General Knowledge Tests- MISC 2

66.Which is the most spoken language in the world?

a)Urdu b)Bangla c)English d)Mandarin
67.Where is the tallest fountain in the world?
a)Arizona b)Chicago c)Pittsburg d)Alaska
68.Which country has the world’s longest National Highway?
a)USA b)Russia c)India d)Canada
69.Who is considered the father of plastic Surgery?
a)Sushruta b)Charaka c)Alexander Fleming d)Louis Pasteur
70.Khural is the name of the Parliament of
a)Israel b)Iran c)Iraq d)Mongolia
71.Numismatics is the study of
a)Stamps b)Coins c)Words d)Numbers
72.Whom did Mahatma Gandhi regard as his heir?
a)Lal Bahadur Shashtri b)Gopal Krishna Gokhale c)Jawaharlal Nehru d)Sardar Patel
73.Who was the first Indian to get Oscar award?
a)Bimal Roy b)Satyajit Ray c)V.Shantaram d)Bhanu Athaiya
74.Guru KeluCharan Mohapatra is an exponent of
a)Kathak b)Kuchipudi c)Bharatnatyam d)Odissi
75.Who was the first Indian Sportsman to win a world Championship?
a)P.T.Usha b)Milkha Singh c)Geet Sethi d)Wilson Jones
76.Which is the longest of the five rivers of Punjab?
a)Jhelum b)Chenab c)Ravi d)Sutlej
77.Which Indian State is known as the ‘Land of Parshuram’?
a)Kerala b)Tamilnadu c)Andhra Pradesh d)Orissa
78. “Blood bank” of human body is the
a)Bone marrow b)Liver c)Heart d)Spleen
79. The _______ conducts prepared food to different parts of a plant.
a)Mesophyll tissue b)Sclerenchyma c)Xylem d)Phloem
80.Agrostology is the study of
a)Mushroom b)Tissues c)Grasses d)Reptiles
81.A person’s colour of eyes depends upon the particular pigment present in the
a)Cornea b)Retina c)Iris d)Receptory nerves
82.Wisdom tooth belongs to the group of teeth known as
a)Incisors b)Canines c)Premolars d)Molars
83._________ is the purest form of mineral coal.
a)Lignite b)Peat c)Anthracite d)Bituminous
84.The gas used in refrigerators is
a)Neon b)Ammonia c)Helium d)Hydrogen
85.Transformer was discovered by
a)Michael Faraday b)James Watt c)Stevenson d) Alfred Nobel
86.Myopia or Short-sightedness can be corrected by
a)Concave lens b)Convex lens c)Biconvex lens d)Cylindrical lens
87.________ is used in a nuclear reactor to absorb neutrons.
a) Uranium b) Thorium c)Cadmium d)Polonium
88. The force of attraction between like molecules is called
a) Cohesion b) Adhesion c) Suspension d)Brownian
89.The process of applying Zinc is called
a) Vulcanisation b)Galvanization c)Amalgamation d)Electrolysis

