General Knowledge Quiz for CDS & CAPF : 14th May
Dear Students, Defence Adda is providing you all with this quiz on General Knowledge questions for CDS, AFCAT, CAPF, and other Defence Examinations.
Q1. Which one of the Chola Kings
conquered entire Island Ceylon?
(a) Aditya-I
(b) Rajaraja I
(c) Rajendra
(d) Vijayalaya
Q2. Malik Kafur was the General
of
(a) Balban
(b) Alauddin Khilji
(c) Muhammad Bin Tughlaq
(d) Firoz Shah Tughlaq
Q3. Which one of the following is
the characteristic climate of the Tropical Savannah Region?
(a) Rainfall through the year
(b) Rainfall in winter only
(c) An extremely short dry season
(d) A definite dry and wet season
Q4.Which separates the mainland
of India from Rameswaram Island?
(a) Palk Strait
(b) Pamban channel
(c) Ten-degree channel
(d) Nine-degree channels
Q5.The salaries and allowances of
the High Court judges are charged to
(a) the Consolidated Fund of the
State
(b) the Consolidated Fund of
India
(c) the Contingency Fund of India
(d) the Consolidated Fund of
India and the Consolidated Fund of the State in equal proportion
Q6. Which among the following is
an asset for a Commercial Bank?
(a) Borrowing from RBI
(b) loans sanctioned by the bank
(c) Cash with other banks
(d) All the above
Q7. A bond formed by sharing of
electrons between atoms of the elements is called
(a) ionic bond
(b) covalent bond
(c) coordinate bond
(d) none
Q8.The temperature at which both
the Fahrenheit and Centigrade scales have the same value is
(a) -60°
(b) -40°
(c) -20°
(d) 0°
Q9. The plant which does not bear
flower but have seed
(a) Orchids
(b) Gymnosperm
(c) Angiosperm
(d) Cryptogamous
Q10.Root develop from radical
(a) Fibrous root
(b) Respiratory root
(c) Adventitious root
(d) Taproot
SOLUTION
S1. Ans.(c)
Sol. Rajendra invaded Ceylon in 1017
CE and annexed the entire island. Raja Raja Chola I conquered only the northern half of Sri Lanka
during his reign.
S2.Ans.(b)
Sol. Malik Kafur was a prominent
slave-general of the Delhi Sultanate ruler Alauddin Khalji. Malik Kafur defeated the Mongol invaders in
1306 and he led a series of expeditions in the southern part of India.
S3.Ans.(d)
Sol. The climate of the Tropical
Savannah Region features a lengthy dry season followed by a short but extremely
rainy wet season.
S4. Ans.(b)
Sol. Pamban Island is also known
as Rameswaram Island, is an island located between peninsular India and Sri
Lanka. The island is a part of India and forms the Rameswaram taluk of the
Ramanathapuram district of the state of Tamil Nadu. It is the largest island in
Tamil Nadu by area.
S5.Ans.(a)
Sol. The salaries, allowances, and
privileges of the judges of a high court are determined from time to time by
the Parliament and charged upon a consolidated fund of states.
S6. Ans.(d)
Sol. Bank's assets comprise
cash, money at short notice, bills and securities discounted, bank's
investments, loans sanctioned by the bank, etc. Bank's cash in hand, cash with
other banks and cash with the central bank (RBI) are its assets.
S7.Ans(b)
Sol. A
covalent bond, also called a molecular bond, is a chemical bond that involves
the sharing of electron pairs between atoms.
S8.Ans(b)
Sol. The
temperature, when both the Celsius and Fahrenheit scales are the same, is -40
degrees.
S9.Ans(b)
Sol.
Gymnosperms do not bear flower but have seed.
S10.Ans(d)
Sol. If the
primary root continues to grow and give rise to a secondary and tertiary root
successively than it is known as taproot system.
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