A microphone acts as a transducer, capturing acoustic energy (sound waves in the air) and converting them into an electrical audio signal.
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Q65. Kolleru Pelicanary situated at Elluru, Andhra Pradesh has reserves of
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Kolleru Lake is one of the largest freshwater lakes in India and serves as a major sanctuary for migratory birds, especially Grey Pelicans and Painted Storks.
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Q51. Magsaysay awards are named after Ramon Magsaysay, ____ who was known for his land reform programme to defuse communist insurgency.
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Ramon Magsaysay served as the 7th President of the Philippines. The award was established in 1957 to honor his legacy of integrity in governance and courageous service to the people.
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Q34. Mahakavi Kalidas
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Kalidasa is widely considered the greatest poet and dramatist in the Sanskrit language. His legendary works were written during the reign of the Gupta Empire.
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Q38. Mina is the tribe of
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The Meena (or Mina) community is a major tribal group primarily residing in the western Indian state of Rajasthan.
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Q37. National Remote Sensing Agency (NRSA) was setup in
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The NRSA (now the National Remote Sensing Centre or NRSC) was originally established in 1974, but it was officially transferred to the Department of Space (DOS) in 1980 as an autonomous center.
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Q50. Lime is sometimes applied to soil in order to
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Agricultural lime (crushed limestone) is a highly alkaline substance. It is added to acidic soils to neutralize them, effectively increasing the soil's alkalinity and pH level to improve crop yield.
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Q49. Lal Bahadur Shastri is also known as
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Lal Bahadur Shastri is remembered as the "Man of Peace" (Shanti Purush) for his gentle nature and his preference for peaceful negotiations over conflict.
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Q72. Jesus Christ was crucified in
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Note: This is a flawed trivia question. Historians generally agree Jesus was born around 4 BC, but he was crucified around 30 AD to 33 AD. None of the given options represent the year of his crucifixion.
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Q33. Normally the Commonwealth Games are held at intervals of
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Similar to the Olympics, the Commonwealth Games is an international multi-sport event involving athletes from the Commonwealth of Nations that is held every four years.
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Q79. Missile 'prithivi' aims
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Prithvi is a tactical surface-to-surface short-range ballistic missile (SRBM) designed for the Army to strike enemy targets deeply without requiring Air Force bombing support.
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Q54. Mahabaleshwar is located in
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Mahabaleshwar is a popular hill station located in the forested Western Ghats range in the state of Maharashtra, known for its strawberries and historical significance.
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Q53. Moradabad (Uttar Pradesh) is famous for
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The city of Moradabad in Uttar Pradesh is globally renowned for its brass handicrafts industry, earning it the nickname "Pital Nagri" (Brass City).
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Q70. On August 1, 2003, the total strength of India's armed forces approximate to
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According to military balance reports around 2003, the combined active personnel strength of the Indian Armed Forces (Army, Navy, and Air Force) was approximately 1.3 to 1.4 million.
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Q43. Nuclear power is ____ thermal power.
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While the initial capital cost to build a nuclear plant is very high, the long-term operational and fuel generation costs of nuclear power are generally cheaper than traditional coal-based thermal power.
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Q32. On a night when the sky is clear, the temperature may dip considerably; on a cloudy night the temperature will usually dip much less. The reason for this difference is that
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Clouds act like an insulating blanket. On a clear night, the Earth's surface freely radiates absorbed heat back into space, causing the temperature to drop significantly faster.
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Q77. Mother Teresa received the Magsaysay Award in 1962 in the area of
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Mother Teresa was awarded the Ramon Magsaysay Award for Peace and International Understanding in 1962, well before she received the Nobel Prize.
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Q55. Jharkhand has ____ state on its eastern end.
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The Indian state of Jharkhand shares its borders with Bihar to the north, Uttar Pradesh and Chhattisgarh to the west, Odisha to the south, and West Bengal to the east.
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Q75. Nalanda is located at
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The ancient ruins of the Nalanda Mahavihara, one of the greatest centers of learning in the ancient world, are located southeast of Patna in the state of Bihar.
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Q36. Name the instrument used to measure relative humidity
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A hygrometer is a meteorological instrument specifically designed to measure the amount of water vapor (humidity) present in the air or a gas.
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Q71. John F. Kennedy was
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JFK was highly popular, made history as the first Catholic elected to the US presidency, and authored Profiles in Courage, for which he won a Pulitzer Prize.
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Q57. Of the blood groups A, B, AB and O, which one is transfused into a person whose blood group is A?
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A person with Type A blood can safely receive red blood cell transfusions from someone with Type A blood or from someone with Type O blood (the universal donor).
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Q61. Karl Marx's ideology advocated
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Karl Marx heavily criticized capitalist "classed" society and advocated for a classless society (communism) where wealth and property are distributed according to need, making all the provided options incorrect.
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Q47. Of the UN Agencies, which one specifically aims at further economic development by encouraging productive private enterprise?
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The International Finance Corporation (IFC) is an international financial institution and part of the World Bank Group that offers investment, advisory, and asset-management services to encourage private-sector development.
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Q58. Mishra Dhatu Nigam Limited (MIDHANI) was established in
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MIDHANI is an Indian public sector enterprise under the Ministry of Defence, established in 1973 in Hyderabad to manufacture advanced metallurgical alloys.
