LDE (other) • 2016 • General Knowledge
A cyclist covers a distance of 450 meters in 1 minute and 30 seconds. What is the speed of the cyclist in km/hr?
A)
16 km/hr
B)
17 km/hr
C)
18 km/hr
D)
19 km/hr
450 m in 90 s = 5 m/s. Multiplying by 3.6 gives 18 km/h.
LDE (other) • 2016 • General Knowledge
Which city is known as the ‘City of Brotherly Love’?
A)
Chicago
B)
Washington DC
C)
Philadelphia
D)
Boston
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, founded on Quaker ideals of tolerance, is nicknamed City of Brotherly Love.
LDE (other) • 2016 • General Knowledge
The total number of places in India inscribed on the World Heritage List is:
A)
30
B)
31
C)
32
D)
33
India World Heritage sites 32 in 2016 (now 43).
LDE (other) • 2016 • General Knowledge
The award FIFA Ballon d’Or was started in the year:
A)
2008
B)
2009
C)
2010
D)
2011
FIFA Ballon d'Or was created in 2010 by merging France Football's Ballon d'Or and FIFA World Player of the Year; it ran until 2015.
LDE (other) • 2016 • General Knowledge
Who is the chairman of the 14th Finance Commission?
A)
Bimal Jalan
B)
D. Subbarao
C)
C. Rangarajan
D)
Y.V. Reddy
14th Finance Commission (2015-20) was chaired by Dr. Y.V. Reddy, former RBI Governor.
LDE (other) • 2016 • General Knowledge
Jallikattu is a Bull taming sport played in Tamil Nadu as a part of :
A)
Pongal Festival
B)
Chitthirai Festival
C)
Kavadi Festival
D)
Saaral Vizha
Jallikattu during Pongal Festival in Tamil Nadu.
LDE (other) • 2016 • General Knowledge
Union Government is going to develop __________ as the spiritual capital to serve the civilisation bond between India and the Buddhist world:
A)
Sarnath
B)
Kushinagar
C)
Nalanda
D)
Bodh Gaya
Bodh Gaya to be developed as spiritual capital for Buddhist world.
LDE (other) • 2016 • General Knowledge
Wangala Festival is an annual post-harvest festival of the
A)
Garos
B)
Mishmis
C)
Bhutias
D)
Tripuris
Wangala post-harvest festival of Garos (Meghalaya).
LDE (other) • 2016 • General Knowledge
When Iron rusts, its weight :
A)
Increases
B)
Decreases
C)
Remains the same
D)
None of the above
Rusting adds oxygen from air forming Fe2O3·xH2O, weight increases.
LDE (other) • 2016 • General Knowledge
A method in which plants are grown without soil is known as:
A)
Aeroponics
B)
Hydroponics
C)
Aquaponics
D)
Fogponics
Growing plants without soil in water = Hydroponics; aeroponics air, aquaponics fish.
LDE (other) • 2016 • General Knowledge
What is the system followed while reducing the Mizo language to writing?
A)
Hepburn system
B)
Hunterian system
C)
Hans Wehr system
D)
Buckwalter system
Mizo language reduced to writing using Hunterian system.
LDE (other) • 2016 • General Knowledge
The number of protected monuments in Mizoram by the Archaeological Survey of India is:
A)
51
B)
52
C)
53
D)
54
Protected monuments in Mizoram by ASI: 1 (Kawtchhuah Ropui?).
LDE (other) • 2016 • General Knowledge
Laughing Gas was invented by:
A)
Joseph Thomas Clover
B)
Alan Dronsfield
C)
Joseph Priestley
D)
Peter Ellis
Nitrous oxide (laughing gas) was discovered in 1772 by English chemist Joseph Priestley.
LDE (other) • 2016 • General Knowledge
TAPI Gas pipeline will deliver natural gas from Turkmenistan to Afghanistan, Pakistan and India and is being developed by:
A)
World Bank
B)
International Monetary Fund
C)
Asian Development Bank
D)
European Bank
TAPI developed by Asian Development Bank as transaction advisor.
