General Knowledge - 26

1. Who invented Electric Generator?

a) Michael Faraday
b) Alfred B. Nobel
c) Alexander Graham Bell
d) Thomas Alva Edison
e) None of the above 

  Answer: a

2. Who invented Airship (rigid)?

a) Otto
b) G. Ferdinand Von Zeppelin
c) Roger Bacon
d) Dr. Alan M. Turing
e) None of the above 

  Answer: b

3. Frederick Sanger is a twice recipient of the Nobel Prize for

a) Chemistry in 1954 and Peace in 1962
b) Physics in 1956 and 1972
c) Chemistry in 1958 and 1980
d) Physics in 1903 and Chemistry in 1911
e) None of the above 

  Answer: c

4. Which of the following was the immediate reason for Ahmad Shah Abdali to invade India and fight the Third Battle of Panipat?

a) He wanted to avenge the expulsion by Marathas of his victory Timur Shah from Lahore
b) He wanted to annex all the fertile plains of Punjab up to the borders of Delhi to his kingdom
c) He wanted to punish Mughal administration for non – payment of the revenues of the Chahar Mahal (Gujarat, Aurangabad, Sialkot and Pasrur)
d) Both a and c
e) None of the above 

  Answer: a

5. The property of a substance to absorb moisture from the air on exposure is called

a) Deliquescence
b) Efflorescence
c) Desiccation
d) Osmosis
e) None of the above 

  Answer: a

6. Who among the following was the first European to designate ‘Aryans’ as a race?

a) Max Muller
b) William Bentinck
c) Cornwallis
d) Sir William Jones
e) None of the above 

  Answer: a

7. This statesman, politican, scholar, inventor, and one of early presidents of USA invented the swivel chair, the spherical sundial, the moldboard plow, and the cipher wheel.

a) John Adams
b) George Washington
c) Thomas Jefferson
d) Alexander Hamilton
e) None of the above 

  Answer: c

8. Who was the first American female to patent her invention, a method of weaving straw with silk?

a) Margaret Knight
b) Mary Kies
c) Amanda Jones
d) Marjorie Joyner
e) None of the above 

  Answer: b

9. As a prince where was Ashoka sent to suppress the revolt?

a) Kalinga
b) Taxila
c) Ujjain
d) Deccan
e) None of the above 

  Answer: b

10. who was the Secretary General of Non-Aligned Movement for some period?

a) Dr. Shanker Dayal Sharma
b) Giani Zail Singh
c) Dr. Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan
d) Varahagiri Venkatagiri
e) None of the above 

  Answer: b