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Today's GK Mock Test

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1 / 20

The pair which is not a twin-city is:

Delhi is, officially the National Capital Territory of Delhi (NCT), is a city and a Union Territory of India whereas New Delhi is the capital of India and an administrative district of Delhi.

2 / 20

Biologist of Indian origin who received the Nobel Prize was:

Har Gobind Khorana was an Indian-born American biochemist. He shared the 1968 Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine with Marshall W. Nirenberg and Robert W. Holley. Har Gobind Khorana made important contributions to this field by building different RNA chains with the help of enzymes.

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Milk is not considered a balanced diet now-a-days because of the absence of:

Milk has some good qualities (protein, calcium, vitamin D, etc.) However, milk is a poor source of iron and vitamin C.

4 / 20

The causative agent of Tuberculosis is:

Tuberculosis (TB) is caused by a bacterium called Mycobacterium tuberculosis. The bacteria usually attack the lungs, but TB bacteria can attack any part of the body such as the kidney, spine, and brain.

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Bones are pneumatic in:

Pneumatic bones are hollow and found in birds. Due to pneumatic bones, birds can fly in the air.

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The pollutant responsible for ozone holes is:

Chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs), hydrochlorofluorocarbons (HCFCs) and halons destroy the earth's protective ozone layer, which shields the earth from harmful ultraviolet rays generated from the sun. CFCs and HCFCs also warm the lower atmosphere of the earth, changing global climate.

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The soft silvery metallic element which ionizes easily when heated or exposed to light and is present in atomic clocks is:

Caesium is a chemical element with the symbol Cs and atomic number 55. It is a soft, silvery-golden alkali metal. Caesium ionizes easily when heated or exposed to light because it is strongly photoelectric (easily loses electrons when struck by light). Cesium 133 is the element most commonly chosen for atomic clocks.

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Which of the following is not present in German Silver?

Silver is not present in German silver. German Silver is an alloy of copper (60%), zinc (20%) and nickel (20%). It is named for its silver-white colour. It is used for making daily utensils and jewellery.

9 / 20

Depression formed due to deflating action of winds are called:

A yardang is a streamlined protuberance carved from bedrock or any consolidated or semi-consolidated material by the dual action of wind abrasion by dust and sand, and deflation which is the removal of loose material by wind turbulence.

10 / 20

Which among the following Articles of the Indian Constitution provides for State emergency and suspends constitutional arrangement in a State?

Under Article 356 of the Constitution of India, in the event that a state government is unable to function according to Constitutional provisions, the Union government can take direct control of the state machinery.

11 / 20

By which of the following modes can citizenship be acquired?

  1. By Birth
  2. Hereditary
  3. By Registration
  4. By Request

Part II of the Constitution of India (Articles 5-11) deals with the Citizenship of India. Indian citizenship can be acquired in four ways according to the Citizenship Act, 1955 - birth, descent (Hereditary), registration, and naturalization.

12 / 20

Which of the following countries enjoys a federal form of government?

A federal government is one in which powers are divided between the national government and the regional governments by the Constitution itself and both operate in their respective jurisdictions independently. India, US, Switzerland, Australia, Canada, Russia, Brazil, Argentina have the federal form of government.

13 / 20

Devaluation makes import:

Devaluation reduces the cost of a country's exports, rendering them more competitive in the global market, which, in turn, increases the cost of imports.

14 / 20

In the law of demand, the statement “Other things remain constant” means:

The law of demand states that other factors remain constant, price and quantity demand of any good and service are inversely related to each other. When the price of a product increases, the demand for the same product will fall.

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The scientist who first sent electromagnetic waves to distant places is:

The scientist who first sent electromagnetic waves to distant places was Heinrich Hertz (German physicist, 1857-1894). He applied Maxwell's theories to the production and reception of radio waves. He used a spark gap attached to an induction coil and a separate spark gap on a receiving antenna. When waves created by the sparks of the coil transmitter were picked up by the receiving antenna, sparks would jump its gap as well. Hertz showed in his experiments that these signals possessed all the properties of electromagnetic waves.

16 / 20

Who invented the polio vaccine (oral)?

In 1955, Dr. Jonas Salk developed the first injectable vaccine against polio. Oral Polio Vaccine (OPV) was developed by Dr Albert Sabin in 1961.

17 / 20

Optical fibres are based on the phenomenon of:

Optical fibre works on the principle of total internal reflection. When light ray strikes at the internal surface of an optical fibre cable called such that incidence angle is greater than critical angle, then incident light ray reflects in the same medium and this phenomenon repeats.

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White coal is:

White coal is a form of fuel produced by drying chopped wood over a fire. It differs from charcoal which is carbonised wood. It was used in England to melt lead ore from the mid-sixteenth to the late seventeenth centuries. Over the course of the early twentieth century, the term white coal was used for Hydroelectricity, particularly in Europe, because of its capability to produce more energy than any other source except coal.

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Where is the National Academy of Agricultural Research Management located?

The National Academy of Agricultural Research Management is a national-level Natural Resource Service training institute located in Hyderabad, Telangana, India.

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Major fishing grounds are found in:

Presence of more plankton that are food for fish avail large numbers of fish. In the northern hemisphere, there are extensive continental shelves which favour fishing grounds. The rugged and hilly terrain make agriculture difficult, many people opt for fishing as the main economic activity hence its development.

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