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1 One Liner General Knowledge [201 to 300] Sl. No. One Liner Approach To General Knowledge (GK) Answer 201. Market where the price of a commodity is determined by free play of the forces of supply and demand is called? 202. In which year the membership of the Security Council was increased from 11 to 15 (under Article 23)? 203. In a normal human body, the total number of red blood cells is? 204. If speed of rotation of the earth increases, weight of the body will? 205. India's first nuclear blast at Pokhran in Rajasthan took place in the year? Free Market trillion Decrease The length of the cricket pitch is? 22 yards 207. Hundred year war was fought between which countries? 208. Indira Gandhi Centre for Atomic Research is located at? 209. In which year did Sir Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay reach the summit of Mount Everest? France and England Kalpakkam, Chennai India's first fast breeder neutron reactor was? Kamini 211. India's first atomic power station was set up at which place? 212. In which year the UN General Assembly adopted the resolution 'Uniting for Peace'? 213. India became a member of the United Nations in the year? Tarapur, Maharashtra India's first indigenously built submarine was? INS Shalki

2 215. In which organ of the human body does maximum absorption of food take place? Small intestine 216. Human Rights Day is celebrated on? 10 December 217. Who invented the Logarithm tables? John Napier 218. Malfunction of which organ causes Jaundice? Liver 219. NDA is situated at which place? Khadakwasla 220. After how many years of interval Olympics game are held? 4 years 221. Which disease is also known as 'Pink Eye'? Conjunctivitis 222. What is represented by the five rings of the Olympic symbol? 223. In which year Mahatma Gandhi was chosen 'Person of the year' by the Times magazine? 5 Continents, Europe, Asia, America, Africa and Australia Fire temple is a place of worship for which religion? Zoroastrians 225. Which game is the second largest sporting event in the world after Olympics? Commonwealth games 226. Motto of the Asian games is? Ever Onward 227. Which major Tennis Grand Slams is also known as 'Roland Garros'? 228. Which award is the asian equivalent of the Nobel Prize? French Open Ramon Magsaysay Award 229. James Augustus Hickey is famously known as? Father of Indian Press 230. Who was the first recipient of Bharat Ratna award? Dr. S Radhakrishnan in A person who can see distant objects clearly but cannot see nearby objects distinctly is suffering from Hypermetropia

3 which eye disease? 232. Fat soluble vitamins are? Vitamin A, D, E and K 233. Goitre is caused due to the deficiency of? Iodine 234. Longest cell in the human body is? Neuron (nerve cell) 235. Branch of study dealing with child (infant) diseases is called? Paediatrics 236. Gramophone was invented by? Thomas Alva Edison 237. In which year Sikkim was included in the 'North Eastern Council'? 238. The Writ used to secure a person who has been unlawfully detained without a legal justification is called? 2002 Habeas Corpus 239. Who is known as Father of Geometry? Euclid 240. Ganymede the largest natural satellite in the solar system is the satellite of which planet? 241. The Writ used to enforce the performance of public duties by public authorities which are imposed by law is called? 242. Changez Khan invaded Indian during the reign of which slave dynasty ruler? 243. The Governor General of India who was famous for Sati reforms? 244. The Writ used to control executive action in the areas of making appointments to public offices under relevant statutory provisions judicially is? 245. The authority established under an act of parliament to regulate housing finance companies in India is? Jupiter Mandamus Iltutmish Lord William Bentinck Quo Warranto National Housing Bank 246. Vrindavan Garden is situated in which state? Mysore (Karnataka)

4 247. The maximum strength of Rajya Sabha is? The nominated members of the Rajya Sabha do not participate in the election of the President of India, True or False? True 249. Who is known as 'Bard of Avon'? William Shakespeare 250. Who was India's first Indian Civil Services Officer? Satyendra Nath Tagore 251. Which highway network of India connects Delhi, Mumbai, Kolkata and Chennai? 252. Where is the headquarter of SWIFT(Society for Worldwide Interbank Financial Telecommunication) located? 253. When did the Eleventh Five Year Plan period ended? 254. The chief regulator of commodity exchanges in India is? Golden Quadrilateral Brussels, Belgium 2012 Forward Markets Commission (FMC) 255. Ringgit is the currency of which country? Indonesia 256. Which Sultan received a robe of honour from the caliph? Iltutmish 257. The heaviest naturally occurring element is? Uranium 258. Sulphur dioxide bleaches colouring matter by? Reduction 259. Among Radium, Plutonium, Zirconium and Uranium, which elements are not radio-active? Zirconium 260. Lake formed in a cut off river, meander is called? Ox-Bow lake 261. The rapidly growing mass of phytoplankton covering the surface water of a lake or pond is known as? 262. Which is the leading state in India in Ship Breaking industry? Eutriphication Gujarat 263. Moderators are used in the nuclear reactors to? Slow down the

5 neutrons 264. Wings of birds are? Modified forelimbs 265. The world's tallest statue of Mahatma Gandhi is in? Patna 266. Wilting of plants occurs due to excessive? Transpiration 267. Which is the principal source of information on Asoka's campaign against Kalinga? 268. Contour line is the imaginary line joining places of equal? 269. The instrument used to study the behaviour of a vibrating string is? Rock Edict XIII Elevation Sonometer 270. The Gandhara art flourished under the rule of? Kushanas 271. Which company became India's first listed IT Firm to cross $1billion turnover? 272. Which parts of the poppy plant is used for the extraction of opium? Infosys Flower 273. The Deccan Educational Society was founded by? M. G. Ranade 274. Black Hole is an invisible area in outer space with gravity so strong that light cannot get out of it, This property is due to? 275. At which stage does the silk worm yield the fibre of commerce? 276. Who was the founder of Abhinava Bharat a secret society of revolutionaries? 277. Endoscopy, a technique which refers to the examination of the inside of a human body is based on the phenomenon of? 278. Before joining India as a state, Goa was under the administrative control of? 279. Total expenditure of the government (revenue and capital) minus revenue receipts minus loans and Very high density Pupa V. D. Savarkar Total Internal Reflection of light Portugal Fiscal Deficit

6 other capital receipts is called? 280. In human body, Blood Pressure is controlled by? Thyroid Gland 281. Who was the founder of Home Rule Movement? Bal Gangadhar Tilak 282. Khajuraho temples were built by? Chandellas 283. The Harappan Civilization belongs to which age? Chalcolithic Age 284. The computer system program which is used to produce actions similar to those in real physical system are called? 285. There is a wide variation of fauna and flora on the earth due to? 286. Excise duties are levied by the Union but appropriated by the States, True or False? 287. Al Askari, a place of worship of Shias is at which place? 288. Which part of Pondicherry, a Union Territory is physically situated in Andhra Pradesh? Simulation Different physical environment True Sammara, Iraq Yanam 289. Rail services were started during the rule of? Lord Dalhousie 290. Which Indian language is called Italian of the East? Telugu 291. Quit India Movement was launched due to the failure of? 292. Which Indian bird is facing extinction threat due to environmental pollution? Cripps Mission Vulture 293. Sea of Tranquility can be found in? Moon 294. A strip of water body, Sir Creek located at? Rann of Kutch (Gujarat) 295. Clove is obtained from? Bud 296. Who gave the slogan 'Jai Jawan, Jai Kisan'? Lal Bahadur Shastri

7 297. Other name of IBRD (International Bank for Recontruction and Development) is? World Bank 298. Who is known as Man of Blood and Iron? Otto von Bismarck 299. Sariska wildlife sanctuary is located at? Rajasthan 300. Kaziranga National Park is located at? Assam

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