Know Your World - 37

1. Where is the oldest working refinery?

Texas

2. The capital of the USA is situated on the bank of the river ___

Potomac

3. In which of the following countries does Three Gorges Dam’ called world’s largest concrete structure lie?

China

4. The main reason for deforestation in Asia is ___

excessive fuel wood collection

5. Suez Canal connects ___

Mediterranean Sea and Red Sea

6. What is the International Date Line?

It is the 180° longitude

7. The countries separated by the Mac-Mahon Line are ___

China and India

8. Excluding the East European countries and Russia, the country with the largest area under forest, is ___

Brazil

9. Indian Standard Time relates to ___

82.5° E longitude

10. Which from the following is a land-locked sea?

Aral Sea

11. Nuclear energy is a mineral-based energy source. It is derived from ___

uranium, thorium, plutonium

12. Equator represents ___

imaginary line passing round the Earth midway between North & South poles

13. Which is the largest metals trading centre?

New York

14. Helgoland is an island of which of the following countries?

Germany

15. Energy that is produced commercially from coal is called ___

Thermal energy

16. The largest producer of world’s mica is ___

India

17. The Trans-Siberian Railway (8960 km) connects____ in the West to ____ in the East.

St. Petersburg Vladivostok

18. Which current is responsible for increase in the temperature of the western Europe?

North Equatorial current

19. Major fishing grounds are found in ___

Northern Hemisphere

20. In which of the following is the Great Barrier Reef located?

Coral Sea

21. Which of the following volcanoes is situated in Mexico?

Colima

22. ___ are places with powerful lights to guide and warn the ships coming from different directions in the ocean.

Light houses

23. Black Forests are found in ___

Germany

24. The largest island in the world is Greenland. It Is an Integral part of ___

Denmark

25. Which of the following regions is referred to as Garden of Eden as mentioned in the Bible?

Kutch region of South Iraq

26. What is called as the ‘Roof’ of the World?

Pamir Knot

27. Which one of the following is the greatest circle?

Arctic Circle

28. How many minutes for each degree of longitude does the local time of any place vary from the Greenwich time?

Four minutes

29. The busiest and the most important sea route of the world is ___

North Atlantic Sea Route

30. In atmosphere the lowermost layer is ___

troposphere

Know Your World - 36

1. With which crop has Green Revolution been associated?

Wheat

2. Watermelons grow best in ___

Sandy soil

3. The crop mainly grown in hills is ___

sweet potato

4. HYV refers to ___

High yielding variety

5. In a slanting hilly Indian terrain experiencing more than 200 cms of annual rainfall, which one of the following crops can be cultivated best?

Tea

6. World’s maximum newsprint comes from ___

Deciduous forest

7. Soil erosion on hill slopes can be checked by ___

Terrace cultivation

8. Which one of the following categories of workers is termed as cultivators?

Those who lease in land and cultivate

9. Which one of the following animals is called farmers friend?

Earthworm

10. Golden Revolution refers to ___

Horticulture

11. The crops grown after the summer monsoon are called ___

Rabi

12. The largest irrigation canal in India is called the ___

Indira Gandhi Canal

13. Which breed of the following buffalo breeds is found in the south western part of Gujarat?

Surti

14. BT seed is associated with ___

Cotton

15. Desertification can be checked by ___

checking over-grazing

16. Green Revolution was started in ___

1960

17. Which of the following is not a cause of low productivity in Indian agriculture?

Co-operative farming

18. In which part of India, canal irrigation system is the most common?

Uttar Pradesh

19. Which of the following types of soil is best suited for cotton cultivation?

Black

20. Which of the following methods does not help in conserving soil fertility and moisture?

Dry farming

21. Which of the following are not grown in the Kharif season?

Barley and mustard

22. Rotation of crops means ___

growing of different crops in succession to maintain soil fertility

23. The adoption of High Yielding Variety Programme in Indian Agriculture started in ___

1966

24. ‘Brown Revolution’ is ___

growth of food processing and soft drinks industries in India

25. Mechanization of Indian agriculture on a considerable scale is not possible due to ___

small holdings

26. Laterite soils are found in area where ___

temperature is high and rain fall is heavy

27. Kharif crops are sown ___

at the beginning of the Southwest monsoon

28. Where is India’s most prized tea grown?

Darjeeling

29. For the cultivation of Tobacco the soil should be rich in ___

potash

30. The part of Equatorial region which has well developed rubber plantations is ___

Malaysia

Know Your World - 35

1. Agnimitra, who is the hero of Kalidasa’s ‘Malvikagnimitram’, was a king of which of the following dynasties?

Sunga dynasty

2. Kushinara or Kushinagar, where Lord Buddha attained parinirvana was located in which among the following provinces of ancient India?

