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National Level Online Quiz Competition on General Studies-3

Total questions: 30

Worksheet time: 15mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

The first known metal to man ___

a)

Iron

b)

Gold

c)

Copper

d)

None of these

2.

Who was called as Ninrasir Nedumaran?

a)

Maravarman Arikesari

b)

Ranadhira

c)

Sezhiyan Sendan

d)

None of these

3.

Buddhist Ghatika functioned at ___

a)

Kanchi

b)

Madurai

c)

Mamallapuram

d)

None of these

4.

The only woman among the Alwars ____

a)

Thirumazhisai Alwar

b)

Andal

c)

Karaikkal Ammaiyar

d)

None of these

5.

India is a_______________

a)

Religious country

b)

Capitalist country

c)

Secular country

d)

Socialist country

6.

The westerlies are ___ winds.

a)

Anti-trade

b)

Polar

c)

Seasonal

d)

Periodic

7.

The sub- tropical high pressure belt lies between ____ north and south of equator.

a)

5-5

b)

30-35

c)

60-65

d)

180-180

8.

The bacteria in the soil absorb the ____ from the atmosphere and fix it to the soil.

a)

Argon

b)

Nitrogen

c)

Oxygen

d)

Hydrogen

9.

The Ionosphere in the atmosphere reflects the ___ waves back to the Earth’s surface.

a)

Microwave

b)

Electromagnetic

c)

Long

d)

Radio

10.

The average air pressure at sea level is ___ millibars.

a)

1000

b)

1001

c)

1002

d)

1013

11.

The ____ regions experience 6 months of sunlight and 6 months of darkness.

a)

Equinox

b)

Temperate

c)

Equatorial

d)

Polar

12.

In India evergreen forest is found in

a)

Arid zone

b)

Intermediate zone

c)

Dry zone

d)

Wet zone

13.

DDT is _________

a)

Non biodegradable pollutant

b)

Bio degradable pollutant

c)

Chloro fluoro carbon

d)

Plastic

14.

Malarial fever is caused to man by_______

a)

Plasmodium

b)

Bacterium

c)

Virus

d)

Mosquito

15.

The vitamin(s), which is/are generally executed in urine, is/are______________

a)

Vitamin A

b)

Vitamin B

c)

Vitamin C

d)

Vitamin D and K

16.

The medicine ephedrin of asthama and cough is extracted from_________________

a)

Cycus

b)

Ephedra

c)

Juniperus

d)

Pynus

17.

In which of the following diseases do the germs enter through open wounds?

a)

Tuberculosis

b)

Tetanus

c)

Typhoid

d)

Malaria

18.

Hydrophobia (rabies) vaccination was discovered by____

a)

John Cato

b)

T.H. Morgan

c)

Edward Jenner

d)

Louis Pasteur

19.

Tuberculosis (BCG) vaccine is a______

a)

Artificial vaccine

b)

Killed vaccine

c)

Live vaccine

d)

None of the above

20.

Who declared that his ultimate aim was to wipe ‘every tear from every eye’?

a)

Mahatma Gandhi

b)

Sardhar Patel

c)

Rajendra Prasad

d)

Jawaharlal Nehru

21.

The wheel in our National Flag has ___ spokes.

a)

24

b)

32

c)

36

d)

42

22.

Light emitting diodes system was launched in ___ city.

a)

Coimbatore

b)

Madurai

c)

Chennai

d)

None of these

23.

He stood looking _____ the picture for a long time.

a)

to

b)

through

c)

with

d)

for

24.

The canteen provides the workers _____ meals.

a)

with

b)

at

c)

for

d)

to

25.

The atmosphere is transparent to

______________

a)

Visible rays

b)

X-rays

c)

IR radiations

d)

UV radiations

26.

Corpuscular theory was first challenged to_______

a)

Huygens

b)

Maxwell

c)

Netwon

d)

Planck

27.

India’s first Greenfield Special Economic Zone (SEZ) was set up at_____

a)

Ahmedabad

b)

Bangalore

c)

Pune

d)

Indore

28.

Who wrote the book ‘Planned Economy for India’?

a)

Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel

b)

Mahatma Gandhi

c)

M. Visvesvaraya

d)

Jawaharlal Nehru

29.

In India since Independence______

a)

the gap between the rich and the poor has been bridged

b)

the magnitude of unemployment has decreased

c)

the rate if savings and investment have gone up

d)

poverty has been reduced

30.

India opted for ‘Mixed Economy’ in

_______________

a)

Industrial Policy of 1948

b)

Framing of the Constitution

c)

Second Five Year Plan

d)

None of these