ENTRANCE TEST - SAINIK - RIMC - ACC - General Awarness Quiz NDA

GK Geography 1. Who was the first man to reach the South Pole? a) Robert Walpole b) Amundson c) Robert Peary d) none of these 2. Which of the following cities are situated on the banks of river ‘Tigris’? a) Sharjah b) Baghdad c) Dubai d) London 3. Which of the following is not an island? a) Greenland b) Ireland c) Cuba d) Sweden 4. Which of the following places is called the ‘Land of Golden Pagoda’? a) Japan b) Thailand c) Myanmar d) Java 5. Which of the following places are connected by the Adam’s bridge? a) Israel and Jerusalem b) Amman and Damascus c) Persian Gulf and Gulf of Oman d) Dhanushkodi and Talaimannar 6. Which of the following represent the International Date Line? a) 1000 meridian b) 00 meridian c) 1800 meridian d) 900 meridian 7. Excessively dry climate with very cold temperature throughout the year correspond to which of the following? a) Arctic deserts b) Tundra c) Alpine meadows d) Antarctica 8. Which one of the following is a cold current? a) Gulf stream b) Kuroshio c) Benguela d) Brazil 9. The disintegration and decomposition of rocks is known as a) weathering b) erosion c) denudation d) mass washing 10. What are the tropical cyclones of the Bay of Bengal called? a) hurricanes b) typhoons c) depressions d) tornadoes 11. Which of the following is the only latitude that forms a great circle? a) The Equator b) The Arctic circle c) The Antarctic circle d) The Tropic of Cancer 12. Which of the following is the most ideal condition for chemical weathering? a) hot and humid b) hot and dry c) cold and dry d) cold and humid 13. If two points are placed just on either side of the International Date Line, the difference in time between these two points will approximately be how many hours? a) 12 hours b) 18 hours c) 24 hours d) nil 14. Which one of the following rivers flows near Paris? a) Rhine b) Volga c) Danube d) Thames 15. The Pacific Ocean was so named by a) Bartholomew Diaz b) Magellan c) Vasco da Gama d) Columbus Answers 1. Amundson 2. Baghdad 3. Sweden 4. Myanmar 5. Dhanushkodi and Talaimannar 6. 1800 meridian 7. Antarctica 8. Benguela 9. weathering 10. depressions 11. the Equator 12. hot and humid 13. 24 hours 14. Rhine 15. Magellan GK Geography 2 1. In northern hemisphere, the wind blowing from the Horse latitude to the Doldrums is called? a) Westerly wind b) Trade wind c) Polar Easterly wind d) jet stream 2. What is the maximum length of a day on the poles? a) 12 hours b) 24 hours c) 3 months d) six months 3. Which one of the following latitudes forms a great circle? a) 00 b) 23 ˝ 0 c) 66 ˝ 0 d) 900 4. The International Date Line is located in the a) Pacific Ocean b) Atlantic ocean c) Indian ocean d) Arctic ocean 5. Which one of the following is a volcano located in Italy? a) Vesuvius b) Mauna Loa c) Krakotao d) Stromboli 6. Dark skin shields the body from the damaging effects of ultraviolet radiations. Therefore which of the following regions are inhabited by people with darker skin? a) Tropical regions b) Temperate regions c) desert regions d) forest regions 7. Which one of the following is not a form of precipitation? a) hail b) snowfall c) rainfall d) fog 8. What term is used to refer to the process in which the fertile part of the soil is dissolved in water and washed away? a) effusing b) decaying c) leaching d) eroding 9. Which one of the following is known as the Pearl City? a) Cochin b) Tuticorin c) Rameswaram d) Masulippatanam 10. Who was the first navigator who had sailed around the earth and proved that the shape of earth is round? a) James Cook b) Ferdinand Magellan c) Ptolemy d) Vasco da Gama Answers 1. Trade wind 2. 6 months 3. 