Know Your World - 57

1. In World Bank, the Board of Governors is the supreme body and the voting power of the Governor of a member country is related to the financial contribution of the country concerned. True or False

TRUE

2. Which one of the following best describes the nineteenth century gold standard system?

Automatic system with fixed exchange rates

3. Which of the following are the components of foreign capital?

Grants and loans, External commercial borrowings, Foreign direct investment, Deposits from non-residents.

4. Which one of the following situations occurs during the period when borrowers and lenders expect inflation?

The nominal rate of interest equals the real rate of interest

5. According to the classical theory of employment, deviations from the state of full employment are of:

Purely temporary nature

6. Which one of the following is related to the theory that supply created its own demand and therefore full employment Is a natural situation?

Say’s law

7. According to Keynes, which one of the following is meant by liquidity preference?

Desire to hold cash

8. Which of the following are included in broad money (M 3) in India?

Currency with the public, Demand deposits with banks, Time deposits with banks, "Other‟ deposits with RBI.

9. Loss of information occurs during?

Collection of data

10. The first State in India- which published its State Human Development Report, is?

Kerala

11. The Utility Index Number has been developed by?

Neumann and Morgenstern

12. The best average for the construction of index number is?

Geometric mean

13. The minimum price below which the seller will not sell the goods, is known as?

Reserve price

14. Automatic stabilizer is a tool of?

Taxation policy

15. The price of a commodity will increase if the increase in demand is?

More than increase in supply

16. The following Industrial Policy Resolution is known as the Economic Constitution of India?

Industrial policy, 1956

17. If two regression lines are perpendicular to each other, the correlation coefficient will be?

Zero

18. Who is known as the „Architect‟ of Indian Planning?

M. Visvesaraia

19. The entertainment tax in India was first introduced in the State of?

Bengal

20. Arithmetic mean of deviation is always?

Equal to zero

21. Elinor Ostrom, the first woman to win the Nobel Prize in economics in 2009. Has been awarded for her contribution in the field of?

Management of common property

22. National development council was set up in

1952

23. Economic planning is a subject of ___ list

Union list

24. For internal financing of five year plans, the government depends on:

Taxation only

25. The national development council gets its administrative support from:

Planning commission

26. The five year plans of India intend to develop the country industrially through:

The public, private, joint and cooperative sectors

27. The ex-officio chairman of the planning commission and national development council is

Prime minister

28. The planning commission is

An advisory body

29. Take off stage in an economy means

Steady growth begins

30. Planning in India derives its objectives from

Directive principles of state policy

Know Your World - 56

1. A metropolitan city is one which has a population size of more than?

10 lakh

2. Who has regarded the concept of “ideal output” as an indicator of economic welfare?

Pigou

3. The technique of presenting data by pictogram was developed by?

Otto Neurth

4. The shape of average selling cost curve is?

U-shaped

5. The National Institute of Training for Standardization (NITS) is located at?

Nagpur

6. NABARD is a?

Refinance Bank

7. The concept of „costing margin‟ in the pricing theory was introduced by?

Baumol

8. The Keynesian theory of employment provides the solution of?

Cyclical unemployment

9. Mathematics was first used economic theory by?

Weiser

10. India’s foreign exchange rate system is?

Managed float

11. The terms „NEER‟ and „REER‟ are related with?

Foreign exchange rate

12. For the calculation of percentile, the data should be arranged in?

Ascending order

13. The shape of a frequency curve cannot be?

S-shaped

14. India’s first port-based Special Economic Zone named International Container Transshipment Terminal (ICTI) is being set-up at?

