Set-4

Gk Practise set-4

	1.       Who wrote Gulliver’s Travels (both names)?	ANS - Jonathon Swift
	2.       Who discovered blood circulation?	ANS - William Harvey
	3.       The dunnock is another name for which common bird?	ANS - Hedge Sparrow
	4.       If someone said they were from Hellas - which country?	ANS - Greece
	5.       Who wrote Brave New World (full name)?	ANS - Aldus Huxley
	6.       Which city in Rajasthan has riding breeches named after it?	ANS - Jodhpur
	7.       Kimberlite contains what precious item?	ANS - Diamonds
	8.       What animal lives in a drey?	ANS - Squirrel
	9.       Why is Louise Brown - born 1978 famous?	ANS - First test tube baby
	10.    In which country would you find the Negev desert?	ANS - Israel
	11.    Which character has been played by the most actors?	ANS - Sherlock Holmes
	12.    Who wrote The Rights of Man - and The Age of Reason?	ANS - Thomas Paine
	13.    What was invented by Dr Edward Land in 1947?	ANS - Polaroid

14.    If you suffer from epistaxis what is wrong?		ANS - Nosebleed
	15.    What animals name translates as water horse?	ANS - Hippopotamus
	16.    Which two metals are alloyed to make pewter?	ANS - Tin and Lead
	17.    In 1899 the Eastman company in the USA produced first what ?	ANS - Kodak 1 -           hand held roll film cam
	18.    In 1643 Evangalisa Torichelli invented the first what?	ANS - Barometer
	19.    Which Spanish painter has first exhibition at 16 - also 4 year blue?	ANS - Pablo Picasso
	20.    In 1901 which brand of car was seen for the first time?               1. A ‘flower bud’ which is uses as a spice is obtained from which plant? 2.  By whom is the Contingency Fund of the State operated?  3. Which country has hosted the Asian Games for maximum number of times? 4.  Which country is the largest on producer in the world? 5. Which Englishmen was honoured by Jahangir with the title of ‘Khan’? 6. By whom was the first attempt to initiate economic planning in India made? 7.  Which is the colour of the outer edge of the rainbow? 8. Azola anabana is used as fertilizer in growing which crop? 9. Which continent has the highest density of population? 10. Who laid the foundation of the British Civil Service in India? 11. In case a President dies while in office, for howmany months can the Vice-President act as President? 12.  Who is the only cricketer to score two successive centuries in a World Cup? 13. Who translated the Autobiography of Madam Curie in Hindi? 14.  Most of the people of the middle east belong to which group of people? 15.  Who started the Public Works Department in India in AD 1848 ? 16. What is Isomerism exhibeted by acetic acid and methyl formate? 17. How many pair of never arises from vertebral column? 18. Who can initiate impeachment proceedings against the President of India? 19. Which soil formed by the deposition of silt brought by rivers? 20. Why was the Indus Valley Civilization Non-Aryan? Answer : 1. Clove   2. Governor   3. Thailand   4. U.S.A.   5. William Hawkins   6. By M. Visvesvaraya   7. Red   8. Rice   9. Europe   Bahadur Shastri   14. Mediterranean   15. Lord Dalhousie   16. Functional group   17. 31 pair   18. Either House of Parliament  19. Alluvial soil   20. Because it was urban 1. For howmany years is rolling plan? 2.  Who created the unforgettable literary character ‘Swami’ ? 3. Which remains constant while throwing a ball upward? 4.  Which soil is very hard to cultivate? 5.  Which is the God who is the most prominent in ‘Rigaveda’? 6.  Which is considered as a cell withing a cell? 7.  In which year was the Constituent Assembly which framed the Constitution for Independent India set up? 8. When was West African Monetary and Economic Union found? 9.  What is the name of scale meant for recording weather condition? 10. To whom is the introduction of Buddhism into China traditionally attributed? 11. In which year were Private Sector Mutual Funds in India permitted? 12. Ethylene reacts with sulphur monochloride to form which gas? 13. Ultrafiltering unit of kidney is known by which name? 14. Which is a significant contributor to increased levels of atmospheric carbon dioxide? 15.  Who, according to Jains, was the founder of Jainism ? 16. How did Constituent Assembly arrived at decisions on the various provisions of the Constitution? 17.  How many members of African Development Bank are there? 18. Sushil Kumar is associated with which Game? 19.  On the 21st June, the day light is seen at the North Pole for howmany hours? 20. Who called himself as the 'Second Alexander'? Answer : 1. One year   2. R. K. Narayan    3. Acceleration    4. Which soil is very hard to cultivate? – Sandy    5. Indra    6. Golgi appartus    7. 1946 8. 1994    9. Fahrenheit    10. Kashyapa Matanga	ANS - Mercedes

 11. 1993   12. Mustard gas   13. Nephron   14. Deforesta-tion   15. Rishabha   16. By consensus   17. 78   18. Wrestling 19. 24 hrs.   20. Alauddin Khalji

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