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General Knowledge Model Paper – 2

 

 

1. ’Prithvirajraso” was written by
(a) Bhavabhuti
(b) Jaideva
(c)  Chand Bardai
(d)  Banabhatta
2. A speculator who sells stocks for gain in order to buy back when price falls, is a
(a)     Bull
(b) Bear
(c) Boar
(d) Bison
3. Parallel economy emerges due to
(a) Tax Avoidance
(b) Tax Evasion
(c)  Tax Compliance
(d)  Tax Estimation
4. While estimating the national income, which of the following is not taken into account ?
(a)  Services of a teacher
(b)  Services of a doctor
(c)  Services of a housewife
(d)  Services of a maid servant
5. Under-writing refers to
(a) Under estimation
(b) Under selling
(c)  Winding up the business
(d)   An act of insuring risk
6. The world’s first drainage system was built by the people of
(a)  Egyptian civilisation
(b)  Indus Valley civilisation
(c)  Chinese civilisation
(d)  Mesopotamian civilisation
7. The State is a necessary evil according to
(a)  Communists
(b)  Liberalists
(c)  Individualists
(d)   Anarchists
8. Who was the President of India during the Janata Party regime?
(a)  Fakhruddin Ali Ahmed
(b)  N. Sanjeeva Reddy
(c)  Giani Zail Singh
(d)  R. Venkataraman
9. Which Lok Sabha Constituency had the highest number of voters during the 13th Lok Sabha Elections?
(a) Uttarahalli
(b) Outer Delhi
(c)  North Bombay
(d) Amethi
10. Federal form of government was introduced under the
(a)  Government of India Act, 1919
(b)  Government of India Act, 1935
(c)  Indian Councils Act, 1909
(d)  Government of India Act, 1858
11. The General Assembly of the United Nations meets
(a)  Several times a year
(b)  Once a year
(c)  Twice a year
(d) Continuously
12. The floral part that receives pollen- grains during pollination is
(a) Ovary
(b) Style
(c)     Stigma
(d) Ovules
13.     Which of these is a micronutrient for plants ?
(a) Carbon
(b)   Oxygen
(c) Nitrogen
(d)   Boron
14.     Which of the following gives energy most readily ?
(a) Lactose
(b)   Cellulose
(c) Maltose
(d)   Glucose
15. A plant which reproduces by means of spores is
(a) Mustard
(b)   Coriander
(c) Ferns
(d)   Petunia
16.     An edible underground stem is
(a) Ginger
(b)   Sweet-potato
(c) Sugarcane
(d)   Radish
17.     Subhash Chandra Bose set up the provisional Government of Free India in
(a)     Burma
(b)   Singapore
(c)     Thailand
(d).    Indonesia
18.     Who created “Hotmail” ?
(a)     Sabeer Bhatia
(b) Bill Gates
(c) Jack St. Clair Kilby
(d) Donald W. Davies
19.     Who was the first Indian woman President of the Indian National Congress ?
(a) Annie Besant
(b) Vijaya Lakshmi Pandit
(c) Kasturba Gandhi
(d) Sarojini Naidu
20. Who was the leader of the team that developed the “Web Browser” known as Mosaic ?
(a)  Marc Anderssen
(b) Bob Kahn
(c)  Paul Mockapetris
(d)  Tim Berners-Lee
21. “Purushapura” is the other name for
(a) Patna
(b) Pataliputra
(c) Peshawar
(d)   Punjab
22.Napoleon I and the Duke of Wellington fought the famous
(a) Battle of Austerlitz
(b) Battle of Leipzig
(c) Battle of Borodini
(d) Battle of Waterloo
23. Which of the following was the capital of the Chola Kings?
(a) Vanchi
(b)  Tanjore
(c) Madurai
(d)  Trichirapally
24. The most significant Act which declared that the sovereignty of the British Empire in India was in the hands of the British Crown was
(a) The Company’s Charter Act of 1813
(b)The Company’s Charter Act of 1853
(c) The Indian Councils Act of 1861
(d) The Indian Councils Act of 1893
25. The ‘Cremean War’ was fought between
(a) France and Britain
(b) Russia and Turkey
(c) France and Turkey
(d) Britain and Turkey
26. If an ordinary glass tube and a glass capillary tube are both dipped in a beaker of water, then the water rises in
