General Knowledge Quiz for CDS & CAPF : 15th JUNE
Dear Students, Defence Adda is providing you all with this quiz on General Knowledge questions for CDS, AFCAT, CAPF, and other Defence Examinations.
Q1. The first Tamil Sangam is said to
have been instituted by
(a) Tiruvalluvar
(b) Parasurama
(c) Mamulanar
(d) Agastya
Q2. The inquiry Committee on
Jallianwala Bagh incident was headed by-
(a) Dyer
(b) Irwin
(c) Hunter
(d) Simon
Q3.What causes the wind to
deflect towards the left in the Southern Hemisphere?
(a) Temperature
(b) Magnetic Field
(c) Rotation of Earth
(d) Pressure
Q4. The Palk Bay lies between
(a) Gulf of Kutch & Gulf of
Khambhat
(b) Gulf of Mannar & Bay of
Bengal
(c) Lakshadweep & Maldive
Islands
(d) Andaman & Nicobar Islands
Q5. How many High courts in India
have jurisdiction over more than one State(Union territories not included)?
(a) 2
(b) 3
(c) 4
(d) 5
Q6. Which one of the following
pairs is not correctly matched?
(a) Japan -
Nikkei
(b) Singapore -
Shcomp
(c) UK - FTSE
(d) USA -
Nasdaq
Q7. Sound travels in the form of
(a) Transverse waves
(b) Longitudinal waves
(c) Stationary waves
(d) None of the above
Q8. Ligament connect
(a) Muscles to bone
(b) Bone to bone
(c) Nerve to bone
(d) Muscles to skin
Q9. The pH of water at 25°C is 7.
When it is heated to 100°C, the pH of the water
(a) Increases
(b) Decreases
(c) Remains the same
(d) Decreases up to 50°C and then
increases.
Q10. Which one of the following the antimicrobial drug is suitable for the treatment of both tuberculosis and
leprosy?
(a) Isoniazid
(b) P-aminosalicylic acid
(c) Streptomycin
(d) Rifampicin
SOLUTION
S1.Ans.(d)
Sol. The
first Tamil Sangam was held to the south of Madurai under the patronage of
Makeerthy, the Pandyan king. Agastya was the president of the first Sangam.
S2.Ans.(c)
Sol. The
British Government established a committee headed by Lord Hunter a Senator of
the “College of justice of Scotland” to enquire on Jallianwala Bagh incident.
This committee had seven members having four British and three Indians.
S3. Ans.(c)
Sol. The
force, called the "Coriolis effect," causes the direction of winds
and ocean currents to be deflected. In the Northern Hemisphere, wind and
currents are deflected toward the right, in the Southern Hemisphere they are
deflected to the left.
S4. Ans.(b)
Sol. Palk
Strait is a strait between the Tamil Nadu state of India and the Mannar
district of the Northern Province of Sri Lanka. It connects the Bay of Bengal
in the northeast with the Palk Bay and then with the Gulf of Mannar in the
southwest.
S5. Ans.(b)
Sol. The common HCs are
1.Bombay HC
- Maharashtra, Goa, Dadra, Na gar Haveli, and Daman and Diu.
2.Guwahati
HC - Assam, Nagaland, Mizoram and Arunachal Pradesh
3.Punjab and
Haryana HC - Punjab and Haryana along with Chandigarh UT
Andra
Pradesh got its own High Court on 1st
Jan 2019 by the SC's order. Thus there are 3 High courts in India which
have jurisdiction over more than one State.
S6. Ans.(b)
Sol. Shanghai – Shcomp; Singapore – SIMEX, Straits
Time. Shcomp is a composite index of the Shanghai Stock Exchange.
S7. Ans.(b)
Sol. Sound
travels in the form of longitudinal waves. These waves travel in the form of
compressions and rarefactions.
S8.Ans(b)
Sol. A ligament is a fibrous connective tissue which attaches bone to bone and usually
serves to hold structures together and keep them stable.
S9.Ans(b)
Sol. At room
temperature (25 degrees Celsius) the pH of pure water is 7. If you increase the
temperature to 100 degrees Celsius, the pH of pure water is 6.14, which is
still neutral on the pH scale even though it is lower than 7.
S10.Ans(d)
Sol.
Rifampicin, also known as rifampin, is an antibiotic used to treat several
types of bacterial infections, including tuberculosis, Mycobacterium avium
complex, leprosy, and Legionnaires' disease.

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