General Knowledge Pointers - 2

 ● By whom are the Chief Justice and other Judges of the High Court are appointed?

Answer :- President,

● At where were the High Courts in India first started?

Answer :- Bombay, Madras, Calcutta,

● Who decides the number of Judges in a High Court?

Answer :- President,

● Which High Court has the Territorial Jurisdiction over Andaman and Nicobar Islands?

Answer :- Calcutta,

● With which does the power to extend or restrict the jurisdiction of the High Court rest?

Answer :- With the Parliament,

● A Judge of a High Court wanting to resign addresses his letter of resignation to whom?

Answer :- The President,

● From which fund is the pension of a High Court Judge charged?

Answer :- Consolidated Fund of India,

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

Answer :- Gauhati High Court,

● Which is the only Union Territory that has a High Court of its own?

Answer :- Delhi,

● By whom are the Salaries of the Judges of the Supreme Court determined?

Answer :- Parliament,

● Which Article of the Constitution permits the Supreme Court to review its own judgement or order?

Answer :- Article 137,

● Who has the right to transfer any case anywhere in India?

Answer :- Supreme Court,

● The disputes regarding the election of the President and the Vice-President of India are decided by which body?

Answer :- Supreme Court,

● Who has the right to seek advisory opinion of he Supreme Court of India, on any question of law? President

● Acting Chief Justice of the Supreme Court in India is appointed by which officer?  President

● In the supreme Court of India the, what is number of Judges including the Chief Justice?  31

● Who is called the father of Operation Flood in India? Verghese Kurien

● Where is the headquarter of OPEC?  Vienna

● Where is the Headquarter of NABARD?  Mumbai

● Where is the Headquarter of SIDBI? Lucknow

● Launching of Sansad Adarsh Gram Yojna is related to -  Jai Prakash Narayan

● Chairman of the SEBI is appointed for - Tenure not fixed

● How many companies are included in the SENSEX?  30

● Which is Asia’s first stock exchange? BSE

● National Insurance Academy located in:- Pune

● Upto what denomination can coins be issued by the RBI? Rs. 1000

● The headquarters of Asian Development Bank are located in:- Manila

● Headquarters of which bank are located in Manipal, Karnataka?  Syndicate Bank

● What is the smallest structural and functional unit of nervous system? Neuron,

● What is systolic and diastolic pressure in a healthy man? 120 mm and 80 mm,

● Which part of human brain is the regulating centre for swallowing and vomiting? Medulla oblangata,

● Which is used in storage batteries? Lead

● Which tissue take part in healing the wounds? Epithelium tissue

● When a body is earth connected electrons from the earth flow into the body. What is its mean?  This means the body is Charged positively,

● Acetylene is used as an anaesthetic under which name?  Narcylene,

● In daily requirement basis which vitamin is required in largest quantity by the human body?  Vitamin C (Ascorbic acid),

● When does not No current flows between two charged bodies?  If they have same potential,

● Consumption of fish is considered to be healthy compared to flesh of other animals why?  Because it contains polyunsaturated fatty acids,

● What is the reason for excessive solubility of ethyl alcohol in water? Due to hydrogen bonding with water

● Through which are the characters are transferred from parents to progeny? DNA

● A radioactive substance has a half life of 4 months. In how many months will three fourths of the substance will decays?  8 months

● The cause of fractional atomic weights of elements?  The presence of Isotopes,

● Which gas, is used for artificial ripening of fruit? C2H4

● Which branch of biology deal with the study of heredity?  Genetics

● What is the process by which vegetable ghee is manufactured? Hydrogenation

● Early atmosphere contained methane and other hydrocarbons they have been now replaced by which gas?
Carbon dioxide.

● Crop sown soon after the onset of south-west monsoon in India, what is this called?  Kharif

● Thermal decomposition of alkanes is known as which name? Cracking

● If a diamagnetic substance is brought near north and south pole of a oar magnet, what will be then?   It is Repelled by poles,

● Deficiency of which vitamin causes xerophthalmia? Vitamin A

● The word biodiversity is a combination of which two words?  Biology and diversity

● Which thing is the sweetest natural sugar?  Lactose

● Jaundice in human beings affects which of the body part?  Liver

● How many orangutans disappear each year as result of palm oil farming?  5000