Set-12

G.K Practice Set-12


1.  What is the most appropriate measure of a country’s economic growth?

2.  The famous player Pele is associated with which game?

3.  By which antibodies are produced in the plasma of blood?

4.  Which forms of coal is the oldest?

5.  By whom was a Public Works Department set up in India?

6. After a no confidence motion is admitted to the Lok Sabha, who decides a date for the debate?

7.  Which noble gas was discovered in chromosphere of the sun?

8.  Which country hosted the 2014 Commonwealth Games?

9. Which east flowing river of India forms rift valley due to down warping?

10. During which viceroyalty system of budget was introduced in India?

11. What is the basic attribute of a formal organization?

12.  Which organ in animals breaks fat to produce cholesterol?

13.  What about the salaries of the Judges of the Supreme Court of India during financial emergency?

14.  From which states does the River Godavari flows through?

15.  Who founded four mathas in the four comers of India?

16. What is Maximum value of the wavelength of ultrasonic waves?

17.  The World Water Conservation Day is observed on which date?

18. The headquarters of International Atomic Energy Agency is located in which city?

19.  Which type of clouds is a low level cloud?

20. Which one of the Chola kings conquered Ceylon (Sinhal) first?






Answer :

1. Per capita real income 2. Football 3. Lymphocytes 4. Anthracite 5. Lord Dalhousie 6. Lok Sabha Speaker 7. Helium 8. Scotland 9. Damodar 10. Canning 11. Rules and regulations12. Liver 13. Cannot be reduced 14. Maharashtra and Andhra Pradesh 15. Shankaracharya 16. 1.65 cm 17. 22 March 18. Vienna 19. Stratocumulus 20. Rajaraja I



Next 20 Questions:-


1. Which vitamin is necessary for blood clotting?

2.  Which can be abolished but not dissolved?

3.  What does Talc contains?

4.  What is the percentage of radiant energy reflected back by surface called?

5.  Which place was famous as a seat of Mahayana learning?

6.  Who is the chairman of 13th Finance Commission?

7.  In a food chain, howmuch solar energy utilized by plants?

8. Which group of animals is primates?

9. With whom do the temperate cyclones bring?

10.  In which seet did Gandhara school of art came into existence?

11. From where can a Member of Parliament claim immunity?

12.  Which types of waves are produced in a sonometer wire?

13. Supersonic jet causes pollution by thinning of which layer?

14.  When do the Sea breeze blow?

15.  Why did Mahmud of Ghazni attack India?

16.  In which terms is the Rate of growth of an economy measured?

17.  Which organ have the capacity of regeneration?

18. The Union Territories get representation in which house?

19.  Strait of Malacca separates which countries?

20. The extent of the Delhi Sultanate empire was the greatest during which reign?






Answer :

1. Vitamin K 2. State Legislative Council 3. Magnesium, silicon and oxygen 4. Albedo 5. Nalanda 6. Vijay Kelkar 7. 1 percent 8. Lemurs 9. Mild rainfall 10. Mahayana sect 11. From civil cases only 12. Transverse stationary 13. O3 layer 14. Day from sea to land 15. To establish his empire in India 16. National income 17. Liver 18. Both Houses of Parliament 19. Sumatra and Malaysia 20. Alauddin Khilji



Next 20 Questions:-

1. Which mixture is homogeneous?

2.  Who is the author of the book ‘Nice Guys Finish Second’?

3.  Book of poems entitled ‘Lamhe Lamhe’ is written by which Indian actress?

4.  In which ocean are Hawaiian islands are located?

5.  In which year was the first Indian Councils Act passed?

6.  Which organelle is present in bacteria or prokaryotic cell ?

7. After howmany years One-third of the members of the Rajya Sabha retire?

8.  If the density of water is 1 gcm-3 in C.G.S. System, what is its value in M.K.S. system?

9. Amravati, Bhavani, Hemavati and Kabini are tributaries of which river?

10.  By whom was the Doctrine of Lapse introduced?

11. What is temporary tax levied to obtain additional revenue?

12.  Which author won the Booker Prize twice?

13. Which hormone contains iodine?

14. Which soil is most suitable for cultivation of cereals?

15.  Who were the ashta-diggaja in the court of Krishnadeva Raya ?

16.  By whom the oath to a High Court Judge is administered?

17. The highest temperature is achieved in which type furnance?

18. Who among the following is the first Asian Winner of Nobel Prize?

19.  What are the plants of tropical and sub-tropical regions called?

20. Which Bahmani ruler built the famous Gol Gumbaj at Bijapur?






Answer :

