ARENA OF GENERAL KNOWLEDGE 2

 1. Ranthambhor was

(a)a Mughal palace (b) a Rajput fort

(c) capital of the Khaljis (d) a Buddhist pilgrimage centre

2. ‘Lakh Baksh’ was a title given to the ruler

(a)Iltutmish (b)Balban (c)Raziya (d) Qutub-ud-din Aibak

3. Who is considered as the greatest of all the Vijayanagar rulers?

(a) Krishnadeva Raya (b)ViraNarasimha (c)Sadasiva Raya (d) Rama Raya

4. Where is the Forest ResearchInstitute located?

(a) Dehradun (b) Bhopal (c)Lucknow (d) Delhi

5. Which is the first national parkestablished in India?

(a)Velvadan National Park (b)Periyar National Park

(c)Bandipur National Park (d) Corbett National Park

6. The Sundarbans or the ‘Mangrove’forests are found in

(a) Kutch Peninsula (b) Western Ghats (c)Konkan Coast (d) Deltaic West Bengal

7. World’s maximum newsprintcomes from–

(a) Deciduous forest (b) Monsoon forest (c) Mangrove forest (d)Rainfed forest

8. Which of the following is notcorrectly matched with regardto Project Tiger Reserves?

(a)Sariska-Alwar (b)Valmiki-Hazaribagh

(c) Pench-Garhwal (d)Nagarjunasagar-Sri Sailam

 (d) Religious authorities which have relation to individual affairs

9. Why did one of the High Courts in India decree that “bandhs are unconstitutional and punitive”?

(a) It infringes on thefundamental rights of somegroups of people

(b) It is not in exercise of a fundamental freedom

(c) It adversely affectsproduction

(d) It is not part of a right toprotest

10. To whom can a case of dispute in the election of the President of India be referred to ?

(a) Election Commission (b) Parliament

(c) Supreme Court of India (d) Cabinet

11. What is the category in which the negotiating strategy of as trike by the Government employees falls ?

(a) Fundamental Rights offreedom of association andexpression

(b) Legal Right

(c) Trade Union right ascommon law

(d) There is no right

12. Which of the following is at the apex of the subordinate criminal courts ?

(a) Supreme Court (b) High Court

(c) Court of Sessions Judge (d) Court of District Judge

13. Ice cubes are added to a glass of pure water and a glass of pure alcohol. The ice would be

(a) At a higher level in water (b) At a higher level in alcohol

(c) At the same level in both (d) Floating in alcohol and sinking in water

14. A person wears spectates with concave lenses. It means that normally (when not using glasses), the image of

distant objects is focused in his eyes

(a) Behind the retina (b) In front of the retina

(c) On the retina (d) On the blind spot

15. What is the principle of a ‘Life Jacket’?

(a) It provides oxygen to a drowning person

(b) It increases the volume of the person to keep him afloat

(c) It decreases the volume of the person to keep him afloat

(d) The person can sit on it like a raft

16. What are the major pollutants of cigarette smoke?

(a) Carbon monoxide and dioxin

(b) Carbon monoxide and nicotine

(c) Carbon monoxide and benezen

(d) Dioxin and benzene

17. Nuclear energy is a mineral based energy source. It is derived from

(a) Uranium (b) Thorium (c) Plutonium (d) All of the above

18. Zinc sulphide is commonly used as

(a) Fungicide (b) Herbicide (c) Rodenticide (d) Deodorant

19. Who will be awarded with Vir Chakra in 2019?

(a) Wing Commander AbhinandanVardhman (b) Captain SaurabhVerma

(c) Wing Commander JS Verma (d) Captain Suresh Tiwari

20. Which state government has approved the “MukhyaMantri Be-sahara Gau-Vansh Sahbhagita Yojana”?

(a) Uttar Pradesh (b) Rajasthan (c) Madhya Pradesh (d) Karnataka

                                                          ANSWER 

1. (b) 2. (d) 3. (a) 4. (a) 5. (d) 6. (d) 7. (a) 8. (c) 9. (b) 10. (c)

11. (b) 12. (c) 13. (a) 14. (b) 15. (b) 16. (b) 17. (a) 18. (c) 19. (a) 20. (a)