Basic Gk- Part 2

1. India's first fast breeder neutron reactor was?
Kamini

2. Mother Teresa won the Nobel Prize for Peace in?
1979

3. South Africa joined the Commonwealth as 51st member in?
May-94

4. The corps of Military Police central school is situated at?
West Bengal

5. The Kvinna Till Kvinna foundation (Sweden) was award Right Livelihood Award in 2002 for?
its remarkable successes in healing the wounds of ethnic hatred and war, by helping women, often the prime victims, to be the major agents of reconciliation and peace-building

6. The term cover point in cricket means
the position given by the bowler to the fielder on the offside, in front of a wicket?

7. What is the literacy rate of Punjab?
69.95 per cent

8 . Escape velocity of a rocket fired from the earth towards the moon is a velocity to get rid of the?
Earth's gravitational pull

9. India's first atomic power station was set up at?
Tarapur (Maharashtra)

10. Most commonly used bleaching agent is?
chlorine

11. Recently lead free petrol was introduced in our country because?
they cause less pollution

12. The first permanent Indian oceanographic station, 'Dakshin Gangotry' during Antarctic Expedition, was set up in?
April/March 1984

13. The main purpose of International Bank for Reconstruction (IBRD) is?
development of economics of members by facilitating investment of capital and foreign investment, through provision of loans

14. The playground of baseball is known as?
court

15. What is the S.I. unit of temperature?
Kelvin

16. When was slavery abolished in Britain?
1833

17. GATT (General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade) is?
Both option A and B

18. How many Ergs are there in 1 joule?
107

19. Of the UN Agencies, which one specifically aims at further economic development by encouraging productive private enterprise?
International Finance Corporation

20. Rabindranath Tagore receive Nobel Prize in 1913 in the field of?
literature

21. The energy of food is measured in?
calories

22. The headquarter of the United Nations is at?
New York

23. The sacred text of Confucianism is?
The Analects

24. When did 19 NATO members and 11 'Partners for Peace' join hands for peace plan for Kosovo Crisis?
1999

25. Which is the biggest literary award of Britain?
David Cohen Award



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