EXPECTED GK QUESTIONS FOR SSC CPO-2018 PDF

● Who wrote a booker winning novel about the 1857 Indian Rebellion ?
1. Amit chaudhuri
2. J.G. Farrell
3. G.K. Chesterton
● India's first Hindi Newspaper, "udant Martand", began publication from
_____?
1. Lucknow
2. Kolkata
3. Nasik
● If you are "Spelunking", What are you doing?
1. Exploring caves
2. Failing in class
3. Going on a diet
● Sericulture is the production of ____?
1. Honey
2. Silk
3. Fish
● Depicting jesus with his disciples, who painted 'The last supper'?
1. Michelangelo
2. Leonardo da vinci
3. Raphael
● In india , white revolution in 1970s led to the incease in the production of ___
1. Sugar
2. Cotton
3. Milk
● Tansen was one of the Navratnas in the court of Mughal emperor_____?
1. Babur
2. Akbar
3. Aurangzeb
● Whose famous poetic works are "madhushala" and "Agneepath"?
1. Maithili Sharan Gupt
2. Harivansh rai Bachchan
3. Premchand
● Avoirdupois is a system of measurement of ______?
1. Flight pattern
2. Weights of objects
3. Human moods
● Which major even in indian history is also called a "white flowing river"?
1. partition of india
2. Operation blue star
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 3. Dandi march
4.
● What is the theme of the 2018 International Bio-diversity Day (IBD)?
[A] Invasive Alien Species
[B] Biodiversity and Sustainable Tourism
[C] Celebrating 25 Years of Action for Biodiversity
[D] Convention on Biological Diversity

● Which eminent personality will chair the panel discussion on ‘Future of Governance’
?
[A] J Satyanarayana
[B] B N Srikrishna
[C] R C Lahoti
[D] Ajit Doval

● What is the theme of the 2018 International Museum Day (IMD)?

[A] Museums for peace and harmony in society
[B] Behind the scenes in museums
[C] Hyperconnected museums: New approaches, new publics
[D] Museums and Cultural Landscapes

● The Athirappilly Falls is located in which state?

[A] Karnataka
[B] Andhra Pradesh
[C] Tamil Nadu
[D] Kerala
● Which country is hosting the 71st World Health Assembly (WHA-2018)?
[A] India
[B] Switzerland
[C] Australia
[D] Russia
● The Madhya Pradesh government has launched ‘My MP Rojgar Portal’ as part of
which programme to provide jobs to youths?
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[A] Pahal
[B] Udaan
[C] Savera
[D] Ujjala
● Who has become the champion of the 3rd Kolkata Open International Grandmasters
Chess Tournament?
[A] Srinath Narayanan
[B] Dibyendu Barua
[C] Shyam Sundar M
[D] Deep Sengupta
● Which city to host the 5th edition of Kalinga literary festival 2018?
[A] Kalahandi
[B] Bhubaneswar
[C] Cuttack
[D] Paradip
● Who has won the prestigious 2018 Man Booker International Prize for fiction?
[A] Ahmed Saadawi
[B] Han Kang
[C] Virginie Despentes
[D] Olga Tokarczuk
● Which city is hosting the Smart Cities India 2018 Expo?
[A] New Delhi
[B] Pune
[C] Jaipur
[D] Indore
● Which state government has launched ‘Nidaan’ software for disease monitoring?
[A] Rajasthan
[B] Kerala
[C] Andhra Pradesh
[D] Odisha
● The 2018 National Anti Terrorism Day (NATD) is celebrated on which date in India?
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[A] May 22
[B] May 23
[C] May 21
[D] May 20