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Q45. Mother Teresa won the Nobel Prize for Peace in
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Mother Teresa was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1979 for her life's work in bringing help to suffering humanity and founding the Missionaries of Charity.
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Q39. King Hammurabi raised the first army of the world in
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Hammurabi, the sixth king of the First Babylonian dynasty, established one of the world's earliest known standing armies and complex legal codes around the early 2nd millennium BC (roughly 2000-1750 BC).
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Q62. Lhasa airport at Tibet is the World's
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Historically in many trivia databases, Lhasa Gonggar Airport was considered the world's highest airport due to its extreme elevation (though Daocheng Yading Airport in Sichuan now holds the official record).
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Q74. Jharia (Jharkhand) is famous for
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Jharia, a neighborhood in the city of Dhanbad, is renowned for its rich coal reserves and has some of the largest coal mines in India.
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Q35. Olympic emblem is composed of five intertwined rings, each of a different colour, representing the five continents of the world as
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Historically, Pierre de Coubertin intended the colors to represent the continents (Europe, Asia, Africa, the Americas, and Oceania/Australia) combined with the white background to include the flags of all competing nations at the time.
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Q41. Kanishka was
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Kanishka the Great was a prominent emperor of the Kushan dynasty known for his vast military conquests, widespread empire, and significant patronage of Buddhism.
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Q69. Lata Mangeshkar holds the world record for maximum number of ____
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The Guinness Book of Records listed legendary Indian playback singer Lata Mangeshkar as the most recorded artist in history for her massive catalog of song recordings.
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Q44. Michael Faraday discovered
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Michael Faraday was a brilliant English scientist whose extensive discoveries laid the foundations for electromagnetism, electrochemistry, electromagnetic induction, and the discovery of benzene.
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Q63. Of the various agencies related to the United Nations, the one that has the longest period is
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The Universal Postal Union (UPU) was established by the Treaty of Bern in 1874, predating the United Nations itself, before eventually becoming a specialized UN agency.
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Q48. Neil Armstrong and Edwin Aldrin were the first to
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On July 20, 1969, American astronauts Neil Armstrong and Edwin "Buzz" Aldrin became the first human beings to land and step on the surface of the Moon during the Apollo 11 mission.
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Q73. National institute of Mental Health is located at
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The National Institute of Mental Health and Neurosciences (NIMHANS) is a premier medical institution located in Bangalore, Karnataka.
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Q68. Jeevan Rekha (Life line) express is
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The Lifeline Express is a hospital train that travels across India. Started in 1991, it holds the distinction of being the world's first hospital built entirely on rolling stock.
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Q46. Most commonly used bleaching agent is
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Correct Option: C
Chlorine is the active ingredient in most commercial household bleaches (typically in the form of sodium hypochlorite) used for whitening and disinfecting.
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Q31. Lal Bahadur Shastri
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Correct Option: D
Lal Bahadur Shastri served as the second Prime Minister of India, famously signed the Tashkent Declaration in 1966, and earned the title "Man of Peace" (Shanti Purush) for his calm demeanor.
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Q42. National Institute of Oceanography is located at
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The National Institute of Oceanography (NIO), a major constituent laboratory of the CSIR, has its headquarters located in Dona Paula, near Panaji, Goa.
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Q66. Light Year is related to
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Correct Option: C
Despite the word "year," a light-year is a unit of astronomical distance. It represents the distance that light travels in a vacuum in one Earth year (roughly 9.46 trillion kilometers).
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Q78. Of the various non-conventional energy sources that are being tapped, which has the largest potential?
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Correct Option: C
Due to the Earth receiving a continuous and massive amount of radiation from the Sun, solar power possesses the single largest theoretical potential of all non-conventional/renewable energy sources.
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Q59. Numismatics is the study of
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Numismatics is the scientific study or collection of currency, including coins, tokens, paper money, and related objects.
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Q60. National Anthem was first sung on
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"Jana Gana Mana," composed by Rabindranath Tagore, was first publicly sung on the second day of the annual session of the Indian National Congress in Calcutta in 1911.
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Q64. Judicature (High Court) of Rajasthan is at
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The principal seat of the Rajasthan High Court is located in the city of Jodhpur, while a bench of the court operates in the state capital, Jaipur.
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Q40. National Institute of Occupation Health is located at
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Correct Option: B
The National Institute of Occupational Health (NIOH) is a premier public health institute established by the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) located in Ahmedabad, Gujarat.
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Q67. Liquid asset is
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In finance, a liquid asset is cash on hand or an asset (like bank deposits) that can be readily converted to cash with minimal impact to its value.
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Q76. National Botanical Research Institute is located at
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Correct Option: B
The National Botanical Research Institute (NBRI) is a premier plant research center under the CSIR, situated in the city of Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh.
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Q56. Marco Polo
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Marco Polo was a Venetian merchant and explorer whose famous travels along the Silk Road between 1271 and 1295 documented his extensive experiences in Asia, India, and the Mongol Empire.
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Q52. Leonardo da Vinci
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Leonardo da Vinci was the quintessential "Renaissance Man." Beyond painting the Mona Lisa, he was a brilliant inventor, architect, and pioneer in human anatomy.
