General Awareness Quiz - Set 116

1. 'Gita Govinda' was written in the 12th century by
a) Bana
b) Bhartruhari
c) Jayadeva
d) Ramanuja

2. Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy refers to
a) Brain Fever
b) Mad cow Disease
c) Enteric Fever
d) Poultry Diarrhoea

3. Which of the following philosophies was preached by Adi Sankara?
a) Raja Yoga
b) Snakhya Yoga
c) Advaita
d) Dvaita

4. Who defeated Mrs Gandhi in the 1977 Lok Sabha elections?
a) Morarji Desai
b) Raj Narain
c) Charan Singh
d) JP Narayan

5. Quinine is obtained form the
a) Mulberry tree
b) Eucalyptus tree
c) Cinchona plant
d) Cocoa plant

6. Latex is a name for
a) a milk product
b) latent heat
c) crude rubber
d) refined honey

7. Dry Ice is
a) solid carbon dioxide
b) liquid oxygen
c) liquid hydrogen
d) liquid chlorine

8. Hydrogen gas has
a) a very sweet smell
b) a very pungent smell
c) an irritating smell
d) no smell at all

9. The heart of the human embryo starts beating in the ________ week of its development.
a) second
b) third
c) fourth
d) first

10. The nucleus of the Mauryan system of government was the
a) Bureaucracy
b) Councillors
c) King
d) Sabha

Answers:

1.c) Jayadeva
2.b) Mad cow Disease
3.c) Advaita
4.b) Raj Narain
5.c) Cinchona plant
6.c) crude rubber
7.a) solid carbon dioxide
8.d) no smell at all
9.b) third
10.c) King

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