Basic General Knowledge Questions and Answers Part-32

1. The term used to describe many that flows into a country to take advantage of high rates of interest is called
a) hot money
b) hard sector
c) hard currency
d) None of the above

Answer: a

2. Todar Mal was
a) revenue minister in the court of Akbar
b) one of the nine gems in the court of Akbar
c) known for his reforms in policies of land revenue during Akbar's reign
d) All of the above

Answer: d

3. The unit of energy in MKS system is
a) volt
b) erg
c) ohm
d) joule

Answer: d

4. Tiruchirapalli is situated on river
a) Cauvery
b) Tapti
c) Krishna
d) Ganga

Answer: a

5. The term cover point in cricket means
a) the position given by the bowler to the fielder on the offside, in front of a wicket
b) if the ball goes off the batsman's leg
c) an off-break ball bowled by a left-handed bowler to a right-handed batsman
d) None of the above

Answer: a

6. To produce sound it is necessary that
a) the source should execute longitudinal vibrations
b) the source should execute transverse vibrations
c) the source may execute any type of vibrations
d) the vibrations of source are not necessary

Answer: c

7.The UN library is known by the name of
a) Nation's library
b) U Thant library
c) Hammarskjoeld library
d) Trygve Lie library

Answer: c

8. The theory of inheritance of acquired character was propounded by
a) Charles Darwin
b) Gregor Mendel
c) J.B. Lamarck
d) Weismann

Answer: c

9. Water is a good solvent of ionic salts because
a) it has a high boiling point
b) it has a high dipole moment
c) it has a high specific heat
d) it has no colour

Answer: b

10. Vijayalakshmi Pandit was
a) the first women minister of an Indian state (UP)
b) the first women to become president of the UN General Assembly
c) the first Indian women Ambassador to Moscow
d) All of the above

Answer: d