ARENA OF GENERAL KNOWLEDGE 4

 1. DadabhaiNaroji:

1. Was elected as the president of the Indian national congress thrice.

2. wrote the book ‘poverty’ and UnBritish rule in India.

3. Founded the ‘National Social Conference’.

Which of these statements is/are correct?

(a) 1 only (b) 1 and 2 (c) 2 and 3 (d) 3 only

2. The term ‘Congress’ was derived from:

(a) The history of North America (b) Irish history

(c) British common health (d) The name of the American Parliament (Congress)

3. The aim of education as stated by the Wood’s despatch of 1854 was:

(a) The creation of employment opportunities for native Indians

(b) The spread of western culture in India

(c) The promotion of literacy among the people using English medium of language

(d) The introduction of scientific research and rationalism in the traditional Indian education

4. The major recommendations of the wood’s despatch in 1854 were:

I. Creation of a department of public instruction in each of the five provinces of the company’s

Territory

II. Establishment of universities Calcutta, Bombay, Madras

III. Establishment of a network of graded schools- high schools, middle schools and the elementary schools

IV. Promotion of English education and discouragement of vernacular schools

(a) I, II, III and IV (b) I, II and IV (c) I, II and III (d) II, III and IV

5. The inspiration of ‘Liberty, Equality and Fraternity’ was derived from:

(a) American revolution (b) French revolution (c) Russian revolution (d) None of these

6. The word ‘Socialist’ was added to the preamble its main aim is to:

(a) Eliminate inequality in economic and political status

(b) Eliminate inequality in political and religious affairs

(c) Eliminate inequality in income and status and standards of life

(d) Eliminate class based society

7. India is a democratic republic, because:

(a) There is independence of judiciary (b) The head of the state is elected by the people

(c) There is distribution of powers between the centre and the states

(d) There is parliamentary supremacy

8. The source of India’s sovereignty lies in:

(a) President (b) Prime minister

(c) People of India (d) Preamble to the constitution

9. Which of the following regions gets no rainfall throughout the year?

(a) The equatorial region (b) The tundra region

(c) The Himalayan region (d) The Mediterranean region

10. Which one among the following covers the highest percentage of forest area in the world?

(a) Temperate coniferous forests (b) Temperate deciduous forests

(c) Tropical monsoon forest (d) Tropical rain forests

11. Los Angeles is famous for:

(a) Golden beaches (b) Scenic beauty (c) Film studios (d) Rocket launching station

12. The ‘year of Great divide’ refers to:

(a) Rapid growth rate in population after 1921 (b) The declining sex ratio after 1921

(c) The slowdown in death rate after 1921 (d) All the above

13. Basel II relates to which one of the following?

(a) International standards for safety in civil aviation (b) Measures against cyber crimes

(c) Measures against drug abuse by sportspersons

(d) International standards for measuring the adequacy of a bank’s capital

14. In a sitar wire which one of the following types of vibration is produced?

(a) Progressive longitudinal (b) Stationary longitudinal

(c) Progressive transverse (d) Stationary transverse

15. Which of the following statements is/are true regarding a light wave travelling from air to glass?

1. Its frequency remains unchanged.

2. Its speed changes.

(a) 1 only (b) 2 only (c) Both 1 and 2 (d) Neither 1 nor 2

16. Consider the following statements:

The fraction of a ball floating inside the liquid depends upon

1. Density of the liquid

2. Mass of the ball

3. Density of the ball.

Which of the statements given above are correct?

(a) 1 and 2 (b) 2 and 3 (c) 1 and 3 (d) 1, 2 and 3

17. Water softening is the process in which:

1. Impurities are removed from water.

2. Dissolved calcium ions are removed from hard water.

3. Dissolved magnesium ions are removed from hard water.

4. Water is boiled for extracting all salts from it.

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

18. Give the increasing order of the atomic masses of the following elements.

1. Hydrogen 2. Oxygen 3.Helium 4. Carbon

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

19. Match the following :

A. Natural gas 1. Protein found in the outer layer of the human skin

B. Mustard gas 2. Solid carbon dioxide

C. Keratin 3. Poisonous liquid used in chemical warfare

D. Dry ice 4. A mixture of gases occurring in pocket’s below the earth’s surface

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

20. In the human eye, the focussing is done by:

(a) To and for movement of the eye lens (b) To and for movement of the retina

(c) Change in the convexity of the eye lens (d) Change in the refractive index of the eye fluids

                                                                ANSWERS

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

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