“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 -74

(1)Which institution is known as ‘Soft Loan Window’ of World Bank?
(a) IDBI
(b) IDA
(c) IMF
(d) RBI
Ans-b(IDA)
(2)Which curve shows the inverse relationship between unemployment and inflation rates
(a) Supply curve
(b) Indifference curve
(c) IS curve
(d) Phillips curve
Ans-d(Phillips curve)
(3)The longest sea beach in India is
(a) Chapora beach
(b) Diu beach
(c) Aksa beach
(d) Marina beach
Ans-d(Marina beach)
(4)The Jammu and Kashmir State Legislative Assembly has a tenure of____________
(a) Six years 6
(b) Five years 5
(c) Four years 4
(d) Seven years 7
Ans-a(Six years 6)
(5)Which one of the following Committees are described as the ‘twin sister’ of the Estimates Committee?
(a) Public Accounts Committee
(b) Committee on Public Undertakings
(c) Departmental Standing Committee
(d) Privilege Committee
Ans-a(Public Accounts Committee)
(6)Potato is a?
(a) Root
(b) Stem
(c) Bud
(d) Fruit
Ans-b(Stem)
(7)English education was introduced in India by
(a) Curzon
(b) Macaulay
(c) Dalhousie
(d) Bentick
Ans-b(Macaulay)
(8)Short term contractions and expansions in economic activity are called___________
(a) Expansions
(b) Recession
(c) Deficits
(d) The business cycle
Ans-d(The business cycle)
(9)Which one of the following region is most rich in coal deposits?
(a) Brahmaputra Valley
(b) Damodar Valley
(c) Mahanadi Valley
(d) Godavari Valley
Ans-b(Damodar Valley)
(10)Rainfall caused by intense evaporation in equatorial areas is called_________
(a) Orographic rainfall
(b) Cyclonic rainfall
(c) Frontal rainfall
(d) Convectional rainfall
Ans-d(Convectional rainfall)
(11)Haematopoiesis take place in__________
(a) Lungs
(b) Pancreas
(c) Liver
(d) Bone marrow
Ans-d(Bone marrow)
(12)__________is a hormone that regulates the amount of glucose in the blood
(a) Glucogen
(b) Thyroxine
(c) Oxytocin
(d) Insulin
Ans-d(Insulin)
(13)Wall Street collapse led to___________
(a) World War II
(b) Recession
(c) U.S. attack on Iraq
(d) Great Depression
Ans-d(Great Depression)
(14)Gandhara Art is the combination of
(a) Indo – Roman
(b) Indo – Greek
(c) Indo – Islamic
(d) Indo – China
Ans-b(Indo – Greek)
(15)If electric resistance is to be decreased, then the number of resistances should be connected in_________
(a) Series
(b) Parallel
(c) Mixed arrangement
(d) None of these
Ans-b(Parallel)
(16)Related to computers, what is ‘Wetware’
(a) Computer programs
(b) Circuitry
(c) Human brain
(d) Chemical storage devices
Ans-c(Human brain)
(17)Indira Goswami, the famous editor, poet, scholar, and writer won the Jnanpith Award in which language?
(a) Bengali
(b) Odia
(c) Assamese
(d) Hindi
Ans-c(Assamese)
(18)Ultraviolet radiation in the stratosphere is absorbed by
(a) SO2
(b) Ozone
(c) Oxygen
(d) Argon
Ans-b(Ozone)
(19)All isotopes of the same element have________________
(a) Different atomic numbers and different atomic mass
(b) Different atomic numbers and the same atomic mass
(c) The same atomic number but different atomic masses
(d) The same atomic number and the atomic mass
Ans-c(the same atomic number but different atomic masses)
(20)Nitric acid does not react with
(a) Gold
(b) Copper
(c) Zinc
(d) Iron
Ans-a(Gold)
(21)Nandadevi peak is located in_______________
(a) Himachal Pradesh
(b) Uttarakhand
(c) Uttar Pradesh
(d) Sikkim
Ans-b(Uttarakhand)
(22)Which one of the following industries is known as ‘Sunrise Industry’?
(a) Iron & Steel
(b) Cotton Textile
(c) Information Technology
(d) Tea & Coffee
Ans-c(Information Technology)
(23)The material used in electric heater is___________
(a) Tungsten
(b) Nichrome
(c) Brass
(d) Steel
Ans-b(Nichrome)
(24)Pellagra and Scurvy are caused by which pair of vitamin deficiency respectively
(a) Vitamin C and Vitamin D
(b) Vitamin B-12 and Vitamin C
(c) Vitamin C and Vitamin A
(d) Vitamin A and Vitamin B-12
Ans-b(Vitamin B-12 and Vitamin C)
(25)Who appoints the Finance Commission in India?
(a) Governor, R.B.I.
(b) CAG of India
(c) President of India
(d) Central Finance Minister
Ans-c(President of India)

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