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General Knowledge - 2 (CHSL)

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Which of the following countries does not border Lithuania?

  1. Poland

  2. Ukraine

  3. Belarus

  4. Latvia


Correct Option: B

Which of the following rivers is the longest?

  1. Amazon

  2. Nile

  3. Yangtze

  4. Mississippi


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

Nile is the longest river (length = 6653 km).

When was the first modern cotton textile mill set up in India?

  1. 1818

  2. 1854

  3. 1861

  4. 1863


Correct Option: A

Whom did Kabir make his Guru?

  1. Guru Nanak Dev

  2. Ramanand

  3. Chatanya Mahaprabhu

  4. Sheikh Taqi


Correct Option: B

Which Constitution Amendment Act(s) is/are also sometimes referred to as a ‘Mini Constitution’?

  1. 40th Amendment Act

  2. 42nd Amendment Act

  3. 86th Amendment Act

  4. 73rd and 74th Amendment Acts


Correct Option: B

Which of the following maintains the independence and impartiality of the Election Commission?

  1. The Chief Election Commissioner does not hold his office till the pleasure of the President.
  2. Debarment of the retiring election commissioners from further appointment by the government.
  1. Only 1

  2. Only 2

  3. Both 1 and 2

  4. Neither 1 nor 2


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Statement 1 is correct. The Chief Election Commissioner is removed by passing a resolution to that effect by both Houses of the Parliament with special majority. Statement 2 is wrong. The constitution does not debar the retiring election commissioners from any further appointment by the government.

Why is the Lok Sabha (LS) considered superior to the Rajya Sabha (RS)?

  1. The LS is elected directly.

  2. Council of Ministers is responsible to LS only.

  3. LS controls the Budget.

  4. None of these


Correct Option: C

How many members are there in the Estimates Committee of the Lok Sabha?

  1. 20

  2. 15

  3. 10

  4. 30


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

The Estimates Committee, constituted for the first time in 1950, is a Parliamentary Committee consisting of 30 members, elected every year by the Lok Sabha from amongst its members.

What can be the maximum gap between two sessions of the Parliament?

  1. Two months

  2. Four months

  3. Five months

  4. Six months


Correct Option: D

The standard of living in a country is represented by its

  1. per capita income

  2. national income

  3. poverty ratio

  4. None of these


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Option (1) is the correct answer.

Stock market returns may be classified as

  1. leading indicator

  2. lagging indicator

  3. coincident indicator

  4. acyclic indicator


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Leading indicators are indicators that usually change before the economy as a whole changes. They are therefore useful as short-term predictors of the economy. Stock market returns are a leading indicator: the stock market usually begins to decline before the economy as a whole declines and usually begins to improve before the general economy begins to recover from a slump.

On which of the following grounds does Article 16 of the Indian Constitution debar any kind of discrimination?

  1. Religion
  2. Race and caste
  3. Gender
  4. Descent
  5. Place of birth
  1. Only 1, 2 and 3

  2. Only 1, 3 and 5

  3. Only 1, 2, 3 and 5

  4. All of these


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

Article 16 provides that there shall be equality of opportunity for all citizens in the matter of employment or appointment to any office under the State. This Article also provides that no citizen shall be ineligible for any office or employment under the State on grounds only of religion, race, caste, sex, descent and place of birth or any of them.

The famous painting 'Guermica' was created by

  1. Michelangelo

  2. Pablo Picasso

  3. Rembrandt

  4. Leonardo da Vinci


Correct Option: B

The largest zoo (Kruger National Park) in the world is in

  1. Dubai

  2. Australia

  3. South America

  4. South Africa


Correct Option: D

What was the original name of ‘Swami Vivekananda’?

  1. Virendra Chatterjee

  2. Subhash Mukhopadhya

  3. Subhash Nath Dutt

  4. Narendranath Dutta


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

Narendranath Dutta was the original name of ‘Swami Vivekananda’.

Which of the following scientists won the Nobel Prize for Chemistry and Peace?

  1. Niels Bohr

  2. Linus C. Pauling

  3. Madam Curie

  4. De Broglie


Correct Option: B

Nagarjuna Sagar Project is built across which river?

  1. Krishna

  2. Mahanadi

  3. Damodar

  4. Sutlej

  5. Kosi


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

It is on Krishna river and the beneficiary state is Andhra Pradesh.

Which of the following is/are not a means of indirect transmission of diseases?

  1. Vectors

  2. Contaminated food and water

  3. Contact with infected person

  4. Air

  5. Formite-borne


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

This is the correct option as this is not a means of indirect transmission of diseases. It is a means of direct transmission of disease such as AIDS, syphilis, etc.

Who acts as the guardian of the Constitution?

  1. High Court

  2. Government

  3. Parliament

  4. Supreme Court

  5. President


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

Supreme Court acts as the guardian of the Constitution.

Kailash Temple of Ellora was made by

  1. Cholla

  2. Gupta

  3. Kushan

  4. Rashtrakuta

  5. Chalukya


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

Correct answer

Methanol is prepared industrially by

  1. catalytic reduction of carbon monoxide in the presence of ZnO-Cr2O3

  2. reaction of methane with steam at 900°C with a Ni catalyst

  3. reduction of formaldehyde with lithium aluminium hydride

  4. reaction of formaldehyde with aqueous sodium hydroxide solution


Correct Option: A

The first sermon of Buddha made at Sarnath is called

  1. Dharma Chakra Parivarthana

  2. Dharma Samsthapan

  3. Dharma Buddha

  4. Dharma Sabha


Correct Option: A

Who was the first Chinese pilgrim to visit India?

