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This section includes 200950 Mcqs, each offering curated multiple-choice questions to sharpen your General Knowledge knowledge and support exam preparation. Choose a topic below to get started.
| 8901. |
Bhuwan Chandra Khanduri was the Chief Minister of ............... till March, 2012. |
| A. | Arunachal Pradesh |
| B. | Meghalaya |
| C. | Uttarakhand |
| D. | Jharkhand |
| Answer» D. Jharkhand | |
| 8902. |
Who is the recently appointed advisor to the Prime Minister? |
| A. | Yugul Jain |
| B. | S.P. Sinha |
| C. | T.K.A. Nair |
| D. | S. Swamy |
| Answer» D. S. Swamy | |
| 8903. |
1. of 2. we 3. heard4. him 5. had |
| A. | 42351 |
| B. | 52341 |
| C. | 25314 |
| D. | 25431 |
| Answer» D. 25431 | |
| 8904. |
Stainless steel is an example of....... |
| A. | An inorganic compound |
| B. | A heterogeneous mixture |
| C. | A homogeneous mixture |
| D. | A metallic compound |
| Answer» E. | |
| 8905. |
Thalassaemia is a hereditary disease affecting..... |
| A. | Kidney |
| B. | Heart |
| C. | Lungs |
| D. | Blood |
| Answer» E. | |
| 8906. |
Mr. Ranjit Kumar Bhatia recently retired as the |
| A. | Director General of Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP) |
| B. | Chief of Army Staff |
| C. | Director General of Shipping |
| D. | None of the above |
| Answer» B. Chief of Army Staff | |
| 8907. |
The animal which uses sounds as its 'eyes' is? |
| A. | Bat |
| B. | Snake |
| C. | Cat |
| D. | Dog |
| Answer» B. Snake | |
| 8908. |
The blue colour of the clear sky is due to..... |
| A. | Diffraction of light |
| B. | Reflection of light |
| C. | Dispersion of light |
| D. | Refraction of light |
| Answer» D. Refraction of light | |
| 8909. |
1. medicine 2. a 3. Neeta4. given 5. was |
| A. | 51423 |
| B. | 25431 |
| C. | 15423 |
| D. | 35421 |
| Answer» E. | |
| 8910. |
The cell that lacks a nucleus is? |
| A. | Flame cell |
| B. | Red blood corpuscles in man |
| C. | Spermatozoan |
| D. | White blood corpuscles |
| Answer» C. Spermatozoan | |
| 8911. |
Under the same fact situation as above, which one of the following helps you to circumvent the situation? |
| A. | Replace education with money and make poor rich |
| B. | To achieve equality encourage inter-caste marriage |
| C. | Only downtrodden people should form the government |
| D. | Identify good natured and meritorious people within downtrodden group to make them teachers |
| Answer» E. | |
| 8912. |
Does our society need reservation in job ? Before we defend reservation, we must consider some issues. Why do we need reservation? Obviously, reservation is required to lift the downtrodden and thereby achieve equality. How do you achieve this? Every individual, without exception, has a right to receive quality education. It is more so in the case of downtrodden people. Only a good-natured meritorious teacher can impart quality education. Suppose that a person who is neither good natured nor meritorious becomes a teacher thanks to reservation system. Then generations of students suffer. Suppose that there is some merit in this argument. Then which of the following aptly describes the fall-out of this argument? |
| A. | Reservation is individual - centric, but not group - centric |
| B. | Reservation, in at least one field, is self-defeating |
| C. | The argument is biased |
| D. | Education is not required to uplift the downtrodden |
| Answer» B. Reservation, in at least one field, is self-defeating | |
| 8913. |
The disease diphtheria affects.. |
| A. | Lungs |
| B. | Throat |
| C. | Intestine |
| D. | Body joints |
| Answer» C. Intestine | |
| 8914. |
1. left 2. the 3. house4. he 5. suddenly |
| A. | 12435 |
| B. | 21354 |
| C. | 45123 |
| D. | 52341 |
| Answer» D. 52341 | |
| 8915. |
Many environmentalists either adopt double standard or do not know what they are talking about. A protagonist of environment, for obvious reasons, ought not to bat for any type of progress because progress without meddling with nature is a myth. But none can live without scientific and technological advance which has singularly made progress possible.. Furthermore, environment includes not just forest wealth and hills, but, animal wealth also. An honest environmentalist is obliged to address the following questions. First, should man in the interest of hygiene, kill any living being be it an insect purported to be harmful or stray dogs ? After all,this world does not belong to man alone. Which one of the following runs counter to the spirit of the passage ? |
