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Test: General Awareness - 3 - Question 1

Which among the following states of India have common borders with Pakistan? 

Detailed Solution for Test: General Awareness - 3 - Question 1

Punjab, Jammu and Kashmir, Rajasthan and Gujarat have common borders with Pakistan.

Test: General Awareness - 3 - Question 2

Which of the following factors influence ocean currents?
1. Rotation of the Earth
2. Air pressure and wind. 
3. Ocean water density 
4. Revolution of the Earth

Q. Select the correct answer using the codes given below 

Detailed Solution for Test: General Awareness - 3 - Question 2

Factors that influence the ocean current are rotation of the earth, air pressure and wind and ocean water density. Revolution of the earth causes seasons and time change. 

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Test: General Awareness - 3 - Question 3

Consider the following statements  
1. A hurricane acquires its spin from the Coriolis Effect.
2. The diameter of the hurricane decreases as it moves away from low latitudes. 
3. The diameter of a hurricane is never below 150 km.

Q. Which of the statements given above is/are correct? 

Detailed Solution for Test: General Awareness - 3 - Question 3

Hurricanes begin as tropical disturbances in warm ocean waters with surface temperatures of at least 80 degrees Fahrenheit (26.5 degrees Celsius). In a category 1 hurricane, wind rage from 120-152 km. 

Test: General Awareness - 3 - Question 4

Which of the following three rivers of the peninsula India have the Amarkantak region as their source? 

Detailed Solution for Test: General Awareness - 3 - Question 4

Son, and Narmada rivers originate from Amarkantak region. While Mahanandi originates from shiwa mountaied in the Chhattigarh. 

Test: General Awareness - 3 - Question 5

Consider the following statements  
1. The Earth does not move along its orbit at a constant rate. 
2. The Earth moves fastest at perihelion and slowest at aphelion.

Q. The above statements are true of which one of the following laws? 

Detailed Solution for Test: General Awareness - 3 - Question 5

The point of Kpler’s IInd law is that, although the orbit is symmetric, the motion is not. A
planet speeds up as it approaches the Sun, gets its greatest velocity when passing closest, then
slows down again and the earth moves fastest at perihelion and slowest at aphelion. 

Test: General Awareness - 3 - Question 6

Which one of the following countries does not border with China? 

Detailed Solution for Test: General Awareness - 3 - Question 6

Thailand does not have a border with China. The 14 countries touch the border of china
which are India, Pakistan, Afghanistan, Tajikistan, Kyrgyzstan, Kazakhstan, Mongolia, Russia,
North Korea, Vietnam, Laos, Myanmar, Bhutan and Nepal. 

Test: General Awareness - 3 - Question 7

To Earth moves around the Sun in an elliptical trajectory due to gravity. If another Sun like star is brought near the Earth, what will be the shape of the trajectory?  

Detailed Solution for Test: General Awareness - 3 - Question 7

The shape of the trajectory will be undeterministic. 

Test: General Awareness - 3 - Question 8

Which one of the following is the correct sequence of the following topographical features found from upper to lower course of a river?

Detailed Solution for Test: General Awareness - 3 - Question 8

Correct sequence is Rapids-Ox-bow Lake-Estuary Rapids are sections of a river where the river bed has a relatively steep gradient, causing an increase in water velocity and turbulence. An ox-bow lake is a U-shaped body of water that form when a wide meander from the main stem of a river is cut off, creating a free-standing body of water. An estuary is a body of water formed where freshwater rivers and streams flows into the ocean, mixing with the seawater. 

Test: General Awareness - 3 - Question 9

During the Indian monsoon season 

Detailed Solution for Test: General Awareness - 3 - Question 9

Tropical easterly jet stream occurs near the tropopause over Southeast Asia, India and Africa during summer. This jet is closely connected to the Indian and African summer monsoons. The existence of this jet implies that there is a deep layer of warm air to the north of the jet and colder air is of course associated with the maximum heating taking place over India in summer, while the colder air is over the ocean. The difference in heating and cooling and the ensuing pressure gradient is what drives this jet.

Test: General Awareness - 3 - Question 10

Which one among the following is not a Baltic nation?  

Detailed Solution for Test: General Awareness - 3 - Question 10

Baltic Nations are those that have shorelines along the Baltic Sea. The group of countries presently referred Baltic States is Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania. Slovakia is not a Baltic state. 

Test: General Awareness - 3 - Question 11

The Buddha has been eulogized as an ocean of wisdom and compassion in

Detailed Solution for Test: General Awareness - 3 - Question 11

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.

Test: General Awareness - 3 - Question 12

Rajendra I was the son of?

Detailed Solution for Test: General Awareness - 3 - Question 12

Rajendra I was the son of Chola King Rajaraja. 

Test: General Awareness - 3 - Question 13

Where is the world's highest volcanic mountain Cotopaxi located?

Detailed Solution for Test: General Awareness - 3 - Question 13

Cotopaxi is an active stratovolcano in the Andes Mountains, located in the Latacunga canton of Cotopaxi Province Ecuador, in South America.

Test: General Awareness - 3 - Question 14

Line of Capricorn does NOT go through which of the following countries?

Detailed Solution for Test: General Awareness - 3 - Question 14

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.

Test: General Awareness - 3 - Question 15

If any Fundamental Right of a citizen is breached then under Article 226 of Indian Constitution he can move to ______.

Detailed Solution for Test: General Awareness - 3 - Question 15

Article 226 of Constitution of India deals with Power of High Courts to issue certain writs for enforcement of Fundamental Rights.

Test: General Awareness - 3 - Question 16

Medium term loans are provided for a period of _____.

Detailed Solution for Test: General Awareness - 3 - Question 16

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.

Test: General Awareness - 3 - Question 17

The value of acceleration due to gravity (g) ______________________________.

Detailed Solution for Test: General Awareness - 3 - Question 17

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.

Test: General Awareness - 3 - Question 18

Saturated carbon compounds can form which types of chain structures?

I. Straight chain

II. Branched-chain

Detailed Solution for Test: General Awareness - 3 - Question 18

Saturated carbon compounds can form both Straight-chain and Branched chain structures.

Test: General Awareness - 3 - Question 19

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

Detailed Solution for Test: General Awareness - 3 - Question 19

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.

Test: General Awareness - 3 - Question 20

Which of the following plants have root nodules?

Detailed Solution for Test: General Awareness - 3 - Question 20

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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