General Knowledge - 7

1. Sodium metal is kept under

a) Kerosene
b) Water
c) Petrol
d) Alcohol
e) None of the above 

  Answer: a

2. The first hand glider was designed by...?

a) Francis Rogallo
b) The Wright brothers
c) Leonardo DaVinci
d) Galileo
e) None of these 

  Answer: c

3. The main constituents of pearls are

a) Ammonium sulphate and sodium carbonate
b) Aragonite and conchiolin
c) Calcium oxide and ammonium chloride
d) Calcium carbonate and magnesium carbonate
e) None of the above 

  Answer: d

4. William Frederick is credited with the invention of the modern frisbee in the mid 1950's. In 1957 the Wham-O Company bought his idea and the rest is history. They named the toy after William Frisbie who was a ________?

a) Student at Yale
b) Owner of a pizza parlor
c) Pie maker
d) Ceramic plate designer
e) None of the above 

  Answer: c

5. Who invented fuel cells in 1839?

a) Buckminster Fuller
b) Sylvester Graham
c) Sir William Grove
d) Joyce Hall
e) None of these 

  Answer: c

6. Which of the following is a dimensionless quantity?

a) Acceleration
b) Volume
c) Refractive Index
d) Kinetic energy
e) None of these 

  Answer: c

7. Metal has the highest melting point is ?

a) Tantalum
b) Tungsten
c) Rhenium
d) Platinum
e) None of these 

  Answer: b

8. What Karl Benz invented?

a) Steam turbine
b) Glider
c) Gasoline powered automobile
d) Streetcar
e) None of the above 

  Answer: c

9. For the Karachi session of Indian National Congress in 1931, presided over by Sardar Patel, who drafted the Resolution on Fundamental Rights and Economic Programme?

a) Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru
b) Dr. B. R. Ambedkar
c) Mahatma Gandhi
d) Both b and c
e) None of the above 

  Answer: a

10. In which year was MIDI (Musical Instrument Digital Interface) introduced?

a) 1972
b) 1983
c) 1874
d) 1981
e) None of the above 

  Answer: b