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General Knowledge - 2 (PUNSUP)

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Which of the following is not a function of commercial banks in India?

  1. Accepting deposits

  2. Making advances

  3. Transfer of funds

  4. Issue of currency

  5. Collection of cheques


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

A commercial bank cannot issue currency. It's the function of RBI.

When was the first broadcast transmitted?

  1. 20th August 1921

  2. 20th August 1922

  3. 20th August 1923

  4. 20th August 1924


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Correct option is (1). 

Which of the following is the longest canal in India?

  1. Buckingham Canal

  2. Sarda Canal

  3. Indira Gandhi Canal

  4. West Yamuna Canal


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

Correct option is (3). 

Which of the following amendment acts eliminated the right to property from the list of Fundamental Rights?

  1. 24th Amendment Act

  2. 25th Amendment Act

  3. 42nd Amendment Act

  4. 44th Amendment Act


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

The Indian constitution does not recognize property rights as a Fundamental Rights. In the year 1977, the 44th amendment eliminated the right to acquire, hold and dispose of property as a Fundamental Right. However, in another part of the constitution, Article 300 (A) was inserted to affirm that no person shall be deprived of his property saved by authority of law. 

Which of the following vitamins is necessary for preventing beriberi?

  1. Vitamin B1

  2. Vitamin B2

  3. Vitamin B3

  4. Vitamin B6


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Correct option is (1). 

Plants take in nitrogen from ___________, which is used by plants to make proteins.

  1. atmosphere

  2. water

  3. bacteria in soil

  4. sunlight

  5. bacteria in leaves


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

Yes, nitrogen fixing bacteria live in soil. They help in nitrogen fixation in soil. Thus, plants are able to take nitrogenous compounds from the soil.

The Border Security Force (BSF) was established in India in

  1. 1960

  2. 1969

  3. 1959

  4. 1965

  5. 1968


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

Correct option is (4). 

Which are the deepest caves of the world?

  1. Ajanta Caves

  2. Reseau-du-Follis

  3. Reaseau Caves

  4. None of these


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

Correct option is (2). 

He has been profiled by Time magazine and is one of the 30 activists chosen from across the world who are working to change the world for the better. Name the person.

  1. Baba Balbir Singh Seechewal

  2. Baba Amte

  3. Baba Ranjit Singh

  4. None of these


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Correct option is (1). 

The instrument used by doctors to listen to the heart beats is called

  1. stethoscope

  2. headphone

  3. barometer

  4. X-ray apparatus


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Correct option is (1). 

The headquarters of the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) is in

  1. Sweden

  2. Poland

  3. New York

  4. Spain


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

Correct option is (3). 

Hail storm occurs in summer season due to the formation of clouds called

  1. cumulus

  2. cumulonimbus

  3. cirrus

  4. cirrocumulus


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

Correct option (2). 

Swaraj as a national demand was first made by

  1. Chittaranjan Das

  2. Jawaharlal Nehru

  3. Dadabhai Naoroji

  4. Bal Gangadhar Tilak


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

Correct option is (4). 

Who wrote the novel ‘Tutan Wala Khoo’?

  1. Kulwant Singh Virk

  2. Sohan Singh Sital

  3. Amrita Pritam

  4. Nanak Singh


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

Correct option is (2). 

Who was the first Indian to win the Nobel Prize for Economics?

  1. Yunus Muhammed

  2. Amartya Sen

  3. Prof. Noorul Hassan

  4. Dr. I. G.Patel


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

Correct option is (2). 

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