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General Knowledge Mock Test - 2 - Question 1

Among the following forest types in India, which one occupies the largest area?

Detailed Solution for General Knowledge Mock Test - 2 - Question 1

The Moist deciduous forests are more pronounced in the regions which record rainfall between 100
200cm. These forests are found in the northeastern states along the foothills of Himalayas, eastern slopes
of the Western Ghats and Odisha. Tropical moist deciduous forest covers around 37% of the total cover in
India which is the largest occupied area among 16 different forest types of the country.

General Knowledge Mock Test - 2 - Question 2

The National Forestry Action Plan aims to bring 33% of land area in India under tree cover by which year?

Detailed Solution for General Knowledge Mock Test - 2 - Question 2

The National Forestry Action Plan aims to bring 33% of land area in India under tree cover by 2012.

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General Knowledge Mock Test - 2 - Question 3

The reservoir GB Pant Sagar is located on which river?

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Govind Ballabh Pant Sagar is on the Rihand River which is the tributary of the Son River.

General Knowledge Mock Test - 2 - Question 4

Which one of the following national parks is located near Chamoli?

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The Nanda Devi National Park is a national park situated around the peak of Nanda Devi (7, 816 m). Itis situated in Chamoli district, Uttarakhand.

General Knowledge Mock Test - 2 - Question 5

Which one of the following cities is located on the banks of the River St Lawrence?

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Montreal is Situated on the bank of river st. lowrence.

General Knowledge Mock Test - 2 - Question 6

Match the following

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1. Edmanton-Canada
2. Kimberley-South Africa
3. Cardiff-United Kingdom
4. Cairns-Australia.

General Knowledge Mock Test - 2 - Question 7

Which of the following straits is not in Asia?

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Bass Strait is a sea strait which separates Tasmania from the Australian mainland.

General Knowledge Mock Test - 2 - Question 8

What is the other name for the equatorial rain forests?

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Selvas is a tropical rain forest found in the Amazon basin of South America.

General Knowledge Mock Test - 2 - Question 9

Which of the following seas/gulfs are connected by the Suez Canal?

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The Suez Canal is an artificial sea-level waterway in Egypt, It connects the Mediterranean Sea and theRed Sea. On November 17, 1869, the Suez Canal was opened to navigation.

General Knowledge Mock Test - 2 - Question 10

River Luni originates near Pushkar and drains into which one of the following?

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The Luni is a river of western Rajasthan state. It originates in the Pushkar valley of the Aravalli Rangenear Ajmer and ends in Ram of Kutch in Gujarat.

General Knowledge Mock Test - 2 - Question 11

Among the following which Mughal Emperor introduced the policy of Sulh-i-kul?

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Akbar ruled with a social and religious toleration that was relative, not absolute, and was based onhis concept of sulh-i-kul (for the general good of all people) which built on his liberal views of religion.Akbar took the Sufi mystic notion of sulh-i-kul and transformed it to become a principle denoting amitywithin a culturally pluralistic India.

General Knowledge Mock Test - 2 - Question 12

The Sun Temple of Konark was built by Narasimhadeva I. To which dynasty did he belong to?

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Narasimhadeva I (AD 1238-1264) was the king of Ganga dynasty.

General Knowledge Mock Test - 2 - Question 13

Consider the following statements
1. At the time of independence, the Government of India followed the calender based on Saka era.
2. The National Calendar commenced on Chaitra 1 Saka, 1879 corresponding to March 22, 1957 AD.

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

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The Indian National Calendar, sometimes called the Saka calendar, is the official civil calendar in use
in India. Saka Calendar begins on 22 March every year except in leap years when it starts on 23 March.
The Kushana emperor Kanishka is credited with the initiation of the Saka era on his accession to the
throne in 78 AD.

General Knowledge Mock Test - 2 - Question 14

Who among the following was the Governor-General of India immediately preceding Chakravarthi Raja gopalachari?

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Lord Mountbatten was preceded by C Rajgopalachari. Lord Mountbatten was the last Viceroy of India
(1947) and the first Governor-General of the independent Dominion of India (1947-48).

General Knowledge Mock Test - 2 - Question 15

With which one of the following did the Civil Disobedience Movement in India commerce?

Detailed Solution for General Knowledge Mock Test - 2 - Question 15

Under the leadership of Gandhiji, the Civil Disobedience Movement was launched in AD 1930. It
began with the Dandi March. On 12 March 1930, Gandhiji with some of his followers left the Sabarmati
Ashram at Ahmedabad and made their way towards Dandi, a village on the west coast of India. Here,
Gandhiji protested against the Salt Law (salt was a monopoly of the government and no one was allowed
to make salt) by making salt himself and throwing up a challenge to the British government.

