzon (C) Lord Hardinge (D) Lord Chelmsford Q9. `Panchatantra', a collection of moral stories in Sanskrit, was authored by ? (A) Somadeva (B) Kautilya (C) Narayan Pandit (D) Vishnu Sharma Q10. Which is the only state in India to have Common Civil Code in force ? (A) Goa (B) Mizoram (C) Nagaland (D) Jammu & Kashmir Q11. Which is the only metal that exists in liquid form at normal room temprature (25 degree Celsius) ? (A) Mercury (B) Cesium (C) Gallium (D) Rubidium Q12. What was the name of Maharana Pratap's faithful horse ? (A) Chetak (B) Kanthak (C) Marengo (D) Bucephalus Q13. Under National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (NREGA), how many minimum no. of days guaranteed wage employment is provided in every financial year to a rural household ? (A) 50 days (B) 100 days (C) 150 days (D) 200 days Q14. According to Hindu mythology, what kind of animal is Kamadhenu ? (A) Dog (B) Cow (C) Horse (D) Elephant Q15. Who was the first Deputy Prime Minister of India ? (A) B.R.Ambedkar (B) Lal Bahadur Shastri (C) Maulana Abul Kalam Azad (D) Vallabhbhai Patel Q16. In 2010, which Asian city will host Commonwealth Games ? (A) Tokyo (B) Shanghai (C) New Delhi (D) Kuala Lumpur Q17. Annie Besant, a British lady, was first woman President of Indian National Congress(INC). Who was the first Indian woman President of INC ? (A) Sarojini Naidu (B) Nellie Sengupta (C) Indira Gandhi (D) Sonia Gandhi Q18. Java Trench, also called Sunda Trench, is the deepest point in which ocean ? (A) Arctic Ocean (B) Pacific Ocean (C) Indian Ocean (D) Atlantic Ocean Q19. `Liberty, Equality and Fraternity' was the motto of which revolution ? (A) Cuban Revolution (B) American Revolution (C) Chinese Revolution (D) French Revolution Q20. `Dreams from My Father' and `The Audicity of Hope' books are authored by which American President ? (A) Bill Clinton (B) George W. Bush (C) Barack Obama (D) Ronald Reagan Q21. On the banks of which river is Lucknow, the capital of Uttar Pradesh, situated ? (A) Ganga (B) Yamuna (C) Gomti (D) Godavari Q22. Jataka Tales, written in Pali language, are the previous birth stories of which religious Guru ? (A) Mahavira (B) Gautam Buddha (C) Guru Nanak Dev (D) Guru Gobind Singh Q23. Who wrote Bangladesh's national anthem 'Amar Shonar Bangla' ? (A) Rabindranath Tagore (B) Kazi Nazrul Islam (C) Mohammed Iqbal (D) Taslima Nasrin Q24. Parvani, the peacock, is mount of which Hindu God ? (A) Indra (B) Vishnu (C) Ganesh (D) Kartikeya Q25. Before Bhubaneswar, which city was the capital of Orissa ? (A) Puri (B) Cuttack (C) Rourkela (D) Sambalpur Q26. Who was the first recipient of Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna Award ? (A) Geet Sethi (B) Pullela Gopichand (C) Vishwanathan Anand (D) Sachin Tendulkar Q27. In which city are the headquarters of European Union (EU) located ? (A) Brussels (B) Geneva (C) New York (D) Paris Q28. Which conquerer was born in Macedonia (Europe), died in Babylon (Asia) and buried in Alexandria (Africa) ? (A) Genghis Khan (B) Attila the Hun (C) Napolean Bonaparte (D) Alexander the Great Q29. To produce artificial rains, which chemical is used for Cloud Seeding ? (A) Copper Sulphate (B) Ammonium Nitrate (C) Silver Iodide (D) Potassium Premanganate Q30. Binola village, the scheduled site of the Indian National Defence University (INDU), is in which state ? (A) Punjab (B) Haryana (C) Rajasthan (D) Uttar Pradesh Q31. In 1970, who became the first recipient of the Dadasaheb Phalke Award ? (A) Devika Rani Roerich (B) Prithviraj Kapoor (C) B.N.Sirkar (D) Pankaj Mullick Q32. Bomakai and Sambalpuri saris are native of which state ? (A) Orissa (B) Madhya Pradesh (C) Maharashtra (D) West Bengal Q33. `Akbarnama', a biographical account of Mughal ruler Akbar, was authored by ? (A) Faizi (B) Birbal (C) Abul Fazl (D) Abdul Rahim Khan-i-khana Q34. Which among the following is not a mammal ? (A) Bat (B) Shark (C) Dolphin (D) Blue Whale Q35. Which city is known as the `Big Apple' ? (A) Paris (B) Tokyo (C) Shanghai (D) New York Q36. Who was the first Indian to win All England Open Badminton Championships Singles title ? (A) Prakash Nath (B) Prakash Padukone (C) Nandu M. Natekar (D) Pullela Gopichand Q37. On which river is Bhakra Nangal Dam, the highest gravity dam in world, is constructed ? (A) Chenab (B) Jhelum (C) Ravi (D) Sutlej Q38. Apart from Delhi, which other Union Territory has its own elected Vidhan Sabha and the executive council of ministers headed by a Chief Minister ? (A) Daman and Diu (B) Dadra and Nagar Haveli (C) Lakshadweep (D) Pondicherry Q39. On 2nd July 1972, with which Pakistani leader did Indira Gandhi sign Shimla Agreement ? (A) Ayub Khan (B) Yahya Khan (C) Zulfikar Ali Bhutto (D) Muhammad Zia-ul-Haq Q40. Which freedom fighter highlighted the drain of India's wealth into Britain, in his book `Poverty and Un-British Rule in India' in 1901 ? (A) Dinshaw Edulji Wacha (B) Dadabhai Naoroji (C) Gopal Krishna Gokhale (D) Womesh Chandra Bonerjee | | | |  | |
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