#dailyquizadda #ssc #gkQuiz #2012 #100Questions
Explanations is Given wherever is possible with theory.
The National Commission for Minorities was constituted in the year
1990
1992
1980
1989
B
The first Indian who was chosen as the Secretary-General of Commonwealth is
Rakesh Verma
Gopalaswami
Krishna Murthy
Kamalesh Sharma
D
In which of the following systems of government is bi-cameralism an essential feature?
Federal system
Unitary system
Parliamentary system
Presidential system
A
C GIVEN BUT WE THINK ITS A
The main federal features of the Indian Constitution are as follows:
Written Constitution:
Supremacy of the Constitution:
Rigid Constitution:
Division of Powers:
Independent Judiciary:
Bicameral Legislature:
Dual Government Polity:
Kuldip Nayar, a journalist, was appointed as a High Commisioner in
Sri Lanka
Australia
UK
Pakistan
C
Which king is referred to as Devanampiya Piyadassi (Beloved of the Gods) in the inscriptions?
Asoka
Harsha
Bindusara
Chandragupta Maurya
A
Socialism succeeds in achieving
higher standard of living of the people
equal distribution of income in the society
higher individual welfare in the society
maximum social welfare in the society
B
Monopolist resorts to price discrimination depending upon the
Elasticity of supply
Elasticity of demand
Law of demand
Law of supply
B
Economic planning is an essential feature of
Socialist economy
Capitalist economy
Mixed economy
Dual economy
A
The HYV programme in India is also called as
Traditional Agriculture
New Agricultural Strategy
White Revolution
Blue Revolution
Answer (b). HYV stands for High Yielding Varieties.
The National Policy for Empowerment of Women was adopted in the year
2001
2005
1991
1995
A
Ballots were first used in
Australia
USA
Ancient Greece
England
C
Ballot>>a procedure by which people vote secretly on an issue.
The Rashtriya Barh Ayog (RBA) is related with
Droughts and Floods
Poverty and Alleviation
Floods
Disaster Management
C
Which of the following criteria is not used for the classification of human races
Nose
Hair
Eyes
Ear
D
Railway coaches are manufactured at
Jamshedpur
Chittaranjan
Perambur
Varanasi
C
Fertilization occurs normally in the
Cervix
Vagina
Fallopian tube
Uterus
C
People consuming alcohol in heavy quantities generally die of
liver or stomach cancer
weakening of heart muscles leading to cardiac arrest
blood cancer
cirrhosis
D
The organisms at the base of the grazing food-chain are
Carnivores
Decomposers
Producers
Herbivores
C
Who among the following was credited with the destruction of 'Chihalgani', a group of powerful nobles
Balban
Qutb-ud-din Aibak
Iltutmish
Razia Sultan
A
Bombay was given away as dowry to the English King Charles II for marrying the Princess of
France
Portugal
Holland
Denmark
B
The Grand Trunk Road built by Shershah connected Punjab with
Agra
East Bengal
Lahore
Multan
B
Name the Maratha Saint who was a contemporary of Shivaji
Saint Eknath
Saint Tukaram
Saint Dhyaneshwar
Namdev
B
The study of lakes is called
Topology
Hydrology
Limnology
Potomology
C
Potomology>> The Science of Rivers.
A series of lines connecting places having a quake at the same time are called
Homoseismal lines
Seismolines
Coseismal lines
Isoseismal linesAnswer (a). Both (a) and (c) are right answers
'Lumen' is unit of
Illuminance
Brightness
Luminous flux
Luminous intensity
C
The transfer of data from a CPU to peripheral devices of computer is achieved through
interfaces
buffer memory
modems
computer ports
D
Which of the following items is not used in Local Area Networks (LANs)?
Interface Card
Cable
Computer
Modem
D
The mass of 10 moles of water is
90 g
45 g
18 g
180 g
D
1 mole of hydrogen = 1.0079 grams and 1 mole of oxygen = 15.9994 grams. 1 mole of water = 2(1.0079) + 15.9994 = 18.0152 grams. Thus 10 moles of water = 180.152 g or 180 g approximately.
Vitamin A is rich in
Carrot
Lime
Beans
Rice
A
The high boiling point of water compared to hydrogen sulphide or hydrogen chloride is due to
Dipole insulation
Van der Waal's attracton
Polar covalent bonding
Hydrogen bonding
D
Which of the following determines the chemical properties of an element?
Number of electrons
Number of neutrons
Number of protons
All of the above
A
The Drug Research Institute of India is located at
Madras
Lucknow
Delhi
Bangalore
B
Which of the following cereals was among the first to be used by man
Rye
Wheat
Barley
Oat
B
Which of the following wheat species are being cultivated in India?
Club wheat
Durum wheat
Emmer wheat
Bread wheat
D
Bread wheat or titicum aestivum contributes approximately 95% to total production of wheat in India which is the second largest producer of wheat in the world after China.
Which one of the following forces is a 'dissipative force'?
Electrostatic force
Magnetic force
Gravitational force
Frictional force
D
If a resistive wire is elongated, its resistance
decreases
remains constant
increases
All of the above
C
If a magnet has a third pole, then the third pole is called
defective pole
consequent pole
extra pole
arbitrary pole
B
How many spokes are there in the Dharmachakra of the National Flag?
14
18
22
24
D
The latest official language of the U.N. is
Russian
Arabic
Chinese
Spanish
B
Chinese, English, French, Russian, and Spanish have been official languages since the founding of the United Nations in 1945. Arabic was added as an official language in December 1973 taking the total to SIX.
