3) Basic General knowledge Questions - Part 3

This Section  Consists of 15 basic general knowledge questions.

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1. Which among the following states won the best state award in the 34th National Games held in Ranchi in early 2011?

(A)West Bengal
(B)Tamil Nadu
(C)Manipur
(D)Meghalaya




2. Which among the following is the largest nuclear power station of India by capacity?

(A)Tarapur Atomic Power Station, Maharastra
(B)Rajasthan Atomic Power Station, Rawatbhata
(C)Kaiga Atomic Power Station, Karnataka
(D)Madras Atomic Power Station, Kalpakkam, Tamil Nadu



3. Presence of which among the following salts in water causes "Blue Baby Syndrome"?

(A)Sulphates
(B)Chlorides
(C)Carbonates
(D)Nitrates



4. In which among the following years, Essentials Commodities act enacted?

(A)1955
(B)1958
(C)1965
(D)1971



5. Where is located the Birbal Sahni Institute of Palaeobotany?

(A)Kolkata
(B)Lucknow
(C)Hyderabad
(D)Chandigarh




6. In which of the following plants , you can find Leghemoglobin?

(A)Wheat
(B)Soyabean
(C)Potato
(D)Brinjal



7. A near pandemic Severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS), which affected many parts of the world in 2002-3 was caused due to which among the following?

(A)Bacteria
(B)Virus
(C)Protozoa
(D)Fungus



8. Which among the following states is largest producer of Coffee in India?

(A)Tamil nadu
(B)Andhra Pradesh
(C)Karnataka
(D)Kerala



9. Which among the following states of India was carved out of United Khasi Hills and Jaintia Hills, and the Garo Hills on 21 January 1972?

(A)Mizoram
(B)Manipur
(C)Meghalaya
(D)Nagaland



10. Consider the following:

1. French
2. Tamil
3. Telugu
4. Malayalam

Which among the above are the official languages of Union Territory of Puducherry?

(A)1 & 2
(B)1, 2 & 3
(C)1, 2, 3 & 4
(D)1, 2 & 4




11. From which among the following parts of a plant Cinnamon is obtained?

(A)Leaves
(B)Seeds
(C)Buds
(D)Bark



12. The Mocha Town, which was once famous and largest exporter of Mocha Coffee is located in which among the following countries?

(A)Bahrain
(B)Yemen
(C)Syria
(D)Ethiopia



13. Which among the following Island of the Andaman & Nicobar islands contains the only known examples of mud volcanoes in India, called locally as "jalki"?

(A)Baratang Island
(B)Barren Island
(C)Car Nicobar
(D)Havelock Island



14. Interview Island is the part of which among the following in India?

(A)Lakshadweep
(B)Andaman & Nicobar Islands
(C)Goa
(D)Puducherry



15. In which of the following states is located the Indian Astronomical Observatory?

(A)Karnataka
(B)Uttar Pradesh
(C)Maharastra
(D)Jammu & Kashmir