| A. | In the interest of health and cleanliness, our surroundings must be from disease- spreading bacteria |
| B. | Non-violence as a moral principle extends to all living creatures |
| C. | Vegetarian food is ideal to all men |
| D. | Man should protect his environment because he has to live |
| Answer» B. Non-violence as a moral principle extends to all living creatures | |
| 8916. |
The dynamo is a device for converting....... |
| A. | Heat energy into electrical energy |
| B. | Magnetic energy into electrical energy |
| C. | Mechanical energy into electrical energy |
| D. | None of the above |
| Answer» D. None of the above | |
| 8917. |
Jhala Nath Khanal, who recently resigned from his post,was the ............... of Nepal |
| A. | Prime Minister |
| B. | President |
| C. | Military Chief |
| D. | None of the above |
| Answer» B. President | |
| 8918. |
According to the above passage, which one of the following correctly differentiates L'incoin Is and Socrates' analyses ? |
| A. | the nature of democracy |
| B. | merits and demerits of politicians |
| C. | qualities of election |
| D. | difference in mind set of respective men |
| Answer» E. | |
| 8919. |
The intensity of Earthquakes is measured on? |
| A. | Beaufort scale |
| B. | Mercalli scale |
| C. | Secant scale |
| D. | Richter scale |
| Answer» E. | |
| 8920. |
The gas predominantly responsible for global warning is...... |
| A. | Nitrogen peroxide |
| B. | Nitrous oxide |
| C. | Carbon monoxide |
| D. | Carbon dioxide |
| Answer» E. | |
| 8921. |
The general direct flow of summer monsoon in India is? |
| A. | From South to North |
| B. | From South East to South West |
| C. | From South West to South East |
| D. | From South West to North East |
| Answer» D. From South West to North East | |
| 8922. |
Parkash Singh Badal, who recently was sworn in as theoldest Chief Minister of Punjab, is from which of thefollowing political parties? |
| A. | Shiromani Akali Dal |
| B. | Indian National Congress |
| C. | Bhartiya Janta Party |
| D. | Bahujan Samaj Party |
| Answer» B. Indian National Congress | |
| 8923. |
The marine animal called dugong which is vulnerable to extinction is a/an |
| A. | Amphibian |
| B. | Mammal |
| C. | Shark |
| D. | Bony fish |
| Answer» C. Shark | |
| 8924. |
An efficient and diesel-independent public transport. system is essential to the economic development of nation. Suppose that the government adopts a policy to that effect then thereis another favourable. result. The pollution of environment is reduced to -a greater extent. But, then it has two-pronged backlash. The sale and consequently the production of two and four wheelers reduce to the minimum which in turn render a large number of people j obless.Cash flow to the treasury, also is adversely affected. Such a step, therefore, Js self-defeating unless the government evolves a counter-strategy to nullify the adverse effects. Which one of the following accurately projects the opinion of an imaginary speaker or author as the case may be of this passage ? |
| A. | Abandon the idea of efficient and diesel-independent public transport system |
| B. | Ensure sustained cash flow and create better job opportunities by inventing an alternate or more than one alternate |
| C. | Public transport system shall be given up |
| D. | Maintain production and sale at the same level by offering incentives |
| Answer» C. Public transport system shall be given up | |
| 8925. |
The oxide of Nitrogen used in medicine as anaesthetic is? |
| A. | Nitrogen pentoxide |
| B. | Nitrous oxide |
| C. | Nitric oxide |
| D. | Nitrogen dioxide |
| Answer» B. Nitrous oxide | |
| 8926. |
It is said that in his strongly worded reaction to quantum Physics,. Einstein remaxks, 'God does not play dice' to which Bohr, another great physicist, reacted saying 'Do not tell Godwhat to do'. Bohr, earlier had argued that we can never know what the properties of an isolated quantum system, though we can know theproperties of macrocosmic objects. Which one of the following is the focus of their debate ? |
| A. | the behaviour of God |
| B. | probabilistic interpretation of the behaviour of quantum object |
| C. | limits of human knowledge |
| D. | irrelevance of microcosmic object |
| Answer» D. irrelevance of microcosmic object | |
| 8927. |
The appointment of ............... as the Lokayukta of thestate by the Governor has been challenged by the Gujaratgovernment in the Gujarat High Court. |
| A. | Justice (retd.) Santosh Hegde |
| B. | Justice (retd.) R.A. Mehta |
| C. | Justice (retd.) L.C. Bhadoo |
