Basic General Knowledge – Series 2

a) Neon

b) Agron

c) Radon

d) Xenon

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Option – c)

17) Very small-time intervals are accurately measured by the

a) pulsars

b) white dwarft

c) atomic clocks

d) Quartz clocks

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Option – c)

18) ‘Consumer Day’ is celebrated every year on

a) 1st April

b) 23rd April

c) 15th March

d) 5th December

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Option – c)

19) Kisan Divas is celebrated on

a) December 22

b) December 23

c) December 26

d) December 29

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Option – b)

20) Pruning is an essential part in cultivation of

a) Rubber

b) Tobacco

c) Coffee

d) Tea

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Option – a)

21) Which one of the following pairs is not correctly matched?

a) Berlin : Rhine

b) London : Thames

c) New York : Hudson

d) Vienna : Danube

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Option – a)

22) The word ‘Aryan’ means

a) Of good family

b) Cultivator

c) Pastoral society

d) Brahmachari

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Option – a)

23) Who was the chairman of the Union Power Committee of Constituent Assembly of India?

a) Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel

b) Dr. B R Ambedkar

c) Sir Alladi Krishnaswami Ayyar

d) Pt Jawaharlal Nehru

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Option – b)

ans: b


24) Who among the following was not associated with the art of painting?

a) Rabindranath Tagore

b) Abdur Rahman Chaghatai

c) Nandlal Bose

d) Satish Chandra Mukherjee

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Option – d)

25) The number of neutrons in 13AL27 is

a) 40

b) 27

c) 14

d) 13

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Option – c)

26) Which one of the following is the highest gravity dam?

a) Beas Dam

b) Nangal dam

c) Bhakra dam

d) Hirakud dam

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Option – c)

27) Doldrums are characterized  by

a) Uniform low pressure

b0 Uniform high pressure

c) High wind velocity

d) Low humidity

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Option – a)

28) Public Interest Litigation (PIL) may be linked with

a) Judicial review

b) Judicial activism

c) Judicial Intervention

d) Judicial sancity

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Option – b)

29) Which one of the following four Vedas contains an account of magical charms and spells?

a) Rigaveda

b) Samaveda

c) Yajurveda

d) Atharvaveda

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Option – d)

30) Which country Currency is Ngultrum?

a) Bangladesh

b) Nepal

c) Bhutan

d) Laos

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Option – c)