Kochi

15. A new housing price index RESIDEX has been launched by?

Central Statistical Organization

16. Which one of the following is not a feature of current Indian Planning?

Functional Planning

17. The concept of disinvestment was introduced by?

Keynes

18. Which of the following is average of second order?

Standard deviation

19. Which average is most affected by the extreme observations?

Arithmetic mean

20. The number of women entrepreneurs in small scale industrial region is highest in the state of?

Tamil Nadu

21. The nature of classical unemployment is?

Open

22. The New Exploration License Policy (NELP) of the Government of India is related with?

Oil and Gas

23. Full employment is a situation when?

Cyclical unemployment is zero

24. Which Indian Company has been included for the first time in U.S. A‟s index NASDAQ-100?

Infosys

25. The natural rate of unemployed is the sum of?

Frictional unemployment and Structural unemployment

26. The most liquid asset among the following is?

Cash

27. The „Swiss Formula‟ of World Trade Organisation is related with?

Non-agricultural tariff

28. The Securities and Exchange Board of India has recently made the rating of Initial Public offerings mandatory. The total number of such grades is ___

Five

29. In any set of numbers, the geometric mean exists only when all numbers are?

Positive

30. Disguised underemployment refers to the situation when:

people seems occupied on a full time basis even though the services they render require less than full time

Know Your World - 55

1. In which terms is the Rate of growth of an economy measured?

National income

2. By whom the rank of the different Ministers in the Union Council of Ministers is determined?

Prime Minister

3. The Imperial Bank of India, after nationalization was given the name of which bank?

State Bank of India

4. On which tax is the minimum effect of Direct Taxes?

Income

5. What is temporary tax levied to obtain additional revenue?

Surcharge

6. In the short run, a producer,’ how long continues his production?

Fixed cost

7. Who was the first Chairman of the Planning Commission?

Pt. Jawahar Lal Nehru

8. In the short run, a producer, ‘how long continues his production?

Fixed cost

9. By which income individual’s actual standard of living can be assessed?

Disposable Personal Income

10. A firm is called maximum efficient firm if it has?

Minimum Average Cost

11. Implicit cost may be considered as?

Private cost

12. “The Mid-day Meal” scheme is covered under the Ministry of?

Human Resource Development

13. Which of the following associate bank has been taken over by the State Bank of India in 2008?

State Bank of Saurashtra

14. In the Union Budget, the term „Primary Deficit‟ means?

Fiscal Deficit — Interest Payment

15. As a measure to unearth black money, the demonetization of Rupees 1000 currency notes in India was done in the year?

1978

16. The Lead Bank scheme was launched in India on the recommendation of?

F. K. F. Nariman

17. Firms have chronic excess production capacity in?

Monopolistic competition

18. The positional average is shown by?

Median

19. The term rainy day‟ used by Keynes is related with?

Precautionary demand

20. Root mean square of all the deviations is known as?

Standard deviation

21. The tax called CENVAT is related to?

Union Excise Duty

22. Which of the following type of facts are not Considered under the study of statistics

Qualitative facts

23. The statistical calculations in classified data are based on?

The mid-points of the classes

24. The Child Labour (Prohibition and Regulation) Act, 1986 prohibits the employment of Children below the age of?

14years

25. To meet the objective of inflation control, the Central Bank should adopt following policy measures

Increase in cash reserve ratio, along with sale of securities under open market operations

