GENERAL KNOWLEDGE 20-20 (08.09.2024)

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Q.1 Which was the first garden tomb in the Indian subcontinent?

(A) Tomb of Jahangir

(B) Humayun’s Tomb

(C) Taj Mahal

(D) Tomb of Muhammad Iqbal

Ans:- (B)

Q.2 The high boiling point of water compared to hydrogen sulfide or hydrogen chloride is due to?

(A) Dipole insulation

(B) Van der Waal’s attraction

(C) Polar covalent bonding

(D) Hydrogen bonding

Ans:- (D)

Q.3 Which of the following bodies is responsible for estimating the National Income?

(A) Ministry of Finance

(B) Indian Statistical Institute

(C) Central Statistical Organisation

(D) RBI

Ans:- (C)

Q.4 For the preservation of fruit juice which of the following is used

(A) Sodium benzoate

(B) Sulphuric acid

(C) Acetic acid

(D) Formic acid

Ans:- (A)

Q.5 The original Buddhist religious texts had been written in:

(A) Brahmi

(B) Magadhi

(C) Prakrit

(D) Pali

Ans: (D)

Q.6 During their rule the British persuaded or forced cultivators in Madras to grow __________.

(A) Jute

(B) Tea

(C) Sugarcane

(D) Rice

Ans:- (D)

Q.7 The Red Fort in Delhi was the residence of emperors of which dynasty in the 16th century?

(A) Rajput

(B) Khalji

(C) Tughlaq

(D) Mughal

Ans: (D)

Q.8 The boundaries of the plates of the earth’s crust are the weak zones known as ___________ zones

(A) Cosmic

(B) Seismic

(C) Formic

(D) Anaeimic

Ans: (B)

Q.9 Who is called the Napoleon of India?

(A) Chandragupta I

(B) Ashoka

(C) Kaniska

(D) Samudragupta

Ans:- (D)

Q.10 Pongal is an important festival of

(A) Karnataka

(B) Tamil Nadu

(C) Kerala

(D) Andhra Praesh

Ans:- (B)

Q.11 The Jharsuguda Thermal Power plant is located in which state?

(A) Haryana

(B) West Bengal

(C) Madhya Pradesh

(D) Odisha

Ans:- (D)

Q.12 Milinda Panho is a:

(A) Sanskrit Text

(B) Pali Text

(C) Hindi Text

(D) Prakrit text

Ans:- (B)

Q.13 Which of the following States of India is touched by three international boundaries? 

(A) Assam

(B) Sikkim

(C) Nagaland

(D) Manipur

Ans:- (B)

Q.14 Who is the Grand Old Man of India? 

(A) Rajendra Prasad 

(B)  Lala Lajpat Rai

(C) Bal Gangadhar Tilak 

(D) Dada Bhai Naoroji 

Ans:- (D)

Q.15 India and Srilanka were divided by:

(A)  Gibraltar Strait

(B)  Palk Strait

(C)  Hormuz Strait

(D)  Jambeskar Strait

Ans:- (B)

Q.16 A translator for the assembly language to machine language 

(A) assembler

(B) compiler

(C) interpreter

(D) linker

Ans:- (A)

Q.17 ‘Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan’ is a Government program mandated by which amendment?  

(A) 84th

(B) 85th

(C) 86th

(D) 87th

Ans:- (C)

Q.18 Which of the following rivers of India has been declared the National River?

(A) Godavari

(B) Krishna

(C) Narmada

(D) Ganga

Ans:- (D)

Q.19 Hidkal Dam is on the river

(A) Krishna

(B) Cauvery

(C) Pennar

(D) Ghataprabha

Ans:- (D)

Q.20 Which part of the plant is used in making saffron spice?

(A) Petals

(B) Stamens

(C) Stigma

(D) Sepals

Ans:- (C)

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