Missilaneous GK for competitive exams

MISSLANEOUS GENERAL KNOWLEDGE

1. ‘Eutrophication’ is associated with
‐ Nitrates and Phosphates
2. ‘Dry ice’ is the condense form of
‐ carbon dioxide
3. A reduction reaction involves
‐addition of nitrogen
4. An antiknock for petrol is
Lead tetraethyl
5. The systems of government is bi‐centralism an essential
feature is ‐ Federal system
6. Monopolist resorts to price discrimination depending upon
the ‐ Elasticity of demand
7. Economic planning is an essential feature of
‐ Socialist economy
8. The Central Drug Reasearch Institute of India is located at

‐ Lucknow
9. The cereals was among the first to be used by man
‐ Wheat
10. If a resistive wire is elongated, its resistance
‐ increases
11. The sweet taste of fruits is due to
‐ Fructose
12. The three – tier Panchayat Raj system in India was
proposed by the
– Balwant Rai Mehta Committee
13. Under the Article of the Constitution is the President’s Rule
introduced in a State due to the failure of the constitutional
machinery ‐ Article 356
14. Brown Revolution is
‐ Growth of food procession and soft
drinks industries in India
15. Golden Revolution refers to
‐ ‐ Horticulture
16. Rusting of iron requires –
‐ oxygen and water
17. The ‘Break – Even’ point is –
‐ Total revenue equals total cost
18. The method of Impeachment of the President of India is
adopted from ‐ U.S.A
19. Generally, the soil of the northern plans of India has been
formed by ‐ Aggradation
20. Hiuen Tsang visited India during the reign of
‐ Harshavardhana
21. The communal electorate was introduced for the first ti
me in India in ‐ 1909
22. Sea breeze is formed during – Day time
23. A geostationary satellite revolves round the earth from
‐ West to East
24. Cement is formed by strongly heating a mixture of
‐ Limestone and clay
25. Glass is a ‐ Supercooled liquid
26. Lambert’s law is related to
‐ Illumination
27. The Drafting of the Constitution was completed on –
‐ 26th January, 1950
28. The judges of the Supreme Court retire at the age of :
‐ 65 years
29. The call of “Back to the Vedas was given by:
‐ Swami Dayanand Saraswati
30. Red data book gives information about species are :
‐ Endangered
31. The time period of a pendulum when taken to the Moon
would : ‐ Increase
32. White lung disease is prevalent among the workers of :
‐ Pesticide industry
33. An artificial ecosystem is represented by –
‐ Aquarium
34. The optimum dissolved oxygen level (in mg/ litre) required
for survival of aquatic organisms is :‐4 – 6
35. The System of Dyarchy was introduced in India in
‐ 1919
36. The minerals is found in Monazite sand is ‐ Thorium
37. Which plant is called ‘Herbal Indian Doctor?
‐ Amla
38. The pH of Human blood is –
7.4
39. Optical fibres are based on the phenomenon of ‐
Total Internal Reflection
40. Mirage’ is an example of ‐Refraction and total internal
reflection of light
41. The element which is used for vulcanizing rubber
‐ Sulphur
42. For the election of President of India, a citizen should have
completed the age of
‐ 35 years
43. A member of Parliament will lose his membership of
Parliament if he is continuously absent from Sessions for
‐ 60 days
44. Which was described by Dr. B.R. Ambedkar as the ‘Heart
and Soul’ of the Constitution?
‐ Right to Constitutional Remedies
45. An individual’s actual standard of living can be assessed by
‐ Disposable Personal Income
46. Fa – hien visited India during the reign of ‐ Chandragupta II
47. The land – locked sea is – Aral Sea
48. Hydrogen bomb is based on the principle of –
‐Uncontrolled fusion reaction
49. Tropospher is the hottest part of the atmosphere because –
‐ It is heated by the Earth’s surface
50. The outermost layer of the Sun is called ‐ Corona
51. The tissue in man where no cell division occurs after birth is
‐ Nerves
52. The warm – blooded animals are ‐ Whales
53. Syrinx is the voice box in ‐ Birds
54. The largest ecosystem of the Earth is – Biome
55. Which type of glass is used for making glass reinforced
plastic ‐ Fibre glass
56. Who coined the word ‘Geography’?
‐ Eratosthenese
57. The “ecological hot spot of India” is – Western Ghats
58. The term “Micro Economics” and “Macro Economics” were
coined by ‐ J.M. Keynes
59. Tetra ethyle lead (TEL) is – An antioxidant
60. A Presidential Ordinance can remain in force –
‐ For six months