Knowledge ka daily dose…
1. Which of the following is NOT a measure of the Human Development Index?
(a) Life expectancy
(b) Sex ratio
(c) Literacy rate
(d) Gross enrolment
2. What is the most suitable soil for the production of cotton?
(a) Black soil
(b) Loamy soil
(c) Well-drained soil
(d) Alluvial soil
3. Who introduced the Subsidiary Alliance in India?
(a) Warren Hastings
(b) Lord Cornwallis
(c) Lord Wellesley
(d) Lord William Bentick
4. Which of the following is India’s highest (tallest) dam?
(a) Sardar Sarovar Dam, Gujarat
(b) Hirakud Dam, Odisha
(c) Tehri Dam, Uttarakhand
(d) Bhakra Nangal Dam, Himachal Pradesh
5. Which of the following controls wind speed?
(a) Pressure gradient
(b) Rotation of the earth
(c) Insolation
(d) None of the options is correct.
6. Coal mining was first started at _______.
(a) Sindri
(b) khetri
(c) Raniganj
(d) Jharia
7. Which of the following cloth will readily catch fire?
(a) Pure silk cloth
(b) Polyester cloth
(c) Acrylic cloth
(d) Nylon cloth
8. DRDO has celebrated which foundation day on January 1?
(a) 65th
(b) 60th
(c) 75th
(d) 50th
9. Sardar Sarovar Dam, the biggest dam in India, is on river:-
(a) Sutlej
(b) Mahananda
(c) Narmada
(d) Kangsawati
10. Which one among the following is the main ingredient in cement?
(a) Gypsum
(b) Limestone
(c) Clay
(d) Ash
11. Who said, “Tilak is the father of Indian unrest”?
(a) V. Chirol
(b) Louis Fischer
(c) Web Miller
(d) Lord Reading
12. The Milky Way Galaxy was first seen by:
(a) Galileo
(b) Martin Schmidt
(c) Marconi
(d) Newton
13. The Kailasa temple at Ellora was built by ____.
(a) Dhruva
(b) Krishna- III
(c) Krishna- I
(d) Amoghavarsha – I
14. Which Bank has the maximum number of branches?
(a) ICICI Bank
(b) HDFC Bank
(c) State Bank of India
(d) State Bank of Patiala
15. The Dulung River flows through which district of west Bengal?
(a) Birbhum
(b) Purulia
(c) West Midnapore
(d) Murshidabad
16. What is Vermicompost?
(a) Organic fertilizer
(b) Inorganic fertilizer
(c) Toxic Substance
(d) Type of soil
17. Who is the most prominent god of ‘Rig Veda’?
(a) Indra
(b) Agni
(c) Pashupati
(d) Vishnu
18. In case of Astigmatism, the lens used is remedial measures:
(a) Bi – focal
(b) Cylindrical
(c) Concave
(d) Convex
19. Which Gupta ruler repulsed the Huna invasion?
(a) Samudragupta
(b) Chandragupta II
(c) Skandagupta
(d) Kumaragupta
20. The ‘Broom and Groom’ book is co-authored by:
(a) Narendra Modi
(b) Kiran Bedi
(c) Salman Rushdie
(d) Shashi Tharoor