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Q1. _______________ states that the total current entering a junction is equal to the total current leaving the junction.
(a) Lenz’s Law
(b) Hooke’s Law
(c) Ohm’s Law
(d) Kirchhoff’s First Law
S1. Ans.(d)
Sol. Kirchoff’s First Law:
Kirchoff got himself a huge name in physics by simply applying two principles of physics to electrical circuits. This is the first:
At any junction in a circuit, the sum of the currents arriving at the junction = the sum of the currents leaving the junction.
Q2. Acceleration due to gravity on a planet decreases with ______.
(a) decrease in radius of the planet
(b) increase in mass of the planet
(c) decrease in mass of the body
(d) increase in altitude from surface of the planet
S2. Ans.(d)
Sol.The acceleration of an object changes with altitude. The change in gravitational acceleration with distance from the centre of Earth follows an inverse-square law. This means that gravitational acceleration is inversely proportional to the square of the distance from the centre of Earth.
Q3. Who is the Chairman of NITI Aayog?
(a) President
(b) RBI Governor
(c) Finance Secretary
(d) Prime Minister
S3. Ans.(d)
Sol. NITI Aayog, the National Institution for Transforming India is a Government of India policy, established to replace the Planning Commission.
The aim of NITI Aayog is to encourage involvement and participation in the economic policy-making process, with emphasis towards making the country a cooperative federalism.
Established on January 1, 2015, its first meeting was held on February 8, 2015, with the Prime Minister as its Ex-offico Chairman.
Q4. Who is the Chairman of the Rajya Sabha?
(a) President of India
(b) Prime Minister of India
(c) Vice President of India
(d) Speaker of Lok Sabha
S4. Ans.(c)
Sol. Article 63 of Indian Constitution states that “there shall be a Vice-President of India.” The Vice-President acts as President in the absence of the President due to death, resignation, impeachment, or other situations. The Vice-President of India is also ex officio Chairperson of the Rajya Sabha.
Q5. Shiva Thapa is related to _______.
(a) Badminton
(b) Lawn tennis
(c) Boxing
(d) Cricket
S5. Ans.(c)
Sol. Shiva Thapa is an Indian boxer from Guwahati, Assam, India.
Q6. Which of the following States celebrated the Red Panda Winter Festival in 2016 ?
(a) Nagaland
(b) Meghalaya
(c) Assam
(d) Sikkim
S6. Ans.(d)
Sol. The Red Panda Winter Festival 2016 was started in Sikkim on 23 January. It ends on 31 January. The festival promises to be a grandiose nine-day event of culture, food, harmony and celebrations.
Q7. Which of the following types of water is known to be absolutely free from any impurity?
(a) Mineral Water
(b) Distilled Water
(c) Spring Water
(d) Boiled Water
S7. Ans.(b)
Sol. Distilled water is water that has had many of its impurities removed by distillation. Distillation involves boiling the water and then condensing the steam into a clean container.
Q8. The field in a database is
(a) table of Information
(b) data
(c) category of information
(d) record
S8. Ans.(c)
Sol. A database is a collection of information that is organized so that it can be easily accessed, managed and updated.
Data is organized into rows, columns and tables, and it is indexed to make it easier to find relevant information. Data gets updated, expanded and deleted as new information is added. Databases process workloads to create and update themselves, querying the data they contain and running applications against it.
Q9. Common salt is a mineral composed primarily of
(a) Sodium bicarbonate
(b) Sodium chloride
(c) Sodium hydroxide
(d) Sodium oxide
S9. Ans.(b)
Sol. Sodium chloride is the salt most responsible for the salinity of seawater and of the extracellular fluid of many multicellular organisms. In its edible form of table salt, it is commonly used as a condiment and food preservative.
Sodium chloride, also known as salt, is an ionic compound with the chemical formula NaCl, representing a 1:1 ratio of sodium and chloride ions.
Q10. A small arrow or blinking symbol on computer screen desktop is called a
(a) mouse
(b) tab
(c) cursor
(d) icon
S10. Ans.(c)
Sol. A cursor is the position indicator on a computer display screen where a user can enter text. In an operating system with a graphical user interface (GUI), the cursor is also a visible and moving pointer that the user controls with a mouse, touch pad, or similar input device.
Q11. Who decides Bank Rate in india?
(a) Finance minister of India.
(b) president of India.
(c) Reserve Bank of India.
(d) State Bank of India.
S11. (c)
Sol.
- Reserve Bank of India under it’s monetary policy decides the bank Rate, cash reserve ratio , statutory liquidity ratio.
Q12. Beyond a certain point deficit financing will certainly lead to?
(a) Inflation.
(b) Deflation.
(c) Recession.
(d) Economic stagnation.
S12. (a)
Sol.
- Deficit financing is injection of money to compensate deficit so beyond a certain point deficit financing will certainly leads to inflation.
Q13. Taxes on professions can be levied by?
(a) State government only.
(b) Both by State government and union government.
(c) By panchayats only.
(d) union government only.
S13. (a)
Sol.
- Professional tax is tax levied by State government on all persons who practice any profession.
Q14. When there is a change in demand leading to a shift of the demand curve to the right at the same price as before, the quantity demanded will?
(a) Decreases.
(b) increases.
(c) Remain the same.
(d) contract.
S14. (b)
Sol.
- When there is change in demand leading to shifting of demand curve to right keeping price at same , quantity demanded will increase.
Q15.which among the following is an example of progressive tax?
(a) Excise duty.
(b) Octroi.
(c) Income tax.
(d) House tax.
S15. (C)
Sol.
- Progressive tax: Rate of tax increases with increase in income of tax payers. Tax like income tax is a progressive tax.
