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Geographical Discoveries: No.DiscoveryDiscoverorCountryYear 01South Pole (Explored)AmundsenNorway1911 02North Pole (Explored)Robert Edwin PearyUSA1909 03Hawaiian IslandCaptain James cookEngland1770 04AustraliaCaptain James cookEngland- 05Sea-route to India via the Cape of Good HopeVasco-D-GamaPortugal1498 06Course of the Zambesi river,the Victoria FallsDavid LivingstoneScotland- 07AmericaCristopher ColumbusItaly1497

International Trophies: TrophiesAssociated with AshesCricket (Australia-England) Canada CupGolf (World Championship) Corbillon CupWorld Table Tennis(Women) Davis CupLawn Tennis DerbyHorse Race (England) Merdeka CupFootball (Asian)played in Malaysia Swaythling CupWorld Table Tennis(Men) Thomas CupWorld badminton Tunku Abdul Rahman CupBadminton (Asian) Uber CupWorld Badminton (Women) Wimbledon TrophyLawn Tennis (England) Jules Rimet Trophy(thereafter called FIFA)World Football Indian National Trophies TrophiesAssociated with Aga Khan CupHockey (Western India) Beighton CupHockey (Calcutta) D.C.M.TrophyFootball Dhyan Chand TrophyHockey Dr.B.C.Roy TrophyNational Football (Junior) Duleep TrophyCricket Durand CupFootball I.F.A.ShieldFootball (Calcutta) Irani CupCricket Jayalakshmi CupNational Table Tennis Chamionship (Women) Nehru CupFootball Ruia Challenge Gold TrophyBridge Rangaswamy CupNational Hockey Championship Ranji TrophyNational Cricket Championship Rohinton Baria TrophyCricket (Inter-University) Rovers CupFootball Santosh TrophyNational Football Championship Subroto Mukherji CupFootball (Inter-School) Vizzy TrophyCricket Wellington TrophyRowing Federation CupFootball

General Studies: No.QuestionAnswer 1.The President of India may resign his office by writing under his hand a letter of resignation addressed to theVice-President 2.The president of India holds office for a term of5 years 3.A person seeking election to the office of the President of India must have completed the age of35 years 4.Who appoints the Attorney General of India?President 5.Next to Uttar Pradesh, the largest number of constituencies for elections to the Lok Sabha are in the State ofBihar 6.The elections to the Lok Sabha are required normally to be held after every5 years 7.The boundary between India and Pakistan was demarcated bySir Cyril Radcliffe 8.Name the scholar who visited India along with Mahmud of GhazniAl-Beruni 9.Which forest belt supplies most of the world's requirement of newsprint?Coniferous 10.The country where death rate is lowest in the world isCanada 11.What is the duration of zero hour in the Lok Sabha?One hour 12.Sun's energy is produced byNucler fusion 13.Who was the Congress President when India became free?J.B. Kripalani 14.In India the standard time is fixed on the basis of standard meridian which passes throughAllahabad 15.The Arabian Sea and the Persian Gulf are connected by theHormuz Strait 16."The Boston Tea Party" took place in1773 17.In the American War of Independence, the leader who was put in command of American forces wasGeorge Washington 18.Which Sikh guru was tortured and killed on the directions of Aurangzeb?Teg Bahadur 19.Since when India has been a member of the United Nations?1945 20.Proteins are made ofAmino acids 21.A light-sensitive compound used in photography isSilver bromide 22.The India Red Cross Society was established in the year1920 23.The speed of an aircraft is measured byAnemometer 24.Fats and carbohydrates are an essential part of our food because theyProvide energy 25.Which is the largest part of the human brain?Cerebellum 26.Milk in its natural form has a certain amount of sugar. This sugar is calledLactose 27.The United Nations University is located inTokyo 28.Which country is largest in area?Russia 29.Buddha delivered his first sermon atSarnath 30.Vitamin necessary for clotting of blood isK 31.The oldest existing newspaper in India isBombay Samachar 32.Which port has a free trade zone?Kandla 33.The largest quantity of fish in the world is produced byJapan & Russia 34.World's largest desert isSahara 35.India's first television center was set up atDelhi 36.In which script were the edicts of Ashoka inscribed?Brahmi 37.Harshvardhana was defeated byPulakesin II 38.Which day is celebrated as United Nations day every year?24th October 39.The headquarters of the United Nations is atNew York 40.The total number of judges of the International Court of justice is12 41.The term of office of a judge of the International Court of Justice is9 years 42.The normal term of office of the UN Secretary General is5 years 43.IRS-IB isAn Indian remote sensing satellite 44Why is the year 1952 important in Indian History?First general elections to the Lok Sabha were held 45.What is an equator?An imaginary line encircling the earth midway between the north and the south poles 46.Why is it easier to swim in a sea than river?Density of sea water is more than that of river 47.Who is known as the 'Heroine of 1942 Quit India Movement'?Aruna Asaf Ali

