Social Sciences: No.QuestionAnswer 1.Who lives in Buckingham Palace in London?Queen Elizabeth II 2Where was Homi Bhabha, the nuclear Scientist born?Bombay 3Which country started the ancient Olympic games?Greeks 4.Which is the largest Gulf?Gulf of Mexico 5.Which is the largest country in terms of area?Soviet Union 6.Who discovered the Polio Vaccine?Dr.Jonak Salk 7.Who was given the title of Desert fox?Field Marshal Erwin Rommel 8.Who invented shorthand?Issac Pitman 9.1952 A.D. is an important year in British History why?King George VI 10By the side of which city does the river Ottawa flow?Montreal 11.Which is the land of five rivers in India?Punjab 12.Which is the lowest mountain range in the world?Bhieuna Bhaile 13.Which country is called the Land of Morning Calm?Korea 14.Which city is called the city of Sky scrapers?New York 15.What is defined as the locus of a point moving so that its distance from a fixed point and fixed line are equal?Parabola 16.What is the principal export of Jamaica?Sugar 17.Glimpses of World History is a collection of letters written by Jawaharlal Nehru. To whom were these letters written?Indira Gandhi 18.Where did Gautama Buddha attain Nirvana?Kushi Nagar 19.Which organs of flowering plants take in water?Roots 20.Where was Alaxander the Great born, where did his death occur & where was he burried?Europe (Macedonia) Babylonia (Asia) & Alexanderia (Egypt) 21.Is there any age restriction to donate one's Eyes?No 22.September 3rd is related to the second world war what is its significance?Britain & Germany went to war 23.Is it true that snakes have eyelids?No 24.To what animal family does the dog belong?Wolf & Jackel 25.By what name is the Parliament of Algeria called?National Popular Assembly 26.Where do investors sell second hand shares?Stock Exchange 27.Who established four 'Mutts' in four corners of India?Adi Shankaracharya 28.Which Mughal Emperor was regarded as 'Zinda Pir'?Aurangazeb 29.Rabindranath Tagore gave up his knighthood because of which incident?Jalianwalabagh tragedy 30.Where is the sea of Tranquility located?On the Moon 31.Who is the first Indian to go into Space?Rakesh Sharma 32.When was Goa liberated?December 19,1961 33.Who pointed out the role of heredity?Mendel 34.Who was India's first chief of Naval Staff?R.D.Katari 35.Who played the Pivotal role in Sir Richard Attenborough's Gandhi?Ben Kinseley 36.Who was also known as Shahid-e-Azam?Bhagat Singh 37.Who wrote the book 'Satyartha Prakasha'?Swami Dayanand Saraswati 38.Who first discovered the Pacific Ocean?Vaso Nunez de Balboa 39.Who is known as the father of Indian Nuclear Science?Homi Bhabha 40.Who invented the Refrigerator?J. Perkins 41.Which is the longest road tunnel in the world?Tunnel under that Gothard Mountain range in Switzerland (16 km) 42.What are the measurements of a single's Badminton court?44 ft * 17 ft 43.Who is the founder of Modern Germany?Bismarck 44.In which country would you find the Yak?Tibet 45.When did the Traveller Hawkins visit India?1608 AD 46.Which city is called the city of Golden temple?Amritsar 47.Which is the other name of Porus, who nearly defeated Alexander?Purushottam 48.Who was the President of the Indian National Congress as its first session held in 1885?Womesh Chandra Banerji 49.A famous Indian Badminton player was shot dead. Who was he?Syed Modi 50.When is Independence day celebrated in South Korea?15th August 51.Where is Diamond Harbour located?Calcutta 52.With what game is Paul Charles Morphy associated?Chess 53.When did Ceylon became Srilanka?May 1972 54.Who designed the Rastrapathi Bhavan in Delhi?Sir Edwin Lutyens 55.What is the temperature of the warm blooded animals?Remain Constant 56.In which state is Malayalam Spoken?Kerala 57.In which state is the famous Bharatpur Bird Sanctuary situated?Rajasthan 58.Which country is famous for Samba Dance?Brazil 59.From where did Jesus ascend to heaven?Mount of Olives 60.On the bank of which river is Amaravathi located?Krishna 61.Which day is known as world environment day?June 5th 62.During whose regime were the Rock cut temples of Kailasa and Ellora carved?Krishna I 63.In which country did the first Industrial Revolution take place?England 64.Which is the National flower of China?Narcissus 65.Who discovered Niagara Falls?Louis Hennepin 66.Which acid is used in a car battery?Sulphuric acid 67.Who invented dynamite?Alfred Nobel 68.Who was the first Governor General of Pakistan?Mohammad ali Jinah 69.Which state in India is the largest producer of Saffron?Jammu & Kashmir 70.Who invented the Steam Engine?James Watt 71.What is the botanical name for the Onion?Allium cepa 72.With what is Sylviculture concerned?Timber 73.What is Herpetology?Study of Reptiles 74.What do you call a plant that eats insects?Insectirorous Plants 75.By using what waves does Radar detect objects?Radiowaves 76.What is the name of the element whose symbol is Cr?Chromium 77.What is the atomic number of Oxygen?Eight 78.Who proved that air has weight?Galileo