Knowledge ka daily dose…
1. First railway line started in West Bengal Between:
(a) Howrah to Hooghly
(b) Howrah to Raniganj
(c) Howrah to Burdwan
(d) Sealdah to Naihati
2. Banaras is located on the banks of which river?
(a) Ganga
(b) Yamuna
(c) Saraswati
(d) Narmada
3. Which of the following is also known as Epsom salt?
(a) Ferrous Sulphate
(b) Calcium Sulphate
(c) Sodium Sulphate
(d) Magnesium Sulphate
4. The weight of iron on rusting ____________.
(a) increases
(b) decreases
(c) remains same
(d) changed
5. The Nanda Devi Peak is located in ______.
(a) Assam
(b) Uttarakhand
(c) Jammu and Kashmir
(d) Sikkim
6. Which carbohydrate is an essential constituent of plant cells?
(a) Cellulose
(b) Sucrose
(c) Starch
(d) Lignin
7. The scientific study of a cell is called :
(a) Cytology
(b) Histology
(c) Physiology
(d) Taxonomy
8. Who was the founder of Shunga dynasty?
(a) Ajatashatru
(b) Bimbisara
(c) Agnimitra
(d) Pushyamitra
9. From which part of Cinchona plant quinine is obtained ?
(a) Seed
(b) Leaf
(c) Flower
(d) Bark
10. Highest Tobacco producing state in India –
(a) Bihar
(b) Gujrat
(c) Uttar Pradesh
(d) Tamil Nadu
11. Which part of throat in men is called Adam’s apple?
(a) Cricoid cartilage
(b) Larynx
(c) Bronchi
(d) Thyroid cartilage
12. Who is known as the father of the Panchayati Raj in India?
(a) Rajeev Gandhi
(b) Balwant Rai Mehta
(c) Ashoka Mehta
(d) Vinobha Bhave
13. Which pigment gives pale yellow color to urine?
(a) Erithromycin
(b) Amaxylin
(c) Urochrome
(d) Unicorn
14. Who founded “National Mela”?
(a) Rajnarayan Bose
(b) Naba Gopal Mitra
(c) Jyotirindra Nath Tagore
(d) Akshay Kumar Dutta
15. The full name of UPI is-
(a) United Payment Interface
(b) Unified Payments Interface
(c) Universal Payment Ink
(d) None of these
16. What was the duration of the Second Five-Year Plan?
(a) 1957-62
(b) 1958-63
(c) 1955-60
(d) 1956-61
17. Lysosome are known as suicidal bag because of their
(a) Protolytic enzymes
(b) Parasisting nucleus
(c) Hydrolytic enzymes
(d) Phagocytic activity
18. Who was the first Sultan of Bengal?
(a) Saifuddin Hamza Shah
(b) Sikandar Shah
(c) Shamsuddin Ilyas Shah
(d) Alibardi Khan
19. The Indian standard time is calculated from the clock tower of ________.
(a) Hamirpur
(b) Rampur
(c) Mirzapur
(d) Sambalpur
20. Who among the following is the writer of the novel ‘The room on the roof’?
(a) Manohar Malgonkar
(b) R. K. Narayan
(c) Ruskin Bond
(d) Khushwant Singh