| D. | None of the above |
| Answer» C. Justice (retd.) L.C. Bhadoo | |
| 8928. |
The Panda belongs to the same family as that of.... |
| A. | Rabbit |
| B. | Dog |
| C. | Cat |
| D. | Bear |
| Answer» E. | |
| 8929. |
The speed of light with the rise in the temperature of the medium..... |
| A. | Remains unaltered |
| B. | Decreases |
| C. | Increases |
| D. | Drops sharply |
| Answer» B. Decreases | |
| 8930. |
M. Ramadoss of ............... was suspended recently on the charge of irregularities in granting credit insurance cover to Paramount Airways. |
| A. | Life Insurance Corporation of India |
| B. | ICICI Bank |
| C. | Citibank |
| D. | New India Assurance Co. |
| Answer» E. | |
| 8931. |
The smallest functional and structural unit of kidney is called as? |
| A. | Reticulocyte |
| B. | Granulocyte |
| C. | Nephron |
| D. | Neuron |
| Answer» D. Neuron | |
| 8932. |
The removal of top soil by water or wind is called? |
| A. | Soil wash |
| B. | Soil creep |
| C. | Soil erosion |
| D. | Silting of soil |
| Answer» D. Silting of soil | |
| 8933. |
In a certain electronic circuit the output is positive if input 1 is positive and input 2 is zero. If both inputs are positive the output is zero. This is... |
| A. | a high-pass filter |
| B. | an OR circuit |
| C. | a NOR circuit |
| D. | an AND circuit |
| Answer» C. a NOR circuit | |
| 8934. |
The person or thing working against the protagonist, or hero, of the work. |
| A. | Antithesis |
| B. | Antagonist |
| C. | Protagonist |
| D. | Analogy |
| Answer» C. Protagonist | |
| 8935. |
someone who serves as a contrast or challenge to another character. |
| A. | Epic |
| B. | Tone |
| C. | Motif |
| D. | Foil |
| Answer» E. | |
| 8936. |
M.P. Veerendrakumar has recently been appointed as the Chairman of the Board of Directors of |
| A. | The Times of India |
| B. | Press Trust of India |
| C. | ICICI Bank |
| D. | Canara Bank |
| Answer» C. ICICI Bank | |
| 8937. |
The two diseases that most often kill AIDS victims are1.Kaposi's sarcoma2.Lymphangioma3.Pneumocystis carinii pneumonia4.Systemic Lupus erythromatosus |
| A. | 1 and 2 |
| B. | 1 and 3 |
| C. | 3 and 4 |
| D. | 2 and 3 |
| Answer» C. 3 and 4 | |
| 8938. |
The final solution or outcome of a play or story. |
| A. | Understatement |
| B. | Epithet |
| C. | Denouement |
| D. | Metonymy |
| Answer» D. Metonymy | |
| 8939. |
The solar eclipse occurs when...... |
| A. | the sun comes in between the moon and the earth |
| B. | the moon comes in between the sun and the earth |
| C. | the earth comes in the between the sun and the moon |
| D. | None of the above |
| Answer» C. the earth comes in the between the sun and the moon | |
| 8940. |
-9+9 ? |
| A. | -1 |
| B. | 1 |
| C. | 18 |
| D. | 0 |
| Answer» E. | |
| 8941. |
Who is the new CMD of Air India? |
| A. | Mr. Arun Jadhav |
| B. | Mr. Anoop Shrivastava |
| C. | Mr. Amol Sharma |
| D. | Mr. Rohit Nandan |
| Answer» E. | |
| 8942. |
Who is the recently appointed Director of Bharat Earth Movers Limited? |
| A. | G.V. Naidas |
| B. | N.M. Bose |
| C. | Archana Priyarajan |
| D. | P.R. Naik |
| Answer» E. | |
| 8943. |
7 - (-2)+(-1)? |
| A. | 8 |
| B. | 6 |
| C. | 10 |
| D. | 4 |
| Answer» B. 6 | |
| 8944. |
4 - 10 ? |
| A. | -40 |
| B. | -6 |
| C. | 6 |
| D. | 14 |
| Answer» C. 6 | |
| 8945. |
The vestiges of hind limbs are present in? |
| A. | Cobra |
| B. | Python |
| C. | Krait |
| D. | Sea snake |
| Answer» C. Krait | |
| 8946. |
The time and place in which the action of a literary work occurs. |
| A. | Simile |
| B. | Setting |
| C. | Tone |
| D. | Satire |
| Answer» C. Tone | |
| 8947. |
The use of which of the following devices has given the modern biologist a better insight into the internal structure of cells? |
| A. | Super Computer |
| B. | Spectrophotometer |
| C. | Electron microscope |
| D. | Ultracentrifuge |
| Answer» D. Ultracentrifuge | |
| 8948. |
The wonder pigment chlorophyll is present in? |
| A. | Mitochondria |
| B. | Quantosomes |
| C. | Centrosomes |
| D. | Lysosomes |
| Answer» C. Centrosomes | |
| 8949. |
There are how many strains of H u0026 N proteins that cumulatively make up the HN breed of flu virus (eg. being the presently famous H1N1 virus) |
| A. | 9 u0026 9 respectively |
| B. | 16 u0026 16 respectively |
| C. | 9 u0026 16 respectively |
| D. | 16 u0026 9 respectively |
| Answer» E. | |
| 8950. |
Okram Ibobi Singh was recently sworn in as the ChiefMinister of ……………. for the third consecutive term. |
| A. | Arunachal Pradesh |
| B. | Tripura |
| C. | Manipur |
| D. | Mizoram |
| Answer» D. Mizoram | |