GENERAL KNOWLEDGE 20-20 (18.12.2024)

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Q.1 The lowest point, on land, in the world is

(A) Death Valley, USA

(B) Caspian Sea, Russia

(C) Dead Sea, Jordan/Israel

(D) Lake Eyre, Australia

Ans:- (C)

Q.2 The mean radius of the earth is approximately?

(A) 32,000 km

(B) 6,400 km

(C) 9,600 km

(D) 12,800 km

Ans:- (B)

Q.3 The progressive wave theory regarding of tides was put forth by

(A) R..A  Harris

(B) Issac Newton

(C) William Whewell

(D) G.B  Airy

Ans:- (C)

Q.4 Who first translated Mahabharata into Tamil?

(A) Perundevanar

(B) Kamban

(C) Sundaramurthi

(D) Bharavi

Ans:- (A)

Q.5 Modern Indo-Aryan languages are based on an ancient language called

(A) Hindi

(B) Sanskrit

(C) Kannada

(D) Tamil

Ans:- (B

Q.6 Due to which of the following phenomena, are mirages seen?

(A) Double refraction of light

(B) Scattering of Light

(C) Total internal reflection of light

(D) Refraction of light

Ans:- (C)

Q.7 Who is the author of ‘Devdas’? 

(A) K M Munshi

(B) R.K Narayana

(C) Amrita Pritam

(D) Sarat Chandra Chattopadhayay

Ans:- (D)

Q.8 Who is the guardian of Fundamental Rights enumerated in the Indian Constitution?

(A) Supreme Court

(B) Parliament

(C) Constitution

(D) President

Ans:- (A)

Q.9 To an astronaut outer space appears to be:

(A) Blue

(B) White

(C) Black

(D) Red

Ans:- (C)

Q.10 Zeolite is?

(A) Hydrated ferric oxide

(B) Hydrated sodium aluminum silicate

(C) Sodium hexameta phosphate

(D) Sodium tetra borate

Ans:- (B)

Q.11 The Scottish bacteriologist who discovered penicillin was

(A) Alexander Fleming

(B) Albert Einstein

(C) Archimedes

(D) Aryabhatta

Ans:- (A)

Q.12 The Walker Cup is associated with

(A) Wrestling

(B) Football

(C) Polo

(D) Golf

Ans:- (D)

Q.13 Nalanda is located at

(A) Gujarat

(B) Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh

(C) Near Patna, Bihar

(D) Near Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh

Ans:- (C)

Q.14 The king of Macedonia, who conquered most of Asia Minor and defeated Porus (India) in 327 B .C. was

(A) Adolf Hitler

(B) Alexander the Great

(C) Chandragupta Maurya

(D) Christopher Columbus

Ans:- (B)

Q.15 The lower limit of perpetual snow in mountains such as the Himalayas is termed as the:

(A) tree line

(B) timber line

(C) snow line

(D) boundary line

Ans:- (C)

Q.16 The Vedas contain all the truth interpreted by

(A) Raja Rammohan Roy

(B) Swami Vivekananda

(C) Swami Dayananda

(D) None of the above

Ans:- (C)

Q.17 Deep blue color is imparted to glass by the presence of

(A) Iron oxide

(B) Cupric oxide

(C) Cobalt oxide

(D) Nickel oxide

Ans:- (C)

Q.18 The second-largest continent in the world is

(A) Europe

(B) Asia

(C) Africa

(D) Australia

Ans:- (C)

Q.19 After independence, the first State organized based on language is

(A) Andhra Pradesh

(B) Tamilnadu

(C) Karnataka

(D) Kerala

Ans:- (A)

Q.20 Who was the founder of Vikramshila University?

(A) Devraja

(B) Dharmapala

(C) Gopala

(D) Devpala

Ans:- (B)

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