GK Practice Question and Answer
8 Q: Which of the following is the first desert park in Jaipur?
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61ef84f9453a0961358c1e4a- 1Kishan Baghtrue
- 2Hari Baghfalse
- 3Ram Baghfalse
- 4Laxman Baghfalse
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Answer : 1. "Kishan Bagh "
Explanation :
1. Kishan Bagh is the first desert park of Jaipur.
2. This park is one of the huge open spaces spread over 30 acres within the city limits of Jaipur.
3. This is the first desert park of Jaipur built at the foothills of Nahargarh Fort.
4. The recreated landscape of Kishan Bagh idealizes the desert ecology.
Q: What is Chaar - bait?
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62a093a9df19be4c4af79043- 1A famous dance of Nath communityfalse
- 2An instrument used in Ger dancefalse
- 3Song associated with Garasia tribefalse
- 4A form of Lok Natya full of poetrytrue
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Answer : 4. "A form of Lok Natya full of poetry "
Explanation :
1. Charbait is a 400-year-old traditional performance art, performed by a group of artists or singers. Charbait or four verses is a form of folklore and performance art.
2. It still survives today mainly in Rampur (Uttar Pradesh), Tonk (Rajasthan), Bhopal (Madhya Pradesh) and Hyderabad (Andhra Pradesh).
3. The origin of the word charbait can be traced to the Persian language where it refers to a four-stanza poem in which each stanza is made up of four lines.
Q: ______ is a palace in Jaipur, built by Sawai Pratap Singh.
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64c21fd629beb3482a352796- 1Lallgarh Palacefalse
- 2Umaid Bhavanfalse
- 3Hawa Mahaltrue
- 4Sajjangarh Palacefalse
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Answer : 3. "Hawa Mahal"
Explanation :
1. Hawa Mahal of Jaipur was built by Sawai Pratap Singh.
2. Hawa Mahal is a five-storey palace, made of red and pink sandstone.
3. The famous 'Palace of the Winds', or Hawa Mahal, is one of the major tourist attractions in the city of Jaipur.
4. Apart from this, due to the "Venturi effect", cool air always keeps coming inside the palace through these intricately structured lattice windows, due to which the palace always remains air-conditioned even in the scorching heat.
Q: In 1962, who published 'The History of Ocean Basins', which outlined the theory of how tectonic plates could move, later called 'sea floor spreading'?
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64b51c41efb5ba166881e176- 1George Edward Backusfalse
- 2Alfred Wegenerfalse
- 3Louis Bauerfalse
- 4Harry Hammond Hesstrue
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Answer : 4. "Harry Hammond Hess"
Explanation :
1. In 1962, Harry Hammond Hayes published 'The History of Ocean Basins'.
2. In this, the theory of plate tectonics was outlined and which was later also known as 'ocean bottom spreading'.
Q: In which state of India, saffron is produced in the large amount?
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5fb22f8fcb95815ec70984cb- 1Assamfalse
- 2Punjabfalse
- 3Keralafalse
- 4Jammu and Kashmirtrue
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Answer : 4. "Jammu and Kashmir"
Q: Which one of the following is not a device?
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5fbb942567d8e52df71f4318- 1Mousefalse
- 2Operating systemtrue
- 3Printerfalse
- 4Keyboardfalse
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Answer : 2. "Operating system"
Q: Reh, Kallar and Usher are another names of which soil?
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6364dd3e7722b20175bd1d8d- 1Saline soiltrue
- 2Black soilfalse
- 3Red soilfalse
- 4Alluvial soilfalse
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Answer : 1. "Saline soil"
Q: The velocity of sound in the air (vacuum) is:
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6165591ad881f961723211b5- 1110 m / secfalse
- 2232 m / secfalse
- 3331 m / sectrue
- 4220 m / secfalse
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