Sunday, 1 July 2012

91) Basic General Knowledge Questions - Part 91

This section consists of 15 questions.



1. In which among the following oceans, most coral reefs are found?

[A]Indian Ocean
[B]Pacific Ocean
[C]Atlantic Ocean
[D]Arctic Ocean



2. Which among the following is known as Quick Lime?

[A]CaO
[B]CaCO2
[C]Ca(OH)2
[D]CaCl2



3. Which among the following is known as White Vitriol?

[A]Zinc Sulphate
[B]Zinc Chloride
[C]Zinc Phosphate
[D]Zinc Oxide



4. In which year first general election held in India?

[A]1950
[B]1951
[C]1952
[D]1953



5. Which among the following is NOT a Vedanga?

[A]Kalpa
[B]Sankya
[C]Nirkuta
[D]Chhanda




6. When there is a possibility of approaching storm than the mercury in the barometer falls / rises?

[A]rises
[B]falls
[C]remains constant
[D]rises drastically



7. In which state Talchar thermal power plant is located?

[A]Karnataka
[B]Odisha
[C]West Bengal
[D]Himachal Pradesh



8. Hirakund Dam is located on which river?

[A]Rihand
[B]Mahanadi
[C]Subarnrekha
[D]Bhargavi



9. Universalization of Secondary Education was an aim of which among the following five year plans?

[A]9th
[B]10th
[C]11th
[D]None of them



10. Husari and Bihunas are two main forms of dancing of which among the following states?

[A]Assam
[B]Arunachal Pradesh
[C]West Bengal
[D]Karnataka




11. At which among the following places, Gautam Buddha preached his last sermon?

[A]Sarnath
[B]Rajgir
[C]Vaishali
[D]Pavapuri



12. For approximately , which among the following periods, Goa was under Portuguese?

[A]1.5 century
[B]2.5 century
[C]3.5 century
[D]4.5 century



13. Which among the following sites in Haryana, is the place as per legends where Lord Krishna delivered the sermon of Bhagavad Gita?

[A]Jyotisar
[B]Pehowa
[C]Shahabad
[D]Ladwa



14. In which month, Vishu is celebrated in Kerala?

[A]January
[B]February
[C]March
[D]April



 15. The Malwa Plateau is spread in which among the following states?

[A]Madhya Pradesh and Gujarat
[B]Madhya Pradesh, Gujarat and Rajasthan.
[C]Madhya Pradesh, Gujarat, Rajasthan and Maharastra
[D]Madhya Pradesh, Gujarat and Maharastra