26. When was the concept of core sector introduced in Indian industries?

1970

27. Which is the apex bank for micro finance in India?

National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development

28. Which of the following is the largest component of India’s external debt?

Commercial borrowings

29. Tobin tax is related with?

Black money transactions

30. The terms “Static” and “Dynamic” in economics were first used by?

Mill

Know Your World - 54

1. In India, which first bank of limited liability managed by Indians and founded in 1881?

Oudh Commercial Bank

2. How many countries are represented in International Monetary Fund (IMF)?

163

3. Why has the per capita income been low in India?

Because of population growth

4. What is the ideal average NPK ratio aggregated for the country as a whole?

0.16806713

5. Participatory Notes (PNs) are associated with which investors?

Foreign Institutional Investors

6. In which plan was the objective of self-reliance and zero net foreign aid declared?

Fourth 5-Yr Plan

7. How is the standard of living in a country represented?

Per capita income

8. Which is the best measure of economic growth of a country?

GNP

9. How is development?

Wider than economic growth

10. Which groups suffer the most from inflation?

Creditors

11. What does Dear Money Policy imply?

High interest rates

12. Who is the author of the book ‘Development as Freedom’?

Amartya Sen

13. New exim policy has chosen which town for ‘the pottery export?

Khurja

14. The present demographic transition of India is indicative of which thing?

Typically increasing urbanization

15. What is the mean of Ad Valorem?

According to value

16. Who sings on One-rupee currency notes?

Finance Secretary of India

17. How is Indian economy?

Mixed economy

18. What is Broad money in India?

M

19. Regional Rural Banks are designed to work in which ideal?

Help the targeted groups

20. Which bank gives long term loan to farmers?

Land Development Bank

21. Which first Bank was established in India?

Bank of Hindustan

22. Which treated as artificial currency?

SDR

23. Prof. Amartya Sen has earned worldwide distinction in which field /area?

Economics

24. How many members of African Development Bank are there?

78

25. How is the tax which is paid by the person on whom the tax is incident?

Direct tax

26. Which is an extra Constitutional and non-statutory body?

Planning Commission

27. When was decimal coinage introduced in India?

1957

28. How many of Banks were nationalized since 1969?

20

29. Which place does Buyer’s market denote?

The demand exceeds the supply

30. What is deficit financing?

Spending in excess of revenue

Know Your World - 53

1. Which state ranks first in terms of the maximum number of agro-based industries?

Punjab

2. Of which bills Open market operations of a Central Bank are sale and purchase?

Trade bills

3. For international payments, to which currency is the Indian currency linked?

American Dollar

4. Where are the headquarters of IMF and World Bank located?

Both Washington DC

5. In which year was Railway Budget in India separated from general budget?

1924-25

6. With which India’s progress has been reasonably satisfactory in connection?

Growth of GNP

7. Upon which development the Second Five Year Plan laid mote stress?

Industrialisation

8. Which authority sanctions foreign exchange for the import of goods?

Reserve Bank of India

9. What is the inflation experienced in the country at present?

Cost-push inflation

10. How is Share of Direct tax in post economic reform?

Increasing

11. Who is the author of the book’ Economic Nightmare of India’?

Charan Singh

12. What is the grouping of organisms into categories according to a systematic plan?

Classification

13. Which is the updated base for Wholesale Price Index (WPI) ?

2004-2005

14. What is the highest denomination of currency notes in circulation as legal tender in India at present?

Rs. 1000

15. What is the main source of fund for the National Highway Authority of India?

Cess

16. In India, in which was the service tax first introduced?

1994

17. Under which do all taxes come?

Revenue receipts

18. How many members are there in the International Finance Corporation?

184

19. Who is called the ‘Father of Economics’?

Adam Smith

20. By whom was concept of Five Year Plans in India introduced?

Jawaharlal Nehru

21. Finance Commission consists of how many members?

A Chairman and three other members

22. Which Public Sector bank’ emblem figures a dog and the words ‘faithful, friendly’ in it?

Syndicate Bank

23. What is the mean of Cheap Money?

Low Rate of Interest

24. According to the law of demand, what happens when price increases?

Demand decreases

25. Who is known as father of taxonomy?

Linnaeus

26. For how many years is rolling plan?

One year

27. Which are referred to as the developed economies?

Countries having large per capita income

28. Who was the Finance Minister of India in the Interim Government during 1946-1947?

R. K. Shanmukham Chetty

29. Who long do the World Bank and IMF give respectively?

Long term and short term credits

30. Chief Ministers of all the States are ex-officio members of which council?

National Development Council

Know Your World - 52

1. What was Karaj in the thirteenth century?

Tax on cultivation

2. What is termed as the period of high inflation and low economic growth?

Stagflation

3. In India, the bank NABARD does not provide refinance to which bank?

Export-Import Banks

4. Who wrote the book ‘Planned Economy for India’?

M. Visvesvaraya

5. A crossed cheque is one, which can be enchased only at which bank?

State Bank of India.

