Graduate Level Questions - 27

651. The study of fruits:

(a) Sitology                    (b) Dendrology

(c) Trichology               (d) Pomology

Answer: (d)

652. Which is known as ‘Chinese Apple’?

(a) Orange                        (b) Pomegranate

(c) Guava                          (d) Lychee

Answer: (a)

653. Brass is an alloy of Copper and ......

(a) Zinc                                (b) Tin

(c) Nickel                             (d) Iron

Answer: (a)

654. Aqua regia is a mixture of Hydrochloric acid and ........

(a) Formic acid                     (b) Lactic acid

(c) Nitric acid                        (d) Sulphuric acid

Answer: (c)

655. Who discovered Diesel engine?

(a) Gottileb Daimler              (b) Chrystler

(c) Karl Benz                            (d) Rudolf Diesel

Answer: (d)

656. WINDOWS is a:

(a) Opeating system                (b) Hardware

(c) Virus                                     (d) None of these

Answer: (a)

657. The velosity of wind is measured by:

(a)Altimeter                              (b) Windwane

(c) Audiometer                        (d) Animometer

Answer: (d)

658. The year of the  battle of Waterloo in which Napoleon was defeated and

exiled:

(a) 1821                                         (b) 1812

(c) 1815                                          (d) 1825

Answer: (c)

659. In which sport a trophy is named after former India’s Foreign Secretary, Sir

Mortimer Durand ?

(a) Football                                     (b) Cricket

(c) Chess                                         (d) Hockey

Answer: (a)

660. The first Indian woman athlete to reach the finals of Olympics:

(a) Shyni Wilson                             (b) PT Usha

(c) Mary D’souza                            (d) Neelima Ghosh

Answer: (b)

661. Sister Nivetita (Margaret Noble) was the disciple of:

(a) Aurobindo Ghosh(b) Gandhiji

(c) Vivekananda (d) None of these

Answer: (c)

662. The nationality of Marco Polo:

(a) Portugal (b) Italy

(c) France (d) England

Answer: (b)

663. The first European to sail round Cape of Good Hope:

(a) Vasco da Gama (b) Cabral

(c) James Cook (d) Bartholomew Diaz

Answer: (d)

664.The greatest ruler of the Vijayanagar empire:

(a) Harihara (b) Bukka

(c) Devaraya (d) Krishanadeva Raya

Answer: (d)

665.“ England is a nation of shop keepers.” this comment was made by:

(a) Napoleon (b) Hitler

(c) Mussolini (d) Louis XIV

Answer: (a)

666. National Tourism Day:

(a) September 27 (b) September 26

(c) January 25 (d) January 26

Answer: (c)

667. The first Indian to become the chairman of the Human Rights Committee of UNO:

(a) I.K.Gujral (b) Shashi Tarur

(c) K.N.Dixit (d) P.N.Bhagavati

Answer: (d)

668.The headquarters of Amnesty International (AI):

(a) London (b) Geneva

(c) Brussels (d) Gland

Answer: (a)

669. Dronacharya Award is related to:

(a)Journalism (b) Science

(c) Sports (d) Cinema

Answer: (c)

670. Which is known as ‘Alternative Nobel’?

(a) Wolf Prize (b) Lasker Award

(c) Right Livelihood Award (d) Oscar

Answer: (c)

671. Which traditional art form is related to Pulluvar?

(a) Sarpam Thullal (b) Ottal Thullal

(c) Arjuna Nrityam (d) Padayani

Answer: (a)

672. The first European fort in India was built at

(a) Thalassery (b) Kochi

(c) Kannur (d) Palakkad

Answer: (b)

673. Hill station in Thiruvananthapuram district:

(a) Peerumedu (b) Ponmudi

(c) Charalkunnu (d) Jadayupara

Answer: (b)

674. Who led ‘Pattini Jadha’ or Starvation March?

(a) EMS (b) K Kelappan

(c) P Krishana Pillai (d) AK Gopalan

Answer: (d)

675. The first state in India where the Article 356 of the Constitution was invoked is Kerala. It was on:

(a) 1959 April 16 (b) 1959 June 12

(c) 1959 July 31 (d) None of these

Answer: (c)
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