General Knowledge Questions&answers(mega Collection)!

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In this thread we will keep Sharing Genral nowledge Questions and answers INSHA'ALLAH!​
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[DOUBLEPOST=1351388187][/DOUBLEPOST]Q: Which composer wrote The Water Music?

A: Handel

Q: What colour does acid turn Litmus paper?
A: Red

Q: What's the largest Scandinavian country?
A: Sweden

Q: What was Mickey Mouse's original name?
A: Mortimer Mouse

Q: Which metal do you get from bauxite?
A: Aluminium

Q: Which animal produces the biggest baby?
A: Blue Whale

Q: In Pop music, which two herbs go with 'Parsley & Sage'?
A: Rosemary and Thyme - Scarborough fair

Q: What was the name of the Benedictine monk who legend has it invented Champagne?
A: Dom Perignon

Q: In which Country is Auschwitz (Birkenau)?
A: Poland

Q: Who was Leonardo di Caprio's co-star in Titanic?
A: Kate Winslett

Q: Acid rain is composed mainly of the oxides of two elements. Give either.
A: Sulphur or Nitrogen

Q: What sort of creature is a bustard?
A: A bird

Q: What is calcium carbonate normally known as?
A: Chalk

Q: Who commanded the Allied forces, which invaded Europe on D-Day?
A: Dwight Eisenhower

Q: Who holds the record as being Britain's youngest ever Formula 1 Driver?
A: Jensen Button

Q: What word do we use to describe the Asexual reproduction of a genetic carbon copy of an animal or plant?
A: Clone

Q: Which chemical element has the shortest name - 3 letters?
A: Tin

Q: What is the state capital of Alaska?
A: Juneau

Q: How many holes are there in a ten pin bowling ball?
A: 3

Q: Which land did Puff The Magic Dragon live in?
A: Honalee


[DOUBLEPOST=1351388208][/DOUBLEPOST] No piece of paper can be folded more than 7 times.

* The first product to have a bar code was Wrigley's gum.
* Venus is the only planet that rotates clockwise.
* Apples, not caffeine, are more efficien at waking you up in the morning
* The first owner of the Marlboro company died of lung cancer.
* The Mona Lisa has no eyebrows. It was the fashion in Renaissance Florence to shave them off.
* Walt Disney was afraid of mice.
* The inventor of the flushing toilet was Thomas Crapper.
* The average bed is home to over 6 billion dust mites.
* The cigarette lighter was invented before the match.
* The average chocolate bar has 8 insect legs in it.
* Right-handed people live, on average, nine years longer than left-handed people do.
* Its impossible to smoke oneself to death with weed. You won't be able to retain enough motor control and consciousness to do so after such a large amount.
* Every drop of seawater contains approximately 1 billion gold atoms.
* The US national anthem actually has three verses, but everyone just knows the first one.
* During World War II, IBM built the computers the Nazis used to manage their death/concentration camps.
* The total combined weight of the worlds ant population is heavier than the weight of the human population.
* The deadliest war in history excluding World War II was a civil war in China in the 1850s in which the rebels were led by a man who thought he was the brother of Jesus Christ.
* Just about 3 people are born every second, and about 1.3333 people die every second. The result is about a 2 and 2/3 net increase of people every second. Almost 10 people more live on this Earth now, than before you finished reading this.
* The number of people alive on earth right now is higher than the number of all the people that have died, Ever.[DOUBLEPOST=1351388232][/DOUBLEPOST] The electric chair was invented by a dentist.

* The human heart creates enough pressure when it pumps out to the body to squirt blood 30 feet.
*Banging your head against a wall uses an average of 900 calories an hour.
* On average, people fear spiders more than they do death
* "I am ." is the shortest complete sentence in the English language.
* The longest word in the English language is 1909 letters long and it refers to a distinct part of DNA.
* It's impossible to sneeze with your eyes open.
* Feb 1865 is the only month in recorded history not to have a full moon.
* You can't kill yourself by holding your breath.
* Americans on the average eat 18 acres of pizza every day.
* Every time you lick a stamp,you're consuming 1/10 of a calorie.
* Leonardo Da Vinci invented the scissors
* In the last 4000 years, no new animals have been domesticated.
* The most common name in the world is Mohammed.
* The cruise liner, Queen Elizabeth II, moves only six inches for each gallon of diesel that it burns.
* Michael Jordan makes more money from Nike annually than all of the Nike factory workers in Malaysia combined.
* One of the reasons marijuana is illegal today is because cotton growers in the 30's lobbied against hemp farmers they saw it as competition.
* You know that you are more likely to be killed by a champagne cork than by a poisonous spider
* Only one person in two billion will live to be 116 or older.
* There are 2 credit cards for every person in the US.
* If you yelled for 8 years, 7 months and 6 days, you would have produced enough sound energy to heat one cup of coffee.

* If you fart consistently for 6 years and 9 months, enough gas is produced to create the energy of an atomic bomb.

* Cats have over one hundred vocal sounds,dogs only have about ten.
* Our eyes are always the same size from birth, but our nose and ears never stop growing[DOUBLEPOST=1351388270][/DOUBLEPOST] The Bible, the world's most-selling book, is also the world's most shoplifted book.

* Your tongue is the only muscle in your body that is attached at only one end.
* More than 1,000 different languages are spoken on the continent of Africa.
* In the U.S.A over eleven thousand people (up until the end of 2003) have visited a tortilla chip that appears to have the face of Jesus Christ burned into it?
* Buckingham Palace in England has over six hundred rooms.
* There was once an undersea post office in the Bahamas.
* Abraham Lincoln's mother died when she drank the milk of a cow that grazed on poisonous snakeroot.
* After the death of Albert Einstein his brain was removed by a pathologist and put in a jar for future study.
* TYPEWRITER is the longest word that can be made using the letters only
on one row of the keyboard.
* There are two words in the English language that have all five vowels in
order: "abstemious" and "facetious."
* There are more chickens than people in the world.
* The winter of 1932 was so cold that Niagara Falls froze completely solid.
* The cruise liner, QE2, moves only six inches for each gallon of diesel
that it burns.
* Maine is the only American state whose name is just one syllable.
* Butterflies taste with their feet.
* There are only three words in the English language which end in "dous":
tremendous, horrendous, and stupendous.
* "Dreamt" is the only English word that ends in the letters "mt".
* The sentence: "The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog" uses every
letter of the alphabet.

