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General Knowledge quiz: 2 October 2013

Who invented the ball-point pen:

1. Lazzlo Biro
2. Curie
3. Newton
4. Baird
In India, the Chit funds are governed / Regulated by ___?
[A]RBI
[B]Central Government
[C]State Governments
[D]Local Bodies
Panchayat Raj System was made constitutional through-

1. 73rd Amendment of the Constitution
2. 45th Amendment of the Constitution
3. 61st Amendment of the Constitution
4. None of the above amendments
The first Englishmen to preside over a Congress session was __?
[A] George Yule
[B] Dufferin
[C] W. Wedderburn
[D] None of these
An air-conditioning system regulates

A. Temperature
B. Humidity
C. Air velocity
D. All of these
The force that causes a spring to eventually return to its normal length is called

A. Potential force
B. Gravitational force
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C. Spring force
D. Restoring force
Who Interprets the constitution?

A. Legislature
B. Executive
C. judiciary
D. President
The Constitution of India assures economic justice to Citizens through

A. Fundamental Rights
B. Fundamental Duties
C. Preamble
D. Directive Principles of State Policy
Who among the following was the first woman president to chair the Indian National
Congress at Kanpur session of 1925 ?
[A]Sarojini Naidu
[B]Annie Beasant
[C]Nellie Sengupta
[D]Indira Gandhi
The 'Chipko Movement' is related to -

A. Forest Conversation
B. Wildlife preservation
C. Scientific agriculture
D. Deforestation
Citizens and foreigners both enjoy

A. Legal Rights
B. Civil Rights
C. Political Rights
D. Fundamental Rights


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Echoes are due to

A. Refraction of sound waves
B. Polarisation of sound waves
C. Diffraction of sound waves
D. Reflection of sound waves
India switched to the decimal system of coinage in

A. 1947
B. 1950
C. 1957
D. 1962
Which of the following is known as the Act for the Good Government of India?

A. Indian Council Act 1861
B. Government of India Act 1885
C. Pitts India Act of 1784
D. Government of India Act 1919
The term 'Scheduled caste' was coined by-

A. Simon Commission
B. Gandhiji
C. Government of India Act 1935
D. Bhim Rao Ambedkar
The President of India can exercise his veto power in respect of-

A. All the bills, passed by the Parliament
B. Constitution-amending bills only
C. Money bills only
D. Ordinary bills only
'Rosatom' is the atomic energy agency of -

A. Canada
B. France
C. Britain
D. Germany