MCQ QUIZ-2

Q.1 Nuclear fission is caused by the impact of —
 
(A) Proton
(B) Electron
(C) Neutron
(D) (A) & (b)

Q.2 How many lungs are present in the human body?
 
(A) 1
(B) 2 
(C) 3
(D) none of these 

Q.3 Diamond is harder than graphite because of —
 
(A) Difference of layers of atoms
(B) Tetrahedral structure of diamonds
(C) Difference of crystaline structures
(D) None of these

Q.4 The first occupant of 'Viceregal Palace'?

A. Reading
B. Irwin
C. Chelmsford
D. Wellington 

Q.5 Why Gandhi opted very little cloth for dressing?

A. To show his solidarity to poor people
B. Due to humid weather
C. As per the direction of congress party
D. None of these

Q.6 Who wrote 'Sare Jaham Se Achcha'?

A. Rabindranath Tagore
B. Allama Muhammad Iqbal
C. Bankim Chandra Chatterji
D. Subramanya Bharati 

Q.7 Who was the president of INC when resolution for Poorna Swaraj was passed in the Lahore Session in 1929?

A. Jawaharlal Nehru
B. Lala Lajpath Rai
C. Motilal Nehru
D. Chitaranjan Das

Q.8 Who was known as the 'Saint of Pavnar'?

A. Gandhiji
B. Vinobha Bhave
C. V. D Paluskar
D. Jamnalal Bajaj 

Q.9 Who established the 'Indian Trade Union Federation' in 1929?

A. N. G. Renga
B. Swami Sahajanand Saraswati
C. E. M. S Namboothirippad
D. N. M. Joshi

 Q.10 The viceroy who formed safety value theory

A. Canning
B. Mayo
C. Curzon
D. Dufferin

Q.11 What is the smallest prime number?

a. 2
b. 144
c. 1
d. 3

Q.12 The metallic constituents of hard water are —
 
(A) Magnesium, Calcium and tin
(B) Iron, tin and calcium
(C) Calcium, magnesium and iron
(D) Magnesium, tin and iron

Q.13 CaSo4 is named as

a. Calcium carbonate
b. Calcium hydroxide
c. Calcium oxide
d. Calcium sulphate 

Q.14 Bell Metal is an alloy of —
 
(A) Brass and Nickel
(B) Zinc and Copper
(C) Tin and Copper
(D) Nickel and Copper 

Q.15 Who called Gandhiji as 'Half Naked Fakir'?

A. Lord Wavell
B. Winston Churchill
C. Clement Atlee
D. Lord Mountbatten

Q.16 Which of the following elements is obtained from sea weeds ?
 
(A) Argon
(B) Sulphur
(C) Vanadium
(D) Iodine 

Q.17 Disease caused by HIV virus is
 
(A) mumps
(B) plague
(C) AIDS 
(D) tuberculosis

Q.18 Which of the following ores does not contain iron?
(A) Haematite
(B) Magnetite
(C) Limonite
(D) Cassiterite 

Q.19 What is the temperature of boiling water?
 
(A) 100ºC 
(B) 32ºC
(C) 180ºF
(D) 32ºF

Q.20 The gas usually causing explosions in coal mines is —
(A) Hydrogen
(B) Carbon monoxide
(C) Air
(D) Methane 

Q.21 Who was the first general secretary of INC?

A. W. C. Banerjee
B. Dadabhai Naoroji
C. A. O. Hume
D. None of these

Q.22 Who was known as 'Kappalotiya Tamilan'?

A. Veeraraghavachari
B. Chempaka Raman Pillai
C. C. N. Annadurai
D. V. O. Chidambaran Pillai 

Q.23 Who wrote the famous Tamil Patriotic Song 'Odivilayadu Pappa..'?

A. G. S. Iyer
B. V. O. Chidambaram Pillai
C. Subramanya Bharati
D. Rajaji

Q.24 Who started the dialy 'The Hindu' in 1878?