* A typical bed usually houses over 6 billion dust mites.
* The opposite sides of a dice cube always add up to seven.
* A person with hexadectylism has six fingers or six toes on one or both hands and feet
* The loudest sound produced by any animal is 188 decibels. The animal is the African Elephant.
* In ancient Egypt, Priests plucked every hair from their bodies, including their eyebrows and eyelashes.
* The word four has four letters. In the English language there is no other number whose number of letters is equal to its value.
* No piece of square dry paper can be folded more than 7 times in half.
* Chocolate can kill dogs. Chocolate affects a dog's heart and nervous system; a few ounces are enough to kill a small dog.
* There are more than twice as many kangaroos as people in Australia.

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The thickness of your skin varies from 1/2 to 6 millimeters, depending on the area of your body.

The four taste zones on your tongue are bitter (back), sour (back sides), salty (front sides), and sweet (front).
The five senses are sight, hearing, smell, touch, and taste.
Your body contains eight pints of blood.
You use 14 muscles to smile and 43 to frown.
The strongest muscle of the body is the masseter muscle, which is located in the jaw.
Muscles normally account for 40 percent of one's body weight.
There are 230 joints in the body.
Kids have 20 first teeth. Adults have 32 teeth.
The small intestines are about 25 feet long.
The large intestines are five feet long and are three times wider than the small intestines.
Most people shed 40 pounds of skin in a lifetime.
Your body is 70 percent water.
Normal body temperature is 98.6° Fahrenheit.
When you sneeze, air rushes through your nose at a rate of 100 mph.
An eyelash lives about 150 days before it falls out.
Your brain sends messages at the rate of 240 mph.
About 400 gallons of blood flow through your kidneys in one day.
You blink your eyes about 20,000 times a day.
Your heart beats about 100,000 times a day.
Humans breathe 20 times per minute, more than 10 million times per year and about 700 million times in a lifetime.
You have about 100,000 hairs on your head.
There are 10 million nerve cells in your brain.
Each of your eyes has 120 million rods, which help you see in black and white.
Each eye has six million cones, which help you see in color.
One in 12 men is color blind.
Placed end to end, all your body's blood vessels would measure about 62,000 miles.[DOUBLEPOST=1351388404][/DOUBLEPOST]6. Currently, the performance of tasks by robots is based on preprogrammed algorithms.
Answer: True

77. Data can be a number, a word, a picture, or a sound.
Answer: True
78. Strictly defined, a computer is a data processing device.
Answer: True
79. The discrepancy between the “haves� and “have-nots� with regard to computer technology is commonly referred to as the digital society.
Answer: False (digital divide)
90. A Web browser is a special device that is installed in your computer that allows it to communicate with other devices on a network.
Answer: False (network adapter)
91. With a wireless network, it is easier to relocate devices.
Answer: True
92. The most common type of memory that the computer uses to process data is ROM.
Answer: False (RAM)

66. ____________is the application of computer systems and techniques to gather legal evidence.
Answer: Computer forensics

67. ____________ is the science that attempts to create machines that will emulate the human thought process.
Answer: Artificial intelligence (AI)
68. Macintosh computers use the Macintosh operating system (Mac OS), whereas PCs generally run ____________ as an operating system.
Answer: Microsoft Windows
69. A process known as ____________ tracks trends and allows retailers to respond to consumer buying patterns.
Answer: data mining[DOUBLEPOST=1351388447][/DOUBLEPOST]6. ISO OSI model is used in
a. Stand alone PC
b. Network environment
Answer b

7. Network cable lies on _____ layer
a. Application
b. Network
c. Physical
8. ____ layer decides which physical pathway the data should take.
a. Application
b. Network
c. Physical
Answer c
9. ISDN is an example of ______ network
a. Circuit switched
b. Packet switched
Answer a
10. X.25 is an example of ______ network
a. Circuit switched
b. Packet switched
Answer b


[DOUBLEPOST=1351388461][/DOUBLEPOST]In the year 1811, Paraguay became independent from Spain.
The cross word puzzle was invented by Arthur Wynne.
The city which was the capital of the ancient Persian Empire was Persepolis.
WHO stands for World Health Organization.
WHO (World Health Organization) is located at Geneva.
FAO stands for Food and Agriculture Organization.
FAO is located at Rome and London.
UNIDO stands for United Nations Industrial Development Organization.
UNIDO is located at Vienna.
WMO stands for World Meteorological Organization.[DOUBLEPOST=1351388496][/DOUBLEPOST]WMO is located at Geneva.
International Civil Aviation Organization is located at Montreal.
The Angel Falls is located in Venezuela.
The Victoria Falls is located in Rhodesia.
Ice Cream was discovered by Gerald Tisyum.
The number regarded as lucky number in Italy is thirteen.
Napoleon suffered from alurophobia which means Fear of cats.
The aero planes were used in war for the first time by Italians. (14 Oct.1911)
Slavery in America was abolished by Abraham Lincoln.
The Headquarters of textile manufacturing in England is Manchester.