90. The _______ is a device used to maintain a constant temperature of a bath or oven.
a)Thermometer b)Klinostat c)Thermostat d)Hygrometer
91. Gold is purified by treating it with ________
a) Conc.Sulphuric acid b)Conc.Hydrochlori acid c)Conc. Nitric acid d)Conc. Hydrobromic acid
92. Copper Sulphate is also known as
a) Green vitriol b)White vitriol c)Oil of vitriol d)Blue vitriol
93. The hardest material found in man is the
a)patella b)skull bone c)sternum d)enamel
94. Banyan tree belongs to a group of plants known as
a)Angiosperms b)Gymnosperms c)Pteridophytes d)Bryophytes
95.Hen’s egg do not contain which of the following:
a)Carbahydrates b)Proteins c)Vitamins d)Fat
96. ‘Laws of inheritance’, a breakthrough in medical history was given by
a)Charles Darwin b)Jean Lamarck c)Robert Koch d)Gregor Mendel
97.Universal blood recepient is the blood group
a)A b)B c)AB d)O
98.Laws of Planetary motion stating the revolvement ofearth around thesun was first given by
a)Newton b)Galileo c)Erastothenes d)Kepler
99.To Alternating current(A.C.) into Direct current(D.C.) we require a
a)Voltmeter b)Battery c)Transformer d)Rectifier
100.A stick dipped in a bucket containing water appears slightly bend.This is due to______
a)Reflection b)Refraction c)Dispersion d)Interference
101.Iron nail sinks in water but a ship made of steel floats in water.This is based on
a)Newton’s law b)Bernouli’s principle c)Pascal’s law d)Archimedes Principle
102.The enegy possessed by a body by virtue of its position is called
a)Kinetic energy b)Potential energy c)Gravitational energy d)Mechanical energy
103._______, ________ and _________ are called the primary colours.
a)Red,yellow & green b)Red, blue &green c)Red,white &black d)Blue green &white
104.A fixed proportion of Conc.nitric acid and Conc.hydrochloric acid is known as
a)Oil of vitriol b)Isomers c)Aqua regia d)Isotopes
105.Purest form of iron that contains least amount of carbon is________
a)Wrought iron b)Cast iron c)Pig iron d)None of the above
106.The chemical commonly used for preserving biological specimens is
a)Acetaldehyde b)Formaldehyde c)Ethanol d)Methanol
107.The hardest metal known is_____
a)Osmium b)Iron c)Gold d)Tungsten
108.________ are the catalytic substances present in human body.
a)Hormones b)HCl in stomach c)Lymphocytes d)Enzymes
109._________ makes a lemon sour in taste.
a)Formic acid b)Acetic acid c)Citric acid d)Nitric acid
110.Silicon is largely used in the manufacture of ________
a)Conductors b)Semi-conductors c)Insulators d)Glass
111._______ is a micro-organism which is largely used in the manufacture of bread.
a)Green algae b)Streptococci c)Yeast d)Aspergillus
112. The conversion of a substance directly from solid state to gaseous state is known as
a)Condensation b)Evaporation c)Fractional distillation d)Sublimation
113.Phytopthera infestans is the causative agent of which of the following disease of potato.
a)Late blight b)Early blight c)Scab d)Brown rot

114.Pollination in plants caused by insects is otherwise known as

a)Zoophily b)Entomophily c)Anemophily d)None of the above
115.The thermoregulatory center of the human body is_________
a)Cerebrum b)Cerebellum c)Medulla oblongata d)Hypothalamus
116.The viruses of ______ was discovered by Louis Pasteur.
a)Rabies b)Scabies c)Small pox d)Leprosy
117.Urea contains highest amount of _________
a)Phosphorus b)Potash c)Sodium d)Nitrogen
118.India’s biggest petroleum refinery is at
a)Mangalore,Karnataka b)Jamnagar,Gujarat c)Bhatinda,Punjab d)Kanpur,UP
119.Which one of the followingdoes a TV remote control unit use to operate a TV set?
a)Microwaves b)Radio waves c)Light waves d)Sound waves
120.Gilt-edged market means
a)Market of guns b)Market of Govt,securities c)Market of pure metals d)Bullion market
121.Soft drinks such as colas contain significant quantities of
a)Renin b)Caffeine c)Tannin d)Nicotine
122.The raga which is sung early in the morning
a)Bhopali b)Bhimpalasi c)Todi d)Darbari
123.The first Indian state to have its Human Development Report prepared and released by
Amartya Sen in New Delhi is
a)Kerala b)Andhra pradesh c)West Bengal d)Madhya pradesh
124.National income is
a)Revenue of public undertakings b)Budget estimate c)The total annual revenue of a govt.
d)Sun total of all incomes
125.Which, among the following states, has adopted Hindi as the State language, although
a different language is spoken by the majority in the State?
a)Bihar b)Gujarat c)Maharashtra d)West Bengal
126.India’s first genetically engineered Hepatitis-B vaccine was launched by
a)Glaxo labs b)Hindustan Antibiotics Ltd.,Pimpri c)Ranbaxy Labs d)Shanta Biotechnics
Pvt.Ltd.,Hyderabad
127.Which day is celebrated as “Hiroshima” day?
a)September 7 b)August 15 c)August 6 d)September 6
128..Rabindra Nath Tagore’s National Anthem is also adopted by another country.It is_____
a)Srilanka b)Bangladesh c)Burma d)Nepal
129.In which of the following years was the State of Orissa formed?
a)1935 b)1936 c)1937 d)1938
130.A byte of a computer memory is made up of
a)Two binary digits b)Eight binary digits c)Two decimal digits d)Eight decimal digits
131.O.P.E.C. stands for_______________
a)Oil and Petrol Exporting Countries b)Organisation for the Promotion of Export
Commodities c)Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries d)Oil and Petroleum
Exporting Corporation.