General Knowledge - 27

1. Who discovered the germ of malaria?

a) Lamarck
b) G.J. Mendel
c) De Vries
d) Ronald Ross
e) None of the above 

  Answer: d

2. Georgia, Uzbekistan and Turkmenistan became the members of UNO in

a) 1994
b) 1993
c) 1992
d) 1991
e) None of the above 

  Answer: c

3. The term of the Finance Commission is 

a) Five years
b) Ten years
c) Three years
d) Six years
e) Four years 

  Answer: a

4. Water gas is equipped by fleeting

a) Methane over white hot coke
b) Steam over heated sulphu
c) Only white coke
d) Steam over white hot coke
e) Only steam 

  Answer: d

5. From which mineral is radium obtained?

a) Rutile
b) Pitchblende
c) Limestone
d) Haematite
e) None of the above 

  Answer: b

6. Who developed the idea of Crop Rotation?

a) Potato Peterson
b) Swede Svenson
c) Cabbage Carlson
d) Turnip Townsend
e) None of the above

  Answer: d

7. Who came up with the idea for INSTANT MASHED POTATO?

a) E. Asselbergs
b) K. Edwards
c) W. Raleigh
d) S. Tuberosum
e) None of the above 

  Answer: a

8. Bernard Shaw is the author of the drama - 

a) Death of a Salesman
b) Arms and the Man
c) Twelfth Night
d) Murder in the Ca thedral
e) My Mistry 

  Answer: b

9. Air is a/an

a) Compound
b) Element
c) Mixture
d) Electrolyte
e) None of the above 

  Answer: c

10. Which one of the following was the real name of Chanakya?

a) Bishnu Gupta
b) Kautilya
c) Ramtanu Mishra
d) Sagupt
e) None of the above 

  Answer: a