General Awareness Quiz Set 12

Question 1. A carbon microphone is best used in _____________.

(A) Dynamo

(B) Transformer

(C) Telephone

(D) None of these

Question 2. The laws of planetary motion were enunciated by __________.

(A) Copernicus

(B) Galileo

(C) Kepler

(D) Newton

Question 3. The Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) is based on the phenomenon _______.

(A) Dimagnetism of human tissues

(B) Electron paramagnetic resonance

(C) Electron spin resonance

(D) Nuclear magnetic resonance

Question 4. Soleckshaw is a __________.

(A) Solar rickshaw

(B) Soft sole of a footwear

(C) Moon Buggy

(D) Computer Program

Question 5. Cytotron is the device by which is produced ____________.

(A) Picture on the screen

(B) Sound

(C) Artificial climate

(D) Electrical energy

Question 6. Where was the 1st Engineering College of Asia established?

(A) Chennai

(B) Roorkee

(C) Bangalore

(D) None of these

Question 7. When the metric system was introduced in India?

(A) 1-1-1958

(B) 1-4-1957

(C) 2-10-1956

(D) 1-10-1958

Question 8. A tachyon stands for ____________.

(A) A quantum of lattice vibration

(B) A particle moving greater than the velocity of sound in air

(C) A constituent of heavier atomic nuclei

(D) A particle moving faster than the velocity of light

Question 9. Water Jet Technology finds application in ___________.

(A) Mob control

(B) Firefighting

(C) Drilling of mines

(D) Irrigation

Question 10. When an information is dialled on the telephone and read on the television screen, it is known as____________.

(A) Teleprocessing

(B) Teletax

(C) Telefax

(D) Telax

Question 11. The laser beam is used for ___________.

(A) Treatment of kidney

(B) Treatment of eye

(C) Treatment of heart

(D) Treatment of cancer

Question 12. Minerals are _____________.

(A) Liquids

(B) Gases

(C) Inorganic solids

(D) All of the above

Question 13. Which one of the following is not correctly matched?

(A) Adobe – Hardware

(B) Noise Pollution – Decibel

(C) Arthritis – Uric Acid

(D) Y2K – Computer

Question 14. Which of the following statements is true?

(A) Vasco-de-Gama discovered America

(B) Carbon monoxide creates more air pollution

(C) Isaac Newton has propounded the Theory of Evolution

(D) John Hopkins was the founder of Homeopathy

Question 15. Otto Hahn discovered atom bomb by the principle of __________.

(A) Gamma radiation

(B) Alpha radiation

(C) Nuclear fission

(D) Uranium fission

Question 16. The principle of atom bomb is based on ___________.

(A) Nuclear fission

(B) Nuclear spallation

(C) Nuclear fusion

(D) None of the above

Question 17. What was the fissionable material used in the bombs dropped at Nagasaki (Japan) in the year 1945? 

(A) Uranium

(B) Plutonium

(C) Potassium

(D) Sodium

Question 18. Which country has test-launched first 3D television broadcast?

(A) South Africa

(B) America

(C) China

(D) U.K.

Question 19. Ball bearings are used in bicycles, cars etc., because __________.

(A) The actual area of contact between the wheel and axle is increased

(B) The effective area of contact between the wheel and axle is reduced

(C) The effective area of contact between the wheel and axle is increased

(D) None of the above

Question 20. Match List-I with List-II and select the correct answer using the code given below the lists.

Question 21. With reference to the use of nanotechnology in health sector, which of the following statements is/are correct?

1. Targeted drug delivery is made possible by nanotechnology.
   
2. Nanotechnology can largely contribute to gene therapy.
   

Select the correct answer using the code given below.

(A) Neither 1 nor 2

(B) Both 1 and 2

(C) Only 2

(D) Only 1

Question 22. Arrange the following products/ examples of nanotechnology in ascending order of the four generations of nanotechnology (I ? IV) and select the correct answer using the codes given below.

1. Aerosol
2. 3D networking
3. Molecular manufacturing
4. Targeted drugs
   

Code

(A) 1, 4, 2, 3

(B) 1, 2, 3, 4

(C) 4, 1, 3, 2

(D) 4, 1, 2, 3

Question 23. Given below are two statements.

• Assertion (A): Lightning a candle in space does not produce a flame.
  
• Reason (R): A flame exists due to the pull of gravity.
  

In the context of above, which one of the following is correct?

(A) (A) is false, but (R) is true

(B) (A) is true, but (R) is false

(C) Both (A) and (R) are true, but (R) is not the correct explanation of (A)

(D) Both (A) and (R) are true and (R) is the correct explanation of (A)

Question 24. Consider the following statements.

• Assertion (A): India’s nuclear policy incorporates its unpreparedness to open its nuclear plants to international inspection.
  
• Reason (R): India will not produce any nuclear bomb.
  

Select your answer from the code given below.

(A) (A) is false, but (R) is true

(B) (A) is true, but (R) is false

(C) Both (A) and (R) are true, but (R) is not the correct explanation of (A)

(D) Both (A) and (R) are true and (R) is the correct explanation of (A)

Question 25. Consider the following countries.

1. China
   
2. France
   
3. India
   
4. Israel
   
5. Pakistan

Which among the above are Nuclear Weapons States as recognized by the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons, commonly known as Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT)? 

(A) 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5

(B) Only 2, 4 and 5

(C) Only 1, 3, 4 and 5

(D) Only 1 and 2

Question 26.

• Assertion (A): CERN (European Organization for Nuclear Research) is the world’s largest particle Physics Laboratory.
• Reason (R): CERN is French acronym of the name of the provisional body founded 2 years before the organization came into existence.

(A) (A) is false, but (R) is true

(B) (A) is true, but (R) is false

(C) Both (A) and (R) are true, but (R) is not the correct explanation of (A)

(D) Both (A) and (R) are true and (R) is the correct explanation of (A)

Question 27. Which of the following statements is/are correct regarding National Innovation Foundation – India (NIF)?

1. NIF is an autonomous body of the Department of Science and Technology under the Central Government.
   
2. NIF is an initiative to strengthen the highly advanced scientific research in India’s premier scientific institutions in collaboration with highly advanced foreign scientific institutions.
   

Select the correct answer using the code given below.

(A) Neither 1 nor 2

(B) Both 1 and 2

(C) Only 2

(D) Only 1

Question 28. Match List-I with List-II and select the correct answer using the code given below the lists.

Question 29. A layer in the Earth’s atmosphere called Ionosphere facilitates radio communication. Why?

1. The presence of ozone causes the reflection of radio waves to Earth.
   
2. Radio waves have a very long wavelength.
   

Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

(A) Neither 1 nor 2

(B) Both 1 and 2

(C) Only 2

(D) Only 1

Question 30. Match the following.