Inventions & Discoveries in Science: No.Inventor / DiscoverorInvention / DiscoveryYear 01A.AvogadroMolecular Hypothesis1811 02A.BecquerelPrinciple of Photo-electric Cell1839 03A.BecquerelRadio-activity1896 04A.Binet & T.SimonIntelligence Testing,Modern1905 05A.EinsteinTheory of Relativity1905 06A.LavoisierNature of Combustion1777 07ArchimedesTheory of Displacement of water 3rd century1859 08Charles DarwinTheory of Evolution by Natural by Natural Selection1896 09Charles DarwinOrign of Species1737-53 10C.LinneausClassification of Plants and Animals1869 11D.MendeleevPeriodic Table1912 12F.SoddyTheory of Isotopes1590 13GalileoLaws of FAlling bodies1865 14G.MendelLaws of Heredity1827 15G.S.OhmOhm's Law1827 16Strassman,Hahn,Bohr,FermiUranium Fission Theory1781 17H.CavendishSynthesis of Water1886 18Heinrich HertzElectro-magnetic Waves- 19H.G.KhoranaGenetic Code1913 20H.MoseleyAtomic Number1687 21I.NewtonLaws of Gravitation1687 22J.C.MaxwellElectromagnetic Theory of Light1803 23John DaltonAtomic Theory1808 24John DaltonLaws of Multiple proportion1809 25Joseph Gay-LussacLaws Governing Gases1910 26PavlovTheory of Conditioned Reflex1851 27KelvinDynamite Theory of Heat1876 28Louis PasteurGerm Theory1901 29Max Von PlanckQuantum Theory of radiation1675 30O.RomerVelocity of Light1859 31R.Bunsen & G.KirchhoffSpectrum Analysis1918 32RutherfordAtom Smashing Theory1904 33Sigmund FreudTheory of Psycho-analysis1892 34SteinmetzLaws of Alternating Current1924 35L.Victor de BriglieWave nature of electron1621 36W.ShellLaws of Refraction of Light1895 37RontgenX-rays- 38I.NewtonLaws of motion1800 39VoltaCurrent electricity and electrical battery1774 40PriestleyOxygen1897 41J.J.ThomsonElectron1766 42CavendishHydrogen1841 43FaradayElectromagnetic Induction- 44FaradayLaws of electrolysis1759 45Benjamin FranklinLightning Conductor- 46Louis BraillePrinting for the blind1898 47Madam Marie CurieRadium- 48FunkVitamins1882 49Louis PasteurGerm theory: Hydrophobia Antitoxin;Anti-rabies treatment- 50HahnemannHomoeopathy1932 51BantingInsulin (cure of diabetes)- 52U.N.BrahmachariCure of Kala-azar fever- 53Ronald RossMalaria Parasites1929 54Alexander FlemingPenicillin1796 55Edward JennerSmall-pox vaccination1609 56KeplerLaws of planetary motion1882 57Robert KochTuberculosis bacilli- 58J.DaltonLaw of partial pressures- 59Otto HahnAtom bomb- 60C.V.RamanRaman Effect1867 61Joseph ListerAntiseptic Surgery- 62LeeuwenhockBacteria1628 63HarveyBlood circulation and functioning of heart- 64LandsteinerBlood transfusion- 65Harrison and SimpsonChloroform1884 66Robert KochCholera Bacillus1897 67EijkmanCause of beriberi-

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