Knowledge ka daily dose…
1. Which of the following is not a characteristic of the Indian economy?
(A) importance of agriculture
(B) balance between heavy industry and wage goods.
(C) population pressure
(D) low per capita income
Ans:- (B)
2. The term ‘Federal’ has been used in the Indian Constitution in:
(A) Part-III
(B) Article-368
(C) Nowhere in the Constitution
(D) Preamble
Ans:- (C)
3. Which one of the following items comes under the Concurrent List?
(A) Trade Unions
(B) Citizenship
(C) Local Government
(D) Inter-State rivers
Ans:- (A)
4. Which one of the following National Park/Sanctuary is not in Rajasthan?
(A) Sariska National Park
(B) Sambar Wildlife Sanctuary
(C) Rajaji National Park
(D) Ranthambore National Park
Ans:- (C)
5. Which one among the following is a solid lubricant?
(A) Geammanium
(B) Sulphur
(C) Graphite
(D) Indium
Ans:- (C)
6. In which state has the Jawara Dance originated, a dance form to celebrate wealth?
(a) Rajasthan
(b) Gujarat
(c) Madhya Pradesh
(d) Kerala
Ans:- (C)
7. Which Union Minister of Home Affairs released a book titled Karmayodha Granth in New Delhi?
(a) Rajnath Singh
(b) P Chidambaram
(c) Amit Shah
(d) Sushilkumar Shinde
Ans:- (C)
8. Georg Simon Ohm in whose honor we have the famous Ohm’s Law, hailed from which country?
(a) Germany
(b) Spain
(c) Poland
(d) Russia
Ans:- (A)
9. Who Founded Ramakrishna Mission?
(a) Radhakant Dev
(b) Ram Mohan Roy
(c) Ramakrishna Paramhans
(d) Swami Vivekananda
Ans:- (D)
10. Which city in India is world renowned for one of the most traditional embroidery styles, Chikankari?
(a) Ahmedabad
(b) Lucknow
(c) Hyderabad
(d) Udaipur
Ans:- (B)
11. The High Yielding Varieties (HYVs) of wheat were first developed in________.
(A) Australia
(B) Mexico
(C) USA
(D) Japan
Ans:- (B)
12. In which of the following organs of the human body are carbohydrates stored as glycogen?
(A) Stomach
(B) Liver
(C) Small intestine
(D) Large intestine
Ans:- (B)
13. The Channel Tunnel is the name of an undersea tunnel connecting :
(A) France and Germany
(B) France and England
(C) France and Spain
(D) Spain and Morocco
Ans:- (B)
14. Who among the following is also known as the founder of macroeconomics as a separate discipline?
(A) Adam Smith
(B) Fischer Black
(C) Robert Merton
(D) John Maynard Keynes
Ans:- (D)
15. Who among the following built the Brihadishvara Temple of Tamil Nadu?
(A) Rajaraja Cholal I
(B) Virarajendra Chola
(C) Rajendra Chola I
(D) Rajadhiraja Chola II
Ans:- (A)
16. Planetary scientists call the thin gaseous envelope around the Moon as the _____
(a) Lunar exosphere
(b) Lunar thermosphere
(c) Lunar stratosphere
(d) Lunar endosphere
Ans:- (A)
17. The major component of modern Olympic gold medals is:
(a) Gold
(b) Silver
(c) Copper
(d) Bronze
Ans:- (B)
18. The Pongal festival is celebrated for four days in Tamil Nadu. What is the fourth day of Pongal called?
(a) Thai Pongal
(b) Kaanum Pongal
(c) Bhogi Pongal
(d) Mattu Pongal
Ans:-(B)
19. Name the law in Physics which states that an equal volume of all gases under the same temperature and pressure conditions contains the equal number of molecules.
(a) Avogadro’s Law
(b) Boyles’s Law
(c) Charles’s Law
(d) Ohm’s Law
Ans:-(A)
20. Which of the following rivers flows through Tiruttani a famous pilgrimage place of South India?
(a) Nandi
(b) Kaveri
(c) Palar
(d) Vaigai
Ans:-(A)