(a) Both the tubes
(b) Only the glass tube
(c) Only the capillary tube
(d) Neither of the tubes
27. ‘Hydraulic brakes’ work on the principle of
(a) Pascal’s law (b) Thomson’s law
(b) Thomson’s law
(c) Newton’s law
(d) Bernoulli’s theorem
28. Stars in the sky appear to twinkle due to
(a) A series of refractions
(b) A series of reflections
(c) A surface tension phenomenon
(d) Multiple diminishing brightness
29.Which language is spoken by the people of Lakshadweep ?
(a) Malayalam
(b) Kannada
(c) Tamil
(d)    Telugu
30. Which river is under dispute involving Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra and Gujarat ?
(a) Krishna
(b) Narmada
(c) Koyna
(d)    Tapti
31. The ocean which touches the Asian and American shores is
(a) Atlantic
(b) Indian
(c) Antarctic
(d) Pacific
32. Name the crop-season in India that opens in May-June with major crops like rice and millets.
(a) Rainy season
(b) Rabi
(c)  Kharif
(d)  Winter season
33. Haemoglobin is an important constituent of
(a) Red blood cells
(b) White blood cells
(c) Platelets
(d) Plasma
34. Blood pressure is the pressure exerted by blood on the walls of
(a) Heart
(b) Veins
(c) Arteries
(d) Capillaries
35. Which one of the Endocrine glands is known as master gland ?
(a) Pituitary
(b) Adrenal
(c) Thyroid
(d)    parathyroid
36. Bile is produced by the
(a) Liver
(b) Stomach
(c) Pancreas
(d) Duodenum
37. Gelatin is mostly used in making ice-creams in order to
(a) Prevent making a collide
(b) Stabilise the collide and prevent crystallisation
(c) Stabilise mixture
(d) Enrich the aroma
38. Which of the following is used to remove ink and rust stains on cloth?
(a) Oxalic acid
(b) Alcohol
(c) Ether
(d)    Kerosene oil
39.Two elements which can form a large number of compounds are
(a) Carbon and Hydrogen
(b) Carbon and Nitrogen
(c)  Carbon and Oxygen
(d)  Carbon and Sulphur
40. An inert gas mixed with oxygen, given to the patients suffering from restricted breathing, is
(a) Helium
(b) Krypton
(c)  Radon
(d)  Argon
41. The Indian National Congress was formed during the Governor- Generalship of
(a)  Lord Ripon
(b)  Lord William Bentinck
(c)  Lord Dufferin
(d)  Lord Curzon
42. To take care of the conquered lands, Mohammad Ghori left behind his trusted General
(a) Nasiruddin
(b)  lltutmish
(c)  Qutbuddin Aibak
(d)  Malik Kafur
43. The famous city of Bhopal was founded by the Rajput ruler
(a) Prithviraj Chauhan
(b) Dharmapal
(c) Raja Bhoja
(d) Jaichand
44. Pearl Harbour, an American Naval and Airforce base, was attacked by
(a) Germany
(b) Japan
(c)  France
(d) England
45.The ‘four stroke petrol engine’ is based on
(a) Carnot-cycle
(b) Otto-cycle
(c)  Diesel-cycle
(d) Boyle’s-cycle
46.      An example of major air pollutant is
(a) Oxygen
(b) Carbon monoxide
(c) Helium
(d) Carbon dioxide
47. It is dangerous to observe Solar eclipse with naked eyes because
(a)    Infrared radiations from the sun burn our retina
(b)   Ultraviolet radiations from the sun burn our retina
(c)    All radiations from sun the initiate chemical reactions in eyes
(d)   Cosmic rays reach eyes more during the eclipse
48.      Which of the following waves cannot be transmitted through vaccum ?
(a)    Light
(b)   Sound
(c)    Heat
(d)   Electromagnetic
49.      A gap is left between the two rails of
a railway track to accommodate……
of the metal
(a)    Areal expansion
(b)   Volume expansion
(c)    Linear expansion
(d)   Apparent expansion
50.      What is ‘AGMARK’ ?
(a)    It is a marketing seal issued on the graded agricultural commodity
(b)   It stands for agricultural marketing
(c)    It represents agricultural management and regulation
(d)   None of the above