6. What do Quantitative credit controls not include?

RBI directives

7. The Centre-State financial distribution takes place on the recommendation by which ministry?

Finance Minister

8. Which is the oldest Development Financial Institution of India?

IFCI

9. During which five year plan were the steel plants at Durgapur, Bhilai and Rourkela established?

Second Five Year Plan

10. During which Five Year Plan was the total expenditure on agriculture the highest?

Fourth Five Year Plan

11. By whom the salary and perquisites of the Prime Minister of India are decided?

Parliament

12. Who are Debenture holders of a company?

Its creditors

13. Through which methods is the national income of India estimated mainly?

Production and income methods

14. In which year were Private Sector Mutual Funds in India permitted?

1993

15. From which export does India earn maximum foreign exchange?

Gems and jewellery

16. What is the source of maximum income to Panchayati Raj?

Government grants

17. The Govt. of India does not provide any direct financial assistance to which scheme?

Jeevan Sathi Yojana

18. Bagasse, a by-product of sugar manufacturing industry, is used for the production of which thing?

Paper

19. From which sector does the highest sector wise contribution to gross domestic saving comes?

Household sector

20. Which formulates fiscal policy?

Finance Ministry

21. In which plan was the growth rate of agricultural production negative?

Third Plan

22. In which of the Five Year Plans, preference was given to the weaker sections of the society?

Fifth

23. How many member states are in ‘Common Market‘ for Eastern and Southern Africa?

20

24. How can the States in India borrow from the market?

Only with the consent of the Centre

25. What is One of the main factors that led to rapid expansion of Indian exports?

Liberalization of the economy

26. How is the difference between visible exports and visible imports defined?

Balance of trade

27. Which case does stagflation imply?

Recession plus inflation

28. In which activity percentage share of cooperative sector is the highest?

Sugar production

29. In India, which is regulated by the forward Markets Commission?

Commodities Futures Trading

30. Among the remedies of inflation, what can we include?

Lowering bank rate

Know Your World - 51

1. When had India a plan holiday?

After the drought of 1966

2. During which Plan did prices show a decline?

First

3. Which bank is the Banker of the Banks?

RBI

4. When was the Reserve Bank of India taken over by the Government?

1948

5. Which is the tax that takes away a higher proportion of one’s income as the income rises?

Progressive tax

6. With which country is “Orange Revolution” associated?

Ukraine

7. What is the mean of Invisible Export?

Export Services

8. Which committee was assigned to recommend reforms in the insurance sector?

Malhotra Committee

9. When was the Rolling plan designed?

1978-83

10. Why does the Issue Department of the RBI maintain against printing of note?

Minimum Reserve System

11. From when was the Zero Base Budgeting in India first experimented?

April, 1987

12. What is an essential attribute of inflation?

Increase in prices

13. What is the best means of saving during inflation?

Money

14. Which is the oldest ‘stock exchange of India?

Bombay Stock Exchange

15. Which situation makes a firm most efficient?

Lowest average costs

16. What is meant by ‘Underwriting’, the term frequently used in financial sector?

Under valuation of the assets.