  1. Xuan Zang

  2. Fa-hien

  3. Fa-xian

  4. None of these


Correct Option: B

Which part of a solar cooker is responsible for greenhouse effect?

  1. Black coloured interior

  2. Mirror

  3. Glass sheet

  4. Outer cover


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

Correct option is (3).

The resistance of a conductor increases with

  1. increase in length

  2. increase in temperature

  3. decrease in cross-sectional area

  4. All of the above


Correct Option: D

What is the currency of Bangladesh?

  1. Taka

  2. Afghani

  3. Pula

  4. Franc CFA


Correct Option: A

Who succeeded Antonis Samaras as Prime Minister of Greece?

  1. Lucas Papademos

  2. George A. Papandreou

  3. Konstantinos A. Karamanlis

  4. Alexis Tsipras

  5. Panagiotis Pikrammenos


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

Correct option is (4).

Which of the following countries account for about two-thirds of earning of its total export from rice trade?

  1. Japan

  2. Thailand

  3. Myanmar

  4. Indonesia


Correct Option: C

The joint river valley venture of India and Nepal is

  1. Gomati

  2. Chambal

  3. Damodar

  4. Kosi


Correct Option: D

Which of the following is not a use of natural gas?

  1. Natural gas is used as a domestic and industrial fuel.

  2. Compressed natural gas is used as a fuel in transport vehicles.

  3. Natural gas is used as a fuel to move turbines at hydropower plants.

  4. Natural gas is used as a starting material for the manufacture of a number of chemicals.

  5. Natural gas is used as a source of hydrogen gas needed to manufacture fertilisers.


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

This is the correct option as this is not a use of natural gas. It is not used as a fuel to move turbines in hydropower plants.

The number of oscillations per second is called the _______ of oscillation.

  1. frequency

  2. wavelength

  3. amplitude

  4. time period


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

The number of oscillations per second is called the frequency of oscillation.

Which of the following components of sunlight transmit(s) heat radiation?

  1. Ultraviolet radiation

  2. Infrared radiation

  3. Invisible radiation

  4. Cosmic radiation

  5. All of the above


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

The component of sunlight that carries heat radiation is infrared radiation.

The highest mountain range in the world is

  1. Himalayas

  2. Makali

  3. Manashi

  4. Nanga Parbat

  5. Konkin


Correct Option: A

Pallava dynasty was established in 300 A.D. The capital city of Pallavas was

  1. Kanchi

  2. Sanchi

  3. Raipur

  4. Purushpur

  5. Halibedu


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Correct answer

What is the currency of Uzbekistan?

  1. Som

  2. Riyal

  3. US Dollar

  4. Euro


Correct Option: A

In Uttar Pradesh, IT City is being established in

  1. Allahabad

  2. Kanpur

  3. Lucknow

  4. Varanasi


Correct Option: C

According to the 2011 Census of India, which of the following has the lowest sex ratio (female per 1000 males)?

  1. Haryana

  2. NCT of Delhi

  3. Chandigarh

  4. Daman and Diu


Correct Option: D

Which is the sacred book of Buddhists?

  1. Upanishad

  2. Vedas

  3. Tripitaka

  4. Jatakas


Correct Option: C

The year 2002 Code of Conduct related to territorial and maritime dispute in the South China Sea was signed between China and

  1. Philippines

  2. Vietnam

  3. United States of America

  4. ASEAN


Correct Option: D

Ustad Amjad Ali Khan is an exponent of

  1. tabla

  2. sarod

  3. santoor

  4. None of these


Correct Option: B

Who is the author of 'Gitanjali'?

  1. Rabindranath Tagore

  2. Hale

  3. Plato

  4. Dante


Correct Option: A

Who was the first Indian to score a century in Test cricket?

  1. Lala Amarnath

  2. Vijay Hazare

  3. Vijay Merchant

  4. C. K. Nayudu


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

 Lala Amarnath was the first Indian to score a century in Test cricket.

Who among the following persons was never the captain of India in a World Cup?

  1. S. Venkatraghvan

  2. Rahul Dravid

  3. Mohammed Azharuddin

  4. Sunil Gavaskar


Correct Option: D

The US dollar index is the trade weighted index of _____ currencies.

  1. 5

  2. 6

  3. 7

  4. 8


Correct Option: B

Which of the following states is the largest producer of cotton in India?

  1. Maharashtra

  2. Gujarat

  3. Andhra Pradesh

  4. Haryana

  5. Orissa


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

It is the largest producer of cotton in India.

Which of the following gases is the main constituent of cooking gas?

  1. Methane

  2. Propane

  3. Butane

  4. Ethane


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

Butane gas is the main constituent of cooking gas.

Which state is the leading jute producer of India?

  1. West Bengal

  2. Gujarat

  3. Karnataka

  4. Punjab

  5. Na


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

West Bengal is the leading producer of jute in India.

Who was the first woman Chief Justice of High Court?

  1. Mrs. Annie Besant

  2. Mrs. Sucheta Kriplani

  3. Mrs. Vijaya Laxmi Pandit

  4. Mrs. Leela Seth

  5. NA


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

Mrs. Leela Seth was the 1st woman Chief Justice of High Court.

Dhanush, a missile inducted into the Indian Navy,

  1. is a customised and naval variant of Prithvi missile

  2. has a range of 700 km

  3. can be launched from an aircraft

  4. cannot carry nuclear warheads


Correct Option: D

Which among the following agencies is known as ‘soft credit window’ of the World Bank?

  1. International Finance Corporation

  2. International Bank for Reconstruction and Development

  3. International Development Association

  4. Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency


Correct Option: C
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