Enhance your G.K

1. Curcuma longa is the scientific name of which spice?

Cumin

Cloves

Turmeric 

Coriander

2. Bones found in the hands and feet as the percentage of total number of bones in the body of an adult human being is nearly equal to

20%

30%

40%

50%

3. Europeans are believed to have brought potatoes to India in the 18th century. Which region of the world is believed to be the origin of potato cultivation?

Eastern Ghana

Southern Peru 

Portugal

West Indies

4. Oymyakon is generally considered the coldest inhabited area on Earth. Which country Oymyakon is located in?

Mongolia

Russia

Greenland

Iceland

5. Which gland in the human body is also known as the third eye

Pineal 

Pituitary

Mammary

Tear gland

6. Leukaemia is a group of cancers that usually begins it the bone marrow and results in high numbers of which abnormal cells

White blood cells

Red blood cells

Platelets

All of these

7.During an earthquake, two places ‘A’ and ‘B’ record its intensity in Richter scale as 4.0 and 6.0

respectively. IN absolute terms, the ratio of intensity of the earthquake at ‘A’ to that of ‘B’ is:

2:3

7:8

141:173

1:100 

8. On a cool day in January, the temperature at a place fell below the freezing point and was recorded as -40° Centigrade. }n Fahrenheit scale, the same temperature would be

32°F

-8°F

-40°F 

-72F

9. Universal Gas Constant, R, is a property of?

Ideal gases 

Halogen Gases

Inert Gases

All Gases

10. In which place was the 1st Science Congress held in January, 1914

Kolkata 

Allahabad

Chennai

Pune

11. The class of elementary particles, bosons, was named after Satyendra Nath Bose, an Indian

Physicist. Which of the following Indian Scientists graduated from Presidency College Calcutta as a classmate of Satyendra Nath Bose?

Jagdish Chandra Bose

P.C.Mahalanobis

Praful Chandra Ray

Meghnad Saha 

12. To which place Aryabhata, the great mathematician, went for advanced studies?

Takshashila

Patliputra 

Kashi

Kaushambi

13. The development of the world’s first practical design for an Inter-Continental Ballistic Missile, A9/10, was undertaken in Nazi Germany during the World War II. It was intended for use in bombing

London and other coastal cities of Britain

Northern cities of France, including Venice

New York and other American cities 

Interiors of USSR to cut off military supply lines to Moscow.

14. Homi Jahangir Bhabha, the father of Indian nuclear programme, was also the founding director of which of the following institutes?

Tata Institute of Fundamental Research 

Indian Institute of Science

Indian Institute of Technology, Mumbai

Saha Institute of Nuclear Physics, Kolkata

15. Who headed the Satellite Launch Vehicle (SLV) project launched by ISRO in 1970?

Dr. Vikram Sarabhai

Dr. K.Radhakrishnan

Dr. A.P.J.Abdul Kalam 

Dr. G.-Madhavan Nair

16. Where was Bhaskara, also known as Bhaskaracharya or Bhaskara II, an Indian mathematician & astronomer, was born?

Kanchipuramii

Thanjavur

Bijapur 

Viadurai

17. The BrahMos, a short range supersonic cruise missile, is a joint venture between which foreign country and Indian agency?

USA & ISRO

UK & ISRO

Russia & ISRO

Russia & DRDO 

18. If the sum of 60% of a fractional number and the number’s square root is 5 greater than one fifth of the number, then the number is

6.25 

0.25

12.25

2.25

19. If ‘Head’ appears consecutively in the first three tosses of a fair/unbiased coin, what is the

probability of ‘Head’ appearing in the fourth toss also?

1/8

7/8

1/16

1/2

20. Archers ‘A’ and ‘B’ take aim at a target. If the probability of ‘A’ hitting the target is 90% and of ‘B’ missing the target is 90%, what is the probability that both ‘A’ and ‘B’ miss the target?

90%

09% 

01%

81%

21. If 12 persons working 12 hours a day dig 12 meters of a tunnel in 12 days, how many men are required to dig additional 04 meters of the tunnel (of the same dimension) given that they work 04 hours a day for 04 days?

27

4

12

36

22. A man sells an article at a certain price incurring 20% loss. If he had sold the same article for Rs.20 more, he would have earned 20% profit. What was the cost price of the said article?

Rs.20

Rs. 40

Rs. 50 

Rs. 60

23. Numerator of a fraction is increased by 60%, and at the same time its denominator is decreased by 60%. The new fraction is

2.56 times the older fraction

Equal to the older fraction

4 times-the older fraction 

0.36 times the older fraction

24. In a triangle ABC, one of the angles is average of the remaining two angles. Which of the following is always true about the triangle ABC?

Isosceles triangle

Equilateral triangle

One of its angles measures 60° 

Right angled triangle.

25. If the area of a circle ‘C’ is equal to the area of a square ‘S’, then the ratio of the square of the perimeter of ‘C’ to the square of the perimeter of ‘S’ is nearly equal to

22:7

11:14 

88:7

1:1

26. The last digit of the number 3^2015 is

1

3

5

7 

27. What is the squareroot of 49%?

0.7%

7.0%

70%

Undefined

28. Log (40^2-20^2) is equal to

log 3

log 60 + log 20 

log 40 – log 20

log 20

29. Twelve persons meet in a conference and each shakes hands with all the others. How many

handshakes take place?