17. From the view of International economy, What does third World imply?

The developing countries

18. Which Committee was formed to suggest means for eradicating black money?

Cheiliah Committee

19. What is the situation with increasing unemployment and inflation termed?

Stagflation

20. If the cash-reserve ratio is lowered by the Central bank, what will be its effect on credit creation?

Increase

21. Which provides the largest part of the demand for loan able funds in India?

Corporate businesses

22. What is the main source of revenue to meet different expenditures?

Internal borrowings

23. From which sector is the largest contribution in India’s National Income?

Tertiary sector

24. In which policy India opted for ‘Mixed Economy’?

Industrial Policy of 1948

25. What is the task of the Planning Commission?

Preparation of the plan

26. Which Mahatma Gandhi series of currency notes issued by the RBI has “ecology” depicted on it?

Rs. 100

27. Which is the regulatory authority for giving clearance for External Commercial borrowing?

RBI

28. With which Economic growth is usually coupled?

Inflation

29. In which year was Minimum inflation in post economic reform?

1999-2000

30. What does Inflation imply?

Rise in general price index

Know Your World - 50

1. Terms of economics, which recession occurring two times with a small gap in between?

Deep Recession

2. Which is the place where bankers meet and settle their mutual claims and accounts?

Clearing House

3. Kautilya’s ‘Arthashastra’ deals with the aspects of which policies?

Political policies

4. Which organizations agency is involved in drafting the Union Budget of India?

Administrative Ministries only

5. What does National income ignore?

Salary of employees

6. Who is the founder of world Economic Forum?

Klaus Schwab

7. Stock Exchanges play a role in an economy how may it be termed?

Useful but need strict regulation

8. CENVAT is associated with which rate?

Rate of indirect tax

9. Taxation and the government’s expenditure policy are dealt under which policy?

Fiscal policy

10. For internal financing of Five Year Plans, the government depends on which source?

Taxation only

11. Which rural bank has been named after a river?

Varada Grameen Bank

12. ‘Asian Drama’, by Gunnar Karl Myrdal, is a book on which subjects?

Economics

13. What is the sum total of incomes received for the services of labour, land or capital in a country?

National income

14. Unemployment occurs when workers move from one job to another job?

Frictional unemployment

15. Which type of unemployment mostly found in India?

Disguised

16. Which is called a “banker’s cheque”?

Demand draft

17. Why is the Gross National Income always more than Net National Income?

Direct taxes

18. Who was the first Deputy Chairman of Planning Commission of India?

Shri V. T. Krishnamachari

19. To which duties is the system of value added taxation applicable?

Excise duties

20. How many of Banks were nationalized since 1969?

20

21. Which tax is levied by the Union and collected and appropriated by the States?

Stamp Duties

22. Is Tax on entertainment a direct tax?

no

23. Are Agricultural farmers protected against inflation?

no

24. By which bill does the government make arrangement for the collection of revenues for a year?

Finance Bill

25. Which is the ‘basis for determining the national income?

Production of goods and services

26. What is the mean of ‘Take off stage’ in an economy?

Steady growth begins

27. When was EXIM Bank set-up?

1982

28. Which is at the apex of Industrial Finance in India?

Industrial Development Bank of India

29. What is the most appropriate measure of a country’s economic growth?

Per capita real income

30. Of the various ways of financing government’s investment expenditure, what is the least inflationary?

Taxation

Know Your World - 49

1. The small and marginal farmers will get irrigation facilities through which plan?

Ganga Kalyan Yojna

2. The levying of which following taxes is outside the jurisdiction of Municipal Corporation?

Income Tax

3. Which is the most important item of non-plan expenditure?

Interest payment

4. What is the main objective of Antyodaya programme?

Uplift the poor

5. In which year Swarn Jayanti Gram Swa-Rozgar Yojna came into being?

01.04.1999

6. By whom is the Annual Financial Statement caused to be laid before both Houses of Parliament?

President

7. By which is National income of India compiled?

Central Statistical Organisation

8. If saving exceeds investment, how will the national income?

Remain constant

9. By which ministry is Economic survey published?

Ministry of Finance

10. In which of the Parliamentary Financial Committees is the Rajya Sabha not represented?

Estimates Committee

11. From which fund are the salaries of the Judges of the Supreme Court drawn?

Consolidated Fund

12. On which do Companies pay Corporation Tax?

Incomes

13. On which day is the budget, in normal circumstances, presented to the Parliament?

The last day of February

14. Which organization was established as the Bretton Woods Conference in 1944?

IMF

15. Which is the largest Committee of the Parliament?

The Estimates Committee

16. Which tax is not levied by the Union Government?

Profession Tax

17. Who signs on ten rupee notes?

Governor (Reserve Bank of India)

