1.
Nobel
Laureate Saul Vello, who died recently was the native of – USA
2.
Who is the
author of controversial book “Dwikhnandita”? – Taslima Nasreen
3.
Which is the
longest Dam in the world? – Hirakund Dam
4.
Which country
is well known for the diamond cutting industry? – Belgium
5.
What is the
present stage of the Vesuvious Volcano ( in Italy)? – Active Volcano (Last 3 Erruptions 1872, 1906, 1944)
6.
Which is the
most important raw material for Power generation in india? – Coal ( Thermal Energy)
7.
What is the
major source of irrigation in India? – Wells
and tubewells
8.
Mustard is
the crop of – Rabi season
9.
Brazil comes
under the category of – Developing
countries
10. Which atomic power station in India is completely
indigenously built? – Indira Gandhi
Nuclear Power Station, Kalpakkam (Tamil Nadu)
11. Which river will provide the largest quantity of its
surplus water for the Telgu-Ganga Project? – Krishna
12. Where is located the headquarter of European Union? –
Brussels (Belgium)
13. Crescograph is a device for measuring growth in
plants. Who invented it? – Jagdish
Chandra Bose, A Bengali Indian Scientist
14. Which is the
most densely populated area in the world? – South East Asia
15. Which country is building the Baglihar Dam on Chenab River?
– India
16. What is Chandrayan-I? – India’s first space craft to went to the Moon
17. Who is the author of the famous drama St. Joan? – George Bernard Shaw
18. What was the “Phukan Commission” inquiring into? – Some shedy defense purchase deals
19. Who is Silvio Berlusconi? – Italian Prime Minister
20. Who is Zacarias
Moussaoui? – A terrorist involved in the
attack on the world
trade centre in the USA
21. On whom is the
book ‘Journey of a legend’ published by the Indian Council of Cultural Affairs
(ICCR) written? – Maulana Abdul Kalam
Azad
22. In which state
of India is the Tadobha Andhari Tiger Reserve located? – Maharashtra
23. With which style of dance is Sonal Man Singh, the
Chairperson of the Sangeet Natak Akademi, associated? – Odissi
24. Why is John
Wright in news? – For quitting as coach
of Indian Cricket Team
25. What is the
M.K. Mukherjee Commission inquiring into? –
Death of Neta Ji Subhash Chandra Bose
26. To which
country does Elton John the famous pop singer belong? – Britain
27. Who has been
elected Vice-President of the interim Government in Iraq? – Adil Abdul Mehendi
28. With which
sport is Ronaldinho associated? – Football
29. Which of the Russian celebrations many former
constituents of the Soviet Union have refused to attend? – Victory of the Soviet Union over Nazi Germany
30. In which country is the terrorist organization “Jenaah
Islamia” carrying on its violent activities? – Philippines
31. With which sport is Bula Choudhary associated? – Swimming
32. For what is the Himachali Pradesh Government seeking
the help of the USA based Robbins Company? -
Tunnel Building
33. Which business
house is Vivek Paul ranked among 30 most respected chief executive officers,
serving now? – WIPRO
34. Which leader has refused to join the interim government
of Iraq? – Iyad Allawi
35. Which film has been partly shot inside the Jim Corbett
National Park? – Kaal
36. Who was Terry Schiavo? – A brain damaged American girl wishing to die
voluntarily
37. What is G-20? –
A group of poor developing countries
38. Who is elected as
the Prime Minister of Britain for the third term of office? – Tonny
Blair
39. How were the members of the Constituent Assembly
chosen? – Mainly elected by Province
Assemblies
40. Who was the
Prime Minister of Britain when India became Independent? – Clement Attlee
41. Which princely
State joined the Indian Union as a result of plebiscite after India was granted
Independence? – Junagarh
42. What is India’s
National bird? – Peacock
43. Against which action of the British Government did
Gandhi Ji organize the Dandi March as a protest? – Imposition of salt tax
44. To which country doest the new pope Benedict XVI
belongs? – Germany
45. Who is the chairman of the committee of State Finance ministers
on VAT? – Asim Das Gupta
46. How many Judges
are there in the International Court of Justice? – 15
47. Who is Danish Kaneria? – The only Hindu Cricketer in the Pakistan Cricket Team
48. Who is the lifetime chairman of the Institute of Rural
Management Anand(IRMA)? – Dr. Vergese
Kurien
49. Who was elected speaker of the Central Legislative
Assembly in 1925? – Vitthal Bhai Patel
50. Who committed the first political murder in 1897 as
part of the terrorist movement in India? – Chapekar
brothers
51. At which place
did the revolutionary leader Lala Har Dayal from the “Ghaddar Party” in 1914? –
San Francisco (USA)
52. Who were the
“Khudai Khidmatgars”? – A band of
non-violent freedom fighters led by Khan Abdul Gaffar Khan
53. In which year were the Congress Ministries formed in
seven provinces of India before Independence? – 1937 A.D.
