Knowledge ka daily dose…
1. An event happening once in 4 years is described as___.
(a) Biennial
(b) Quadrennial
(c) Triennial
(d) Perennial
2. Where was Mahavira born?
(a) Lumbini
(b) Sankighatta
(c) Kundagrama
(d) Bhandavapura
3. The soil formed by wind dust in and around hot deserts is called.
(a) Silty soil
(b) Loamy soil
(c) Sandy soil
(d) Loess soil
4. Which of the following types of climate on West Bengal experiences?
(a) Tropical Monsoon
(b) Semi-arid
(c) Humid
(d) Sub-tropical
5. Seeds can best be preserved in which condition?
(a) Cool and wet conditions
(b) Hot and dry conditions
(c) Cool and dry conditions
(d) Hot and wet conditions
6. Lahore Session of Muslim League (1940) was presided over by-
(a) Liaqat Ali Khan
(b) Chaudhary Khaliquzzaman
(c) Mohammad Ali Jinnah
(d) Fatima Jinnah
7. Khudiram Bose was hanged in _______.
(a) Medinipur
(b) Dum Dum Central Jail
(c) Muzaffarpur
(d) Presidency Jail, Kolkata
8. Black forest is found in _______.
(a) France
(b) Germany
(c) Czechoslovakia
(d) Romania
9. Tartaric Acid is not found in _____.
(a) Tamarind
(b) Grapes
(c) Unripe mangoes
(d) Spinach
10. Milk is an example of ____.
(a) Foam
(b) Gel
(c) Suspension
(d) Emulsion
11. Light waves are _______.
(a) transverse
(b) Luminous
(c) Non – Luminous
(d) longitudinal
12. Urea is prepared in human body in _____.
(a) Spleen
(b) Liver
(c) Kidneys
(d) Pancreas
13. Who wrote the book ‘Freedom’?
(a) Arundhati Roy
(b) Rupa Pai
(c) BK Shivani
(d) Ruskin bond
14. What is the common name for magnesium sulphate?
(a) chalk
(b) calcium salt
(c) magnesia
(d) Epsom salt
15. Baku is famous for________.
(a) Ship building
(b) Aircraft industry
(c) Petroleum
(d) Iron smelting
16. The concept of ‘carbon credit’ originated from
(a) Earth Summit; Rio-de-Janeiro
(b) Kyoto Protocol
(c) Montreal protocol
(d) G-8 summit, Heiligendam
17. Twinkling of stars is on account of
(a) large distance of stars and storms in air.
(b) rotation of earth
(c) large size of stars
(d) large distance of stars and fluctuations in the density of air.
18. Largest producer of silk in India is____.
(a) Assam
(b) UP
(c) Karnataka
(d) Tamilnadu
19. The Lalit Kala Academy is devoted to the promotion of:
(a) Literature
(b) Music
(c) Dance and Drama
(d) Fine Arts
20. The Length of Gulf of Kutch is?
(a) 97 Miles
(b) 98 Miles
(c) 99 Miles
(d) 100 Miles