Thursday, January 12, 2012

GENERAL KNOWLEDGE


Objective General Knowledge
Q.At present the BRAHMOS missiles are assembled at
 1Hyderabad
 2Chandipur
 3Sriharikota
 4Bangalore
  Ans: 1
Q.An area legally reserved for wild life in its natural surroundings is
 1Social Forests
 2Biosphere Reserve
 3National Park
 4Sanctuary
  Ans: 4
Q.Crop rotation helps to
 1lessen use of pesticides
 2yield more crops
 3produce a greater choice of plant products
 4eliminate parasites which have selective hosts
  Ans: 4
Q.The vertical movement of air is termed as
 1air turbulence
 2air current
 3wind
 4air mobility
  Ans: 1
Q.Acute lead poisoning is also known as
 1Byssinosis
 2Neuralgia
 3Itai-itai
 4Plumbism
  Ans: 4
Q.KMnO4 can be used as a/an
 1fertiliser
 2insecticide
 3disinfectant
 4pesticide
  Ans: 3
Q.The major component in the LPG is
 1butane
 2methane
 3propane
 4ethane
  Ans: 3
Q.The most reactive among the halogens is
 1Bromine
 2Chlorine
 3Iodine
 4Fluorine
  Ans: 4
Q.The electronic configuration of an atom having atomic number '20' is
 12, 8, 10
 22, 8, 8, 2
 32, 6, 8, 4
 42, 10, 8
  Ans: 2
Q.The novel 'White Tiger' which won the Booker Prize 2008 is authore by
 1Kiran Desai
 2V.S.Naipaul
 3Arundhati Roy
 4Aravind Adiga
  
Q.The Chairman of the Finance Commission must be
 1An Economist of high calibre
 2A person having experience in Public Affairs
 3An expert from Judiciary-level of High Court Judge
 4A person of Finance and Banking field
  Ans: 2
Q.Which one of the following newspapers had been edited by Gandhiji?
 1Maratha
 2Gujarat Times
 3Navjeevan
 4Jan Satta
  Ans: 3
Q.Who among the following was the first heavyweight boxer to go undefeated throughout his career?
 1Lee Epperson
 2Larry Holmes
 3Rocky Marciano
 4Michael Spinks
  Ans: 3
Q.Sivasamudra is an island formed by the river
 1Godavari
 2Ganga
 3Krishna
 4Cauvery
  Ans: 4
Q.The First Election Commissioner of India was
 1Dr.Nagendra Singh
 2S.P.Sen Verma
 3Sukumar Sen
 4K.V.K.Sundaram
  Ans: 3
Q.Queen Elizabeth has recently conferred Knighthood on
 1L.N.Mittal
 2Salman Rushdie
 3Chetan Bhagat
 4None of the above
  Ans: 2
Q.Who is the Minister for Environment and Forests of India?
 1Jairam Ramesh
 2Anand Sharma
 3Dayanidhi Maran
 4Jayanti Natarajan
  Ans: 4
Q.Solar energy is due to
 1fission reactions
 2combustion reactions
 3chemical reactions
 4fusion reactions
  Ans: 4
Q.When a light wave is reflected from a mirrior, there is a change in its
 1velocity
 2frequency
 3wavelength
 4amplitude
  Ans: 4
Q.In AC circuits, AC meters measure
 1mean values
 2peak values
 3mean square values
 4rms values




Q.Which of the following organelles is called 'Atom bombs'?
 1Lysosome
 2Nucleolus
 3Golgi bodies
 4Microtubules
  Ans: 1
Q.Which of the following branches deals with the interactions of same species of living organisms with their non-living environment?
 1Synecology
 2Ecology
 3Palaeontology
 4Autecology
  Ans: 2
Q.Which of the following vertebrates lack exoskeleton?
 1Aves
 2Mammalia
 3Amphibia
 4Chondrichthyes
  Ans: 4
Q.One byte consists of
 1four bits
 2one bit
 3ten bit
 4eight bits
  Ans: 4
Q.ENIAC was
 1an electronic computer
 2an engine
 3a memory device
 4an electronic calculator
  Ans: 1
Q.Imaginary lines joining places with same temperature are called
 1Isohalines
 2Isohyets
 3Isobars
 4Isotherms
  Ans: 4
Q.Which one of the following is presently the largest oil refinery of India?
 1Mathura (IOC)
 2Visakhapatnam (HPCL)
 3Vadodara
 4Mumbai (BPCL)
  Ans: 3
Q.A natural region has the similarity of
 1climate and occupation
 2soil and drainage
 3climate and natural vegetation
 4economic base and races
  Ans: 3
Q.Coins made of metal first appeared in
 1Harappan Civilisation
 2Age of the Buddha
 3Age of the Mauryas
 4Later Vedic age
  Ans: 4
Q.The contractile proteins in a muscle are
 1Myosin and Troponin
 2Actin and Myosin
 3Actin and Tropomyosin
 4Troponin and Tropomyosin
  