Malla

3. Sarnath, is related to which among the following events in the life of Buddha?

First Sermon

4. In which among the following metals, largest numbers of coins were issued in Gupta Era?

Gold

5. Who discovered cape route from Europe to India?

Vasco da Gama

6. When did Vasco da Gama reach India?

17th may 1498 (He reached port of Calicut via cape of good hope (Africa) on 17th may 1498, received by Hindu ruler Zamorin)

7. What were the trading stations of Portuguese?

Calicut, cochin, cannanore

8. What was the capital of Portuguese?

Cochin (1502) initial capital, then Goa

9. Who was the first governor of Portuguese who introduced “policy of blue water”?

Francisco Almeida

10. Which saint arrived India during Portuguese period?

St. Francisco Xavier (1542-45)

11. Which Portuguese governor transferred capital from cochin to Goa (1530)?

Nino da cunha

12. Which Portuguese governor introduced policy of imperialism?

Alfonso d’ Albuquerque

13. Portuguese king gave Bombay as dowry to whom?

Charles II of England in 1661

14. Where was the first factory of Portuguese established?

Calicut

15. What was the main centre of Dutch?

Pulicat , replaced by Nagapatnam in 1690

16. Outcome of battle of Bedera in 1759

British defeated Dutch

17. Who traded with Indian merchants before east India company formed?

John Mildenhall (1599)

18. Who founded British east India company?

group of merchants known as “merchant adventures” (1599)

19. Who issued farman to Captain Hawkins to make factory at Surat (1609)?

Jahangir

20. Who visited Jahangir’s court (1615) as ambassador from king James I for trading in India?

Sir Thomas roe

21. Where did British create first factory?

Surat (1608)

22. British obtained madras from raja of Chandragiri (1639) and build fortified factory called ____

Fort St George

23. Who acquired three villages Sutanuti, Kalikata, Govindapur and created Calcutta (1690)?

Job Charnock

24. Job Charnock created fortified factory at Sutanuti named ____

Fort William (1700)

25. John Surman obtained farman from Mughal emperor Farukhsiyar in 1717 which is called _____

“Magna Carta of British rule in India” as it gave large concessions to company

26. Danes arrived India in ___

1616

27. Where did Danes settle

Tranqueber (Tamil Nadu) in 1620 and Serampore (Bengal) (headquarter) in 1676

28. Who created French east India company?

Colbert (1664)

29. What was the capital of French in India?

Puducherry (founded 1673)

