General Knowledge Pointers - 12

● What is good source of protein?

Answer :- Soyabean,

● What is the temperature at which the speed of sound in air becomes double of its value at 27°C?

Answer :- 927°C,

● For television broadcasting. how much MHz frequency employed normally?

Answer :- 30-300 MHz,

● Which insect spreads kala-azar?

Answer :- Sand fly,

● By which enzyme is Urea converted into ammonia and carbon dioxide?

Answer :- Urease,

● In the leaf of tobacco what is found?

Answer :- Nicotin,

● A number of images of a candle flame are seen in thick mirror which image will be brightest?

Answer :- The second image is the brightest,

● Parthanogenesis is seen generally in which fruit?

Answer :- Grapes,

● Whose experiments proved that the speed of light was always the same?

Answer :- Michelson and Marley,

● Why do Blood cells do not shrink in blood?

Answer :- Because blood is isotonic,

● What is the process of slow and homogeneous cooling of glass called?

Answer :- Annealing of glass,

● Which is largest cell organelles?

Answer :- Plastid,

● What is the process in which loss of water occurs in the form of water vapour through aerial part of plant?

Answer :- Transpiration,

● A strong magnetic field is applied on a stationary electron, then how will the electron?

Answer :- Remains stationary,

● Why does Pure water not conduct electricity?

Answer :- Because it is almost not ionised,

● Besides water and light which is more essential as a raw material for photosynthesis?

Answer :- CO2,

● Why is the conduction of electricity through the electrolyte solution?

Answer :- Due to movement of ions of electrolyte,

● Which fraction is obtained between temperature 150–300°C during fractional distillation of crude petroleum?

Answer :- Kerosene,

● What is the process of transfer of genetic information from DNA to RNA or formation of RNA from DNA?

Answer :- Transcription,

● What is the Study of integrated use of microbiology, biochmistry and engineering?

Answer :- Biotechnology,

● What is an example of emulsion?

Answer :- Milk,

● Which system is formed by the interaction of a community of organisms with its environment?

Answer :- Ecosystem,

● Which branch of science deals with the study of tissue found in the body of organism?

Answer :- Histology,

● Which substance is more than 80% in the cell?

Answer :- Water,

● Which branch of science that deals with the study of law is genetics for the improvement of human race?

Answer :- Eugenics,

● What is the bond between two amino acids in a protein?

Answer :- Ester bond,

● What is the Study of inter-relationships between an entire community and its environment?

Answer :- Synecology,

● Ophthalmology is the branch of science in which we study about which thing?

Answer :- Eye,


● What is the difference between IST and GMT?

Answer :- 5 hours 30 minutes,

● In which island of India is an active volcano found?

Answer :- Barren Island,

● Kula, Kufri, Kajjair and Dalhousie are all tourists place of which state?

Answer :- Himachal Pradesh,

● Which two river meet and form the largest delta in the world?

Answer :- Ganga-Brahmaputra,

● South west monsoon contributes to India’s total rainfall upto the extent of how many percentages?

Answer :- 80-90 percent,

● Which state receives rainfall from north-east monsoons?

Answer :- Tamil Nadu,

● Which is considered to cause an adverse of effect on Indian monsoon?

Answer :- El-nino,

● Daily weather map showing isobars is an example of which map?

Answer :- Chropleth map,

● In which season in the frequency of tropical cyclenes in the Bay of Bengal Maximum?

Answer :- Retreating mansoon,

● Why most parts of India remains dry during cold weather season?

Answer :- Due to low pressure,

● Which latitude passes through India?

Answer :- Tropic of Cancer,

● Which river does not form any delta at its mouth?

Answer :- Tapti and Narmada,

● Penganga, Wardha and Wainganga are the tributaries of which river?

Answer :- Godavari,

● Which lake in India has the highest water salinity?

Answer :- Sambhar,

● Which region has internal drainage?

Answer :- Rajasthan,

● On which river is located Indo Pak Bagalihar Project?

Answer :- Chenab,

● Which waterfall in India has the most height?

Answer :- Kunchikal Falls,

● In India, which state has the largest inland saline wetland?

Answer :- Rajasthan,

● The Dul Hasti Power Station is based on which river?

Answer :- Chenab,

● The highest peak of the Himalayas in India is in which state?

Answer :- Sikkim,

● Which river is known as Vridha Ganga?

Answer :- Godavari,

● In which type of cell divisions does crossing over of chromosomes takes place?

Answer :- Meiosis,

● By whom was the idea of the Constitution of India first of all given?

Answer :- M. N. Roy,

● The source of India’s sovereignty lies in which thing?

Answer :- Preamble to the Constitution,

● Which Article of Indian Constitution prescribes Hindi in Devanagari script as the official language of the Union?

Answer :- 343,

● Who can initiate impeachment proceedings against the President of India?

Answer :- Either House of Parliament,

● To which Bill the President must accord his sanction without sending it back for fresh consideration?

Answer :- Finance Bills,

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

Answer :- The President,

● Under the Constitution,the residuary powers vest with which government?

Answer :- Union Government,

● The powers of the Election Commission are given in which Article of the Constitution?

Answer :- 324,

● Who is to conduct the elections to the Panchayats and Municipalities?

Answer :- State Election Commission,

● Who is the recepient of Nobel Prize for the development of Wireless Telegraphy?

Answer :- Marconi,

● Which form an irreversible complex With haemoglobin of blood?

Answer :- Carbon monoxide,

● Which is the variety of coal in which the deposit contains recognisable traces of the original plant material?

Answer :- Peat,

● A person who lives exclusively on milk, egg and bread is likey to become a victim of which desease?

Answer :- Scurvy,

● The pH of water at 25°C is 7. When it is heated to 100°C, then what will be the pH of water?

Answer :- Remains same,

● Non-stick cooking utensils are coated with which metal?

Answer :- Teflon,

● Which is the scientist who explained about blood circulation for the first time?

Answer :- William Harvey,

● A man with a dark skin, in comparison with a man with a white skin, What will experience?

Answer :- Less heat and less cold,

● Which polymeric material is used for making bullet proof jacket?

Answer :- KEVLAR,

● Between which set of blood groups, is the blood transfusion possible?

Answer :- A and AB (A donor),

● The Indian research station Himadri is located at which place?

Answer :- Antarctica,

● Who was the first Indian to be a Fellow of the Royal Society of London?

Answer :- Srinivas Ramanujan,

● The headquarters of the International Red Cross is situated in which city?

Answer :- Geneva,

● What is the name given to an almost circular coral reef inside which there is a lagoon?

Answer :- Atoll,

● How many States of the U.S.A. are not attached to its mainland?

Answer :- Two,

● With reference to Indian defence what is the Lakshya?

Answer :- A pilotless training aircraft,

● Who got the Bharat Ratna award, before becoming the President of India?

Answer :- Dr. Zakir Hussain,

● What was the name of the learned lady who is said to have debated with the famous law-giver Yajnavalkya?

Answer :- Gargi,

● In which religion extreme form of Ahimsa or non-violence is practised?

Answer :- Jainism,

● Which ruler was known as Amitraghata, the destroyer of foes?

Answer :- Bindusara,

● Who were the contemporaries of Kanishka?

Answer :- Nagarjuna, Asvaqhosha, Vasumitra,

● Which literary figure of the Gupta Age is given the title of Indian Shakespeare?

Answer :- Kalidasa,