PSC GK 4

1. Hajo, the meeting point of Buddhism, Hinduism and Islam, is in the state of:
(1) Bihar
(2) Jharkhand
(3) Uttar Pradesh
(4) Assam-answer

2. Which is the highest mountain peak in India?
(1) K2-answer
(2) Mount Everest
(3) Kanchen Junga
(4) Nanda Devi

3. Who amongst the following introduced the ‘Doctrine of Lapse’ whereby in absence of natural heir, the sovereignty of Indian States was to lapse to the British:
(1) Lord Hardinge
(2) Lord William Bentinck
(3) Lord Dalhousie
(4) Lord Hastings-answer

4. A bottle filled with water at 30°C when opened at moon:
(1) Water will freeze-answer
(2) Water will decomose
(3) Water will boil
(4) Nothing will happen

5. Which one of the following increases the blood calcium level in the human body?
(1) Calcitonin
(2) Parathormone-answer
(3) Thyroxin
(4) Vasopressin

6. In India proclamation of emergency is made under:
(1) Article 352
(2) Article 356
(3) Article 359
(4) Article 360-answer

7. Malaria can be detected by testing the blood for the presence of:
(1) Eggs of mosquito in red blood cells
(2) Plasmodium in red blood cells-answer
(3) Ruptured liver cells in blood
(4) Larvae of mosquito in blood

8. How much would a 70 Kg man weigh on the moon?
(1) 14 Kg
(2) 114.1 Newtons-answer
(3) 421.67 Kg
(4) 98.4 Newtons

9. Smallest & Largest planet of solar system is respectively:
(1) Mercury & Uranus-answer
(2) Neptune & Jupiter
(3) Mars & Saturn
(4) Mercury & Jupiter

10. The MOTTO of the National Defence Academy is:
(1) Sewa Parmo Dharma
(2) Veerta Aur Vivek-answer
(3) Kartavya Sarvopari
(4) None of these

11. Buddhism has been divided into how many sects:
(1) Four
(2) Two
(3) Nine -answer
(4) Three

12. The term cox is associated with which game:
(1) Rowing -answer
(2) Billiards
(3) Golf
(4) Boxing

13. The white band in India’s national flag was added by:
(1) Pt. Motilal Nehru
(2) Pt. Jawahar Lal Nehru
(3) Mahatma Gandhi-answer
(4) Rabindra Nath Tagore

14. If a new state of the Indian Union is to be created, which one of the following schedules of constitution must be amended?
(1) First -answer
(2) Second
(3) Third
(4) Fifth

15. An order of the Supreme Court or High Court commanding a person or a body to do that which is his duty to do is known as:
(1) Mandamus
(2) Certiorari-answer
(3) Obiter Dictum
(4) Quo Warranto

16. Food is supplied to the foetus by means of:
(1) The mothers heart
(2) The uterus-answer
(3) The placenta
(4) The amniotic sac

17. How many languages have been recognized by the Indian Constitution now:
(1) 18
(2) 22-answer
(3) 23
(4) None of the above

18. In the epic Mahabharata, who was the archery teacher of both Pandavas and Kauravas:
(1) Dronocharya
(2) Kripacharya
(3) Vishwamitra
(4) Vashihtha-answer

19. Anusuya, who gave sermons to Sita, the wife of Lord Rama, during their banishment to forest (vanvasa), was the wife of sage:
(1) Atri
(2) Angiras-answer
(3) Marichi
(4) Kratu

20. Zero degree absolute is equivalent to:
(1) 0°C
(2) 273°C
(3) –273°C-answer
(4) None of these

21. Identify the ATS Cheif among the followings who lost their life during terrorist strike at Mumbai on 26-11-2008:
(1) Vijay Salaskar
(2) Ashok Kampte
(3) Hemant Karkare -answer
(4) M. C. Sharma

22. In case of reflection it is well known that when a mirror turned through an angle the reflected ray turns through:
(1) Same angle
(2) Twice the angle
(3) Thrice the angle -answer
(4) Half the angle

23. Transmission of light in fiber optics relies on the principle:
(1) Velocity of light is constant-answer
(2) Refraction of light when light moves from a rarer to denser medium
(3) Total internal reflection
(4) Light travels in straight lines

24. Ankaleshwar in India is known for the production of:
(1) Bauxite
(2) Coal-answer
(3) Iron Ore
(4) Petroleum

25. Which of the following pairs is not matched correctly?
(1) Laughing Gas : Nitrous Oxide
(2) Candy Fluid : Sodium Bicarbonate-answer
(3) Muriatic Acid : Hydrochloric Acid
(4) Green Vitriol : Ferrous Sulphate

26. In a certain code EXERCISE is written as XEREICES. How is POSTPONE written in that code?
(1) OPSTOPEN
(2) PSOPTNOE
(3) POTSOPEN
(4) OPTSOPEN-answer