General Knowledge
MOCK TEST
Try to answer these questions by selecting one of the options.
1. The British Indian Government paid the maximum attention to:
(a) Modern education in India
(b) Maintenance of law and order in the country
(c) Improvement in the living conditions of the people
(d) None of these
2. Opposition to the construction of big dams has been mounting in India because:
(a) They displace big chunks of population
(b) They are very costly
(c) They do extensive ecological damage
(d) They interfere with the flow of rivers
3. Queen Victoria issued a proclamation in the year:
(a) 1858
(b) 1835
(c) 1848
(d) 1935
4. Sreenivasa Ramanujan was a famous ..........
(a) Scientist
(b) Mathematician
(c) Musician
(d) Social reformer
5. How many players are there in a team in Basketball?
(a) 11
(b) 5
(c) 12
(d) 6
6. If seeds are ploughed very deep in soil they do not germinate because of:
(a) Lack of Nitrogen
(b) Lack of Oxygen
(c) Excess of minerals
(d) Deficiency of light
7. Atom bomb was dropped in Hiroshima on:
(a) February 20, 1950
(b) August 30, 1949
(c) August 6, 1945
(d) April 24, 1939
8. The Nilgiris are part of the:
(a) Eastern Ghats
(b) Western Ghats
(c) Vindhyachal
(d) Tamil Nadu Hills
9. A sharp knife cuts more easily than a blunt knife because:
(a) It exerts less pr essure
(b) It exerts more pressure
(c) Of the law of inertia
(d) It is easy to handle
10. The retreating monsoon withdraws itself from:
(a) The West coast to the East coast
(b) North-East India to the west coast
(c) The North to the South
11. The element with atomic number 20 is:
(a) Iron
(b) Zinc
(c) Calcium
(d) Titanium
12. The disorder of the eye caused by the image falling in front of the retina
(a) Short sight
(b) Long sight
(c) Squint
(d) Astigmatism
13. The common technique employed in determining the age of archaeological specimens is:
(a) Radio-carbon dating
(b) Ultrasonic method
(c) Chemical analysis
(d) Radio-phosphor dating
14. Magic Johnson is associated with ..........
(a) Pole vault
(b) Sprint
(c) Basketball
(d) Boxing
15. Taxes paid by a producer on the production of some commodity is:
(a) Profession tax
(b) Income tax
(c) Excise duty
(d) Compulsory tax
16. The Ajanta and Ellora caves are in ..........
(a) Maharashtra
(b) Gujarat
(c) Rajasthan
(d) Andhra Pradesh
17. An animal which conserves water for a very long time:
(a) Rat
(b) Kangaroo rat
(c) Rhinoceros
(d) Cat
18. The author of Das Kapital:
(a) Mussolini
(b) Lenin
(c) Karl Marx
(d) Hitler
19. Tin is purified by:
(a) Liquation
(b) Distillation
(c) Electrolysis
(d) Reduction
20. Climate of a place is dependent on several factors. Which one of the following is the most significant?
(a) Distance from the sea
(b) Direction of winds
(c) Latitude
(d) Ocean currents
21. The famous fishing centre of Kerala:
(a) Mavelikara
(b) Vadakara
(c) Neyyattinkara
(d) Neendakara
22. The Sardar Sarovar dam is being constructed on the river:
(a) Cauvery
(b) Narmada
(c) Tapti
(d) Krishna
23. The freezer in a refrigerator is fitted near the top:
(a) To keep it away from the heat compressor which is near the bottom
(b) Because of convenience
(c) So that it can cool the whole interior by setting up convection currents
(d) Without any specific purpose
24. Salam Bombay, a widely acclaimed film is directed by:
(a) Kumar Sahani
(b) Mani Kaul
(c) Gautam Ghosh
(d) Mira Nair
25. The author of The Discovery of India:
(a) Sarojini Naidu
(b) Gandhiji
(c) Jawaharlal Nehru
(d) Tagore
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