Static GK Test: May 22, 2022 - Bank Exams MCQ

The name virus that means venom or poisonous fluid was given by Dmitri Ivanowsky (1892) recognised certain microbes as causal organism of the mosaic disease of tobacco. Hence, option B is correct.

The leaves of plants have tiny pores on their surface which are called stomata. The exchange of gases in the leaves during respiration takes place through stomata. This happens as follows: Oxygen from the air enters into a leaf through stomata and reaches all the cells by the process of diffusion. This oxygen is used in respiration in cells of the leaf. The carbon dioxide produced during diffuses out from the leaf into the air through same stomata.

• The nephron is related to the excretory system.
• It is the functional unit of kidney consisting of renal corpuscle and tubule for blood filtration. The renal corpuscle filters out large solutes from the blood, delivering water and small solutes to the renal tubule for modification.

Lord Dalhousie served as Governor General of India from 1848 to 1856. During this period, Second Anglo-Sikh War (1849) was fought in which the Sikhs were defeated again, and Dalhousie was successful in annexing the whole of Punjab to the British administration. He annexed many states by doctrine of lapse. During his tenure, first railway line between Bombay and Thane was opened in 1853 and in the same year Calcutta and Agra were connected by telegraph. His other reforms include setting up of P.W.D. and passing of the Widow Remarriage Act (1856).

Banabhatta adorned the royal court of Harshavardhana. Besides Harshacharita, Banabhatta wrote Kadambari. Harsha was a great patron of learning. Other literary figures in Harsha’s court were Matanga Divakara and the famous Bharthrihari, the poet, philosopher, and grammarian.

Robert Clive was Governor of Bengal during 1757–60 and again during 1765–67; he established Dual Government in Bengal from 1765–72. In the Battle of Plassey, the Nawab was defeated by the British despite having a larger force. Clive ensured an English victory by bribing the Nawab’s army Commander Mir Jaffar, who was installed as Bengal’s Nawab after the battle. Clive was also able to capture some French forts in Bengal. For these exploits, Robert Clive was made Lord Clive, Baron of Plassey.

The Matatila Dam is a dam in district Lalitpur, Uttar Pradesh. It was built in 1958 on the Betwa River. It is an earthen dam of 35 m height. Power Station is situated at the left bank of river Betwa, which rises from Bhopal in the Vindhyan Plateau.

The South Asian Association of Regional Cooperation (SAARC) was created in 1985 as an expression of the region's collective decision to evolve a regional cooperative framework. Presently, there are eight member countries in SAARC namely Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Nepal, Maldives, Pakistan and Sri Lanka. It also has nine Observers, namely China, EU, Iran, Republic of Korea, Australia, Japan, Mauritius, Myanmar and USA.

Panchayati raj system in India is laid down under directive principals of india.

Cash Reserve Ratio (CRR) is the share of a bank’s total deposit that is mandated by the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) to be maintained with the latter as reserves in the form of liquid cash. When the RBI decides to decrease the Cash Reserve Ratio, the amount of money that is available with the banks increases and vice versa.