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General Knowledge - 5 (PUNSUP)

Description: General Knowledge - 5
Number of Questions: 15
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Who is the author of 'Ghashiram Kotwal'?

  1. Sachin Tendulkar

  2. Vijay Tendulakar

  3. M. Tendulakar

  4. Kabir


Correct Option: B

In order to effectively supply messages to consumers, a media organization must

  1. generate or obtain a variety of content

  2. distribute a variety of content

  3. present a market place of ideas

  4. all of the above


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

Correct option is (4).

The idea of Fundamental Rights was taken from the constitution of

  1. England

  2. America

  3. Ireland

  4. Japan


Correct Option: B

Who was the first foreigner to win the Bharat Ratna Award?

  1. Khan Abdul Gaffar Khan

  2. Winston Churchill

  3. Nelson Mandela

  4. Benazir Bhutto


Correct Option: A

When was the Reserve Bank of India taken over by the Government?

  1. 1952

  2. 1950

  3. 1948

  4. None of these


Correct Option: C

The Ellora Caves contain the rock cut temples of which of the following sect/s?

  1. Buddhist

  2. Buddhist and Jain

  3. Hindu and Buddhist

  4. Hindu, Buddhist and Jain


Correct Option: D

Which instrument is used to measure the depth of the sea?

  1. Electrometer

  2. EEG

  3. Endoscope

  4. Fathometer


Correct Option: D

Absence of which of the following vitamins can lead to sterility in both males and females?

  1. Vitamin K

  2. Vitamin C or ascorbic acid

  3. Vitamin D or calciferol

  4. Vitamin E or tocopherol


Correct Option: D

What is the name of the largest alluvial plain in India?

  1. Western coastal plains

  2. Eastern coastal plains

  3. Indo - gangetic plain

  4. None of these


Correct Option: C

Noble Prize winner Mother Teresa received which Indian award?

  1. Magsaysay

  2. Bharat Ratna

  3. Arjun award

  4. None of these


Correct Option: B

The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) issues

  1. all the currency notes except the hundred rupee note

  2. all the currency notes

  3. only notes of Rs. 10 and above

  4. all the currency notes except the one rupee note


Correct Option: D

Sheet erosion over the earth’s surface is caused by the action of

  1. shifting cultivation

  2. strong winds

  3. heavy rains

  4. moving ice


Correct Option: C

Which of the following terms is used to refer to the region north of Arctic Circle in the summer season?

  1. The Twilight zone

  2. The Auroral zone

  3. The Land of the Midnight Sun

  4. The Leap Year zone


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

The Land of the Midnight Sun may refer to any of the world's northern regions above the Arctic Circle or the world’s southern regions below the Antarctic Circle. In the summer season, the latitudes above the Arctic Circle, such as northern Russia, northern Alaska, northern Canada, and Greenland, where in midsummer the sun does not sink below the horizon at any time within the twenty-four hours of the day, are called “Land of the Midnight Sun”.

The headquarters of the Northern Railway are at

  1. New Delhi

  2. Guwahati

  3. Gorakhpur

  4. Mumbai (VT)


Correct Option: A

The National Congress at its Madras session in 1927 decided to boycott the Simon Commission “at every stage and in every form”. Who presided over that session?

  1. Tej Bahadur Sapru

  2. Hakim Ajmal Khan

  3. Dr. M. A. Ansari

  4. Sarojini Naidu


Correct Option: C
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