00 4. Pacific Ocean 5. Vesuvius 6. Tropical regions 7. Fog 8. eroding 9. Tuticorin 10. Ferdinand Magellan GK Geography 3 1. What are clouds with vertical development called? a) cirrus b) stratus c) cirrocumulus d) cumulo-nimbus 2. Which of the following is a feature formed by rivers? a) moraine b) inselberg c) cirque d) meander 3. What is the study of spatial distribution of plants and animals called? a) zoogeography b) biogeography c) plant geography d) ecology 4. The Himalayan rivers are a) monsoon fed b) snow-fed c) ephemeral d) seasonal 5. Rhine valley in France is known for mineral deposits of a) Bauxite b) copper c) Nickel d) Zinc 6. Which of the following are linked by the Panama Canal? a) Atlantic Ocean and Pacific ocean b) Atlantic Ocean and Indian Ocean c) Indian Ocean and Mediterranean Sea d) Mediterranean Sea and Red Sea 7. Which of the following was absent in the atmosphere of the primitive earth? a) oxygen b) carbon dioxide c) nitrogen d) ammonia 8. Which one of the following is responsible for the change of seasons over the surface of earth? a) rotation of earth b) revolution of earth c) inclination of earth d) declination of earth 9. When the wind is deflected due to the rotation of the earth, it is called as a) geotropic wind b) polar wind c) Westerlies d) Trade winds 10. Which one of the following is most destructive? a) Tornado b) cyclone c) typhoon d) Willy Willy 11. By what name is the saline-desert-cum-marsh known in India? a) Dhand b) kaher c) lagoon d) rann 12. Seasonal variation is the least in a) In the Arctic Circle b) At 45 0 N latitude c) in the Tropic of Cancer d) At the Equator 13. The equatorial radius of the earth is approximately a) 7000 km b) 6000 km c) 5000 km d) 4000 km 14. The speed of rotation of the earth is the highest a) along the Equator b) Along the tropic of cancer c) along the Arctic circle d) at the North pole 15. Which one of the following rocks is a metamorphic equivalent of sandstone? a) marble b) quartzite c) Gneiss d) Granite Answers 1. Cirrocumulus 2. meander 3. biogeography 4. snow-fed 5. bauxite 6. Atlantic ocean and Pacific ocean 7. Oxygen 8. revolution of earth 9. geotropic wind 10. cyclone 11. rann 12. in the Arctic circle 13. 6000 km 14. at the North Pole 15. Quartzite GK Geography 4 1. Which of the following is the deepest lake? a) Caspian sea b) Lake Baikal c) Lake Superior d) Lake Victoria 2. Which of the following is the area most susceptible to earthquakes? a) Himalayan belt b) Circum-Pacific belt c) Mexican belt d) Mediterranean belt 3. What is the time difference between each longitude? a) 6 minutes b) 4 minutes c) 5 minutes d) 8 minutes 4. Which atmospheric layer lies closely above the troposphere? a) mesosphere b) ionosphere c) chemosphere d) stratosphere 5. The time period of a pendulum on moon a) remains the same b) decreases c) increases d) becomes zero 6. Which of the following pairs of seas are connected by the Suez Canal? a) Atlantic-Pacific b) Indian-Pacific c) Mediterranean –Red d) Mediterranean – Black 7. Which one of the following regions is the most suitable for the cultivation of citrus fruits? a) Equatorial region b) Mediterranean region c) polar region d) tundra region 8. Who is a cartographer? a) one who pulls a cart b) one who makes cartoons c) one who writes travel stories d) one who plots maps 9. What are the lines drawn on a weather map joining places having the same temperature called? a) isotopes b) isobars c) isotherms d) isometers 10. Which of the following is the youngest mountain range in the world? a) Alps b) Andes c) Aravallis d) Himalayas Answers 1. Lake Baikal 2. Circum-Pacific belt 3. 