LDE (other) • 2016 • General Knowledge
‘Conquest of Self’ is a book by:
A)
Mulk Raj Anand
B)
Nirad C. Chaudhury
C)
R.K. Narayan
D)
M.K. Gandhi
'Conquest of Self' is a book by Mahatma Gandhi (M.K. Gandhi) on self-discipline.
LDE (other) • 2016 • General Knowledge
Planning Commission has been replaced by National Institution for Transforming India (NITI) Ayog on:
A)
1st August 2014
B)
1st October 2014
C)
1st January 2015
D)
1st February 2015
Cabinet resolution dated 1 Jan 2015 replaced Planning Commission with NITI Aayog (National Institution for Transforming India).
LDE (other) • 2016 • General Knowledge
UN has launched the year 2016 as the International Year of:
A)
Rice
B)
Wheat
C)
Pulses
D)
Barley
UN General Assembly declared 2016 as International Year of Pulses to raise awareness of nutritional benefits and sustainable production.
LDE (other) • 2016 • General Knowledge
An Apple seller sells 40% of his Apples and he still has 360 Apples, originally he had:
A)
400
B)
500
C)
600
D)
700
40% sold means 60% remain. 60% of the original is 360, so original = 360/0.60 = 600.
LDE (other) • 2016 • General Knowledge
The state with the highest concentration of tribal in north-east India is:
A)
Nagaland
B)
Sikkim
C)
Mizoram
D)
Arunachal Pradesh
Highest tribal concentration in NE: Mizoram (~95% ST).
LDE (other) • 2016 • General Knowledge
The full form of the acronym GATS is:
A)
Global Awareness Technology Services
B)
General Agreement on Tariff and Services
C)
General Agreement on Trade in Services
D)
General Agreement for Trade and Services
GATS = General Agreement on Trade in Services.
LDE (other) • 2016 • General Knowledge
Which is the first State Government in India which has set minimum educational qualifications for candidates to contest in the urban local bodies?
A)
West Bengal
B)
Assam
C)
Haryana
D)
Rajasthan
Rajasthan in 2015 became first state to prescribe minimum educational qualifications for contesting urban local bodies and panchayat polls.
LDE (other) • 2016 • General Knowledge
Insulin was discovered by:
A)
John MacLeod
B)
Frederick G. Banting
C)
Leonard Thompson
D)
Bertram Collip
Insulin was discovered in 1921 by Frederick Banting and Charles Best; Banting and MacLeod won Nobel 1923.
LDE (other) • 2016 • General Knowledge
Barak 8 is:
A)
An Indian Navy interceptor missile
B)
An Israel Navy interceptor missile
C)
An US Navy interceptor missile
D)
None of the above
Barak-8 is a long-range surface-to-air missile jointly developed by India (DRDO) and Israel (IAI), so it is not solely Indian or Israeli or US; hence none of the listed options fully describes it.
LDE (other) • 2016 • General Knowledge
The International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry (IUPAC) on 30 December 2015 announced discovery and assignment of four elements to periodic tables, consider the alternatives-
1. These elements are the first to be added to periodic table since 2011
2. Elements are having atomic numbers 113, 115, 116 and 118
3. Four elements are synthetic in nature
4. They completed the 7th row of the table
A)
1, 2 and 4
B)
1, 3 and 4
C)
1 and 2 only
D)
3 and 4 only
IUPAC 2015 added elements 113,115,117,118 - first since 2011, synthetic, completed 7th period.
LDE (other) • 2016 • General Knowledge
Which of the following places is not among the World Heritage List?
A)
Kaziranga National Park
B)
Manas Wildlife Sanctuary
C)
Mountain Railways of India
D)
Siwaliks
Siwaliks not in WH list; Kaziranga, Manas, Mountain Railways are.
