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General Knowledge Part XVI
General Knowledge Part XVI
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_______ is the name given to shocks, or tremors, from an earthquake.
Hurricane
Typhoon
Storm
Aftershock
Agate is a
Mineral
Sand
An Element
Rock
An ________ is a kind of chemical compound which can neutralize acids.
Acid rain
Acid soil
Alkali
None of the above
Alexander invaded India and defeated Porus in the battle of Hydaspes (Jhelum) fought in the year
270 B.C.
261 B.C
323 B.C.
326 B.C.
Alexander died in the year
273 B.C.
323 B.C.
263 B.C.
261 B.C.
Chandragupta Maurya defeated Seleucus in the year
305 B.C.
327 B.C.
323 B.C.
329 B.C.
In the battle of Marathon, the Greeks defeated the Persians in the year
427 B.C.
480 B.C.
490 B.C.
430 B.C.
In the battle of Salamis, Greeks defeated the Persians in the year
490 B.C.
327 B.C.
326 B.C.
480 B.C.
According to U.N. Prediction India’s Population will reach its highesr figure in 2065 of
1.587 billion
1.687 billion
1.70 billion
1.80 billion
According to UN estimates the first three countries in terms of population in 2050 will be (in billions)
India 1.53, China 1.35, United States 0.40
China 1.53, India 1.35, U.S.A. 0.50
India 1.60, china 1.55, United States 1.50
None of the above
The investment made on land in the shape of good quality seeds, manure and water is
Outputs
Inputs
Inflow
Outflow
Amortization is
That part of wealth other than land which is used for production
Payment of certain sum of money each year to an individual
A tax levied on gifts and inherited property
Used in context to the repayment of a loan over a certain period of time
Annuity is a
Payment of a certain sum of money each year to an individual
Loan given either without any interest or at a low rate of interest
Scholarship
Old age stipend
Which of the following is described as the soul of the Constitution?
Fundamental Rights
Directive Principles of State Policy
Power of Judicial Review enjoyed by the Supreme Court
Preamble
Under which of the following articles has Preamble been stated?
2nd
4th
6th
None of the above
Fundamental Rights are
Those basic condition of social life without which a citizen cannot be at his best self
The right of the rulers
The right of the police
Those right which men enjoyed in the State of Nature
From which Constitution of the world have borrowed the concept of Fundamental Rights?
U.K.
Canada
Russia
U.S.A.
Directive Principles of State Policy are
Those moral principles which are fundamental in the
The instruments of instructions for the guidance of the policy
The instruments of instructions for the guidance of the rulers both at the Centre and the State Levels for the establishment of a just and egalitarian society in India
None of the above
There are presently --------- national parks and ------- wildlife sanctuaries covering 4.66 per cent of the total geographical area of the country.
80, 580
84,680
94,501
88,780
India accounts for a meager-------per cent of the world surface area of 135.79 million square kms yet it supports and sustains a whopping 16.7 per cent of the world population.
4.4
2.4
6.4
8.4
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