The Kalahari Desert is located in Africa.
The Patagonian desert is located in Argentina.
The person known as the father of aeronautics is Sir George Cayley.
The most densely populated Island in the world is Honshu.
The two nations Haiti and the Dominion Republic together form the Island of Hispaniola.
The largest auto producer in the USA is General Motors.
The largest auto producing nation is Japan.
The famous ?General Motors? company was founded by William Durant.
The country that brings out the FIAT is Italy.
The first actor to win an Oscar was Emil Jannings.[DOUBLEPOST=1351388594][/DOUBLEPOST]The longest river in Russia and Europe is Volga River.
The first Emperor of Germany was Wilhelm.
The last French Monarch was Louis Napoleon III.
"History is Bunk" was said by Henry Ford.
The term 'astrology' literally means Star Speech.
Togo is situated in Africa.
Coal is also known as Black Diamond.
The first Boxer to win 3 gold medals in Olympics was Laszlo Papp.
The first ruler who started war games for his soldiers was Genghis Khan.
The first cross word puzzle in the world was published in 1924 by London Sunday Express.[DOUBLEPOST=1351388660][/DOUBLEPOST]Victoria Falls was discovered by David Livingstone.
The technique to produce the first test tube baby was evolved by Patrick Steptoe and Robert Edwards.
The oldest residential university of Britain is the Oxford University.
The name of the large clock on the tower of the House of Parliament in London is called Big Ben.
Prado Museum is located in Madrid.
The number of keys in an ordinary piano is Eighty eight.
'Man is a Tool Making Animal' was said by Benjamin Franklin.
The term 'anesthesia' was coined by Oliver Wendell Holmes.
The first man to reach Antarctica was Fabian Gottlieb.
The Kilimanjaro volcano is situated in Tanzania.
The invention that is considered to have built America is Dynamite.
Words that contains all the vowels: Authentication, Remuneration, Education, Automobile, Miscellaneous and many more.
Words that contain all the vowels in order: Facetious and Abstemious.
Words that contain all the vowels in reverse order: Uncomplimentary, Unproprietary, Unoriental and Subcontinental.
Words with no vowel in them: Myth, Fly, Sky, Dry, Cry, Rhythm, Crypt.
Which country declares independence on 18th Feb 2008? - Kosovo.
Who was the founder of the kindergarten education system? - German educator Friedrich Froebel.
What is the scientific name of Vitamin C? - Ascorbic Acid
What is the full form of GPRS? - General Packet Radio Service
Which was the first university established in the world? - Nalanda University
What is full form of CEO, CFO & CIO titles? Chief Executive Officer, Chief Financial Officer & Chief Information Officer.

The first Prime minister of Bangladesh was Mujibur Rehman
2 The longest river in the world is the Nile
3 The longest highway in the world is the Trans-Canada
4 The longest highway in the world has a length of About 8000 km
5 The highest mountain in the world is the Everest
6 The country that accounts for nearly one third of the total teak production of the world is Myanmar
7 The biggest desert in the world is the Sahara desert
8 The largest coffee growing country in the world is Brazil
9 The country also known as "country of Copper" is Zambia
10 The name given to the border which separates Pakistan and Afghanistan is Durand line[DOUBLEPOST=1351388711][/DOUBLEPOST]1 The city which is also known as the City of Canals is Venice
22 The country in which river Wangchu flows is Myanmar
23 The biggest island of the world is Greenland
24 The city which is the biggest centre for manufacture of automobiles in the world is Detroit, USA
25 The country which is the largest producer of manganese in the world is China & South Africa
26 The country which is the largest producer of rubber in the world is Malaysia
27 The country which is the largest producer of tin in the world is China
28 The river which carries maximum quantity of water into the sea is the Amazon River
29 The city which was once called the `Forbidden City' was Peking
30 The country called the Land of Rising Sun is Japan

41 Australia was discovered by James Cook
42 The first Governor General of Pakistan is Mohammed Ali Jinnah
43 Dublin is situated at the mouth of river Liffey
44 The earlier name of New York city was New Amsterdam
45 The Eifel tower was built by Alexander Eiffel
46 The Red Cross was founded by Jean Henri Durant
47 The country which has the greatest population density is Monaco
48 The national flower of Britain is Rose
49 Niagara Falls was discovered by Louis Hennepin
50 The national flower of Italy is Lily

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51 The national flower of China is Narcissus
52 The permanent secretariat of the SAARC is located at Kathmandu
53 The gateway to the Gulf of Iran is Strait of Hormuz
54 The first Industrial Revolution took place in England
55 World Environment Day is observed on 5th June
56 The first Republican President of America was Abraham Lincoln
57 The country famous for Samba dance is Brazil
58 The name of Alexander's horse was Beucephalus
59 Singapore was founded by Sir Thomas Stamford Raffles
60 The famous British one-eyed Admiral was Nelson

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India General Knowledge Questions answers​
Q. Antyodaya scheme is meant to help the
1 Muslims
2 Minorities
3 Poorest of the poor section of the society
4 Harijans

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Q. 'Dhanraj Pillay' was associated with
1 Hockey
2 Football
3 Cricket
4 Lawn Tennis

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Q. As per Census 2011, the highest populated State is
1 Bihar
2 Uttar Pradesh
3 Madhya Pradesh
4 Tamil Nadu

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Q. The upcoming Ultra Mega Power Projects(UMPPs) at Cheyyur and Sarguja are located respectively in
1 Kerala and Chhattisgarh
2 Tamil Nadu and Odisha
3 Tamil Nadu and Chhattisgarh
4 Kerala and Odisha

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Q. Andheri's newly constructed headquarters of anti-terror force was inaugurated by N. Kumar Reddy on August 13, 2012 in Hyderabad. What is the name of this counter-terrorist commando force?
1 Anti Terrorism Agency (ATA)
2 Organization to Counter Terrorist Operations (Octopus)
3 Anti Terrorism Squad (ATS)
4 Anti Terrorism Operations (ATO)

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Q. Which two countries signed Agreement for the Modernisation of Indian Railways?
1 India and Belgium
2 Indian and China
3 USA and India
4 Russia and India

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Q. Name the Indian telecom service company which had acquired US firm WPCS International?
1 Shyam Telecom
2 MTNL
3 Tata Teleservices
4 Kavvery Telecom

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Q. Which company was directed by the Supreme Court to refund an amount of 17400 crore of rupees to their Investors?
1 Sahara Group of Company
2 Reliance Industries
3 Air India
4 Vodafone

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Q. Isle of Wight rock yielded three fossil footprints of Dinosaurs. In which one of the following countries Isle of Wight located?
1 Germany
2 USA
3 Africa
4 UK

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Q. Which Indian Company signed a pact with French Energy company GDF Suez to import LNG (Liquefied Natural Gas)?
1 Indian Oil Corporation(IOC)
2 GAIL
3 ONGC (Oil and Natural Gas Corporation)
4 Reliance Petroleum Limited[DOUBLEPOST=1357438995][/DOUBLEPOST]Q. National Defence Academy is situated at
1 Pune
2 Kolkata
3 Mumbai
4 Dehradun

