General Knowledge Practice Question and Answer

Q:

Gautama Buddha’s birthplace is marked by which of the following?

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    Rummindei Pillar of Ashoka Maurya
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    Sculpture
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    Banyan Tree
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    Buddhist Monastery
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Answer : 1. "Rummindei Pillar of Ashoka Maurya"
Explanation :

The site of birth of Gautama Budha is marked by a Rummindei Pillar of ‘Ashoka the Great’. Ashoka built the Sarnath Pillar to preaching of Lord Buddha. He reduced tax to 1/8th past because Gautama Buddha was born there.

Q:

Gautama Buddha was born at–

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    Kushinagar
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    Sarnath
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    Bodh Gaya
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    Lumbini
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Answer : 4. "Lumbini"
Explanation :

Lumbini is a Buddist pilgrimage site in the Rupandehi district of Nepal. It is the place where Queen Mayadevi gave birth to Siddharta Gautama, who as the Buddha Gautama founded the Budhist tradition. The Buddha lived between roughly 563 and 483 BC

Q:

Major Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore won which medal in shooting in the 28th Olympic Games?

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    Gold
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    Silver
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    Bronze
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    Consolation medal
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Answer : 2. "Silver"
Explanation :

Army man, sports minister, and member of parliament - Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore became the first Indian post-independence to win an individual silver at the Olympics when he stood on the podium for the men's double trap shooting at Athens 2004.


Q:

Which of the following is an indirect tax?

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    Capital gains tax
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    Goods and services tax
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    Wealth tax
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    Gift tax
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Answer : 2. "Goods and services tax "
Explanation :

1. Of the following, Goods and Services Tax is an indirect tax.

2. There are many types of indirect taxes, which include service tax, excise duty, customs duty and VAT.

3. GST has simplified the indirect tax system.

Q:

 Which Article of the Constitution of India lays down that an Indian citizen has the right to use any restaurant, road or public place?

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    Article 17 (1)
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    Article 15 (2)
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    Article 14 (2)
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    Article 16 (1)
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Answer : 2. "Article 15 (2)"
Explanation :

1. Article 15(2)(a) of the Constitution of India says that an Indian citizen has the right to use any restaurant, road or public place.

2. Subject to this article, no citizen shall, by reason of his religion, race, sex, place of birth, or any other similar ground, be prevented from visiting public places.

Q:

Which Article of the Constitution of India empowers a high court to issue a writ?

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    Article 132
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    Article 226
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    Article 143
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    Article 32
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Answer : 2. "Article 226"
Explanation :

1. Article 226 of the Constitution of India empowers the High Court to issue writs.

2. Article 226 empowers High Courts to issue all types of writs for the enforcement of fundamental rights of citizens or for ‘any other purpose’.

Q:

In India, which of the following bills CANNOT be introduced in the Rajya Sabha?

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    Both constitutional amendment and ordinary bills
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    The constitutional amendment bill
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    The money bill
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    The ordinary bill
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Answer : 3. "The money bill"
Explanation :

1. A Money Bill cannot be introduced in the Rajya Sabha in India.

2. A Money Bill is defined in Article 110 of the Constitution.

3. If a dispute arises regarding any bill whether it is a money bill or not, the decision of the Speaker of the Lok Sabha is final.

4. A Money Bill can be introduced only in the Lok Sabha.

Q:

Which law was studied in the year 1787, in which it was said that the volume of a gas increases with its absolute temperature and if its absolute temperature decreases, then its volume will decrease?

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    Boyle’s law 
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    Dalton’s law 
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    Avogadro’s law 
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    Charles's law
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Answer : 4. "Charles's law"
Explanation :

1. Charles's law (also known as volume law) is an experimental gas law.

2. The volume of a gas increases with its absolute temperature and as its absolute temperature decreases its volume also decreases.

3. Charles's law was studied in the year 1787.

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