30. Where did French create their factory?

Chandernagar

Know Your World - 34

1. Which are waves moving from a sitar to a listener in air?

Longitudinal progressive

2. In which case the area under cultivation is is declining fast?

Jute

3. Which is the cloud that is dark-grey or black, found at very low height and brings the real rain?

Nimbostratus

4. The cauliflower shape is associated with which cloud formations?

Cumulus

5. Which is the producer of copper?

Chile

6. What is the major source of oceanic salinity?

Rivers

7. Which country has the longest international boundary with India?

Bangladesh

8. Which is the deepest landlocked protected port?

Vishakhapatnam

9. Which port caters to the export of Kudremukh iron ore?

New Mangalore

10. Mahatma Gandhi Hydroelectric Project is on which river?

Sharavati

11. Territorial waters of India extend up to how many nautical miles?

12

12. Which winds are flowing from sub tropical high pressure to sub polar low pressure?

Westerlies

13. What are tropical cyclones of the Bay of Bengal usually called?

Typhoons

14. Mangrove vegetation in India is most extensive in which forest?

Sunder bans

15. When was petroleum discovered first in commercial quantities in India?

1890

16. Which is considered a hot-spot of biodiversity in India?

Western Ghats

17. Where is pearl fishing well developed in India?

Off the coast at Rameshwaram

18. What is the most important item of export among marine products from India?

Shrimp

19. What is the approximate equatorial circumference of the earth?

40,000 km

20. Which is present in the largest amount in terms of percent by mass in the earth’s crust?

Oxygen

21. Which is the highest lake above the sea level in the world?

Lake Titicaca

22. Which is the example of crater lake?

Oregon

23. In which country has maximum damage to the forests been caused by acid rain?

Poland

24. Which state is with the largest area under waste land?

Jammu and Kashmir

25. Which is the second most abundant metal in the earth’s crust?

Iron

26. The Vivekananda Rock Memorial is situated at which place?

Kanyakumari

27. Which is the highest peak in Andaman and Nicobar Islands?

Saddle Peak

28. Which reservoir is constructed on Chambal?

Gandhi Sagar

29. Which state was in the development of hydroelectricity the pioneering state?

Karnataka

30. What do the surface of Earth that lies between the Tropic of Cancer and the Tropic, of Capricorn?

Torrid Zone

Know Your World - 33

1. Who founded Hyderabad?

Nizam ul Mulk Asaf Jahan (1724) (original name Chin Quilich Khan)

2. What titles did Farukhsiyar give to Asaf Jahan?

“khan I duran” , “nizam ul mulk”

3. What title did Nizam of Hyderabad took?

Nawab of Carnatic

4. Which state remained independent from British till independence?

Hyderabad

5. Who founded Awadh?

Sadat Khan Burhan ul Mulk (governor of Muhamad Shah)

6. What is the outcome of first Anglo Mysore war in 1769?

Haider Ali defeated British; treaty of madras signed

7. What is the outcome of second Anglo Mysore war in 1782?

British defeated Haider Ali who died; treaty of Mangalore (1784) signed by Tipu Sultan

8. What is the outcome of third Anglo Mysore war in 1789?

Treaty of Srirangapatnam signed

9. What is the outcome of fourth Anglo Mysore war in 1799?

Tipu Sultan died in Srirangapatnam

10. Who introduced first charter act 1793?

Sir John Shore

11. Who planted “tree of liberty” at Srirangapatnam and became member of Jacobian club?

Tipu Sultan

12. Who acquired title of “padshah” in 1797?

Tipu sultan

13. What did the Farman of 1717 contain?

Company can import export goods in Bengal without paying taxes and right to issue passes or dastaks

14. When Siraj ud Daula did captured Fort William?

1756

15. During whose reign Black hole tragedy took place?

Siraj ud daula and Robert clive

16. What is the outcome of battle of Plassey in 23rd June 1757?

English won against Siraj ud Daula

17. Who betrayed Siraj ud Daula during Plassey war?

Mir Jafar(Mir Baksh), Manik Chand (officer incharge Calcutta), Amin Chand (rich silk merchant), Jagat seth(banker), Khadim Khan (commander of Nawab)

18. Who was the first Nawab of Bengal, Bihar and Orissa under British rule?

Mir Jafar

19. What is the outcome of battle of Buxar in 22nd October, 1764?

Mir Qasim (Mir Jafar son in law), Nawab of Awadh, Shuja ud Daula, Shah Alam II fought with the British; later won and Mir Jafar was again put on throne

