Knowledge ka daily dose…
1. Which of the following taxes was exclusively imposed on the non-Muslims by Firoz Shah Tughlaq?
(a) Jaziya
(b) Khams
(c) Kharaj
(d) Zakat
2. Which of the following organism breathes from skin?
(a) Snake
(b) Earthworm
(c) Monkey
(d) Humans
3. Which of the following festival is celebrated in Telangana only?
(a) Pongal
(b) Ugadi
(c) Bonalu
(d) Onam
4. Ustad Mansur was a famous painter under which Mugal king?
(a) Shajahan
(b) Jahangir
(c) Humayun
(d) Akbar
5. Green colour in Indian National Flag signifies ___.
(a) Valour
(b) Sacrifice
(c) Relation to soil and prosperity
(d) Truth
6. Dolly was an example of cloned ____.
(a) Dog
(b) Cow
(c) Sheep
(d) Hen
7. Which mountain range lying between India and Myanmar?
(a) Lushai
(b) Namcha Barwa
(c) Khasi
(d) Tura
8. The saffron colour in the national flag signifies
(a) Truth and peace
(b) Courage and Sacrifice
(c) Faith and chivalry
(d) None of the above
9. Lakshadeep is a _______
(a) Coral island
(b) Volcanic island
(c) Tectonic island
(d) Alluvial island
10. The number of cranial nerves is (human being)
(a) 12 nerves
(b) 12 pairs of nerves
(c) 31 nerves
(d) 31 pairs of nerves
11. Where is the Bhadra Wildlife Sanctuary located?
(a) Karnataka
(b) Madhya Pradesh
(c) Arunachal Pradesh
(d) Gujarat
12. What is ‘ilsa’ who was in news from Australia recently?
(a) Active volcano
(b) Space mission
(c) Cyclonic storm
(d) none of these
13. Name the first democratically elected President of Egypt ?
(a) Mohammed Morsi
(b) Hosni Mubarak
(c) Muammar Gaddafi
(d) Ali Abdullah Saleh
14. Surajkund Lake is situated in which of the following state?
(a) Haryana
(b) Gujarat
(c) Rajasthan
(d) Punjab
15. Who founded Indian Women’s University?
(a) Sir Sayyid Ahmed Khan
(b) Dhondo Keshab Karve
(c) Sir William Hunter
(d) Sir Ashutosh Mukhopadhyay
16. Edible portion of coconut is the
(a) Fruit wall
(b) Endosperm
(c) Cotyledon
(d) Embryo
17. Who invented the electric lamp?
(a) Edison
(b) Ford
(c) Marconi
(d) None of these
18. ______ diseases last for only shorter periods of time.
(a) Hereditary
(b) Chronic
(c) Acute
(d) Genetic
19. The Black Sea touches the boundary of which of the following countries?
(a) Poland
(b) Ukraine
(c) Hungary
(d) Serbia
20. Who discovered radium?
(a) Abdus Salam
(b) Alexander Fleming
(c) Ronald Ross
(d) Marie Curie & Pierre