                                                                                                                                                              Ans: 2
Q.Hypertension is the term used for
 1decrease in heart rate
 2decrease in blood pressure
 3increase in blood pressure
 4increase in heart rate
  Ans: 3
Q.From the bark of which plant is quinine extracted?
 1Neem
 2Cedar
 3Eucalyptus
 4Cinchona
  Ans: 4
Q.When water itself combines chemically with some element or mineral it is called
 1Carbonation
 2Oxidation
 3Desilication
 4Hydration
  Ans: 4
Q.Huge deposits of uranium were recently found in
 1Karnataka
 2Tamil Nadu
 3Andhra Pradesh
 4Kerala
  Ans: 3
Q.A law made by the Judiciary is known as
 1Ordinary law
 2Rule of law
 3Administrative law
 4Case law
  Ans: 4
Q.One of the important attributes of Parliamentary from of government is
 1Executive is answerable to the people
 2Executive is separate from the legislature
 3Fixed tenure for the executive
 4Collective responsibility of the Council of Ministers of the Parliament
  Ans: 4
Q.Which of the following does not come under legislative control over administration?
 1Adjournment motion
 2Budget session
 3Formulation of a Bill
 4Zero hour
  Ans: 2
Q.From which fund can the unanticipated expenditure be met without the prior approval of the Parliament?
 1Vote-on-Account
 2Consolidated Fund of India
 3From the Treasury
 4Contingency Fund of India
  Ans: 4
Q.Who propounded the Innovation theory of profits?
 1P.A.Samuelson
 2Alfred Marshall
 3J.A.Schumpeter
 4David Ricardo
  Ans: 3
Q.The degree of monopoly power is to be measured in terms of the firm's
 1normal profit
 2selling price
 3supernormal profit
 4both normal and supernormal profit
  Ans: 3

Q.Effective demand depends on
 1output-capital ratio
 2supply price
 3total expenditure
 4capital-output ratio
  Ans: 2
Q.Which one of the following is not a 'canon of taxation' according to Adam Smith?
 1Canon of convenience
 2canon of economy
 3Canon of simplicity
 4canon of certainty
  Ans: 3
Q.The Chola kings were ruling over
 1Kerala
 2Bengal
 3Andhra
 4Tamil Nadu
  Ans: 4
Q.The Aryans succeeded in their conflicts with the pre-Aryans because
 1they were taller and stronger
 2they used elephants on a large scale
 3they used chariots driven by horses
 4they were from an advanced urban culture.
  Ans: 3
Q.Which battle did open the Delhi are to Muhammad Ghori?
 1First Battle of Tarain
 2Battle of Khanwa
 3Second Battle of Tarain
 4First battle of PAnipat
  Ans: 3
Q.Who was the author of Gita Govinda?
 1Kalhana
 2Kalidasa
 3Jayadeva
 4Raja Rao
  Ans: 3
Q."The Right to Public Office" is a
 1Moral right
 2Civil right
 3Political right
 4Economic right
  Ans: 2
Q.Who was against the abolition of Sati?
 1B.G.Tilak
 2B.C.Pal
 3Radha Kant Deb
 4Ram Mohan Roy
  Ans: 3
Q.Chand Bibi was the ruler of
 1Asirgarh
 2Golconda
 3Bijapur
 4Ahmednagar
  Ans: 4
Q.Clive laid the foundation of British Empire by winning the battle of
 1Jhansi
 2Panipat
 3Plassey
 4None of these
  Ans: 3









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