“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 -3

(1)India’s first official census operation was undertaken in which year?
(a)1841
(b)1881
(c)1921
(d)1961
Ans-b(1881)
(2)The change in the optimal quantity of a good when its price changes and the consumer’s income is adjusted so that she can just buy the bundle that she was buying before the price change is called?
(a)Law of demand
(b)Substitution effect
(c)Problem of choice
(d)Optimal choice
Ans-b(Substitution effect)
(3)“Relief of the disabled and unemployable” is listed in the_______________list given in the Seventh Schedule in the Constitution of India.
(a)Union
(b)State
(c)Global
(d)Concurrent
Ans-b(State)
(4)________________amends the Constitution.
(a)Ministry of Defence
(b)Prime Minister’s Office
(c)Parliament
(d)Securities and Exchange Board of India
Ans-c(Parliament)
(5)According to the categories of land mentioned in the Chola inscriptions______________was known as the land gifted to temples?
(a)Vallanvagai
(b)Brahmadeya
(c)Shalabhoga
(d)Devadana
Ans-d(Devadana)
(6)Rajendra I was the son of?
(a)Bindusara I
(b)Devabhuti I
(c)Skanda Gupta I
(d)Rajaraja I
Ans-d(Rajaraja I)
(7)_________________is a cold desert lying in the Great Himalayas
(a)Ladakh
(b)Satpura
(c)Aravalli
(d)Vindhya
Ans-a(Ladakh)
(8)The method of soil conservation in which different crops are grown in alternate rows and are sown at different times to protect the soil from rain wash is called?
(a)Mulching
(b)Intercropping
(c)Rock Dam
(d)Terrace farming
Ans-b(Intercropping)
(9)In each testes in a male reproductive system, there are_______________compartments called testicular lobules.
(a)150
(b)200
(c)250
(d)300
Ans-c(250)
(10)The predominant stage of the life cycle of a moss is the gametophyte which consists of two stages. The second stage is the_____________stage.
(a)Agar
(b)Leafy
(C)Chlorella
(d)protonema
Ans-b(Leafy)
(11)In Animal Kingdom classification, which of the following is not a Phylum?
(a)Mollusca
(b)Chordata
(c)Coelomates
(d)Anneldia
Ans-c(Coelomates)
(12)Friction is caused by the_______________on the two surfaces in contact.
(a)irregularities
(b)smoothness
(c)densities
(d)gaps
Ans-a(irregularities)
(13)The motion of a freely falling body is an example of________________motion.
(a)uniformly accelerated
(b)non-uniformly accelerated
(c)constant velocity
(d)constant speed
Ans-a(uniformly accelerated)
(14)______________(HHDD) is a technology where the conventional disk drive is combined with non-volatile flash memory, of typically 128 MB or more to cache data during normal use.
(a)Hyper Hard Disk Drive
(b)Hybrid Hard Disk Drive
(c)Hybrid Helium Disk Drive
(d)Hyper Helium Disk Drive
Ans-b(Hybrid Hard Disk Drive)
(15)Chemical formula for sulphurous acid is:
(a)H2SO4
(b)H2SO3
(c)H3SO3
(d)H3SO4
Ans-b(H2SO3)
(16)The temperature at which a solid melts to become a liquid at the atmospheric pressure is called its_____________.
(a)Crystallisation
(b)Melting point
(c)Evaporation
(d)Galvanisation
Ans-b(Melting point)
(17)is the interaction in which one species benefits and the other is neither harmed nor benefited.
(a)Predation
(b)Commensalism
(c)Competition
(d)Parasitism
Ans-b(Commensalism)
(18)__________________scheme by the Central Government aims at providing affordable aviation by making domestic flight charges economically accessible for middle-class citizens of India.
(a)Uday Desh Ka Aam Nagrik
(b)Urja Ganga
(c)Ek Bharat Shrestha Bharat
(d)Namami Ganga Yojana
Ans-a(Uday Desh Ka Aam Nagrik)
(19)Who invented the hot air balloon?
(a)Montgolfier brothers
(b)Wright brothers
(c)Lisitsyn brothers
(d)Walton brothers
Ans-a(Montgolfier brothers)
(20)Which nation won the highest number of medals at 2016 Rio Olympics?
(a)Great Britain
(b)USA
(c)China
(d)Russia
Ans-b(USA)
(21)Group of Monuments at Hampi is located in?
(a)West Bengal
(b)Gujarat
(c)Karnataka
(d)Tamil Nadu
Ans-c(Karnataka)
(22)Which of the following is India’s highest civilian award?
(a)Padma Bhushan
(b)Param Vir Chakra
(c)Padma Vibhushan
(d)Bharat Ratna
Ans-d(Bharat Ratna)
(23)Which of the statements given below are correct?
1.The author of the novel ‘An Affair Downstairs’ is Sherri Browning.
2.The author of the ‘White Teeth’ is Zadie Smith.
3.The author of the ‘Atonement’ is Ian McEwan.
(a)1 and 2
(b)2 and 3
(c)1 and 3
(d)1, 2 and 3
Ans-d(1, 2 and 3)
(24)Recently, scientists have found second Great Spot 24000 km across and 12000 Km wide on which planet?
(a)Saturn
(b)Mars
(c)Jupiter
(d)Mercury
Ans-c(Jupiter)
(25)The Sundarbans Reserve Forest(SRF) which is adjacent to India’s Sundarbans National Park is located in which neighbouring country?
(a)Bhutan
(b)Pakistan
(c)Bangladesh
(d)Nepal
Ans-c(Bangladesh)

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