Knowledge ka daily dose...
1. The nutritive tissue in the seeds of higher plants is known as:
(A) Nucellus
(B) Hypocotyl
(C) Embryo
(D) Endosperm
Ans:- (D)
2. Yeast is an important source of _____
(A) Protein
(B) Vitamin B
(C) Invertase
(D) Vitamin C
Ans:- (B)
3. Heating of an ore below its melting point in the absence of air is known as:
(A) Smelting
(B) Refining
(C) Calcination
(D) Roasting
Ans:- (C)
4. The most electronegative element among the following is:
(A) Oxygen
(B) Fluorine
(C) Sodium
(D) Chlorine
Ans:- (B)
5. Mark the compound with ionic, covalent, and co-ordinate bonds. (SSC CHSL 2013)
(A) H2O
(B) NH4Cl
(C) SO3
(D) SO2
Ans:- (B)
6. “Meghdoot” was written by______
(A) Humayun Kabir
(B) Khushwant Singh
(C) Banabhatta
(D) Kalidasa
Ans:- (D)
7. Who among the following is a famous English writer ?
(A) Amrita Pritam
(B) Mahadevi Verma
(C) Ashapurna Devi
(D) Mulk Raj Anand
Ans:- (D)
8. Which of the following are consumer semi-durable goods?
(A) Cars and television sets
(B) Milk and milk products
(C) Foodgrains and other food products
(D) Electrical appliances like fans and electric irons
Ans:- (C)
9. Who admits a new State to the Union of India?
(A) President
(B) Supreme Court
(C) Prime Minister
(D) Parliament
Ans:- (D)
10. In which year were the States reorganized on a linguistic basis?
(A) 1951
(B) 1947
(C) 1950
(D) 1956
Ans:- (D)
11. From which part of the Opium Plant do we get morphine?
(A) Leaves
(B) Stem
(C) Bark
(D) Fruit coat
Ans:- (D)
12. Which of the following is a Biological method of soil conservation?
(A) Contour farming
(B) Contour terracing
(C) Gully control
(D) Basin listing
Ans:- (A)
13. The number of mitochondria in bacterial cells is:
(A) one
(B) two
(C) many
(D) zero
Ans:- (D)
14. Rainbow is formed due to:
(A) refraction and dispersion
(B) scattering and refraction
(C) diffraction and refraction
(D) refraction and reflection
Ans:- (D)
15. An object covers distance which is directly proportional to the square of the time. Its acceleration is:
(A) increasing
(B) decreasing
(C) zero
(D) constant
Ans:- (D)
16. ISRO’s Master Control Facility is in:
(A) Andhra Pradesh
(B) Orissa
(C) Gujarat
(D) Karnataka
Ans:- (D)
17. India is the largest producer and exporter of______
(A) Cotton
(B) Copper
(C) Tea
(D) Mica
Ans:- (C)
18. The soils which are rich in Calcium are known as:
(A) Pedocals
(B) Pedalfers
(C) Podsols
(D) Laterite
Ans:- (A)
19. Cultivable land is defined as:
(A) the land actually under crops
(B) Cultivable wasteland + fallow land
(C) Old fallow lands + current fallow lands
(D) Total fallow lands + net sown area
Ans:- (B)
20. From which part of the Opium Plant do we get morphine?
(A) Leaves
(B) Stem
(C) Bark
(D) Fruit coat
Ans:- (D)