The organisation involved primarily with environmental planning is
CIFRI
ICAR
CSIR
NEERI
D
National Environmental Engineering Research Institute
What would be the impact of global warming on mangrove forests?
They will grow more luxurious
Large areas of mangroves will be submerged
Their role as carbon sinks will become important
Both (A) and (C) above
B
The sweet taste of fruits is due to
Lactose
Fructose
Maltose
Ribose
B
fructose-fruit sugar,
sucrose-table sugar
lactose
A sugar present in milk. It is a disaccharide containing glucose and galactose units.
maltose
A sugar produced by the breakdown of starch, e.g., by enzymes found in malt and saliva. It is a disaccharide consisting of two linked glucose units.
The most endangered Asiatic top predator on the edge of extinction is
Black Bear
Asiatic Lion
Siberian Tiger
Dhole
C
Analects is the sacred book of
Confucianism
Judaism
Shintoism
Taoism
A
The seat of Madhya Pradesh High Court is located at
Gwalior
Indore
Bhopal
Jabalpur
D
The brightest planet is
Venus
Mercury
Jupiter
Mars
A
Venus is an important planet from G.K. point of view. It is the hottest planet in the solar system, it is known as Earth's twin, Evening Star, Morning Star. It rotates in a direction opposite to that of others. It has the longest period of rotation and hence the longest duration of day.
A movement along the demand curve of a commodity occurs due to change in
income of the consumers
its own price
taste of consumers
expectations of the consumers
B
GNP calculation through Expenditure Method does not include
Gross Domestic Private Investments
Net Foreign Investments
Depreciation Expenditures
Private Consumption Expenditure
B
The Cobb-Douglas Production function Q = ALak(1-a) is based on
increasing returns to scale
decreasing returns to scale
constant returns to scale
fluctuating returns to scale
C
Find the odd one out of the following:
Delhi Transport Corporation
Indian Railways
Kingfisher Airlines
Reliance Industries Limited
D
Monetary Policy in India is laid down and executed by
Union Government
ASSOCHAM
Reserve Bank of India
FICCI
C
Monetary Policy deals with controlling the supply of money by targeting rates of interest and other related rates. Fiscal Policy refers to taxation, government spending, and associated borrowing. The former is dealt with by Reserve Bank of India, while the latter by the Ministry of Finance.
Which one of the following subjects is not available on the Union List?
Census
Banking
Trade Union
Foreign Loans
C
Trade union is in the Concurrent List.
Items on the CONCURRENT list
The 52 items currently on the list are:
1. Criminal law, including all matters included in the Indian Penal Code at the commencement of this Constitution but excluding offences against laws with respect to any of the matters specified in List I or List II and excluding the use of naval, military or air forces or any other armed forces of the Union in aid of the civil power.
2. Criminal procedure, including all matters included in the Code of Criminal Procedure at the commencement of this Constitution.
3. Preventive detention for reasons connected with the security of a State, the maintenance of public order, or the maintenance of supplies and services essential to the community; persons subjected to such detention.
4. Removal from one State to another State of prisoners, accused persons and persons subjected to preventive detention for reasons specified in Entry 3 of this list.
5. Marriage and divorce; infants and minors; adoption; wills, intestacy and succession; joint family and partition; all matters in respect of which parties in judicial proceedings were immediately before the commencement of this Constitution subject to their personal law.
6. Transfer of property other than agricultural land; registration of deeds and documents.
7. Contracts including partnership, agency, contracts of carriage, and other special forms of contracts, but not including contracts relating to agricultural land.
8. Actionable wrongs.
9. Bankruptcy and insolvency.
10. Trust and Trustees.
11. Administrators – general and official trustees.
11-A. Administration of justice; constitution and Organisation of all courts, except the Supreme Court and the High Courts.
12. Evidence and oaths; recognition of laws, public acts and records, and judicial proceedings.
13. Civil procedure, including all matters included in the Code of Civil Procedure at the commencement of this Constitution, limitation and arbitration.
14. Contempt of court, but not including contempt of the Supreme Court.
15. Vagrancy; nomadic and migratory tribes.
16. Lunacy and mental deficiency, including places for the reception or treatment of lunatics and mental deficients.
17. Prevention of cruelty to animals.
17-A. Forests.
17-B. Protection of wild animals and birds.
18. Adulteration of foodstuffs and other goods.
19. Drugs and poisons, subject to the provisions of Entry 59 of List I with respect to opium.
20. Economic and social planning.
20-A. Population control and family planning.
21. Commercial and industrial monopolies, combines and trusts.
22. Trade unions; industrial and labour disputes.
23. Social security and social insurance; employment and unemployment.
24. Welfare of labour including conditions of work, provident funds, employers' liability, workmen's compensation, invalidity and old age pensions and maternity benefits.
25. Education, including technical education, medical education and universities, subject to the provisions of Entries 63, 64, 65 and 66 of List I; vocational and technical training of labour.
26. Legal, medical and other professions.
27. Relief and rehabilitation of persons displaced from their original place of residence by reason of the setting up of the Dominions of India and Pakistan.
28. Charities and charitable institutions, charitable and religious endowments and religious institutions.
29. Prevention of the extension from one State to another of infectious or contagious diseases or pests affecting men, animals or plants.
30. Vital statistics including registration of births and deaths.
31. Ports other than those declared by or under law made by Parliament or existing law to be major ports.
32. Shipping and navigation on inland waterways as regards mechanically propelled vessels, and the rule of the road on such waterways, and the carriage of passengers and goods on inland waterways subject to the provisions of List I with respect to national waterways.