18. When was the decimal system of currency introduced in India?

1957

19. What is the investment in public works?

Capital expenditure

20. Which industry does not earn foreign exchange for India?

Fertilizers

21. What does Net factor income from abroad added to GDP give?

GNP

22. Why is Poverty in less developed countries largely?

Due to income inequality

23. Who is most benefitted from inflation?

Debtors

24. What are “Open Market Operations”?

Selling of gilt edged securities by the Government

25. Which is the ‘Slack Season’ in the Indian Economy?

Jan.-June

26. On which is based the India’s wage policy?

Cost of living

27. Which can be used for checking inflation temporarily?

Decrease in money supply

28. What does real national income denote?

National income at constant prices

29. Under VAT, how many slabs are there?

4

30. What is the cause of inflation?

Increase in money supply and fall in production

Know Your World - 48

1. By which band is Monetary policy regulated?

Central Bank

2. Which One feature is distinguishing the Rajya Sabha from the Bidhan Parishad?

Indirect election

3. If the price of an inferior good falls, what about its demand?

Remains constant

4. In which sector is 70% of working population of India engaged?

Primary sector

5. In India, in which banking is the Public Sector is most dominant?

Commercial banking

6. Which is the largest Public Sector Bank in India?

State Bank of India

7. Who is responsible for the collection and publication of monetary and financial information?

Reserve Bank of India

8. With which was Tarapore Committee associated?

Fuller capital account convertibility

9. To which Bill the President must accord his sanction without sending it back for fresh consideration?

Finance Bills

10. Among Indian Economists who had done pioneering work on National Income?

V. K. R. V. Rao

11. Who was the chairman of National Income Committee?

P. C. Mahalanobis

12. How is the contribution of agriculture to India’s economy?

Decreasing

13. Which body finalizes the Five Year Plan proposals?

National Development Council

14. Of which purpose was Nationalization of banks done?

Consolidating the economy

15. Word Bull and Big are associated with which branch of commercial activity?

Share Market

16. Chanda Kochhar leads to which of the organization?

ICICI Bank

17. Of which allocation does Gadgil Formula refer to?

Tax proceeds between the States

18. What is the principal source of revenue to the State Government in India?

Sales Tax

19. By whom was the first attempt to initiate economic planning in India made?

By M. Visvesvaraya

20. Bouncing of cheques has become an offence. What is the punishment for the same?

6 months imprisonment

21. In which year, some more commercial banks in addition to the first lot of 141 were nationalized in India?

1980

22. When did East African Development Bank come into force?

1967

23. Which forms the largest share of deficit in Govt. of India budget?

Fiscal deficit

24. Which scheme was intended to tap the black money?

India Development Bonds

25. Which bank prints currency notes of the denomination of Rs. 100?

The Bank Note Press, Dewas

26. Before 31st August, 1965 how many members were in the Economic and Social Council?

18

27. What is the effect of inflation on tax revenue results in a situation?

Fiscal drag

28. Which part of separated UTI is under SEBI’s regulation?

UTI-II

29. By which bank are the central banking functions in India performed?

Reserve Bank of India

30. From where does the National Stock Exchange functions?

Mumbai

Know Your World - 47

1. Which tissue takes part in healing the wounds?

Epithelium tissue

2. Temporary hardness of water is due to the presence of which thing?

Magnesium bicarbonate

3. Which energy does not have the problem of pollution?

Sun

4. What is a suitable unit for expressing electric field strength?

N/C

5. Which air pollutant affect the nervous system of man?

Lead

6. Which oxyacid of halogen has maximum acidic nature?

HClO4

7. The greatest threat to organisms and biodiversity in which process?

Process of habitat loss

8. The unidirectional property of a pn-junction is useful for its use as which thing?

Rectifier

9. Which animals have a diet mainly consisting of bamboo?

Red pandas

10. Thermal decomposition of alkanes is known as which name?

Cracking

11. Which energy of the electron at absolute zero is called?

