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STATIC G.K. ONE LINER

DAY - 06
281. Major silk producing state in India? - Karnataka  
282. Who led Vaikom Satyagraha in 1924?  
- K.P.Kesava Menon  
283. In a p-type semiconductor, What are the majority        K.P. 
charge carriers? - Holes   
284. Who is known as the Father of the Indian
   
Constitution? - Dr.B.R.Ambedkar
 
285. Which force is responsible for syncline formation?
  B.R.
- Crustal compression
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286. Who was the 1 President of BCCI (Board of Control 
for Cricket in India)? - R.E.Grant Govan   
287. When did Mr.Attlee, Prime Minister of England,  BCCI-   R.E. 
announce the transfer of power to the Indians?      
- June, 1948 
288. Who is the recepient of Nobel Prize for the   
development of Wireless Telegraphy? - Marconi         
289. Who was the first woman to win the Jnanpith Award?  
- Ashapurna Devi    
290. What is the single greatest current threat to     
biodiversity? - habitat destruction  

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291. Dr.Rabindranath Tagore received the Nobel Prize for  
which of his work? - Gitanjali  
292. Which state is the largest producer of black pepper in
 
India? - Kerala
 
293. Which substance is used as antiknock compound? - TEL
294. Terms of economics, which recession occurring two 
times with a small gap in between? - Deep Recession  “”
295. Which personality is credited with starting ‘Vana  K.M.
Mahotsava’ in 1950? - K.M.Munshi  
296. Which instrument used for measuring relative 
humidity in air? - Hygrograph  “
297. ‘I have nothing to offer except blood, sweat and tears’ ”
was said by which person? - Churchill      
298. Which river demarcate the partial boundary between              
South Africa and Botswana? - Limpopo  
299. Who is known as father of taxonomy? - Linnaeus “”
300. Who said, “Ram and Rahim are the different name of  
the same God”? - Kabir      
301. Who is pioneer in preaching Nirguna Bhakti in       
medieval India? - Ramananda
     
302. Total number of judges of the International Court of
   
justice (ICJ)? - 15
303. What is known as venus’s flower? - Euplectella   
304. Sunda Trench lies in which ocean? - Indian Ocean 
305. What was the pen name of Sarat Chandra  
Chattopadhaye? - Anila Devi  
306. Which is the membrane that protects the developing     
embryo from desiccation? - Amnion    
307. Who was associated with supression of Thugs? 
- Captain Sleeman   
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308. How many centuries in Tests did Sunil Gavaskar       
bagged when he retired? - 34    
309. If one wants to throw a cricket ball to the maximum        
distance, then at which angle should he throw it? - 450    
310. What is the first month of the ‘Saka era’? - Chaitra      
311. Who were popularly known as Red Shirts?  
- Khudai Khidmatgars   
312. Which was the 1st non Test playing country to befit      
India in an international match? - Sri Lanka

313. If the temperature of a patient is 400C, what will be 
  C
his temperature on Fahrenheit scale? - 1040 F
 1040 F
314. By which instrument the rate of growth of plant is
      
measured? - Auxanometer
315. In the Semi – arid and Temperate grasslands, which  
are the most commonly found animals?  
- Sheep and goats                
316. Which Asian languages are UN official languages?      
- Chinese & Arabic       & 
317. Unemployment occurs when workers move from one  
job to another job? - Frictional unemployment 
318. Which decaying vegetation produces organic acids   
which causes a breakdown of minerals?      
- Chemical weathering  
319. Who is the author of the controversial book ‘Forbidden  “”
Verses’? - Abu Nawaz      
320. When is International women’s Day recognized by      
the UN observed? - 8 – Mar    

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321. Saraswati Samman is given annually for outstanding  
contribution to which field? - Literature   
322. Where did India first win the Olympic Hockey gold?  
- Amsterdan    
323. FIFA World Cup 2018 would be held in which country?
 FIFA 
- Russia
     
324. When is World Population Day, recognized by the UN
    
is observed? - 11-July
 
325. Which year is celebrated as International Year of the
Shark? - 2009      
326. When is World Blood Donor Day, recognized by the     
UN is observed? - 14 – Jun  
327. Only woman who have won three Wimbledon titles           
in a row? - Steffi Graff      
328. When is the world biodiversity day celebrated     
annually? - 22-May     
329. How many wickets Kapil Dev had taken in Test      
matches when he retired? - 434  
330. Which country, has maximum damage to the forest  
been caused by acid rain? - Poland  
331. Which country has the largest forest area in the   
world? - Russian Federation      
332. National Environmental Engineering Research   
Institute is located at which city? - Nagpur 
333. Indian Railways earn the maximum revenue from   
which department? - Freight Train  Ilbert     
334. The Ilbert Bill agitation led to ‘the foundation of which
            
conference? - All India National Conference
 
335. Who has been named as the White Lightning in the
    
cricket? - Allan Donald (South Africa)
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