GENERAL KNOWLEDGE 20-20 (20.04.2025)

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1. Which of the following had invented a type of water-clock to measure time?

 (a) Sumerians

 (b) Assyrian

 (c) Akkadian

 (d) Babylonian

2. Who is the author of the book “Welcome to Nowhere”?

(a) David Olusoga

(b) Malorie Blackman

(c) Revathi Suresh

(d) Elizabeth Laird

3. Who among the following was defeated by Subhash Chandra Bose in the 1939 elections of the President of Congress at the Tripuri session?

(a) Jawahar Lal Nehru

(b) Dr. Pattabhi Sitaramayya

(c) Maulana Azad

(d) Dr. Rajendra Prasad

4. Which of the following is the best reason behind the fact that bats can fly in the dark?

(a)  Bats have a better vision in the dark

(b)  The light startles them

(c)  Bats produce high pitched sounds ultrasonic

(d)  None of the above

5. What is the change in the rate constant for a chemical reaction when temperature rises by 10° C?

(a) The rate constant is constant

(b) The rate constant is nearly doubled

(c) The rate constant is nearly halved

(d) The rate constant becomes four times

6. Which country will host the 2022 Women’s Cricket World Cup?

(a)  India

(b)  Sri Lanka

(c)  Australia

(d)  New Zealand

7. What is the body called which does not have any tendency to recover its original configuration, on the removal of deforming force?

(a) Perfectly plastic

(b) Perfectly elastic

(c) Perfectly ductile

(d) None of the above

8. Which blood group among the following is known as universal donor?

(a) A

(b) B

(c) O

(d) AB

9. The Chinese civilization flourished in the flat rich land drained by which of the following rivers?

1) The Hwang-ho

2) The Yang-tse-kiang

Select the correct answer from the codes given below:

(a)  Only 1

(b)  Only 2

(c)  Both 1 & 2

(d)  Neither 1 & 2

10. To which of the following personalities, Mahatma Gandhi owed his inspiration for civil disobedience & non-payment of taxes?

(a) Leo Tolstoy

(b) Thoreu

(c) John Ruskin

(d) Gopal Krishna Gokhale

11. As per Dasnami philosophy, how does a swami represent himself?

(a)  through a harmony with the infinite vastness of nature

(b)  through the attainment of supreme bliss through some divine quality or state

(c)  Both of the above

(d)  None of the above

12. Who is the author of the book “Army and Nation : The Military and Indian Democracy since Independence”?

(a) Shiv Kunal Verma

(b) Christophe Jaffrelot

(c) Bruce Riedel

(d) Steven Wilkinson

13. Which was the only appearance of cricket at the Summer Olympics?

(a) 1900 Paris Games

(b) 1901 Paris Games

(c) 1902 Paris Games

(d) 1903 Paris Games

14. Which of the following quantum numbers is represented by a period of the modern periodic table?

(a)  Principal quantum number

(b)  Azimuthal quantum number

(c)  Magnetic quantum number

(d)  None of the above

15. Malaria fever is caused by which of the following reasons?

(a)  Immediately after mosquito bite

(b)  Upon disintegration and bursting of red blood cells

(c)  When the malaria causing germs reach the liver

(d)  Upon release of toxins into blood

16. Who among the following is known to be the political adviser of Mahatma Gandhi?

(a)  Bhagat Singh

(b)  Mangal Pandey

(c)  S C Bose

(d)  Gopal Krishna Gokhale

17. What happens to a body when its density is equal to the density of the fluid?

(a)  it floats

(b)  it sinks

(c)  it remains suspended

(d)  None of the above

18. Which of the followings is responsible for turning Taj mahal yellow?

(a) Nitrogen

(b) Sulphur dioxide

(c) Chlorine

(d) Carbon dioxide

19. Who is the author of the book “Jobless Clueless Reckless”?

(a) Suzanne Sangi

(b) Munal Pawar

(c) Himanjali Sankar

(d) Revathi Suresh

20. The Han dynasty ruled during which of the following period?

(a) 221-206 AD

(b) 221-206 BC

(c) 386-589 AD(d) 206 BCE-220 AD

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