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Q. Which of the following is not correctly matched?
1 Bhangra-Punjab
2 Bihu-Nagaland
3 Garba-Gujarat
4 Tamasha-Maharashtra

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Q. India's largest museum is located at
1 Kolkata
2 Delhi
3 Bengaluru
4 Chennai

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Q. The Bhakra Dam is built across the river
1 Ravi
2 Chenab
3 Sutlej
4 Jhelum

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Q. Breeding and management of bees is called
1 Sericulture
2 Apiculture
3 Silviculture
4 Pisciculture

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Q. Excessive consumption of alcoholic drinks causes damage to
1 Liver
2 Lungs
3 Kidney
4 Heart

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Q. The headquarters of North Western Railway is located at
1 Allahabad
2 Jaipur
3 Mumbai
4 Jabalpur

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Q. Which award is given for excellence in sports?
1 Jamnalal Bajaj
2 Jnanpith
3 Arjuna
4 None of these

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Q. How many spokes are there in our national emblem 'Ashoka Chakra'?
1 12
2 15
3 20
4 24

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Q. The normal term of office of UN Secretary-General is
1 3 yeras
2 4 years
3 6 years
4 5 years

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Pakistan Quiz Questions

1) What is the meaning of Pakistan?
a) Muslim Land
b) Land of five rivers
c) Desert
d) Holy Land
2) Who is the first Governor General of Pakistan?
a) Mohammed Ali Jinnah
b) Liaquat Ali Khan
c) Ayub Khan
d) Iskander Mirza
3) What was the major event of 1971?
a) Bangladesh broke away from Pakistan
b) Explosion of nuclear bomb
c) Tashkent Agreement
d) Nawaz Sharif became Prime Minister
4) When Musharraf overthrew the government of Nawaz Sharif what designation did he take?
a) Dictator
b) Consul
c) Prime Minister
d) Chief Executive
5) In which year did Pakistan win the Cricket World Cup?
a) 1975
b) 1987
c) 1992
d) 1996
6) When did Pakistan win Olympic gold medal in Hockey for the first time?
a) 1948
b) 1952
c) 1960
d) 1964
7) Which party was in power in North West Frontier Province at the time of independence?
a) Muslim League
b) Congress
c) Justice Party
d) Communist Party
8) When Sindh was annexed by the British what message was sent by Charles Napier to headquaters?
a) The die is cast
b) Peccavi
c) Do or die
d) In hoc signo vinces
9) Where was General Pervez Musharraf born?
a) Lahore
b) Karachi
c) Delhi
d) Quetta
10) Where is the tomb of Mughal Emperor Jahangir?
a) Delhi
b) Agra.
c) Lahore
d) Karachi
11) Who succeeded Zia Ul Haque as President of Pakistan?
a) Rafiq Tarar
b) Farooq Ahmed Khan Leghari
c) Ghulam Ishaq Khan
d) Benazir Bhutto
12) When did Pakistan become a Republic?
a) 14/8/1947
b) 23/3/1956
c) 16/12/1971
d) 12/10/1999
13) How many times did squash player Jansher Khan win World Open?
a) Six
b) Seven
c) Eight
d) Nine
14) Who sang Mujko bhi zara lift kara de?
a) Adnan Sami
b) Talat Aziz
c) Ataullah Khan
d) Arshad Sami
15) Who did the title role in the film Henna?
a) Ashwini Bhave
b) Shilpa Shirodkar
c) Zeba Bakhtiar
d) Meera
16) Which Indian Cardinal was from Karachi?
a) Ivan Dias
b) Simon Pimenta
c) Anthony Padiyara
d) Valerian Gracias
17) Which is the national flower of Pakistan?
a) Rose
b) Thistle
c) Jasmine
d) Camomille
18) Who designed Pakistan’s national flag?
a) Fatima Jinnah
b) Ameer-ud-din Khidwai
c) Wali Khan
d) Tikka Khan
19) Which military alliance had Pakistan as its member?
a) NATO
b) SEATO
c) CENTO
d) Warsaw Pact
20) Who wrote Pakistan’s first national anthem?
a) Hafeez Jallundhari
b) Abdul Rab Nishtar
c) Jagannath Azad
d) Ahmed Chagla
21) Which is the national language of Pakistan?
a) Hindi
b) Bengali
c) Tamil
d) Urdu
22) How is Pakistan’s film industry known?
a) Bollywood
b) Lollywood
c) Mollywood
d) Tollywood
23) Which is the national animal of Pakistan?
a) Markhor
b) Bear
c) Lion
d) Tiger
24) Which is the national bird of Pakistan?
a) Eagle
b) Crow
c) Chakor
d) Peacock
25) Which Pakistani Prime Minister received Indian Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee when he arrived by bus to Lahore?
a) Benazir Bhutto
b) Nawaz Shariff
c) Shujat Hussain
d) Shaukat Aziz
Pakistan Quiz Questions with Answers

1) What is the meaning of Pakistan?
d) Holy Land
2) Who is the first Governor General of Pakistan?
a) Mohammed Ali Jinnah
3) What was the major event of 1971?
a) Bangladesh broke away from Pakistan
4) When Musharraf overthrew the government of Nawaz Sharif what designation did he take?
d) Chief Executive
5) In which year did Pakistan win the Cricket World Cup?
c) 1992
6) When did Pakistan win Olympic gold medal in Hockey for the first time?
c) 1960
7) Which party was in power in North West Frontier Province at the time of independence?
b) Congress
8) When Sindh was annexed by the British what message was sent by Charles Napier to headquaters?
b) Peccavi
9) Where was General Pervez Musharraf born?
c) Delhi
10) Where is the tomb of Mughal Emperor Jahangir?
c) Lahore
11) Who succeeded Zia Ul Haque as President of Pakistan?
c) Ghulam Ishaq Khan
12) When did Pakistan become a Republic?
b) 23/3/1956
13) How many times did squash player Jansher Khan win World Open?
c) Eight
14) Who sang Mujko bhi zara lift kara de?
a) Adnan Sami
15) Who did the title role in the film Henna?
c) Zeba Bakhtiar
16) Which Indian Cardinal was from Karachi?
d) Valerian Gracias
17) Which is the national flower of Pakistan?
c) Jasmine
18) Who designed Pakistan’s national flag?
b) Ameer-ud-din Khidwai
19) Which military alliance had Pakistan as its member?
b) SEATO
20) Who wrote Pakistan’s first national anthem?
c) Jagannath Azad
21) Which is the national language of Pakistan?
d) Urdu
22) How is Pakistan’s film industry known?
b) Lollywood
23) Which is the national animal of Pakistan?
a) Markhor
24) Which is the national bird of Pakistan?
c) Chakor
25) Which Pakistani Prime Minister received Indian Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee when he arrived by bus to Lahore?
b) Nawaz Shariff

