General Knowledge Practice Question and Answer

Q:

Who found an empirical relationship between the half-life of alpha decay and the energy of the emitted alpha particles in 1911?

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    Fermi and Meitner
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    Geiger and Nuttall 
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    Chadwick and Lawrence
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    Soddy and Aston
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Answer : 2. "Geiger and Nuttall "
Explanation :

In 1911, Geiger and Nuttall discovered an empirical relationship between the half-life of alpha decay and the energy of the emitted alpha particles.

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Answer : 4. "A and B only"
Explanation :

1. The Supreme Court of India’s Constitutional Bench for this case consisted of 5 judges.
 2. The Constitutional Bench upholds the 10% of EWS reservation with 3-2 majority.

Q:

The population of India is _____ according to Census 2011.

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    1.4 billion
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    1.21 billion
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    1.5 billion
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    1.11 billion
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Answer : 2. "1.21 billion"
Explanation :

1. According to the 2011 census, India's population was 1,210,193,422 (1.21 billion).

Q:

Amartya Sen was awarded the Noble Prize for his contribution to–

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    Monetary Economics
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    Welfare Economics
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    Econometrics
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    Development Economics
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Answer : 2. "Welfare Economics"
Explanation :

Explain: -For Welfare Economics and Social Choice Theory, Amartya Sen, in 1998 was awarded the Noble Prize. Welfare economics is a branch of economics that uses microeconomic techniques to evaluate well-being (welfare) at the aggregate (economy-wide) level. ... The field of welfare economics is associated with two fundamental theorems.

Q:

Labour Intensive Technique would get chosen in a–

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    Labour Surplus Economy
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    Capital Surplus Economy
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    Developed Economy
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    Developing Economy
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Answer : 1. "Labour Surplus Economy"
Explanation :

Expl:- Labour Intensive Technique will be chosen in Labour Surplus Economy because in such economy labour cost is low.

Q:

The Surplus earned by a factor other thus land in the short period is referred as –

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    Economic Rent
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    Net Rent
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    Quasi-Rent
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    Super-Normal Rent
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Answer : 3. "Quasi-Rent "
Explanation :

Explain: -The Surplus earned by a factor other than land in the short period is referred as quasi-rent.

Q:

The Relationship between rate of interest and consumption level was firstly estimated by–

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    Amartya Sen
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    Milton Freedman
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    Irwing Fischer
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    James Duezan Berry
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Answer : 2. "Milton Freedman "
Explanation :

Explain: -With increase in rate of interest there is decrease in consumption level i.e. there is inverse relation between rate of interest and consumption level.

Q:

Due to worldwide great depression, ‘New Deal’ was declared by?

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    Abhraham Lincon
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    Benzamin Frankllin
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    J.F. Kennedy
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    Roozwelt
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Answer : 4. "Roozwelt"
Explanation :

Explain: -New Deal definition. A group of government programs and policies established under President Franklin D. Roosevelt in the 1930s; the New Deal was designed to improve conditions for persons suffering in the Great Depression.

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