Knowledge ka daily dose...
1. ‘World Water Day’ is annually celebrated on:
(A) 22nd March
(B) 2nd June
(C) 13th August
(D) 15th January
Ans:- (A)
2. In which part of the female flower does fertilization take place?
(A) Ovary
(B) Stigma
(C) Filament
(D) Style
Ans:- (A)
3. Which of the following was a port city of the Indus Valley Civilization?
(A) Kalibangan
(B) Lothal
(C) Rakhigarhi
(D) Dholavira
Ans:- (B)
4. The interest rate charged by banks on short-term loans to their largest, most secure, and most creditworthy customers is called:
(A) Prime Lending Rate
(B) Amortised Rate
(C) Discount Rate
(D) Variable Rate
Ans:- (A)
5. The phrase ‘Survival of the fittest’ as a way of describing the mechanism of natural selection was coined by:
(A) Louis Pasteur
(B) Charles Babbage
(C) Herbert Spencer
(D) Marie Curie
Ans:- (C)
6. Which is not a social networking site?
(A) LinkedIn
(B) Wink
(C) Facebook
(D) Google Plus
Ans:- (B)
7. Deficiency of Vitamin D results in:
(A) night blindness.
(B) rickets.
(C) scurvy
(D) hair fall.
Ans:- (B)
8. The largest Arsenic de-contamination/ purification plant in West Bengal is located at:
(A) Gangasagar.
(B) Kolkata
(C) Asansol.
(D) Farakka.
Ans:- (D)
9. Which Gupta ruler repulsed Huna invasion?
(A) Samudragupta
(B) Chandragupta II
(C) Skandagupta
(D) Kumaragupta
Ans:- (C)
10. Ambedkar Airport is at:
(A) Nagpur
(B) Mumbai
(C) Lucknow
(D) Ahmedabad
Ans:- (A)
11. The former princely state of Tripura in the north-eastern part of India was ruled by Dynasty?
(A) Haihaya
(B) Manikya
(C) Nagvanshi
(D) Ahom
Ans:- (B)
12. ________assumed the title of ‘Gangaikondachola’ or the conqueror of the river Ganga.
(A) Rajadhiraja Chola
(B) Rajaraja Chola
(C) Rajendra Chola I
(D) Vijayalay Chola
Ans:- (C)
13. ‘Bhavai’ is a traditional dance form of _______
(A) Gujarat
(B) Rajasthan
(C) Punjab
(D) Maharashtra
Ans:- (B)
14. DNA is stored majorly in the cell.
(A) Golgi body
(B) Cytoplasm
(C) Plasma membrane
(D) Nucleus
Ans:- (D)
15. Who among the following is the only Indian to have won the Amateur World title in both, snooker and billiards?
(A) Geet Sethi
(B) Michael Ferreira
(C) Subhash Agarwal
(D) Pankaj Advani
Ans:- (D)
16. The term PVC used in the plastic industry stands for:
(A) Polyvinyl chloride.
(B) Polyvinyl carbonate.
(C) Phosphor vanadium chloride.
(D) Phosphovinyl chloride.
Ans:- (A)
17. Velocity of sound in the air does not depend on:
(A) Temperature
(B) Humidity
(C) Density
(D) Pressure
Ans:- (D)
18. The finance commission is constituted with one chairperson and _________other members.
(A) 4
(B) 5
(C) 6
(D) 7
Ans:- (A)
19. Muscle fatigue is due to the accumulation of________
(A) Carbon dioxide.
(B) Creatinine.
(C) Lactic acid.
(D) Ethyl alcohol.
Ans:- (C)
20. If we add salt to pure water, its boiling point will
(A) Increase.
(B) Decrease.
(C) Remain the same.
(D) None of the above
Ans:- (A)