WB FOOD SUPPLY - General Studies Practice set

General Studies MCQ Questions Answers

1) Which of the following plants is a total root parasite plant?

a) Urticularia

b) Santalum

c) Wolfia

d) Rafflesia

Rafflesia View Answer

2)Which was not one of the regions in which the English first set up trading posts?

a) Gujarat

b) Bengal

c) Goa

d) Coromondel coasts

Goa View Answer

3)Qyteti Stalin in Albania is known for

a) Natural gas

b) Iron ore

c) Oil

d) Coal

Oil View Answer

4)India’s Biggest Nuclear Research Reactor is named

a) Dhruva

b) Purnima

c) Cirus

d) Apsara

Dhruva View Answer

5)The raw material used for the production of iron is

a) Coke

b) Petrol

c) Limestone

d) Rubber

Coke View Answer

6)Jaunidce affects which part of the human body?

a) Liver

b) Kidney

c) Heart

d) Lungs

Liver View Answer

7)Louis Braile is known for the invention of

a) Printing press

b) Powerloom

c) Photography

d) printing for the blind

Printing for the blind View Answer

8) The digestive and breathing passages cross in the

a) trachea

b) larynx

c) oesophagus

d) pharynx

pharynx View Answer

9)The most commonly consumed staple cereal in india is:

a) rice

b) bajra

c) maize

d) wheat

rice View Answer

10)The Harappas were:

a) Rural

b) urban

c) tribal

d) nomadic

urban View Answer

11) Which one of the following ports is located on eastern coast of India?

a) Kandla

b) Kochi

c) Paradeep

d) Mormugao

Paradeep View Answer

12)The court language of the mughals was:

a) Parsian

b) Urdu

c) Hindi

d) Arabic

Urdu View Answer

13)Which state has the lowest area under forest?

a) Gujarat

b) Uttar Pradesh

c) Andhra Pradesh

d) Haryana

Haryana View Answer

14)The total fertility rate in India is the highest in:

a) Andhra Pradesh

b) Uttar Pradesh

c) Haryana

d) Tamil Nadu

Uttar Pradesh View Answer

15) Which of the following Rajput dynasties did not surrender to Akbar?

a) Parmar

b) Rathor

c) Pratihara

d) Sisodiya

Rathor View Answer

16) A one-horn rhinoceros is available in the ______ forest.

a) Jaldapara

b) Assam

c) Darjeeling hills

d) None of these

Jaldapara View Answer

17) ___ is the second heaviest populated town in West Bengal next to Kolkata

a) Siliguri

b) Durgapur

c) Asansol

d) None of these

Durgapur View Answer

18) _____ is the premier town of the sandy coastal plain

a) Digha

b) Contai

c) Junput

d) Sankarpur

Contai View Answer

19) Which of the following have the habit of forming colonies?

a) White ants

b) Bedbugs

c) Locusts

d) Mosquitoes

White Ants View Answer

20) The milky way is classified as:

a) Spiral Galaxy

b) Electrical Galaxy

c) Round Galaxy

d) Irregular Galaxy

Irregular Galaxy View Answer

21) As we go from the equator to the poles, the value of g :

a)remains the same

b)increases

c)decreases

d)none of these

increases View Answer

22) Structural reforms in India do not include one of the following :

a)reduction of interest rates

b)land reforms

c)tax reforms

d)delicensing

land reforms View Answer

23) The maximum displacement of the particle in a mechanical wave motion is known as

a)frequency

b)amplitude

c)phase

d)vibration

amplitude View Answer

24) Ca ²⁺ is isoelectronic with

a)Mg 2-

b)Kr

c)Ar

d)Na⁺

Ar View Answer

25) The natural gaps across the mountains which provide routes are called ?

a) Peaks

b) Dunes

c) Passes

d) Plateaus

Passes View Answer

26) Which among the following are the Southernmost Hills?

a) Cardamom Hills

b) Nallamalai Hills

c) Javadi Hills

d) Nilgiri Hills

Cardamom Hills View Answer

27) Nymph is the name of young one of

a) beetle

b) housefly

c) cockroach

d) butterfly

cockroach View Answer

28) Who founded the Bethune College in Calcutta ?

a) Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar

b) Raja Ram Mohan Roy

c) Rabindranath Tagore

d) Surendranath Banerjee

Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar View Answer

29) Upper Bari Doab canal was constructed in the year—

a) 1820

b) 1859

c) 1860

d) 1890

1859 View Answer

30) The fertile land between two rivers is called:

a) Water divide

b) Doab

c) Terai

d) Watershed

Doab View Answer

31) Which one of the following African countries in not land-located?

a) Benin

b) Chad

c) Lesotho

d) Mali

Benin View Answer

32) What growth rate of Indian Economy has been projected by IMF for 2011-12?

a) 9.3%

b) 9%

c) 8.2%

d) 8.5%

8.2% View Answer

33) The written who refused the Nobel Prize for literature was:

a) Winston Churchill

b) Prem Chand

c) Jean Paul Sartre

d) Boris Paternak

Boris Paternak View Answer

34) Which of the following rivers flows in Gemany?

a) Seine

b) Danube

c) Thames

d) Volga

Danube View Answer

35) The Indian Rice Research Institute is located at:

a) Kolkata

b) Cuttack

c) Bardhman

d) Tamil Nadu

Cuttack View Answer

36) A serious effort to tackle the problem of poverty began with

a) Third Plan

b) Fifth Plan

c) Fourth Plan

d) Seventh Plan

Fourth Plan View Answer

37) Which country first sent a successful moon mission?

a) USA

b) China

c) France

d) USSR

USSR View Answer

38) Who has been named recently as the world’s best paid author?

a) Jeffery Archer

b) J.K Rouling

c) Salman Rushdie

d) Paula Coclho

J.K Rouling View Answer

39) Red list of threatened species is released by

a) WWF

b) IUCN

c) CITES

d) UNESCO

IUCN View Answer

40) Kanchenjunga is situated in ;

a) Himachal Pradesh

b) west Bengal

c) Nepal

d) Sikkim

Sikkim View Answer

41) In which year the Population growth rate was negative?

a) 1920

b) 1921

c) 1924

d) 1925

1924 View Answer

42) A person with stones in the kidney is advised to avoied?

a) Vinegar

b) lemon

c) Lentils

d) Tomato

Tomato View Answer

43) The principal organ concerned in the loss of heat from the body is:

a) Skin

b) Heat

c) Liver

d) Lungs

Skin View Answer

44) The important product of Alice Springs is

a) Bauxite

b) Coal

c) Gold

d) Oil

Oil View Answer

45) Which sound of the following frequencies we cannot hear ?

a)15,000 Hz

b)1,20,000 Hz

c)1000 Hz

d)100 Hz

1,20,000 Hz View Answer

46) The non-permanent members of the Security Council are elected for

a) One year

b) Two year

c) Three year

d) Four year

Two Year View Answer

47) 1024 bytes equal

a) 1 TB

b) 1 GB

c) 1 MB

d) 1 KB

1 KB View Answer

48) Which among the following is poorest source of Fat ?

a) Fish

b) Curd

c) Egg

d) Milk

Fish View Answer

49) In fireworks, the green flame is produced because of

a) sodium

b) mercury

c) barium

d) potassium

barium View Answer

50) The crop which was not known to Vedic people is:

a) Barley

b) Wheat

c) Tobacco

d) Rice

Rice View Answer