Ans: West Bengal
2. Who were the first native Indian rulers to issue their own coins?
Ans: The Satavahanas
3. Which part of the brain controls reading, learning & speech?
Ans: Cerebrum
4. The Christmas Island, which is situated in the Indian Ocean is a territory of which country?
Ans: Australia
5. Which monument of Paris is known as ‘the Little Taj Mahal of France'?
Ans: Pavillon des Indes (Pavilion of India)
6. The state animal of which Indian state is red panda?
Ans: Sikkim
7. Which wing of Indian Army maintains roads that serve the border areas of India?
Ans: Border Roads Organisation (BRO)
8. Who was the famous national leader other than Gandhiji to die in the year 1948?
Ans: Mohammed Ali Jinnah
9. Which Indian state is the leading producer of solar electricity?
Ans: Rajasthan
10. Which organisation's motto is 'Shramena Sarvam Sadhyam (Everything is achievable through hard work)'?
Ans: Border Roads Organisation
11. Who is the author of The Sixth Extinction: An Unnatural History, which demonstrates that the Earth & humans are in the midst of a sixth mass extinction?
Ans: Elizabeth Kolbert
12. Which was the first Indian state to formulate child abuse legislation in 2003?
Ans: Goa
13. Which educational institution issued India's first gender neutral certificate?
Ans: NALSAR (Hyderabad)
14. Which was the first country to enact law providing for marriage of people of the same sex?
Ans: The Netherlands
15. The nutrients of the food absorbed by the intestines go directly to which organ?
Ans: Liver
16. Which country filed a lawsuit against nine nuclear armed nations including India, at the International Court of Justice for violating their legal obligation to disarm?
Ans: Marshall Islands
17. Where is the headquarters of the multinational telecommunications & internet corporation Soft Bank situated?
Ans: Tokyo
18. Which financial institution founded in 2014 is regarded as a rival for the IMF & the World Bank?
Ans: Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIM)
19. Who invented the modem frequency modulation (FM) radio transmission?
Ans: Edwin Howard Armstrong
20. Which international agency promotes global cooperation in assigning satellite orbits?
Ans: International Telecommunication Union
21. Which African nation's motto is Star & Key of the Indian Ocean?
Ans: Mauritius
22. Which chemical has the nickname of 'Norwegian Saltpeter’?
Ans: Calcium Nitrate
23. The Birkeland-Eyde Process was used for the production of:
Ans: Nitrogen based fertilizers
24. What is the name of the condition of abnormally elevated carbon dioxide levels in the blood?
Ans: Hypercapnia
25. Who conferred the title of 'Mahamana’ to Pandit Madan Mohan Malaviya?
Ans: Gandhiji
26. Which is the major type of soil found in the Deccan Plateau?
Ans: Black soil
27. Which famous musician's autobiography is 'My Music, My Life'?
Ans: Pandit Ravi Shankar
28. Which agitation is considered as 'the First Chapter in the history of Kerala Renaissance'?
Ans: Channar Revolt
29. Which war goddess was the chief deity during the Sangham Age?
Ans: Kottavai
30. What was the royal symbol of the Cheras?
Ans: Tiger