● SK Kooka and Umesh Rao are often credited with the creation of which famous
Mascot?
1. Air india Maharaja
2. Amul girl
3. Parle-G Girl
● Khadga prasad oli took over as the prime minister of which Asian Country ?
1. Nepal
2. Bhutan
3. Sri lanka
● In which state would one find the historic town of plassey?
1. Bihar
2. West Bengal
3. Madhya Pradesh
● In which indian city the Indira gandhi international airport Located?
1. Delhi
2. Mumbai
3. Chennai
● As per the 2011 Census, which state has the highest literacy rate after kerala?
1. Tamil nadu
2. Mizoram
3. Himanchal pradesh
● Florence Nightingale, the founder of modern nurshinf ,served during which war?
1. Boer war
2. Crimean war
3. Franco-Prussian war
● What is the fischer-Saller Scale used to derermine?
1. Eye colour
2. Skin colour
3. Hair colour
● Which Indian city did Vasco da gama first sail to 1498?
1. Canacona
2. Calicut
3. Anjediva

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 ● What kind of musical instrument is the "mrindangam"?
1. Percussion
2. String
3. Keyboard
● Which business group recently adopted Red fort For 5 years?
1. DLF
2. Dalmia
3. Tata sons
● The name of which capital city of the world means "Monday"?
1. Bishkek
2. Baku
3. Dushanbe
● Le Corbusier was brought in to design chandigarh after whose death ?
1. Matthew Nowicki
2. Jean Nouvel
3. Charles Garnier
● Who is author of the delhi Travelouge "City of Dijnns"?
1. V.S. naipaul
2. Khushwant singh
3. WIilliam Dalrymple
● Who invented the Crescograph?
1. C.V. raman
2. J.C.bose
3. S.N bose
● Which of these high courts has jurisdiction over the maximum number of states?
1. Delhi
2. Kolkata
3. Guwahati
● In which language was India's first 3-D movie 'My dear Kuttichathan' made?
1. Malyalam
2. Kannada
3. Tamil
● Who was the first president of the Board of control for cricket in india?
1. Hamidullah khan
2. Anthony de mello
3. R.E. grant govan
● Gandhiji was Assassinated on jan 30,1948 at which place in delhi?
1. Jantar Mantar
2. Birla house
3. Raj ghat
● Which city's name comes from sanskrit word for 'A fort under army protection'?
1. Guwahati
2. Cuttack
3. Silchar
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 ● Where is the pushkar fair organized?
1. Gujarat
2. Rajasthan
3. Madhya Pradesh
● Yagnapurush kund is India's largest Step-well. It is found inside which temple?
1. Siddhivinayak, Mumbai
2. Meenakshi Temple, Maduari
3. Akshardham Temple, Delhi
● Who wrote 'A shot at history: My obsessive journey to olympic gold"?
1. Abhinav Bindra
2. dhyan Chand
3. Leander paes
● Which freedom fighter was one of the Founding member of Punjab National
Bank?
1. Bipin Chandra Pal
2. Bal Gangadhar Tilak
3. Lala Lajpat rai
● In which tournament did MS dhoni captain Indian Cricket team for the first
time?
1. 2007 ODI world cup
2. 2007 World T-20
3. 2006 Champions trophy
● Which of these is not a disorder of eyes?
1. Aphasia
2. Hyperopia