General Knowledge Mock Test - 2 - Question 16

After 1857, which of the following announced, at a Darbar at Allahabad, the assumption of the Government of India by the Sovereign of Great Britain?

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After 1857 Lord Canning announced at a Darbar at Allahabad, the assumption of the Govt. of India by
the sovereign of great Britain.

General Knowledge Mock Test - 2 - Question 17

Arrange the following in correct chronological order
1. Third Carnatic War
2. First Burmese War
3. First Mysore War
4. Second Afghan War
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1. Third Carnatic War (1756-1763)
2. The First Anglo-Mysore War – (1767-1769)
3. The First Anglo-Burmese War – (1824-1826)
4. The Second Anglo-Afghan War (1878-1880)

General Knowledge Mock Test - 2 - Question 18

Who among the following was the first Governor General of India?

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Lord William Bentinck was the first governor General of India.

General Knowledge Mock Test - 2 - Question 19

In which one of the following sessions was the Indian National Congress split into moderates and extremists?

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The 23rd Session (1907) of the Congress was held at Surat. In the session, there was an open clashbetween the Moderates and the Extremists and ultimately it led to a split in the Congress.

General Knowledge Mock Test - 2 - Question 20

In which one of the following cities, was the East India Association founded by Dadabhai Naoroji in 1866?

Detailed Solution for General Knowledge Mock Test - 2 - Question 20

The “Grand Old Man of India” Dadabhai Naoroji initiated establishment of East India Association atLondon.

General Knowledge Mock Test - 2 - Question 21

Which one of the following Indian scientists was elected as a fellow of the Royal Society of London for his contribution in the field of Plant Physiology and Physics?

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Jagdish Chandra Bose was elected as a fellow of the Royal Society of London for his contribution inthe field of Plant Physiology and Physics.

General Knowledge Mock Test - 2 - Question 22

Assertion (A): Steam is more harmful for human body than the boiling water in case of burn.
Reason (R) : Boiling water contains more heat than steam.

Detailed Solution for General Knowledge Mock Test - 2 - Question 22

Steam burns are more serious than burns from boiling water even though both are at 100°C because
when steam condenses it give up very high heat energy i.e. additional 22.6 × 〖10〗^6 joule of heat
(latent that of vapourisation) compared to boiling water.

General Knowledge Mock Test - 2 - Question 23

Why is it difficult to see through fog?

Detailed Solution for General Knowledge Mock Test - 2 - Question 23

The rays of light are scattered by the fog droplets due to which it become difficult to see through fog.

General Knowledge Mock Test - 2 - Question 24

The density of water varies with temperature which helps the aquatic animals to live in cold water. At what temperature is the density of water maximum?

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Density of water is maximum at 4°C.

General Knowledge Mock Test - 2 - Question 25

Who gave the first evidence of the big-bang theory?

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Edwin Hubble gave the first evidence of the big-bang theory.

General Knowledge Mock Test - 2 - Question 26

A ray of light is incident on a plane mirror at an angle 30° with the normal at the point of incidence. The ray will be deviated from its incidence direction by what angle?

Detailed Solution for General Knowledge Mock Test - 2 - Question 26

By law of reflection, angle of incidence i is equal to angle of reflection rTotal deviation of ray = 30° + 30° = 60°

General Knowledge Mock Test - 2 - Question 27

What would be the best choice for window material to keep the outside heat away?

Detailed Solution for General Knowledge Mock Test - 2 - Question 27

To keep the outside heat away, windows of double-pane glass with air in between is the best choicebecause air is the bad conductor of heat.

General Knowledge Mock Test - 2 - Question 28

Bar is a unit of which one of the following?

Detailed Solution for General Knowledge Mock Test - 2 - Question 28

To keep the outside heat away, windows of double-pane glass with air in between is the best choicebecause air is the bad conductor of heat.

General Knowledge Mock Test - 2 - Question 29

On which one of the following conservative laws, does a rocket work?

Detailed Solution for General Knowledge Mock Test - 2 - Question 29

Rocket works on the principle of conservation of linear momentum.

General Knowledge Mock Test - 2 - Question 30

Assertion (A) : In a pressure cooker food is cooked above boiling point.
Reason (R) : Boiling point of water increases as the pressure increases.

Detailed Solution for General Knowledge Mock Test - 2 - Question 30

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

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