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Chemistry Q1) What is used in nuclear reactor as a moderator. It is also known as Heavy Water? Ans -: Deuterium Oxide (D2O) Q2) Which Metal is in liquid state at room temperature? Ans -: Gallium Q3) elements are non-metal. Ans -: Electro-negative Q4) What is known as Artificial Silk. Ans -: Rayon Q5) Nitrous Oxide (N2O) is also known as – Ans -: Laughing Gas Q6) Which compound is used to prepare water proof clothes? Ans -: Calcium hydride Q7) Which Nobel Gas is also known as ‘Stranger Gas’? Ans -: Xenon Q8) Which Acid is know as ‘Oil of Vitriol’? Ans -: Sulphuric acid Q9) For making of parachute, which polymeric substance used? Ans -: Viscose Q10) Acid rain is caused when the air is polluted by Gases. Ans -: Nitrous Oxide & Sulphur dioxide Q11) All noble gases are & . Ans -: Colourless and Odourless Q12) is used as a Water Purifier. Ans -: Alum Q13) Aluminium is extracted from which ore? Ans -: Bauxite Q14) The Process is used to synthesized Ammonia (NH3)? Ans -: Ha...

Physics Q1) Blades of a windmill possess, hence they are turned by a fast wind. Ans -: Potential Energy Q2) A dark-skinned man experiences, as compared to a fair-skinned man. Ans -: Less heat & Less cold Q3) What device is used to break/complete an electronic circuit? Ans -: Switch Q4) What is the temperature at which both the Fahrenheit and the centigrade scales have the same value? Ans -: -40° Q5) Acceleration acts always in the direction of the . Ans -: Net force Q6) The principle used in working of an atom bomb is . Ans -: Nuclear Fission Q7) What is the unit used to measure the depth of sea? Ans -: Fathom Q8) Astigmatism can be corrected by . Ans -: Cylindrical lenses Q9) Lambert’s Law is related to . Ans -: Illumination Q10) In a Battery, which energy is converted into Electrical energy? Ans -: Chemical Energy Q11) The longitudinal mechanical waves of less than 20 Hz are called . Ans -: Infrasonic Q12) Distance of stars are measured in ? Ans -: Light Years Q13) Al...

Biology Q1. Alcoholic drink contains . Ans -: Ethyl Alcohol Q2. Glucose in stored in the form of by Animals. Ans -: Glycogen Q3. Ascariasis is caused by . Ans -: Round Worm Q4. BCG vaccination (Bacillus Calmette Guerin) givesimmunity from . Ans -: Tuberculosis Q5. Blood groups was discovered by – Ans -: Karl Landsteiner Q6. The first successful heart transplant in India was performed by – Ans -: Dr. Panangipalli Venugopal Q7. The oral polio vaccine was discovered by – Ans -: Jonas Salk Q8. Companion cells are unique to . Ans -: Angiosperms Q9. DNA stands for . Ans -: Deoxy ribonucleic Acid Q10. Dog bite can cause rabies. Bite of which other animal can also cause rabies? Ans -: Bat Q11. Endocrine glands are also known as . Ans -: Ductless Glands Q12. The Small Pox vaccine was discovered by – Ans -: Edward Jenner Q13. Deficiency of iodine leads to . Ans -: Enlargement of Thyroid Gland Q14. First vaccine produced by bio-technology was used against which virus? Ans -: Hepatitis...

Important Research Institutes and centers in India  ‎Plasma Research Institute - Gandhinagar‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ Indian Institute of ‎ ‎Chemical Biological Sciences - Kolkata‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎Central Institute of Glass and Antelope Research- Kolkata (Kolkata)‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎Indian Meteorological Observatory- Pune‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ National Institute of ‎ ‎Marine Science - Panaji‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎Central Tobacco Research Institute - Rajahmundur Rajahmundry‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎Central Litchi Research Centre- Muzaffarpur‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ National ‎ ‎Metallurgy Laboratory- Jamshedpur‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ Centre ‎ ‎for Cell and Molecular Biology - Hyderabad‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎Central Institute of Mechanical Engineering Research-Durgapur Central‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎Rice Research Institute-Cuttack‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎Central Potato Research Institute- Shimla (Shimla)‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎Central Building Research Institute- Roorkee?‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎Central Forest Research Institute- Dehradun (Dehradun)‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎Industrial Toxicology Research Institute- Lucknow (Lucknow)‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎Central Botanical Research I...

1. Establishment of Indian National Congress  Ans-1885 AD  2. Bang-Bhang Movement (Swadeshi Movement)  Ans-1905 AD  3. Establishment of Muslim League  Ans-1906 AD  4. Congress Partition  Ans-1907 AD  5. Homeroom movement  Ans1916 AD  6. Lucknow Pact  Ans- December 1916 AD  7. Montague Declaration  Ans-20 August 1917 AD  8. Rowlatt Act  Ans-19 March 1919 AD  9. Jallianwala Bagh Massacre  Ans-13 April 1919 AD  10. Khilafat Movement  Ans-1919 AD  11. Hunter Committee report published  Ans-18 May 1920 A.D.  12. Nagpur Session of Congress  Ans - December 1920 AD  13. Start of non-cooperation movement  Ans-1 August 1920 AD  14. Chauri-Chaura scandal  Ans-5 February 1922 AD  15. Establishment of Swarajya Party  Ans-1 January 1923 AD  16. Hindustan Republican Association  Ans - October 1924 AD  17. Appointment of Simon Commis...

261 BC Ashoka defeated Kalinga in the Kalinga War. AD Battle 1191 First Battle of Tarain in which Prithviraj Chauhan defeated Mohd. Ghori. 1192 Second Battle of Tarain in which Mohd. Ghori defeated Prithviraj Chauhan. 1194 Battle of Chhandwar in which Mohd. Ghori defeated Jaichand of Kannauj. 1526 First Battle of Panipat in which Babar defeated Ibrahim Lodhi. 1527 Battle of Khanua in which Babar defeated Rana Sanga. 1529 Battle of Ghaghara in which Babar defeated the Afghans. 1539 Battle of Chausa in which Sher Shah Suri defeated Humayun. 1540 Battle of Kannauj / Bigram in which Sher Shah Suri defeated Humayun and forced him to flee. 1556 Second Battle of Panipat in which Bairam Khan (representing Akhar) defeated Hemu. 1565 Battle of Talikota / Banihatti in which an alliance of Ahmednagar, Bijapur. Golkonda and Bidar defeated the Vijaynagar empire (represented by Sadasiva). 1576 Battle of Haldighati in which Akbar defeated Maharana Pratap. 1757 Battle of Plassey in which th...