3. Presbyopia
● In Feb 2018 Who became the 1st women cricketer to take 200 wickets in ODI?
1. Stafanie Taylor
2. Mithali Raj
3. Jhulan Goswami
● Dedicated to the mathematical Constant Pi, 'Pi day' is celebrated on?
1. 22 july
2. 13 april
3. 14 march
● First Indian city to be declared a UNESCO world heritage city?
1. Ahemdabad
2. Hyderabad
3. Daultabad
● What is "Palaeographist" most likely to study?
1. Handwriting
2. Dinosaur fossils
3. Land Formations
● In which country was American Business magnate Elon Musk born?
1. Netherlands
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 2. South Africa
3. Canada
● In 2017, who was declared world's highest paid athlete ever by forbes magazine?
1. Tiger woods
2. Michael jordan
3. Roger federer
● What is the official language of Uttarakhand apart from hindi?
1. Pahadi
2. Garhwali
3. Sanskrit
● Which of the following pairs of countries do NOT share a boundary?
1. France-Germany
2. Iran-Iraq
3. Nepal-Bhutan
● The hump of camel is made up of what tissues?
1. Nervous Tissue
2. Adipose Tissue
3. Muscle Tissue
● Who performed india's first Successful Heart Transplant Surgery?
1. Devi Shetty
2. Nagarur Gopinath
3. P. Venugopal
● What was the first vehicle to appear on a stamp in Independent India?
1. Aeroplane
2. Train
3. Space Shuttle
● When did India officially become "Secular"?
1. 1976
2. 1947
3. 1950
● Which country has the highest number of pyramids that are still in existence
1. Sudan
2. Egypt
3. Mexico
● Which movie was awarded best film at the 2018 Filmfare Awards?
1. Bareilly ki barfi
2. Secret Superstar
3. Hindi Medium
● If New zealand men's cricket team is black caps, the women's team is called?
1. Black ferns
2. White ferns
3. Silver ferns
● Which Indian city is served by the Birsa Munda Airport ?
1. Ranchi
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 2. Patna
3. Raipur
● From which state does the martial art 'Silambam' Originate ?
1. Karnataka
2. Kerala
3. Tamilnadu
● 'Kai po che' is a term associated with which recreational game?
1. Kite flying
2. Cricket
3. Marbles
● In genetics, creating an organism that is an exact replica of another is called
1. Copying
2. Cloning
3. Reproduction
● what was the name of the chinese space station that crashed into the earth
recently
1. Tiangong
2. Shenzhou
3. Tianzhou
● Which animal is the Gir national park dedicated to?
1. Lion
2. Elephant
3. Tiger
● Tamasha is a popular folk dance form of which state?
1. Maharashtra
2. Rajasthan
3. Madhya pradesh
● Which Indian city's name literally means' Land of the thunderbolt'?
1. Shillong
2. Darjeeling
3. Gangtok
● Regarded as lokapala, who is the king of Yakshas in Hindu mythology?
1. Indra
2. Kubera
3. yama
● Which greek scholar shouted 'Eureka Upon making a famous discovery'?
1. Socrates
2. Plato
3. Archimedes
● Safal is a chained of daily needs stored owned by ________ ?
1. Mother Dairy
2. Future group
3. Walmart

