General Knowledge Quiz for CDS & CAPF : 21st 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 Buddha has been eulogized
as an ocean of wisdom and compassion in
(a) Buddha-Charita
(b) Jataka Tales
(c) Amarakosha
(d) The Light of Aisa
Q2. Rajendra I was the son of?
(a) Bindusara I
(b) Devabhuti I
(c) Skanda Gupta I
(d) Rajaraja I
Q3. Where is the world's highest
volcanic mountain Cotopaxi located?
(a) Japan
(b) Philippines
(c) Ecuador
(d) Hawaiian Islands
Q4. Line of Capricorn does NOT go
through which of the following countries?
(a) South Africa
(b) Argentina
(c) Chile
(d) Philippines
Q5.If any Fundamental Right of a
citizen is breached then under Article 226 of Indian Constitution he can move
to ______.
(a) Prime
Minister of India
(b) Chief Justice of India
(c) President of India
(d) High Court
of State
Q6.Medium term loans are provided
for a period of _____.
(a) 1 year to 2 years
(b) 15 months to 3 years
(c) 15 months to 4 years
(d) 1 year to 5 years
Q7.The value of acceleration due
to gravity (g) ______________________________.
(a) is greater at the poles than
at the equator
(b) is lesser at the poles than
at the equator
(c) is greater at the North pole
than at the South pole
(d) is greater at the South pole
than at the North pole
Q8. Saturated carbon compounds
can form which types of chain structures?
I. Straight chain
II. Branched-chain
(a) Only I
(b) Only II
(c) Neither I nor II
(d) Both I and II
Q9.How is the nitrogen taken up
by the plants?
I. In the form of inorganic
nitrates or nitrites
II. In the form of organic
compounds
III. Directly taken up from the
atmosphere
(a) Only I and II
(b) Only I and
III
(c) Only II and III
(d) All I, II and III
Q10. Which of the following
plants have root nodules?
(a) Leguminous plants
(b) Parasitic plants
(c) Epiphytic Plants
(d) Aquatic Plants
SOLUTION
S1. Ans.(c)
Sol. Buddha
has been eulogized as an Ocean of Wisdom and Compassion in Amarkosha. The
Amarakosha is a thesaurus of Sanskrit written by the ancient Indian scholar
Amarasimha.
S2. Ans.(d)
Sol.
Rajendra I was the son of Chola King Rajaraja.
S3. Ans.(c)
Sol.
Cotopaxi is an active stratovolcano in the Andes Mountains, located in the
Latacunga canton of Cotopaxi Province Ecuador, in South America.
S4.Ans.(d)
Sol.
Starting at the Prime Meridian and heading eastwards, the Tropic of Capricorn
passes through 10 countries: Namibia, Botswana, South Africa, Mozambique,
Madagascar, Australia, Chile, Argentina, Paraguay, and Brazil.
S5. Ans.(d)
Sol. Article
226 of Constitution of India deals with Power of High Courts to issue certain
writs for enforcement of Fundamental Rights.
S6.Ans.(d)
Sol.Medium
loans are those loans such as 1 to 5 years the interest rate is up to 36% also
medium loans are the unsecured ones in most of the cases. EMI of such loans is
more than the long terms loans.
S7.Ans.(a)
Sol. The
value of g on earth is maximum at poles and decreases as we go from poles to
the equator and is minimum at the equator.
S8.Ans.(d)
Sol.
Saturated carbon compounds can form both Straight-chain and Branched chain
structures.
S9.Ans.(a)
Sol. Plants
take nitrogen from the soil by absorption through their roots as amino acids,
nitrate ions, nitrite ions, or ammonium ions. Most nitrogen obtained by
terrestrial animals can be traced back to the eating of plants at some stage of
the food chain.
S10. Ans.(a)
Sol. A
legume is a plant or its fruit or seed in the family Fabaceae. Legumes are
grown agriculturally, primarily for their grain seed called pulse, for
livestock forage and silage, and as soil-enhancing green manure. Many legumes
have root nodules that provide a home for symbiotic nitrogen-fixing bacteria
called rhizobia.

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