GENERAL KNOWLEDGE (20-20) (07.01.2024)
Knowledge ka Daily Dose..
Q.1 The immortal national song Vande Mataram has been written by:–
(A) Rabindranath Tagore
(B) Sharat Chandra Chattopadhaya
(C) Bankim Chandra Chattopadhaya
(D) Surendranath Bandopadhaya
Ans:- (C)
Q.2 Name the first Indian who received Bharat Ratna posthumously?
(A) Atal Bihari Vajpayee
(B) Lal Bahadur Shastri
(C) CK Naidu
(D) Mihir Sen
Ans:- (B)
Q.3 Article-1 of the Indian Constitution declares India as:–
(A) Federal State
(B) Quasi-Federal State
(C) Unitary state
(D) Union of States
Ans:- (D)
Q.4 Inflation is caused by–
(A) Increase in supply of goods
(B) Increase in cash with the government
(C) Decrease in money supply
(D) Increase in Money supply
Ans:- (D)
Q.5 Which one of the following is not a mixture?
(A) Air
(B) Mercury
(C) Milk
(D) Cement
Ans:- (B)
Q.6 Who is the author of the book “We the people: India, the Largest Democracy”?
(A) T.N Kaul
(B) JRD Tata
(C) Khushwant Singh
(D) Nani Palkhivala
Ans:- (D)
Q.7 The speaker of the Lok Sabha can resign his office by addressing his resignation to–
(A) The President
(B) The Prime Minister
(C) The Deputy Speaker of Loksabha
(D) The Chief Justice of India
Ans:- (C)
Q.8 Jaundice in human beings is the result of:–
(A) Incomplete metabolism of bilverdin
(B) Complete metabolism of bilverdin
(C) Incomplete metabolism of bilirubin
(D) Complete metabolism of bilirubin
Ans:- (C)
Q.9 The British Governor-General who introduced the postal system in India was:–
(A) Lord Clive
(B) Lord Wellesley
(C) Lord Dalhousie
(D) Lord Curzon
Ans:- (C)
Q.10 The first Woman Muslim ruler of India was–
(A) Chand Bibi
(B) Sultan Raziya
(C) Begum Hazarat Mahal
(D) Noorjahan
Ans:- (B)
Q.11 Through which Educational Report , Calcutta University came into existence?
(A) Wood’s Dispatch
(B) Hunter Commission
(C) Macaulay’s Minute
(D) Charter Act
Ans:- (A)
Q.12 Which of the following plants would be referred to as living fossil?
(A) Ephedra
(B) Cycas
(C) Ginkgo biloba
(D) Adiantum
Ans:- (C)
Q.13 The major combustible component of gobar (cow dung) gas is:
(A) methane
(B) carbon dioxide
(C) hydrogen
(D) propane
Ans:- (A)
Q.14 Diamond is–
(A) good conductor and soft
(B) non conductor and soft
(C) non-conductor and hard
(D) good conductor and hard
Ans:- (C)
Q.15 Which of the following crops would be preferred for sowing in order to enrich the soil with nitrogen?
(A) Wheat
(B) Mustard
(C) Sunflower
(D) Gram
Ans:- (D)
Q.16 Which type of institution is the Finance Commission?
(A) Statutory Institution
(B) Constitutional Institution
(C) Non Constitutional Institution
(D) No option is correct
Ans:- (B)
Q.17 Vitamin K is related to which of the following?
(A) Fertility
(B) Blood synthesis
(C) Blood clotting
(D) Skin integrity
Ans:- (C)
Q.18 Mussolini was born in–
(A) 1883
(B) 1875
(C) 1784
(D) 1820
Ans:- (A)
Q.19 Sultanpur National Park located in?
(A) Haryana
(B) Chandigarh
(C) Punjub
(D) Gujarat
Ans:- (A)
Q.20 Which atomic reactor is used for studies of uranium heavy water lattice?
(A) Apsara
(B) Zerlina
(C) Dhruva
(D) Purnima-I
Ans: (B)