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General Knowledge

1. Externality theory is the basic theory of the following branch of Economics:

  • a) Macro Economics
  • b) Environomics
  • c) Fiscal Economics
  • d) International Economics

Correct Answer: (d)

2. Diamonds are priced higher than water because:

  • a) consumers do not buy them at lower prices.
  • b) they are sold by selected firms with monopolistic powers.
  • c) their marginal utility to buyers is higher than that of water.
  • d) their total utility to buyers is higher than that of water.

Correct Answer: (c)

3. Transboundary pollution (or) Acid rain is caused by:

  • a) Nitrogen oxide and sulphur dioxide
  • b) Carbon monoxide
  • c) Carbon dioxide
  • d) Hydrocarbon

Correct Answer: (a)

4. "Functional Finance" is associated with:

  • a) Abba 'P' Lerner
  • b) Adolph Wogner
  • c) Adam Smith
  • d) Adams

Correct Answer: (a)

5. Of the following land uses, which is restricted to Special Economic Zones?

  • a) Information Technology Companies
  • b) Educational Institutions
  • c) Free Trade Centres
  • d) Marketing Centres

Correct Answer: (c)

6. Who among the following enjoys the rank of Cabinet Minister in Union Cabinet?

  • a) Deputy Chairman of Planning Commission
  • b) Judge of Supreme Court
  • c) Secretary to Government of India
  • d) Political Advisor to PM

Correct Answer: (a)

7. Who gave the title of "Mahamana" to Madan Mohan Malaviya?

  • a) Bal Gangadhar Tilak
  • b) Dadabhai Nauroji
  • c) Gopal Krishna Gokhale
  • d) Mahatma Gandhi

Correct Answer: (d)

8. The vacancy of the office of the President must be filled within:

  • a) 3 months
  • b) 6 months
  • c) 12 months
  • d) 1 month

Correct Answer: (b)

9. In which part of the Indian Constitution, the Fundamental Duties are enshrined?

  • a) IV
  • b) IV-A
  • c) IV-B
  • d) V

Correct Answer: (b)

10. Who described the Government of India Act, 1935 as a new charter of bondage?

  • a) B. R. Ambedkar
  • b) Mahatma Gandhi
  • c) Rajendra Prasad
  • d) Pt. Jawaharlal Nehru

Correct Answer: (d)

11. Who was the Viceroy at the time of Quit India Movement?

  • a) Lord Irwin
  • b) Lord Mountbatten
  • c) Lord Wavell
  • d) Lord Linlithgow

Correct Answer: (d)

12. Who was the other Congress leader who joined with Motilal Nehru to start the Swaraj Party in 1923?

  • a) G. K. Gokhale
  • b) B. G. Tilak
  • c) Chittaranjan Das
  • d) M. K. Gandhi

Correct Answer: (c)

13. What is the first sermon of Buddha called as?

  • a) Mahaparinirvansutta
  • b) Brahmajalasutta
  • c) Dhammachakkapabattanasutta
  • d) Kachchayanagottasutta

Correct Answer: (c)

14. From which of the following banks did Madan Mohan Malaviya took loans for financing "The Hindustan Times"?

  • a) State Bank of India
  • b) Punjab National Bank
  • c) Bank of Maharashtra
  • d) Bank of Baroda

Correct Answer: (b)

15. Who wrote the book "Why Socialism"?

  • a) Jayaprakash Narayan
  • b) Mahatma Gandhi
  • c) Acharya Narendra Dev
  • d) M. N. Roy

Correct Answer: (a)

16. Multi-purpose river valley projects are the "New temples of modern India". This statement is made by:

  • a) Jawaharlal Nehru
  • b) Motilal Nehru
  • c) Mahatma Gandhi
  • d) Rajiv Gandhi

Correct Answer: (a)

17. Where are the Todas found?

  • a) Madhya Pradesh
  • b) Tamil Nadu
  • c) Rajasthan
  • d) Arunachal Pradesh

Correct Answer: (b)

18. The eastward continuation of the Brazil current is called:

  • a) North Atlantic drift
  • b) South Atlantic drift
  • c) Counter Equatorial drift
  • d) West Atlantic drift

Correct Answer: (b)

19. Which of the following is an endemic species?

  • a) Nicobar pigeon
  • b) Horn bill
  • c) Indian Rhino
  • d) Pink-head duck

Correct Answer: (a)

20. The natural disaster in which carbon-dioxide suddenly erupts from a deep lake water is known as

  • a) Liminic
  • b) Lacaustrine
  • c) Fluvial
  • d) Glacial

Correct Answer: (a)

21. Blood group was discovered by:

  • a) Alexander Fleming
  • b) William Harvey
  • c) Landsteiner
  • d) Pavlov

Correct Answer: (c)

22. Pick out the correct match:

  • a) Egg yolk - Protein and Fat
  • b) Fleshy food - Calcium and Protein
  • c) Fish - Starch and Vitamin
  • d) Milk - Fibre and Mineral

Correct Answer: (a)

23. Blood is a:

  • a) reproductive tissue
  • b) connective tissue
  • c) epithelial tissue
  • d) muscular tissue

Correct Answer: (b)

24. DPT vaccine is administered to prevent diseases like:

  • a) Diphtheria, Pertussis and Typhoid
  • b) Diphtheria, Pertussis and Tetanus
  • c) Dengue, Pertussis and Typhoid
  • d) Dengue, Polio and Tetanus

