Directions 1-5: Describe the following.
1. Tropic of Cancer 2. Quorum
3. TADA 4. Vande Mataram
5. Bhoodan Movement
Directions 6-10: Expand the following abbreviations
6. S.T.D. 7. I.S.T
8. O.N.G.C. 9. A.I.R.
10. P.T.I
11. The highest tower in India
12. The first Deputy Chairman of Planning Commission
13. The highest award in India
Directions 14-15: Fill in the blanks.
14. Neurology is the study of ————.
15. Nehru award is given for ————.
Directions 16-20: Indicate the state in which the following are situated
16. Mount Abu 17. Ootacamund
18. Darjeeling 19. Amarnath
20. Kovalam
Directions 21-25: Indicate the games with which the following terms are connected.
21. L.B.W. 22. Penalty
23. Checkmate 24. Smash 25. Bully
Answers
1. The 23½0 north latitude where the sun is imagined to halt and turn about southward is known as the Tropic of Cancer.The Tropic of cancer passes through the following states of India – Gujarat, Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh, Bihar, West Bengal, Tripura and Mizoram.
2. The fixed minimum number of members whose presence is essential to transact official business of legal validity in an appointed meeting, assembly or conference.
3. TADA stands for Terrorists and Disruptive (Prevention) Act. The Act, passed in 1987, was lapsed in 1995. The Act was passed to curb terrorism in India.
4. Vande Mataram is the national song of India. It was taken from Bankim Chandra Chatterji’s novel Ananda Math. ‘Vande Mataram’ was first sung at the 1896 session of the Indian National Congress.
5. Acharya Vinoba Bhave was the exponent of Bhoodan movement. He acquired land from rich land owners through Gandhian means and redistributed it among the poor landless masses.
6. Subscribers Trunk Dialling. First STD was started between Lucknow and Kanpur in 1960.
7. Indian Standard Time.
8. Oil and Natural Gas Commission.
9. All India Radio. First radio broadcast in India was in 1927.
10. Press Trust of India. It was set up in 1949. PTI is the oldest news agency in India. Bhasha is the Hindi version of PTI.
11. Taj Mahal. The Second largest tower is Qutaub Minar. The building of Qutab Minar was started by Qutab–din–Aibak. It was completed by Iltumish.
12. Gulsarilal Nanda. Planning Commission was set up in the year 1950. Jawaharlal Nehru was the first chairman of the Planning Commission. Planning Commission is an extra–constitutional or advisory body.
13. Bharat Ratna.
Bismillah Khan and Lata Mangeshkar received it for 2000. 2008-Bhimsen Joshi
14. The nervous system.
15. Literacy. Maximdhar Misra received the 2000 award.
Jawaharlal Nehru Award is given to International understanding
16. Rajasthan. Famous for Dilwara Jain Temples.
17. Tamil Nadu. Ootacamund (Udhagamandalam) is a famous hill resort.
18. West Bengal.
19. Jammu and Kashmir.
Amarnath cave temple is located about 150 km from Srinagar in Jammu and Kashmir.
Vaishno Devi Temple, Martand Temple, and Pandrenthan Temple are in Jammu and Kashmir.
20. Thiruvananthapuram.
21. Cricket. LBW means leg before wicket.
22. Football. Sudden death, offside, penalty are also terms in football.
23. Chess. Pawn, stalemate, rook, bishop etc. are terms in chess.
24. Tennis. Volley, service, fault etc. are terms in tennis.
25. Hockey. Bully means strike the ball to start the game.
