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Q1. What is TKO in boxing?
(a) Technical Knock Out
(b) Time Kick Out
(c) Technical Knowledge
(d) Teeth Knock Out
S1. Ans.(a)
Sol.
Technical knockout (TKO) when a boxer is deemed by the referee (and sometimes the ringside physician) to be unable to defend himself properly, when a boxer is deemed to have sustained a serious injury, or when a boxer or his seconds decide he should not continue.
Q2. Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre is located at
(a) Thiruvananthapuram
(b) Mumbai
(c) Sriharikota
(d) Bengaluru
S2. Ans.(a)
Sol.
The Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre is a major space research centre of the Indian Space Research Organisation, focusing on rocket and space vehicles for India’s satellite programme. It is located in Thiruvananthapuram, in the Indian state of Kerala.
Q3. Which player is allowed to touch the ball with his feet during a hockey match ?
(a) captain
(b) Goalkeeper
(c) Centre-forward
(d) Defender
S3. Ans.(b)
Q4. In which of the following is there seasonal unemployment?
(a) Government sector
(b) Private sector
(c) Banks
(d) Agriculture
S4. Ans.(d)
Sol.
Seasonal unemployment occurs when there is a limited need for a type of work to be performed during a particular period of the year, based on factors like deadlines or climate.
Q5. Where is the Indian Wild Ass Sanctuary located in India ?
(a) Gujarat
(b) Rajasthan
(c) Jharkhand
(d) Chhattisgarh
S5. Ans.(a)
Sol.
Indian Wild Ass Sanctuary also known as the Wild Ass Wildlife Sanctuary is located in the Little Rann of Kutch in the Gujarat state of India.
Q6. The Group of Monuments at Hampi is an important ______________ centre?
(a) Islam
(b) Hindu
(c) Sikh
(d) Christian
S6. Ans.(b)
Sol.
Hampi also referred to as the Group of Monuments at Hampi, is a UNESCO World Heritage Site located in east-central Karnataka, India.It became the centre of the Hindu Vijayanagara Empire capital in the 14th century.Hampi was the last capital of the last great Hindu Kingdom of Vijayanagar.
Q7. Name the first Indian to get Bharat Ratna posthumously.
(a) Atal Bihari Vajpayee
(b) Lal Bahadur Shastri
(c) C K Naidu
(d) Mihir Sen
S7. Ans.(b)
Sol.
Lal Bahadur Shastri was awarded Bharat Ratna in 1966. He served as the Prime Minister of India from 1964 to 1966. He led the nation in the war against Pakistan in 1965. He is famous for his slogan Jai Jawan Jai Kisan.
Q8. Which of the following is secreted by the liver?
(a) Glucose
(b) Iodine
(c) Cortisol
(d) Bile
S8. Ans.(d)
Sol.
Bile, also called gall, greenish yellow secretion that is produced in the liver and passed to the gallbladder for concentration, storage, or transport into the first region of the small intestine, the duodenum. Its function is to aid in the digestion of fats in the duodenum.
Q9. Ferns belong to which division of plants?
(a) Gymnosperms
(b) Angiosperms
(c) Thallophyta
(d) Pteridophyta
S9. Ans.(d)
Sol.
Most ferns belong to the Class Leptosporangiata (or Pteridopsida). This includes most of those you see in gardens and woods.
Q10. Who invented Antibiotics?
(a) Joseph Lister
(b) William Harvey
(c) Robert Knock
(d) Alexander Fleming
S10. Ans.(d)
Sol.
Sir Alexander Fleming, a Scottish biologist, defined new horizons for modern antibiotics with his discoveries of enzyme lysozyme (1921) and the antibiotic substance penicillin (1928).
Q11. Pegging up of a currency means , fixing the value of a currency?
(a) At a constant level.
(b) At a lower level.
(c) At a higher level.
(d) Leaving at market forces.
S11. (c)
Sol.
- Pagging up of a currency means fixing currency exchange at a higher level. Pegging is another name under fixed exchange rate system , where exchange rates are fixed.
Q12. The law of diminishing returns applies to?
(a) All sectors.
(b) Industrial sector.
(c) Agriculture sector.
(d) service sector.
S12. (a)
Sol.
- Law of diminishing returns State that in all the process of production adding one more unit’s of factors of production will at some point yield lower per unit returns.
Q13. Insure payment of minimum wages for tea leave pickers?
(a) will improve quality of tea.
(b) will reduce unemployment of tea leave pickers.
(c) Decreases unemployment.
(d) will increase picking cost for all tea companies.
S13. (d)
Sol.
insuring minimum floor wage directly impacts current wages usually by increase in wages.
Q14. The planning commission of India was constituted in the year?
(a) 1942.
(b) 1947.
(c) 1950.
(d) 1955.
S14. (C)
Sol.
- Planning commission was constituted in 1950 by s resolution passed by government of India.
It has been replaced by NITI Ayog in 2014.
Q15. Which of the following programmers meet the credit needs of poor women?
(a) Mahila samriddhi yojna.
(b) Rashtriya Mahila Kosh.
(c) Indira Mahila Yojna.
(d) Mahila Samakhya Programme.
S15. (b)
Sol.
- Rashtriya mahila Kosh is a fund with the objective of providing access to learn for starting a small business to low-income women.