20. Who became the first governor of Bengal in 1765?

Robert Clive

21. When did the dual system of government created and what did it do?

1765; company to collect revenue and nizamat right was with Nawab

22. Who ended the dual system of government in 1772?

Warren Hastings

23. What is the outcome of first Carnatic war 1746?

Nawab of Carnatic army defeated by French under Dupleix in battle at St Thome

24. What is the outcome of second Carnatic war 1749?

Ended with treaty of Pondicherry/treaty of Godehu

25. The siege of Arcot (1751) made whom national hero of England?

Robert Clive

26. What is the outcome of third battle of Carnatic/battle of Wandiwash in 1760?

British defeated French; Pondicherry returned to French; treaty of Paris signed

27. Who was the first Sikh guru and creator of Nanak Panth?

Guru Nanak (1469); born in Talwandi

28. Who invented Gurumukhi script for Punjabi language?

Guru Angad

29. Who divided his spiritual empire in 22parts called Manjis and Akbar visited him?

Guru Amardas

30. Who founded city of Amritsar and constructed Harmandir sahib?

Guru Ramdas

Know Your World - 32

1. Anantapur district in Andhra Pradesh is famous for which metal?

Gold

2. Silver is obtained from the lead & Zinc Ares of Zawar mines in which city?

Udaipur

3. Which of the planets is nearest to the earth?

Venus

4. Which planet is known as the Earth’s Twin?

Venus

5. How much the equatorial circumference is greater than the polar circumference?

Approximately 68 km

6. What is the distance of the equator from either of the poles?

10,002 km

7. By which method is the age of most ancient geological formations estimated?

C4 method

8. Which layer of the atmosphere provides ideal conditions for flying of jet aeroplanes?

Stratosphere

9. If the temperature inside a room is increased, what will be the relative humidity?

Decrease

10. Which type of forest belt supplies most of the world’s requirement of newsprint?

Coniferous forest

11. Which climatic type suffers change due to shifting of the World’s Pressure Belts?

Monsoon

12. Which state produces maximum Soya bean?

Madhya Pradesh

13. Which country is rich in oil?

Indonesia

14. What percentage of country’s demand for natural rubber is met by in indigenous production?

0.97

15. Which European country has over 200 volcanoes, many of them still active?

Iceland

16. The United Nations declared 2008 as which International Year?

Planet Earth

17. Where is the national institute of nutrition located?

Hyderabad

18. Which is the “Horn of Africa”?

Ethiopia, Djibouti, Somalia

19. Israel has common borders with which countries?

Lebanon, Syria, Turkey and Jordan

20. The World Food Prize is given by which organization/world bodies?

Kraft general foods

21. Which is the State with the largest area under waste land?

Jammu and Kashmir

22. In which is the largest population of Scheduled Tribes?

Madhya Pradesh

23. Palghat joins which states?

Kerala and Tamil Nadu

24. Which forms the western boundary of the Indian sub-continent?

Hindukush

25. Which soil is best suited for cotton?

Regur

26. On the basis of the process of their formation, which soil is formed differently from the other three?

Regur

27. Which crop requires continuous semi aquatic condition for cultivation?

Rice

28. Which stare is the largest producer of coffee?

Karnataka

29. Which planet has the longest day and the shortest year?

Mercury

30. Which was the crop during the 13th and 14th Centuries A.D. the Indian peasants did not cultivate?

Maize

Know Your World - 31

1. Who was the famous Indo-Greek king who embraced Buddhism?

Menander

2. At low elevation which cloud are to be found?

Nimbus

3. Which color types do not indicate fair or fine weather?

Cumulonimbus

4. A place having an average annual temperature of 27°C and an annual rainfall of over 200 cm. Where is this?

Singapore

5. In which type of climate does the temperature never rise above 10°C throughout the year?

Tundra Climate

6. Which is the major oil producing area in U.S.A.?

Texas-Louisiana belt

7. When was Lake Chad Basin Commission founded?

22nd May, 1964

8. Which Constitutional Amendments banned the floor crossing in Parliament?

52nd

9. Which country leads the world in the export of oil?

Saudi Arabia

10. Where do the Earthquakes rarely occur?

Brazil

11. Kamarupa is the old name of which state?

Assam

12. Mostly in which region do Earthquakes and volcanoes occur?

Folded and faulted region

13. In which country is the world’s highest waterfall?

Venezuela

14. One will NOT have to pass through the Suez Canal while going from Bombay to which canal?

Suez

15. Which country has the highest average of road length on per thousand square kilometer area basis?

Japan

16. Where are Shevaroy Hills located?

Tamil Nadu

17. Pravin Amre and Vinod Kambli played for which province in South Africa?

Boland

18. Kodaikanal, the famous hill-station of South India, is situated on which hills?

Palni hills

19. Which relates to the formation of the Himalayas?

Folding of the geosynclines

20. Which lake in India has the highest water salinity?

Sambhar

21. Which was an associate State of India before becoming a fully fledged State?

Sikkim

22. What type of farming is practiced in the densely populated regions of the world?

Intensive farming

23. Nal Sarovar Bird Sanctuary is located in which state?

Gujarat

24. Which current is produced by upwelling of water off the coast of Chile and Peru?

Humboldt Current

25. Where does the cold Labrador current bring nine months winter?

Eastern Newfoundland

26. Local thunderstorms ‘Norwesters’ are prominent in which state?

West Bengal

27. A majority of the population of New found land is engaged in which profession?

Fishing

28. Which country produced 127 lakh metric tons fish in 2010?

Japan

29. Which is the first multipurpose river valley project of independent India?

Damodar Valley Corporation

30. Which two countries follow China and India in the decreasing order of their populations?

USA and Indonesia