LAWS OF CHEMICAL COMBINATION 1

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LAWS OF CHEMICAL COMBINATION
1.   Law of constant composition or proportion :
A definite chemical compound always contains
the same elements chemically combined in the
same proportions by weight.
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QUIZ 1

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General Knowledge
Model Paper -1

 

 

1.Which one of the following is not the source of revenue of Central Govern­ment ?
(A)   Income Tax
(B)   Corporate Tax {^Agricultural Income Tax (D) Excise Duty
2. ‘Operation Flood’ is associated with-
Milk production
(B)   Wheat production
(C)   Flood control
(D)   Water harvesting
3.  Who has the sole right to issue pa­per currency in India ?
(A)   The Government of India
(B)   The Fiwance Commission
(C)   The Reserve Bank of India
(D)   The Central Bank of India
4.      A fall in demand or rise in supply of a commodity-
(A)   Increases the price of that com­modity
(B)   Decreases the price of that com­modity
(C)   Neutralises the changes in the price
(D)   Determines the price elasticity
5.      Planning Commission of India was established in-
(A)  1947
(B)  1950
(C)  1S51
(D)  1949
6.      How many types of emergencies
are envisaged by the Constitution?
(A)   1
(B)    2
(C)   3
(D)   4
7.Who calls the Joint Session of the two Houses of the Parliament ?
(A)   The President
(B)   The Prime Minister
(C)   The Lok Sabha Speaker
(D)   The Vice-President
8.In which year, Gandhiji established Sabarmati Ashram in Gujarat ?
(A)   1916
(B)  1917
(C)  1918
(D)  1929
9.No Confidence Motion against the Union Council of Ministers can be initiated-
(A)   in the Rajya Sabha only
(B)   in the Lok Sabha only
(C)   both in the Lok Sabha and the Rajya Sabha
(D)   in the State Assemblies
10. Which Constitutional Amendment deleted the Right to Property from the list of Fundamental Rights ?
(A)   42nd Amendment
(B)   62nd Amendment
(C)   44th Amendment
(D)   43rd Amendment
11.   Most of the Chola temples were dedicated to-
(A) Vishnu (8) Shiva
(C)   Brahma
(D)   Durga
12.   Where was the First Session of In­dian National Congress held?
(A)   Bombay
(B)   Madras
(C)   Calcutta
(D)   Delhi
13.   In the Gupta period, the largest num­ber of coins were issued in-
(A)   Gold
(B)   Silver
(C)   Copper
(D)   Iron
14.   The tax which the kings used to col­lect from the people in the Vedic pe­riod was called-
(A)   Bali
(B) Vidatha
(C) Varman
(D) Kara
15.   Buddha preached his first sermon at-
(A)   Gaya
(B)   Sarnath
(C)   Pataliputra
(D)   Vaishali
16.   Which one of the following is not the result of underground water action ?
(A)   Stalactites
(B)   Stalagmites
(C)   Sinkholes
(D)   Fiords
17.   Grassland is called ‘pampas’ in-
(A)   Africa
(B)   South America
(C)   The United Kingdom
(D)  The USA
18.   The coastal part of water bodies of the oceans which is structurally part of the mainland of the continents is called-
(A)   Isthmus
(B)   Oceanic ridge
(C)   Continental shelf
(D)   Continental slope
19.   Anemometer is used to measure-
(A)      Wind direction
(B)      Wind velocity
(C)      Pressure gradient
(D)      Wind speed and time
20.   Mariana Trench is found in-
(A)   Atlantic Ocean
(B)   Pacific Ocean
(C)   Indian Ocean
(D)   Arctic Ocean
21.   Which cells in our body have the least regerferative power ?
(A)   Brain cells
(B)   Muscle cells
(C)   Bone cells
(D)   Liver cells
22.   A potato tuber has been cut into two halves. A few drops of iodine solu­tion are placed on the cut surface of one of the halves. What colour change will be noticed ?
(A)   From brown to blue-black
(B)   From brown to orange-red
(C)   From blue to pink
(D)   From pink to blue-green
23.   How many sets of valves does a hu­man heart have ?
(A) Four
(C) Two
D) Ore
 24. which is the  cell which are responsible for the production of         antibodies are-
A Red blood cells
b) Neutrophils
C) Lymphocytes
(D) Platelets
25.    The source of the enzyme diastase is
(A)   Salivary gland
(B)   Stomach
(C)   Liver
(D)  Pancreas
26.    Mycoplasma is associated with a dis­ease that affects the organs of-
(A)   Respiration
(B)   Excretion
(C)   Reproduction
(D)  Digestion
27.    Which one of the following has the highest value of specific heat ?
(A)     Glass             (B)    Copper
(C)     Lead              (D)    Water
28.    The device used for locating sub­merged objects under sea is-
(A)     Sonar             (B)    Radar
(C)     Laser              (D)    Maser
29.    The metal whose electrical conduc­tivity is more, is-
(A)     Copper           (B)    Aluminium
(C)     Silver             (D)    Lead
30.    What happens to a liquid, when the vapour pressure equals the atmo­spheric pressure ?
