Q. The Yarlung Zangbo River, in India, is known as
? Brahmaputra
Q. The Salal Project is on the river
? Chenab
Q. The only zone in the country that produces gold is also rich in iron is
? Southern zone
Q. The percentage of earth surface covered by India is
? 2.4
Q. The state having the largest area of forest cover in India is
? Madhya Pradesh
Q. The oldest rocks in India are reported from
? Dharwar region, Karnataka
Q. Who was the first pre-Socratic philosopher to suggest that matter could neither be created nor destroyed?
? Parmenides
Q. Which Greek philosopher suggested that the material world was composed of four basic elements – air, water, fire and earth?
? Empedocles
Q. Who in 1786 invented the gold leaf electro scope?
? Abraham Bennet
Q. Who encouraged Newton to write his idea for principia?
? Edmund Halley