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General Knowledge - 2 (PUNSUP)

General Knowledge - 2

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Question 1 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which of the following is not a function of commercial banks in India?

  1. Accepting deposits
  2. Making advances
  3. Transfer of funds
  4. Issue of currency
  5. Collection of cheques
Question 2 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

When was the first broadcast transmitted?

  1. 20th August 1921
  2. 20th August 1922
  3. 20th August 1923
  4. 20th August 1924
Question 3 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which of the following is the longest canal in India?

  1. Buckingham Canal
  2. Sarda Canal
  3. Indira Gandhi Canal
  4. West Yamuna Canal
Question 4 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which of the following amendment acts eliminated the right to property from the list of Fundamental Rights?

  1. 24th Amendment Act
  2. 25th Amendment Act
  3. 42nd Amendment Act
  4. 44th Amendment Act
Question 5 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which of the following vitamins is necessary for preventing beriberi?

  1. Vitamin B1
  2. Vitamin B2
  3. Vitamin B3
  4. Vitamin B6
Question 6 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Plants take in nitrogen from ___________, which is used by plants to make proteins.

  1. atmosphere
  2. water
  3. bacteria in soil
  4. sunlight
  5. bacteria in leaves
Question 7 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

The Border Security Force (BSF) was established in India in

  1. 1960
  2. 1969
  3. 1959
  4. 1965
  5. 1968
Question 8 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which are the deepest caves of the world?

  1. Ajanta Caves
  2. Reseau-du-Follis
  3. Reaseau Caves
  4. None of these
Question 9 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

He has been profiled by Time magazine and is one of the 30 activists chosen from across the world who are working to change the world for the better. Name the person.

  1. Baba Balbir Singh Seechewal
  2. Baba Amte
  3. Baba Ranjit Singh
  4. None of these
Question 10 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

The instrument used by doctors to listen to the heart beats is called

  1. stethoscope
  2. headphone
  3. barometer
  4. X-ray apparatus
Question 11 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

The headquarters of the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) is in

  1. Sweden
  2. Poland
  3. New York
  4. Spain
Question 12 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Hail storm occurs in summer season due to the formation of clouds called

  1. cumulus
  2. cumulonimbus
  3. cirrus
  4. cirrocumulus
Question 13 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Swaraj as a national demand was first made by

  1. Chittaranjan Das
  2. Jawaharlal Nehru
  3. Dadabhai Naoroji
  4. Bal Gangadhar Tilak
Question 14 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Who wrote the novel ‘Tutan Wala Khoo’?

  1. Kulwant Singh Virk
  2. Sohan Singh Sital
  3. Amrita Pritam
  4. Nanak Singh
Question 15 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Who was the first Indian to win the Nobel Prize for Economics?

  1. Yunus Muhammed
  2. Amartya Sen
  3. Prof. Noorul Hassan
  4. Dr. I. G.Patel
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