GK Quiz based on previous papers - Part 55

GK Quiz Part - 55

Based on SSC CGL, RAILWAY NTPC Exams

Q1. The first air postal service in India as well as in world was started in 1911 between ?
A. Mumbai and London
B. Kolkata and London
C. Bamrauli and Naini
D. Kolkata and Mumbai


Q2. The first Indian to receive the Nobel Prize ?
A. Rabindranath Tagore
B. C V Raman
C. Hargobind Khurana
D. Amartya Sen


Q3. Intermediate Ballistic Missile of India is ?
A. Nag
B. Agni 2
C. Akash
D. Prithvi


Q4. The first woman recipient of Jnanpeeth Award was ?
A. Mahadevi Verma
B. Mahasweta Devi
C. Arundhati Roy
D. Ashapurna Devi


Q5. When a gas is turned into a liquid, the process is called ?
A. evaporation
B. deposition
C. condensation
D. sublimation


Q6. Earth's seasons are caused by which of the following ?
A. The tilt of the earth's rotation relative to the ecliptic as earth revolves around the sun
B. The rotation of during a 24-hour day
C. The varying amount of sunspot activity
D. The earth's orbit around the sun as an exlipse rather than a circle


Q7. The accumulation of stress along the boundaries of lithospheric plates results in which of the following ?
A. Hurricanses
B. Earthquakes
C. Magnetic reversals
D. Increased deposition of deep-sea sediments


Q8. Which of the following parts of the sun is easily visible only during a total solar eclipse ?
A. core
B. sunspots
C. corona
D. photosphere


Q9. Which of the following elements is a metal ?
A. Ga
B. S
C. Se
D. I


Q10. Which of the following is most likely to cause a rise in the average temperature of earth's atmosphere in future ?
A. Dust clouds from valcanoes
B. CO2 from fossil fuels
C. Depletion of earth's ozone layer
D. Atomic warfare