GENERAL KNOWLEDGE 20-20 (07.08.2024)

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1. _______ Disk Encryption is a technology (hardware or software) where data is encrypted before storage.

(A) Half

(B) Whole

(C) Double

(D) Triple

Ans:- (B)

2. Oxide of which of the following will turn red litmus blue?

(A) Magnesium

(B) Phosphorus

(C) Sulphur

(D) Carbon

Ans:- (A)

3. Which of the following are highly compressible?

(A) Solid

(B) Liquid

(C) Gas

(D) Solid and Liquid

Ans:- (C)

4. _______ gases absorb long wave (infrared) radiation from the earth and emit it again towards the earth.

(A) Methane

(B) Greenhouse

(C) Carbon dioxide

(D) Ozone

Ans:- (B)

5. Who invented Bluetooth?

(A) Kirkpatrick Macmillan

(B) Benjamin Franklin

(C) Dr. Jaap Haartsen

(D) Charles Babbage

Ans:- (C)

6. Who among the following is/was the longest-serving prime minister of Bangladesh?

(A) Khaleda Zia

(B) Sheikh Mujibur Rahman

(C) Shah Azizur Rahman

(D) Sheikh Hasina

Ans:- (D)

7. In which year did Vasco De Gama land in Calicut (Kozhikode)?

(A) 1442

(B) 1458

(C) 1472

(D) 1498

Ans:- (D)

8. Who among the following was the first chief minister of Kerala?

(A) Pattom A Thanu Pillai

(B) R Shankar

(C) C Achutha Menon

(D) EMS Namboodiripad

Ans:- (D)

9. In which year did the revolt of Patharughat take place in Assam against British oppressive tax policies?

(A) 1894

(B) 1862

(C) 1873

(D) 1885

Ans:- (A)

10. The ‘Diphu Pass’ which is the tri-junction between India, Myanmar and China is on this Border Line.

(A) Palk Strait

(B) Radcliffe Line

(C) Durand Line

(D) McMahon Line

Ans:- (D)

11. How many types of writ are there in the Indian Constitution?

(A) 5

(B) 4

(C) 3

(D) 2

Ans:- (A)

12. Who has built the Vijay Stambha (Tower of Victory) in Chittorgarh?

(A)Maharana Pratap

(B) Rana Kumbha

(C) Rana Sanga

(D) Kunwar Durjan Singh

Ans:- (B)

13. Who raised the slogan “Swaraj is my birthright and I shall have it”?

(A) Mahatma Gandhi

(B)Subhash Chandra Bose

(C) Bal Gangadhar Tilak

(D) Lala Lajpat Rai

Ans:- (C)

14. Which Indian state is the largest in terms of the total area covered?

(A) Maharashtra

(B) Madhya Pradesh

(C) Rajasthan

(D) Tamil Nadu

Ans:- (C)

15. Which Indian state has the longest Coastline?

(A) Kerala

(B) Gujarat

(C) Andhra Pradesh

(D) Tamil Nadu

Ans:- (B)

16. Who discovered the first vaccine for smallpox?

(A) Louis Pasteur

(B) Edward Jenner

(C) Alexander Fleming

(D) John Hunter

Ans:- (B)

17. Which Indian state launched the PRANAM Commission to protect parents of government employees?

(A) Punjab

(B) Maharashtra

(C) Assam

(D) Haryana

Ans:- (C)

18. The Constitution of India was amended for the first time. In which year was it amended?

(A) 1951

(B) 1961

(C) 1954

(D) 1960

Ans:- (A)

19. Which Indian author wrote the book “The English Teacher”?

(A) Ruskin Bond

(B) Khushwant Singh

(C) R.K Narayan

(D) Vikram Seth

Ans:- (C)

20. In which province of China is the Huangguoshu National Park located which houses the world’s largest waterfall cluster?

(A) Jiangsu

(B) Guizhou

(C) Shandon

(D) Yunnan

Ans:- (B)

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