33. Trade and commerce in, and the production, supply and distribution of,-
(a) the products of any industry where the control of such industry by the Union is declared by Parliament by law to be expedient in the public interest, and imported goods of the same kind as such products
(b) foodstuffs, including edible oilseeds and oils
(c) cattle fodder, including oilcakes and other concentrates
(d) raw cotton, whether ginned or unginned, and cotton seed; and
(e) raw jute.
33-A. Weights and measures except establishment of standards.
34. Price control.
35. Mechanically propelled vehicles including the principles on which taxes on such vehicles are to be levied.
36. Factories.
37. Boilers.
38. Electricity.
39. Newspapers, books and printing presses.
40. Archaeological sites and remains other than those declared by or under law made by Parliament to be of national importance.
41. Custody, management and disposal of property (including agricultural land) declared by law to be evacuee property.
42. Acquisition and requisitioning of property.
43. Recovery in a State of claims in respect of taxes and other public demands, including arrears of land-revenue and sums recoverable as such arrears, arising outside that State.
44. Stamp duties other than duties or fees collected by means of judicial stamps, but not including rates of stamp duty.
45. Inquiries and statistics for the purposes of any of the matters specified in List II or List III.
46. Jurisdiction and powers of all courts, except the Supreme Court, with respect to any of the matters in this List.
47. Fees in respect of any of the matters in this List, but not including fees taken in any court.
Through the 42nd Amendment Act of 1976 Five subjects were transferred from State to Concurrent List.[citation needed] They are:
Education
Forests
Weights & Measures
Protection of Wild Animals and Birds
Administration of Justice
The term "closure" in Parliamentary terminology implies
the end of session of Parliament
stoppage of debate on a motion
end of day's proceedings
none of the above
B
Which of the following is not correctly matched?
Article 14 - Equality before law
Article 16 - Equal opportunities
Article 17 - Abolition of titles
Article 18 - Permission of military titles
C,,Abolition of Untouchability
Which of the following Presidents held office for two consecutive terms?
Dr. S. Radhakrishnan
Dr. Zakir Hussain
Dr. Rajendra Prasad
Both (A) and (C)
C
Which Amendment Act reduced the voting age from 21 to 18?
42nd
44th
52nd
61st
D
Match the following :
Mahavira was the
21st Thirthankara
24th Thirthankara
23rd Thirthankara
22nd Thirthankara
B
Which one among the following woman scholars challenged the invincible Yajnavalkya in debate?
Ghosa
Apala
Maitreyi
Gargi
D
Which one of the following events made the crown of England to take over the Indian Administration?
Battle of Plassey
Battle of Buxar
The Carnatic Wars
The Sepoy Mutiny
D
India's first war of independence of 1857 was termed as Sepoy Mutiny by the British. When the war ended, East India Company's rule in India was terminated. The post of Governor General was replaced by the post of Viceroy.
Who built the famous Dilwara temple at Mount Abu in Rajasthan in the 13th century?
Mahendrapala
Mahipala
Rajyapala
Tejapala
D
GIS stands for
Global Institute for Soils
Geographical International Studies
Geographical Information Systems
Global Information Statistics
C
Which of the following is a Trans-Himalayan river?
Ganga
Yamuna
Sutlej
Ravi
C
The Sutlej is one of only three Trans Himalayan rivers originating in the high Tibetan Plateau and cutting across the mighty Himalayan ranges. The other two are the Indus and the Brahmaputra.
Match the following using codes given below :
On which river is the Nagarjunasagar Project located?
Krishna
Godavari
Cauvery
Tapti
A
Suez canal joins
Persian Gulf and Arabian Sea
Red Sea and Mediterranean Sea
Meditarranean Sea and Black Sea
Red Sea and Arabian Sea
B
Drug which helps to reduce anxiety and bring about calmness is
tranquiliser
diuretic
analgesic
antihistamine
A
diuretic-increases flow of urine,
analgesic-pain reliever,
antihistamine-inflamations
A keel is absent in
Chicken
Ostrich
Duck
Peacock
B
Broad spectrum antibiotics are produced by
Streptomyces
Aspergillus
Pencillium
Bacillus
A
The pigment that protects plants from harmful effect of ultraviolet rays is
Chlorophyll
Carotenoid
Phycocyanin
Plastid
B
Glycogen, starch and cellulose are polymers of
Fructose
Glucose
Lactose
Maltose
B
Black death is
Cancer
Plague
AIDS
Gonorrhoea
B
Stars appear to move from east to west because the
whole universe is moving from east to west
earth is revolving round the sun
earthe is rotating from east to west
earth is rotating from west to east
D
On the moon, an astronaut cannot drink lemonade with the help of a straw because
acceleration due to gravity on the moon is less
there is no atmosphere on the moon
lemonade evaporates instantaneously on the moon
none of the above
B
A particle moving with uniform speed
must have uniform velocity
cannot have uniform velocity
may have uniform velocity
will have no velocity
A
Device which uses sound waves for detection and ranging is called
Radar
Sonar
Pukar
None of the above
B
What is the name of the network topology in which there are bi-directional links between each possible node?
Ring
Star
Tree
Mesh
A
LAN stands for
Local Area Nodes
Large Area Network
Large Area Nodes
Local Area Network
D
Dry Ice is nothing but
Gaseous carbon dioxide
Washing soda
Solid carbon dioxide
Carbon monoxide
C
Which one of the following is obtained as slag in a blast furnace?
