General Knowledge - 3

1. What plaything was invented by Joe McVicker in 1956?

a) Etch-A-Sketch
b) Play-Doh
c) Lite-Brite
d) Silly Putty
e) None of the above 

  Answer: b

2.  Which metal pollute the air of a big city?

a) Lead
b) Copper
c) Cadmium
d) Chromium
e) None of the above 

  Answer: a

3.  The edible part of an onion is

a) Fleshy leaves
b) Aerial stem
c) Aerial flower
d) Modified root
e) None of these 

  Answer: a

4.  Which of the following was the first National News Agency of India?

a) The Free Press of India
b) The Associated Press of India
c) The Indian Review
d) All of the above
e) None of the above 

  Answer: b

5.  During eleventh Antarctic Expedition in Nov. 1991/March 1992 ____ was installed.

a) Second Permanent Station 'Maitree'
b) First permanent station 'Dakshin Gangotri'
c) SODAR (SOnic Detection And Ranging)
d) All of the above
e) None of the above 

  Answer: c

6. How did Hiuen Tsang undertake journey from and to India?

a) He came by sea route and returned by land route
b) He came by sea route and also returned by sea route
c) He came by land route and also returned by land route
d) He came by land route and also returned by sea route
e) None of the above 

  Answer: c

7.  Who synthesized the first wholly artificial gene?

a) Meghnad Saha
b) J.J. Thompson
c) Hargobind Khorana
e) None of the above 

  Answer: c

8. This English inventor is known as the 'Father of Computing.

a) John Mauchly
b) Charles Babbage
c) J. Presper Eckert
d) Philo Farnsworth
e) None of the above 

  Answer: b

9. One of these substance contains no oxygen. which one? 

a) Cryolite
b) Bauxite
c) Dolomite
d) Epsom salt
e) None of the above 

  Answer: a

10.  Tunga Bhadra is a tributary of -

a) Cauvery river
b) Godavari river
c) Mahanadi river
d) Krishna river
e) None of these 

  Answer: d