1.What is the maximum number of days of employment a rural poor would get unde 'MGNREGA' ?
1. 180 days
2. 120 days
3. 100 days
4. 90 days
Ans : 3
Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act is an Indian labour law and social security measure that aims to guarantee the 'right to work'.
It aims to enhance livelihood security in rural areas by providing at least 100 days of wage employment in a financial year to every household whose adult members volunteer to do unskilled manual work.
2. Scheduled bank is a bank which is :
1. Nationalised
2. Not Nationalised
3. Based in foreign Country
4. Included in the second schedule of RBI
Ans : 4
A Scheduled bank , in India , refers to a bank which is listed in the 2ndScheduled of the Reserve Bank of India Act , 1934.
Bank not under this Schedule are called non-scheduled banks.
Scheduled banks are usually private , foreign , and nationalized banks operating in India.
3. Black soil is also known by which of the following name ?
1. Khadar soil
2. Bangar soil
3. Alluvial soil
4. Regur soil
Ans : 4
Black soil are often referred to as regur but are popularly known as "black cotton soils" since cotton has been the most common traditional crop in areas where they are found.
Black soils are derivatives of trap lava and are spread mostly across interior Gujarat , Maharashtra , Karnataka and Madhya Pradesh on the Deccan lava Plateau and and the Malwa Plateau.
4. What is the name of the book written by Panini ?
1. Maha bhashya
2. Mitakshara
3. Madhyamika Karika
4. Ashtadhyayi
Ans : 4
Ashtadhyayi is a Sanskrit treatise on grammer written in the 6th to 5th century B.C. by the Indian grammarian Panini.
This work set the linguistic standards for Classical Sanskrit. It sums up in 4000 Sutras the science of Phonetics and grammer that had evolved in the Vedic religion.
5. Which dynasty was started by Khizr Khan ?
1. The Sayyids
2. The Lodhis
3. The Rajput
4. The Khiljis
Khizr Khan founded the Sayyid Dynasty , the fourth dynasty of the Delhi Sultanate , in 1414 A.D.
The Dynasty was founded soon after the invasion of Timur and the fall of the Tughlaq Dynasty.
Khan was the Governor of Multan under the Tughlaq ruler , Firoz Shah Tughlaq.
Ans : 1
6. The instrument used for measuring air pressure is called :
1. Anemometer
2. Barometer
3. Hygrometer
4. Thermometer
Ans : 2
A barometer is a scientific instrument used in meteorology to measure atmospheric pressure.
Pressure tendency can forecast short term changes in the weather.
Evangelista Torricelli is universally credited with inventing the barometer in 1643.
7. Gustation refers to the sense of which of the following ?
1. Smell
2. Hearing
3. Tactile
4. Taste
Ans : 4
Gustation is usually called the sense of taste.
Taste is the sensation produced when a substance in the mouth reacts chemically with taste receptor cells located on taste buds in the oral cavity , mostly on the tongue.
Taste cells are gathered together in taste buds on the tongue , and taste buds are hidden in bumps on the tongue called papillae.
8. Intensity of any wave is proportional to which of the following ?
1. Amplitude
2. Square of amplitude
3. Square root of amplitude
4. Cube of amplitude
Ans : 2
The energy of a wave is proportional to the square of its amplitude.
Therefore , the intensity of a wave is also proportional to the square of its amplitude.
This means that if Intensity drops off at a rate of 1/r², wave amplitude drops off at a rate of 1/r.
9. In the following list devices which device is used in network layer ?
1. Repeaters
2. Router
3. Application Gateway
4. Switch
Ans : 2
The third lowest layer of the OSI Reference Model is the Network layer.
It is responsible for packet forwarding including routing through intermediate routers.
Routers forward data packets between computer networks.
A data packet is forwarded from one router to another through the networks that constitute the internet work until it reaches its destination node.
10. NTPC is a Central Public Sector Enterprise in which sector ?
1. Education
2. Health
3. Power
4. Transport
Ans : 3
NTPC Limited (Previously known as National Thermal Power Corporation Limited) is an Indian PSU (Public Sector Undertaking) , engaged in the business of generation of electricity and allied activities.
NTPC's core business is generation and sale of electricity to state owned power distribution companies and State Electricity Boards in India.
11. Which state government has launched the smart village programme , to improve public facilities in village ?
1. Maharashtra
2. Rajasthan
3. Odisha
4. Gujarat
Ans : 4
The Gujarat Government , on 22 may 2014 , launched the Smart Village Programme to improve public facilities in villages.
The objective of the programme is to make villages self-reliant , clean , and hygienic.
It has been conceptualized on the lines of smart cities initiative of the Union Government under which 100 cities were chosen for Infrastructure Development.
12. Rodrigo "Dugong" Duterte emerged winner in 2016 Presidential elections of which country ?
1. Mexico
2. The Philippines
3. Spain
4. Singapore
Ans : 2
Rodrigo "Dugong" Duterte was , on 30 june 2016 , inaugurated as President of the Philippines.
He won the Philippines Presidential election with 38.5% of the votes.
At 71 years , Duterte is the oldest person to assume the Philippine Presidency.
13. What is commonly known as White plague ?
1. Typhoid
2. Malaria
3. Tuberculosis
4. Plague
Ans : 3
Tuberculosis was known as the white death and the great white plague during the 19th century.
