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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 -69

(1)Who among the following Sikh Gurus had laid the foundation of Amritsar?
(a) Guru Amar Das
(b) Guru Ram Das
(c) Guru Arjan Dev
(d) Guru Har Govind
Ans-b(Guru Ram Das)
(2)In the 42nd Constitutional Amendment 1976, which word was added to the Preamble?
(a) Democratic
(b) Equality
(c) Secular
(d) Socialist
Ans-c(Secular)
(3)Which monument is known as “The National Monument of India”?
(a) India Gate
(b) Gateway of India
(c) Raj Ghat
(d) Red Fort
Ans-a(India Gate)
(4)Which of the following country has recently declared 3-month emergency following a failed military coup?
(a) Sudan
(b) Turkey
(c) Maldives
(d) Syria
Ans-b(Turkey)
(5)The award which, the famous writer and social activist Mahasweta Devi, who passed away recently, did not win
(a) Sahitya Akademi Award
(b) Jnanpith Award
(c) Magsaysay Award
(d) Padam Vibhushan
Ans-d(Padam Vibhushan)
(6)Which place is said to be the Manchester of South India?
(a) Coimbatore
(b) Salem
(c) Thanjavur
(d) Madurai
Ans-a(Coimbatore)
(7)A galvanometer can be converted into a voltmeter by connecting with it a
(a) High resistance in parallel
(b) Low resistance in parallel
(c) High resistance on series
(d) Low resistance in series
Ans-c(High resistance on series)
(8)In computer processing______________selects processes from the pool and loads them into memory for execution.
(a) Job Scheduler
(b) Resource Scheduler
(c) CPU Scheduler
(d) Process Scheduler
Ans-a(Job Scheduler)
(9)Name the first cricketer to score 1000 runs in an innings in any competitive match
(a) Prithvi Shaw
(b) Pranav Dhanawade
(c) Virat Kohli
(d) Shikhar Dhawan
Ans-b(Pranav Dhanawade)
(10)The beach sands of Kerala are rich in
(a) Calcium
(b) Radium
(c) Thorium
(d) Manganese
Ans-c(Thorium)
(11)During which of the following operating conditions of an automobile, carbon monoxide content in the exhaust gas is maximum?
(a) Acceleration
(b) Cruising
(c) Idle running
(d) Deacceleration
Ans-c(Idle running)
(12)India’s first Railway University will come up at
(a) Vadodara, Gujarat
(b) Bengaluru, Karnataka
(c) Hyderabad, Andra Pradesh
(d) Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh
Ans-a(Vadodara, Gujarat)
(13)The Himalayas is the example of___________
(a) Fold mountains
(b) Block mountains
(c) Ancient mountains
(d) Residual mountains
Ans-a(Fold mountains)
(14)The largest irrigation canal in India is___________
(a) Yamuna canal
(b) Indira Gandhi canal
(c) Sirhind canal
(d) Upper Bari Doab canal
Ans-b(Indira Gandhi canal)
(15)Even after sunset, the air near the Earth’s surface continue to receive heat due to
(a) Insolation
(b) Terrestrial Radiation
(c) Conduction
(d) Convection
Ans-b(Terrestrial Radiation)
(16)At the Rio Olympics, who was the flag-bearer of the Indian contingent?
(a) Narsingh Yadav
(b) Abhinav Bindra
(c) Dipa Karmakar
(d) Sania Mirza
Ans-b(Abhinav Bindra)
(17)A landscape which is caused due to the fissure in the earth along which one side has moved down with reference to the other is known
(a) Rift Valley
(b) U Shaped Valley
(c) V Shaped Valley
(d) Hanging Valley
Ans-a(Rift Valley)
(18)The largest artery in human body is
(a) Aorta
(b) Capillary
(c) Vena cava
(d) Pulmonary vein
Ans-a(Aorta)
(19)An eudiometer measure
(a) Atmospheric pressure
(b) Time
(c) Volume of gases
(d) Vapour pressure
Ans-c(Volume of gases)
(20)Trinitrotoluene is
(a) Used to melt metals
(b) Used to fuse two metals
(c) Used as an abrasive
(d) Used as an explosive
Ans-d(used as an explosive)
(21)In a cut motion, when the amount of demand is reduced by Rs 100/­, it is known as
(a) Disapproval of policy cut
(b) Economy cut
(c) Vote on Account
(d) Token cut
Ans-d(Token cut)
(22)One of the leading producers of asbestos in the world is
(a) Australia
(b) Russia
(c) Canada
(d) Armenia
Ans-c(Canada)
(23)Beighton Cup is associated with which of the following?
(a) Cricket
(b) Hockey
(c) Football
(d) Volleyball
Ans-b(Hockey)
(24)If Reserve Bank of India reduces the cash reserve ratio, it will :
(a) increase credit creation
(b) decrease credit creation
(c) have no impact on credit creation
(d) have no definite impact on credit creation
Ans-a(increase credit creation)
(25)Nitrification is the biological process of converting
(a) N2 into nitrate
(b) N2 into nitrite
(c) Ammonia into nitrite
(d) Ammonia into N2
Ans-c(Ammonia into nitrite)

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