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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.
| 16551. |
The principle on which artificial kidney operates is |
| A. | active transport |
| B. | dialysis |
| C. | diffusion |
| D. | osmosis |
| Answer» C. diffusion | |
| 16552. |
Interfascicular cambium develops from the cells of? |
| A. | Medullary rays |
| B. | Xylem parenchyma |
| C. | Endodermis |
| D. | Pericycle |
| Answer» B. Xylem parenchyma | |
| 16553. |
The life span of human red corpuscles is |
| A. | 120 days |
| B. | 180 days |
| C. | 100 days |
| D. | equal to the life of the person |
| Answer» B. 180 days | |
| 16554. |
In milk fat content is reduced during |
| A. | monsoon |
| B. | summer |
| C. | winter |
| D. | none of these |
| Answer» C. winter | |
| 16555. |
One should not sleep under a tree at night because of |
| A. | release of carbondioxide |
| B. | release of less oxygen |
| C. | release of carbon monoxide |
| D. | release of more oxygen |
| Answer» B. release of less oxygen | |
| 16556. |
Green plants gives out oxygen during day time rather than carbon dioxide. This means |
| A. | green plants respire only at night |
| B. | respiration rate of green plants is much lower during day time |
| C. | green plants do not respire |
| D. | rate of photosynthesis is higher than that of respiration |
| Answer» E. | |
| 16557. |
The main cellular fuel is ? |
| A. | lactose |
| B. | galactose |
| C. | fructose |
| D. | glucose |
| Answer» E. | |
| 16558. |
The monocotyledonous seed consists of one large and shield shaped cotyledon known as? |
| A. | Coleoptile |
| B. | Aleurone layer |
| C. | Scutellum |
| D. | Coleorhiza |
| Answer» C. Scutellum | |
| 16559. |
The wavelength of light most effective in photosynthesis is |
| A. | blue |
| B. | green |
| C. | red |
| D. | yellow |
| Answer» B. green | |
| 16560. |
Which one of the following moves fastest? |
| A. | amoeba |
| B. | bath sponge |
| C. | sea anemone |
| D. | all of these |
| Answer» B. bath sponge | |
| 16561. |
Which one of the following is not a stem modification? |
| A. | sweet potato |
| B. | arrowroot |
| C. | garlic |
| D. | ginger |
| Answer» B. arrowroot | |
| 16562. |
Which of the following terms is used in the field of economics? |
| A. | Absolute Zero |
| B. | Molecular Equation |
| C. | Zero Point Energy |
| D. | balance of Payment |
| Answer» E. | |
| 16563. |
The penicillin is produced by |
| A. | a fungus |
| B. | a bacteria |
| C. | synthetic means |
| D. | an alga |
| Answer» B. a bacteria | |
| 16564. |
Seychelles, where China is going to set up its new military base, is a country in the |
| A. | Bay of Bengal |
| B. | China Sea |
| C. | Indian Ocean |
| D. | Caspian Sea |
| Answer» D. Caspian Sea | |
| 16565. |
Blood is formed in the human adult by the |
| A. | lungs |
| B. | red bone marrow |
| C. | Spleen |
| D. | heart |
| Answer» C. Spleen | |
| 16566. |
A link between the living and non-living thing is provided by |
| A. | plankton |
| B. | bacteria |
| C. | viruses |
| D. | none of these |
| Answer» D. none of these | |
| 16567. |
France has agreed to supply 'Rafale' to India. The deal is about the supply of: |
| A. | Warships |
| B. | RADAR system |
| C. | Fighter Aircrafts |
| D. | Nuclear Reactors |
| Answer» D. Nuclear Reactors | |
| 16568. |
Honey does not decay because |
| A. | bacteria can not survive in an active state in a solution of high osmotic strength as water is drawn out |
| B. | it contains natural antioxident |
| C. | bacteria can not survive in an active state as it is totally deprived of oxygen |
| D. | none of these |
| Answer» B. it contains natural antioxident | |
| 16569. |
