General Knowledge - 13

1. Consider the following statements:

1. Dr. Rajendra Prasad persuaded Mahatma Gandhi to come in Champaran to investigate the problem of peasants.

2. Acharya J. B. Kriplani was one of the Mahatma Gandhi’s colleagues in his Champaran investigation.

Which one of the following statements given above is/are correct?

a) Only 1
b) Only 2
c) Both 1 and 2
d) Either 1 or 2
e) None of the above 

  Answer: b

2. Among the various allotropes of carbon,

a) Diamond is the hardest, lamp black is the softest
b) Diamond is the hardest, graphite is the softest
c) Diamond is the hardest, coke is the softest
d) Coke is the hardest, graphite is the softest
 
  Answer: b

3. The Thar Express goes to

a) Bangladesh
b) Pakistan
c) Afghanistan
d) Myanmar
e) None of these 

  Answer: b

4. Vijay singh is a Player of ?

a) Cricket
b) Golf
c) Football
d) Hocky
e) None of these 

  Answer: b

5. The group of metals Fe, Co, Ni may best called as

a) Rare metals
b) Main group metals
c) Transition metals
d) Alkali metals
e) None of the above 

  Answer: c

6. Benjamin Franklin was a prolific inventor. He invented the lightning rod, the Franklin stove, studied electricity, discovered the Gulf Stream, started the first library, and on and on. Among his many other inventions, what musical instrument did he invent?

a) Clarinet
b) Harmonium
c) Oboe
d) Banjo
e) None of the above 

  Answer: b

7. When was the toothbrush invented?

a) 1742
b) 1790
c) 1770
d) 1765
e) None of the above 

  Answer: c

8. What George Pullman invented?

a) Box car (railway)
b) Box car (railway)
c) Sleeping (railway) car
d) Airship
e) None of the above
 
  Answer: c

9. Friction can be reduced by changing from

a) Potential energy to kinetic energy
b) Rolling to sliding
c) Sliding to rolling
d) Dynamic to static
e) None of the above 

  Answer: c

10. In which year ,Sikkim became a full fledged state of the Indian Union?

a) 1974
b) 1975
c) 1973
d) 1934
e) None of the above 

  Answer: b