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Q1. Ferns belong to which division of plants?
(a) Gymnosperms
(b) Angiosperms
(c) Thallophyta
(d) Pteridophyta
S1. Ans.(d)
Sol.Most ferns belong to the Class Leptosporangiata (or Pteridopsida). This includes most of those you see in gardens and woods.
Q2. In which of the following is there seasonal unemployment?
(a) Government sector
(b) Private sector
(c) Banks
(d) Agriculture
S2. 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.
Q3. What is TKO in boxing ?
(a) Technical Knock Out
(b) Time Kick Out
(c) Technical Knowledge
(d) Teeth Knock Out
S3. 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.
Q4. Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre is located at
(a) Thiruvananthapuram
(b) Mumbai
(c) Sriharikota
(d) Bengaluru
S4. 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.
Q5. Name the longest river in India.
(a) Brahmaputra
(b) Ganga
(c) Godavari
(d) Krishna
S5. Ans.(b)
Sol.
The Ganges, also known as Ganga, is a trans-boundary river of Asia which flows through the nations of India and Bangladesh.
Q6. Which player is allowed to touch the ball with his feet during a hockey match ?
(a) captain
(b) Goalkeeper
(c) Centre-forward
(d) Defender
S6. Ans.(b)
Q7. Where is the Indian Wild Ass Sanctuary located in India ?
(a) Gujarat
(b) Rajasthan
(c) Jharkhand
(d) Chhattisgarh
S7. 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.
Q8. The Group of Monuments at Hampi is an important ______________ centre?
(a) Islam
(b) Hindu
(c) Sikh
(d) Christian
S8. 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.
Q9. Which of the following is secreted by the liver?
(a) Glucose
(b) Iodine
(c) Cortisol
(d) Bile
S9. 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.
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. Corbett National Park was established to protect which animal?
(a) Bengal Tigers
(b) Snow Leopards
(c) Asiatic Lions
(d) One-Horned Rhinos
S11. Ans.(a)
Sol.
Jim Corbett National Park is the oldest national park in India and was established in 1936 as Hailey National Park to protect the endangered Bengal tiger.
Q12. Subramanya Bharthi was a noted ______.
(a) Boxer
(b) Swimmer
(c) Poet
(d) Painter
S12. Ans.(c)
Sol.
Chinnaswami Subramania Bharati, also known as Bharathiyar was a Tamil writer, poet, journalist, Indian independence activist and a social reformer from Tamil Nadu.
Q13. Name the first Indian to get Bharat Ratna posthumously.
(a) Atal Bihari Vajpayee
(b) Lal Bahadur Shastri
(c) C K Naidu
(d) Mihir Sen
S13. 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.
Q14. Which state does not share a common border with Chhattisgarh?
(a) Karnataka
(b) Odisha
(c) Jharkhand
(d) Maharashtra
S14. Ans.(a)
Sol.
Chhattisgarh shares its borders with the states of Uttar Pradesh in north, Madhya Pradesh and Maharashtra in west, Telangana in southwest, Odisha in east and Jharkhand in northeast.
Q15. Quit India Movement was launched by Mahatma Gandhi in _____.
(a) 1885
(b) 1942
(c) 1947
(d) 1939
S15. Ans.(b)
Sol.
The Quit India Movement or the India August Movement, was a movement launched at the Bombay session of the All-India Congress Committee by Mahatma Gandhi on 8 August 1942, during World War II, demanding an end to British Rule of India.
