Basic GK Quiz 2

Pondicherry University is a collegiate public central university located in Kalapet, Pondicherry, Union Territory of Puducherry, India.

Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV) is the third generation launch vehicle of India. It is the first Indian launch vehicle to be equipped with liquid stages.

Shrimp is a kind of fish. It is a small sea creature with a shell and a lot of legs that turns pink when you cook it. The Nellore District of Andhra Pradesh is known as the 'Shrimp Capital of India'. Nellore has the best and the most cultured shrimp farming in India. Mazatlan, Mexico is the shrimp capital of the world.

The full form of ATM is “Automated teller Machine”. It is an electro-mechanical machine that is used for making financial transactions from a bank account.

Namdapha National Park is in Arunachal Pradesh. With more than 1,000 floral and about 1,400 faunal species, it is a biodiversity hotspot in the Eastern Himalayas.

The Tehri Dam is the tallest dam in India. It is a multi-purpose rock and earth-fill embankment dam on the Bhagirathi River near Tehri in Uttarakhand.

Apiculture is the scientific rearing of honey bees for the commercial production of honey and other bee products like wax, pollen, bee venom and royal jelly. It is also called Bee Keeping.

Sucheta Kripalani was an Indian freedom fighter and politician. She was India's first woman Chief Minister (Uttar Pradesh), serving from 1963 to 1967.

The Ancient University of Nalanda had been founded by the Gupta Dynasty in the 4th century. It was founded during the reign of Kumaragupta. It was located in the historical city of Rajgir in Bihar.

The Indian Institute of Foreign Trade (IIFT) was established in 1963 as an autonomous body under the Ministry of Commerce and Industry to contribute in the skill building for the external trade sector of India. It is located in New Delhi.