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301. Epsom (England) is the place associated with

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A. Shooting
B. Horse racing
C. Polo
D. Snooker
✅ The correct answer is option B.
Epsom (England) is the place associated with Horse racing. Epsom is a market town in Surrey, England, 22.0 km south-west of London. Epsom Downs Racecourse holds The Derby, now a generic name for sports competitions in English-speaking countries. The town also gives its name to Epsom salts, extracted from mineral waters there.

303. Magsaysay awards are named after Ramon Magsaysay, ____ who was known for his land reform programme to defuse communist insurgency.

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A. President of the Philippines
B. President of the Spain
C. President of the Scotland
D. President of the Malaysia
✅ The correct answer is option A.
Magsaysay awards are named after Ramon Magsaysay, President of the Philippines who was known for his land reform programme to defuse communist insurgency. Ramon del Fierro Magsaysay was a Filipino statesman who served as the seventh President of the Philippines, from December 30, 1953 until his death in an aircraft disaster.

304. If speed of rotation of the earth increases, weight of the body

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A. increases
B. decreases
C. remains unchanged
D. may decrease or increase
✅ The correct answer is option B.
If speed of rotation of the earth increases, weight of the body decreases. This is because you see a moving body on the rotating earth’s surface itself is in the reference frame. So when the earth rotates, the centripetal force acts towards the centre of rotation.

305. When did India hosted the Common wealth meeting?

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A. 1961 at Bangalore
B. 1976 at Pune
C. 1983 at New Delhi
D. None of the above
✅ The correct answer is option C.
India hosted the Common wealth meeting in 1983 at New Delhi. The Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting 1983 was the seventh Meeting of the Heads of Government of the Commonwealth of Nations. It was held in New Delhi, India, between 23 and 29 November 1983, and was hosted by that country’s Prime Minister, Indira Gandhi. The retreat was held in Goa.

307. What is the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS)?

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A. Group of 53 former colonies of Britain
B. Group of 12 former republics of dissolved USSR
C. Group of 10 Latin America countries
D. Group of Islamic countries in Saudi Arabia region
✅ The correct answer is option B.
Group of 12 former republics of dissolved USSR is the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS).

308. The National Convention framed the new Republican constitution of France in 1795, according to which

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A. the executive authority of the state was vested in a committee of five directors, called the Directo
B. a bicameral legislature was established
C. both (a) and (b)
D. None of the above
✅ The correct answer is option C.
The National Convention framed the new Republican constitution of France in 1795, according to the executive authority of the state was vested in a committee of five directors, called the Directo and a bicameral legislature was established.

310. The only Indian woman who become President of the World Health Organisation so far is/was

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A. Smt. Kamala Devi Chattopadhyaya
B. Raj Kumari Amrit Kaur
C. Smt. Vijayalakshmi Pandit
D. Dr. Sushila Nayar
✅ The correct answer is option B.
The only Indian woman who become President of the World Health Organisation so far was Raj Kumari Amrit Kaur. Rajkumari Bibiji Amrit Kaur DStJ was an Indian activist and politician. Following her long-lasting association with the Indian independence movement, she was appointed the first Health Minister of India in 1947 and remained in office until 1957.