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WorksheetsGENERAL KNOWLEDGE - 39
Total questions: 30
Worksheet time: 15mins
During which five-year plan was a phase of heavy industrialization initiated?
Second five-year plan.
First five-year plan
Third five-year plan
Fourth five-year plan
A list of instructions used by a computer is called
Text
CPU
Program
Output
The Harappa Civilization was discovered in 1920-21 by the excavations by
R D Banerjee and by Daya Ram Sahni
Mortimer Wheeler
Sir Alexander Cunningham
Santosha Sir
Quartz crystals normally used in quartz clocks etc.. is chemically called as
Silicon Dioxide
Germanium Oxide
A mixture of Germanium Oxide and Silicon Dioxide
Sodium Silicate
Nuclear sizes are expressed in a unit named
Fermi
Angstrom
Newton
Tesla
The metallurgical process in which a metal is obtained in a fused state is called
smelting
roasting
calcination
froth floatation
Photosynthesis generally takes place in which parts of the plant?
Leaf and other chloroplast bearing parts
Stem and leaf
Roots and chloroplast bearing parts
Bark and Leaf
'.mov' extension refers to what kind of file in the computer?
image file
movie file
audio file
MS Office document
Which sportsperson is called a punter?
Ricky Ponting
Adam Gilchrist
Brian Lara
Matthew Hayden
Where is the village of Branston, after which the famous pickle is named?
Yorkshire
Lancashire
Staffordshire
Norfolk
Which of the following books has been written by Vikram Seth?
My God Died Young
Islamic Bomb
Look Back in Anger
A Suitable Boy
Eritrea, which became the 182nd member of the UN in 1993, is in the continent of
Africa
Australia
Europe
Asia
Who among the following was an eminent painter?
Sarada Ukil
Uday Shanker
V Shantaram
Meherally
Gandhi Peace Prize for the year 2000 was awarded to the former President of South Africa along with
Satish Dawan
C Subramanian
Grameen Bank of Bangladesh
World Health Organisation
Wadia Institute of Himalayan Geology is located at
Delhi
Shimla
Dehradun
Kulu
The Republic of Upper Volta is the old name of
Angola
Cape Verde
Burkina Faso
Bangladesh
When is World Population Day observed?
31st May
4th October
10th December
11th July
Environmental education should be taught in schools because
It will affect environmental pollution
It is an important part of life
It will provide jobs to teachers
We cannot escape from the environment
In calm air the air temperature is −10°C . If the wind speed increased to 30 knots, the thermometer would indicate
A much higher temperature than −10°C
A much lower temperature than −10°C
A temperature of −10°C
A temperature of −30°C
Expand the term IPCC
International Pollution Control Council
International Panel of Climate Control
Interim Panel of Climate Change
Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change
Hitler party which came into power in 1933 is known as
Ku-Klux-Klan
Democratic Party
Labour Party
Nazi Party
FFC stands for
Federation of Football Council
Film Finance Corporation
Foreign Finance Corporation
None of these
The fastest shorthand writer was
Dr G. D. Bist
J. M. Tagore
Khuda Khan
K R D Tata
Epsom in England is the place associated with
Shooting
Horse racing
Polo
Snooker
The first human heart transplant operation conducted by Dr Christian Bernard on Louis Washkansky was conducted in
1958
1922
1967
1968
Galileo was an Italian astronomer who
developed the telescope
discovered four satellites of Jupiter
discovered that the movement of the pendulum produces a regular time measurement
all of these
Habeas Corpus Act 1679
provided facilities to a prisoner to obtain either speedy trial or release in bail
states that no one was to be imprisoned without a warrant stating the charge against him
safeguarded the personal liberties of the people against arbitrary imprisonment by the king's orders
all of these
Exposure to sunlight helps a person improve his health because
resistance power increases
the infrared light kills bacteria in the body
the ultraviolet rays convert skin oil into Vitamin D
the pigment cells in the skin get stimulated and produce a healthy tan
Gold player Vijay Singh belongs to which country?
India
Fiji
UK
USA
Guarantee to an exporter that the importer of his goods will pay immediately for the goods ordered by him, is known as
Letter of Credit
Inflation
Laissez-faire
None of these