4 minutes 4. stratosphere 5. increases 6. Mediterranean –Red 7. Mediterranean region 8. one who plots maps 9. isotherms 10. Himalayas GK General Science 1 1. Which of the following is the most reactive among halogens? a) fluorine b) chlorine c) bromine d) iodine 2. Which one of the following was used as a chemical weapon in the First World War? a) carbon monoxide b) hydrogen cyanide c) mustard gas d) water gas 3. Which one of the following has the highest fuel value? hydrogen b) charcoal c) natural gas d) gasoline 4. Which one of the following is used as an anti-freeze for the automobile engines? a) propyl alcohol b) ethanol c) methanol d) ethylene glycol 5. Which one of the following gases is used for the purification of water? a) oxygen b) ammonia c) chlorine d) carbon dioxide 6. What is the chemical name of baking soda? a) sodium bicarbonate b) sodium nitrate c) sodim carbonate d) potassium nitrate 7. Which one of the following is present in common toothpastes as an abrasive? a) calcium oxide b) calcium carbonate c) calcium fluoride d) calcium chloride 8. Which one of the following chemicals is a food preservative? a) sodium carbonate b) sodium bicarbonate c) sodium benzoate d) sodium thiosulphate 9. Which one of the following is present in gobar gas? a) carbon dioxide b) ethane c) methane d) hydrogen 10. Which are the two of the most common elements in the earth’s crust? a) nitrogen and oxygen b) nitrogen and silicon c) carbon and oxygen d) silicon and oxygen 11. Which one of the following is a greenhouse gas? a) oxygen b) hydrogen c) carbon dioxide d) nitrogen 12. Fire extinguishers release which of the following gas? a) hydrogen b) nitrogen c) carbon dioxide d) carbon monoxide 13. Which one of the following gases present in the upper atmosphere protects the earth from harmful ultraviolet radiations? a) carbon dioxide b) ozone c) nitrogen d) oxygen 14. Which one of the following is the main culprit in the thinning of ozone layer in the earth’s upper atmosphere? a) carbon dioxide b) chloroflurocarbons c) nitrogen d) oxygen 15. Which one of the following is present in the emission from ‘unleaded petrol’? a) carbon monoxide b) carbon dioxide c) hydrocarbons d) ethylene Answers 1. fluorine 2. mustard gas 3. hydrogen 4. ethanol 5. chlorine 6. sodium bicarbonate 7. calcium fluoride 8. sodium benzoate 9. methane 10. silicon and oxygen 11. carbon dioxide 12. carbon dioxide 13. ozone 14. chloroflurocarbons 15. hydrocarbons GK General Science 2 1. Which one of the following is not a pesticide? a) BHC b) Malathion c) Freon d) DDT 2. Acid rain contains high levels of a) oxalic acid b) acetic acid c) sulphuric and nitric acids d) carbolic acid 3. Safety matches are made using a) carbon, sulphur and paraffin b) potassium chloride, antimony sulphide and glue c) lead dioxide, carbon and paraffin d) silicon dioxide, sulphur and paraffin 4. Bronze is an alloy of a) copper and zinc b) tin and zinc c) copper and tin d) iron and zinc 5. Which one of the following elements is alloyed with iron to produce steel which can resist high temperatures and also have high hardness and abrasion resistance? a) aluminium b) chromium c) nickel d) tungsten 6. Name a chemical compound used in photography? a) silver bromide b) potassium nitrate c) hydrogen peroxide d) hydrogen sulphide 7. Which chemical compound is used for the etching of glass? a) sodium bicarbonate b) carbon monoxide c) hydrofluoric acid d) nitric acid 8. Smog is a common pollutant in places having a higher concentration of a) sulphur dioxide b) ammonia c) nitrogen d) oxygen 9. Cooking gas is a mixture of a) carbon monoxide and carbon dioxide b) butane and propane c) methane and ethylene d) carbon dioxide and oxygen 10. Which one of the following substances is made up of only one type of atoms? a) water b) milk c) hydrogen d) air Answers 1. Freon 2. carbolic acid 3. potassium chloride, antimony sulphide and glue 4. copper and tin 5. chromium 6. silver