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Random General Knowledge Questions!​
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Q: Which composer wrote The Water Music?​
A: Handel

Q: What colour does acid turn Litmus paper?
A: Red

Q: What's the largest Scandinavian country?
A: Sweden

Q: What was Mickey Mouse's original name?
A: Mortimer Mouse

Q: Which metal do you get from bauxite?
A: Aluminium

Q: Which animal produces the biggest baby?
A: Blue Whale

Q: In Pop music, which two herbs go with 'Parsley & Sage'?
A: Rosemary and Thyme - Scarborough fair

Q: What was the name of the Benedictine monk who legend has it invented Champagne?
A: Dom Perignon

Q: In which Country is Auschwitz (Birkenau)?
A: Poland

Q: Who was Leonardo di Caprio's co-star in Titanic?
A: Kate Winslett

Q: Acid rain is composed mainly of the oxides of two elements. Give either.
A: Sulphur or Nitrogen

Q: What sort of creature is a bustard?
A: A bird

Q: What is calcium carbonate normally known as?
A: Chalk

Q: Who commanded the Allied forces, which invaded Europe on D-Day?
A: Dwight Eisenhower

Q: Who holds the record as being Britain's youngest ever Formula 1 Driver?
A: Jensen Button

Q: What word do we use to describe the Asexual reproduction of a genetic carbon copy of an animal or plant?
A: Clone

Q: Which chemical element has the shortest name - 3 letters?
A: Tin

Q: What is the state capital of Alaska?
A: Juneau

Q: How many holes are there in a ten pin bowling ball?
A: 3

Q: Which land did Puff The Magic Dragon live in?
A: Honalee

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Science General Knowledge Quiz!​
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Q. Carbon dioxide is called greenhouse gas because-
1 it is used in photosynthesis
2 its absorbs infrared radiation
3 it emits visible radiation
4 its concentration remains always higher than other gases

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Q. What is the major role of a greenhouse gas that contributes to temperature rise of the Earth's surface?
1 Stops both incoming sunlight and outgoing infrared radiation
2 Transparent to both incoming sunlight and outgoing infrared radiation
3 Lets incoming sunlight pass through but stops outgoing infrared radiation
4 Lets outgoing infrared radiation pass through but stops incoming sunlight

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Q. Name the process of production of energy in the Sun
1 Radioactivity
2 Nuclear fission
3 Ionization
4 Nuclear fusion

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Q. Which of the following in automobile exhaust can cause cancer?
1 Carbon monoxide
2 Oxides of nitrogen
3 Polyclinic hydrocarbons
4 Lead

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Q. Who invented chloroform as anaesthetic?
1 Edward Jenner
2 James Simpson
3 Alexander Fleming
4 Christian Barnard

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Q. Which of the following is biodegradable?
1 D.D.T.
2 Paper
3 Plastic
4 Aluminium

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Q. Which of the following countries has become first to pass Climate Act?
1 China
2 USA
3 Canada
4 Germany

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Q. Who invented the ball-point pen:
1 Lazzlo Biro
2 Curie
3 Newton
4 Baird

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Q. When did India Join the International Tsunami Warning System?
1 2005
2 2007
3 2006
4 2004

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Q. Electrostatic precipitator is used to control--
1 Water pollution
2 Solid waste
3 Noise pollution
4 Air pollution

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Q. A new technology which provides the ability to create an artificial world and have people interact with it is called -
1 Virtual reality
2 Televirtuality
3 Alternate reality
4 3-D reality

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Q. X-rays were discovered by -
1 Roentgen
2 H.Davy
3 Lavoisier
4 Faraday

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Q. Penicillin, an, antibiotic, is obtained from a
1 Fungus
2 Virus
3 Flowering plant
4 Bacterium

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Q. Which among the following elements (metals) pollutes the air of a city having large number of automobiles?
1 Lead
2 Nickel
3 Chromium
4 Cadmium

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Q. Where was India's first computer installed?
1 Indian Statistical Institute, Calcutta
2 Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi
3 Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore
4 Indian Iron & Steel Co.Ltd., Burnpur

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Q. Hydrogen bomb is based on the principle of
1 uncontrolled fusion reaction
2 controlled fusion reaction
3 uncontrolled fission reaction
4 controlled fission reaction

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Q. Which type of glass is used for making glass reinforced plastic?
1 Fibre glass
2 Quartz glass
3 Flint glass
4 Pyrex glass

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Q. Supersonic Jet causes pollution by thinning of
1 CO2 layer
2 O2 layer
3 O3 layer
4 SO2 layer

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Q. Who invented penicillin?
1 Louis Pasteur
2 Alexander Fleming
3 Dreser
4 Edward Jenner

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Q. The name of the white revolution is associated with
1 Kurien Verghese
2 C.Rangarajan
3 M.S.Swaminathan
4 J.V.Narlikar

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[DOUBLEPOST=1357439483][/DOUBLEPOST]Q. Scientists at the Tomato Genome Consortium (TGC) successfully sequenced the genomes of which of the following vegetables?
1 Brinjal
2 Onion
3 Potato
4 Tomato

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Q. Venkataraman Ramakrishnan was jointly awarded Nobel Prize in Chemistry in the year 2009 for the:
1 theory of electron transfer
2 studies of the structure and function of the ribosome
3 palladium catalysed cross couplings in organic synthesis
4 work in the area of olefin metathesis