Calcium Carbonate
Calcium Sulphate
Calcium Chloride
Calcium Silicate
D
When H2 gas is allowed to expand from a region of high pressure to a region of low pressure, the temperature of the gas
decreases to a small extent
increases
does not change
decreases suddenly
B
In the industrial production of vegetable ghee, the process involved is
dissociation
reduction
oxidation
ionisation
B,,,HYDROGENATION ADDTION
Which of the following weeds has been found useful to check water pollution caused by industrial affluents?
Parthenium
Elephant grass
Water hyacinth
Both (A) and (B) above
C
In which year the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant of the former USSR had accident that caused escape of radio nuclide into atmosphere?
1979
1980
1984
1986
D
Certain desert lizards excrete their wastes in dry form. This serves as a means of
protective mechanism against their predators
limiting factor of the organism
adaptation of the organism to the environment
countering the problem of food scarcity
C
Which one is regarded as "World Heritage Forest"?
Nandan Kanan in Odisha
Kaziranga in Assam
Sundarbans in West Bengal
Indian Botanical Garden, Shibpur in West Bengal
C
Kidney can be taken from a dying person who has the
cessation of neurological function only
cessation of cardiac function only
cessation of respiratory function only
cessation of kidney function only
A
There is no life on moon because it has no
Nitrogen
Sulphur
Oxygen
Water
D
Losoong is a festival celebrated in
Tibet
Arunachal Pradesh
Sikkim
Kerala
C
The commodity for which India spends the largest amount to import is
Foodgrains
Crude petroleum
Fertilisers
Iron and Steel
B
In which categories did Marie Curie win her two different Nobel Prizes?
Physics and Chemistry
Chemistry and Medicine
Physics and Medicine
Chemistry and Peace
A
Michael Phelps won _______ gold medals in swimming events in the Beijing Olympics.
6
7
8
9
C
Spot the odd one from the following :
Tarapur
Trombay
Kalpakkam
Narora
B
The other three places have Nuclear Power Plants.
Which among the following is termed 'Hot Money'?
FII
FDI
ADR
GDR
A
foreign institutional investor
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Explanations is Given wherever is possible with theory.
The National Commission for Minorities was constituted in the year
1990
1992
1980
1989
B
The first Indian who was chosen as the Secretary-General of Commonwealth is
Rakesh Verma
Gopalaswami
Krishna Murthy
Kamalesh Sharma
D
In which of the following systems of government is bi-cameralism an essential feature?
Federal system
Unitary system
Parliamentary system
Presidential system
A
C GIVEN BUT WE THINK ITS A
The main federal features of the Indian Constitution are as follows:
Written Constitution:
Supremacy of the Constitution:
Rigid Constitution:
Division of Powers:
Independent Judiciary:
Bicameral Legislature:
Dual Government Polity:
Kuldip Nayar, a journalist, was appointed as a High Commisioner in
Sri Lanka
Australia
UK
Pakistan
C
Which king is referred to as Devanampiya Piyadassi (Beloved of the Gods) in the inscriptions?
Asoka
Harsha
Bindusara
Chandragupta Maurya
A
Socialism succeeds in achieving
higher standard of living of the people
equal distribution of income in the society
higher individual welfare in the society
maximum social welfare in the society
B
Monopolist resorts to price discrimination depending upon the
Elasticity of supply
Elasticity of demand
Law of demand
Law of supply
B
Economic planning is an essential feature of
Socialist economy
Capitalist economy
Mixed economy
Dual economy
A
The HYV programme in India is also called as
Traditional Agriculture
New Agricultural Strategy
White Revolution
Blue Revolution
Answer (b). HYV stands for High Yielding Varieties.
The National Policy for Empowerment of Women was adopted in the year
2001
2005
1991
1995
A
Ballots were first used in
Australia
USA
Ancient Greece
England
C
Ballot>>a procedure by which people vote secretly on an issue.
The Rashtriya Barh Ayog (RBA) is related with
Droughts and Floods
Poverty and Alleviation
Floods
Disaster Management
C
Which of the following criteria is not used for the classification of human races
Nose
Hair
Eyes
Ear
D
Railway coaches are manufactured at
Jamshedpur
Chittaranjan
Perambur
Varanasi
C
Fertilization occurs normally in the
Cervix
Vagina
Fallopian tube
Uterus
C
People consuming alcohol in heavy quantities generally die of
liver or stomach cancer
weakening of heart muscles leading to cardiac arrest
blood cancer
cirrhosis
D
The organisms at the base of the grazing food-chain are
Carnivores
Decomposers
Producers
Herbivores
C
Who among the following was credited with the destruction of 'Chihalgani', a group of powerful nobles
Balban
Qutb-ud-din Aibak
Iltutmish
Razia Sultan
A
Bombay was given away as dowry to the English King Charles II for marrying the Princess of
France
Portugal
Holland
Denmark
B
The Grand Trunk Road built by Shershah connected Punjab with
Agra
East Bengal
Lahore
Multan
B
Name the Maratha Saint who was a contemporary of Shivaji
Saint Eknath
Saint Tukaram
Saint Dhyaneshwar
Namdev
B
The study of lakes is called
Topology
Hydrology
Limnology
Potomology
C
Potomology>> The Science of Rivers.
A series of lines connecting places having a quake at the same time are called
Homoseismal lines
Seismolines
Coseismal lines
Isoseismal linesAnswer (a). Both (a) and (c) are right answers
'Lumen' is unit of
Illuminance
Brightness
Luminous flux
Luminous intensity
C
The transfer of data from a CPU to peripheral devices of computer is achieved through
interfaces
buffer memory
modems
computer ports
D
Which of the following items is not used in Local Area Networks (LANs)?