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 ● Namcha Barwa is the tallest Mountain In Assam. Mt Saramati is the tallest in:
1. Manipur
2. Meghalaya
3. Nagaland
● Among these, which country was the first ban testing Cosmetics on animals?
1. Japan
2. China
3. India
● Which of these countries has not experienced a communist revolution?
1. Cuba
2. China
3. Pakistan
● First published in 1980, what was India's first Newspaper?
1. Hicky's Bengal Gazette
2. Stanley's Bombay courier
3. Bharotborsher PotoChitro
● Which of these cities is built on Salsette Island?
1. Mumbai
2. Alibug
3. Vasco da gama
● What is the meaning of the word "Flagellation"?
1. Adopting a flag
2. Beating someone
3. Flies being hatched
● Which of these website was founded by American entrepreneur caterina fake?
1. Pinterest
2. Flickr
3. WeHeatIt
● Where did India's First legal transgender couple wedding take place?
1. Kozhikode
2. Thiruvananthapuram
3. Tezpur
● Which of these is not the name of a storm?
1. Valles Marineris
2. Great Red spot
3. Nueva Gerona
● ___________ is a film about the last emperor of india?
1. The last emperor
2. And So Sets the Sun
3. The King's Speech
● Which indian state does not share boundaries with 3 different countries?
1. West bengal
2. Assam
3. Sikkim
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 ● Which of these is a non-synthetic element that is found in nature?
1. Seaborgium
2. Oganesson
3. Krypton
● From which country was India's first satellite launched?
1. Srilanka
2. Russia
3. Tajikistan
● What is beer's law associated with?
1. Absorption of light
2. Mixing cocktails
3. Diamond grading
● The full form of FIR is
1. First incident report
2. First Information record
3. First Information report
● Who is the only chief justice of india to have served as the acting president ?
1. Mohammad Hidayatullah
2. V V giri
3. N S Reddy
● Har gobind Khurana won the nobel prize for his contribution in:
1. Genetics
2. Quantum physics
3. Thermodynamics
● In which dance does the dancer wear the white and gold bordered Kasavu sari?
1. Mohiniyattam
2. Bharatnatyam
3. Odissi
● Meaning 'little boy' in spanish, which climate pattern impacts monsoon in india:
1. El pinto
2. la nino
3. El Nino
● Konkan railway runs through Maharashtra, Karnataka and ________.
1. Gujarat
2. Goa
3. Tamilnadu
1. How many non-member states of the united nations are part of the security council?
● 5
● 15
● none of the above
2. The first speaker of the lok sabha was also known as?
● Rajaji
● Dadasaheb
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 ● Panditji
3. In which city was the "videsh aaya pradesh ke Dwaar" initiative launched by the
Ministry of external affairs, india?
● Hyderabad
● New Delhi
● Chennai
4. What is the sum of the numerical value of all the face cards in a standard deck of
cards?
● 52
● 144
● 196
5. which element is not named after the latin name of a modern-day city?
● Rhenium
● Lutetium
● Hafnium
6. Where was Abu'l- Hasan Asaf khan's empress daughter first buried when she died?
● Charbagh
● Shahdara Bagh
● Zainabad
7. Which of these is not one of the seven colours of the rainbow?
● Red
● Black
● Green
8. What name whould you associate with a former indian cricketer and a famous
elephant?
● Jumbo
● Turbo
● Zimba
9. I am a social networking site whose logo is a blue bird. i am....
● Instagram
● snapchat
● twitter
10. Which company has launched a lactose free yogurt for people who can't have milk
products?
● Britannia
● Epigamia
● Mother dairy.
11. Which of these stars is closest to earth?
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 ● Sun
● Alpha Centauri
● Proxima centauri
12. Fill in the blanks: ________ is not touched by the indian ocean?
● Nepal
● Srilanka
● Maldives
13. What is the Administrative capital of Uttar-pradesh?
● Delhi
● Lucknow
● Chandigarh
14. If you're a stenographer, you're least likely to be working with a....
● Dictaphone
● Typewriter
● Stethoscope
15. The number of moons jupiter is believed to have is:
● More than 60
● More than 16
● More than 4
16. The portrayal of which real-life person earned Dev patel his oscar nomination?
● S. Ramanujan
● Sheru Munshi Khan
● Sunny Pawar
17. In which publication did Pran's Cartoon Character chacha chaudhary first appear?
● Lotpot
● Diamond comics
● Milap
18. Which word is believed to originate from a latin word meaning ' breaking bread
together'?
● Restaurent
● Camaraderie
● Company
19. Which company was Co-founded by someone who went on to become a Pakistani
politician?
● Crompton Greaves
● Eicher Motors
● Mahindra and Mahindra
20. Popular fabric that gets its name from a french town?

