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This section includes 58536 Mcqs, each offering curated multiple-choice questions to sharpen your Current Affairs knowledge and support exam preparation. Choose a topic below to get started.
| 54301. |
The United Nations declared 1993 as a year of the |
| A. | disabled |
| B. | forests |
| C. | girl child |
| D. | indigenous people |
| Answer» E. | |
| 54302. |
The World Environment Day is celebrated on |
| A. | April 7 |
| B. | June 5 |
| C. | August 6 |
| D. | June 16 |
| Answer» C. August 6 | |
| 54303. |
'Teacher's Day' is observed on which of the date? |
| A. | September 5 |
| B. | January 30 |
| C. | November 14 |
| D. | October 2 |
| Answer» B. January 30 | |
| 54304. |
Journalist Day was celebrated for the first time all over the country on |
| A. | Oct. 20, 1984 |
| B. | Oct. 1, 1984 |
| C. | Oct 28, 1984 |
| D. | Oct. 8, 1984 |
| Answer» D. Oct. 8, 1984 | |
| 54305. |
National Maritime Day of India falls on |
| A. | April 5 |
| B. | June 5 |
| C. | October 5 |
| D. | September 5 |
| Answer» B. June 5 | |
| 54306. |
The zonal soil type of peninsular India belongs to |
| A. | red soils |
| B. | yellow soils |
| C. | black soils |
| D. | older alluvium |
| Answer» B. yellow soils | |
| 54307. |
The only private sector refinery set up by Reliance Petroleum Ltd. is located at |
| A. | Guwahati |
| B. | Jamnagar |
| C. | Mumbai |
| D. | Chennai |
| Answer» C. Mumbai | |
| 54308. |
Three important rivers of the Indian subcontinent have their sources near the Mansarover Lake in the Great Himalayas. These rivers are |
| A. | Indus, Jhelum and Sutlej |
| B. | Brahmaputra, Sutlej and Yamuna |
| C. | Brahmaputra, Indus and Sutlej |
| D. | Jhelum, Sutlej and Yamuna |
| Answer» D. Jhelum, Sutlej and Yamuna | |
| 54309. |
The only state in India that produces saffron is |
| A. | Assam |
| B. | Himachal Pradesh |
| C. | Jammu and Kashmir |
| D. | Meghalaya |
| Answer» D. Meghalaya | |
| 54310. |
The typical area of sal forest in the Indian peninsular upland occurs |
| A. | on the western ghats |
| B. | between the Tapti and the Narmada |
| C. | to the north-east of the Godavari |
| D. | on the Malwa plateau |
| Answer» E. | |
| 54311. |
The state having a largest area of forest cover in India is |
| A. | Arunachal Pradesh |
| B. | Haryana |
| C. | Madhya Pradesh |
| D. | Assam |
| Answer» D. Assam | |
| 54312. |
Which of the following has a potential for harnessing of tidal energy in India? |
| A. | Gulf of Cambay |
| B. | Gulf of Mannar |
| C. | Backwaters of Kerala |
| D. | Chilka lake |
| Answer» B. Gulf of Mannar | |
| 54313. |
The Radcliffe line is a boundary between |
| A. | India and Pakistan |
| B. | India and China |
| C. | India and Myanmar |
| D. | India and Afghanistan |
| Answer» B. India and China | |
| 54314. |
The refineries are Mathura, Digboi and Panipat are set up by |
| A. | Indian Oil Corporation Ltd. |
| B. | Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Ltd. |
| C. | Bharat Petroleum Corporation Ltd. |
| D. | Crude Distillation unit of Madras Refineries Ltd. |
| Answer» B. Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Ltd. | |
| 54315. |
The India's highest annual rainfall is reported at |
| A. | Namchi, Sikkim |
| B. | Churu, Rajasthan |
| C. | Mawsynram, Meghalaya |
| D. | Chamba, Himachal Pradesh |
| Answer» D. Chamba, Himachal Pradesh | |
| 54316. |
The present forest area of India, according to satellite data, is |
