Test: General Awareness- 2 - Civil Engineering (CE) MCQ

The Indian constitution has 448 articles in 25 parts, 12 schedules, 5 appendices and 98 amendments. Besides the English version, there is an official Hindi translation.

The Indian women's relay quartet of Hima Das, M. Poovamma, Saritaben Gayakwad and V. Vismaya won a gold medal in the women's 4x400 relay at the Asian Games 2018. Bahrain won the silver medal while Vietnam won the bronze medal. This was India's fifth gold medal in a row in the women's 4x400m relay.

Bern is the capital of Switzerland and Zurich is its largest city. Alain Berset is the President of Switzerland. It is a mountainous Central European country, home to numerous lakes, villages and the high peaks of the Alps. The country is also known for its ski resorts and hiking trails. Swiss watches and chocolate are world renowned. Swiss franc is its currency.

<Form> is a tag used to create HTML form for user input. 

MU refers to Marginal Utility which is the additional satisfaction a consumer gains from consuming one more unit of a good or service.

Ashvaghosha is believed to be the promoter of the Mahayana sect of the Buddhism. He was a Buddhist philosopher, orator, dramatist, and a poet from India. He was the composer of Buddhacharita and is considered to be one of the greatest Indian poets even before Kalidasa.

During his 23-run knock against England at Lord's, Team India captain Virat Kohli overtook England's Jonny Bairstow to become this year's highest run-scorer in international cricket. Kohli has scored 1,404 runs in 25 innings this year, 15 more than the English wicketkeeper-batsman. Shikhar Dhawan, who has scored 1,055 runs, is the second highest run-scorer among Indians in 2018.

FMC is the chief regulator of commodity futures markets in India. It is headquartered in Mumbai and is overseen by the Ministry of Finance.

• Thermosetting plastic is a type of plastic which once heated gets solidified and cannot be remoulded or melted on subsequent applications of heat.
• This occurs due to the formation of cross links in the polymer which prevent it from being remoulded.
• Bakelite is an example of thermosetting plastics.
• PVC and polyethylene are examples of thermoplastics. These are the types of polymers that melt on heating and solidify on cooling.

Infosys annouced the appointment of Salil S. Parekh as its new CEO and Managing Director. Salil was in Capegemini earlier. The Bengaluru-headquartered company was searching for a new CEO after former CEO Vishal Sikka resigned in August 2017. Cofounder Nandan Nilekani returned to the company as non-executive chairman to steady operations.

• Bell metal is a hard alloy used for making bells and different musical instruments.
• It is made of 80% copper and 20% tin (Sn) with some amount of Zinc and Lead.
• Bell metal is known for its resonance and attractive sound.

• The Union Public Service Commission has 8 members now including the Chairman of the Commission.
• The current chairman of the UPSC is Arvind Saxena who has been appointed as the acting Chairman of the Commission in June 2018.
• He will discharge this duty till August 2020 or till further orders. 

Of the following, Ganeshwar is not the place of Middle Stone Age.

• The site of Ganeshwar is located close to the copper mines of Sikar-Jhunjhunu copper belt of Rajasthan.
• There were many copper objects excavated from the area that included spearhead, arrowhead, chisel, bangles, and many microliths that were characteristic of the Chalcolithic Culture.
• People of Chalcolithic age used objects made of stone and copper.
• Ganeshwar predate the mature Harappan Culture.

Loktak hydroelectricity project is a multipurpose storage scheme to harness the hydro power potential of Loktak lake (largest freshwater lake in Northeast India) fed by Khuga and Imphal river. It is located in Churachandpur district of Manipur.

• Vedas are the collection of Hindu and other ancient religious texts written in ancient India between 1500-1000 BCE.
• There are four Vedas: the Rigveda, the Yajurveda, the Samaveda, the Atharvaveda.
• Rigveda is the oldest Veda

• The Third Five Year Plan stressed on the growth of industries and agriculture.
• It aimed at increasing the agricultural production by 30%, however, India failed to achieve its target because of wars with Pakistan and China in 1965 and 1962 and also because of the bad monsoon. 

1nm = 10^-9m, or we can say 10^-7cm

On October 28th, 1933 Lees Mody pact was signed by Bombay Mill Owners Association which earned all Indian industrialists Nehru’s distrust. The British had succeeded once again in divide-and-rule.

• Countries that share the border with West Bengal: Bangladesh in the east, and Nepal and Bhutan in the north.
• Countries that share the border with Himachal Pradesh: China
• Countries that share the border with Punjab: Pakistan
• Haryana doesn’t share the border with any other country.

Frequency= 1/T (time period)

therefore, 1/0.01 = 100

f = 100Hz

Slate is a fine-grained, foliated, homogeneous metamorphic rock obtained from an original shale-type sedimentary rock composed of clay or volcanic ash through low-grade regional metamorphism.

Ranganathittu Bird Sanctuary is the largest bird sanctuary in Karnataka.

Asian openbill stork, Common spoonbill and Woolly-necked stork breed in this sanctuary regularly.

It lies on the banks of River Cauvery, this sanctuary is the home to some of the most exquisite birds.

The Nehru Report of 28-30 August, 1928 was a memorandum outlining a proposed new dominion status constitution for India. It was prepared by a committee of the All Parties Conference chaired by Motilal Nehruwith his son Jawaharlal Nehru acting as secretary.

The number of Lok Sabha seats were increased from a value of 525 to 545 in 1972.

Pulmonology is the study of the lungs, a doctor who specializes in treating diseases of the lungs is called a pulmonologist. 

Indravati is one of the major tributaries of Godavari. Indravati originates from the state of Odisha and passes through Chhattisgarh before meeting Godavari river. Chitrakoot falls is located on Indravati river.

The LPG Model of development was introduced by then Finance Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh in 1991. This model was intended to charter a new strategy with emphasis on liberalization, Privatisation, and Globalisation (LPG).

LPG Model of development emphasizes a bigger role for the private sector.

• The columnar epithelium is found in the lining of the stomach and intestine. It helps in secretion and absorption.
• It is made up of a single layer of tall and slender cells.
• Its nuclei are located in the base and its free surface has microvilli.