830. Where is the Headquarters of the Botanical Survey of India located?
(a) Lucknow (b) Darjeeling
(c) Kolkata (d) Oottaccamund
Ans: (c)
831. Where is Indian Institute of Petroleum located ?
(a) Vishakhapatnam
(b) Delhi
(c) Dehradun
(d) Chennai
Ans: (c)
832. Which cities were first connected by the STD services?
(a) Delhi and Mumbai
(b) Delhi and Kolkata
(c) Kanpur and Delhi
(d) Kanpur and Lucknow
Ans: (d)
833. Which city is referred to as the „Silicon Valley of India‟?
(a) Mumbai (b) Chennai
(c) Hyderabad (d) Bangalore
Ans: (d)
834. Of the following, the town which does not come within the National Capital Region is ?
(a) Panipat (b) Rohtak
(c) Khurja (d) Mathura
Ans: (d)
835. Who was the first Indian woman to scale Mt. Everest?
(a) Bachendri Pal
(b) Fu Dorji
(c) Aun Sang Suu Kyi
(d) Yoko Ono
Ans: (a)
836. Which of the following is called the „shrimp capital of India‟ ?
(a) Mangalore (b) Nagapatnam
(c) Kochi (d) Nellore
Ans: (d)
837. Where is National Chemical Laboratory (NCL) located?
(a) Chandigarh (b) Bhavnagar
(c) Pune (d) Panaji
Ans: (c)
838. According to a study conducted by Hyderbad‟s National Institute of Nutrition, the healthiest of 14 fresh fruits commonly consumed in India with maximum „Goodness Index‟ is :
(a) Indian Plum
(b) Mango (c) Guava
(d) Custard apple
839. The district which is not part of National Capital Region is
(a) Muzaffarnagar
(b) Bulandshahar
(c) Panipat
(d) Rewari
Ans: (a)
840. Which of the following districts lies to the east of the district Farukhabad?
(a) Hardoi (b) Etawah
(c) Badaun (d) Jalaun
Ans: (a)
841. Which of the following districts lies to the north of the district Pratapgarh?
(a) Fatehpur (b) Sultanpur
(c) Banda (d) Allahabad
Ans: (b)
842. The present name of „Kamarupa‟ is
(a) Assam (b) Bihar
(c) Bengal (d) Manipur
Ans: (a)
843. Which of the following sites has been included in UNESCO‟s list of world Heritage Sites ?
(a) Chilka Lake
(b) Dal Lake
(c) Nagin Lake
(d) Sunderbans National Park
Ans: (d)
844. Which one of the following is known as the „Pearl City‟ ?
(a) Kandla (b) Tuticorin
(c) Kochi (d) Hyderabad
Ans: (d)
845. The famous tourist centre Mahabalipuram is located near:
(a) Bombay (b) Delhi
(c) Chennai (d) Calcutta
Ans: (c)
846. The heavy rains and cloudbursts during summer of 2013 devastated around 2000 villages, 1500 roads and 150
bridges in the State of
(a) Meghalaya
(b) Andhra Pradesh
(c) Odisha
(d) Uttarakhand
Ans: (d)
847. Which of the following is not a notable industrial city ?
(a) Kanpur (b) Mumbai
(c) Jamshedpur (d) Allahabad
Ans: (d)
848. The first short based integrated steel plant in the country is
(a) Vijaynagar
(b) Salem
(c) Vishakhapatnam
(d) Bhadravati
Ans: (c)
849. Which place is called as „„Silicon Valley‟‟ of India ?
(a) Delhi (b) Pune
(c) Bengaluru (d) Hyderabad
Ans: (c)
850. Who was the creator of the famous Rock Garden of Chandigarh?
(a) Khushwant Singh
(b) Charles Corbusier
(c) Edward Baker
(d) Nek Chand
Ans: (d)
851. The atomic power station in Rajasthan is situated at :
(a) Pokhran (b) Suratgarh
(c) Rawatbhata
(d) Chittorgarh
Ans: (c)
852. The Wheeler Island has been renamed as
(a) Vikram Sarabhai Island
(b) Satish Dhawan Island
(c) Abdul Kalam Island
(d) C.V. Raman Island
Ans: (c)