General Knowledge - 23

1. Euclid was

a) Contributor to the use of deductive principles of logic as the basis of geometry
b) Greek mathematician
c) Propounded the geometrical theorems
d) All of the above
e) None of the above 

  Answer: d

2. Consider the following statements:

The Cripps Proposals include the provision for

a. Full independence for India.

b. Creation of Constitution-making body.

Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

a) Only a
b) Only b
c) Both a and b
d) Either a or b
e) None of the above 

  Answer: b

3. Who among the following invented the small pox vaccine?

a) Robert Koch
b) Louis Pasteur
c) Edward Jenner
d) Robert Hooke
e) None of the above 

  Answer: c

4. When was the first Lionel trains manufactured?

a) 1920
b) 1944
c) 1890
d) 1901
e) None of these 

  Answer: d

5. In which decade was the ARRL founded?

a) 1920s
b) 1910s
c) 1930s
d) 1940s
e) None of the above 

  Answer: b

6. Permanent hardness of water can be removed by adding

a) Washing soda
b) Bleaching powder
c) Potassium permanganate
d) Chlorine
e) None of the above 

  Answer: a

7. What Benjamin Franklin invented?

a) Barometer
b) Radio
c) Bifocal spectacles
d) Hygrometer
e) None of the above 

  Answer: c

8. Who among the following founded the Ahmedabad Textile labour Association?

a) Madan Mohan Malaviya
b) Dadabhai Naoroji
c) Mahatma Gandhi
d) N. M. Joshi
e) None of the above 

  Answer: c

9. What invention by Garnet Carter made its debut at the Fairyland Inn Resort in Lookout Mountain, Tennessee, in 1927?

a) Golf cart
b) Swimming pool slide
c) Miniature golf
d) Ski lift
e) None of the above 

  Answer: c

10. Which state is called the 'Cradle of Buddhism?

a) Bihar
b) Uttar Pradesh
c) Madhya Pradesh
d) Sikkim
e) None of these 

  Answer: d