Knowledge ka daily dose…
1. The headquarters of the Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR) is located at:
(a) New Delhi
(b) Bengaluru
(c) Dehradun
(d) Mumbai
2. Inflation would have most adverse effects on which of the following?
(a) Creditors
(b) Debtors
(c) Real-estate holders
(d) Business people
3. Which author wrote the famous novel ‘Sawa Ser Gehun’?
(a) Prem Chand
(b) Khushwant Singh
(c) Kamaleshwar
(d) Jaishankar Prasaad
4. From which part of Cinchona plant quinine is obtained ?
(a) Seed
(b) Leaf
(c) Flower
(d) Bark
5. Who was the founder of Hindu Mela ?
(a) Nabagopal Mitra
(b) Bal Gandhar Tilak
(c) Akshay Kumr Datta
(d) Surendranath Banerjee
6. The hormone that stimulates heart beat is –
(a) Thyroxine
(b) Gastrin
(c) Glycogen
(d) Dopamine
7. Rajrappa falls are located in which of the following state?
(a) Bihar
(b) Jharkhand
(c) Punjab
(d) Meghalaya
8. Who is the writer of ‘Becoming’?
(a) Jhumpa Lahiri
(b) Sudha Murthy
(c) Michelle Obama
(d) Hillary Clinton
9. Who among the following was greatest ruler of Pratihara Dynasty?
(a) Ramabhadra
(b) Nagabhata
(c) Mihir Bhoja
(d) Samantasena
10. The term ‘Back-stick’ is used in which of the following sports?
(a) Basketball
(b) Badminton
(c) Hockey
(d) Volleyball
11. Which of the following is the full form of SIDBI?
(a) Small Industries and Domestic Bank of India
(b) Small Inter Development Bank of India
(c) Small Industries Development Bank of India
(d) Small Indian Development Bank for Industry
12. The Shivasamudram Falls are on the –
(a) Kaveri
(b) Krishna
(c) Pennar
(d) Narmada
13. Which Governor General was assassinated during his term of office?
(a) Lord Mayo
(b) Lord Hardinge
(c) Lord Northbrook
(d) Lord Lytton
14. The river Cauvery originates from which of the following states?
(a) Andhra Pradesh
(b) Tamil Nadu
(c) Madhya Pradesh
(d) Karnataka
15. The poisonous gas accidentally released in Bhopal Gas Tragedy is :
(a) Methane
(b) Nitrous Oxide
(c) Methyl Isocyanate
(d) Cyanogen
16. Which social reformer was popularly called as ‘Periyar’?
(a) E. V. Ramaswamy Naicker
(b) C. V. Raman Pillai
(c) B. R. Ambedkar
(d) Jyotiba Phule
17. Literacy rate of West Bengal is –
(a) 82.67%
(b) 74.04%
(c) 76.26%
(d) 71.16%
18. In which of the following oceans Republic of Seychelles is situated?
(a) Indian ocean
(b) Atlantic ocean
(c) Arctic ocean
(d) Pacific ocean
19. Where is the Central AGMARK Laboratory situated?
(a) Pune
(b) Bengaluru
(c) Nagpur
(d) Lucknow
20. ______ is the process of turning on a computer and powering up the system.
(a) Execution
(b) Booting
(c) Saving
(d) Loading