“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 -4

(1)The______________balance is equal to capital flows from the rest of the world, minus capital flows to the rest of the world.
(a)Current account
(b)Saving Account
(c)Capital account
(d)Asset Account
Ans-c(Capital account)
(2)If a consumer’s demand for a good moves in the same direction as the consumer’s income, the consumer’s demand for that good must be inversely related to the price of the good is called______________.
(a)Law of demand
(b)Law of supply
(c)Law of substitution
(d)Law of optimal choice
Ans-a(Law of demand)
(3)“Taxes on agricultural income” 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)_________________approves constitutional amendments.
(a)Rajya Sabha
(b)Ministry of Defence
(c)Prime Minister’s Office
(d)Securities and Exchange Board of India
Ans-a(Rajya Sabha)
(5)After the defeat at Plassey. Sirajuddaullah was assassinated and________________was made the Nawab.
(a)Mir Jafar
(b)Mir Qasim
(c)Haider Ali
(d)Tipu Sultan
Ans-a(Mir Jafar)
(6)Sher Shah Sur defeated which Mughal emperor?
(a)Humayun
(b)Timur Lang
(c)Nadir Shah
(d)Ahmed Shah Abdali
Ans-a(Humayun)
(7)As the river approaches the sea, the speed of the flowing water decreases and the river begins to break up into a number of streams called_________________.
(a)plateau
(b)Isthmus
(c)peninsula
(d)Distributaries
Ans-d(Distributaries)
(8)The method of soil conservation in which rocks are piled up to slow down the flow of water which prevents gullies and further soil loss is called?
(a)Mulching
(b)Contour barriers
(c)Rock Dam
(d)Terrace farming
Ans-c(Rock dam)
(9)In females, the uterus is______________.
(a)Single
(b)Double
(c)Triple
(d)Four
Ans-a(Single)
(10)Which of the following is not correct?
(a)Members of Chlorophyceae are commonly called green algae
(b)Members of Phaeophyceae are commonly called red algae
(c)Members of Rhodophyceae are commonly called red algae
(d)Members of Phaeophyceae are commonly called brown algae
Ans-b(Members of Phaeophyceae are commonly called red algae)
(11)Adamsia (Sea anemone), Pennatula (Sea-pen) are examples of which phylum?
(a)Coelenterata
(b)Aschelminthes
(c)Annelida
(d)Arthropoda
Ans-a(Coelenterata)
(12)If the force applied on the object is in the direction of its motion, the speed of the object______________.
(a)increases
(b)stops
(c)decreases
(d)no effect
Ans-a(increases)
(13)The shape of the outer part of the ear is like a_______________.
(a)funnel
(b)plate
(c)drum
(d)disc
Ans-a(funnel)
(14)In Microsoft Excel, the_______________() function is used to count the number of cells that contain numbers within the list of arguments.
(a)COUNTIF
(b)COUNT
(c)SUMCOUNT
(d)COUNTSUM
Ans-b(COUNT)
(15)Fabric made from________________does not get wrinkled easily.
(a)Cotton
(b)Flax
(c)Silk
(d)Polyester
Ans-d(Polyester)
(16)What is formed when Carbon Dioxide is passed through Lime Water?
(a)Copper Sulphate
(b)Calcium Carbonate
(c)Magnesium Oxide
(d)Baking Soda
Ans-b(Calcium Carbonate)
(17)The salt concentration (measured as salinity in parts per thousand), is greater than_______________% in hypersaline lagoons.
(a)50
(b)100
(c)150
(d)200
Ans-b(100)
(18)_________________scheme launched by the Central Government aims to cover all those children by 2020 who are either unvaccinated, or are partially vaccinated against seven vaccine-preventable diseases.
(a)Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Grameen Kaushalya Yojana
(b)Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Gram Jyoti Yojana
(c)Mahatma Gandhi Pravasi Suraksha Yojana
(d)Indradanush Scheme
Ans-d(Indradanush Scheme)
(19)Who discovered Penicillin?
(a)Edward Jenner
(b)Niels Bohr
(c)Sir Alexander Fleming
(d)Heinrich Hertz
Ans-c(Sir Alexander Fleming)
(20)Who has won the most number of Gold Medals in Olympics?
(a)Usain Bolt
(b)Katie Ledecky
(c)Michael Phelps
(d)Chen Long
Ans-c(Michael Phelps)
(21)Gol Gumbaz was built in which century?
(a)15th
(b)16th
(c)17th
(d)18th
Ans-c(17th)
(22)Which of the following was the winner of the Grammy Awards 2016 “Album of the Year”?
(a)Sound & Color
(b)2050
(c)1989
(d)Beauty Behind the Madness
Ans-c(1989)
(23)Which of the statements given below are correct?
1.The author of the novel ‘Atonement’ is Ian McEwan.
2.The author of the novel ‘The Sound and the Fury’ is L.Ron Hubbard.
3.The author of the novel ‘White Teeth’ is Zadie Smith
(a)1 and 2
(b)2 and 3
(c)1 and 3
(d)1, 2 and 3
Ans-c(1 and 3)
(24)Sodimejo, the world’s ‘oldest man’ died at the age of 146. which country was he from?
(a)India
(b)Pakistan
(c)Indonesia
(d)Croatia
Ans-c(Indonesia)

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