54. Who was the first general secretary of the Congress
Socialist Party? – Jaya Prakash Narayan
55. What was the slogan of the “Quit India Movement”
started under Mahatma Gandhi’s leadership? – Do or Die
56. Who was the Finance minister in the Interim Cabinet
formed by Jawahar lal Nehru in 1946? – Liyaqat
Ali Khan
57. Which two leaders voted against Mahatma Gandhi’s
resolution proposing militant action against the British Government at the
Nagpur Session of the Congress? – Madan
Mohan Malvia & Mohammad Ali Jinnah
58. What was the end result of the Champaran Agitation? – End of forcible cultivation of Indigo for
the British
59. In which year
was the Capital of India shifted from Calcutta to Delhi? – 1911
60. Which African Nation defeated the Italian army in
1896? – Ethiopia (Abyssinia)
61. Where is
located the Salargunj Museum? – Hyderabad
62. Who was the
main inspiration behind the enactment of the “Widow remarriage Act of 1856”? – Mahadev Gobind Ranade
63. Which Governor-General tried to pass the llbert Bill (1883),
who sought to empower Indian, judges to try criminal cases involving
Englishmen? – Lord Ripon
64. Who presided over the first session of the Indian
National Congress at Bombay in 1885? – W.C.
Banerjee
65. The Pong Dam is the joint venture of the States
governments of? –
Haryana-Punjab-Rajasthan
66. Where is located the Sun Temple in India? – Konark (Orissa)
67. Gautamiputra Satkarni was an ancient ruler of – Satvahans
68. Which European country presented Bombay as a dowry to
Charles II of England on his marriage to princess? – Portugal
69. Dr. Norman Borlaug, the famous agricultural scientist,
received the Noble Prize for – Peace (in
1970 A.D.)
70. In which
Continent lies Uganda? – Africa
71. In which year
did Queen Elizabeth-I of England grant the East India Company a Royal Charter
to carry on trade in the East? – 1600
A.D.
72. The battle in which the British defeated the combined
forces of the Nawab of Bengal, nawab of Awadh and the Mughal Emperor was fought at – Battle of Buxar (in 1764 A.D.)
73. Which Governor
General of Bengal formulated the policy of “Subsidiary Alliance”? –Lord Welleselly
74. Who was the
author of the book “The Indian War of Independence”? – V.D. Sarvarkar
75. In which year did Alexander land at the bank of the
Vyas River? – 326 B.C.
76. Which foreign
travaller has written in detail about the glory of the Kullu state in ancient
days? – Hiuen Tsang
77. Which foreign ruler invaded kangra in 1009 A.D.? – Mehmood Ghaznavi
78. Which Muslim
ruler constructed a mosque inside the fort of Nagarkot? – Jehangir
79. Which ruler expanded the territory of his State after
the disintegration of the Mughal Empire? –
Raja Ghammand Chand
80. The treaty of Saigauli signed in 1815 resulted in? – Emergence of the British as the dominant
power
81. Which Governor
General formulated the “Doctrine of Lapse” in India? – Lord Dalhousie
82. Which princely State in Himachal Pradesh adopted a
neutral attitude during the War of Independence in 1857? – Rampur Bushahr
83. What did the system of “Begaar” prevalent in Himachal
Pradesh” - Forced labour without payment
84. Who was S.N.
Stokes? – An American missionary in
Himachal Pradesh
85. In which
princely State did Yashawant Singh Parmar serve as District & Session
Judge? – Sirmour
86. Who was the
president of the “All India State Peoples Conference” in 1939 when the Police
fired on a mob in Dhami? – Jawahar Lal
Nehru
87. In which state of Himachal Pradesh did the Kissan
Sabha set up an independent government in 1942? – Sirmour
88. In which year was the Himalayan Hill States Regional
Council formed? – 1946 A.D.
