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Session Objectives
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To Understand and Explore Static General
Knowledge (History ,Sports Science)
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Important areas of History
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• Important events and their years
• Important kingdoms and dynasties, their important
  rulers and the important work that was done
  during that particular period.
• Famous battles and their years
• Important Lords and what they did during their
  tenure
• Famous travelers, kings during their travel
  period and what important work they did during
  their travel
• Historical literary works and their authors
• Famous organizations in the history and their
  founders
• Famous personalities of history and related facts
  
• Important historical monuments their creators

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Important areas of Science

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• Physics
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• Day to day phenomenon and the laws of physics
• behind them
• Units of measurement
• Important physics scientists related facts
• Chemistry
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• Elements and related specific facts
• Common names and chemical names
• Important chemists of the world related info
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Important areas of Science
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• Biology
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• Human body and related facts
• Human body and related diseases, their
  causative organisms and affected parts of the
  body
• Scientific instruments
• Inventions and discoveries .
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• Information Technology
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• Basics of computer and related terminology
• Computer terminology
• Important facts related with Information
  Technology ( mainly current in nature)

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Important areas of Sports

• Cups and trophies associated with sports
• Various terms associated with sports
• History of sports festivals and famous
  personalities of sports

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Question - 1
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The national calendar of India was adopted in
a. 1953 b. 1955 c. 1957 d. 1959
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Question - 2
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Which of the following personalities you would
associate with the foundation of Dev samaj? a.
G.K. Gokhale b. Shiv Narayan Agnihotri c. Keshub
Chandra Sen d. None of these
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Question - 3
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Under which of the following Lords tenure,
Government of India act 1935 was passed? a. Lord
Wavell b. Lord Linlithgow c. Lord Mountbatten
d. Lord Wellingdon
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Question -4
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• Kanishka was a famous ruler of
• Gupta dynasty
• Maurya dynasty
• Kushan Dynasty
• d. Chola Dynasty

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Question - 5
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Who initiated the Mansabdari system? a.
Aurangazeb b. Sher Shah Suri c. Akbar d.
Jehangir
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Question - 6
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Tughlaq Nama is a famous work of . a.
Alberuni b. Amir Khusro c. Hasan Nizami d.
Barauni
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Question - 7
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The year of foundation of the World Bank was
a. 1943 b. 1945 c. 1947 d. 1949
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Question - 8
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Which of the following was the first women
president of the Indian National
Congress(INC)? a. Sarojini Naidu b. Aruna Asaf
Ali c. Annie Besant d. Vijaylakshmi Pandit
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Question - 9
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Ashtangika Marga, is the path for the
elimination of the human misery, propounded by
. a. Mahavira b. Gautama c. Adi Shankaracharya
d. Kabir
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Question - 10
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Ashvaghosha was one of the greatest literary
figures in the court of a. Ashoka b.
Kanishka c. Harshavardhana d. Chandragupta-II
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Question - 11
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Which of the following is NOT a VIRAL disease?
a. Yellow fever b. AIDS c. Leprosy d.
Measles
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Question - 12
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Cirrhosis is the disease which affects the a.
Eyes b. Brain c. Liver d. Immunity system

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Question 13
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• Cinnabar is an ore of
• a. Lithium
• b. Mercury
• c. Zinc
• d. Iron

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Question 14
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• Who discovered Ultrasound?
• a. Ian Donald
• b. Roger Bacon
• c. JP Merrill
• d. Joseph Lister

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Question 15
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• Who is credited with the invention of e-mail?
• a. Ray Tomlinson
• b. Jeffrey Bezos
• c. Jerry Yang
• d. Steve Woznik
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Question 16
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• Huntingtons disease is caused by the
  malfunctioning of
• a. Kidney
• b. Brain
• c. Liver
• d. Pancreas

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Question 17
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• This is the heaviest metal, can you identify it
  from the given options?
• a. Rhodium
• b. Osmium
• c. Plutonium
• d. Astatine

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Question 18
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• Which of the following instrument is used for
  measuring the velocity and the direction of the
  wind?
• a. Manometer
• b. Anemometer
• c. Viscometer
• d. None of these
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Question 19
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• Which of the following is the chemical name of
  Quartz?
• a. Calcium Oxide
• b. Calcium Sulphate
• c. Sodium Silicate
• d. Magnesium Sulphate

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Question - 20
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Naphthoquinone forms the central chemical
structure of (a) vitamin C (b) vitamin A (c)
vitamin E (d) vitamin K
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Question-21
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• K.D. Jadhav was the first individual medal
  winner
• in Olympics from India. He won this medal in
• Weightlifting
• Athletics
• Wrestling
• Swimming

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Question- 22
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• Mark Spitz is a famous name in the field of
• Lawn Tennis
• Swimming
• Pole Vault
• Weight Lifting

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Question 23
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• Upper cut is a term used in
• boxing
• football
• c. hockey
• d. chess

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Question 24
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• This personality has won maximum number
• of medals (including gold, silver and
• bronze) in the history of Modern Olympic
• games individually. Can you name him/her
• from the given options?
• a. Paavo Nurmi
• b. Mark Spitz
• c. Jenny Thompson
• d. Larissa Latynina

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Question 25
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• Find the odd one out.
• a. P. Harikrishna
• b. Tanya Sachdev
• c. Parimarjan Negi
• d. Jayant Talukdar

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Question 26
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• The world record for scoring maximum
• number of the double centuries is held by
• a. Gary Sobers
• b. Don Bradman
• c. Allan Border
• d. Clive Loyed

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Question 27
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• Peace, Perseverance, Progress is the
• motto of
• a. Olympic Games
• b. Asian Games
• c.  SAF Games
• d. Commonwealth Games

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Question 28
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• With which of the following sports
• disciplines is Wightman Cup associated?
• a. Golf
• b. Polo
• c. Lawn Tennis
• d. Volleyball

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Question 29
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• Which of the following represents the
• headquarters of the International Olympic
• Committee (IOC)?
• a. Zurich
• b. Geneva
• c. Lausanne
• d. Athens

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Question 30

• Can you identify the country which hosted the
  first
• commonwealth games from the given options?
• France
• Canada
• Greece
• India

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My Contacts
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• Email ID
• debashish.mukherjee_at_careerlauncher.com

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