Thursday, 28 April 2011

GENERAL KNOWLEDGE QUESTIONS _ 008

General Knowledge Questions, Psc Question Bank, GK, UPSC, psc, pscwinner, question and answer

1.

 

The ruler who issued Royal proclamation abolishing slavery in Travancore ?

Rani Gauri Lekshmi Bai

2.

 

Whose reign is considered as the golden age of modern Travancore ?

Swati Tirunal

3.

 

First Diwan of cochin was ?

Col.Munroe

4.

 

High court of Cochin was established during the Diwanship of ?

Sir.shanmugham Chetti

5.

 

Travancore-Cochin state was formed in which year ?

1949 July 1

6.

 

People's Planning Campaign in Kerala was inaugurated ?

August 17, 1996

7.

 

Heat energy from the Sun reaches the earth by ?

Radiation

8.

 

When current flows through a metallic conductor, heat is produced, known as ?

Joule's effect

9.

 

Helium was discovered by ?

Ramsay

10.

 

The credit of discovery of Hydrogen goes to ?

Henry Cavendish

11.

 

What is added to LPG to detect its leakage?

Mercapton

12.

 

Which gas, on coming in contact with blood forms carboxy hemoglobin ?

Carbon Monoxide

13.

 

The smallest unit of an element which takes part in a chemical reaction ?

Atom

14.

 

Movement of plants towards light is known as ?

Phototropism

15.

 

Cellular structure associated with intracellular digestion is ?

Lysosome

16.

 

Which is the smallest gland in the body ?

Pitutary

17.

 

18.

 

Sonipat is famous for ?

Cycle Industry

19.

 

The general 'trend of isotherms' on the Globe is in ?

East West

20.

 

Plate Tectonics is the study of ?

Rock structures involved in earth movement

21.

 

Minor planets revolving the sun between the orbits of Mars and Jupiter are ?

Asteroids

22.

 

The first secretary general of U.N.O.(United Nations Organisation) who got Nobel Prize ?

Dag Hammer Shold

23.

 

The winner of the French Open Tennis Tournament of 2007 ?

Rafel Nadal

24.

 

Nathula pass is in ?

Sikkim

25.

 

Father of Co-operative movement ?

Robert Oven

26.

 

The newly joined member of UNO?

South Sudan

27.

 

Computer was first invented by ?

Charles Babbage

28.

 

The date on which Indian States implemented Value Added Tax(VAT) ?

'01-04-2005

29.

 

The objective of Consumer Protection Act is ?

Restrict unfair trade practices and adulteration

30.

 

Normal tenure of a member in Rajya Sabha is ?

'6 years

31.

 

The Mac-Mohan line is the line that demarcates the boundary between ?

India, Burma and China

32.

 

Father of Medicine is ?

'Hippocrates

33.

 

James Lind is related to the disease ?

Scurvy

34.

 

DPT vaccination is related to the disease ?

Pertussis

35.

 

Chicken Pox is caused due to a ?

Virus

36.

 

BCG Vaccination is given to protect against ?

'Tuberculosis

37.

 

Hepatitis A virus is mainly transmitted through ?

Facial –oral route

38.

 

Rice water stools is seen in ?

'Cholera

39.

 

DOTS is related to the disease ?

Tuberculosis

40.

 

Ancylostomiasis is the other name for ?

Hook worm

41.

 

The worm infestation eliminated from India is ?

Guinea worm

42.

 

Dengue fever is transmitted by ?

Aedes

43.

 

Malaria is caused by ?

Protozoan

44.

 

The disease not present in India is ?

Yellow fever

45.

 

Leptospirosis is transmitted through ?

Rat urine

46.

 

Beef tape worm is ?

Taenia saginata

47.

 

Trachoma is a disease related to ?

Eyes

48.

 

Leprosy should be treated for a minimum period of ?

6-12 months

49.

 

Gonorrhea is a disease transmitted through ?

Sexually

50.

 

Rheumatic heart disease is related to the condition ?

Throat infection

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