Fermi energy

12. What is the characteristic odour of garlic?

A sulphur compound

13. What can be the maximum duration of totality for a solar eclipse?

7 minutes 40 seconds

14. Which is the vitamin that is most readily manufactured in our bodies?

Vitamin D

15. In human body, which are the leg bones?

Humerus and Femur

16. Which of the following is good nuclear fuel?

Plutonium-239

17. In metabolism, how enzymes act?

As catalyst

18. Which is the essential element in all organic compounds?

Carbon

19. By which plants is the maximum fixation of solar energy done?

Green plants

20. What is the wavelength of visible spectrum?

3900-7600 A

21. Which animal resembles most to human beings in terms of physical and mental capabilities?

Chimpanzee

22. Salts of which element pre vide colours to fireworks?

Strontium and barium

23. ORT (Oral Rehydration Therapy) is associated with the treatment of which disease?

Diarrhea

24. To suspect HIV/AIDS in a young individual, which symptom is mostly associated with?

Chronic diarrhea

25. We cannot see during a fog. Why?

Because of scattering of light

26. Which type of coal is difficult to light in the open air?

Peat

27. Leukemia or blood cancer is characterized by abnormal increase of which cells?

White blood cells

28. What does Oxidation involve?

Loss of electrons

29. Which Part of plant is important for the life cycle of plant?

Flower

30. What will be If a pendulum clock be taken from the earth to a revolving artificial satellite?

It will stop altogether

Know Your World - 46

1. Which is an insectivorous plant?

Pitcher plant

2. In colourful diamond, Why are different colours present?

Due to impurities

3. Which plant is referred to as a living fossil?

Gingko

4. Which physical quantities have the same dimensions?

Momentum and impulse

5. Which crop would be preferred for sowing in order to enrich the soil with nitrogen?

Gram

6. What is the number of unpaired electrons in carbon atom?

2

7. Which mammal rolls itself into ball at the time of danger?

Hedgehog

8. When some detergent is added to water, what will be the surface tension?

Increases

9. How many chambers are found in the heart of frog?

3

10. In an atom the order of filling up of the orbitals is governed by which principle?

Aufbau principle

11. Sex determination of child is done by whose chromosome?

Father

12. Who firstly demonstrated experimentally the existence of electromagnetic wave?

Hertz

13. What is the effect of over secretion of hormone from pituitary gland?

Increase growth in length

14. Heating pyrites in air to remove sulphur is known as which name?

Roasting

15. By whom the concept of survival of the fittest as advanced?

Herbert Spencer

16. There is no net transfer of energy by the particles of the medium in which waves?

Stationary waves

17. Moho discontinuity lies at the depth of approximately how many kilometers?

400 km

18. From the evolutionary point of view, which is the most primitive animal?

Turtle

19. What is reduction of oxide with carbon at high temperature called?

Smelting

20. Conversion of chemical energy into electrical energy occurs in which thing?

Battery

21. Purification of petroleum is carried out by which method?

Fractional distillation

22. Thick stems and thorny wax coated leaves are commonly found in which area?

Deserts

23. What is the short upper part of the human intestine next to the stomach?

Duodenum

24. Where will be the Time period in a vibration magnetometer infinite?

At magnetic pole

25. Which technique can be used to establish the paternity of a child?

Quantitative analysis of DNA

26. Which petroleum refinery product has the lowest boiling point?

Gasoline

27. By whom was Gene first isolated?

Hargobind Khurana

28. By which impact is Nuclear fission is caused?

Neutron

29. By who was Insulin discovered?

Dr. F G. Banting

30. Which is purest form of iron?

Wrought iron

Know Your World - 45

1. From which part of the plant is turmeric obtained?

Stem

2. In order of their distances from the Sun, which planet lies between Mars and Uranus?

Jupiter and Saturn

3. Which is used as a coolant in nuclear reactors?

Liquid sodium

4. Meghnad Saha is known for his contribution in which field?

Physics

5. Which part of cinchona plant yields quinine?

Bark

6. Liquefied Petroleum Gas consists of mainly which gases?

Methane, butane and propane

7. Which cytoplasm organelles are treated as prokaryotic cells within the eukaryotic cells?

