General awareness / studies questions and answers - Oct 26, 2014
1. The Mughal Emperor who was taken as prisoner by the British after the Battle of Buxar isa. Muhammad Shah.
b. Ahmed Shah Bahadur.
c. Shah Alam II.
d. Mir Qasim.
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: c. Shah Alam II.
The Battle of Buxar was fought in 1764 between the British and three rulers namely Mughal Emperor Shah Alam II, Mir Qasim of Bengal and Shuja-ud-Daula of Awadh. But they lost war and the Mughal Emperor was taken as prisoner for seven years.
i. Showed interest in French Revolution.
ii. Planted Tree of Liberty in his Capital.
iii. Member of Jacobian Club.
a. Tipu Sultan.
b. Haidar Ali.
c. Alivardi Khan.
d. Safdar Jang.
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: a. Tipu Sultan.
Tipu Sultan was the ruler of Mysore, he took over the kingdom after the death of his father Haidar Ali in 1782. The British considered him as their greatest enemy. Tipu had great vision and he wanted to keep his state free from British, so took many steps to keep them away and fought against them continuously.
a. Vijay Singh.
b. Ajit Singh.
c. Sawai Jai Singh.
d. None of these.
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: c. Sawai Jai Singh.
Raja Sawai Jai Singh was an outstanding Rajput ruler. He was also a great astronomer who set up Royal observatories and invented many instruments and he also installed advanced and most accurate instruments in the observatories.
a. Guru Gobind Singh.
b. Banda Bahadur.
c. Guru Har Rai.
d. Guru Har Gobind.
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: d. Guru Har Gobind.
The Sikh Community was founded in 15th century by Guru Nanak. The community had 10 Gurus and now they follow the Holy Book Guru Grant Sahib as their Guru. The leader who begun the transformation was Guru Har Gobind .
a. Small Intestine.
b. Large Intestine.
c. Mouth.
d. Stomach.
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: c. Mouth.
The digestive process starts at the mouth itself, the food items that we eat while be chewed and will be broken into smaller pieces. So the first step of digestion starts at mouth.
a. Cardiac Gland.
b. Liver.
c. Adrenal Gland.
d. Pancreas.
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: b. Liver.
Liver has an important role to play in the process of digestion, it is liver which absorbs excess glucose from the blood and convert that into glycogen and store it.
a. In solar radiation.
b. Out radiation from Earth surface.
c. Air molecules will never get heated up.
d. Both (a) and (b).
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: b. Out radiation from Earth surface.
The air molecules which are present in the atmosphere will not get heated up by the insolation or in solar radiation; they are always heated up by the out radiation i.e. the radiation which comes from earth.
i. Corals need cold water.
ii. Need shallow water generally less than 60m.
iii. They are found in mud water.
a. Only (i).
b. Only (ii).
c. (i) and (ii).
d. (ii) and (iii).
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: b. Only (ii).
Coral Reefs always need warm water i.e. around 25 to 30 degree. They grow only in the Shallow water and the water should be clear water i.e. free from mud and the salinity should be between 2.7 to 4 percent.
a. Homoseismal Lines.
b. Isoseismal Lines.
c. Diseismal Lines.
d. Shadow Zone.
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: a. Homoseismal Lines.
The lines which joins all the places which receives earthquake waves at the same time is called Homoseismal Lines. When joined together they will be in Elliptical shape and it runs around the epicentre.
a. Dipode.
b. Antipode.
c. Anticentre.
d. Epicentre.
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: b. Antipode.
The point which is diametrically opposite to a point is called as Antipode. Epicentre is the point on the earth surface exactly above the focus. Anticentre is the antipode of Epicentre.