| A. | increasing |
| B. | decreasing |
| C. | static |
| D. | decreasing in open forest area but increasing in closed forest area |
| Answer» C. static | |
| 54317. |
Aurobindo was the author of |
| A. | Discovery of India |
| B. | Hindu view of life |
| C. | Yogashastra |
| D. | Savitri |
| Answer» E. | |
| 54318. |
The gas present in the stratosphere which filters out some of the sun s ultraviolet light and provides an effective shield against radiation damage to living things is |
| A. | helium |
| B. | ozone |
| C. | oxygen |
| D. | methane |
| Answer» C. oxygen | |
| 54319. |
'Mirchchhakatika' was written by |
| A. | Vikramaditya |
| B. | Shudraka |
| C. | Kalhana |
| D. | Banabhatta |
| Answer» C. Kalhana | |
| 54320. |
Which of the book was written by Graham Greene? |
| A. | O' Jerusalem |
| B. | The Power and Glory |
| C. | Crisis in India |
| D. | Of Human Bondage |
| Answer» C. Crisis in India | |
| 54321. |
George Bernard Shaw, the great dramatist, was |
| A. | a Welsh |
| B. | an Irishman |
| C. | a Soctsman |
| D. | an Englishman |
| Answer» C. a Soctsman | |
| 54322. |
Who wrote 'War and Peace'? |
| A. | Leo Tolstoy |
| B. | Mahatma Gandhi |
| C. | Charles Dickens |
| D. | Kipling |
| Answer» B. Mahatma Gandhi | |
| 54323. |
Neurospora is used as genetic material because |
| A. | it has short life cycle of 10 days |
| B. | the product of single meiosis can be easily analysed |
| C. | meiotic products are linearly arranged in the form of ordered tetrads |
| D. | is a diploid fungus |
| Answer» B. the product of single meiosis can be easily analysed | |
| 54324. |
Phloem is a tissue found in |
| A. | reproductive organs of animals |
| B. | plants |
| C. | insects |
| D. | mammals |
| Answer» C. insects | |
| 54325. |
Pyorrhoea is a disease of the |
| A. | nose |
| B. | gums |
| C. | heart |
| D. | lungs |
| Answer» C. heart | |
| 54326. |
O2 released in the process of photosynthesis comes from |
| A. | CO2 |
| B. | water |
| C. | sugar |
| D. | pyruvic acid |
| Answer» C. sugar | |
| 54327. |
Nucleus, the genetic material containing rounded body in each cell, was first discovered in 1831 by |
| A. | Robert Hooke |
| B. | Robert Brown |
| C. | Rudolf Virchow |
| D. | Theodore Schwann |
| Answer» C. Rudolf Virchow | |
| 54328. |
Process of cell division can take place by |
| A. | heterosis |
| B. | fusion |
| C. | mitosis |
| D. | None of these |
| Answer» D. None of these | |
| 54329. |
Photo-oxidation is |
| A. | photorespiration |
| B. | photolysis |
| C. | light and oxygen induced breakdown |
| D. | All of the above |
| Answer» E. | |
| 54330. |
Plants absorb most part of water needed by them through their |
| A. | embryonic zone |
| B. | growing point |
| C. | root hairs |
| D. | zone of elongation |
| Answer» D. zone of elongation | |
| 54331. |
Plants absorb dissolved nitrates from soil and convert them into |
| A. | free nitrogen |
| B. | urea |
| C. | ammonia |
| D. | proteins |
| Answer» B. urea | |
| 54332. |
Materials for rain-proof coats and tents owe their water-proof properties to |
| A. | surface tension |
| B. | viscosity |
| C. | specific gravity |
| D. | elasticity |
| Answer» B. viscosity | |
| 54333. |
Point A is at a lower electrical potential than point B. An electron between them on the line joining them will |
| A. | move towards A |
| B. | move towards B |
| C. | move at right angles to the line joining A and B |
| D. | remain at rest |
