Knowledge ka daily dose…
1. Which one of the following has the largest shipyard in India?
(a) Kolkata
(b) Kochi
(c) Mumbai
(d) Vishakapatnam
Ans:- (B)
2. Who is known as “The Wizard of Hockey”?
(a) Maurice Richard
(b) Bobby Hull
(c) Manzoor Hussain
(d) Major Dhyanchand
Ans:- (D)
3. A high-refractive-index polymer (HRIP) is a polymer that has a refractive index greater than ____
(a) 0.50
(b) 1.0
(c) 1.20
(d) 1.50
Ans:- (D)
4. Thin lamination is used in a transformer to reduce:
(a) Eddy current losses
(b) Hysteresis losses
(c) Corona losses
(d) None of the above
Ans:- (A)
5. Kathakali is the major dance form in which state?
(a) Tamilnadu
(b) Kerala
(c) Karnataka
(d) Andhra Pradesh
Ans:- (B)
Q.6 Which among the following is a Treeless biome?
(A) Taiga
(B) Tundra
(C) Chaparral
(D) Savannah
Ans:- (B)
Q.7 Lithification is a process of formation of:
(A) Minerals
(B) Plates
(C) Rocks
(D) None of these
Ans:- (C)
Q.8 Which Mineral is the ore of Aluminium?
(A) Haematite
(B) Bauxite
(C) Magnetite
(D) Siderite
Ans:- (B)
Q.9 Vindyashakti was the founder of _____ Dynasty.
(A) Vakataka
(B) Satavahana
(C) Hoysala
(D) Kadamba
Ans:- (A)
Q.10 The site which has given evidence that the people of Indus Valley Civilisation were aware of tides:
(A) Suktagendor
(B) Surkotda
(C) Lothal
(D) Kalibagan
Ans:- (C)
11. Which of the following is NOT a vertebrate?
(a) Mammal
(b) Fish
(c) Snail
(d) Birds
Ans:- (C)
12. In which of the following countries was the 95th edition of the prestigious Hastings International Chess Congress held?
(a) Belgium
(b) France
(c) Australia
(d) England
Ans:- (D)
13. Which of the following festivals means ‘Merry making of the Gods’?
(a) Diwali
(b) Lai Haraobao
(c) Makar Sankranti
(d) Pongal
Ans:- (B)
14. When we cut an onion, the synthase enzyme converts the amino acid sulfoxides of the onion into which acid?
(a) Citric acid
(b) Nitric acid
(c) Sulphuric acid
(d) Sulfenic acid
Ans:- (D)
15. The last recognized king of the Gupta line was:
(a) Samudragupta
(b) Bimbisara
(c) Ashoka
(d) Vishnugupta
Ans:- (D)
Q.16 Which of the following is a good conductor of Both Heat and Electricity?
(A) Diamond
(B) Anthracite
(C) Granite
(D) Graphite
Ans:- (D)
Q.17 The main commercial fibre crop of India is?
(A) flex
(B) Jute
(C) mesta
(D) Cotton
Ans:- (D)
Q.18 Windows XP is a ______.
(A) Processor
(B) Operating System
(C) Input Device
(D) Memory
Ans:- (B)
Q.19 Which sports playing area is 2.7 metres by 1.5 metres ?
(A) Billiard
(B) Table Tennis
(C) Lawn Tennis
(D) None of these
Ans:- (B)
Q.20 Who among the following is known to have started portfolio system in India?
(A) Lord Dalhousie
(B) Lord Canning
(C) Lord Elgin
(D) Sir John Lawrence
Ans:- (B)