“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 -15

(1)The _____________exchange rate is the price of one unit of foreign currency in terms of domestic currency.
(a)Artificial
(b)Nominal
(c)Fixed
(d)Real
Ans-b(Nominal)
(2)_______________of an input is defined as the change in output per unit of change in the input when all other inputs are held constant.
(a)Marginal product
(b)Production function
(c)Total product
(d)Average product
Ans-a(Marginal product)
(3)“Trade unions” is listed in the _______________list given in the Seventh Schedule of the Constitution of India.
(a)Union
(b)State
(c)Global
(d)Concurrent
Ans-d(Concurrent)
(4)________________writ is issued by a higher court (High Court or Supreme Court) when a lower court has considered a case going beyond its jurisdiction.
(a)Habeas Corpus
(b)Mandamus
(c)Prohibition
(d)Quo Warranto
Ans-c(Prohibition)
(5)Arrest of____________in 1930 led to angry demonstrations in streets of Peshawar.
(a)Abdul Ghaffar Khan
(b)Abul Kalam Azad
(c)Zakir Hussain
(d)Muzaffar Ahmed
Ans-a(Abdul Ghaffar Khan)
(6)The________________were the successors of Timur, the ruler of Iran, Iraq and modern-day Turkey.
(a)Rajputs
(b)Khaljis
(c)Mughals
(d)Tughluq
Ans-c(Mughals)
(7)Beyond the___________________,the Himalayas bend sharply to the south and spread along the eastern boundary of India.
(a)Zoji La Pass
(b)Dihang gorge
(c)Bhutan border
(d)Nepal Border
Ans-b(Dihang gorge)
(8)The National Highway 1A connects Leh to Kashmir Valley through the_________________pass.
(a)Khyber
(b)Zoji la
(c)Nathula
(d)Karakoram
Ans-b(Zoji la)
(9)In the names Mangifera indica (mango), Solanum tuberosum (potato) and Panthera leo (lion), the terms Mangifera, Solanum, and Panthera represent the higher level of?
(a)Taxon
(b)Taxonomic Hierarchy
(c)Specific Epithet
(d)Binomial Nomenclature
Ans-a(Taxon)
(10)Which of the following is one of the commercial products obtained from Gelidium and Gracilaria and are used to grow microbes and in preparations of ice-creams and jellies?
(a)Agar
(b)Chlorella
(c)Spirullina
(d)Gymnosperms
Ans-a(Agar)
(11)Taenia (Tapeworm), Fasciola (Liver fluke) are examples of which Phylum?
(a)Coelenterata
(b)Platyhelminthes
(c)Annelida
(d)Arthropoda
Ans-b(Platyhelminthes)
(12)If the mass of an object is 60 kgs, what will be its weight on the moon? (N=Newton)
(a)60N
(b)600N
(c)100N
(d)10N
Ans-c(100N)
(13)The side mirrors of vehicles are of which type of mirrors?
(a)Convex
(b)Concave
(c)Plane
(d)Inverted
Ans-a(Convex)
(14)In Microsoft Excel, the________________function returns the largest value among the values passed as arguments.
(a)HIGHEST
(b)MORE
(c)HIGH
(d)MAX
Ans-d(MAX)
(15)In an acid-base reaction which product is produced along with a salt?
(a)Hydrogen gas
(b)Oxygen gas
(c)Carbon dioxide
(d)Water
Ans-d(Water)
(16)What is the process of melting also called?
(a)Fusion
(b)Galvanisation
(c)Crystallisation
(d)Evaporation
Ans-a(Fusion)
(17)Which one of the following is not a Major Abiotic Factors?
(a)Temperature
(b)Water
(c)Light
(d)Air
Ans-d(Air)
(18)______________scheme launched by the Central Government aims to promote entrepreneurship among people from schedule caste/schedule tribe.
(a)Pradhan Mantri Fasal Bima Yojana
(b)Gram Uday Se Bharat Uday Abhiyan
(c)Stand up India scheme
(d)National RU URBAN Mission
Ans-c(Stand up India scheme)
(19)Who discovered Potassium?
(a)Humphry Davy
(b)Alan Turing
(c)Bill Gates
(d)Tim Berners-Lee
Ans-a(Humphry Davy)
(20)Who is the winner of 2017 Formula One Bahrain Grand Prix?
(a)Sebastian Vettel
(b)Lewis Hamilton
(c)Valtteri Bottas
(d)Kimi Raikkonen
Ans-a(Sebastian Vettel)
(21)Where is Humayun’s Tomb is located?
(a)Hyderabad
(b)New Delhi
(c)Mumbai
(d)Kolkata
Ans-b(New Delhi)
(22)Which of the following was the winner of the Grammy Awards 2016 “Rap Album of the Year”?
(a)Compton
(b)2014 Forest Hills Drive
(c)To Pimp a Butterfly
(d)The Pinkprint
Ans-c(To Pimp a Butterfly)
(23)Which of the statements given above are correct?
1.The author of the novel ‘Brave New World’ is Aldous Huxley.
2.The author of the novel ‘An Affair Downstairs’ is Sherri Browning.
3.The author of the novel ‘Darkness at Noon’ is Victor LaValle.
(a)1 and 2
(b)2 and 3
(c)1 and 3
(d)1, 2 and 3
Ans-a(1 and 2)
(24)To which country, India gave Rs. 35 crore rupees to children of freedom fighters in under the new ‘Muktijodha scholarship’ scheme?
(a)Nepal
(b)Bhutan
(c)Bangladesh
(d)Sri Lanka
Ans-c(Bangladesh)
(25)Which nation is not a part of the South Asian Free Trade Area?
(a)China
(b)Sri Lanka
(c)Bhutan
(d)India
Ans-a(China)

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