Interface Card
Cable
Computer
Modem
D
The mass of 10 moles of water is
90 g
45 g
18 g
180 g
D
1 mole of hydrogen = 1.0079 grams and 1 mole of oxygen = 15.9994 grams. 1 mole of water = 2(1.0079) + 15.9994 = 18.0152 grams. Thus 10 moles of water = 180.152 g or 180 g approximately.
Vitamin A is rich in
Carrot
Lime
Beans
Rice
A
The high boiling point of water compared to hydrogen sulphide or hydrogen chloride is due to
Dipole insulation
Van der Waal's attracton
Polar covalent bonding
Hydrogen bonding
D
Which of the following determines the chemical properties of an element?
Number of electrons
Number of neutrons
Number of protons
All of the above
A
The Drug Research Institute of India is located at
Madras
Lucknow
Delhi
Bangalore
B
Which of the following cereals was among the first to be used by man
Rye
Wheat
Barley
Oat
B
Which of the following wheat species are being cultivated in India?
Club wheat
Durum wheat
Emmer wheat
Bread wheat
D
Bread wheat or titicum aestivum contributes approximately 95% to total production of wheat in India which is the second largest producer of wheat in the world after China.
Which one of the following forces is a 'dissipative force'?
Electrostatic force
Magnetic force
Gravitational force
Frictional force
D
If a resistive wire is elongated, its resistance
decreases
remains constant
increases
All of the above
C
If a magnet has a third pole, then the third pole is called
defective pole
consequent pole
extra pole
arbitrary pole
B
How many spokes are there in the Dharmachakra of the National Flag?
14
18
22
24
D
The latest official language of the U.N. is
Russian
Arabic
Chinese
Spanish
B
Chinese, English, French, Russian, and Spanish have been official languages since the founding of the United Nations in 1945. Arabic was added as an official language in December 1973 taking the total to SIX.
The organisation involved primarily with environmental planning is
CIFRI
ICAR
CSIR
NEERI
D
National Environmental Engineering Research Institute
What would be the impact of global warming on mangrove forests?
They will grow more luxurious
Large areas of mangroves will be submerged
Their role as carbon sinks will become important
Both (A) and (C) above
B
The sweet taste of fruits is due to
Lactose
Fructose
Maltose
Ribose
B
fructose-fruit sugar,
sucrose-table sugar
lactose
A sugar present in milk. It is a disaccharide containing glucose and galactose units.
maltose
A sugar produced by the breakdown of starch, e.g., by enzymes found in malt and saliva. It is a disaccharide consisting of two linked glucose units.
The most endangered Asiatic top predator on the edge of extinction is
Black Bear
Asiatic Lion
Siberian Tiger
Dhole
C
Analects is the sacred book of
Confucianism
Judaism
Shintoism
Taoism
A
The seat of Madhya Pradesh High Court is located at
Gwalior
Indore
Bhopal
Jabalpur
D
High Courts not in State Capitals
| High Court | Location |
|---|---|
| Chattisgarh | Bilaspur |
| Gujarat | Ahmedabad |
| Kerala | Kochi |
| Madhya Pradesh | Jabalpur |
| Odisha | Cuttack |
| Rajasthan | Jodhpur |
| Uttarakhand | Nainital |
| Uttar Pradesh | Allahabad |
The brightest planet is
Venus
Mercury
Jupiter
Mars
A
Venus is an important planet from G.K. point of view. It is the hottest planet in the solar system, it is known as Earth's twin, Evening Star, Morning Star. It rotates in a direction opposite to that of others. It has the longest period of rotation and hence the longest duration of day.
Information on Solar System
| Feature | Name |
|---|---|
| The brightest planet as seen from Earth | Venus |
| The planet also known as Earth’s twin | Venus |
| The planet, which rotates in a direction opposite to that of others | Venus |
| The planet, which has prominent rings around it | Saturn |
| Planets which have no satellites | Mercury & Venus |
| The planet with the longest day | Venus (243 earth-days) |
| The planet with the shortest day | Jupiter (9 hrs 55 mts) |
| The planet also known as Evening/Morning star | Venus |
| The Jovian planets | Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune |
| The star nearest to the earth | Proxima Centauri |
| The hottest planet in the solar system | Venus (Maximum temp: 462o C) |
| The coldest planet in the solar system | Uranus (Effective temp: - 216o C) |
| The largest satellite in the solar system | Ganymede – Satellite of the Jupiter |
| The planet also known as the Red Planet | Mars |
| The highest known mountain in the solar system | Olympus Mons on Mars |
| The asteriod belt lies between | Mars and Jupiter |
| The largest asteriod also known as a dwarf planet | Ceres |
| Pluto earlier considered a planet is now considered a dwarf planet and a part of | Kuiper belt |
| Halley's comet last appeared in 1986 and is expected to appear next in | 2061 |
| The galaxy nearest to the milky way | Andromeda |
| The planet whose density is less than that of water | Saturn |
| The planet with highest surface gravity (meter per square second) is | Jupiter (24.92) |
| The planet with lowest surface gravity (meter per square second) is | Mercury (3.7) |
Planets - Rotation & Revolution Periods
| Planet | Rotation Period | Revolution Period |
|---|---|---|
| Mercury | 58.65 Earth Days | 87.97 Earth Days |
| Venus | 243 Earth Days | 224.7 Earth Days |
| Earth | 23.93 Earth Hours | 365.26 Earth Days |
| Mars | 24.62 Earth Hours | 686.93 Earth Days |
| Jupiter | 9.8 Earth Hours | 11.86 Earth Years |
| Saturn | 10.2 Earth Hours | 29.46 Earth Years |
| Uranus | 17.9 Earth Hours | 83.75 Earth Years |
| Neptune | 19.1 Earth hours | 163.72 Earth Years |
Features on Lunar Surface
| Name | Remarks |
|---|---|
