Knowledge ka daily dose…
1. Shortest day in the Northern Hemisphere:
(a) June 21
(b) November 22
(c) December 22
(d) June 18
2. Who is the Chairman of the National Commission of Population Control?
(a) President
(b) Secretary of Concerned Department
(c) Prime Minister
(d) Union Minister of Health and Family Welfare
3. The name of India’s first aircraft carrier is :
(a) INS Kukri
(b) INS Nilgiri
(c) INS Himgiri
(d) INS Vikrant
4. Which philosopher is known for the concept of “The Social Contract”?
(a) John Locke
(b) Jean-Jacques Rousseau
(c) Thomas Hobbes
(d) Karl Marx
5. Who is the present CBI Director?
(a) Alok Verma
(b) Praveen Sood
(c) Sanjay Mathur
(d) Rishi Kumar Shukla
6. Which of the following is not a magnetic substance?
(a) Brass
(b) Iron
(c) Cobalt
(d) Nickel
7. Peacock Island Temple is also known as _____.
(a) Umananda Temple
(b) Kailashnath Temple
(c) Tirupati Temple
(d) Jagannath Temple
8. Which one of the following is not a ferrous mineral?
(a) Iron ore
(b) Manganese
(c) Chromites
(d) Tungsten
9. Where is Panna National Park located?
(a) Uttar Pradesh
(b) Madhya Pradesh
(c) Bihar
(d) Gujarat
10. A cut diamond shines brilliantly due to-
(a) Total internal reflection
(b) Absorption of light
(c) Some inherent property
(d) Its molecular structure
11. The Simon Commission of 1927 was boycotted because
(a) There was no Indian member in the commission.
(b) It supported the Muslim League.
(c) Congress felt that the people of India were entitled to Swaraj.
(d) None of the above
12. When was Guru Nanak Dev born?
(a) 1449 A D
(b) 1453 AD
(c) 1469 AD
(d) 1499 AD
13. ‘A Nation in Making’ is a book written by _____.
(a) Vallabhbhai Patel
(b) Surendranath Banerjee
(c) M.G. Ranade
(d) G.K. Gokhale
14. The Blue Revolution in India is related to ________
(a) Jute production
(b) Indigo production
(c) Agriculture
(d) Fish production
15. Who is known as the Rocket Man of India?
(a) Vikram Sarabhai
(b) A P J Abdul Kalam
(c) K Sivan
(d) Rakesh Sharma
16. GSAT-3 is also known as:
(a) Jugnu
(b) YouthSat
(c) EDUSAT
(d) SARAL
17. The first satellite of India sent into space was
(a) Bhaskar I
(b) Rohini
(c) Aryabhatta
(d) Apple
18. The device to measure electric current is
(a) Ammeter
(b) Hygrometer
(c) Barometer
(d) Voltmeter
19. Who is the Author of ‘Breaking the Mould’?
(a) Rohit Lamba & Raghuram Rajan
(b) Shri Shaktikanta Das
(c) S Jaishankar
(d) Amartya Sen
20. What was meant by ‘Kherwari Hul’?
(a) Chuar movement
(b) Paik revolt
(c) Santhal movement
(d) Indigo revolt