Knowledge ka daily dose…
1. UN General Assembly elects a President and how many Vice Presidents at the start of its each regular session?
(a) Seven
(b) Fifteen
(c) Twenty one
(d) Two
2. The theory of utilitarianism was expounded by
(a) Jeremy Bentham (1748-1836)
(b) James Mill(1773-1839)
(c) Henry Sidgwick (1838-1900)
(d) All of the above
3. The treaty which ushered in NATO, was signed by the member nations at
(a) Geneva
(b) London
(c) Paris
(d) Washington
4. The velocity of sound in air (under normal condition) is
(a) 30 m/sec
(b) 320 m/sec
(c) 343 m/sec
(d) 3,320 m/sec
5. To which country does the present UN Secretary-General belongs?
(a) Ghana
(b) South Korea
(c) Spain
(d) Portugal
6. The unit of current is
(a) ohm
(b) watt
(c) ampere
(d) None of the above
7. The velocity of light was first measured by
(a) Einstein
(b) Newton
(c) Romer
(d) Galileo
8. The transport fleet of Air Force consists of
(a) IL-76
(b) Boeing-737
(c) AN-32
(d) All of the above
9. Thomas Cup is associated with
(a) badminton
(b) billiards
(c) lawn tennis
(d) table tennis
10. The total number of Judges of the International Court of Justice is
(a) 10
(b) 12
(c) 15
(d) 18
11. The telescope is used for viewing
(a) distant objects
(b) near objects
(c) small objects
(d) living cells
12. Theory of Idealism was expounded by George Hegal, Bishop George and Berkeley According to this
(a) mathli is an illusion and that the only reality that which exists mentally
(b) good was pleasure and that evil was pain
(c) base of knowledge is sense-experience, that is, observations governed by scientific principles
(d) all knowledge is derived from sensory experience, by observing and experimenting
13. Vitamin B12 is most useful for combating
(a) anemia
(b) goitre
(c) night blindness
(d) rickets
14. Uttar Pradesh is surrounded by ___ in north
(a) Nepal
(b) Uttrakhand
(c) Haryana and Delhi
(d) Rajasthan
15. The term steeplechase is associated with which of the following sports?
(a) Boxing
(b) Chess
(c) Rowing
(d) Horse Racing
16. Venturi tube is used for
(a) measuring intensity of earthquakes
(b) measuring specific gravity
(c) measuring density
(d) measuring flow of a fluid
17. To prevent loss of weight plants reduce transpiration by
(a) shedding of leaves
(b) reducing the size of leaves
(c) developing hair around stomata
(d) All of the above
18. The term used to describe a sudden fall of a government, brought about by illegal force is called
(a) credit squeeze
(b) loup de’ etat
(c) deficit financing
(d) deflation
19. The term that denotes that each side has made equal point at game point, in Tennis, is referred to as
(a) baseline
(b) deuce
(c) fault
(d) grand slam
20. The term butterfly is associated with
(a) kabaddi
(b) swimming
(c) boxing
(d) wrestling