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Q. Consider the following statements with regard to the renewable Energy Certificate (REC) Mechanism launched in November 2010 by the Government of India:
1. It enables the obligated entities to meet their renewable purchase obligation.
2. It is one of the pioneering efforts in any developing country for mainstreaming the renewable energy generation through market mechanism.
Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
1 1 only
2 2 only
3 Both 1 and 2
4 Neither 1 nor 2

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Q. Atomic Power Station is located in which of the following places in India?
1 Kalpakkam
2 Allahabad
3 Pune
4 Shimla

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Q. Solar energy is due to
1 fission reactions
2 combustion reactions
3 chemical reactions
4 fusion reactions

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Q. Which of the following branches deals with the interactions of same species of living organisms with their non-living environment?
1 Synecology
2 Ecology
3 Palaeontology
4 Autecology

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Q. A non-conventional source of power is—
1 Solar Power
2 Coal
3 Uranium
4 Petroleum

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Q. India's permanent Research Station 'Dakshin Gongotri' is located at -
1 Indian Ocean
2 Himalayas
3 Arabian Sea
4 Antarctica

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Q. Chittaranjan in West Bengal is well known for its -
1 Iron and Steel Industries
2 Locomotive Works
3 Cement Factory
4 Fertilizer Plant

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Q. Vulcanisation is the process of heating rubber with 3-5% of -
1 Lime
2 Sulphur
3 Naphthalene
4 Potassium permanganate

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[DOUBLEPOST=1357439502][/DOUBLEPOST]Q. Watson and Crick are famous for their discovery of -
1 Antibodies
2 Structure of DNA
3 Vaccinia
4 Life history of Plasmodium Vivax

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Q. Dimension of gravitational constant is -
1 gm cm-3 sec-2
2 cm sec-3 gm-2
3 cm4 sec-1 gm-2
4 cm3 sec-2 gm-1

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Q. The nuclear reaction involved in a nuclear reactor is--
1 Fusion
2 Fission
3 Spallation
4 Neutron absorption

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Q. The scientist associated with the success of Green Revolution is
1 Norman Borlaug
2 V.R. Rao
3 J.C. Bose
4 S.S. Bhatnagar

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Q. The first-ever robot spacecraft to probe planet Venus was named
1 Magellan
2 Galileo
3 challenger
4 Newton

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Q. Venkataraman Ramakrishnan was jointly awarded Nobel Prize in Chemistry in the year 2009 for the:
1 studies of the structure and function of the ribosome
2 theory of election transfer.
3 palladium catalyzed cross couplings in organic synthesis.
4 work in the area of ole fin metathesis.

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Q. Heavy Water is normally used by which of the following industries?
1 Pharma Industry
2 Paper Industry
3 Nuclear Power generation plants
4 Sugar plants

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Q. Which one of the following is a spacecraft?
1 Spitzer
2 Cassini
3 Apophis
4 TecSar

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Q. Norman Ernest Borlaug, who is regarded as the father of the Green revolution in India, is from which country?
1 New Zealand
2 USA
3 Mexico
4 Australia

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Q. World Environment Day is Celebrated Every Year on
1 January 15
2 August 26
3 June 5
4 July 10

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[DOUBLEPOST=1357439529][/DOUBLEPOST]Q. RDX is a
1 An instrument to measure blood pressure
2 A gene
3 A chemical used in the manufacture of fertilizers
4 An explosive

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Q. Centre for DNA Fingerprinting is located at
1 Bengaluru
2 New Delhi
3 Pune
4 Hyderabad

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Q. NASA's new space telescope is-
1 Wise
2 Rise
3 Barack
4 Telle

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Q. The Idea of motion pictures was propounded by-
1 N.R. Finsen
2 T. A. Edison
3 J.L. Baird
4 Berliner

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Q. The device used for locating submerged object sunder sea is-
1 Sonar
2 Radar
3 Laser
4 Maser

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Q. The branch of study dealing with old age and aging is called-
1 Oncology
2 Gerentology
3 Teratology
4 Ornithology

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Q. In July 2010' ISRO used the vehicle for Launching 5 Satellites-
1 GSLV
2 PSLV
3 ESLV
4 SLV

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Q. "Green House Effect" means
1 Pollution in houses in tropical regions
2 Trapping of solar energy due to atmospheric oxygen
3 Trapping of Solar energy due to atmospheric carbon dioxide
4 Cultivation in green houses so as to check pollution

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Q. Which one of the following scientists has carried out researches both in the field of biology and physics?
1 Jagdish Chandra Bose
2 Har Govind Khorana
3 C. V. Raman
4 Homi J. Bhabha

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Q. 2, 4-d is-
1 an insecticide
2 an explosive
3 a fungicide
4 a herbicide

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[DOUBLEPOST=1357439549][/DOUBLEPOST]Q. Nobel Alfred Bernhard after whom Nobe prizes are given was
1 Engineer
2 Chemist
3 Both (A) & (B)
4 Doctor

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Q. India's first remote sensing satellite (IRS 1A) was launched from
1 Baikonour
2 Cape Kennedy
3 French Guiana
4 Sri Harikota

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Q. Theorphrastus is called the father of
1 Botany
2 Zoology
3 Anatomy
4 Astrology

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Q. Uranium Corporation of India is located in
1 Mumbai
2 Delhi
3 Thiruvananthapuram
4 Jadugoda

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Q. The resources which can be used continuously, year-after-year are called
1 Biotic
2 Abiotic
3 Non-renewable
4 Renewable

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Q. Television broadcast for rural development programmes in India started in-
1 1947
2 1957
3 1967
4 1977

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Q. Radioactive element which has been found to have large reserves in India is
1 Uranium
2 Thorium
3 Radium
4 Plutonium

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Q. "Astra" which was in news in recent past is the name of a newly developed-
1 Air-to-air Missile
2 Battle Tank
3 Spy Rocket
4 Submarine

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Q. Which of the following is the short from of the name of the Indian Space Shuttle which puts various satellites into orbit?
1 RISAT
2 PSLV
3 ANUSAT
4 ISRO