A. Bal Gangadhar Tilak
B. G. Subramanya Iyer
C. V. D. Savarkar
D. None of these 

Q.25 What makes almost 99% of the visible Universe?

a. Quasars
b. Nitrogen
c. Plasma
d. Solids

Q.26 The Ideal gas law is a combination of Boyle’s law, Charle’s law and Avogadro’s law .What is the Ideal gas law?

a. PV=NRT
b. PE=mgh
c. F=ma
d. V=IR 

Q.27 What is the exact value of the `Pi’?

a. 3
b. 22/7
c. Impossible to calculate
d. 3.14

Q.28 The element found in the surface of the Moon is —
 
(A) Tin
(B) Tungsten
(C) Tantalum
(D) Titanium 

Q.29 Find the odd one ?
(A) Marble
(B) Chalk
(C) Lime Stone
(D) Slaked Lime

Q. 30An element that does not occur in nature but can be produced artificially is —
(A) Thorium
(B) Radium
(C) Plutonium
(D) Uranium

Q.31 India won its first Olympic hockey gold in?

(A) 1930
(B) 1928
(C) 1932
(D) 1927

Q.32  Where in India is the Rishikonda beach located?
 
A. Andhra Pradesh 
B. Gujarat
C. Goa
D. Assam 

Q.33 From the intestine of which of these animals is ambergris found, that is used in perfumes and also as a spice?

A. Elephant 
B. Sperm whale 
C. Reindeer
D. Nilgai  

Q.34 Which sportsperson has a son named Raag and a daughter named Jaaz?

A. Geet Sethi 
B. Manoj Kothari
C. Ashok Shandilya
D. Pankaj Advani  

Q.35 What is the full form of the term 'GUI'?

A. Great User Interface
B. Graphical User Interface 
C. Gopher User Interface
D. General User Interface 


Q.36 Which among the following Grand Slam tennis tournament is played on clay court ?

(A) US Open
(B) Wimbledon
(C) Australian Open
(D) French Open 
Q.37 Which Ocean's greatest depth is in the Puerto Rico Trench ?
 
(A) Indian Ocean
(B) Arctic Ocean
(C) Atlantic Ocean
(D) Pacific Ocean  

Q.38 According to Standard time zone classification, the earth is divided into how many time zones ?
 
(A) 12
(B) 24
(C) 48
(D) 96

Q.39 Which Greek goddess of victory is depicted on the Olympic medals ?
 
(A) Hera
(B) Nike
(C) Aphrodite
(D) Athena 

Q.40 Which Indian state is the largest producer in the world of the golden coloured 'Muga' silk ?

(A) Assam
(B) Orissa
(C) West Bengal
(D) Karnataka 

Q.41 On the banks of which river, did Mahatma Gandhi establish Satyagraha Ashram in Ahmedabad ?

(A) Narmada
(B) Godavari
(C) Sabarmati
(D) Krishna

Q.42 What was the code name of five nuclear tests conducted by India in May 1998, near Pokhran in Rajasthan ?

(A) Operation Shakti
(B) Operation Vijay
(C) Operation Cactus
(D) Operation Ashwamedh 

Q.43 'Thang-Ta' martial art is native of which Indian state ?

(A) Punjab
(B) Kerala
(C) Manipur
(D) Maharashtra

Q.44 The deepest Lake of the world is 

A. Crater Lake
B. Baikal
C. Nyasa
D. Tanganyika

Q.45 'The Argumentative Indian' book was authored by which Indian ecomonist ?

(A) Amartya Sen
(B) Jagdish Bhagwati
(C) Manmohan Singh
(D) Nani Palkhivala 

Q.46 In 1990, which district of Kerala became the first fully literate district of India ?

(A) Kozhikode
(B) Palakkad
(C) Ernakulam
(D) Thrissur

Q.47 The heat from electric heater reaches our hand by __________

a). Conduction
b). Convection
c). Radiation
d). Diffusion 

Q.48 Who was the Prime Minister of Britain when India got independence ?

(A) Stanley Baldwin
(B) Clement Attlee
(C) Winston Churchill
(D) Neville Chamberlain

Q.49  Who is the author of the novel based on which Slumdog Millionaire was made ?

(a).Lewis Karol
(b).Rudyard Kipling
(c).Conan Doyle
(d).Vikas Swarup

Q.50 BAFTA awards are associated with which of the following industries?

(a).Cinema
(b).Exports
(c).Telecom
(d).Tourism