66

72

144

132

30. A man travels uphill to city C from city B in a car at the speed of 40 Km/hr, and returns to city B at a faster speed of 60 Km/hr. What is his average speed for the round trip?

0

48 Km/hr 

50 Km/hr

Data insufficient

31. (7+14+21+28………..+700) is equal to :

35350 

42714

49420

56707

32. In a group of 5 persons, P is taller than Q, but is shorter than both R and S. Both R and T are taller than Q, but shorter than S. This implies that

R is taller than P, but shorter than T/ R

T is taller than Q, but shorter than R/ T

R is taller than Q, but shorter than T/ R

S is taller than T while P is shorter than R/ S 

33. In a group of Army Officers, 02% of Officers neither take Coffee nor Tea, while rest of them take either Tea or Coffee or both. If 60% of Officers take Tea, while 58% take Coffee, what percentage of Officers take Tea but do not take Coffee?

02%

20%

40% 

60%

34. The original name of Ho Chi Minh, the President of the Vietnam Democratic Republic, was Nguyen Van Thanh which he later changed to Ho Chi Minh before becoming the President. The literal meaning

of Ho Chi Minh is

He Who Leads

He Who Fights

He Who Enlightens 

He Who Protects

35. In which year, Mahatama Gandhi travelled to Champaran in Bihar to inspire the peasants to

struggle against the oppressive plantation system?

1914

1915

1916

1917

36. With which objective, CR Das and Motilal Nehru formed the Swaraj Party within the Congress?

Spearhead the mass struggles

Forge Hindu-Muslim unity

Participate in elections to the provincial council 

Organise legislative protests against Rowlatt

37. The industrial working class did not participate in the Civil Disobedience Movement in large

numbers, except in

Nagpur region 

Madras region

Surat region

Calcutta region

38. Dr B R Ambedkar clashed with Mahatma Gandhi at the 2nd Round Table Conference demanding

Reservation for Dalits in Government jobs

Reservation for Dalits in Ministries

Separate citizen status for Dalits

Separate Electorate for Dalits 

39. A scene of wrestling match in Bombay’s Hanging Gardens was shot by Harishchandra

Bhatwadekar, & it became India’s first movie. It was shot in the year

1896                                     1907                                    1913                                 1925

40. Which famous leader once said, “we would not have made economic progress, if we had not intervened on very personal matters: how you live, the noise you make, how you spit…”

Adolf Hitler, Germany

Ho Chi Minh, Vietnam

Mussolini, Italy

Lee Kuan Yew, Singapore 

41. Who brought the printing Press for the first time to India in the mid-16th century ?

Dutch cloth merchants

British traders

Portuguese Missionaries 

Arab manuscript writers

42. Measures in India to impose censorship on printed material were initiated in 1798 by the East India Company. It was directed against

Bengali social reformers

Englishmen in India 

Bengali writers

Indian Princely States

43. Munshi Premchand was born in 1880 and died in the year 1936. His best-known literary work, `Godan’ (The Gift of Cow) was published in

1920

1934

1936 

1942

44. The caste-system during early Vedic age prohibited

Inter caste dining

Inter caste marriages

Both

None of these 

45. In which year, Thums Up, one of India’s great brands, which was sold to Coca-Cola a few years ago, was launched?

1947

1958

1979
1991

46. Which among the below mentioned Upper Palaeolithic places in India is wrongly matched with thestate it is located in?

Bhimbetka, Madhya Pradesh

Betamcherla, Andhra Pradesh

Inamgaon, Maharashtra

Singh Bhumi, Himachal Pradesh 

47. Kalidasa’s ‘Kumarasambhavam’ describes the story of the birth of which mythological character?

Sanatkumar

Kartikeya 

Pradyumna

Abhimanyu

48. Where and when was the 2nd Buddhist Council held?

Patliputra in 250 BC

Sri Lanka in the 1st century BC

Vaishali in 383 BC 

Mandalay in 1871 AD

49. In which among the following cases, the Supreme Court of India propounded the theory of basic structure of the Constitution?

Gopalan vs. State of Madras

Mandalay in 1871 AD

Golak Nath

Keshvanand Bharati 

Minerva Mills

50. The 52nd amendment to the Constitution of India is most closely related to

Extention of Reservation in Government jobs

Provision for Golak Nath

special status to Tripura

Provisions for increasing age of eligibility for voting

Provisions against political defections 

51. Which among the following political party of India has an election symbol very similar to the election symbol of Republican Party of USA?

Samajwadi Party

Bahujan Samaj Party 

Janta Dal (United)

Telugu Desam Party

52. How many members, the President of India can nominate to Lok Sabha & Rajya Sabha,respectively?

12, 2

2,12 

2, 10

10, 2

53. Which among the following amendments to the Constitution of India, designated Delhi as National Capital Territory (NCT)?

