General Awareness Test-19 - NDA MCQ

The All-India Muslim League was a political party in British India. It was founded at Dacca (now Dhaka, Bangladesh), in the Bengal Presidency, in 1906. It was a driving force behind the creation of Pakistan as a Muslim state on the Indian subcontinent.

Khondamir or Hondemir was a Persian Islamic scholar born in Herat, in 880 AH or 1475 CE, a grandson and successor to noted historian Mirkhond. He was given the title of Amir-i-Akhbar by Humayun.

Valley deepening takes place during the youthful stage of a river.

Ernest Barker said preamble is the keynote of constitution, in general, it is referred to as the key to the constitution. Barker is an English political scientist.

Special Economic Zone (SEZ) concept was first introduced in China in the 1980s. The most successful SEZ in China, Shenzhen, has developed from a small village into a city with a population of over 10 million within 20 years. Commerce Minister Mr. Maran Had introduced SEZ concept in year 1997 for first times in India.

This theory has been given by JM Keynes.

A calorimeter box is made up of Copper because Cu has low specific heat capacity & thus it reaches the equilibrium temperature quickly by absorbing a small amount of heat.

Blue litmus paper turns red under acidic conditions.

Even after sunset, the air near the Earth's surface continues to receive heat due to Terrestrial Radiation.

The endocrine glands are widely distributed throughout the body. The pituitary gland, pineal gland and hypothalamus are located in the skull. The thyroid and parathyroid glands are in the neck, and the thymus gland is in the thoracic (chest) cavity.

Battle of Khanwah in 1527 was the battle between the invading forces of the first Mughal Emperor Babur and the Rajput forces led by Rana Sanga of Mewar in Rajasthan.

The Mughal paintings during the Mughal period of Akbar hold special importance. The important painters in the court of Akbar were Basawan, Daswant, etc.  Daswant was employed as a mint officer.

Hussain Sagar is a necklace shaped lake in Hyderabad built by Ibrahim Quli Qutb Shah and named after Hussain Shah Wali.

Lucknow sits on the northwestern shore of the Gomti River.

The short-run marginal cost curve is U shaped.

Total product is the relationship between the variable input and output, keeping all other inputs are held constant.

Damping is any effect that tends to reduce the amplitude of vibrations. In mechanics, the internal friction may be one of the causes of such damping effect.'

Hard steel contains 0.5 to 1.5% carbon.

Trypsin is one of the three principal digestive proteinases. Trypsin acts with the other proteinases to break down dietary protein molecules to their component peptides and amino acids.

The ancient Egyptians used Willow bark to produce aspirin as a remedy for aches and pains.