General Knowledge Question Answer: GK Questions and Answers

General Knowledge Questions, Quiz for Competitive Exams, Important MCQs for GK

Q. Which one among the following is not correct?
A special category State invariably

1) has poor infrastructure
2) is a border State
3) has harsh terrain
4) has low literacy rate

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Q. Which one among the following is a strong smelling agent added to LPG cylinder to help in the detection of gas leakage?
1) Thioethanol
2) Ethanol
3) Methane
4) Chloroform

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Q. Match List I with List II and select the correct answer using the code given below the Lists:
List I List II
(Event) (Place/Person)
A. Tarmashirin Khan's 1. Vijayanagar
invasion of India
B. Visit of Farnao Martinz 2. Zainul Abidin
Evangelho, the Portuguese factor
C. Visit of the traveller Nuniz 3. Champaner
D. Network of canals in 4. Muhammad Tughlaq
Kashmir Valley

1) (a)
2) (b)
3) (c)
4) (d)

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Q. A devastating Cloud Burst swept over Leh in August 2010. Which one of the following statements with regard to cloud Burst is not correct?
1) There is no satisfactory technique till now for predicting Cloud Burst
2) Cloud Burst is a localised weather phenomenon representing highly concentrated rainfall over a small area in a short duration of time
3) Cloud Burst occurs due to upward movement of moistureladen air with sufficient rapidity to form cumulonimbus clouds
4) Cloud Burst occurs only in hilly areas

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Q. Evergreening of patents is done by
1) applying for extension of patent term
2) citing another use of the same product
3) citing another process of forming the same product
4) citing another product with same use

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Q. Which of the following provisions of the Constitution of India need the ratification by the legislatures of not less than one-half of the States of effect amendment?
1. The manner of election of the President of India.
2. Extent of the executive power of the Union and the States.
3. Powers of the Supreme Court and High Courts.
4. Any of the Lists in the 7th Schedule.
Select the correct answer using the code given below.

1) 1, 2, 3 and 4
2) 1, 2 and 3 only
3) 3 and 4 only
4) 1 and 2 only

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Q. Which one among the following substances evolves heat when dissolved in water?
1) Calcium oxide
2) Potassium nitrate
3) Sodium chloride
4) Glucose

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Q. Consider the following passage and identify the three tribal principalities referred to therein using the code given below:
In the early history of the far south in India, three tribal principalities are mentioned in Ashokan inscriptions of the third century BC and in Kharavela inscription of the first century BC.

1) Cholas, Pandyas and Cheras
2) Vakatakas, Cholas and Satvahanas
3) Ikshvakus, Vakatakas and Pandyas
4) Pallavas, Cholas and Pandyas

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Q. Why is Switzerland unable to join European Union (EU) till 2010 despite its government's persistent effort to do so?
1) The Swiss people continue to vote against joining the EU as they do not want to lose Switzerland's sovereignty
2) Few EU countries like France and Germany are opposed to Switzerland's joining the UNION
3) EU rejected Switzerland's application as Swiss Government did not agree to use EURO as currency
4) All of the above

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Q. Eco-Mark is given to an Indian product which is
1) environment-friendly
2) rich in protein
3) economically viable
4) pure and unadulterated

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