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Q. The study which deals with secret writing is known as
1 Cryptography
2 Secretology
3 Cytography
4 Cryptology

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[DOUBLEPOST=1357439568][/DOUBLEPOST]Q. Acupuncture is widely practised in
1 India
2 America
3 China
4 Germany

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Q. Non-conventional source of energy best suited for India is
1 Solar energy
2 Wind energy
3 Tidal wave energy
4 Nuclear energy

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Q. The magnetic effect of electric current was first observed by
1 Henry
2 Oersted
3 Faraday
4 Volta

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Q. In 2010, China became the third country in the world to possess an anti satellite weapon system. The other two countries are
1 Germany and Russia
2 France and the USA
3 The USA and Germany
4 The USA and Russia

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Q. The acronym STD written on Telephone booth stands for
1 Straight Telephone Dial
2 Switch Telephone Dial
3 Subscriber Telephone Dialing
4 Save Telephone Dialing

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Q. Humidity is measured by which of the following instrument?
1 Barometer
2 Thermometer
3 Hygrometer
4 Hydrometer

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Q. Which of the following is not a missile tested in Indian Missile Programme?
1 Agni
2 Trishul
3 Prithvi
4 Arjun

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Q. Refrigerators keep food unspoiled because
1 At its low temperature, bacteria and moulds are inactive
2 At its low temperature, the germs are killed
3 At its low temperature, the germs are frozen
4 It sterilises the food

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Q. Water boils at a lower temperature on the hills because
1 It is cold on the hills
2 There is less carbon dioxide on the hills
3 There is a decrease in air pressure on the hills
4 there is less oxygen

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Q. The resources which can be used continuously, year-after-year are called
1 Biotic
2 Abiotic
3 Non-renewable
4 renewable

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Q. Who Gave the First Evidence of the Big-Bang Theory?
1 Edwin Hubble
2 Albert Einstein
3 S. Chandrashekhar
4 Stephen Hawking

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Q. With reference to Indian Defence. Which of the statements is NOT correct?
1 With the induction of Prithvi-II, the IAF is the only air force in the world with surface-to-surface ballistic missiles under its command
2 Sukhoi-30 MKI jet fighters can launch air-to-air and air-to-surface precision missiles
3 Trishul is a supersonic surface-to-air missile with a range of 30 km
4 The indigenously built INS Prabal can launch surface-to-surface missiles

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Q. An oil tanker is partially filled with oil and moves forward on a level road with uniform acceleration. The free surface of oil then
1 Remains horizontal
2 Is inclined to the horizontal with smaller depth at the rear end
3 is inclined to the horizontal with larger depth at the rear end
4 Assumes parabolic curve

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Q. Consider the following statement: 1. India launched its first full fledged meteorological satellite (METSAT) in September 2002. 2. For the first time, the space vehicle PSLV-C4 carried a payload of more than 1000kg into a geosynchronous orbit. Which of these statement is/are correct?
1 Only 1.
2 Only 2.
3 Both 1 & 2
4 Neither 1 nor 2

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Q. Pokharan II took place on
1 May 9, 1998
2 May 10, 1998
3 May 11, 1998
4 May 12, 1998

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Q. The deepest location on the earth's surface on record is about 11.034 km beneath the sea level. It is located in -
1 Izu Ogasawara Trench, West Pacific Ocean
2 Yap trench, Pacific Ocean
3 Mid Oceanic Ridge, Atlantic Ocean
4 Marina Trench, west Pacific Ocean

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Q. The smallest functional and structural unit of kidney is called as -
1 Neuron
2 Nephron
3 Granulocyte
4 Reticulocyte

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Q. Ozone hole was first been discovered in 1980s, by the British scientist over -
1 Artic region
2 Polar region
3 Antarctica
4 Tropical region

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Q. The scientific name of Indian Tiger is -
1 Panthera tigris
2 Panthera pardus
3 Felis tigris
4 Felis chaus

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Q. German Silver is an alloy of -
1 Silver, Copper and Carbon
2 Copper, Zinc and Nickel
3 Silver, Zinc and Cobalt
4 Aluminium, Zinc and Nickel

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[DOUBLEPOST=1357439614][/DOUBLEPOST]Q. Chinese researches have recently discovered the fossils of a flying dinosaur with four wings, which can be an important missing link in the evolution of dinosaurs. It is named as-
1 Tyrannosaurus rex
2 Tyrannosaurus knowlesi
3 Archeopteryx
4 Anchiornis huxleyi

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Q. Which of the following antibiotic drug used extensively to treat cattle in India is found to be the main culprint of vanishing 99% population of India vultures -
1 Diclofenac
2 Penicillin
3 Streptomycin
4 Tetracycline

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Q. Recently British scientists have identified the enzyme that plays crucial role in clogging cup of arteries. It is called -
1 Peroxidase
2 Matrix metalloproteinase - 8
3 Succinic dehydragenase
4 Elastase - 1

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Q. What is clickjacking?
1 A malicious techique of tricking web users into revealing confidential information
2 A device that sends and receivers data in a bit second
3 A form of computer engineering
4 A digital process that in used to display an image on the monitor

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Q. Which of the following diseases is caused by the consumption of nitrate contaminated food and water?
1 Minamata disease
2 Osteoporosis
3 Asbestosis
4 Blue baby syndrome

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Q. Grantham Prize is constituted to felicitate the journalists working in the area of
1 Physics
2 Information Technology
3 Environment
4 Medicine

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Q. Which of the following falls in the category of endangered species under the Red Data list of IUCN?
1 Albatross
2 Crowned solitary eagle
3 Snow Leopard
4 All of the above

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Q. PSLV-C14 in its latest space quest had carried Oceasat-2 with how many foreign nano satellites
1 9
2 7
3 6
4 5

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Q. Which of the following subtype of Ultraviolet (UV) rays is 100% penetrable through the Ozone Layer?
1 UV-A
2 UV-B
3 UV-C
4 None of the above

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Q. Which of the following indigenously built payload carried on board with Chandrayaan - I helped NASA's Moon Mineralogy Mapper (M3) to detect water on moon surface is
1 Hyper Spectral Imager (HySI)
2 X-Ray spectrometer
3 Sus-KeV atom reflecting analyser
4 Radiation Dose Monitor

