GK Practice Question and Answer
8 Q: Who was the world's first women cosmonaut to travel into the space?
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6329bd0a4ada076be65724e3- 1Valentina Tereshkovatrue
- 2Sally Ridefalse
- 3Svetlana Savitskayafalse
- 4Peggy Whitsonfalse
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Answer : 1. "Valentina Tereshkova"
Explanation :
Valentina Tereshkova was the first woman to go into space. She was also the youngest woman ever to go to space. She was just 26 years old when she made her first flight into space.
Q: "The Amazon forest' is located in which of the following continents?
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638a02a134f83f1472762347- 1North Americafalse
- 2Africafalse
- 3Australiafalse
- 4South Americatrue
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Answer : 4. "South America"
Q: Which one of the following is the largest tropical rainforest in the world?
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6329ba6f751e5310a5bb7a22- 1Congofalse
- 2Daintreefalse
- 3Amazontrue
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Answer : 3. "Amazon"
Explanation :
The Amazon rainforest is the largest tropical rainforest in the world. The Amazon is the largest rainforest in the world. It is home to more than 30 million humans and one in ten known species in the world. The Amazon rainforest covers a vast area of 6.7 million square kilometres.
Q: Hygrometer is used to measure
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5ecc90b47bb74b48ff92bc3f- 1relative humiditytrue
- 2Earthquakefalse
- 3body temperaturefalse
- 4viscosityfalse
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Answer : 1. "relative humidity"
Explanation :
The means of measuring the humidity of the atmosphere are called hygrometers.
Q: Which of the following instrument is used to measure the humidity in the air?
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6329b77e5c208a6bf7ddbb97- 1Hydrometerfalse
- 2Hygrometertrue
- 3Hydrophonefalse
- 4Heliometerfalse
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Answer : 2. "Hygrometer "
Explanation :
The means of measuring the humidity of the atmosphere are called hygrometers.
Q: Proton was discovered by______.
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6329b261751e5310a5bb4e16- 1James Chadwickfalse
- 2Ernest Rutherfordtrue
- 3J.J. Thomsonfalse
- 4Robert Andrew Cookfalse
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Answer : 2. "Ernest Rutherford "
Explanation :
1. The proton was discovered by Rutherford. The name proton is derived from the Greek word protos meaning 'first'. The proton is a positively charged particle located in the nucleus of an atom, which was discovered by Ernest Rutherford in 1920. Rutherford proved in 1917 that the nucleus of the hydrogen atom (ie a proton) is present in the nuclei of all other atoms.
2. The nucleus of the atom was discovered by Ernest Rutherford in his famous gold foil experiment in the year 1911. The value of the particle is 1.6*10-19 C. To make an atom neutral, it has the same number of protons and electrons. He used the same concept to discover the proton.
Q: The Gurumukhi script was started by which Sikh Guru?
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6329b1be4ada076be656f8f4- 1Guru Angad Devtrue
- 2Guru Amar Dasfalse
- 3Guru Har Rajfalse
- 4Guru Har Krishanfalse
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Answer : 1. "Guru Angad Dev"
Explanation :
1. The Gurmukhi script was created by the second Sikh Guru, Guru Angad (1539-1552) in the 16th century AD.
2. He was the second Sikh Guru after the death of Guru Nanak (1469-1539).
3. The Sikh religious book, Guru Granth Sahib or Adi Granth was written in this script.
Q: Effective teaching of social science would require:
A. Perpetuating all cultural practices of the past.
B. Critical analysis of literary texts , howsoever old they may be.
C. Discarding all sources which are non - textual.
D. Giving primacy to triangulation of sources.
Choose the correct option.
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62680f3297c2ed7f1de48e0bChoose the correct option.
- 1A and C onlyfalse
- 2B and C onlyfalse
- 3B and D onlytrue
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Answer : 3. "B and D only "
Explanation :
Effective teaching of social science would require:
B. Critical analysis of literary texts , howsoever old they may be.
D. Giving primacy to triangulation of sources.