Ans: Reverse Repo rate
2. Which financial tool is used by the RBI to drain excess money out of the banking system?
Ans: Reverse Repo rate
3. The Reserve Bank lends to the commercial banks through its discount window to help the banks meet depositor's demands and reserve requirements for a long term. The rate of this lend is known as:
Ans: Bank Rate
4. What is the name of the amount a commercial bank needs to maintain in the form of cash, gold or government approved securities before providing credit to its customers?
Ans: Statutory Liquidity Ratio (SLR)
5. Who was the first to use the term 'Green Revolution in 1968?
Ans: William Gaud
6. Where is the headquarters of the International Rice Research Institute (IRRI)?
Ans: Los Banos (Philippines)
7. Which rice variety developed by the IRRI was dubbed 'Miracle Rice’?
Ans: IR-8
8. Who was the first Indian to become the director general of the IRRI?
Ans: M S Swaminathan
9. Which Indian state was selected first for the implementation of Green Revolution?
Ans: Punjab
10. Which are the major Kharif crops?
Ans: Paddy, Millet, Maize, Sugarcane & Soybean
11. Which are the major Rabi crops?
Ans: Wheat, Barley, Gram, Mustard & Linseed
12. Which country is also known as the 'Holy See'?
Ans: Vatican
13. Which regional organization's participating countries are former Soviet Republics?
Ans: Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS)
14. Which country is nicknamed 'Junior America'?
Ans: Canada
15. Which is India's Inter Continental Ballistic Missile?
Ans: Agni-V
16. Who was the first Prime Minister of the independent Travancore?
Ans: Pattom A Thanu Pillai
17. Which is the universal e-literacy programme in Kerala?
Ans: Akshaya
18. Which Company of the USA associated with the construction of the Kochin Refineries?
Ans: Philips Petroleum Company
19. Which is the major component of bio gas?
Ans: Methane
20. The principal ingredient of the chemicals limestone, chalk , marble and pearl is:
Ans: Calcium carbonate
21. Which chemical is popularly known in the names Washing soda & Soda ash?
Ans: Sodium Carbonate
22. Silicon Carbide is popularly known in the name?
Ans: Carborundum
23. Water gas is the mixture of Hydrogen and:
Ans: Carbon monoxide
24. What are the constituent elements of sugar?
Ans: Carbon, Hydrogen and Oxygen
25. Name the Canadian geologist who invented kerosene?
Ans: Abraham Pineo Gesner
26. Which gases are the constituents of the Ammonia gas?
Ans: Nitrogen and hydrogen
27. As highly reactive and flammable, which metal is typically stored in mineral oil?
Ans: Lithium
28. Which element is used for manufacturing computer chips, solar cells and transistors?
Ans: Silicon
29. The rate at which the RBI lends money to commercial banks is called?Ans: Repo rate
30. Which Keralite won the long jump gold at the Tehran Asiad of 1974 with a new Asian record?
Ans: T C Yohannan
31. Which is the largest oxbow lake in India?
Ans: Kanwar Taal Lake (Bihar)
32. Which ruler issued the Paliyam Copper Plate?
Ans: Vikramaditya Varaguna
33. Who was the first foreigner to mention about the matriarchy system in Kerala?
Ans: Friyar Jordannes
34. 'John Bull' is the national personification of:
Ans: United Kingdom