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[DOUBLEPOST=1357439632][/DOUBLEPOST]Q. The most commonly used chemicals for the "artificial rainmaking' or clod seeding are
1 Silver Iodine (AgI)
2 Sodium Cloride (NaCl)
3 Dry Ice (Frozen CO2)
4 All of the above

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Q. International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) is presently headed by
1 Helene Pelosse
2 G. Vishwanathan
3 Lars Rasmussen
4 Peter Roebuck

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Q. What is the source of electric energy in an artificial satellite?
1 A mini nuclear reactor
2 A dynamo
3 A thermopile
4 Solar cells

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Q. In which district of Uttar Pradesh has solar energy plant been started?
1 Agra
2 Aligarh
3 Mathura
4 Etah

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Q. In which city is the International Advanced Research Centre for Powder Metallurgy and New Materials (ARCI) located ?
1 Mumbai
2 Bengaluru
3 Chennai
4 Hyderabad

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Q. Which one of the following scientists was not associated with the wheat hybridization programme in India?
1 M. S. Swaminathan
2 Panchanan Maheshwari
3 Choudhary Ram Dhan Singh
4 Norman E. Borlaug

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Q. Who of the following won the Nobel Prize for his work on Photoelectric effect
1 Albert Einstein
2 Werner Heisenberg
3 Steven Weinberg
4 Max Planck

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Q. 'Rosatom' is the atomic energy agency of -
1 Canada
2 France
3 Britain
4 Germany

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Q. Solar-B satellite to study the sun has been launched by
1 Japan
2 China
3 Russia
4 America

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Q. The Multi-Lingual Natural Disaster Information System (NDIS) has been developed by
1 Geneva Software Technologies Ltd. (GSTL)
2 Infosys
3 Wipro
4 Microsoft

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Physics General Knowledge Quiz​
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Q. The best colours for a Sun umbrella will be -
1 white on top and black on inside
2 red on top and black on inside
3 black on top and white on inside
4 black on top and red on inside

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Q. Before X-ray examination (coloured X-ray) of the stomach, patients are given suitable salt of barium because -
1 barium is a good absorber of X-rays and helps stomach to appear clearly
2 barium salts are white in colour and this helps stomach to appear clearly
3 barium allows X-rays to pass through the stomach
4 barium salts are easily available

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Q. In SONAR, we use -
1 radio waves
2 audible sound waves
3 infrasonic waves
4 ultrasonic waves

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Q. A liquid is kept in a regular cylindrical vessel up to a certain height. If this vessel is replaced by another cylindrical vessel having half the area of cross-section of the bottom, the pressure on the bottom will -
1 be increased to twice the earlier pressure
2 be reduced to one-fourth the earlier pressure
3 remain unaffected
4 be reduced to half the earlier pressure

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Q. The time period of a simple pendulum having a spherical wooden bob is 2 second. If the bob is replaced by a metallic one twice as heavy, the time period will be -
1 more than 2 second
2 1 second
3 2 second
4 less than 1 second

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Q. Which one among the following statements about an atom is not correct?
1 Atoms are the basic units from which molecules and ions are formed
2 Atoms always combine to form molecules
3 Atoms aggregate in large numbers to form the matter that we can see, feel and touch
4 Atoms are always neutral in nature

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Q. The working principle of a washing machine is -
1 Dialysis
2 Centrifugation
3 Reverse osmosis
4 Diffusion

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Q. A spherical ball made of steel when dropped in mercury container will
1 sink in mercury
2 will be on the surface of mercury
3 will be partly immersed in mercury
4 will dissolve in mercury

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Q. The sounds having a frequency of 20 Hertz to 20,000 Hertz are known as
1 Ultrasonics
2 Audible sounds
3 Infrasonics
4 Megasonics

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Q. Pure water is bad conductor of electricity because it is
1 not volatile
2 feebly ionized
3 a non-polar solvent
4 a very good solvent

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[DOUBLEPOST=1357439786][/DOUBLEPOST]Q. The metals commonly used for electroplating are
1 Gold, Sodium & Chromium
2 Chromium, Copper & Nickel
3 Nickel, Lead & Chromium
4 Gold, Sodium & Potassium

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Q. Gamma rays have greatest similarity with
1 a-rays
2 b-rays
3 X-rays
4 U.V.rays

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Q. Two 220 V, 60 W bulbs are used for 5 hours a day for 10 days. If each unit (1 kilowatt hour) costs Rs. 3.50, find the total expense for it -
1 Rs. 10.50
2 Rs. 38.50
3 Rs. 77.00
4 Rs. 21.00

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Q. There are four statements gives below explaining why mercury is chosen as a thermometric liquid. which of these statements is wrong?
1 Volume of mercury increases equally for equal rises of temperature
2 Mercury is a good conductor of heat
3 Mercury does not stick to glass
4 Mercury has a large specific heat

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Q. The internal energy of a body means -
1 Sum total of its kinetic and potential energy of its constituent molecules.
2 its kinetic energy
3 Total kinetic energy of its constituent moleules
4 Sum total of its kinetic and potential energy

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Q. Which of the following is a dimensionless quantity?
1 Acceleration
2 Volume
3 Refractive Index
4 Kinetic energy

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Q. Four wires of same material and different dimensions are stretched under the equal weight, which one will suffer greater elongation? The dimensions are given below -
1 Length 100 cm, diameter 1 mm
2 Length 200 cm, diameter 2 mm
3 Length 300 cm, diameter 3 mm
4 Length 400 cm, diameter 0.5 mm

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Q. Water is used in hot water bags because
1 it is easily obtained
2 it has high specific heat
3 it is cheaper and is not harmful
4 it is easy to heat water

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Q. Water drops cannot stick to the oily surface due to
1 surface tension
2 lack of adhesive force
3 water is lighter than oil
4 cannot mix each other

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Q. Energy in reflected light
1 does not depends on the angle of incidence
2 decreases with the increase in angle of incidence
3 increases with the increase in angle of incidence
4 becomes maximum for angle of incidence equal to 45 degree

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