General Knowledge Questions And Answers
SET-03
61. For galvanizing iron which of the following metals is used?
- A. Aluminium
- B. Copper
- C. Lead
- D. Zinc
Answer: D
62. Economic goods are
- A. all commodities that are limited in quantity as compared to their demand
- B. Commodities that is available according to their demand
- C. Commodities that is available more as compared to demand
- D. None of the above
Answer: A
63. For purifying drinking water alum is used
- A. for coagulation of mud particles
- B. to kill bacteria
- C. to remove salts
- D. to remove gases
Answer: A
64.Hockey was introduced in the Asian Games in
- A. 1958 in Tokyo
- B. 1962 in Jakarta
- C. 1966 in Bangkok
- D. 1970 in Bangkok
Answer: A
65. ESCAP stands for
- A. Economic and Social Commission for Asia and Pacific
- B. European Society Council for Africa and Pacific
- C. Economic and Social Commission for Africa and Pacific
- D. None of the above
Answer: A
66. Firdausi was
- A. a poet
- B. well known for his epic ‘Shahnama’
- C. Both A and B
- D. None of the above
Answer: C
67.Himalayan Mountaineering Institute is at
- A. Darjeeling
- B. Dehradun
- C. Marmago
- D. Dispur
Answer: A
68. Gabriel Daniel Fahrenheit was
- A. a German Physicist
- B. developed the mercury thermometer in 1714
- C. devised temperature scale
- D. All of the above
Answer: D
69. During the first crusade, crusaders reached Jerusalem and captured it in
- A. 1000 AD
- B. 1099 AD
- C. 1200 AD
- D. 1515 AD
Answer: B
70. Dr. Linus Carl Pauling is the only person to have won two Nobel prizes individually for
- A. Chemistry in 1954, Peace Prize in 1962
- B. Peace Prize in 1954, Chemistry in 1962
- C. Physics in 1954, Medicine in 1962
- D. Medicine in 1954, Physics in 1962
Answer: A
71.Free market is
- A. a condition in the international market where nations do not impose customs duty or other taxes on import of goods
- B. market where the price of a commodity is determined by free play of the forces of supply and demand
- C. ports that are exempted from payment of customs duty on articles of commerce, primarily to encourage tourism
- D. None of the above
Answer: B
72.East Timor, which became the 191st member of the UN, is in the continent of
- A. Asia
- B. Africa
- C. Europe
- D. South America
Answer: A
73. Free surface of a liquid behaves like a sheet and tends to contract to the smallest possible area due to the
- A. force of adhesion
- B. force of friction
- C. centrifugal force
- D. force of cohesion
Answer: D
74. Gopal Krishna Gokhale
- A. started as a maths teacher and rose to the position of the principal of Ferguson College, Pune
- B. founded the servants of India Society
- C. served as President of the Indian National Congress in 1905
- D. All of the above
Answer: D
75. GNLF stands for
- A. Gorkha National Liberation Front
- B. Gross National Liberation Form
- C. Both A and B
- D. None of the above
Answer: A
76. Excessive secretion from the pituitary gland in the children results in
- A. increased height
- B. retarded growth
- C. weakening of bones
- D. None of the above
Answer: A
77. Fa-Hien was
- A. the first Buddhist pilgrim of China to visit India during the reign of Chandragupta Vikramaditya
- B. the discoverer of Puerto Rico and Jamaica
- C. the first Buddhist pilgrim of India to visit China
- D. None of the above
Answer: A