Online Quiz Contest | Correct Answers

1. Who among the following in India can borrow using the facility of 'cash management bills'?
[Category: India GK]
[A]RBI
[B]Commercial Banks
[C]Corporate
[D]Government


2. Which country is known as Suomi?
[Category: India GK]
[A]Norway
[B]Finland
[C]Italy
[D]France


3. Who won Wimbledon Women's Singles Championship in 1988?
[Category: India GK]
[A]Chris Evert
[B]Steffi Graff
[C]Martina Navratilova
[D]Gabriela Sabatini


4. In the Bible, who is the eldest son of David?
[Category: India GK]
[A]Amnon
[B]Solomon
[C]Absalom
[D]Jonathan


5. Who is considered the Father of Geometry?
[Category: India GK]
[A]Socrates
[B]Euclid
[C]Pythagoras
[D]Alexander


6. Where was The Maithreyi International Visiting Professorship launched by Union Ministry of Science and Technology? 
[Category: India GK]
[A]New Delhi
[B]Mumbai
[C]Hyderabad
[D]Chennai


7. Prime Minister-Narendra Modi launched Saansad Adarsh Gram Yojana (SAGY) on the birth anniversary of ______________________ on 11th October 2014.
[Category: India GK]
[A]Bababsaheb Ambedkar
[B]Lok Nayak Jai Prakash Narayan
[C]Lokmanya Tilak
[D]Swami Vivekanand


8. Which two nations have been in news for their plan to legalise the practice of bio cremations?
[Category: India GK]
[A]Indian and China
[B]Japan and UK
[C]Belgium and Netherlands
[D]France and Italy


9. How many member committee was constituted by Union Ministry of Urban Development to suggest ways to decongest roads of New Delhi?
[Category: India GK]
[A]17 member
[B]12 member
[C]10 member
[D]8 member


10. Which one of the following correctly explains the meaning of ‘Socialist’ in premble?
[Category: India GK]
[A]Socialistic pattern of society
[B]Nationalization of all means of production
[C]Abolition of private property
[D]Eradication of exploitation and vested interest


11. Who finally approves the draft five year plans?
[Category: India GK]
[A]National Development Council
[B]Planning Commmission
[C]Prime Minister
[D]President


12. Equal Pay for Equal Work has been ensured in the Indian Constitution as one of the ___________________.
[Category: India GK]
[A]Economic Rights
[B]Fundamental Rights
[C]Directive Principles of State Policy
[D]Fundamental Duties


13. The 42nd amendment act(1976) was practically a revision of the Indian Constitution because _______________________________________.
[Category: India GK]
[A]Fundamental rights were reinterpreted as natural rights
[B]The power of judicial review was restricted
[C]The amendment of Preamble ignored the principles of federal parliamentary system
[D]Almost a quarter of the constitution including Preamble and VII schedule was overhauled


14. Which one of the following is the meaning of 'to be informed'?
[Category: India GK]
[A]Mandamus
[B]Certiorari
[C]Quo Warranto
[D]Prohibition


15. What is the number of cranial nerves in human being?
[Category: India GK]
[A]12 nerves
[B]12 pairs of nerves
[C]31 nerves
[D]31 pairs of nerves


16. Which of the following food item is rich in iron?
[Category: India GK]
[A]Apple
[B]Pulses
[C]Orange
[D]Rice


17. The common edible mushroom is a
[Category: India GK]
[A]Mass of fungal spores
[B]Type of hypha
[C]Tightly packed mycelium
[D]Structure used for producing asexual spores


18. Beri-beri is caused by the lack of Vitamin ______.
[Category: India GK]
[A]B1
[B]A
[C]C
[D]D


19. What does fiber diet include?
[Category: India GK]
[A]Fats
[B]Cellulose
[C]Proteins
[D]Glycogen


20. Which country was known as Nyasaland?
[Category: India GK]
[A]Zambia
[B]Namibia
[C]Malawi
[D]Zimbabwe


21. Which sea separates Egypt from Saudi Arabia?
[Category: India GK]
[A]Blue Sea
[B]Black Sea
[C]Red Sea
[D]Yellow Sea


22. Which country has 11 official languages?
[Category: India GK]
[A]South Africa
[B]Canada
[C]India
[D]USA


23. The flag of which country has one big star and four small stars?
[Category: India GK]
[A]China
[B]Pakistan
[C]Japan
[D]Australia


24. _____________ is the national animal of Argentina.
[Category: India GK]
[A]Lion
[B]Puma
[C]Tiger
[D]Deer


25. National Human Right Commission' is a ________________________.
[Category: India GK]
[A]Quasi judicial body
[B]Extra constitutional and Extra statutory body
[C]Statutory body
[D]Constitutional body


26. Under the Indian Constitution, it is whose function to see that no money is spent out of the Consolidate Fund of the state without the authority of the legislature?
[Category: India GK]
[A]Comptroller and Auditor General of India
[B]Governor of the State
[C]Estimates Committee
[D]Public Accounts Committtee


27. Eighth Schedule of the Indian Consitution, how many languages have been officially recognised?
[Category: India GK]
[A]22
[B]18
[C]14
[D]12


28. Who presides over the meeting of the Lok Sabha?
[Category: India GK]
[A]Vice-President
[B]Speaker
[C]President
[D]Prime Minister


29. Which of the following are the basic characterstics of the parliamentary system of government?
[Category: India GK]
[A]Collective responsibility of council of ministers
[B]Existence of multiparty system
[C]Fusion of the executive and legislature
[D]Co-existence of head of the state and government


30. Which of the following gas is used in cigarette lighters?
[Category: India GK]
[A]Methane
[B]Ethane
[C]Butane
[D]Propane


31. Which one among the following is a strong smelling agent added to LPG cylinder to help in the detection of gas leakage?
[Category: India GK]
[A]Chloroform
[B]Ethanol
[C]Methane
[D]Thioethanol


32. The high reactivity of fluorine is due to _______________________.
[Category: India GK]
[A]Avaialbility of d-orbitals
[B]Its high electronegativity
[C]Small size of fluorine atom
[D]Strong f-f bond


33. Bones are pneumatic in _____________.
[Category: India GK]
[A]Amphibians
[B]Birds
[C]Reptiles
[D]Fishes


34. Which is the longest bone in the body of human being?
[Category: India GK]
[A]Stapes
[B]Tibia
[C]Femur
[D]Fibula


35. _____________________, the first earth observing instrument was successfully installed and activated by NASA on 21st September, 2014.
[Category: India GK]
[A]ISS-RapidScat
[B]Compton Gamma Ray Observatory
[C]Granat
[D]Swift Gamma Ray Burst Explorer