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 ● Denim
● Voile
● Satin
●
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21 How many languges appears on the 10-rupee coin?
● 17
● 2
● 5
22. First Indian musician to receive the Ramon Magsaysay award?
● M.S.Subbulakshmi
● T.M.Krishna
● Pandit Ravi Shankar
23. Which of these was a actual historical war?
● Tomato war
● Cabbage war
● Potato war
24. I was assassinated a week after India's first metro began service my names?
● Mahatma Gandhi
● Indira gandhi
● Rajiv Gandhi
25. Which of these universities is the oldest?
● Anna University, chennai
● JNU, New delhi
● Jadavpur University, Kolkata
26. Which scientist's most seminal work is not associated with a domesticated animal?
● Heisenberg
● Schrodinger
● Paviov
27. If you use a telescope regularly for work, you're most likely to be?
● A podiatrist
● A biologist
● An Astronomer
28. India's 3rd highest civilian award ?
● Padma Shri
● Padma Bhushan
● Padma Vibhushan
29. if Bihu is a folk dance of Assam, Bagurumba is a folk dance of?

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 ● Andhra pradesh
● Odisha
● Assam
30. Oldest joint stock bank in india?
● SBI
● Allahabad Bank
● Union Bank of India

31. Jewellery made from which of these metals is normally the least expensive?

● Platinum
● Gold
● Silver
32. How many vowels are present in the word "vowel"?
● Five
● Two
● Three
33. What is likely to cause you the most damage if you consume it?
● Oleic acid
● Folic acid
● Chloric acid
34. Which of these words is both a type of pizza and the name of an indian town?
● Mariana
● Napoli
● Margherita
35. Which of these was not invented by blaise pascal?
● Pascal's calculator
● Pascal programming language
● pascal's syringe
36. Which term refers to a word with two contradictory meaning?
● Paradox
● oxymoron
● Janus words
37. Who was the first person to win two nobel prizes in the same field?
● Marie curie
● John bardeen
● Fredrick sanger
38. The mahatma gandhi centenary notes issued by RBI feature...

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 ● Sabarmati Ashram
● Gandhi samadhi
● Sevagram ashram
39. How many states and union territories does india have in total?
● 24+5
● 29+7
● 27+3
40 Which is the smallest bone in the human body?
● Incus
● stapes
● malleus
●
●
41 Which Indian city is also known as Benaras?
1. Ujjain
2. Ahemdabad
3. varanasi
42 In which country was entrepreneur and aviator J.R.D Tata born?
1. Germany
2. france
3. Switzerland
43 Who was the first person to be honoured posthumously with the Bharat Ratna?
1. Jay prakash narayan
2. B.R. Ambedkar
3. Lal Bahadur Shastri
44 Which important center of learning was established by king dharmapala?
1. Taxila
2. Mithila
3. Vikramshila
45 Jagadish chandra bose's invention , the crescograph, is used for measuring what?
1. speed of electricity
2. Growth of plants
3. Radio wave frequency
46. The original manuscript of which literary work is housed at the asiatic society in
mumbai?
1. Divine comedy
2. Romeo and Juliet
3. Don Quixote
47 Which of the these is not a form of the prakrit languages?

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 1. Paishachi
2. Ardhamagadhi
3. Lontara
48. which of these items cannot be made out of wood?
1. Air conditioner
2. chair
3. table
49. What does section 420 of the Indian penal code deal with?
1. Drinking and driving
2. murder
3. cheating
50. who started a hunger strike movement in 2011 to enforce the jan lokpal bill?
1. Anna hazare
2. Irom sharmilla
3. Mamta banerjee
51. "Grieving cloak", "dead leaves" and "Red admiral" are names of
1. Tarot cards
2. butterfly
3. paintings
52. Who was the first indian to win an olympic medal for wrestling?
1. K.D.Jadhav
2. Yogeshwar dutt
3. suhil kumar
53. Which of the these is a digital assistance launched by reliance infrastructure?
1. Leda
2. Hydra
3. Elektra
54. Who was the first woman to practice law in india?
1. Cornelia sorabji
2. Sudhansu bala hazra
3. Regina guha
55. Which of these is not an ongoing mission for NASA's earth observing system (EOS)?
1. AQUA
2. GRACE
3. AURA
56. Which writer's first published work called "Asrar-e-Ma'abid"?
1. Harivansh rai bachchan
2. Saadat hasan Manto
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57. Which of the following is not a famous diamond of Indian origin?
1. Noor-ul-Ain
2. Archudke joseph
3. Millennium Star

58 which of these creatures does not have four legs?

