General Knowledge Question Answer: GK Questions and Answers

General Knowledge Questions, Quiz for Competitive Exams, Important MCQs for GK

Q. Which of the following state­ments with regard to heating lead nitrate powder over a flame is correct?
1. Brown fumes of NO are released.
2. Colourless O2 gas is relea­sed.
3. It is an example of an oxidation reaction.
4. It is an example of thermal decomposition used for the production of NO2 gas.
Select the correct answer using the code given below -

1) 1 and 2
2) 2, 3 and 4
3) 1, 3 and 4
4) Only 2 and 4

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Q. Which one of the following is not an oxidation reaction?
1) Rusting of iron
2) Opening of soda bottle
3) Rancidity
4) Combustion

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Q. Consider the following clues about the State of India -
1. It is known as the 'land of red river and blue hills'.
2. It contains three of the six physiographic divisions of India.
3. It covers about 2.39 percent of the total area of the country.
Identify the State on the basis of the given clues -

1) Karnataka
2) Andhra Pradesh
3) Assam
4) Chhattisgarh

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Q. Which of the following sets of States shares a boundary with Telangana?
1) Odisha, Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Maharashtra
2) Chhattisgarh, Andhra Pra­desh, Karnataka, Madhya Pra­desh
3) Odisha, Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Madhya Pradesh
4) Chhattisgarh, Andhra Pra­desh, Karnataka, Maharashtra

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Q. Rani told her friends that last year she did boating in four different lakes, namely, Loktak, Barapani, Kolleru, and Pulicat. Which of the following states did she visit?
1) Manipur, Meghalaya, Kerala, Tamil Nadu
2) Manipur, Meghalaya, Andhra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu
3) Mizoram, Assam, Kerala, Tamil Nadu
4) Mizoram, Assam, Andhra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu

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Q. According to the Census 2011, which of the following state­ments is/are correct?
(1) A person who can only read but cannot write, is not literate.
(2) A person aged seven years and above, who can both read and write with under­standing in any language is treated as literate.
Select the correct answer using the code given below -

1) Only 1
2) Only 2
3) Both 1 and 2
4) Neither 1 nor 2

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Q. The Tropic of Cancer passes through how many coastal and landlocked States of India, res­pectively?
1) 1 and 7
2) 2 and 6
3) 2 and 5
4) 3 and 5

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Q. Which one of the following situations can lead to inflation?
1) Rapid growth of aggregate demand outweighing supply
2) Sluggish growth of aggre­gate demand
3) Reduction in the money supply
4) Higher levels of unemploy­ment

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Q. Which of the following policies helps to raise interest rates unam­biguously and thereby leads to the appreciation of currency?
1) Expansionary fiscal and monetary policy
2) Contractionary fiscal and monetary policy
3) Contractionary fiscal policy and expansionary monetary policy
4) Contractionary monetary policy and expansionary fiscal policy

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Q. The contraction of private invest­ment spending due to deficit spending by the Government is called -
1) crowding out
2) crowding in
3) pump priming
4) dumping

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