“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 -78

(1)Who among the following is not a member of the National Development Council?
(a) The Prime Minister
(b) The Member of NITI Aayog
(c) The Chief Ministers of States
(d) The President of India
Ans-d(The President of India)
(2)The rate of tax increase as the amount of the tax base increases is called
(a) Proportional tax
(b) Progressive tax
(c) Regressive tax
(d) Degressive tax
Ans-b(Progressive tax)
(3)The supply­side economics lays greater emphasis on___________
(a) Producer
(b) Global economy
(c) Consumer
(d) Middle Man
Ans-a(Producer)
(4)The founding father of “Theory of bureaucracy” was
(a) F. W. Taylor
(b) Max Weber
(c) Elton Mayo
(d) Herbert Simon
Ans-b(Max Weber)
(5)The United Nations Organisation came into existence in
(a) 1947
(b) 1950
(c) 1945
(d) 1946
Ans-(1945)
(6)Abdul Fazal was the son of which Sufi saint?
(a) Sheikh Mubarak
(b) Hazarat Khwaja
(c) Nasiruddin Chirag
(c) Baba Qutubuddin Bakhtiyar Kaki
Ans-a(Sheikh Mubarak)
(7)French revolution broke out in the year:
(a) 1917
(b) 1911
(c) 1789
(d) 1790
Ans-c(1789)
(8)The song “Vande Mataram” occurs in the book_________
(a) Geetanjali
(b) Anandmath
(c) Indian People
(d) Poverty and Un ­ British Rule in India
Ans-b(Anandmath)
(9)Which mosquito is the carrier of Zika virus?
(a) Culex
(b) Aedes
(c) Anopheles
(d) Culiseta
Ans-b(Aedes)
(10)Geothermal energy is maximum utilised in___________
(a) Iceland
(b) New Zealand
(c) Russia
(d) Japan
Ans-a(Iceland)
(11)Root cap is derived from
(a) Dermatogen
(b) Calyptrogen
(c) Protoderm
(d) Histogen
Ans-b(Calyptrogen)
(12)The blotting technique used to identify the isolated protein is_________
(a) Northern blotting
(b) Western blotting
(c) Southern blotting
(d) Cloning
Ans-b(Western blotting)
(13)Morphology of Chromosomes can be best studied at____________
(a) Interphase
(b) Prophase
(c) Metaphase
(d) Zygotene
Ans-c(Metaphase)
(14)The ‘Choke’ used with a tube light is basically____________
(a) an inductor
(b) a capacitor
(c) a transformer
(d) a resistor
Ans-a(an inductor)
(15)Curie is an unit of__________
(a) Radioactivity
(b) energy of Gamma rays
(c) intensity of Gamma rays
(d) work function
Ans-a(Radioactivity)
(16)In Networks, WEP stands for
(a) Wireless Equivalent Privacy
(b) Wired Extra Privacy
(c) Wired Equivalent Privacy
(d) Wireless Embedded Privacy
Ans-c(Wired Equivalent Privacy)
(17)For extinguishing fire, we use________
(a) Hydrogen
(b) Carbon Monoxide
(c) Carbon Dioxide
(d) Marsh gas
Ans-c(Carbon Dioxide)
(18)The chemical name of quartz is____________
(a) Calcium oxide
(b) Calcium phosphate
(c) Sodium phosphate
(d) Sodium silicate
Ans-d(Sodium silicate)
(19)Continuous chain of mountains that rise abruptly more or less parallel to the coastline of India is
(a) Aravalli
(b) Satpura
(c) Eastern Ghats
(d) Western Ghats
Ans-d(Western Ghats)
(20)The biggest reserves of Thorium are in____________
(a) China
(b) USA
(c) India
(d) France
Ans-c(India)
(21)Which of the following became the first country in the world to legalise euthanasia?
(a) Belgium
(b) Netherlands
(c) Denmark
(d) Canada
Ans-b(Netherlands)
(22)Which of the following countries won Euro Cup 2016 (football)?
(a) France
(b) Germany
(c) Portugal
(d) Iceland
Ans-c(Portugal)
(23)Shivkumar Sharma is famous for playing the_________
(a) Sitar
(b) Flute
(c) Santoor
(d) Tabla
Ans-c(Santoor)
(24)Who among the following is popularly known as ‘Blade Runner’?
(a) Usain Bolt
(b) Oscar Carl Pistorious
(c) Carl Lewis
(d) Ben Johnson
Ans-b(Oscar Carl Pistori)
(25)FCRA administered by the Ministry of Home Affairs stands for_________
(a) Foreign Currency Regulation Act
(b) Foreign Contribution Regulation Ac
(c) Foreign Contract Regulation Act
(d) Foreign Cartel Restriction Act
Ans-b(Foreign Contribution Regulation Act)

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