1. cow
2. goat
3. spider
59. How many vowels does the english alphabet have?
1. 5
2. 6
3. 7
60. In which city was India's first National Institute of design (NID) established?
1. Bengaluru
2. Ahemdabad
3. Pune
61 According to greek Mythology which titan was condemned to hold up the sky for
eternity?
1. Atlas
2. Hercules
3. Neptune
62. What genre of singing gets its name from an Arabic word meaning "Imagination"?
1. Ghazal
2. Tarana
3. Khayal
63. Where is the largest waste-to-energy plant in india located?
1. Delhi
2. Chennai
3. Mumbai
64. What is the condition of sleepwalking called?
1. Narcolepsy
2. Apnea
3. Somnabulism
65. In a standard 52 card deck, how many face cards feature a male character?
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66. Which country's national flag does not feature a dragon?
1. Wales
2. Albania
3. Bhutan
67. Which was the first indian film to have dialogue in english?
1. Karma
2. Mother India
3. Jumai shasthi
68. which month of the year has the fewest days?
1. january
2. february
3. march
69. which is the earth's largest ocean?
1. Arctic ocean
2. Indian ocean
3. Pacific ocean
70. Who has directed bollywood adaptations of william shakespeare's plays?
1. Ram gopal verma
2. vishal bhardwaj
3. Shekhar Kapur
71. Manu bhaker won an individual gold medal at which 2018 commonwealth games
event?
1. 10m Air pistol
2. 25m Air pistol
3. 50m rifle prone
72. which state of india has the most forest coverage by area?
1. Arunanchal pradesh
2. madhya pradesh
3. chattisgarh
73. what is the minimum age for becoming chief minister of an indian state?
1. 35
2. 25
3. 30
74. who is the nobel prize winning founder of grameen bank?
1. kailash satyarthi
2. muhammad yunus
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75. Which poet's work inspired the name of the indian literary movement "Hungry
generation"?
1. Geoggrey Chaucer
2. Robert burns
3. Rabindranath tagore
76. who was the last governer general of pakistan?
1. Muhammad Ali jinnah
2. Sir ghulam muhammad
3. Iskander Mirza
77. how old was vishwanathan anand when he earned the title of grandmaster?
1. 15
2. 21
3. 18
78. Which cricketer established YouWeCan , a foundation to raise cancer awareness?

● Virat Kohli
● M.S.Dhoni
● Yuvraj singh
79. Ayodhya, believed to be setting of Ramayana, is situated in which district?
● Firozpur
● Lucknow
● Faizabad
80. The absorption of most of the nutrients from the food takes place in?
● Small Intestine
● Large intestine
● Stomach.
81. who was the first ever captain of the Indian cricket team?
● Mohammad Nissar
● C.K.Nayudu
● Ranjitsinhji
82. Pixar animation studios is owned by which company?
● The walt disney company
● Dreamworks Animation
● Miramax
83. 'Le corbusier' was the architect of which of the following cities?

● Chandigarh
● Newdelhi
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 ● Jaipur
84. who authored the book 'cricket my style'?
● Sourav Ganguly
● Kapil dev
● Sachin tendulkar
85. India's first cartoon network there park 'Amaazia' will come up in which city ?
● Surat
● Hyderabad
● Kolkata
86. PM modi recently gifted chinese president painting by artist Xu Beihong. Xu was an
apprentice of which famous indian?
● Raja ravi varma
● Shivram dattatreya
● Ravindranath tagore
87. Which of these indians is not a Magsaysay awardee?
● MS subbulakshmi
● Indira Gandhi
● Arvind Kejriwa

Which sports person was awarded the prestigious Rajiv Gandhi Khel ratna ward the
earliest ?
1. Dhanraj pillay
2. Geet Sethi
3. Pullela Gopichand
An Indian citizen won a nobel prize in each of these years except:-
1. 1913
2. 1932
3. 198
Which scientist does not have an element of the periodic table named after him?
1. Nicolaus copernicus
2. Niels Bohr
3. Isaac Newton
The pecora commission was established to look into the causes of which event?
1. Dot-com bubble
2. Wall street crash
3. Great fire of london
Which company has just acquired a 77% stake in flipkart?
1. Alphabet
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3. Walmart
"Unbreakable" is the name of the autobiography of which indian sportsperson?
1. Yuvraj singh
2. Mary kom
3. Sania mirza
With which of these states would you associate the chhau folk dance?
1. MIzoram
2. Himachal pradesh
3. West bengal
Which of these instrument is not used to measure temperature?
1. Tacheometer
2. Pyrometer
3. Resistance thermometer
What is the medical condition in which the body's ability to form blood clots is
impaired?
1. Anaemia
2. Haemophillia
3. Leukemia
WHich of these gases is taken in by plants during Photosynthesis?
1. Nitrogen
2. Oxygen
3. Carbon dioxide
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