bromide 7. hydrofluoric acid 8. sulphur dioxide 9. butane and propane 10. hydrogen GK General Science 3 1. Name an alloy that does not contain copper? a) brass b) bronze c) German silver d) stainless steel 2. Which one of the following is used for rating diesel oil? a) fuel number b) magic number c) octane number d) cetane number 3. By the interaction of chlorine with which of the following is bleaching powder obtained? a) dilute solution of calcium hydroxide b) dry slaked lime c) concentrated solution of calcium hydroxide d) dry calcium oxide 4. The growing plants need which of the following elements in the largest quantity? a) calcium b) nitrogen c) ammonia d) phosphorus 5. Which of the following is the gas used for refrigeration? a) nitrogen b) oxygen c) ammonia d) chlorine 6. Which acid is present in lemon? a) lactic acid b) citric acid c) tartaric acid d) acetic acid 7. Which alloy is composed of aluminium, copper and magnesium? a) bronze b) duralumin c) magnalium d) monel 8. Vegetable oils are hydrogenated in the presence of finely divided a) alumina b) nickel c) charcoal d) silica 9. A blue glass, when heated, will glow with a) blue colour b) red colour c) white light d) yellow colour 10. Which of the following is the element least present in the human body? a) oxygen b) hydrogen c) iron d) carbon 11. Which one of the following polymers is widely used for making bullet proof materials? a) polyvinyl chloride b) polyamides c) polyethylene d) polycarbonates 12. Which element is present in the earth’s crust in highest quantity? a) nitrogen b) hydrogen c) oxygen d) carbon 13. The presence of which of the following oxides impart deep blue colour to glass? a) cupric oxide b) iron oxide c) cobal oxide d) nickel oxide 14. The compound of which of the following chemicals is added to the otherwise odourless LPG cooking gas for imparting a detectable smell to the gas? a) sulphur b) fluorine c) chlorine d) bromine 15. The bitter or sharp taste of unripe fruits is due to high concentration of a) starch b) organic acids c) carotenoids d) lipids Answers 1. stainless steal 2. cetane number 3. dilute solution of calcium hydroxide 4. nitrogen 5. ammonia 6. citric acid 7. duralumin 8. nickel 9. blue colour 10. iron 11. polycarbonates 12. oxygen 13. cobalt oxide 14. sulphur 15. organic acids GK General Science 4 1. The atomic weight of which one of the following metals is less than that of iron? a) chromium b) nickel c) zinc d) copper 2. Who among the following scientists helped develop the Periodic law? a) Niels Bohr b) DI Mendeleev c) Christian Huygens d) Isaac Newton 3. DDT is an a) herbicide b) insecticide c) fungicide d) rodenticide 4. Which metal remains in the liquid form under normal conditions? a) zinc b) radium c) mercury d) uranium 5. Which of the following fertilizers has the highest percentage of nitrogen? a) calcium ammonium nitrate b) ammonium sulphate c) calcium nitrate d) urea 6. Soap is a mixture of sodium or potassium salts of a) monocarboxylic acids b) dicarboxylic acids c) tricarboxylic acids d) glyrecols 7. Chloro-fluro-carbon gases are not used in which of the following? a) aerosol sprays b) fire-extinguishers c) refrigerators d) air-conditioning 8. Which one of the following is a balanced fertilizer for plants? a) urea b) ammonium sulphate c) nitrates d) compost 9. Which of the following gases is used in the artificial ripening of green fruits? a) acetylene b) ethane c) hydrogen d) carbon dioxide 10. Which chemical compound becomes a powerful tool of destruction when mixed with diesel fuel? a) semtex b) c-4 c) TNT d) ammonium nitrate Answers 1. chromium 2. DI Mendeleev 3. insecticide 4. mercury 5. urea 6. tricarboxylic acids 7. fire-extinguishers 8. urea 9. acetylene 10. ammonium nitrate