GK Practice set 2

                                       GK Practice set 2

1. Who published the Global innovation Index?

Ans: World Intellectual Property Organisation.

2. What is the rank of India in GII , 2024?

Ans: 39 th. 

3. What is the theme of World Rhino Day?

Ans: Keep the Five Alive.

4. Which day is celebrated as World Rhino Day?

Ans: 22 September.

5. . Who is considered as "Father of Indian engineering”?

Ans: Sir M. Visvesvaraya.

 

6. Which date is celebrated as Engineers Day in India?

Ans: September 15.

7. What is the meaning of Ayurveda?

Ans: Knowledge of life.

8. Who is known as Bihar kokila or songbird of Bihar?

Ans: Sharda Sinha.

9. What was the total strength of the constituent assembly?

Ans: 389.

10. When did the Berlin wall fell on?

Ans: November 9 , 1989.

11. Who discovered x - rays?

Ans: Wilhelm Rontgen.

12. Who got first ever Nobel Prize in Physics in 1901?

Ans: Wilhelm Rontgen.

13. Who launched the ‘Animal Health Security Strengthening in India for Pandemic Preparedness and Response’ initiative?

Ans: The Union Minister of Fisheries, Animal Husbandry and Dairying.

 

Note: The project aims to enhance the country’s capacity to “prevent, detect, and respond to animal health threats." It was approved by the Pandemic Fund, created by G20 countries under Indonesian presidency in 2022.

 

The basic purpose of the fund is to assist low-and middle-income countries in strengthening their capacities to identify, report and contain future pandemics.

 

The project will work with the help of three implementing agencies  , namely —

 

aa)  Asian Development Bank (ADB), 

 

b) The World Bank, and

 

c) The Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO). 

 

This project  is expected to be completed by August 2026.

 

14. According to which plan, the constituent assembly was constituted?

Ans: According to the cabinet mission plan.

15. What was the method of voting for the constituent assembly?

Ans:  Proporional Representation by means of single transferable vote.

16. How many members were attended the first meeting of the constituent assembly?

Ans: 211 members.

17. In which year , the National flag was adopted by the constituent assembly?

Ans: July 22, 1947.

18. In which year , the National anthem was adopted by the constituent assembly?

Ans: January 24, 1950.

19.In which year , the National song was adopted by the constituent assembly?

Ans: January 24, 1950.

20. In which year , Rajendra Prasad was elected as the President of India?

Ans: January 24, 1950.