General Awareness Test-16 - NDA MCQ

The Chenab River is a major river of India and Pakistan. It forms in the upper Himalayas in the Lahaul and Spiti district of Himachal Pradesh, India, and flows through the Jammu region of Jammu and Kashmir into the plains of Punjab.

The parent material of alluvial soils is of transported origin, They are often referred to as transported or azonal soils.

Wheat is a Rabi Crop.

The Look East policy was developed by the P.V. Narasimha Rao government.

Fiscal policy is government spending and taxation that influences the economy. Some of the major instruments of fiscal policy are as follows: Budget, Taxation, Public Expenditure, Public Works and Public Debt.

Full employment is the level at which there is no cyclical unemployment.

Syngas, or synthesis gas, is a fuel gas mixture consisting primarily of hydrogen, carbon monoxide, and very often some carbon dioxide.

Cathode Rays are not electromagnetic in nature.

Acids turn the color of blue litmus paper to red. All acids taste sour or tart.. Bases are bitter and change the colour of red litmus to blue, Litmus is a natural indicator.

Hepatic portal vein delivers the nutrient-rich blood from the stomach and small intestine to the liver.

White blood cells (WBC) bring out the function of body defence. 

Beri-Beri is not insect borne disease. It is caused by the deficiency of vitamin-B_1 or thiamine. 

Nitric acid is used in the production of fertilizers. The principal chemical produced form nitric acids ammonium nitrate, sulphuric acid is used in the production of explosives like TNT, nitroglycerine, gun cotton, etc. 

Baking soda has sodium bicarbonate as the chief constituent. It decomposes on heating giving carbon dioxide. This causes dough, cakes, biscuits etc. to expand and become light. 

In a pressure cooker while cooking pressure increases due to which boiling point of water also increases as P ∝ T.  

Velocity of raindrop increases until it reaches the terminal velocity.

X-rays cannot be deflected by magnetic field as they consist of no charge. 

The permissible level is 50 db. 

Infrared rays helps in reading an old written material.