Which of the following countries has been selected as the host ofCommonwealth Games 2018? |
| A. | India |
| B. | Australia |
| C. | South Africa |
| D. | Pakistan |
| Answer» C. South Africa | |
| 16570. |
Milk tastes sour when kept in the open for some time due to the formation of |
| A. | carbonic acid |
| B. | malic acid |
| C. | citric acid |
| D. | malic acid |
| Answer» E. | |
| 16571. |
Which of the following was a recommendation of Hunter’s Commission? |
| A. | Introduction of civic education at college and university level |
| B. | Gradual withdrawal of state support from higher education |
| C. | New regulation for the organized senates system |
| D. | Women’s education |
| Answer» E. | |
| 16572. |
As per the news published in various newspapers, govt is planning to set up a regulatory body in educational field especially for |
| A. | Higher Education |
| B. | Medical Education |
| C. | Elementary Education |
| D. | Secondary Education |
| Answer» B. Medical Education | |
| 16573. |
.................... seeks truce after junior minister slams him on Facebook |
| A. | Kerala Home Minister |
| B. | Mumbai Home Minister |
| C. | CentralHome Minister |
| D. | None of the above |
| Answer» B. Mumbai Home Minister | |
| 16574. |
Which of the following schemes has been launched by the Govt of India to motivate school children to attend school regularly? |
| A. | Kutir Jyoti |
| B. | Mid-Day Meal |
| C. | MNREGA |
| D. | RAY |
| Answer» C. MNREGA | |
| 16575. |
Which one of the following is the correct sequence of tissues present in dicot stem during secondary growth ? |
| A. | Secondary cortex, cork, phellogen primary cortex |
| B. | Phellogen, cork, primary cortex, secondary cortex |
| C. | Cork, primary cortex, secondary cortex, phellogen |
| D. | Primary cortex, secondary cortex, phellogen, cork |
| Answer» E. | |
| 16576. |
.............. rail in Guwahati soon ? |
| A. | Metro |
| B. | Local |
| C. | Child train |
| D. | All of the above |
| Answer» B. Local | |
| 16577. |
Which of the following countries has recently placed its first space lab'Tiangong-1' into orbit? |
| A. | North Korea |
| B. | Japan |
| C. | India |
| D. | China |
| Answer» E. | |
| 16578. |
.................. worth Rs. 40 crore seized at Indo-Pak border. |
| A. | Heroin |
| B. | Charas |
| C. | Bear |
| D. | None of the above |
| Answer» B. Charas | |
| 16579. |
Who among the following was awarded Padma Vibhushan in 2012? |
| A. | TV Rajeswar |
| B. | Aruna Irani |
| C. | AR Rahman |
| D. | Anup Jalota |
| Answer» B. Aruna Irani | |
| 16580. |
Which of the following countries is a member of BRICs? |
| A. | Bhutan |
| B. | Iran |
| C. | South Africa |
| D. | Sudan |
| Answer» D. Sudan | |
| 16581. |
Arrange the following plants in ascending order based on the number of xylem strands in their roots :(I) Trapa(II) Pisum(III) Castanea(IV) Nicotiana |
| A. | I, IV, II, III |
| B. | IV, III, I, II |
| C. | III, IV, II, I |
| D. | II, IV, III, I |
| Answer» B. IV, III, I, II | |
| 16582. |
Sachin Tendulkar made his 100th century in the match played between India and |
| A. | Pakistan |
| B. | England |
| C. | Australia |
| D. | Bangladesh |
| Answer» E. | |
| 16583. |
Which of the following is the abbreviated name of the body/ agency set up to boost foreign investments in India? |
| A. | FORE |
| B. | FCCB |
| C. | FIPB |
| D. | FEMA |
| Answer» D. FEMA | |
| 16584. |
In a dicotyledonous stem, the sequence of tissues from the outside to the inside is? |
| A. | Phellem-endodermis-pericycle-phloem |
| B. | Pericycle-phellem-endodermis-phloem |
| C. | Phellem-pericycle-endodermis-phloem |
| D. | Phellem-phloem-endodermis-pericycle |
| Answer» B. Pericycle-phellem-endodermis-phloem | |
| 16585. |
