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Q1. The tag line “Do no Evil” is owned by
(a) Yahoo
(b) Bing
(c) Google
(d) Start page
Q2. Electric chair was invented by
(a) Alfred P. Southwick
(b) Isaac Singer
(c) Murasaki Shikibu
(d) Hanaoka Seish
Q3. Brain fever is a disease spread through which of the following?
(a) Flies
(b) Mosquito
(c) Bacteria
(d) Cockroach
Q4. Mangroves are plants that have
(a) Modified Roots
(b) Modified Stems
(c) Respiratory Roots
(d) Respiratory Stems
Q5. Rodentia Sciurus is the scientific name of
(a) Rat
(b) Platypus
(c) Squirrel
(d) Beaver
Q6. The reactions in which oxidation and reduction occur simultaneously are called _______.
(a) Feral reactions
(b) Redox reactions
(c) Demug reactions
(d) Kerol reactions
Q7. Who discovered Nitrogen?
(a) Faraday
(b) Heisenberg
(c) Hooke
(d) Rutherford
Q8. Odisha’s World famous Konark Sun Temple was built by
(a) Krushadevray
(b) Ashoka
(c) Chandragupta
(d) Narasimhadeva
Q9. Nepali is primarily spoken in which State?
(a) Karnataka
(b) Rajasthan
(c) Sikkim
(d) Andhra Pradesh
Q10. If cash reserve ratio decreases, credit creation will _______.
(a) increase
(b) decrease
(c) does not change
(d) first decreases than increases
Q11. Which of the following elements has the lowest melting point?
(a) Sodium
(b) Tin
(c) Radon
(d) Radium
Q12. Atomic number of which of the following elements is greater than that of Fluorine?
(a) Sodium
(b) Beryllium
(c) Nitrogen
(d) Boron
Q13. Convert decimal number 106 to binary.
(a) 1101000
(b) 1101010
(c) 1100110
(d) 1110000
Q14. Bihu is a folk dance of which state?
(a) Assam
(b) Maharashtra
(c) Odisha
(d) Uttarakhand
Q15. Government borrowing to finance budget deficits _____.
(a) will exert downward pressure on interest rates
(b) will have no effect on interest rates
(c) will increase supply of loanable funds
(d) will put upward pressure on interest rates
Solutions
S1. Ans.(c)
Sol. Google’s Don’t Be Evil motto has helped make Google the iconic company they are today and at the same time has caused a lot of negativity towards the company in the past few years.
S2. Ans.(a)
Sol.Alfred P. Southwick. Alfred P. Southwick, was a steam-boat engineer, dentist and inventor from Buffalo, New York. He is credited with inventing the electric chair as a method of legal execution.
S3. Ans.(b)
Sol.Brain fever describes a medical condition where a part of the brain becomes inflamed and causes symptoms that present as fever .
S4. Ans.(c)
Sol.Mangrove is a shrub or small tree that grows in coastal saline or brackish water.
S5. Ans.(c)
Sol.Squirrels are members of the family Sciuridae, a family that includes small or medium-size rodents. The squirrel family includes tree squirrels, ground squirrels, chipmunks, marmots, flying squirrels, and prairie dogs amongst other rodents.
S6. Ans.(b)
Sol.Redox is a chemical reaction in which the oxidation states of atoms are changed. Any such reaction involves both a reduction process and a complementary oxidation process, two key concepts involved with electron transfer processes.
S7. Ans.(d)
Sol.Nitrogen is a chemical element with symbol N and atomic number 7. It was first discovered and isolated by Scottish physician Daniel Rutherford.
S8. Ans.(d)
Sol.Konark Sun Temple is a 13th-century CE sun temple at Konark near to Puri on the coastline of Odisha, India. The temple is attributed to king Narasimhadeva I of the Eastern Ganga Dynasty.
S9. Ans.(c)
Sol.Indian Gorkhas who are of Nepali origin have settled in India and now the State of Sikkim in India is a state with ethnic Nepali majority. Gorkhas speak the language Nepali.
S10. Ans.(a)
Sol.Cash Reserve Ratio (CRR) is a specified minimum fraction of the total deposits of customers, which commercial banks have to hold as reserves either in cash or as deposits with the central bank. CRR is set according to the guidelines of the central bank of a country.
S11. Ans.(c)
Sol. Radon has the lowest melting point. Radon is a radioactive gas that has no smell, colour or taste. Radon is produced from the natural radioactive decay of uranium, which is found in all rocks and soils. Radon can also be found in water.
S12. Ans.(a)
Sol. Fluorine is a chemical element with the symbol F and atomic number 9. It is the lightest halogen and exists under standard conditions as a highly toxic, pale yellow diatomic gas. As the most electronegative element, it is extremely reactive, as it reacts with all other elements except argon, neon, and helium.
Sodium-11
Beryllium-4
Nitrogen-7
Boron-5
S13. Ans.(b)
Sol. By Converting decimal number 106 to binary you get 1101010.
S14. Ans.(a)
Sol. The Bihu is the national festival of Assam. Bihu is celebrated three times in a year. In Assam celebrates three types of bihu name as, Rongaali Bihu, Kati Bihu and Bhogaali Bihu.
S15. Ans.(d)
Sol. Government borrowing to finance budget deficits will put upward pressure on interest rates.
If the money supply rises, this will cause inflation, and this puts upward pressure on interest rates.
