1. Which mausoleum situated in Aurangabad has the nickname of 'the Taj of the Deccan'?
Ans: Bibi Ka Maqbara
2. Which Indian city is known as 'the City of Gates'?
Ans: Aurangabad
3. Which element is produced through the Claus Process?
Ans: Sulfur
4. Which gas is released in large quantities during a volcanic eruption?
Ans: Sulfur dioxide
5. Which satellite of the Solar system has almost the same size as the planet Mercury?
Ans: Callisto (Jupiter)
6. Name the water sport invented by the Scottish journalist William Wilson?
Ans: Water Polo
7. Name the European city situated on the banks of the river Clyde?
Ans: Glasgow
8. Which national leader of British India was born on 25th December?
Ans: Muhammed Ali Jinnah
9. Who is the longest serving Prime Minister of Pakistan?
Ans: Liaquat Ali Khan
10. Which national leader of Pakistan was assassinated by the Afghan hit man Saad Akbar Babrak in 1951?
Ans: First Prime Minister Liaqat Ali Khan
11. Who is the author of 'A New History of India'?
Ans: Stanley Wolpert
12. With which natural disaster is the term 'Path of Destruction' associated?
Ans: Tornado
13. Which Article of the Constitution deals with the Original jurisdiction of the Supreme Court?
Ans: Article-131
14. Which is the third important food crop in India after rice & wheat?
Ans: Jowar
15. What is known as 'the Queen of Cereals'?
Ans: Maize
16. Which food crop's prolonged and easy storability under ordinary conditions has accorded the status of 'Famine Reserves'?
Ans: Millets
17. Parthenium hysterophorus, a flowering plant native to American tropics is popularly known in India as _____?
Ans: Congress weed
18. The Bay of Pigs Invasion was a failed military invasion associated with which country?
Ans: Cuba (1961)
19. Which strait connects the Atlantic Ocean to the Mediterranean Sea?
Ans: The Strait of Gibraltar
20. How many seas are named in English after common color terms?
Ans: Four (White Sea, Black Sea, Red Sea & Yellow Sea)
21. The whole of which Sea is under Russian sovereignty & considered to be part of the internal waters of Russia?
Ans: The White Sea
22. Who is known as 'the Grand Old Man of Indian Journalism'?
Ans: Thushar Kanti Ghosh
23. Where is the National Judicial Academy situated?
Ans: Bhopal
24. What is the state animal of Maharashtra?
Ans: Indian Giant Squirrel
25. Who stated that 'the Ballot is stronger than the Bullet'?
Ans: Abraham Lincoln