| Mare Tranquillitatis or Sea of Tranquility | Landing site for Apollo 11, the first manned landing on the moon. |
| Oceanus Procellarum or Ocean of Storms | Apollo 12 landed with Pete Conrad and Alan Bean onboard. |
| Mare Fecunditatis or Sea of Fertility | Landing site for Luna 16 of USSR. |
| Fra Mauro - crater | Apollo 14 landed with Alan B. Shepard, Jr., Edgar D. Mitchell and Stuart A. Roosa. |
| Hadley Rile - Apennine Mountains | Landing site for Apollo 15. |
| Apollonius Highlands - Mountainous region | Landing site for Luna 20 |
| Descartes - crater | Landing site for Apollo 16. |
| Taurus-Littrow - valley | Apollo 17 landing site. |
| Note : 1. Mare or Maria refers to a large circular plain on the moon. 2. Oceanus refers to a very large dark area on moon. 3. Crater is a circular depression. | |
Basic facts about the Earth
| Facts to remember |
|---|
| Equatorial circumference of the earth is 40,067 km and equatorial diameter is 12,757 km |
| Polar circumference of the earth is 40,000 km polar diameter is 12,714 km |
| The total surface area of the earth is 510,100,500 sq km |
| The Hydrosphere (sea) comprises 70.8% of the surface area and Lithosphere (land) is 29.2% |
| The period of rotation of the earth is 23 hrs 56 mts 4.091 secs |
| The speed of rotation at the equator is 1674 kmph |
| The time taken by the earth to rotate about its axis so that the distant stars appear in the same position in the sky is known as Sidereal Day. |
| The time taken by the earth to rotate about its axis so that the sun appears in the same position in the sky is known as Solar Day. A sidereal day is shorter than a solar day. |
| The escape velocity on earth 11.186 km/sec |
| The highest point on earth is Mt Everest at 8,848 meters |
| The deepest point on earth is Challenger Deep in the Pacific Ocean at 11,034 meters |
Important Latitudes and Longitudes
| Latitude/Longitude | Position |
|---|---|
| Prime Meridian | 0° longitude |
| International Date Line | 180° E/W longitude |
| Tropic of Cancer | 23° 26' N |
| Tropic of Capricon | 23° 26' S |
| Arctic Circle | 66° 33' N |
| Antartic Circle | 66° 33' S |
| Indian Standard Time | 82.5° longitude |
Important International Lines
| Line | Countries divided |
|---|---|
| Radcliffe Line | India and Pakistan |
| Macmahan Line | India and China |
| Durand Line | Pakistan and Afghanistan |
| Maginot Line | France and Germany |
| 38th Parallel | North and South Korea |
| 17th Parallel | North and South Vietnam |
| 49th Parallel | USA and Canada |
A movement along the demand curve of a commodity occurs due to change in
income of the consumers
its own price
taste of consumers
expectations of the consumers
B
GNP calculation through Expenditure Method does not include
Gross Domestic Private Investments
Net Foreign Investments
Depreciation Expenditures
Private Consumption Expenditure
B
The Cobb-Douglas Production function Q = ALak(1-a) is based on
increasing returns to scale
decreasing returns to scale
constant returns to scale
fluctuating returns to scale
C
Find the odd one out of the following:
Delhi Transport Corporation
Indian Railways
Kingfisher Airlines
Reliance Industries Limited
D
Monetary Policy in India is laid down and executed by
Union Government
ASSOCHAM
Reserve Bank of India
FICCI
C
Monetary Policy deals with controlling the supply of money by targeting rates of interest and other related rates. Fiscal Policy refers to taxation, government spending, and associated borrowing. The former is dealt with by Reserve Bank of India, while the latter by the Ministry of Finance.
Which one of the following subjects is not available on the Union List?
Census
Banking
Trade Union
Foreign Loans
C
Trade union is in the Concurrent List.
Items on the CONCURRENT list
The 52 items currently on the list are:
1. Criminal law, including all matters included in the Indian Penal Code at the commencement of this Constitution but excluding offences against laws with respect to any of the matters specified in List I or List II and excluding the use of naval, military or air forces or any other armed forces of the Union in aid of the civil power.
2. Criminal procedure, including all matters included in the Code of Criminal Procedure at the commencement of this Constitution.
3. Preventive detention for reasons connected with the security of a State, the maintenance of public order, or the maintenance of supplies and services essential to the community; persons subjected to such detention.
4. Removal from one State to another State of prisoners, accused persons and persons subjected to preventive detention for reasons specified in Entry 3 of this list.
5. Marriage and divorce; infants and minors; adoption; wills, intestacy and succession; joint family and partition; all matters in respect of which parties in judicial proceedings were immediately before the commencement of this Constitution subject to their personal law.
6. Transfer of property other than agricultural land; registration of deeds and documents.
7. Contracts including partnership, agency, contracts of carriage, and other special forms of contracts, but not including contracts relating to agricultural land.
8. Actionable wrongs.
9. Bankruptcy and insolvency.
10. Trust and Trustees.
11. Administrators – general and official trustees.
11-A. Administration of justice; constitution and Organisation of all courts, except the Supreme Court and the High Courts.
12. Evidence and oaths; recognition of laws, public acts and records, and judicial proceedings.
13. Civil procedure, including all matters included in the Code of Civil Procedure at the commencement of this Constitution, limitation and arbitration.