89. Which states were under the direct rule of the British
before 1947? – Kangra,
Kullu,
Lahual-Spiti, Chamba, Mandi
90. Which princely state initially refused to join the
Indian Union when the British rule ended in India? – Bilaspur
91. When did the
Chief Commissioner’s Province of Himachal Pradesh come into
existence? – 15 April 1948
92. Which princely state was merged into the part “C”
State of Himachal Pradesh in 1954? – Bilaspur
93. What was the
effect of the report of the States Reorganization Commission on the position of
the Himachal Pradesh? – It became a
Union Territory
94. What change in
the shape of different states occurred when the question of the reorganization
of Punjab was reopened in 1966? – Punjab
Hill areas merged into Himachal Pradesh
95. Who was Rin Chan Sang Po? – A Tibetan Scholar sent to India for Buddhist Studies
96. Which Ruler renovated the famous 13th
Century Baijnath temple in the 19th century? – Raja Sansar Chand
97. In which year did Himachal Pradesh attain full
Statehood? – 1971
98. What is Guru
Ghantal? – A famous Buddhist Monastery
in Lahual-Spiti
99. At which place is the famous Bhuri Singh museum
located? - Chamba
100. What part of the total area of Himachal Pradesh is
cultivable? - 11%
101. What is the share of Himachal Pradesh in the total
National Hydro-Electric potential? – 25%
102. With whose collaboration is the Kol Dam being
constructed? – India & Russia
103. Which country is providing assistance to Himachal
Pradesh Govt. for commercial trout farming in Kullu Valley? – Norway
104. In which districts of Himachal Pradesh is Tea grown
traditionally? – Kangra & Mandi
105. Among Kinnaur, Pangi, Bharmour and Solan which one is
not a tribal area in Himachal Pradesh? – Solan
106. What is the percentage of Schedule Castes population
in Himachal Pradesh? – 24.7%
107. Who was the first to discover Shimla as a fine hill
station? Major Kennedy
108. Which place in Himachal Pradesh is held sacred by
Buddhists, Hindus & Sikh alike? – Rewalsar
in distt. Mandi
109. Which party gained a majority in the Himachal Pradesh Assembly
in the general election of 1977? – Janata
Party
110. Where is the University for Horticulture and Forestry
located in H.P.? – Nauni (Distt. Solan)
111. Among Punjab, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh and Kerala
which state has the largest area? – Himachal
Pradesh
112. Which river does the glacier fed streams, Bhadal &
Tantagiri form? – Ravi
113. At which place
does the Beas River enter the plains? – Mirthal
114. In which state does the Yamuna River originate? – Uttrakhand
115. Which larger river does the tributary “Tons” join? – Yamuna
116. The Second permanent station setup by India in the Antarctica
is named as – Maitri
117. On which longitude is the Indian Standard Time based –
82.5° East
118. Who discovered the Cholera bacillus? – Robert Koch
119. At which place in India did Vasco-de-Gama land first
on May 20, 1948 A.D.? – Calicut ( now
called Kozhikode in Kerala)
120. Which planet is known as the Red planet? – Mars
121. Who is regarded as the father of modern medicine? – Hippocrates
122. Who was the author of the “Charter of American
Declaration of Independence”? – Thomas
Jefferson
123. In ancient India with which field was related
Bhaskaracharya? – Mathematics
124. In which country is Mohenjo-Daro located now? – Pakistan
125. Who was the first person to set foot on the Moon? – Neil Armstrong
126. The term “Creamy Layer” is related to – Reservation for Other Backward Classes
(OBC)
127. With which event is the “Tiananmen Square” associated
– Massacre of demonstrators demanding
civil liberties in china
128. Which state in India is known for its Sandal Wood? – Karnataka
129. Which is the main Ruling party in Bangladesh at
present? – Bangladesh Nationalist Party
(BNP)
130. The equatorial low pressure region 5° North & 5°
South of the equator is known as – Doldrums
131. With which discovery is Marie Curie associated? – Radium
132. Diabetics is caused by the malfunctioning of – Pancreatic Gland
133. Which musical Instrument does Pt. Shiv Prashad Sharma
play? – Santoor
134. Among Lithunia, Kazaksthan, Armenia and Bulgaria which
country was not a constituent of the erstwhile Soviet Union? – Bulgaria
135. Which is the border town between Amritsar &
Lahore? - Attari
136. Which country is known as the “land of White
Elephants”? – Thailand
137. Which country was the worst sufferer of the onslaught
of “Tsunami” recently? – Indonesia
138. Who was the
founder of the Braham Samaj in 1828 A.D.? – Raja Ram Mohan Roy
139. Who is the President of Afghanistan? – Hamid Karzai
140. Among Security Council, General Assembly,
International labour Organization International Court of Justice which one is
not a Chief Organ of the United Nations Organization? – International Labour Organization (ILO)
141. In which Scripture is the 40 year war between Kirat
king Sambar and Aryan king Divodas described ? – Rigveda
142. Among Zanskar, Pirpanjal, Hindukush and Dhauladhar
which mountain range lies outside Himachal Pradesh? – Hindukush
143. What is Gaddi?
– A Pastoral Tribe
144. Which is the rainiest place in Himachal Pradesh? – Dharamshala
145. When was “Territorial Council” formed in Himachal
Pradesh? – 1957 A.D.
146. What percent of total geographical area of Himachal
Pradesh comes under forests? – 66.5%
(37033 Sqkm)
147. On which river is situated the town of Chamba? – Ravi
148. Among Yamuna, Chenab, Beas and Jhelum which river does
not flow through
Himachal Pradesh? – Jhelum
149. In which century Padam Sambhava preached Buddhism in
Himachal Pradesh? – 8th
Century
150. Where is located the Tsong Po lake in India? – Sikkim
Read: HAS Paper 2010
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