Glyoxysomes

8. When milk is churned, how does the cream separate from it?

Due to the centrifugal force

9. When did man first land on moon?

1969

10. Which is the secondary source of light in a fluorescent lamp?

Mercury vapour

11. Archaeopteryx had which reptilian characters?

Clawed wings, teeth on jaw, tail

12. Which elements are obtained from sea weeds?

Iodine

13. By using which technique, is DNA fingerprint done?

Southern Blotting

14. Which Bacteria convert atmospheric nitrogen into nitrogenous compound?

Nitrogen fixing bacteria

15. Sound travels faster in which thing?

Iron than in air

16. Which type of microorganism is most widely used in industries?

Bacteria, microalgae and fungi.

17. In fireworks, how is the green flame produced?

Because of barium

18. Water will be absorbed by root hairs, then how is when the external medium?

Hypotonic

19. Who does a liquid drop tend to assume a spherical shape?

Surface tension

20. What is an instrument for measuring the rate of transpiration?

Potometer

21. Which reflects back more sunlight as compared to other three?

Land covered with fresh snow

22. Which substance does not have a melting point?

Glass

23. For which snake is the diet mainly composed of their snakes?

King Cobra

24. What minimum number of non-zero non-collinear vectors is required to produce a zero vector?

3

25. What structure is common to both earthworm and cockroach?

Ventral nerve cord

26. By which a mixture of sand and naphthalene can be separated?

Sublimation

27. Which part of human brain is the regulating centre for swallowing and vomiting?

Medulla oblongata

28. By which Radio waves of constant amplitude can be generated?

Oscillator

29. Which is used to know the development of foetus in uterus?

Ultrasound

30. Which oil is used in the floatation method for the purification of ores?

Pine oil

Know Your World - 44

1. Which mirror is to be used to obtain a parallel beam of light from a small lamp?

Concave mirror

2. What is the Number of water molecules present in Mohr’s salt?

8

3. Which gland is responsible for the secretion of insulin?

Pancrease

4. The change in temperature of a body is 50°C. What is the change on Kelvin scale?

50 K

5. What is a good source of Vitamin ‘E’?

Fresh vegetable

6. Which are the important raw materials required in cement industry?

Limestone and clay

7. What is not the cause of low conductivity of electrolyte?

Ionization of salt

8. Epiphytes are plant which depends on other plants for which purpose?

Mechanical support

9. Cooking gas is a mixture of which gases?

Butane and propane

10. Which acid is produced when milk gets sour?

Lactic acid

11. What is Electric field intensity at a point a hollow charged spherical conductor?

Is zero

12. What is the most important requirement for the people of a flood hit area?

Inoculation against cholera

13. Which are the most commonly used chemicals in the artificial rain making or cloud seeding?

Silver Iodide (Agl)

14. Which hormone is responsible for the secretion of milk in mothers?

Lactogenic hormone

15. What happens, When water is heated from 0°C to 10°C the volume of water?

First decreases then increases

16. A vein is a vessel that carries blood which side?

Towards the heart

17. Which compound does not give a positive test in Lassaigne’s test for nitrogen?

Hydrazinc

18. What is in lichen symbiotic relationship between fungi and algae called?

Halotism

19. With which instrument can a sailor in a submarine see the objects on the surface of sea?

Periscope

20. Litmus paper used in laboratory from which obtained?

Lichen

21. Which acid is used in synthetic lemonade?

Citric acid

22. At absolute zero temperature, what will be the kinetic energy of the molecules?

Zero

23. Which is the instrument that measures air pressure?

Barometer

24. Middle ear is not found in snake. Through part do they receive sound?

Skin

25. By whom was the quantum theory first enunciated?

By Max Planck

26. Through which are the characters are transferred from parents to progeny?

DNA

27. With rise of boiling point of water, what will be the latent heat of steam?

Decreases

28. Which branch of biology deal with the study of heredity?

Genetics

29. If a proton of mass m is moving with velocity of light, how will its mass?

Unchanged

30. If we sprinkle common salt on an earthworm, why does it die?

Due to osmotic shock