14. Contempt of court, but not including contempt of the Supreme Court.
15. Vagrancy; nomadic and migratory tribes.
16. Lunacy and mental deficiency, including places for the reception or treatment of lunatics and mental deficients.
17. Prevention of cruelty to animals.
17-A. Forests.
17-B. Protection of wild animals and birds.
18. Adulteration of foodstuffs and other goods.
19. Drugs and poisons, subject to the provisions of Entry 59 of List I with respect to opium.
20. Economic and social planning.
20-A. Population control and family planning.
21. Commercial and industrial monopolies, combines and trusts.
22. Trade unions; industrial and labour disputes.
23. Social security and social insurance; employment and unemployment.
24. Welfare of labour including conditions of work, provident funds, employers' liability, workmen's compensation, invalidity and old age pensions and maternity benefits.
25. Education, including technical education, medical education and universities, subject to the provisions of Entries 63, 64, 65 and 66 of List I; vocational and technical training of labour.
26. Legal, medical and other professions.
27. Relief and rehabilitation of persons displaced from their original place of residence by reason of the setting up of the Dominions of India and Pakistan.
28. Charities and charitable institutions, charitable and religious endowments and religious institutions.
29. Prevention of the extension from one State to another of infectious or contagious diseases or pests affecting men, animals or plants.
30. Vital statistics including registration of births and deaths.
31. Ports other than those declared by or under law made by Parliament or existing law to be major ports.
32. Shipping and navigation on inland waterways as regards mechanically propelled vessels, and the rule of the road on such waterways, and the carriage of passengers and goods on inland waterways subject to the provisions of List I with respect to national waterways.
33. Trade and commerce in, and the production, supply and distribution of,-
(a) the products of any industry where the control of such industry by the Union is declared by Parliament by law to be expedient in the public interest, and imported goods of the same kind as such products
(b) foodstuffs, including edible oilseeds and oils
(c) cattle fodder, including oilcakes and other concentrates
(d) raw cotton, whether ginned or unginned, and cotton seed; and
(e) raw jute.
33-A. Weights and measures except establishment of standards.
34. Price control.
35. Mechanically propelled vehicles including the principles on which taxes on such vehicles are to be levied.
36. Factories.
37. Boilers.
38. Electricity.
39. Newspapers, books and printing presses.
40. Archaeological sites and remains other than those declared by or under law made by Parliament to be of national importance.
41. Custody, management and disposal of property (including agricultural land) declared by law to be evacuee property.
42. Acquisition and requisitioning of property.
43. Recovery in a State of claims in respect of taxes and other public demands, including arrears of land-revenue and sums recoverable as such arrears, arising outside that State.
44. Stamp duties other than duties or fees collected by means of judicial stamps, but not including rates of stamp duty.
45. Inquiries and statistics for the purposes of any of the matters specified in List II or List III.
46. Jurisdiction and powers of all courts, except the Supreme Court, with respect to any of the matters in this List.
47. Fees in respect of any of the matters in this List, but not including fees taken in any court.
Through the 42nd Amendment Act of 1976 Five subjects were transferred from State to Concurrent List.[citation needed] They are:
Education
Forests
Weights & Measures
Protection of Wild Animals and Birds
Administration of Justice
The term "closure" in Parliamentary terminology implies
the end of session of Parliament
stoppage of debate on a motion
end of day's proceedings
none of the above
B
Which of the following is not correctly matched?
Article 14 - Equality before law
Article 16 - Equal opportunities
Article 17 - Abolition of titles
Article 18 - Permission of military titles
C,,Abolition of Untouchability
Which of the following Presidents held office for two consecutive terms?
Dr. S. Radhakrishnan
Dr. Zakir Hussain
Dr. Rajendra Prasad
Both (A) and (C)
C
Which Amendment Act reduced the voting age from 21 to 18?
42nd
44th
52nd
61st
D
Match the following :
| a. Vikrama Era : | 1. A.D. 248 |
| b. Saka Era : | 2. A.D. 320 |
| c. Kalachuri Era : | 3. 58 B.C. |
| d. Gupta Era : | 4. A.D. 78 |
- a1, b2, c3, d4
- a3, b4, c1, d2
- a4, b3, c2, d1
- a2, b1, c4, d3
Mahavira was the
21st Thirthankara
24th Thirthankara
23rd Thirthankara
22nd Thirthankara
B
Which one among the following woman scholars challenged the invincible Yajnavalkya in debate?
Ghosa
Apala
Maitreyi
Gargi
D
Which one of the following events made the crown of England to take over the Indian Administration?
Battle of Plassey
Battle of Buxar
The Carnatic Wars
The Sepoy Mutiny
D
India's first war of independence of 1857 was termed as Sepoy Mutiny by the British. When the war ended, East India Company's rule in India was terminated. The post of Governor General was replaced by the post of Viceroy.
Who built the famous Dilwara temple at Mount Abu in Rajasthan in the 13th century?
Mahendrapala
Mahipala
Rajyapala
Tejapala
D
GIS stands for
Global Institute for Soils
Geographical International Studies
Geographical Information Systems
Global Information Statistics
C
Which of the following is a Trans-Himalayan river?
Ganga
Yamuna
Sutlej
Ravi
C
The Sutlej is one of only three Trans Himalayan rivers originating in the high Tibetan Plateau and cutting across the mighty Himalayan ranges. The other two are the Indus and the Brahmaputra.