(A)   The liquid cools
(B)   The liquid boils
(C)    No change
(D)   The liquid evaporates
31.   Sea weeds are important source of-
(A)    Fluorine
(B)    Chlorine
(C)    Bromine
(D)   Iodine
32.   In nuclear reactor, heavy water is used as-
(A)    Coolant
(B)    Fuel
(C)    Moderator
(D)   Atomic smasher
33.   Which one of the following pairs is correctly matched ?
(A)    Tetanus – BCG
(B)    Tuberculosis – ATS
(C)    Malaria – Chloroquine
(D)   Scurvy – Thiamin
34.   Tear gas used by the police to dis­perse the mob contains-
(A)    Carbon dioxide
(B)    Chlorine
(C)    Ammonia
(D)   Hydrogen sulphide
35.   Correct expansion of the term ‘http’ in Internet address is-
(A)    Higher text transfer protocol
(B)    Higher transfer text protqcol
(C)    Hybrid text transfer protocol
(D)   Hyper text transfer protocol
36. Which of the following is a Navaratan PSE?
(A)    Steel Authority of India Ltd.
(B)    MMTC Ltd.
(C)    National Aluminium Company Ltd.
(D)   Oil India Ltd.
37. ‘World-AIDS day’ is observed on- (A) January 1        (B)        April 1
(C) September 1      (D)    December 1
38. Who was(is) the first lady recipient of Dada Saheb Phalke Award ?
(A) Nargis Dutta       (B)    Uma Devi
(C) Devika Rani        (D)    Sulochana
39.    Out of the following artists, who has written the book Meandering Pas­tures of Memories ?
(A)   Shovana Narayan
(B)   Saroja Vaidyanathan
(C)   Yamini Krishnamoorthy
(D)   Geeta Chandran
40.    Out of the following Indian States, which State does not have any mari­time boundary?
(A)     Gujarat             (B)    Goa
(C)     Rajasthan        (D)    Maharashtra
41.    With which brand or product, is the slogan ‘Just do it’ associated?
(A)     Bata                (B)    Power
(C)     Woodland       (D)    Nike
42: With which of the following books, is Dr. S. Radhakrishnan associated ?
(1)    An Idealist View of Life
(2)    Bhagavad Gita
(3)    Conquest of Self
(4)    Hindu View of Life
(A)   1, 2, and 3 only
(B)   2, 3 and 4 only
(C)   1, 3 and 4 only
(D)   1 and 4 only
43.   The Headquarters of International Court of Justice is located in-
(A)   Paris (France)
(B)   Geneva (Switzerland)
(C)  -Niew York (USA)
(D)     The Hague (Netherlands)
44.    ‘Subroto Cup’ is associated with which/game/sports ?
(A) Hockey             (B)    Football
(C) Basketball         (D)    Badminton
45.    The first talkie film in India was-
(A)   Raja Harishchandra
(B)   Alam Ara
(C)   Chandidas
(D)   Jhansi Ki Rani
46.    Who holds the record for scoring the highest number of runs (individual) in One-day Cricket World Cup Tour­naments ?
(A) S. Ganguly        (B)    S. Tendulkar
(C) B. Lara              (D)    G. Kirsten
47.    Which is the field in which Ustad Bismillah Khan has distinguished himself ?
(A)   Sitar
(B)   Guitar
(C)   Shehnai
(D)   Hindustani Music (Classical Vocal)
48.    Where is the Ba‘da Imambara lo­cated ?
(A) Agra                 (B)    Lucknow
(C)     Patna             (D)    Allahabad
49.    What does the open market opera­tion of the RBI mean ?
(A)   Buying and selling shares
(B)   Auctioning of foreign exchange
(C)   Trading in securities
(D)   Transactions in gold
50.    ‘Consumer Day’ is celebrated every year on-
(A)   April 1
(B)   October 23
(C)   March 15
(D)   December 5
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1. (C) 18. (C) 35. (D)
2. (A) 19. (B) 36. (D)
3. (C) 20. (B) 37. (D)
4. (B) 21. (A) 38. (C)
5. (B) 22. (A) 39. (A)
6. (°) . 23. (C) 40. (C)
7. (A) 24. (C) 41. (D)
8. (B) 25. (A) 42. (D)
9. (B) 26. (A) 43. (D)
10. (C) 27. (D) 44. (B)
11. (B) 28. (A) 4?. (B)
12. (A) 29. (C) 46. (C)
13. (A) 30. (B) 47. (C)
14. (A) 31. (D) 48. (B)
15. (B) 32. (C) 49. (C)
16. (D) 33. (C) 50. (C).
17. (B) 34. (B)

Ampere’s swimming rule

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Ampere’s swimming rule :
If a man sets himself floating in the direction of the current facing the coil, then the north pole of a magnetic needle is deflected towards his left hand.
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Laws of refraction of light

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Laws of refraction of light :
(i) A

ray of light passing from a rarer medium into a denser medium is deviated towards the normal at the point of striking the common surface of the two media. The ray is deviated away from the normal when the ray of light passes from a denser medium into a rarer one. (ii) The ratio of the sine of the angle of incidence to the sine of the angle of refraction is constant and is called the refractive index of the second medium with respect to the first medium. The second law is called the Snell’s Law.

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