General Knowledge Pointers - 20

● Which river emerges from Amarkantak plateau in Madhya Pradesh?

Answer :- Narmada,

● The Himalyas are approximately how many kilometer long?

Answer :- 2500,

● The Himalyas are approximately how many kilometer broad?

Answer :- 150 to 400,

● How many islands of India are located in the Bay of Bengal?

Answer :- 204,

● How much percentage land areas of India is covered by mountains?

Answer :- 10.7,

● In terms of area, India is which largest country of the world?

Answer :- Seventh,

● The Karakoram Highway connects which pair of countries?

Answer :- China-Pakistan,

● What is the approximate length of the coast-line of India?

Answer :- 6,000 km,

● Among the Union Territories of India, which one has the largest size?

Answer :- Puducherry,

● Seacoast of which state is the longest?

Answer :- Gujarat,


● The first transgenic plant used for commercial production was —

Answer :- Tomato,

● When chlorophyll is burnt which element is obtained?

Answer :- Mg,

● Iron deficiency results in—

Answer :- Intervenal chlorosis appearing first in young leaves,

● The damaged ozone layer is situated in —

Answer :- Stratosphere,

● Which is ordinarily not an air pollutant?

Answer :- CO2,

● Genes are made by —

Answer :- Polynucleotides,

● The term ecosystem was proposed by —

Answer :- Tansley,

● Chromosomes contain —

Answer :- DNA and protein,

● In honeybee colony the drones are produced by —

Answer :- Unfertilized eggs,

● Jacobson's organ is concerned with —

Answer :- Smell,

● Body organisation in Hydra is of —

Answer :- Tissue grade,

● Which secretions associated with digestion does not have enzymes?

Answer :- Bile,

● Yellow fever is transmitted by —

Answer :- Female Aedes,

● Quartan malaria is caused by —

Answer :- Plasmodium malariae,

● The word species was coined by —

Answer :- John Ray,

● The rate of photosynthesis is maximum in —

Answer :- Red light,

● Father of taxonomy is —

Answer :- Linnaeus,

● The branch that deals with the plants studies in the geological past is called —

Answer :- Palaeobotany,

● Birbal Sahni Institute of Palaeobotany is situated at —

Answer :- Lucknow,

● Acid rain is mainly a mixture of —

Answer :- Sulphuric acid and nitric acid,

● Ribosomes are sites for —

Answer :- Protein synthesis,

● ATP is—

Answer :- A molecule with high energy phosphate bond,

● Which is highly dangerous radioactive pollutant?

Answer :- Strontium-90,

● The indicator of SO2 pollution of air is —

Answer :- Lichen,

● Fats in our body are formed when —

Answer :- Glycogen storage in liver and muscles is completed,

● The heartbeat is regulated by —

Answer :- Pacemaker, Vagus nerve, Sympathetic nerve,

● An oil producing gland on the tail of bird is known as —

Answer :- Preen gland,

● The Glochidium larva of Unio —

Answer :- Is ectoparasite on fish,

● Which animals has a nervous system but no brain?

Answer :- Hydra,

● Aristotle’s Lantern occurs in —

Answer :- Echinoidea,

● Kidneys are vital organs of the body because they help in —

Answer :- Regulation of body fluids, Regulation of acid-base balance, Removal of metabolic wastes,

● Which rivers originates near Mahabaleshwar?

Answer :- Krishna,

● In which states is the Nanga Parbat peak located?

Answer :- Jammu and Kashmir,

● In India, which are the Southernmost hills?

Answer :- Cardamom hills,

● Indian Standard Time is governed by which longitude?

Answer :- 82½° East longitude,