Basic General Knowledge – Series 7

16) What does ‘D’ stands for in CDMA?

a) Direct

b) Double

c) Data

d) Division

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Option – d)

17) Which of the following is zone depleting pesticide?

a) DDT

b) Benzene

c) Methyl bromide

d) Ethylene ozonide

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Option – a)

18) Where in India can ‘ Mushroom’ rock found?

a) Eastern Ghats

b) Western Ghats

c) Thar Desert

d) Satpura Range

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Option – c)

19) On which of the following is the longest railway bridge in India located?

a) River Ganges

b) Vembanad Lake

c) River Brahmaputra

d) Chilka Lake

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Option – b)

20) In which year the Population growth rate was negative?

a) 1923

b) 1919

c) 1924

d) 1921

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Option – c)

21)Which of the following Physical quantity is dimensionless?

a) Strain

b) Angle

c) Specific gravity

d) All of these

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Option – d)

22)Which of the following animals is dumb?

a) Deer

b)Giraffe

c) Stag

d) Yak

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Option – b)

23)Life saving hormone is

a) adrenal

b) pituitary

c) thyroid

d) All of these

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Option – a)

24)Name the important French possession in India.

a) Goa

b) Pondicherry

c) Daman

d) Cochin

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Option – b)

25)The aim of galvanizing the iron is to

a)give it to better look

b) protect it from rusting

c)increase its hardness

d) make it more elastic

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Option – b)

26) The International Date Line passes through

a)Red Sea

b) Bering Strait

c) Plak Strait

d) Caspian Sea

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Option – b)

27)India became a member of the UN in the year

a)1950

b)1947

c) 1945

d) 1952

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Option – c)

28) Who was not a politician?

a) H.N Bahuguna

b) I.K. Gujral

c) S.L. Bahuguna

d) J. Jayalalitha

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Option – c)

29) Late Raja Ravi Verma, was an eminent figure in which of the following fields?

a) Dance

b) Politics

c) History

d) Painting

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Option – d)

30) The first navigator to sail round the world was:

a) Marco Polo

b) Columbus

c) Amundsen

d) Magellan

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Option – a)


31) Who wrote the book,Cry,the Peacock?