English General Knowledge Questions and Answers 30

English General Knowledge Questions and Answers

General Science Notes

1. Which polymer is widely used for making bullet proof material? – Polyethylene
   
2. Which combination of foods providing protein quality nearest to that of meat? – Sprouted gram and groundnuts
   
3. Which element that does not occur in nature but can be produced artificially? –Plutonium
   
4. Which element is essentials for the transmission of impulses in the nerve fibre? –Calcium
   
5. A car is running on a road at a uniform speed of 60 km/hr. What is the net resultant force on the car? – Equal to zero
   

6. Which is used as a material for making protective windows in space probes? – Diamond
   
7. In the case of a ‘test-tube baby’ where does fertilisation take place? – Outside the mother’s body
   
8. Through which material does sound travel slowest? – Wood
   
9. What is the composition of Nitrolim-a chemical fertilizer? – Calcium carbide and nitrogen
   
10. In Which kind of organisms is the phenomenon found wherein the female kills the male after copulation? – Spider
    

General Knowledge Notes

 

1. Where is the headquarters of International Olympic Committee? – At Lausanne (Switzerland)
   
2. Who is the President of the Council of Scientific and Industrial Research ? – Prime Minister of India
   
3. Who is associated with the development of India’s Atomic Bomb? – Raja Ramanna
   
4. Which leaders took major initiative in the formation of the League of Nations? –Franklin Roosevelt
   
5. Who used the phrase ‘Un-British’ to criticize the English colonial control of India? – Dadabhai Naoroji
   

6. Where were the war criminals of the II World War put to trial? – Peitersburg
   
7. Which Indian missile is capable of carrying nuclear weapons? – Prithvi
   
8. Which State of India has the lowest density of population? – Arunachal Pradesh
   
9. What is the smallest unit of information a that computer can understand and process? – Bit
   
10. What does the letter ‘L’ stands for in the term LAF commonly used in financial/economic news? – Liquidity