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1. Which was the first Indian state to enact an employment guarantee act in the 1970s?
Ans: Maharashtra

2. What is the minimum number of Supreme Court Judges required for hearing a Presidential Reference under Article-143 of the Constitution?
Ans: Five

3. Which monsoon brings the dry, cool acid dense Central Asian air masses to large parts of India?
Ans: North-East Monsoon

4. The Vivekananda Setu & Nivedita Setu are the bridges across the river_____.
Ans: Hooghly River

5. The world's largest building in terms of floor area, New Century Global Center is situated at:
Ans: Chengdu (China)

6. What is the focal length of a plane mirror?
Ans: Infinite

7. What is the meaning of the Greek word 'Atmosphere'?
Ans: Ball of vapour

8. Which Italian city is situated near the volcano Vesuvius?
Ans: Naples

9. In Geology, what is known as a 'Black Smoker'?
Ans: A geothermal vent on the seabed

10. Which organisms is an exception in the animal world because they carry out photosynthesis like plants?
Ans: Blue green algae

11. What is the oldest existing cyclone in the Solar System?
Ans: The Great red spot of Jupiter

12. Under which water body is the famous 'Shiva Crater' situated?
Ans: Indian Ocean

13. What is the objective of the well known 'Seti@home' project?
Ans: Search for extraterrestrial civilizations

14. Which metal pigment contained in the blood of crabs give them blue colored blood?
Ans: Copper

15. Which organ in human body is a mystery as we still do not know its functions in our body?
Ans: The Appendix

16. Which country had the first democratic constitution of Europe?
Ans: Poland

17. Which modern religion was founded by the American science fiction writer L Ron Hubbard, in 1954?
Ans: Scientology

18. In 1848, the March Revolution occurred in which country?
Ans: Germany

19. Which monument of India appears pink in the morning, white during the day and changes its color to golden in the moonlight?
Ans: Taj Mahal

20. The people of which civilization were the first to divide a week into seven days & a day into 24 hours?
Ans: The Babylonians

21. Which city of Rajasthan has the nickname of 'the White City'?
Ans: Udaipur

22. Which former Indian President's autobiography is 'My own Boswell'?
Ans: Mohammed Hidayatullah

23. Which tropical hardwood tree species' scientific name is tectona grandis?
Ans: Teak

24. Which major capital city of the world has the nickname of 'the Square Mile'?
Ans: London

25. Who was the last British Secretaryof State for India?
Ans: William Hare