“The Knowledge Library”

Knowledge for All, without Barriers…

An Initiative by: Kausik Chakraborty.

“The Knowledge Library”

Knowledge for All, without Barriers……….
An Initiative by: Kausik Chakraborty.

The Knowledge Library

Competitive Exam Questions & Answers -14

(1)The collection of all possible combinations of the goods and services that can be produced from a given amount of resources and a given stock of technological knowledge is called the ____________ of the economy.
(a)Resource Probability Set
(b)Production Probability Set
(c)Resource Possibility Set
(d)Production Possibility Set
Ans-d(Production Possibility Set)
(2)If at a price, market supply is greater than market demand, we say that there is____________in the market at that price.
(a)Equilibrium
(b)Excess Demand
(c)Excess Supply
(d)Marginal Revenue
Ans-c(Excess Supply)
(3)In which year was All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (AIADMK) founded?
(a)1949
(b)1999
(c)1972
(d)1997
Ans-c(1972)
(4)Which Fundamental Right in the Indian Constitution includes equal access to shops, bathing, ghats, hotels etc?
(a)Right to Liberty and Personal Freedom
(b)Right to Freedom of Religion
(c)Right to Equality
(d)Cultural and Educational Rights
Ans-c(Right to Equality)
(5)For how many days did Mahatma Gandhi’s volunteers of the Salt satyagraha walked?
(a)24
(b)36
(c)12
(d)6
Ans-a(24)
(6)The Tomara Rajputs were defeated in the middle of the twelfth century by the Chauhans of _________.
(a)Ayodhya
(b)Ajmer
(c)Dwarka
(d)Gwalior
Ans-b(Ajmer)
(7)India is the_________largest country in the world.
(a)3rd
(b)5th
(c)7th
(d)9th
Ans-c(7th)
(8)The place on the earth’s surface above the focus is called the__________.
(a)focus
(b)incentre
(c)epicentre
(d)circumcentre
Ans-c(epicentre)
(9)The male sex accessory ducts include vasa efferentia, epididymis, vas deferens and____________.
(a)Cervix
(b)Rete Testis
(c)Glands
(d)Seminiferous Tubules
Ans-b(Rete Testis)
(10)The meristem which occurs between mature tissues is known as_________meristem.
(a)Intercalary
(b)Primary
(c)Lateral
(d)Apical
Ans-a(Intercalary)
(11)Which of the following Phylum are also called flatworms?
(a)Mollusca
(b)Chordata
(c)Ctenophora
(d)Platyhelminthes
Ans-d(Platyhelminthes)
(12)In the formula average velocity = (u + v) /2, u is the___________.
(a)Final velocity
(b)Initial displacement
(c)Initial velocity
(d)Final displacement
Ans-c(Initial velocity)
(13)Vocal chords in women are_______________than vocal chords in men.
(a)5mm shorter
(b)15mm shorter
(c)5mm longer
(d)15mm longer
Ans-a(5mm shorter)
(14)The web uses the__________to request and serve web pages and programs.
(a)Hyper Text Marketing Language
(b)Hyper Text Markup Language
(c)Hotmail Text Markup Language
(d)Home Text Markup Language
Ans-b(Hyper Text Markup Language)
(15)What is the name of the acid in grapes?
(a)Lactic acid
(b)Formic acid
(c)Acetic acid
(d)Tartaric acid
Ans-d(Tartaric acid)
(16)Which fibre is also called as artificial silk?
(a)Nylon
(b)Rayon
(c)Polyester
(d)Acrylic
Ans-b(Rayon)
(17)During the past century, the temperature of Earth has increased by______________.
(a) 0.6°C
(b)1.6°C
(c)2.6°C
(d)3.6°C
Ans-0.6°C
(18)______________scheme was launched by the Central Government to give financial services to weaker section of society.
(a)Sukanya Samridhi Yojana
(b)Bal Swachta Mission
(c)Pradhan Mantri Jan Dhan Yojana
(d)Beti Bachao Beti Padhao Yojana
Ans-c(Pradhan Mantri Jan Dhan Yojana)
(19)Who discovered Uranus?
(a)Sir Isaac Newton
(b)William Henry Fox Talbot
(c)William Herschel
(d)Nicolaus Copernicus
Ans-c(William Herschel)
(20)Who was the host nation of 2015 Men’s Rugby World Cup?
(a)New Zealand
(b)South Africa
(c)Australia
(d)England
Ans-d(England)
(21)Who started construction of Nalanda (Mahavihara)?
(a)Dharampala
(b)Ashoka
(c)Kumaragupta
(d)Harihara
Ans-c(Kumaragupta)
(22)Who is not amongst the winners of Nobel Prize 2016 for Chemistry?
(a)Jean-Pierre Sauvage
(b)J. Michael Kosterlitz
(c)Sir J. Fraser Stoddart
(d)Bernard L. Feringa
Ans-b(J. Michael Kosterlitz)
(23)Which of the statements given below are correct?
1.The author of the novel ‘Missile Gap’ is Charles Stross.
2.The author of the novel ‘Bird Box’ is Victor LaValle.
3.The author of the novel ‘The City and the City’ is China Mieville.
(a)1 and 2
(b)2 and 3
(c)1 and 3
(d)1, 2and 3
Ans-c(1 and 3)
(24)Which country was India’s largest overseas investment destination in the year 2015-16?
(a)Mauritius
(b)Switzerland
(c)Saudi Arabia
(d)Australia
Ans-d(Mauritius)
(25)China does not share its border with which Indian state?
(a)Bihar
(b)Arunachal Pradesh
(c)Himachal Pradesh
(c)Sikkim
Ans-a(Bihar)

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