General Knowledge Quiz 393

General Knowledge

The basic component of smog is
(a) PAN
(b) O3
(c) Both (a) and (b)
(d) None of these.

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BOD is connected with
(a) microbes
(b) organic matter
(c) microbes and organic matter
(d) None of these.

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One of the rarest of the animals of cat family found in the Hindukush mountains is
(a) Yak
(b) Snow bear
(c) Snow leopard
(d)Fur cat

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Assertion (A): Nitrogen fixing enzyme in lequme root nodules functions at low oxygen concentration.
Reason (R): Low oxygen concentration is provided by leghaemoglobin.
(a) A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of A.
(b) A and R are true but R is not the correct explanation of A.
(c) A is true but R is false.
(d) A is false but R is true.

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Oxygen released during photosynthesis comes from
(a) Metal oxides of the soil
(b) Carbonates of the soil
(c) Water taken by the soil
(d) Carbon dioxide absorbed from the atmosphere

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The two most important climatic factors affecting the distribution of world biomes are
(a) Humidity and precipitation
(b) Altitude and temperature
(c) Temperature and precipitation
(d) Latitude and the temperature

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Huen Tsang’s book was called
(a) Si-yu-ki
(b) Sang-yu-ki
(c) Huen-yu-ki
(d) None of these

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The famous Nalanda Buddhist learning Centre was built during his period
(a) Kumargupta
(b) Samundragupta
(c) Chandragupta – II
(d) Ramgupta

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The Chinese ruler Shih Huang Ti constructed the Great Wall of China in about
(a) 201 BC
(b) 206 BC
(c) 210 BC
(d) 220 BC

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Which one of the following gave women an important place in their cult and instituted orders of female ascetics?
(a) Ajivikas
(b) Tantric sects
(c) Buddhists
(d) Janise

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