Know Your World - 16


1. Who proposed an idea to have a constitution in 1934?

MN Roy proposed an idea to have a constitution in 1934.Manabendra Nath Roy was an Indian revolutionary, radical activist and political theorist. Roy was a founder of the Mexican Communist Party and the Communist Party of India.

2. When the constituent Assembly was formed under the scheme formulated by Cabinet Mission Plan?

The Constituent Assembly which framed the Constitution for Independent India was set up in 1946.The total strength of the assembly was 389.It’s first meeting on 9 December, 1946.

3. Who led the first session of the Constituent Assembly?

The first session (Dec 13 ,1946) of the Constituent Assembly lead by Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru which was adopted after considerable deliberation and debate in the assembly on 22 January 1947

4. On July 21st …………… the National Flag was adopted by the Constituent Assembly

1947 [The design of the National Flag was adopted by the Constituent Assembly of India in 1947. The National Flag of India is a national symbol designed in horizontal rectangular shape. It is designed using three colors such as deep saffron (top most), white (middle) and India green (lower most). The middle white color contains navy blue Ashoka Chakra (means Wheel of Law)in the centre having 24 spokes in the wheel.]

5. Diametre of the moon in relation to that of the earth is around

Onefourth

6. Which is used to alter AC current to DC current ?

Rectifier

7. Which is popularly known as ‘Dry Ice’ ?

Solid Carbon dioxide

8. Which is the symbol for ‘Tin’ ?

Sn

9. On which planet Spaceship from the Earth has already reached ?

Mars

10. Maximum limit beyond which a person can become deal is

120 db

11. Safety fuse wire used in domestic electrical appliances is made of wire of metal of _____

Low melting point

12. A piece of stone thrown horizontally from a height will have its path as

Curve

13. In a compound the proportions of constituents is found to remain

always fixed

14. The metal known as ‘Brass’ is an alloy of _____

Copper and Zinc

15. Which type of food is produced directly by Photosynthesis ?

Glucose

16. In producing Oxygen, Manganese Dioxide plays the role of _____

catalyst

17. The disease ‘Small Pox’ is caused by _____

virus

18. Fishes breathe through using their _____

gill

19. If an object is kept between two mirrors facing each other then the images of the object will be _____ (Mirrors not parallel)

numerous

20. The angle of the latitude on the North pole is _____

90° N

21. A solid ball of which one of the following metals will not float on mercury ?

Gold

22. Chemical name of ‘Muriatic Acid’ is _____

hydrochloric acid

23. Nicotine is found in the leaves of _____

Tobacco

24. Gene is found to remain present in a human being inside ?

Chromosome

25. Hit required to make 5 gram of 0°C water to boil at normal pressure_____

500 calorie

26. Energy which a body has on account of its motion is called _____

Kinetic Energy

27. Gas remaining inside coal field is _____

methane

28. The conversion of milk to curd is aided by _____

microorganism

29. Iron alloy found to crack easily is _____

cast iron

30. An alloy of metal with mercury is _____

amalgam