63rd Amendment Act

69th Amendment Act 

74th Amendment Act

76th Amendment Act

54. On 29 August 1947, the Drafting Committee for Indian Constitution was appointed, with Dr B. R. Ambedkar as the Chairman along with six other members. Who among the following was not the

member of the Drafting Committee?

N. Gopalaswami Ayengar

Jawahar Lal Nehru 

Kanaiyalal Maneklal Munshi

Alladi Krishnaswamy lyer

55. Part IV of the Indian Constitution deals with Directive Principles of State Policy. This feature of Indian Constitution was influenced by a similar feature of

Canadian Constitution

Australian Constitution

American Constitution

Irish Constitution 

56. Which among the following schedules of the Indian Constitution deals with forms of Oaths or Affirmations?

2nd Schedule

3rd Schedule 

4th Schedule

5th Schedule

57. Which of the following is not a constitutional provision relating to Governors of States?

Same person can be appointed as Governor for two or more States

He shall be appointed by the President

He shall hold office during the pleasure of the President

He should have completed the age of 25 years 

58. Which Article of the Indian Constitution deals with special provision with respect to the States of Maharashtra and Gujarat?

Article 370

Article 371 

Article 371-A

Article 371-B

59. Indian Constitution provides for promotion of international peace and security. Which of the following deals with this provision?

Article 51 of the Directive Principles of the State Policy 

It is implied by the Preamble of the Indian Constitution

The 12th Schedule of the Indian Constitution

Article 392 empowers the President in this regard

60. Which Article of the Indian Constitution defines the Original jurisdiction of the Supreme Court?

Article -129

Article 130

Article 131 

Article 132

61. Government of India recently announced constitution of NITI Aayog as a policy think-tank

replacing Planning Commission. NITI stands for

National Institution for Transforming India 

It is not an acronym, but only a Sanskrit word for Policy

National Initiative for Technological India

New Initiative for Transforming India

62. The power to promulgate ordinances during recess of Parliament is vested with

The Council of Ministers

The Parliamentary Standing Committee on Urgent Enactment

The President 

The Prime Minister

63. In Alternating Current (AC), the direction and magnitude of the current varies

Randomly

Periodically 

Exponentially

Do not vary

64. Albert Einstein received the Nobel Prize for Physics in the year 1921 for his work on

Mass energy equivalence given by E=mc2

Hydrogen Atom

Theory of Relativity

Photoelectric effect 

65. Sir C.V.Raman received the Nobel Prize for Physics in the year 1930 for his ground breaking work in the field of

Brownian motion

Scattering of light 

String Theory

Nuclear Physics

66. Which of the following Indian nationals has been the recipient of Ramon Magsaysay Award for Community Leadership

Arvind Kejriwal

Kiran Bedi

T.N.Sheshan

Dr. M.S.Swaminathan 

67. Which of the following awards Satyajit Ray received posthumously?

Dada Saheb Phalke Award

Ramon Magsaysay Award

Bharat Ratna 

Honorary Oscar

68. In which individual event, the 1st Olympic medal for Independent India was won at Helsinki Olympics?

Archery

Boxing

Wrestling 

Weightlifting

69. The Gini Coefficient is a measure of

Rodent population

Migration rate of Guineas nationals

Income inequality 

Ratio of coinage to currency note

70. The Radcliffe Line is named after its architect, Sir Cyril Radcliffe. It is a boundary demarcation line between

Pakistan & Afghanistan

India & Bhutan

India & Pakistan 

India & Myanmar

Ans-1Turmeric 2- 50% 3-Southern Peru 4-Russia 5-Pineal 6.White blood cells 7.1:100 8.-40°F  9.Ideal gases  10Kolkata 11. Meghnad Saha 12Patliputra  13.New York and other American cities  14.Tata Institute of Fundamental Research  15.Dr. A.P.J.Abdul Kalam  16.Bijapur  17Russia & DRDO  18.6.25  19.1/2 20.09%  21. 36 22.Rs. 50  23.4 times-the older fraction  24.One of its angles measures 60°  25.11:14  26.7 27.70% 28.log 60 + log 20  29.66 30 .48 Km/hr  3135350  32S is taller than T while P is shorter than R/ S  33.40%  34.He Who Enlightens  351917 36Participate in elections to the provincial council  37.Nagpur region  38.Separate Electorate for Dalits  39.1896  40.Lee Kuan Yew, Singapore  41. Portuguese Missionaries 42. Englishmen in India 43. 1936   44. None of these 45. 1979  46. Singh Bhumi, Himachal Pradesh 47. Kartikeya 48. Vaishali in 383 BC  49. Keshvanand Bharati  50. Provisions against political defections 51. Bahujan Samaj Party   52. 2,12  53. 74th Amendment Act

 54. Jawahar Lal Nehru 55. Irish Constitution  56.3rd Schedule  57. He should have completed the age of 25 years  58 Article 371  59. Article 51 of the Directive Principles of the State Policy  60. Article 131  61. National Institution for Transforming India  62. The President  63. Periodically  64. Photoelectric effect  65. Scattering of light 66- Dr. M.S.Swaminathan  67. Bharat Ratna  68. Wrestling 69. Income inequality  70. India & Pakistan