Which of the following is not considered infrastructural sector of theeconomy? |
| A. | Electricity |
| B. | Textile Sector |
| C. | Telecom |
| D. | Cement |
| Answer» C. Telecom | |
| 16586. |
Identify the plant parts whose transverse sections show a clear and prominent pith? |
| A. | Dicot stem and monocot root |
| B. | Dicot root and monocot root |
| C. | Dicot stem and dicot root |
| D. | Dicot stem and monocot stem |
| Answer» B. Dicot root and monocot root | |
| 16587. |
Dipika, who won Crocodile Challenge Cup Finals, in December 2011, is afamous |
| A. | Badminton player |
| B. | Table Tennis player |
| C. | Squash player |
| D. | Lawn Tennis player |
| Answer» D. Lawn Tennis player | |
| 16588. |
Who among the following is the recipient of Nobel Prize in Literature given in 2011? |
| A. | Bruce A Beutler |
| B. | Thomas Transtromer |
| C. | V S Naipaul |
| D. | Chetan Bhagat |
| Answer» C. V S Naipaul | |
| 16589. |
Interfascicular cambium is a? |
| A. | Secondary meristematic tissue |
| B. | Primary meristematic tissue |
| C. | Primordial meristem |
| D. | Type of Protoderm |
| Answer» B. Primary meristematic tissue | |
| 16590. |
Which of the following is one of the major activities of the National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development (NABARD)? |
| A. | On-site inspection of Cooperative Banks and Regional Rural Banks (RRBs) |
| B. | Helping Govt of India in preparing Union Budget and presenting it in the cabinet meeting |
| C. | Acting as custodian of the foreign exchange reserves of the country. |
| D. | Deciding rate of interest on Savings Bank Accounts in Public Sector Banks |
| Answer» B. Helping Govt of India in preparing Union Budget and presenting it in the cabinet meeting | |
| 16591. |
Heartwood differs from sapwood in? |
| A. | Having dead and non-conducting elements |
| B. | Being susceptible to pests and pathogens |
| C. | Presence of rays and fibres |
| D. | Absence of vessels and parenchyma |
| Answer» B. Being susceptible to pests and pathogens | |
| 16592. |
National Disaster Response Force demands martyr status for dead members. |
| A. | Uttarakhand |
| B. | Ujjain |
| C. | Karnataka |
| D. | None of the above |
| Answer» B. Ujjain | |
| 16593. |
Age of a tree can be estimated by ? |
| A. | Its height and girth |
| B. | Number of annual rings |
| C. | Biomass |
| D. | Diameter of its heartwood |
| Answer» C. Biomass | |
| 16594. |
Which of the following terms is not directly associated with the functioning of RBI? |
| A. | Open Market Operations |
| B. | Cash Reserve Ratio |
| C. | SENSEX |
| D. | Liquidity Adjustment Facility |
| Answer» D. Liquidity Adjustment Facility | |
| 16595. |
Lenticels are involved in ? |
| A. | Transpiration |
| B. | Photosynthesis |
| C. | Food transport |
| D. | Gaseous exchange |
| Answer» E. | |
| 16596. |
Seed coat is not thin, membranous inGram? |
| A. | Groundnut |
| B. | Maize |
| C. | Coconut |
| D. | Gram |
| Answer» D. Gram | |
| 16597. |
Lord Buddha made his first sermon at |
| A. | Lumbini Gardens |
| B. | . Kapilavasthu |
| C. | Pataliputra |
| D. | Sarnath |
| Answer» E. | |
| 16598. |
A council of Eight Ministers known as the Ashta Paradhan assisted? |
| A. | Ahmad Shah Abdali |
| B. | Shivaji |
| C. | Balaji Baji Rao |
| D. | Sher Shah |
| Answer» C. Balaji Baji Rao | |
| 16599. |
Pleasant morning in Delhi, rain likely what is the temprature of today in delhi ? |
| A. | 26.5 |
| B. | 32.4 |
| C. | 23.7 |
| D. | 27.3 |
| Answer» E. | |
| 16600. |
The inner, darker and harder portion of secondary xylem that can not conduct water, in an older dicot stem, is called? |
| A. | Bast |
| B. | Duramen |
| C. | Alburnum |
| D. | Wood |
| Answer» C. Alburnum | |