| Answer» C. move at right angles to the line joining A and B | |
| 54334. |
Find the maximum velocity for the overturn of a car moving on a circular track of radius 100 m. The co-efficient of friction between the road and tyre is 0.2 |
| A. | 0.14 m/s |
| B. | 140 m/s |
| C. | 1.4 km/s |
| D. | 14 m/s |
| Answer» E. | |
| 54335. |
It is more difficult to walk on a sandy road than on a concrete road because |
| A. | sand is soft and concreter is hard |
| B. | the friction between sand and feet is less than that between concrete and feet |
| C. | the friction between sand and feet is more than that between concrete and feet |
| D. | the sand is grainy but concrete is smooth |
| Answer» C. the friction between sand and feet is more than that between concrete and feet | |
| 54336. |
Pick out the scalar quantity |
| A. | force |
| B. | pressure |
| C. | velocity |
| D. | acceleration |
| Answer» C. velocity | |
| 54337. |
The main chemical constituent of the oil of cardamom which is responsible for flavour of this oil is |
| A. | cineole |
| B. | engenol |
| C. | geraniol |
| D. | limonene |
| Answer» B. engenol | |
| 54338. |
Zone refining is used for the purification of |
| A. | Au |
| B. | Ge |
| C. | Ag |
| D. | Cu |
| Answer» C. Ag | |
| 54339. |
The following are the half lives of four active isotopes. Which one of the following is the most dangerous to handle? |
| A. | 3 billion years |
| B. | 100 years |
| C. | 0.01 minute |
| D. | 13 days |
| Answer» D. 13 days | |
| 54340. |
The method that cannot be used for removing permanent hardness of water is |
| A. | adding sodium carbonate |
| B. | distillation |
| C. | adding caustic soda |
| D. | boiling |
| Answer» E. | |
| 54341. |
The hydronium ion is |
| A. | H+ |
| B. | HO - |
| C. | H2+ |
| D. | H3O+ |
| Answer» E. | |
| 54342. |
The graphite rods in the nuclear reactor |
| A. | react with U to release energy |
| B. | produce neutrons |
| C. | undergo combustion which triggers the nuclear fission |
| D. | convert fast moving neutrons into thermal neutrons |
| Answer» E. | |
| 54343. |
The gas used in the manufacture of vanaspati from vegetable oil is |
| A. | hydrogen |
| B. | oxygen |
| C. | nitrogen |
| D. | carbon dioxide |
| Answer» B. oxygen | |
| 54344. |
The items amenable to detection by soft x-rays are |
| A. | contrabands |
| B. | lead in bullets |
| C. | narcotics |
| D. | genuine coins from counterfeit coins |
| Answer» E. | |
| 54345. |
The mass of one Avogadro number of helium atom is |
| A. | 1.00 gram |
| B. | 4.00 gram |
| C. | 8.00 gram |
| D. | 4 x 6.02 x 1023 gram |
| Answer» C. 8.00 gram | |
| 54346. |
The number of waves in n x 10th Bohr's orbit are |
| A. | n2 |
| B. | n |
| C. | n-2 |
| D. | n3 |
| Answer» C. n-2 | |
| 54347. |
The luster of a metal is due to |
| A. | its high density |
| B. | its high polishing |
| C. | its chemical inertness |
| D. | presence of free electrons |
| Answer» E. | |
| 54348. |
The number of water molecules present in a drop of water (volume 0.0018 ml) at room temperature is |
| A. | 1.568 x 103 |
| B. | 6.023 x 1019 |
| C. | 4.84 x 1017 |
| D. | 6.023 x 1023 |
| Answer» C. 4.84 x 1017 | |
| 54349. |
When is the World Population Day observed? |
| A. | May 31 |
| B. | October 4 |
| C. | December 10 |
| D. | July 11 |
| Answer» E. | |
| 54350. |
January 15 is celebrated as the |
| A. | Republic Day |
| B. | Ugadhi |
| C. | Teachers' Day |
| D. | Army Day |
| Answer» E. | |