Tuberculosis is an infectious disease caused by the bacterium Mycobacterium tuberculosis (MTB).
It can occur in any organ of the body but is most well known in the lung.
14. What are gilt-edged securities ?
1. Security issued by the multinational companies
2. Security issued by the government
3. Security issued by the private sector
4. Security issued by the joint venture companies
Ans : 2
Gilt-edged securities are bonds issued by Governments.
They are Government securities , i.e. instruments issued by the Government to borrow money from the market.
Gilt-edged securities are a high grade Investment with very low risk.
15. In whose consultation does the president Convene and prorogue all sessions of parliament ?
1. The speaker
2. The Prime Minister
3. The Prime Minister and the leader of the opposition in Lok Sabha
4. The Council of Ministers
Ans : 2
The President convene and prorogue all sessions of Parliament in consultation with the Prime Minister.
Article 85 of Indian Constitution states that the President shall from time to time summon each House of Parliament to meet at such time and place as he thinks fit , but six months shall not intervene between its lasting sitting in one session and the date appointed for its first sitting in the next session.
16. With which religion Kaivalya associated ?
1. Buddhism
2. Jainism
3. Hinduism
4. Sikhism
Ans : 2
Kaivalya is the Jain concept of salvation.
According to Jainism , all things in existence are divided into two parts Jiva (i.e. living beings having a soul) and Ajiva (non-living things having no soul).
The entanglement of living beings (Jiva) with things not having souls (Ajiva) is a source of all misery.
Kaivalya is a result of a living beings becoming free of this entanglement.
17. Bauxite is used as raw material by which industry ?
1. Aluminium
2. Iron
3. Steel
4. Gold
Ans : 1
Bauxite is the principle ore of aluminium.
Bauxite is not a mineral.
It is a rock formed from laterite soil that has been severely leached of silica and other soluble materials in a wet tropical or subtropical climate.
Aluminium is extracted from bauxite using the Bayer process.
18. The large collection of stars dust and gas held together by gravitational attraction between components is known as :
1. Cluster
2. Atmosphere
3. Galaxy
4. Sun family
Ans : 3
The term Galaxy refers to a large collection of stars , dust and gas clouds which are held together by gravitational attraction.
The smallest Galaxies may contain only a few hundred thousands stars while the largest Galaxies have thousands of billions of stars.
The Milky Way galaxy contains our solar system
19. Thermal electricity is generated by using which of these ?
1. Coal only
2. Coal and Natural Gas only
3. Coal , Natural Gas and Petroleum
4. None of these
Ans : 3
A thermal power station is a power plant in which heat energy is converted to electric power.
Thermal Power is producing using fossil fuel such as coal , natural gas or Petroleum.
More than 65% of India electricity generation capacity comes from thermal power plants , with about 85% of the country's thermal power generation being coal-based.
20. When Iron rusts , it's weight :
1. Decreases
2. Increases
3. Remains the same
4. First increases and then decreases
Ans : 2
When iron rusts oxide compounds are formed due to the interaction between oxygen in the air or in water and the metal.
Because of the oxygen atoms binding with the metal,the weight of the metal with rust will increase
21. The driest location on Earth is in which country ?
1. Kenya
2. Chile
3. Congo
4. Libya
Ans : 2
According to latest research the driest location on earth lies in the Atacama desert , Chilli.
The location is called Maria Elena South (MES).
The site has a mean atmospheric relative humidity (RH) of 17.3 % and a soil RH of a constant 14 % at a depth of one meter.
22. Which leader of British labour party was recently elected the first Muslim mayor of London ?
1. Sadiq Khan
2. Attaullah Khan
3. Firdauz Zaidi
4. Karim Shaikh
Ans : 1
Sadiq Khan of the British Labour party , in May 2016 , became London first Muslim Mayor seeing of a conservative challenger who attempted to link him extremism.
Khan's victory also makes him the first Muslim to head a major Western capital.
He replaces conservative Boris Johnson , who ran the city of 8.6 million people for 8 years.
23. Lady Ratan Tata trophy's related to which game ?
1. Basketball
2. Hockey
3. Kho-kho
4. Cricket
Ans : 2
Lady Ratan Tata trophy is national level tournament of hockey for women in India.
It is named after Ratan Tata , an Indian businessman.
He is the chairman of Tata Groups , a Mumbai based global business conglomerate from 1991 till 2012 and again from 24 October 2016 for interim them.
24. Which instrument is used for measuring humidity of atmosphere ?
1. Barometer
2. Anemometer
3. Thermometer
4. Hygrometer
Ans : 4
A hygrometer also known as psychometer it's used to measure the humidity in the air.
A common way these devices works is by using a material that attracts moisture and that changes depending on how moist it is.
Aside from greenhouses and industrial spaces , hygrometers are also used in some incubator humidors and museums.
25. Pankaj Advani associated with which sport ?
1. Billiards
2. Boxing
3. Cricket
4. Badminton
Ans : 1
Pankaj Advani an Indian professional player of English billiards and former snooker player.
He has achieved a hat-trick of hat-tricks in English billiards , holding the world , Asian and Indian National Championship titles simultaneously , in three different years 2005 , 2003 and 2012.
He is the only player ever to win world titles in both the long and short formats of snooker.
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