1. Methanol and water 2. Michael Hammer 3. Deepti Naval 4. North Pacific Ocean 5. 1861 6. Ribosomes 7. Second year 8. 103 kg m-3 9. Cauvery 10. Lord Dalhousie 11. Surcharge 12. J.M. Coetzee 13. Thyroxine 14. Alluvial soils 15. Eight telugu poets 16. Governor 17. Electric 18. Rabindranath Tagore 19. Mesotherms 20. Muhammd Adil Shah



Next 20 Questions:-



1.  In which year was Railway Budget in India separated from general budget?

2. What is the connecting link between Annelida and Arthropoda?

3. Which High Court has jurisdiction over the State of Arunachal Pradesh?

4.  Which climate factor has the least effect upon terrestrial ecosystem?

5.  Mostly inh which form was the literature of the Sangam Age written?

6.  Which group have quantities that do not have the same dimension ?

7.  Which Indian became the President of International Court of Justice?

8. Which Asian languages are UN official languages ?

9.  One day in Mumbai a tide occurs at 8.00 A.M. when will it occur the next day?

10.  Who was the founder of Sunga dynasty?

11. What is not a digestive enzyme in human system?

12.  The distribution of seats of the Parliament are based on which census?

13. Which element is responsible for blue baby syndrome?

14.  Which has geographical position of 0 degree latitude and 0 degree longitude?

15.  Which Mughals is regarded more as an adventurer than a ruler?

16.  In the short run, a producer,’ how long continues his production?

17. Who is the author of the book “The Argumentative India”?

18. The release of which fish into ponds and wells helps in controlling the mosquitoes ?

19.  Which conditions are not favourable for the growth of coral rects ?

20.  Who was the first Indian ruler to organise Haj pilgrimage at the expense of the state?






Answer :

1. 1924-25 2. Peripatus 3. Mumbai 4. Wind 5. Poetry form 6. Force, Impulse 7. Dr. Nagendra Singh 8. Chinese and Arabic 9. 8: 26 A.M. 10. Pushyamitra 11. Gastrin 12. 1971 13. Nitrate 14. In the South Atlantic Ocean 15. Babar 16. Fixed cost 17. Arnartya Sen 18. Gambusia fish 19. Fresh water 20. Akbar


Next 20Question


1.  Which can be abolished but not dissolved?

2. Which is not electromagnetic in nature?

3.  Who has written the famous book ‘Mankind and Mother Earth?

4.  Which would be the shortest route from San Francisco to Vladivostok?

5.  Who founded the ‘East India Association’?

6.  What is the aim of Operation Blackboard?

7.  What is the pH level of blood of a normal person?

8.  Under the Constitution, the residuary powers vest with which government?

9. What is the important feature of shifting cultivation?

10.  Which Peshwas was popularly known as Nana-Saheb ?

11. Which form of phosphorus is used in safety matches?

12.  Who has won Man of the Match award in the 2011 World Cup Cricket?

13. Who was the first black tennis player to win a Wombledon title?

14.  Murrah is a breed of which animal?

15. Which is called ‘The Bible of Tamil Land’?

16. By whom was the life cycle of Plasmodium in mosquito discovered?

17.  Howmany subjects are in the State List?

18. Which phenomena is used in optical fibres?

19. Which country is included in the North-West pacific fishing grounds?

20. When did Ikhtiyaruddin-bin-Bakhtiyar Khalji invade Bengal?






Answer :

1. State Legislative Council 2. Cathode rays 3. Bertrand Russell 4. Flying over the Pacific Ocean 5. Dadabhai Naoroji 6. Promoting adult literacy 7. 7.35-7.45 8. Union Government 9. Change of cultivation site 10. Balaji Baji Rao 11. Red phosphorus 12. MS Dohni 13. Althea Gibson 14. Buffalo 15. Kural 16. Ronald Ross 17. 66 subjects 18. Total internal reflection 19. Japan 20. 1206 AD




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