1. Ice packed in sawdust does not melt quickly. Why?
Ans: Sawdust is a bad conductor of heat and protects the ice from the external heat and hence from melting away quickly
2. Name of the point in the orbit of a planet, asteroid, or comet at which it is furthest from the sun is __________.
Ans: Aphelion
3. Great Barrier Reef is located in which ocean?
Ans: Pacific Ocean
4. Pulitzer Prize is given in which filed?
Ans: Journalism
5. Mahabalipuram Temple is also known as?
Ans: Mamallapuram (Shore Temple in Tamilnadu)
6. Who elected as first women President of Nepal?
Ans: Bidhya Devi Bhandari
7. Who are the first women Speaker of Lok Sabha?
Ans: Meira Kumar
10. BC Roy award is given in which field?
Ans: Medicine
11. Bio gas is used for ________ ?
Ans: cooking
12. Which is not described in the constitution?
Ans: Planning Commission
13. Who is the winner of Wimbledon Women’s single Title 2016?
Ans: Serena Williams
14. Commercial bank give the loan to which sector?
Ans: Priority Sector
15. The reason for light reflection?
Ans: Reflection happens at the interface between two mediums with significantly different properties.
16. Rann of Kutch is famous for?
Ans: seasonal salt marsh
17. Which layer of the Earth’s atmosphere contains the ozone layer?
Ans: Stratosphere
18. Azolla is used in ___________?
Ans: Rice Cultivation