Quiz 42 | General Studies 226-250 for UPSC Exam

226.Which is the brightest planet as seen from the earth?

A. Venus
B. Mars
C. Jupiter
D. Mercury



227.India is self - sufficient in the production of all vaccines except

A. Measles
B. Polio
C. BCG
D. DPT



228.The court language of the Mughals was

A. Urdu
B. Hindi
C. Arabic
D. Persian



229.Who among the following introduced the permanent settlement of Bengal?

A. Warren Hastings
B. Lord William Bentinck
C. Lord Cornwallis
D. Lord Dalhousie



230.The Siwalik Hills have been made out of the debris coming from the

A. Himalaya
B. Satluj valley
C. Ganga valley
D. Southern Pentmula



231.Who among the following was called the 'Father of political unrest in India'?

A. Dadabhai Naoroji
B. Bal Gangadhar Tilak
C. Mahatma Gandhi
D. Sardar Bhagat Singh



232.The walls of the hall built for music concerts should

A. Amplify sound
B. Absorb sound
C. Transmit sound
D. Reflect sound



233.Which of the following planets rotates on its axis from east to west?

A. Neptune
B. Pluto
C. Saturn
D. Uranus



234.Bharat Ratana is the highest civilian award of India, which was the first given in the year and to the person.

A. Year 1948, C.V. Raman
B. Year 1952, Lata Mangeshkar
C. Year 1953, V. Krishnamurty
D. Year 1954, Dr. Radhakrishnan



235.Raring and management of silk moth on large scale is known as

A. Sericulture
B. Apiculture
C. Pisciculture
D. None of these



236.The function of DNA in the body is

A. To help in release of energy
B. Control heredity
C. To help in the synthesis of protein
D. Bigenesis of the mitochondria



237.Pure water can be obtained from sea water by the process of

A. Filtration
B. Distillation
C. Evaporation
D. Fractional distillation



238.Who is known as 'the Father of Geometry'?

A. Pythagoras
B. Euclid
C. Aristotle
D. Kepler



239.Musquito can be a vector for following disease except

A. Yellow fever
B. Dengue fever
C. Filaria
D. Kala - Azar



239.With which one of the following rivers is the OmKareshwar project associated?

A. Chambal
B. Narmada
C. Tapi
D. Bhima



240.The East India Company secured the Diwani from

A. Suja-ud-Daulah
B. Aurangzeb
C. Bahadur Shah I
D. Shah Alam II



241.Which one of the following is not an electromagnetic wave?

A. Radiowave
B. X - ray
C. Visible light
D. Sound wave



242.The world's tallest free-standing structure is

A. Eiffel Tower
B. Leaning Tower of Pisa
C. CN Tower
D. Qutab Minar



243.Which is the world's smallest country?

A. Sri Lanka
B. Trinidad
C. Vatican city
D. Indonesia



244.Who started the work of Census?

A. Lord Mayo
B. Lord Lytton
C. Lord Ripon
D. Lord Curzon



245.Which of the following instruments is used to measure humidity?

A. Kata Thermometer
B. Anemometer
C. Sling Psychrometer
D. Clinical Thermometer



246.Which one of the following rivers forms an estuary?

A. Narmada
B. Kaveri
C. Krishna
D. Mahanadi



247.The Central Institute of Indian Language (CIIL) is situated at

A. Hyderabad
B. Mysore
C. Bhopal
D. Gwalior



248.Who among the following founded the Muslim League?

A. Agha Khan and Salimullah Khan
B. Agha Khan and Jinnah
C. Sir Sayyid Ahmed Khan
D. None of the above



249.The most toxic metal pollutant of the automobile exhaust is

A. Copper
B. Lead
C. Cadmium
D. Mercury



250.Which of the following reactions takes place in photography?

A. Endothermic
B. Exothermic
C. Photochemical
D. None of these