1. Who among the following was an eminent painter?
  2. The light of distant stars is affected by
  3. What is the name of the CalTech seismologist who invented the scale used to measure the magnitude of earthquakes?
  4. Which of the following societies has instituted an award for an outstanding parliamentarian?
  5. Which of the following books has been written by Vikram Seth?
  6. Amnesty International is an organisation associated with which of the following fields?
  7. The theory of economic drain of India during British imperialism was propounded by
  8. The present Lok Sabha is the
  9. Depreciation means
  10. The Yarlung Zangbo river, in India, is known as
  11. The headquarters of the National Power Training institute is located in
  12. Which of the following folk dance forms is associated with Gujarat?
  13. National Maritime Day falls on
  14. Chemical formula for water is
  15. Large transformers, when used for some time, become very hot and are cooled by circulating oil. The heating of the transformer is due to
  16. The number of d-electrons in Fe2+ (Z = 26) is not equal to that of
  17. Plants receive their nutrients mainly from
  18. '.MOV' extension refers usually to what kind of file?
  19. Who was the first Indian to win the World Amateur Billiards title?
ANSWERS
  1. Sarada Ukil 
  2. The earth's atmosphere,Interstellar dust
  3. Charles Richter
  4. G. B. Pant Memorial Society
  5. A Suitable Boy
  6. Protection of human rights
  7. Dadabhai Naoroji
  8. 15th Lok Sabha
  9. loss of equipment over time due to wear and tear
  10. Brahmaputra
  11. Faridabad
  12. Garba
  13. April 5
  14. H2O
  15. Both the heating effect of current and hysteresis loss
  16. P-electrons in CI(Z = 17)
  17. Soil
  18. Animation/movie file 
  19. Wilson Jones 
 
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