Correct Answer: (b)

25. The disease that has been eradicated from the world is:

  • a) Smallpox
  • b) Leprosy
  • c) Poliomyelitis
  • d) Chickenpox

Correct Answer: (a)

26. In dicots the pollen-grains possess:

  • a) one germ pore
  • b) two germ pores
  • c) three germ pores
  • d) four germ pores

Correct Answer: (c)

27. "Farad" is the unit of:

  • a) Conductance
  • b) Capacitance
  • c) Inductance
  • d) Resistance

Correct Answer: (b)

28. Steel is more elastic than rubber because it:

  • a) is harder than rubber
  • b) requires larger deforming force
  • c) is never deformed
  • d) is deformed very easily

Correct Answer: (b)

29. Communication satellites are used to:

  • a) transmit communication signal only
  • b) receive communication signal only
  • c) receive and redirect communication signal
  • d) provide information of natural resources only

Correct Answer: (c)

30. What type of information system would be recognised by digital circuits?

  • a) Hexadecimal system
  • b) Binary system
  • c) Both hexadecimal and binary system
  • d) Only Roman system

Correct Answer: (b)

31. Which of the following is an impact printer?

  • a) Daisy wheel printer
  • b) Ink-jet printer
  • c) Bubble-jet printer
  • d) Laser printer

Correct Answer: (a)

32. Identify the odd term amongst the following group:

  • a) Coaxial cable
  • b) Optical fibre
  • c) Twisted pair wire
  • d) Microwaves

Correct Answer: (d)

33. Stains of rust on clothes can be removed by:

  • a) H2O2
  • b) Oxalic acid
  • c) Petrol
  • d) Alcohol

Correct Answer: (b)

34. The percentage of nitrogen present in ammonia sulphate is:

  • a) 18%
  • b) 21%
  • c) 25%
  • d) 30.5%

Correct Answer: (b)

35. Ethanol containing 5% water is known as:

  • a) Absolute alcohol
  • b) Dilute alcohol
  • c) Power alcohol
  • d) Rectified spirit

Correct Answer: (d)

36. The hormone used as an contraceptive is:

  • a) Aldesterone
  • b) Cortisone
  • c) Progesterone
  • d) Testosterone

Correct Answer: (c)

37. Expand the term IPCC:

  • a) International Pollution Control Council
  • b) International Panel of Climate Control
  • c) Interim Panel of Climate Change
  • d) Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change

Correct Answer: (d)

38. The "One Straw Revolution" was written by:

  • a) Masanobu Fukuoka
  • b) Richael Carlson
  • c) M. S. Swaminathan
  • d) Norman Borlaug

Correct Answer: (a)

39. Acceptable "Noise Pollution Level" in India ranges between:

  • a) 10 - 15 dec
  • b) 16 -35 dec
  • c) 40 - 45 dec
  • d) 70 - 100 dec

Correct Answer: (c)

40. Endosulfan spray on cashew crop resulted in the pollution to the tune of tragedy in:

  • a) Tamil Nadu
  • b) Kerala
  • c) Andhra Pradesh
  • d) Karnataka

Correct Answer: (b)

41. Aung San Suu Kyi is a native of:

  • a) Tibet
  • b) China
  • c) Myanmar
  • d) Arunachal Pradesh

Correct Answer: (c)

42. India and Japan inked tow agreements during November 2012 to enable Tokyo to import from India:

  • a) Leather goods
  • b) Rare earth minerals
  • c) Basmati type rice
  • d) Rubber-based products

Correct Answer: (b)

43. Non Resident Indians (NRI) Day is marked on:

  • a) January 7
  • b) January 9
  • c) January 17
  • d) January 19

Correct Answer: (b)

44. "Whether I earned your vote or not, I have listened to you, I have learned from you. You have made me a better President". was said by:

  • a) Pranab Mukherjee
  • b) Barack Obama
  • c) Goerge Bush
  • d) APJ Abdul Kalam

Correct Answer: (b)

45. First Hindu-American to enter in the US House of Representative as senator is:

  • a) Tulsi Gabbard
  • b) Sunita Williams
  • c) Jyoti Sengupta
  • d) Ami Bera

Correct Answer: (a)

46. Who was not a politician?

  • a) H. N. Bahugana
  • b) I. K. Gujral
  • c) S. L. Bhaugana
  • d) J. Jayalalithaa

Correct Answer: (c)

47. The WISE Prize-2012, also known as the "Nobel Prize for Education". was conferred by the WISE Summit in Doha on:

  • a) Dr. APJ Abdul Kalam
  • b) Dr. Madhav Chavan
  • c) Dr. Yash Pal
  • d) Dr. M. S. Swaminathan

Correct Answer: (b)

48. The most powerful woman in business in India as rated by the "Fortune" for the year 2012 is:

  • a) Chanda Kochar
  • b) Prabha Parameswaran
  • c) Debjani Ghosh
  • d) Anjali Bansal

Correct Answer: (a)

49. Indira Gandhi Prize for Peace, Disarmament and Development - 2012 was awarded to:

  • a) Tereza Fajksova
  • b) Sunita Williams
  • c) Chanda Kochar
  • d) Ellen Johnson Sirleaf

Correct Answer: (d)

50. Hypothermia occurs due to loss of excessive heat from body due to sudden low body temperature in:

  • a) Snakes
  • b) Frogs
  • c) Human beings
  • d) Lizards

Correct Answer: (c)