Match the following using codes given below :
| List I (Forest Type) | List II (Regions) |
|---|---|
| a. Tropical Evergreen | 1. Siwaliks |
| b. Monsoon | 2. Shillong |
| c. Temperate | 3. West Bengal |
| d. Mangrove | 4. Nilgiris |
- a - 2, b - 4, c - 1, d - 3
- a - 3, b - 1, c - 4, d - 2
- a - 2, b - 1, c - 4, d - 3
- a - 3, b - 4, c - 1, d - 2
On which river is the Nagarjunasagar Project located?
Krishna
Godavari
Cauvery
Tapti
A
Suez canal joins
Persian Gulf and Arabian Sea
Red Sea and Mediterranean Sea
Meditarranean Sea and Black Sea
Red Sea and Arabian Sea
B
Straits and Canals
| Strait/Canal | Land masses divided | Water Bodies joined |
|---|---|---|
| Suez Canal | Runs through Egypt | Mediterranean and Red Sea |
| Kiel Canal | Runs through Germany | North Sea and Baltic Sea |
| Bering Strait | Alaska and Siberia | Pacific and Arctic |
| Palk Strait | India and Sri Lanka | Bay of Bengal and Gulf of Mannar |
| Strait of Gibraltar | Africa and Europe | Atlantic Ocean and Mediterranean Sea |
| Strait of Malacca | Indonesia (Sumatra) and Malaysia (Malay) | Pacific Ocean and Indian Ocean |
| Panama Canal | Runs through Republic of Panama | Pacific and Atlantic Oceans |
| English Channel | England and France | North Sea and Atlantic Oceans |
| St. George's Channel | Ireland and Wales | Irish Sea and Atlantic Ocean (Celtic Sea) |
| Cook Strait | North and South Islands of New Zealand | Tasman Sea and South Pacific Ocean |
| Ten Degree Channel | Andaman Islands and Nicobar Islands | - |
| Bosphorus Strait | Runs through Istanbul (Turkey) separating Asian part of Turkey from its European part | Black Sea and Sea of Marmara |
Drug which helps to reduce anxiety and bring about calmness is
tranquiliser
diuretic
analgesic
antihistamine
A
diuretic-increases flow of urine,
analgesic-pain reliever,
antihistamine-inflamations
A keel is absent in
Chicken
Ostrich
Duck
Peacock
B
Broad spectrum antibiotics are produced by
Streptomyces
Aspergillus
Pencillium
Bacillus
A
The pigment that protects plants from harmful effect of ultraviolet rays is
Chlorophyll
Carotenoid
Phycocyanin
Plastid
B
Glycogen, starch and cellulose are polymers of
Fructose
Glucose
Lactose
Maltose
B
Black death is
Cancer
Plague
AIDS
Gonorrhoea
B
Stars appear to move from east to west because the
whole universe is moving from east to west
earth is revolving round the sun
earthe is rotating from east to west
earth is rotating from west to east
D
On the moon, an astronaut cannot drink lemonade with the help of a straw because
acceleration due to gravity on the moon is less
there is no atmosphere on the moon
lemonade evaporates instantaneously on the moon
none of the above
B
A particle moving with uniform speed
must have uniform velocity
cannot have uniform velocity
may have uniform velocity
will have no velocity
A
Device which uses sound waves for detection and ranging is called
Radar
Sonar
Pukar
None of the above
B
What is the name of the network topology in which there are bi-directional links between each possible node?
Ring
Star
Tree
Mesh
A
LAN stands for
Local Area Nodes
Large Area Network
Large Area Nodes
Local Area Network
D
Dry Ice is nothing but
Gaseous carbon dioxide
Washing soda
Solid carbon dioxide
Carbon monoxide
C
Which one of the following is obtained as slag in a blast furnace?
Calcium Carbonate
Calcium Sulphate
Calcium Chloride
Calcium Silicate
D
When H2 gas is allowed to expand from a region of high pressure to a region of low pressure, the temperature of the gas
decreases to a small extent
increases
does not change
decreases suddenly
B
In the industrial production of vegetable ghee, the process involved is
dissociation
reduction
oxidation
ionisation
B,,,HYDROGENATION ADDTION
Which of the following weeds has been found useful to check water pollution caused by industrial affluents?
Parthenium
Elephant grass
Water hyacinth
Both (A) and (B) above
C
In which year the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant of the former USSR had accident that caused escape of radio nuclide into atmosphere?
1979
1980
1984
1986
D
Certain desert lizards excrete their wastes in dry form. This serves as a means of
protective mechanism against their predators
limiting factor of the organism
adaptation of the organism to the environment
countering the problem of food scarcity
C
Which one is regarded as "World Heritage Forest"?
Nandan Kanan in Odisha
Kaziranga in Assam
Sundarbans in West Bengal
Indian Botanical Garden, Shibpur in West Bengal
C
Kidney can be taken from a dying person who has the
cessation of neurological function only
cessation of cardiac function only
cessation of respiratory function only
cessation of kidney function only
A
There is no life on moon because it has no
Nitrogen
Sulphur
Oxygen
Water
D
Losoong is a festival celebrated in
Tibet
Arunachal Pradesh
Sikkim
Kerala
C
The commodity for which India spends the largest amount to import is
Foodgrains
Crude petroleum
Fertilisers
Iron and Steel
B
In which categories did Marie Curie win her two different Nobel Prizes?
Physics and Chemistry
Chemistry and Medicine
Physics and Medicine
Chemistry and Peace
A
Michael Phelps won _______ gold medals in swimming events in the Beijing Olympics.
6
7
8
9
C
Spot the odd one from the following :
Tarapur
Trombay
Kalpakkam
Narora
B
The other three places have Nuclear Power Plants.
Which among the following is termed 'Hot Money'?
FII
FDI
ADR
GDR
A
foreign institutional investor
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